Perfect World: Double Pupils Open the Heavens, Ascend to Immortality

At this moment, he discovered that the wine in the jade cup was different. Although it was a liquid, it had transformed into countless miniature worlds, containing various symbolic weapons, bells, towers, cauldrons, and countless living beings engaged in fierce battles within them.

Without further hesitation, Shi Yi put it to his lips and took a sip.

A large bell, imbued with the power of time, flew into his mouth. Then, a magnificent chanting sound rang in Shi Yi's ears, as if it had been transmitted from the distant ancient immortal era to the present world.

Shi Yi was deeply moved as he listened to the grand scriptures, feeling as if his body and mind had been cleansed.

Then he took a second sip, this time a tower, and the sound of scriptures echoed, making Shi Yi unable to stop.

The third sip, the fourth sip... until the jade cup was empty, with no more wine left.

Shi Yi finally finished the full cup of immortal wine that the woman had poured for him. This process was not quick and took more than ten days.

Each bite is a piece of time, a piece of ancient history, a kind of inheritance, and a scripture.

The significance of this wine is beyond imagination. Shi Yi has never experienced the brilliant Immortal Ancient Era, yet he can glimpse its essence from this celestial brew, making it something to aspire to.

"You're quite good. If it were anyone else, their body would probably explode after drinking one cup," the woman said admiringly.

Then she explained, “Drinking this cup of wine is equivalent to drinking the entire Immortal Ancient Era. All those laws, those weapons, and those living beings will be visible to you.”

However, what this drink brought will be hidden away after you leave, until one day, when you forge a new path, it will burst forth and reflect the new law.

Premature release will affect your future, leading you down the same path of failure, making you the next "us," repeating the mistakes of Xian Gu.

Shi Yi nodded; he had expected this outcome.

This cup of wine is of great significance to Taiyin Body, who mainly cultivates the ancient immortal techniques. His understanding of the ancient immortal techniques has deepened considerably during his enlightenment these past few days.

“You are truly extraordinary, even more so than the other creatures that came here before. Perhaps you could try to move this pot,” the woman said after some thought.

"You mean, pick up this wine pot?" Shi Yi asked, and without much hesitation, he prepared to hold the pot.

The next second, the woman reached out and pressed down on the back of his hand, her gaze becoming extremely serious.

"Do you know what will happen if you hold this pot?"

"What could possibly happen? It's just a teapot." Shi Yi chuckled.

He naturally knew the significance of this pot; it was a hurdle, a tribulation, and only by overcoming this tribulation could he overcome the epochal tribulation.

It is essentially a key that connects the causes and effects of the past, present, and future. If someone were to arrive from countless ages ago to end Shi Yi's life prematurely, it would inevitably trigger the power of great cause and effect, attracting beings from other timelines and dimensions related to Shi Yi to interfere with this calamity.

Throughout history, many brilliant minds have died mysteriously, their identities forcibly erased by the forces of time.

The alien beings were committing extinction. They invaded this world, destroyed it, and slaughtered it. Before retreating, the kings intervened, deducing the future beings of this world to see if any of them would threaten the alien beings. Then, across countless ages, they intervened and eliminated them in advance.

Before Shi Yi even touched the wine jug, many living beings had already been wiped out by the alien realm.

"You are too confident. With your qualifications, if you were to take this pot, something enormous would happen, with far-reaching consequences, or it might trigger a dramatic upheaval."

"However, we have deduced that there might be a way out. If we can survive this calamity, we can survive the epochal calamity," the woman said solemnly.

"Have you thought it through? Are you sure you want to give it a try?" she then asked.

"Of course, since we're already here, there's no reason to miss it." Shi Yi nodded, and under the woman's nervous gaze, he reached for the wine pot on the stone table.

In an instant, it was as if a great immortal bell had been struck, its resounding sound echoing in Shi Yi's soul, making him deafened and his whole body tremble violently.

His hand, which was reaching for the wine jug, froze instantly, and the cracking sound spread down his arm.

Shi Yi gasped. What kind of power was this? It almost killed him.

The woman beside her was also shocked. If they couldn't even get through this ordeal, there was no way they could survive the ordeals to come.

Fortunately, the wine pot shook slightly, releasing celestial and chaotic energy, which stabilized the situation.

Subsequently, the True Phoenix Flame ignited between Shi Yi's fingers and palm, causing this palm to undergo a rebirth, turning from decline to prosperity and regaining vitality.

Once his injuries had healed, Shi Yi used all his strength to forcefully lift the wine pot upwards.

At that moment, heaven and earth trembled, time lamented, the stone table shook violently, and the wine pot was lifted off the table by Shi Yi and caught in his hand.

The wine jug that the woman had picked up so easily before was completely different in Shi Yi's hands. It was as if it had offended some forbidden being and incurred the wrath of the heavens.

The entire metal ruins were shaking, and the stars in the sky were trembling. The commotion was too great, with countless bolts of lightning carrying chaotic light, as if the world was about to be destroyed.

