The fierce wind howled.

Chen Yan, having regained consciousness, once again stood upon the Myriad Laws Platform atop Du Cang Mountain.

The assembled Immortal Ascension cultivators of Chenping Continent all stood at his side as well.

Beyond the vault of heaven, within the spatial rifts, flickered the last lingering glow of True Person Xuzhou's lightning and fire.

It was still this same point in time.

Because he had changed nothing at all.

A solemn look flashed through Chen Yan's eyes.

He had indeed used the Heavenly Summit Mirror to project the image of the Sage of Imperial Void at the peak of his past power onto the cause and effect that Bai Chen had left behind in this current era.

Chen Yan's action was equivalent to allowing that Sage of Imperial Void, who had once ruled Yuxu Continent and exerted tremendous influence over Tianji Continent, to whom there was even a debt of "rebirth grace," to complete his resurrection in this current era.

This too was a layout that Bai Chen had already set in place seven million years ago, when Tianji Continent had not yet been destroyed.

Yet even the Ultimate Sage of Imperial Void, who wielded the last thread of sage authority in this world, was unable to mount any truly effective resistance when faced with that Mystic Maiden under Lord Qingluo's command from beyond the vault of heaven.

Chen Yan still remembered his conversation with the Tianji Sage Zuo He beneath the abyssal depths of the Endless Sea.

Lord Qingluo would often place the Mystic Maiden Statue under his command into the chaotic flow of time or the spatial rifts to patrol, sweeping away those eyesores for him.

And according to the intelligence Chen Yan had previously obtained from Mr. You, as well as from the mouth of the Tianji Sage, behind the Mystic Maiden within the spatial rifts, there lurked an even more terrifying existence.

But that existence was not Lord Qingluo.

According to what Mr. You had said eight thousand years ago, that Mystic Maiden Statue should not have been a match for an Uncarved Simplicity Realm cultivator.

Chen Yan also believed that in the previous cycle of reincarnation, after he and the assembled Immortal Ascension cultivators had all been vaporized by that sky-filling seven-colored golden light, the Sage of Imperial Void had not fallen at the hands of the Mystic Maiden Statue.

Instead, it was a higher, stronger existence.

After being reborn once again, the clearest sensation Chen Yan felt was the current erosion of his dao rhyme.

One-tenth had already been eroded.

Merely by using his External Incarnation to forcibly activate his dao rhyme in a single instant to sever the causal connection between Chenping Continent and the seven-colored flowing gold Mystic Maiden Statue, thousands of zhang tall, that had manifested above the vault of heaven, Chen Yan's dao rhyme had been eroded by several thousand years.

So this time, how was he to break the deadlock?

Chen Yan's gaze swept across the assembled Immortal Ascension cultivators on the Myriad Laws Platform, then he suddenly froze.

Why?

Why was it that after loading a new save, his own dao rhyme erosion could not be reversed, yet everyone else's dao rhyme had all been restored to the state before everything had happened?

Having experienced countless cycles of reincarnation and rebirth, and already being an Immortal Ascension cultivator with some shallow understanding of the world's underlying logic, Chen Yan understood very clearly.

Each of his save-loads and rebirths did not transport him to a brand-new parallel world.

Rather, it was true time reversal.

And it was precisely because of this that dao rhyme, which could escape the limitations of the category of time, was not affected by Chen Yan's save-loading and rebirth. Its degree of erosion would not be restored by Chen Yan's save-loading.

There had to be some special reason behind this.

But now was not the time to ponder these things. What mattered most was how he was to face the imminent crisis of Chenping Continent.

Continue resisting, once again summoning the projection of the Sage of Imperial Void at the peak of his past power into this domain heavens?

No, that was merely futile effort repeating the same mistake.

If he sat and waited for death, he would only fall into a meaningless loop.

And with each death, one after another, the accumulated karmic backlash would ultimately crush Chen Yan completely.

Apart from resisting, and sitting and waiting for death, there was only a third choice.

That was to flee.

"Fellow True Persons!"

Chen Yan shouted:

"Please immediately take the Guardians of the Dao on Du Cang Mountain and flee from Du Cang Mountain. Flee as far as you can. Now, immediately!"

The assembled Immortal Ascension cultivators on the Myriad Laws Platform were all slightly stunned, not reacting immediately.

Because from their perspective, all the efforts True Person Chen had made over the past two hundred years had been for the final decisive battle against the "enemies from beyond the heavens."

But now...

Flee?

After True Person Xuzhou had fled into the space beyond the vault of heaven, what exactly had this Realman Du Cang discovered?

Why was there such a massive reversal in attitude?

"It's not yet time. I will buy as much time as possible for all of you. Go, quickly!"

Chen Yan continued to shout.

Hearing this, all the Immortal Ascension cultivators present no longer hesitated. These Immortal Ascension cultivators all understood one principle: the situation was ever-changing.

Seven Immortal Ascension cultivators instantly transformed into seven long rainbows.

They did not immediately scatter and flee from Du Cang Mountain. Instead, they transformed into several sky-covering nets that swept across the entire Du Cang Mountain gently yet swiftly.

Countless radiances containing profound runes scattered from the sky, and every Guardian of the Dao disciple touched by the radiance was swept up by a gentle force, swiftly fleeing Du Cang Mountain at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

In but an instant, only Chen Yan and Mr. You remained on Du Cang Mountain, still standing upon the Myriad Laws Platform.

"This is the decision you made after glimpsing the ending of the future?"

The young cultivator in plain-colored daoist robes, hands clasped behind his back, asked in the direction of Chen Yan with an indifferent expression.

"Even by projecting the Sage's image into this world, you still cannot escape the ending of heaven and earth's extinction."

Chen Yan did not directly answer Mr. You's question, yet it seemed he had already given his answer.

After the Great Chaos of the Immortals, the laws of heaven and earth on Chenping Continent had suffered wounds that could not naturally heal, and they tore and expanded year by year.

Moreover, they directly connected with the spatial rifts beyond this domain heavens.

Chen Yan had originally thought that when the tear in the sky expanded to a certain degree, it would cause the descent of the Mystic Maiden Statue.

But now it seemed that the truth was likely not so.

He recalled the several previous occasions when the Mystic Maiden Statue had appeared.

The first time was seventy thousand years ago, when the stirring of the "Cause of Calamity" led to the appearance of the Mystic Maiden Statue.

The second time was when he had gone to seek the Dao Basis of True Person Minghua, Xie Shouzhuo, and on the verge of death had triggered a karmic backlash of more than sixty thousand years.

The third time was eight thousand years ago, when Mr. You forcibly became a Sage, drawing down the collapse of heaven and earth, and the Mystic Maiden Statue manifested.

It seemed that during the Great Chaos of the Immortals, when the laws of heaven and earth on Chenping Continent were teetering on the brink, the Mystic Maiden Statue had also appeared within the rift beyond the vault of heaven.

And now, it was True Person Xuzhou, Lou Ye, who had directly charged into the spatial rifts beyond the vault of heaven, which had led to the Mystic Maiden's appearance...

Chen Yan seemed to have found some common characteristic from the various connections behind all of this.

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