Gao Wu: After holding back for eighteen years, my words are divine.

The long river of time.

The gray-white current surged and roared against the tide.

Zhang Lingqi transformed into the Grim Reaper, wielding a scythe, staring at the [Abyss] before him.

"Give me back my brothers' lives!"

"You?"

The abyss, bearing the face of Gu Yuexu, smiled in a sickly manner.

He didn't confront Zhang Lingqi directly at all.

Instead, it utilizes the laws of space to continuously traverse through various fragments of time in the long river of time.

"Whoosh!"

The abyss casually tore apart a fragment of time from a thousand years ago.

From it, they pulled out a civilian whose face was filled with terror!

"Want to play the savior? Then kill them first!"

The Abyss grinned maliciously, using the civilians as human shields to smash against Zhang Lingqi's scythe of death!

"Damn it!"

Zhang Lingqi's pupils contracted as he forcibly stopped the blade that was about to kill him.

His pause was met with a counterattack from the Abyss, a spatial blade!

"Pfft!"

A gash was torn in Zhang Lingqi's Death God Black Mist.

"Again!"

The abyss is like a cat toying with a mouse.

Whenever Zhang Lingqi's attack was about to land, He would pull out hostages from different fragments of time.

man...

woman...

Even infants in swaddling clothes!

"Stop! You beast!"

Zhang Lingqi's eyes were bloodshot as he roared repeatedly.

His repeated teasing drove him to madness, and he accidentally killed a hostage.

And what's worse is...

The River of Time has already sensed the power of Death.

That sense of death, which doesn't belong to this era, triggered a rejection from the long river!

"Boom!"

A giant, grayish-white wave crashed down, engulfing Zhang Lingqi!

As he struggled out of the current, the black mist of death had dimmed slightly.

Several cracks even appeared on its body.

"After withstanding three more washes from the Long River, the power of death will be completely washed away!"

Zhang Lingqi was extremely anxious: "We can't delay! We must encounter Him!"

Shenyuan stood high above, looking at the disheveled Zhang Lingqi.

"It's almost time."

He twisted his neck, making a cracking sound.

"This frail body has already adapted to my Demon Eye."

"Buzz!"

The demonic eye on Abyss's forehead opened to its limit.

Phase Two: [Demon God Body] activated!

Countless black, sticky tentacles spread out from the demon's eye.

Bio-armor enveloped Gu Yue Xu Yu's body!

"Ahhhhh!"

The hostage whom He held in His hand as a shield.

He was unable to withstand the mental pollution on the spot simply because he touched that demonic armor.

His eyeballs burst, blood flowed from his seven orifices, and he was driven mad on the spot, screaming as he bit off his own tongue!

Zhang Lingqi felt a chill run down his spine as he watched this scene.

He wasn't sure if this mental pollution would be useful to him.

But his long-standing combat instincts made him more cautious.

"Now!"

Taking advantage of the gap when the abyss abandoned the hostages.

Zhang Lingqi defied the scouring of the long river and pressed himself forward!

"Die!!!"

The Grim Reaper's scythe struck the demon's armor in the abyss!

The [Instant Death] Law is activated!

A large patch of death marks spread across the pitch-black biological armor, and the armor began to decay and collapse!

"We succeeded!"

Zhang Lingqi was overjoyed.

However, the next second.

The gray markings that had spread halfway through suddenly stopped!

Immediately afterwards, those pitch-black tentacles reversed the instant-death law...

It's been absorbed!

"How could this happen?!"

Zhang Lingqi found it unbelievable.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The Abyss laughed loudly and grabbed the blade of the Grim Reaper's scythe.

"You don't actually think you can deal with me just because you borrowed a bit of divine power, do you?"

"Guys of your caliber are only good enough to dodge the dogs I keep."

The abyss drew closer to Zhang Lingqi, its demonic eyes filled with utter mockery.

"By the way."

"The previous Grim Reaper had the same expression as you when I was skinning him alive."

"Because... your prized concept of 'instant death' is completely ineffective against me!"

"It's even similar to your human healing techniques!"

Having said that, Abyss reached out his other hand and grabbed Zhang Lingqi's head!

"Bang!"

He pressed Zhang Lingqi's head down and rubbed it against the riverbed of time!

Zhang Lingqi was completely overwhelmed and unable to defend himself.

Under the suppression of this long river of time, he couldn't even achieve the Hollowfication of the Grim Reaper.

"Bang bang bang!"

The abyss lifted him up.

"Weren't you just trying to protect those ants?"

The Abyss grinned maliciously, "Then I'll let you taste what it feels like to be despised by them!"

