So, you know, sometimes it’s not great when enemies die too quickly or surrender too soon.
In this moment, Lu Ye found himself nostalgically thinking of the Ten Thousand Spirits Demon Emperor.
If the Ten Thousand Spirits Demon Emperor were still around, who knows if they would just dive straight into the River of Time and start parasitizing everything, making both the past and future their hosts.
Tsk tsk tsk, the thought of that image sent shivers down Lu Ye’s spine.
But now, with the River of Time in chaos, the Ten Thousand Spirits Demon Emperor was still alive but simply too weak to change any outcome.
Time passed, second by second.
Lu Ye flitted about, either challenging Celestial Lords, joining the fray, or hunting for treasures. With the chaos in the River of Time, he had lost track of how long it had been.
Now, the entire Great World was evolving at an ever-increasing pace. Lu Ye became a Great Emperor, claiming the Great World as his Dao Fruit, which caused the flames of the realm to extinguish by 30 percent—accumulated not just from before but also from this period of extinguishment.
At this point, only 40 percent of the flames in the Great World remained.
Where the flames had gone out, terrifying new forces were constantly evolving, with mysterious and enigmatic transformations occurring everywhere.
In the midst of these intriguing changes, Lu Ye’s Dao was skyrocketing as if he were riding a rocket.
Until one day.
Lu Ye let out a soft “Hmm?”
In the endless evolution of the new world, a wisp of purple gas finally emerged.
This wisp of gas was nothing new to Lu Ye.
It was none other than the Primordial Qi.
A new wisp of Primordial Qi had actually come into being.
Lu Ye hesitated for a moment, contemplating the use of the Primordial Force.
“System, do you need this?” Lu Ye asked.
“Ding, you need it more!”
The System responded.
Lu Ye got the message—this Primordial Qi was a part of the world’s essence; who wouldn’t need it?
However, compared to giving it to the System, absorbing it himself would maximize the value.
He and the System had a relationship where it wasn’t about being polite—whoever needed it most should take it!
Without hesitation, Lu Ye absorbed it.
“Boom!”
A massive explosion erupted within Lu Ye, sending all his powers into overdrive evolution.
The essence of the world—just thinking about how precious that was was enough to make anyone drool!
He was growing even stronger.
Lu Ye felt that the current situation was pretty good. As long as things didn’t head towards a total collapse, he wouldn’t have to play babysitter.
The world wouldn’t stop because of one person.
He continued his cultivation.
Upon reaching the Emperor Realm, there were no more distinctions like first layer, second layer, or third layer.
It was simply early-stage, mid-stage, late-stage, and perfected Great Emperor!
The same went for Celestial Lords.
A perfected Great Emperor could already be referred to as half a Celestial Lord.
Now, Lu Ye had reached mid-stage Great Emperor.
His strength had progressed further.
Battling Celestial Lords became increasingly easier for him.
Until one day.
Suddenly, a massive explosion reverberated, shaking the entire Ring-shaped River of Time.
This sound echoed across the vast expanse of time.
One could count them all.
Almost everyone turned their gaze toward the source of the noise.
But they saw nothing!
Just then, figures shot out of the River of Time, and upon emerging, they witnessed a sight that sent chills down their spines.
For at a specific moment in time, a beam of light appeared—a soft crimson light that exuded the aura of a Saint, erupting without restraint.
Wherever the crimson light passed, the sluggishly flowing River of Time seemed to freeze in place.
Anyone wrapped in that crimson light found themselves suspended in time, as if it had turned into amber.
What a horrific sight!
This was time stopping!
Actually, the Ancient Celestial Lord could also perform time-stopping techniques.
But the time he stopped was only within a portion of space. It’s uncertain if he could pause time for the entire heavens and earth even after achieving saint status.
Now, someone had accomplished it.
Not just pausing time in a small space, but the entire River of Time was freezing at a remarkably quick pace.
To call it a pause might be inaccurate; a more precise term would be freezing!
From a flowing liquid to a solid state.
Some Celestial Lords gasped in shock.
“No! It can’t be like this!”
One Celestial Lord reacted first.
It really couldn’t be, because such a frozen River of Time would plunge the world into absolute stasis—the entire heavens and earth would turn into eternity, and everything would lose the ability to develop.
All living beings, all Daos, even wind and rivers—whether living or non-living—would stop functioning!
It came!
It truly came!
This was the greatest crisis facing the River of Time.
The Crimson Dust Saint was taking action, aiming to turn a certain moment into eternity.
This was a fully realized Saint.
Not the weak ones like the Dark Origin God who barely entered the world, nor the laws left by the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens.
This was the most complete, most supreme Saint!
When a Saint goes all out, no one knows what they can achieve because once someone becomes a Saint, there’s hardly anyone worthy of experiencing their full power.
The Great Sage of the Nine Heavens had indeed acted most fiercely, thus creating the Nine Heavens!
Leaving a wonderful realm for countless beings to thrive and multiply.
Other Saints rarely acted; they could almost casually annihilate anything in existence.
“Stop her!”
Lu Ye shouted furiously!
This was something that absolutely could not be allowed to succeed. If she did, then there would be no future for this world; everyone would sink into eternal stasis, and even thoughts would disappear—no different from death!
For those who had already fallen, that was one thing, but now there were countless living beings and the Heavenly Dao that Lu Ye was concerned about.
Lu Ye immediately dashed toward the crimson light.
He wasn’t about to just be a war correspondent, watching to see which Celestial Lord fell; all he could do was lead by example.
After all, Lu Ye was a man of this world. If he didn’t step up, how could anyone expect the fallen Celestial Lords and Great Emperors to act?
Besides Lu Ye, numerous streaks of light charged toward the crimson glow.
Among them were a few particularly fierce presences.
Like an unstoppable rainbow!
The aura of the Invincible Sword Lord emerged.
The Invincible Sword Lord hadn’t perished along with the Compassionless Celestial Lord?
Had the System’s predictions failed?
It should be that way, of course; the System’s deductions weren’t entirely accurate, especially in a battle between two top-tier Celestial Lords. A single misstep could lead to victory or defeat.
Or perhaps the Invincible Sword Lord was having such a good time fighting that he broke through again amidst battle and overcame the Compassionless Sage.
Regardless of the possibility, the appearance of the Invincible Sword Lord meant he won his fight against the Compassionless Celestial Lord after all, since the Compassionless Sage sure didn’t believe in holding back.