Chapter 2275: Year 2531 of the Dao Calendar

"Where do you think you're going!"

Ren Qiuli immediately gathered all her strength. The Ren Hurricane Thunder wrapped around her body, following closely behind like a giant whale swallowing the sea, chasing into the surging river of history.

She didn't hesitate to expend a lot of strength, she had to track Jiang Wang's whereabouts closely.

Scenes of historical fragments flashed by like watching galloping horses. At this moment, her eyes were like vortices, her computational power pushed to the limit.

In the long river of history, shocking waves rolled back, two tiny points of light, one in front and one behind, one chasing and one fleeing.

All other powers are unreliable; only one's own power is the eternal truth.

Just as Changsheng Jun's expectation for Lu Shuanghe fell through.

Ren Qiuli deeply understood this principle, so she had made two preparations from the start.

She had always sat on that chair woven from countless historical threads, never moving a step from beginning to end. That chair was countless historical threads, and she herself was the core of the 'Time Space Mirror River Heaven Machine Array'.

The power of Yue Country's history was available for her to borrow, and she naturally held power within herself.

She borrowed the imperial seal of Yue Country to suppress potential accidents caused by figures like Wen Zhong and Gao Zheng. And after an 'accident' happened, she would absorb their power for her own use.

If Wen Zhong and Gao Zheng were unwilling to wield a sword for her, then she would grind their souls and shatter their spirits, forging them into swords.

She personally held this edge, leveraging the power of false derivation in Mirror Lake, and personally struck at Jiang Wang.

There were only two paths laid out before Jiang Wang: either he would be killed by her on the spot, thus eliminating any future threat to Lu Shuanghe, or he would forcibly break through the accumulation and impact the absolute peak. This was his only chance for survival, and even then, it depended on whether Jiang Wang could seize it.

Although she said she wouldn't give Jiang Wang the opportunity to impact the absolute peak.

But if Jiang Wang could break through the kill formation by advancing his derivation today, her goal would also be achieved.

For herself, it was certainly a secondary choice; a forced derivation by Jiang Wang would definitely kill her. But if Jiang Wang advanced his derivation, the agreed-upon fight between Lu Shuanghe and the absolute peak of Cave True would also be nullified.

Lu Shuanghe is a person who believes in the emotionless way of Heaven. He could sit and watch the life-and-death struggle between the young Yi Shengfeng and Jiang Wang, choosing to take away the survivor. This was absolutely not due to their talent, disposition, or other factors causing biased interference.

He himself would absolutely not step forward to strangle Jiang Wang. But if Jiang Wang was unable to reach the appointed position, it was simply the natural course of Heaven's reason, and Jiang Wang had broken the agreement.

Regardless of whether Jiang Wang died in battle or advanced his derivation, since this battle had already broken the agreement, Lu Shuanghe could let go of his obsession and ascend to the absolute peak.

For Ren Qiuli...

That was enough.

Originally, she had fallen between life and death, her future cut off, no longer having any value. Even her master abandoned her. Only a single sword from a small world descended from the sky.

That person told her... "Hear the Dao in the morning."

Fame, wealth, lust, grievances, emotions, enmities – in the face of all of this, nothing was important. Only "sword" was Heaven's reason, only "Dao" was eternal.

Afterward, life became very simple.

That person was only for the Dao.

She was only for that person.

Time flowed to the present. She had world-unmatched computational power and had set up a formidable formation in advance, borrowing the treasure of the Cave Heaven and using mountains and rivers as her array. She should have been completely confident in eradicating Jiang Wang here. She should not have had the thought, "Jiang Wang breaking through the kill formation by advancing his derivation also counts as achieving the goal."

This was truly a weak thought.

If Lu Shuanghe were asked to evaluate, he would certainly only close his eyes silently.

She understood why – Dou Zhao had cut off her confidence.

She had long recognized that the source of the flaw that was difficult to mend would make her Dao path how difficult. Her master had abandoned her originally, indeed seeing no hope. But she had always felt that she could explore the limits of Cave True, and was already at the limit. Was there still a more difficult path in the world than Lu Shuanghe's? She could walk it too.

