Lu Yin stared downwards.
He saw a red blob smash into the stone door within the waterfall. The stone door shattered, and an old woman walked out. "This, this, this is …" She only managed to say a few words before the red blob brushed past her. More than half of her body was destroyed, and she died.
There was a second stone door behind the old woman, and it was also smashed by the red blob. The old man behind the door cried out, "Progenitor Chen's bloodstained robes! How dare you!"
Lu Yin's mind went blank. Progenitor Chen's bloodstained robes?
Wasn't this the scene of the Sea King breaking through the upper three doors?
"Ants, the ancestors were merciful enough to let you live, but now you dare to bite the hand that fed you!" the old man shouted.
The Sea King laughed maniacally. "That's right! This is the true universe! This is the fifth continent! This is the fifth continent!"
"Ants, you're courting death!" The old man grabbed at the Sea King, but at that moment, Elder Chan appeared and forced the old man back with a palm strike. He then stared behind the stone door.
The stone door had not been destroyed by Progenitor Chen's bloodstained robes. Instead, a crack had appeared, and behind the crack, a beautiful finger had appeared. It had easily crushed the old man who had been guarding the door, causing the Fifth Mainland's sky to change.
Lu Yin stared blankly at the scene before him. There was no mistaking it; this was indeed the scene where the Sea King had broken through the three gates. There was no mistaking it; Elder Chan had appeared as well. They had appeared in the past, and Elder Chan and the others had not been able to see the main hall.
Within the main hall, Nine Luminaries was pale. The old man who had been guarding the stone door had also been a Sixth Mainland Half-Ancestor. So this was how he had died. Their sky had not been destroyed by the Sea King, but by the person behind the upper three doors. It was someone from the Astral Trees.
The third door had been destroyed, and the Fifth Mainland's sky had been replaced. The Sea King was ecstatic. "I did it! I did it!"
But then, the third stone door closed on its own.
"Why?
Why did it close? "
"They don't want to have anything to do with us. That's good, that's good."
At this moment, Lu Yin no longer cared about Elder Chan and the Sea King. He only stared at the third stone door. He had seen that beautiful finger crush the Sixth Mainland's Half-Progenitor very clearly, and he had also seen the pair of beautiful eyes behind the third stone door. He had seen that face for a moment, and it was an absolute beauty that could cause time to stop.
She was Bai Xianer.
He didn't know why, but he knew she was Bai Xianer. Why would she appear behind the Three Upper Gates?
The Three Upper Gates were clearly located in the new continent on the other side of the battlefield, so why did she help the Fifth Mainland change the sky?
If it weren't for her, the Fifth Mainland wouldn't have been able to change the heavens just by relying on the crack in the stone gate.
The Sea Monarch was just a bait. Bai Xianer was the one who had truly changed the fate of the Fifth Mainland.
What shocked him even more was Bai Xianer's strength. The old man guarding the stone door had the strength to fight against Elder Chan. He was definitely a Half-Martial Ancestor. She had actually crushed a Half-Martial Ancestor to death with a single finger. Her strength was unparalleled. Even Senior Brother Qing Ping might not be able to reach her level.
"This is the scene from more than ten years ago when the heavens of the Fifth Mainland changed. We've returned to the past," Jiu Yao said in a deep voice. His voice was filled with disbelief. Even as a half-step ancestor, he had never thought that he would be able to return to the past one day and see the scene of the past. This was the mighty power of time.
The God of Forgotten Ruins looked outside in silence. She did not expect to come to the past. It seemed like the people here could not see them. Were they time travelers?
The legends were true. The primogenitor had grasped the power of time and space, and had the ability to travel to the past and the future.
No wonder the One True God wants
To do so.
The main hall shook violently once more. Everyone knew that every time the hall shook, it meant that there was a change.
Sure enough, the next moment, the main hall reappeared in the dark space that seemed to have shuttled through space.
At this point, everyone's expressions completely changed. This was not space, but time. Was this what it meant to travel through time?
Everyone fell silent. They did not know how to deal with the mighty power of time. Even an ancient Progenitor like the God of Forgotten Ruins was the same.
"Do you know how to return?"
He Luo Mavis asked Chu Yuan.
Lu Yin also looked at Chu Yuan. Only he and the God of Forgotten Ruins knew that there was a sword inside the statue. Both of them should have seen the primogenitor before.
Chu Yuan's expression was solemn. "I don't know."
"If you don't know, then who does?" He Luo Mavis barked.
Chu Yuan looked at her and then at Lu Yin. "Although I don't know, I can try to control it. I need to get close to the statue."
He Luo Mavis's gaze turned cold. He wanted to obtain the sword.
Lu Yin frowned. Did Chu Yuan know?
If he did, then he might be able to control the sword and bring them back. But if he did not know, then the sword was basically a gift to him, allowing him to control this power vessel that could travel to the past and the future. This power vessel was not something that Lu Yin had ever seen before; it was a primogenitor's item.
"How about it? Send me over, and I can try to bring you back." Chu Yuan looked at Lu Yin. "It doesn't matter if you don't want to. We're not from the same era anyway. Even if we travel to the past, it's still worth it. It's best if we can return to the era of the Above Sky Sect. But what about you?