That's all!

The abyss, carrying Zhang Lingqi, tore through space and entered a fragment of time belonging to Blue Star!

...

Blue Star, within the territory of the Xia Kingdom a few years ago.

This is Zhang Lingqi's hometown.

"She really is beautiful."

The abyss looked down at the bustling city below.

"What do you want to do?!"

Zhang Lingqi struggled to question him.

"What are you doing?"

The Abyss laughed loudly, "Of course, it's to make you famous!"

The Abyss used Zhang Lingqi's death god body as a shield.

In an instant, he appeared directly in front of a high-speed train that was traveling at high speed on the tracks!

"Bang!"

He pressed Zhang Lingqi onto the front of the train!

Speeds of hundreds of kilometers per hour.

It did not destroy Zhang Lingqi's body, which was strengthened by his divine essence.

But it turned the entire train into a meat grinder!

"No...stop!!!"

"Stop it!!!"

Zhang Lingqi roared in despair.

But the abyss continued to laugh maniacally.

Accompanied by a tearing sound.

The train carriages collapsed section by section!

Blood and limbs turned into a rain of blood during the high-speed impact!

"Feel despair..."

"This is the flavor I like best."

Until the entire high-speed train vanished into nothingness.

Hundreds of lives were lost.

Only then did the abyss, satisfied, toss Zhang Lingqi back into the river of time as if he were trash.

...

"Boom!"

Zhang Lingqi was once again mercilessly washed away by the reverse-flowing river.

The cracks on his body became more dense, like porcelain about to shatter.

Death is about to give out.

Zhang Lingqi's rationality was also about to crumble.

"I've worked so hard for so long, given it my all so many times..."

"They even gave up everything..."

"Yet, still, I can't do anything..."

Zhang Lingqi closed his eyes, and tears of blood slid down his cheeks.

"Brother, I'm coming to find you."

"We...lost."

Shen Yuan slowly crouched down, looking at Zhang Lingqi who had given up resisting.

This time, He did not mock Zhang Lingqi as a waste.

Instead, it contemptuously declared: "Humans are all worthless."

"You are already considered one of the more tenacious ones among this group of ants."

Abyss stood up, not intending to waste any more time.

"Now, I should go find that cowardly watchdog and settle this old score from a thousand years ago!"

He turned his head and looked at the place at the end of the long river, the place that originally belonged to Zhong Kui, the Dragon God.

but.

The next second, the sinister smile on Abyss's face froze.

"What's going on..."

The river stretched endlessly at its end; that familiar figure was nowhere to be seen!

Where are they?!

"Look to the left."

Suddenly, a voice rang in the abyss's ears.

Abyss's heart pounded wildly, and he instinctively turned his head to look to the left!

but.

"Sizzle!"

He suffered a severe injury to his right side!

A dazzling white light shone on the right side of His face!

"Ahhhhh!"

The abyss was scorched and torn apart by this holy light.

He hurriedly raised his arms to block, then awkwardly knelt down on one knee.

He peered through his fingers at the approaching figure.

"Watchdog, how dare you ambush me?!"

The abyss roared, but then it sensed a divine-level fluctuation in the white third eye between the other's eyebrows.

"No...no! This power is wrong!"

The Abyss grinned, "Who...who are you?! That imposter?!"

Jiangnan was radiating a divine light that could dispel illusions.

He carried the gun in one hand, wading against the current, and slowly walked forward.

"congratulations."

Jiangnan's eyes were as cold as knives.

"Wrong answer."

Swish! The three-pointed double-edged spear severed the two tentacled arms of the abyss that were raised to block it!

Black blood gushed out!

"Aaaaaah!!!"

A mournful howl echoed from the abyss.

Jiangnan gave Him no chance to catch his breath.

With his Heavenly Eye fully open, [Divine Light of Illusion] was practically touching the Abyss's face, unleashing its power at zero distance!

"Hiss hiss hiss!"

The demonic armor of the abyss was burned with countless large holes by the divine light!

The face of Gu Yue Xu Yu, hidden inside, was burned beyond recognition!

"Damn it..."

The abyss retreated in agony, "How could you... possibly possess such immense power!"

This is not at the level a Dragon God should be at!

In dire straits, countless tentacles sprouted from the severed arm in the abyss, forcibly stirring up the river of time.

"I will kill you!"

A gray-white spatial turbulence transformed into a long whip, lashing towards Jiangnan!

"Be careful!"

Zhang Lingqi, lying on the ground, used the final dance of death!

The black scythe shot out and blocked the spacetime whip!

But the cost was devastating.

