Time Is the Greatest Power, Change
Time Is the Greatest Power, Change
For the Beyond of today, chaos, unease, and dread were the unchanging daily refrain. Basically, every orthodoxy in every Star Territory was trying to find a way to seal off their mountains. This was the last resort.
Dark Heaven had appeared, sweeping across All of Heaven and Its Thousand Worlds at a terrifying speed. The scope of its reach was simply too vast.
Faced with such a mysterious force backed by a True Immortal, there was practically no orthodoxy that wasn’t gripped by fear.
Even the most ancient and long-standing powers chose to return to their ancestral lands, sealing themselves away in minor worlds and no longer concerning themselves with the affairs of the Beyond.
During this period, Dark Heaven emerged into the world, and many powerful figures appeared within its ranks. Among them were even many figures extremely familiar to the beings of the Beyond—such as the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being, the leaders of certain merchant alliances, the leaders of certain Cults of Immortality, the patriarchs of hidden immortal clans, and so on.
But almost no one knew who the master of Dark Heaven actually was, and no one had ever seen his true face.
They only knew that because of his existence, countless orthodoxies and life-bearing ancient stars had been annihilated, vanishing without a trace, never to appear in this world again.
He was an incomparably mysterious ruthless figure. The Hidden Experts who had died because of him were beyond counting.
Those orthodoxies and forces that had already sealed their mountains were even more terrified, worried they would face retribution.
After all, the ancient beings of their clans had also rushed to the Resplendence Universe, attempting to find the opportunity to become Immortals—but without exception, they had all died miserably there.
For the entire Beyond, this was a catastrophe. But from another perspective...
Because of Dark Heaven’s emergence, order was re-established. The Beyond, which had fallen into great turmoil due to the drastic changes in the world’s environment, began to evolve toward stability.
However, the once incomparably prosperous Star Territories and universes now showed signs of decline. Great sects sealed their mountains, ancient clans sealed themselves in minor worlds, and even Buddhist temples went into seclusion, relocating their entire establishments.
During this time, Sky Emperor Mountain, with its extremely ancient heritage, was destroyed, erased from the long river of history. The ones who acted were several Hidden Experts of the Longevity Gu Family, who attacked with Immortal Grade Artifacts in hand. Sky Emperor Mountain, guarded by only a single Hidden Expert, naturally had no power to resist and collapsed within a few short days.
Many orthodoxies, including the Endless Fire Domain, felt chilled to the bone. They had all previously shown hostility toward the Longevity Gu Family. Many believed that Sky Emperor Mountain’s destruction this time was because, back when Gu Changge and Yue Mingkong held their grand wedding, Sky Emperor Mountain had sent people to ambush them.
This time, when calamity struck the Beyond, it was instead the Longevity Gu Family, the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty, and other such orthodoxies that seemed to have escaped the disaster, never having to act. This left many people sighing with emotion, but some also speculated and harbored suspicions.
After all, during this entire period, no one had seen Gu Changge. No one even knew his whereabouts. In the end, they could only suspect that he was in secluded cultivation within the Family of Immortals, advancing to an even higher realm.
After all, the world’s environment in the Beyond was undergoing drastic changes. Perhaps in less than a few hundred years, it could recover to the level of ancient times.
But there were also people who suspected that Gu Changge might be connected to Dark Heaven. Those Hidden Experts who had fled back from the Resplendence Universe all had such a feeling.
But they had no proof. And even if it were proven that Gu Changge was connected to it, what could they do about it?
This world never lacked clever people. Some ancient beings within the immortal orthodoxies had actually already guessed the truth from various signs. After all, Dark Heaven had swept across all the worlds of the Beyond, yet it had never touched any of the orthodoxies and forces connected to Gu Changge.
This was already obvious enough.
Gu Changge was the reincarnation of an Absolute Being from the Forbidden Epoch. Even the demoness in red who nearly bathed the Beyond in blood was merely his former disciple. Just how terrifying were his identity and origins?
No one knew, and no one could say.
And among those orthodoxies, there had long been people who guessed that Gu Changge was inextricably linked to that ruthless figure who had schemed against the entire Beyond.
But they all chose to pretend they didn’t know, unwilling to touch upon such matters. The consequences of that were far too terrifying—no one could bear them.
As for how Gu Changge had accomplished it, that was also beyond what they could imagine.
Time flowed on. Several decades had passed since the Resplendence Universe Incident. The world’s environment in the Beyond was changing. Some clans and orthodoxies recuperated and even showed signs of flourishing.
The Resplendence Universe Incident was passed down and recorded by the world, becoming the darkest period in the Beyond’s history since the Forbidden Epoch—one that nearly caused the entire Beyond to wither away.
But now, several decades later, the environment of the Beyond had gradually stabilized.
Dark Heaven had grown even more powerful, with one hundred and eight Divine Generals, all of whom were True Daoists in cultivation. There were Star Kings and Supreme Beings of all kinds, ruling over the myriad races of the heavens, showing signs of unifying the entire Beyond.
Many clans and forces within the various universes gradually came to pledge allegiance.
Some great Fortuity-bearers within the universes even openly declared that they were believers of the master of Dark Heaven, claiming that in their youth they had received his gifts and blessings, after which they soared to greatness and achieved their current heights. They wished to join Dark Heaven and serve it.
There were many such cases. Some previously remote and barren universes now showed signs of vigorous life, giving birth to remarkable individuals.
From destruction to recuperation, then to the emergence of vitality, then to thriving prosperity, and then to extreme flourishing... this progression left people in awe.
In years past, there had been experts of all kinds of physiques. Although the Resplendence Universe Incident caused many Star Territories to become ruins, the power of time was great.
And now, many “divine saplings” from the ancient, primordial, and mythological eras had appeared. It could truly be called a hundred flowers blooming, a sky full of brilliant stars.
People once believed that with the opening of the Immortal Path, this era would enter the most powerful golden age in history. Who could have imagined it would instead be the most tragic of calamities?
Before the Resplendence Universe Incident, many universes were shattered, clans and orthodoxies were bathed in blood, and chaos reigned, nearly leading to total destruction.
For the prodigies who emerged in this era, this was a relatively stable yet incomparably brilliant great age. The world’s environment was changing, making it supremely suitable for cultivation.
After the Resplendence Universe Incident, although the various clans and orthodoxies suffered heavy losses, it also allowed the incomplete laws of heaven and earth in the Beyond to be mended, becoming whole.
Many prodigies rubbed their fists, eager to compete. Some had already achieved the Sacred King Realm.
Accumulating strength over time before bursting forth, they shocked many Star Territories. If this had been a dozen years ago, it would have been absolutely unthinkable.
And that prodigy had previously been extremely low-key—no one had even known his name. Only now, with a single breakthrough, did the whole world learn of him.
One must know that even a dozen years ago, the young people of Gu Changge’s generation, such as the Heavenly Maiden and others, were all still stuck at the Sacred Lord Realm.
This extremely low-key young prodigy instantly alarmed countless people.
“It’s just the Sacred King Realm, what’s so amazing about that.”
“I’m already at the Sacred Emperor Realm.”
Within a beautiful, splendid Peach Village, a slender young woman with an ethereal, immortal-like coldness wrinkled her nose, scoffing at such news.
“All these years, you’ve eaten so many of my pills—even a pig would have become a spirit by now. What do you have to be so smug about?”
The white-robed man beside her smiled and tapped her on the head.
“How annoying.”
“Don’t think that just because you’ve become an Immortal, you can bully me however you like.” Gu Xianer glared at him, muttering a string of complaints under her breath, still harboring deep resentment toward Gu Changge.