Chapter 3219: The Original Timeline (4)

Giggle, giggle!

Xiao Wa's laughter was childish and adorable, tender and clear.

This laugh was innocently bright.

Yet, when it reached Ye Chen's ears, it felt extraordinarily chilling.

It turned out he had still underestimated Xiao Wa.

This little one was terrifying beyond imagination, so formidable that even describing it as surpassing the Tiandao seemed inadequate. The Tiandao couldn't achieve what it did with such ease.

As he spoke, Xiao Wa came running over again.

It was still sniffing around, following wherever Ye Chen retreated to, like a tracking hound—regardless of the culprit, as long as a trace of aura lingered, it would pursue relentlessly.

Ye Chen stopped retreating abruptly.

Xiao Wa arrived shortly after, sniffing at his feet, then reaching out with its small hand, but grabbing at nothing the first time. On the second try, light danced in its tiny hand, and this time, it truly touched Ye Chen, who could clearly sense it.

"You're awesome."

Even with the composure of a Sheng Ti supreme, he couldn't help but give a thumbs-up.

Traversing history, you're the ultimate boss.

Xiao Wa deserved that title without question. The Tiandao paled in comparison—in fact, Ye Chen was an illusory existence, a mere observer of this universe, beyond the Tiandao's reach or perception, yet Xiao Wa could manage it effortlessly.

"Go play by yourself!"

Ye Chen said, then slipped away into the unknown. Because the Xiao Wa of the Xing Zi was trying to swallow him, it could find and devour him anytime. It was like a glutton that dared to eat anything and everything, seeing through origins no matter where they came from.

In the original time-space's Taigu Honghuang.

Ye Chen sat for a long while, trying his utmost to deduce Xiao Wa, but no matter how he analyzed it, it all ended in blankness, as if it didn't exist in the mortal world at all.

This only highlighted the terror of the Yongheng Xianyu even more.

Even something as powerful as the Xing Zi Xiao Wa had been exiled to the unknown—what must the true Yongheng Xianyu be like? Could even Huang Di be just a minor follower there? Merely a divine ant?

It wasn't until three hundred years later that he finally stood up and left.

Returning to the Zhutian of the original time-space, the starlit skies were shrouded in war smoke.

The Honghuang great clans had emerged.

Like in altered time-spaces, the first batch of beings in the world ignited a massive blood catastrophe, routing the allied armies of Zhutian and seizing control of over half of it.

That year, Da Chu made its return.

Also that year, the Xuanhuang Five Forbidden Zones emerged together, forcefully mediating the conflict.

This standoff lasted a full century.

After a hundred years of war, Zhutian finally held its ground, thanks to the original time-space's Ye Chen, who had reached the peak of Zhun Di, bolstered by his Sheng Ti bloodline, making him unbeatable.

They reclaimed much of the lost territory.

However, many star domains remained under Honghuang's control, and even the original time-space's Ye Chen was powerless to change that, since he hadn't achieved full Dacheng.

This was only part of the reason.

The historical trajectory differed—Ye Chen in the original time-space never visited the Mingjie or Tianjie until reaching full Sheng Ti Dacheng, so he lacked the Wheel of Reincarnation Eye, the Chaotic Eye, the Di Huang Shen Cang, and the Ba Yuan Sheng Gu. His insights and cultivation were far inferior to his altered time-space counterpart, making it impossible to completely repel Honghuang. Never underestimate the first batch of beings in the world; their collective power was immense.

Internal strife in Zhutian benefited the outer domains.

Ye Chen observed the spatial black holes in this time-space, which harbored far too many outer domain demons, including that Di-level Tianmo and the Shishen Chong Black Robe Emperor.

Beyond them, the Lingyu held another Tianmo Emperor corpse.

And that wasn't all—don't forget the shattered Qingtian Mozhu in Lingyu, which concealed something even more vicious: the Motian Emperor. In the altered time-space, it was slain by Xianwu Diczun across reincarnation, but in the original time-space, no one destroyed it, allowing it to develop stealthily in the shadows.

One thing worth mentioning was the female Sheng Ti, Hong Yan.

In the original time-space, she was undoubtedly a major antagonist.

All these factors were unknown to the people of the original time-space.

Later, when the Renjie fell, these were among the primary causes.