The people you care about are all in your era. Even a Progenitor might not be able to wait from the Above Sky Sect until now. "
He Luo Mavis looked at Lu Yin.
On the first floor of the main hall, Jiu Yao and Lan Xian looked at each other and then at Chu Yuan. They did not want to return to the era of the Above Sky Sect, but now that they were traveling through the main hall, they should be returning to the past. Perhaps they really could return to the era of the Above Sky Sect. In that era, they did not have much status, and they could not even reach the level of the Twelve Gate Masters.
That was the golden age of the human race. Aside from the Three Realms and Six Daos, there were also the top Progenitors from the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas. There were also the ordinary Progenitors, and below them were the Twelve Gate Masters. In that era, they did not have the right to speak.
They definitely could not return to the era of the Above Sky Sect.
"What you're saying is true, but that's from your standpoint and mine. We're not going back to the past, we're going into the future," Leng Qing suddenly said. "This is the Primogenitor bringing us to the future and letting us know who our enemies are. If we hadn't experienced the future, how could we have known that the Eternals were humanity's greatest enemy?"
"You're overthinking it. You didn't travel to the future. You were only frozen to the present by the sourcebox. Now, you're traveling to the past," Lan Xian said.
Leng Qing calmly replied, "The process isn't important. The result is that we'll return to that era and start all over again."
After hearing Leng Qing's words, a thought flashed through Lu Yin's mind. He wanted to grasp it, but he couldn't. What was it?
Did time really exist?
Leng Qing was right. No matter what the process was, perhaps this hall would eventually bring him back to the past. But what about the time it took?
To Lu Yin, it was just a short day, but to Lu Yin, it was two different eras.
People from different eras had appeared in the same past, so what was the meaning of time?
Lu Yin was lost.
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The Forgotten Ruins God was disdainful. "Even if you return to the past, you won't be able to change the current situation. Besides, you can't go back." He then attacked again, and a dark red stream of energy transformed into a wolf's head that swallowed Leng Qing and the others.
As she attacked, the outside of the hall began to crack.
Chu Yuan shouted, "This is the river of time. Do you want us all to get lost here?
Even the Progenitors wouldn't be able to escape from the river of time, let alone a mere half-Ancestor like you. "
The Forgotten Ruins God snorted. "It's just a half-Ancestor. So what if it's gone?"
"What about the sword?
You'll never be able to get it, and you'll even lose track of it. How are you going to explain this to your master? "Lu Yin asked coldly.
The Forgotten Ruins God smiled. "Kid, you really know how to talk. Alright, I won't attack. I'd like to see what this sword wants us to see."
The others heaved a sigh of relief. The Forgotten Ruins God had the power of the Everlasting Tribe, and once she attacked, no one would be able to stop her. Fortunately, she also wanted the sword and didn't dare attack recklessly.
It wasn't just the Forgotten Ruins God and Chu Yuan; everyone wanted the sword, but no one dared to attack recklessly for fear of getting lost in the river of time.
As they waited nervously, the astral source suddenly surged out and rushed into everyone's bodies like before. They couldn't stop absorbing it even if they wanted to.
Lu Yin was speechless. What was this sword going to do?
What was the point of doing this?
One moment they devoured, the next they released. Their bodies were like vessels that carried the stellar source.
Whether they were willing or not, this wasn't something they could stop.
Even Jiu Yao and the other half-Ancestors could only obediently absorb the astral source.
Not long after, River Mavis filled up for the first time, and then suppressed the rate at which it absorbed the astral source. Chu Yuan was next, and after that, the others couldn't absorb it so easily.
The two looked at Lu Yin. Their cultivations were clearly similar, but this guy's absorption rate was comparable to that of a half-Ancestor.
Lu Yin didn't have time to bother with the two, and he focused on the astral source cyclones in his body, replenishing them one by one.
First was the Lower Rush Gate, followed by the Middle Finger Gate, and then the Upper Wisdom Gate.
When the Upper Wisdom Gate's cyclones were replenished, the main hall shook, and Lu Yin thought to himself, This is it.
The last time he had absorbed the astral source, the main hall had swayed, and he had arrived at the location of the three gates in the Sea of Fallen Stars more than ten years ago. The astral source had been quickly devoured by the statue, but this time, it had absorbed more than before.
Everyone looked outside at the same time, wanting to see where they had appeared.
The first thing they saw was the Mother Tree, whose peak couldn't be seen.
Lu Yin's eyes widened. The Astral Tree?
This was a battlefield, and the sky was a dark red color that looked like vaporized blood. It filled the entire space visible to the naked eye, and corpses floated everywhere. There was no end in sight, and many of them were wearing uniforms.
"There's someone here," Lan Xian reminded him.
Everyone turned around and saw a few people standing on a barren planet. One of them had a small stage in front of him.
Lu Yin's eyes widened. Someone from the Lu family?
Everyone looked at the barren planet, and sparse voices could be heard.
"We can't hold on any longer. The Daosource Sect's mountain gate has collapsed, and almost half of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas have disappeared. We still have to deal with the Sixth Mainland, and we can't escape the fate of being defeated, just like the other four mainlands." The speaker was an old man with a tired expression.
Forgotten Ruins Deity sneered. "Wang Fan."
Jiu Yao was shocked. "Wang family's Ancestor Wang Fan?"