Because it interfered too much with the laws of the long river, the God of Death's position was forcibly taken back by the river of time.

Zhang Lingqi groaned and collapsed in the Reverse River, his fate unknown.

"here you go."

Jiangnan smiles.

next second.

He raised his right arm, which was wrapped around his arm.

The Hand of the World Tree!

Countless sharp cuttings burst forth, piercing the demon god's armor in the abyss and pinning him to the riverbed!

"roar!!!"

The abyss roared once more.

"As expected, you're just like Gabetan."

Jiangnan looked down upon Him from its high vantage point.

"You maggots who cannot stand the light are afraid of life's healing and the harm of light."

Jiangnan raised his spear and aimed it at the head of the abyss.

"Now, this long battle should come to an end."

"The end? Far from it!"

The abyss let out a wicked laugh.

The demonic eye on His forehead expanded once more!

[Cthulhu's Gaze]!

The outbreak of mental pollution successfully interrupted Jiangnan's [Breaking Illusion Divine Light] output.

Then.

The abyss utterly abandoned the nailed half of the body.

He blasted open the Demon God Armor, then turned and fled!

He was calculating in his heart.

"This is probably the final trump card these ants have been plotting for a thousand years!"

"This three-eyed monster is definitely stronger than the dragon god from a thousand years ago!"

"They've probably reached the threshold of the peak of the god-level!"

"My current broken body is no match for him."

"Then there's only one option..."

"Even at the cost of being mocked by those old geezers, I went and absorbed and killed that idiot Gabetan!"

"Once it dies, I can force the [Tree of the Underworld] to blossom and bear fruit on this land!"

As he fled from the abyss, he silently repeated the mantra in his heart.

"I apologize, my offspring."

"For your father's sake, go in peace."

The abyss tore through space, intending to open a spacetime rift to return to the present world and find Gabetan in the deep pool of prayer.

but.

How could Jiangnan possibly give Him the chance to let the tiger return to the mountain?

This time, in order to ensure a 100% kill on this evil god puppet.

Therefore, it was decided to use the ultimate technique of the Heavenly Eye!

Mobilize the immense power of the heavens and earth within the [Mountain and River Boundary]!

"The Eye of Heaven and Earth..."

"Within the Dharmakaya of the World!"

As Jiangnan chanted the incantation.

The third eye between his eyebrows burst forth with an extremely dazzling white light!

The light shot into the sky, above the long river of time.

The projection displayed a giant, ten thousand meters tall, completely formed from the magnificent landscape!

The giant's face was exactly the same as Jiangnan's.

He held a phantom three-pointed double-edged spear that was a thousand feet long in his hand!

As he fled into the abyss, he suddenly felt a chill rising from behind.

He instinctively turned his head to look.

I was almost scared to death by that 10,000-meter-tall mountain and river Dharma body!

"No!!!"

next second.

The giant, standing ten thousand meters tall, wielded a three-pointed, double-edged spear and slashed down into the abyss!

"Boom!"

The abyss was instantly cleaved in two and annihilated!

Even the "River of Time" in this area.

They were all shattered by this attack, their flow broken into two pieces!

Countless fragments of time fluttered in the air.

But don't worry.

The River of Time is essentially an illusory rule; it has the ability to self-repair and will soon automatically reconnect and recover.

but...

This puppet from the abyss is utterly dead.

"Sizzle!"

Accompanied by the sound of the Demon Eye shattering.

Gu Yuexuyu finally regained consciousness briefly on his deathbed.

She gazed at the distant Jiangnan region.

Those were the people who killed her entire clan.

However, there was no longer any hatred in her eyes.

When a person is about to die, his words are also good.

It wasn't until the very last moment of her disappearance that she finally understood everything.

Sometimes... a person's choices can really affect their entire life.

"If only I had been more resolute back then and persuaded my father not to rebel..."

"How could the Gu Yue clan have ended up in such a tragic state of complete annihilation?"

"If I hadn't been possessed by an evil god..."

"Maybe, perhaps, I might still be able to stand beside that man..."

But it's too late to regret it now.

It's all too late.

Because this is all of our own making...

Life.

Immediately, Gu Yuexu closed his eyes.

Just like her code name, she vanished into nothingness, disappearing with the wind.

...

at the same time.

Deep within the Filthy Starfield, inside the main hall of the God.

"roar!"

The roar echoed throughout the hall.

The Abyss God was so enraged he nearly went mad!

All along, it has been He who has been manipulating events in various lower realms, causing others to despair!

I've never suffered such humiliation before!

A precious artifact was chopped up by a local like a melon or vegetables!