It was also due to Honghuang's disruptions that Zhutian had no resources to deal with other threats.

The people of the original time-space were unaware of the outer domains lurking in Zhutian, but the original time-space's Daozu, Mingdi, and Di Huang knew it all too well, witnessing everything clearly.

Unfortunately, the interface barriers prevented any assistance.

Especially Di Huang, who in the original time-space had never been connected to the underworld at all.

But that wasn't the worst of it.

The main reason Zhutian fell was related to Xiao Ruoxi, the eternal body of the Ancient Heavenly Court Empress. If she had been present, Renjie would have been secure.

The problem was, she was controlled by the Zhuxian Jian.

Ye Chen was quite surprised by this—how could the Zhuxian Jian control an eternal body?

That was a story for later.

Speak of the Zhuxian Jian, and it appeared, hidden in the vast void.

Ye Chen saw it and couldn't help but frown.

The reason was simple—it wasn't just one Zhuxian Jian; there were nine.

Nine Zhuxian Jians.

This was something he hadn't anticipated. In the altered time-space, only one had ever appeared, so were the other eight still hidden in Zhutian?

With this setup, there was no need for the two outer domain Huangdi to act; just these hidden threats in Renjie could devastate Zhutian. No wonder Hong Chen reversed time-space.

Kill!

Fight!

As he watched, the great war between Zhutian and Honghuang erupted once more.

Ah!

Ye Chen rubbed his brow. With so many hidden threats in the dark, yet they fought on so fiercely—this all-out interstellar civil war was destined to end in defeat!

And reality was even more complex than he imagined.

For instance, the Youming Dalu had once been occupied by Honghuang, creating vulnerabilities.

One Tianmo invasion entered through there.

Coincidentally, the Tianmo Emperor that attacked from Youming Dalu was the same one that, in the altered time-space, first invaded Da Chu, though the location and timing differed by nearly a millennium. This delayed wave of Tianmo still arrived without fail.

Notably, among the nine great Mojun under that Tianmo Emperor, there was no Tiannv Mojun—that is, the reincarnated A Li—and the ninth Mojun had never been seen.

The catastrophe began on that day.

With the outer domain invasion, the Honghuang clans fled the fastest.

They left, but Zhutian continued to resist.

This resistance targeted not only the Tianmo armies but also the demons from the black holes and those fallen from the Taigu Road, including many Dadi and even a Tiandi-level one.

That Tiandi-level was the Can Ye Mo Emperor.

In the altered time-space, it was destroyed by Yan Di's emperor corpse and Yan Di's son.

In the original time-space, they took it down again.

Bloody warfare swept across all of Zhutian, dyeing Renjie red with blood.

Apart from Honghuang, everyone was fighting.

The outer domain's demon soldiers and generals weren't the scary part—what was terrifying were the Di-level demons.

In times of crisis, heroes emerge.

Zhutian's Jianshen sacrificed himself, helping the original time-space's Ye Chen forcibly ascend to Dacheng.

This Dacheng came without any cross-time ambushes.

Once done, the Tianmo Dadi was eliminated.

In any time-space, regardless of whether it was at Da Chu's Zhutian Gate or Youming Dalu, the one who destroyed it was always the Sheng Ti named Ye Chen. The slight difference was that in one case, it was by Zhun Tian Dacheng, and in the other, by Zhun Di Dacheng—this was true fate. Counting it up, across both time-spaces, they had slain it three times.

Afterward, the Qingtian Mozhu collapsed.

Apart from Tianmo Jun, all the invading Tianmo in this wave were wiped out.

Speaking of Tianmo Jun, it turned out to be of the Hei Lian clan.

That was why it survived the Mozhu's collapse.

It was fortunate, escaping into the black hole.

This battle left Zhutian's Renjie in utter devastation, with countless supreme peaks perishing in the supreme clashes, including four Huangzhe and five Shenjiang.

Following that came Jianzun's attainment of the Dao and becoming an emperor.

With the Sheng Ti Dacheng protecting the path, the Honghuang clans dared not show themselves, and the invading outer domains were forcefully repelled by the Sheng Ti. Thus, Dacheng Sheng Ti and Dadi coexisted in the same era.

At this point in history, it might have seemed complete.

Unfortunately, a greater catastrophe was just beginning to unfold.