"What could it be?" The woman watched all this with bated breath, as if a cataclysmic change was about to unfold.

However, something unexpected happened: these terrifying phenomena gradually subsided, and the thunder, chaos, and void rifts all disappeared, which was incredibly eerie.

"How could this be?" She stood there stunned; this was completely different from what she had previously deduced.

Shi Yi, standing to the side, was tense, knowing that the calamity from countless ages ago was about to arrive.

Ignoring the impending calamity, he picked up the wine jug, pointed the spout at the wine, and tilted his head back to drink.

The effects of the previous drink had already faded away silently. Just as the woman said, only by forging a new path would those laws spring forth and corroborate the new laws. Until then, they would remain hidden.

However, as long as Shi Yi continues to drink heavily, his understanding of the ancient immortal techniques will deepen.

Just then, from the collapsed metal palace, amidst countless rubble, a sound suddenly came, and dozens of fragments of stone fell from the height.

The sudden commotion startled both Shi Yi and the woman. The former thought the killing intent came from the upper reaches of the long river of time, thousands of years ago. Who could have imagined that it would come from those broken stone statues?

"Boom!"

As the rubble crumbled, a stone statue riddled with cracks and pits rose from it. It was a king-like man whose mere gaze could shatter the eternal heavens. He opened his eyes, grinned, and let out a chilling laugh.

"hehe."

The laughter was chilling; just hearing it sent a chill down one's spine, as if falling into an ice cellar.

Shi Yi, who was enjoying the divine wine, froze on the spot, captivated by that gaze, unable to move.

Upon seeing this, the woman couldn't help but show a look of horror. These pebbles had long lost their magical properties, so why could they still be activated to attack Shi Yi?

A split appeared between her brows, revealing a beautiful vertical eye that stared directly at the stone statue that was emitting a cold laugh, trying to discern its true nature.

"Heh, I've finally found you," the stone statue sneered, sending chills down one's spine.

Shi Yi remained silent. He knew that the owner of this stone statue was none other than the infamous giant from another realm, the Beast of Time—the Crimson King.

Because of his extraordinary achievements and astonishing attainments in the realm of time, the task of traversing the river of time and suppressing the geniuses of the Nine Heavens fell to him.

Chapter 230 Vertical Eye

"Your true form sat cross-legged countless ages ago, yet before it manifested in this life, you sent down divine power and possessed the stone statue?" the woman said slowly, revealing this terrifying truth.

A king-like man, acting across countless ages, intends to prematurely annihilate future prodigies—what a terrifying thing that is!

The stone statue did not answer. It stood high above, overlooking the past, present, and future. In its eyes, Shi Yi was already a dead man.

He has already killed several promising young talents like Shi Yi.

However, compared to Shi Yi, this "big fish," the others can only be considered small fish.

"Is it really necessary? Across countless ages, risking immense karmic forces and even the possibility of death, to eliminate an insignificant junior?" the woman sighed.

She was merely a remnant of a mark, possessing little power whatsoever. Even if she wanted to protect Shi Yi, she was powerless to do so.

"For you ants, time is like a rushing river, flowing away and never to return, irreversible, for fear of being tainted by karma. But for me, it is merely a cycle. Even if I have to pay a certain price, it is not irreversible." The stone statue spoke, without anger, very calm, with an indescribable majesty that shook the past, present, and future.

"Are you afraid? To do something so annihilating, it seems you're not as powerful as we thought."

"It's not out of fear, but simply going with the flow. Since I had some premonitions from countless ages ago, why not just erase them?" the stone statue replied calmly.

Shi Yi didn't believe it. The Crimson King was obviously overacting. It was definitely not just him communicating with the future; it was all the kings from other realms working together, but he was the one who took action.

The next moment, the woman sneered, ruthlessly exposing the Red King's words.

"That sounds nice, but it's actually the result of a group of people's deductions. How could it be just you alone?"

"Heh, going with the flow, wiping out ants in the long river of time—it's not just one of them already. Though their lives are short, they are as brilliant as fireworks." The statue sneered.

Countless chains of divine order, composed of the power of time and the power of cause and effect, appeared around him, locking the stone statue layer by layer.

Sitting cross-legged before the ages, with divine consciousness possessing the stone statue of this era, preparing to make a move, how could it be so smooth? There must be many obstacles.

However, the owner of the stone statue was too powerful, and these chains could not restrain him at all.

"boom!"

The endless chains snapped, and the stone statue smashed through all obstacles with unparalleled force. Now, he had no more scruples and could make his move.

The woman felt a sense of despair; the way the other side was acting was giving this world absolutely no chance to turn the tide.

But she still held onto a glimmer of hope.

"Aren't you afraid of being devoured by the great karmic consequences of your actions and being buried in the long river of time?"

"It's not the first one." The stone statue said indifferently, reaching its large hand out from the pile of rubble.

"You attacked him countless ages ago. Aren't you afraid that people connected to him in the future will sense it and come to kill you from the future?"