She thought she had lost to Yu Beidou only because of the unfortunate flaw left in her early years.

It wasn't until she was engaged in a life-and-death chase with Dou Zhao that she truly saw clearly how conspicuous and unavoidable that one regret was in front of a true absolute peak proud son!

When she decided to face Jiang Wang, who was a member of the Taixu Pavilion like Dou Zhao and had a more dazzling battle record, she had to weigh and weigh again.

She didn't worry about her own life and death. She worried that she couldn't help Lu Shuanghe — even if Lu Shuanghe didn't need it.

She was very clear that in this world, besides her, no one would help Lu Shuanghe.

If Jiang Wang died, the world would mourn. If Lu Shuanghe died, there would only be cheers!

Her original plan was to use the wonders within Yue Country's historical long river to supplement her early years' source flaw, borrow the great array to form the formation, take one step to reach the absolute peak, and thus easily erase Jiang Wang.

This was the most perfect outcome, but because of the name Jiang Wang, she didn't have the confidence to do it.

Wandering in the Fallen Immortal Forest, she no longer had the confidence to calculate everything. And considering the uncontrollability of Wen Zhong and Gao Zheng, it was only after repeated deliberation that she changed to the current plan.

She no longer dared to hope for extravagance, retreating to seek the second best option, and frequently adding guarantees. Every aspect of this formation was considered, it should have been absolutely safe.

But she still didn't expect that Jiang Wang chose the third path – escape.

In a place where there was fundamentally no road, in Mirror Lake, which created such an extremely narrow space, Jiang Wang was actually able to find a possibility to escape and hide in the reflected Yue Country historical long river of the 'Time Space Mirror River Heaven Machine Array'.

With a poor home with four walls, no door, and no window, he lifted the roof tile and left!

This required at least three conditions to be met. First, Jiang Wang needed to have sufficient understanding of the 'Time Space Mirror River Heaven Machine Array'; second, he needed to have some insight into the historical long river; third, he needed to be sensitive enough to seize the instant when Ren Qiuli gathered her strength and relaxed control of the great array.

The first condition was met with the help of Wen Zhong and Gao Zheng, the third condition counted as a quality that such a proud son must possess, and the second condition... how could someone like Jiang Wang, who had never come into contact with star divination and had never heard of having achievements in divination, perform so at ease in the historical long river?

Ren Qiuli couldn't think of an answer for a while.

But Jiang Wang jumping into this segment of the historical long river was still within the control range of the 'Time Space Mirror River Heaven Machine Array'. He couldn't escape to other places through this segment of the historical long river.

If forced to use an analogy, then in this narrow space, there was a complex and winding deep time beehive. Jiang Wang nearly infinitely shrunk himself and jumped into this beehive, making it difficult for people to catch him for a time.

Ren Qiuli couldn't destroy this time beehive because the history of Yue Country existed in reality, and the mirrored history was also attached to Mirror Lake. If she forcibly wiped out this segment of mirrored history, the power she gained from this segment of the historical long river in the short term would also dissipate with it.

At that time, the power of false derivation would not exist, and she and Jiang Wang, who was most skilled at life-and-death struggles, would be in the same room, facing each other directly, in a cage match of life and death. That scene was simply unimaginable...

So Jiang Wang actually only gave her one choice —

She could only personally chase after him, rely on her advantage in computational power, and precisely capture that accidental day in the last one thousand five hundred and ninety-two years of Yue Country's history, grasp Jiang Wang, and then kill Jiang Wang.

"Gamble on jade, gamble on jade! Friend, do you want to play with stone gambling? One cut down, fate changes from then on!"

The noise of the market instantly entered her ears.

A thin and wiry man, holding a clumsy stone, shook it in front, wanting to attract today's first sucker.

The silent Jiang True Person, who stood quietly in the crowd, his immortal thought star river flickering, silently collecting information, undoubtedly fit the definition of a sucker perfectly — wearing a jade crown on his head, a sword at his waist, and clothes on his body, all signs of a rich person. Yet the person was like a log, standing on the street in a daze.

Rich and foolish. A quality customer.

Jiang someone ignored the clumsy stone that almost poked his nose bridge, tilted his head slightly, and asked with a smile: "Little brother, what year is it this year?"