Fortunately, it's alright.

He touched his brow.

"Fortunately, I acted decisively and shattered the connection point of the Demon Eye on that body."

Deep Abyss was panting heavily, still shaken.

"When that three-eyed monster was spying on me with its third eye, I had a bad feeling."

"It's as if that one glance could trace my true form directly through the threads of cause and effect!"

"Damn ants!"

Abyss's eyes were sinister, and his arrogance returned.

"As long as my true form remains, as long as the [Tree of the Underworld] remains!"

"Even if I have to risk my life and use my soldiers to fill the gaps, I can still overwhelm your wretched place!"

The words were spoken.

He issued the highest divine decree.

"Convey my decree!"

"Have all troops attacking the Human Federation withdrawn!"

"Gather all forces and immediately attack that wretched planet called Blue Star!"

"I will make sure they die a horrible death!!!"

...

In the long river of time.

Jiangnan looked at the severed river and scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.

He also realized that he might have gone a little too far with that blow.

After all, it's the pure power of faith that the World Tree has accumulated over thousands of years.

Now all the blessings are on him alone.

He put away his three-pointed double-edged spear.

He turned and walked to the unconscious Zhang Lingqi, opening his third eye.

It was placed within the "Landscape and Social Map" for quiet recuperation.

Followed by.

The third eye between Jiangnan's eyebrows shone brightly.

He began to peer into the entire desolate world through the long river of time.

They searched for traces of the evil god in order to determine the target of the network seed.

"First, the annihilation of the evil god, Gabetan."

Jiangnan detected its scent, but immediately dismissed it.

"We can't kill this one yet."

"It is a child of the abyss; we should kill it now."

"The Abyss senses the bloodline break and may descend directly, forcibly opening the Tree of the Underworld."

We cannot take this risk before Yang Jian is officially created.

"Then who else can act as this network cable?"

The "Sky Eye" in Jiangnan is constantly scanning the world.

finally.

His gaze was fixed on the [Time Rift].

There, he sensed a trace of an evil god.

At first, Jiangnan thought that the guy from the Abyss was lucky and that a wisp of his soul had escaped there.

But when he looked closely at the figure...

He immediately burst into laughter, beaming with joy.

Long-forgotten memories resurfaced.

"Long blonde hair, a slender waist, and a novice who loves to wander around."

"Fighting all depends on running fast, the shameless Medusa."

Jiangnan couldn't help but chuckle.

"I never expected to run into you here."

"She really is my lucky star."

This Medusa is none other than the evil serpent god who invaded the Realm of Fire and Flame back then.

A thousand years ago, she caused Jiangnan no shortage of trouble.

But the most dramatic thing is...

Back then, Jiangnan was trapped in a snowy, secluded place, running out of ammunition and food, and was on the verge of starving to death.

If it weren't for Medusa's extreme pursuit and killing him...

If it weren't for her infinitely regenerating snake tail...

Jiangnan has long been starved to the bone.

For a whole year, Medusa's snake tail was made into boiled snake by Jiangnan and used as a year's worth of food reserves.

Not only that, in order to escape, this stupid snake even called over a few of the evil god's underlings to open the door from the outside.

By a twist of fate, Jiangnan was rescued.

Jiangnan, feeling grateful, beat those unlucky underlings to a pulp.

Finally, seeing Medusa, who was anemic from being eaten and had tears in her eyes, he felt sorry for her and let her go.

"Have you ever saved a man who was starving to death in the snow-capped mountains...?"

Jiangnan recalled that experience and jokingly remarked to himself.

After incorporating emotions and memories, he did indeed become much more cheerful.

It is no longer a machine that only knows how to coldly execute tasks.

He opened a spacetime rift and descended into the time chasm.

They arrived at Medusa's side.

That unlucky rascal snake was knocked unconscious by the Burning Life Sword outside last time.

He's still asleep, sleeping like a log.

Jiangnan was not polite either.

He took the opportunity to scan Medusa's body with his Heavenly Eye.

really.

Deep within her heart, she found the primordial tree seed left behind by the abyss!

"When it comes to letting your teammates down, you're the best."

Jiangnan patted Medusa's cool cheek.

He neither killed her nor woke her up to arrest her.

For this kind of auspicious villain, it's better to let her play her part freely; she might even make a brilliant contribution at a crucial moment.

Jiangnan stood up.

He turned his head and looked into the deepest part of this gray space.

The smile on his face faded, and his expression became solemn again.

"The seed has been found."

He clenched his fist, and the World Tree Hand emitted a dazzling green light.

"So..."

"It's time to take the final step."