"Is it possible? If so, we can just use one to suppress it," the stone statue said arrogantly.

"You are too confident. How could a creature that deserves such targeting be simple? There must be only one way to survive."

"Heh, is that so? Then let me see if such a being truly exists." The stone statue chuckled coldly, then reached out its large hand toward Shi Yi.

Five fingers that blot out the sky and sun, though made of stone, give one an invincible feeling; all the heavens and myriad worlds, the endless sea of ​​stars, are but dust in his palm.

Shi Yi felt his whole body stiffen, his soul tremble, and he was unable to control himself. Never before had he been so close to death. Was this the killing intent of the Immortal King? Even across countless ages, it was still so terrifying.

"It's over."

The mysterious woman sighed inwardly. Her previous words were merely her last effort. Whether any future beings connected to Shi Yi would actually come to her rescue, she didn't know.

At the critical moment, an indescribable wave spread from the lower reaches of the river of time, transforming into invisible and intangible ripples that have swept across eternity.

The imposing and arrogant Crimson King statue was swept by the ripples and froze on the spot. Then, to the astonishment of Shi Yi and the woman, it disintegrated, shattering into endless sand and dust, and vanished.

"What? This is..."

The woman was utterly shocked. There really were beings connected to Shi Yi in the future who were alerted and then intervened to resolve this great calamity. However, their methods were so powerful that it was unbelievable; a single ripple swept everything away.

Shi Yi was also somewhat surprised. He had originally thought it would be one of Ruthless Man, Ye Fan, or Wu Shi, since in the future, only these three would be capable of fighting.

But judging from this, it's not like that at all.

"That's right, I told Ye Qingxian that there's no need to force the power of karma to travel through time. I imagine she must have conveyed that message after she went back, and..." A flash of inspiration struck Shi Yi, and he realized the key point.

Among the piles of rubble formed by the shattered statues, the Crimson King statue crumbled into dust, along with those statues that still retained parts of their bodies. All remnants were completely swept away, and no living being could ever reach this place through them again.

"Is it over?" the woman murmured to herself.

Logically speaking, the stone statue, the medium through which the Immortal King made his move, has been destroyed, meaning that his plan to eliminate Shi Yi has failed.

However, he is the Beast of Time, a ruler of all ages, and has kings from other lands supporting him. How could he possibly accept defeat?

The next moment, the void exploded, chaos collapsed, time dissipated, and endless rain of light emerged. At the end of heaven and earth, a blurry shadow stood out, so abrupt, ancient and terrifying, that it did not belong to this era at all.

He was moving forward, propelling the sun, moon, and stars, carrying the chaotic power of the heavens and earth, traversing the river of time, erasing the shackles of cause and effect, and was incredibly terrifying.

"It's not over yet." The woman felt a chill run down her spine. She knew that this being was serious and had directly sent out an avatar, crossing the river of time to make a powerful and domineering move.

Shi Yi remained calm, even though the aura emanating from the Crimson King's avatar was aimed at him, almost causing his body to shatter.

However, the earlier scene of the stone statue being shattered and obliterated proved that a future being was behind it all. In that case, no matter what the Crimson King did, it was all in vain.

He activated his Taiyin Double Pupil, trying to make out the blurry figure, but he failed. It was, after all, a giant among the immortal kings, tall and imposing, waving his hands to move the stars in the heavens, walking with the stride of a dragon and the gait of a tiger, like an unparalleled emperor on a journey.

His aura was so terrifying that mountains and seas dried up, the sun fell, and all the stars in the heavens vanished.

At this moment, the Crimson King was very surprised. He did not expect that a mere ant would actually be rescued by a living being from the lower reaches of the River of Time. Moreover, a ripple could extinguish his divine sense. This made the Crimson King, who was bursting with confidence, lose face. You must know that he had just boasted that he would also annihilate the living beings of the future.

Now, he is urging his avatar to stride through the river of time, to put into practice what he said. He does not believe that any being in the future will be able to rival him.

Suddenly, the Crimson King's incarnation let out a chilling laugh that sent shivers down everyone's spines.

"Hehe, if someone hadn't destroyed my divine sense, I would have almost missed a big fish. Now it's perfect, let's catch both fish at the same time and wipe them out in one fell swoop."

"Two fish?"

The woman was surprised. Was there another creature that this man had his eye on?

The vertical eye between her brows blinked as she gazed at the vast, rushing river of time. Not far downstream from where they were, in a pavilion, "her future self" and another young man stood, being watched by that terrifying being from countless ages ago.

Shi Yi also witnessed this scene. For some reason, he felt his gaze becoming increasingly sharp, and he saw things that a minor Venerable should not have seen.

Even the blurry avatar of the Crimson King gradually became clearer. It was a red-haired spirit wearing a ferocious suit of armor, with a tail on its back covered in spikes, and an aura of menace was spreading from it.

"Shi Hao?"

Shi Yi's gaze, piercing through the power of time and dispelling the fog of cause and effect, revealed Shi Hao as he picked up the wine jug.