Saying that, he added another sentence: "I'm asking about the Dao calendar."

The thin and wiry man immediately hugged the stone back, sneered: "You want to say you came from the future, don't you?"

Jiang Wang was startled.

The thin and wiry man continued: "First pretend you don't know the era, then take out various forged evidence to make people believe you are from the future and have crossed time and space. Finally, sell your 'good things' to me, casually take a stone, and say it's very rare in the future — you're not the first one to pull this trick! We're all peers, so let's not waste time. Go deceive others!"

Jiang Wang listened dumbfounded.

He didn't know if there were really such whimsical swindlers, or if there were really 'peers' who had come to this segment of history.

At this time, he had already obtained more information and knew that this was unexpectedly Xiao Bai's hometown, Langya City — though it was not yet called 'Langya City', but 'Langshan Town'. It was far less prosperous than later, and the architectural style was also very different from later, but the people's accent was very similar. Langshan people had a very obvious characteristic in their speech: the entering tone was short, the speech speed was extremely fast, and the tone at the end of the sentence was always hard and rushed, as if they wanted to fight at any time.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang True Person took out a piece of silver and raised his hand: "Reward for answering questions! Whoever answers first gets the silver!"

In the suddenly gathered gazes, he asked: "First, a simple one, what year is it in the Dao calendar this year?"

People looked at each other, and a big aunt casually shouted: "Dao calendar two five three one year!"

"Next!"

A silver ingot was thrown into her hand.

Real silver! Really given!

The crowd instantly boiled.

"Next question!"

"Ask me, ask me!"

But that foolish and wealthy cyan-clothed man had already disappeared without a trace.

Jiang Wang stood on the dike of Qiantang River, watching the great tide come.

The fight in the time-space corridor had given him quite a bit of information. He already knew where Mirror Lake's current world was anchored. It was nothing more than the bottom of Qiantang River, nothing more than the town of Qiantang water division. That was indeed the most secret place.

Yue Country had always developed within the Chu Country's drawn area, trapped and unable to break out. Although years had passed, the territory hadn't changed much.

Jiang Wang could also say he was familiar with the road, and with a thought, he moved from Langya City to the bank of Qiantang River.

Compared to the changes in Langya City, Qiantang River still had waves as before.

The Qiantang water division was already built, and Mirror Lake should have already fallen within Yue land.

Because now it was Dao calendar two five three one year!

In Langya City in Dao calendar two five three one year, stone gambling was still very popular. Xiao Bai's family seemed to have started to rise during this period.

This year in history was... Shao Country exterminates Yan!

The Great Yan dynasty, which had once suppressed calamitous water and been glorious for a time, formally exited the stage of history.

Lian Que's family ancestors also migrated during this period, finally settling in the East Domain and becoming the later South Yao Lian clan.

There was also one very key thing that happened in Yue Country at this time — Yue Taizong Wen Zhong, precisely died in this year.

If not for Ren Qiuli's pursuit, Jiang Wang would want to personally witness all these historical events.

Shao Country exterminating Yan was outside the historical range of Yue Country and couldn't be observed, but at least he could watch the fight between Wen Zhong and Star God Xuanxiao, see how Zhuge Yi first blocked the way, and how Wen Zhong destroyed the Star God before his death.

He was certain he could learn things from it.

But if he only had enough time to do one thing, he still had to first find Mirror Lake.

He wanted to try to understand Mirror Lake from this historical segment, understand Yue Country's protect country great array, just like Wen Zhong and Gao Zheng, and gain partial control of the 'Time Space Mirror River Heaven Machine Array'.

What Wen Zhong and Gao Zheng could do, he could also do.

And unlike Wen Zhong and Gao Zheng, he was not a historical projection, he could use this authority to escape!

He of course could not hide in the historical long river of Yue Country for a lifetime.

This period was precisely the peak period of the Qiantang water division, and Yue Taizong Wen Zhong also didn't know if he had or hadn't reached the day of his death. Jiang Wang was very low-key, holding his breath and concentrating his spirit, quietly and silently submerging into the bottom of the water.

Wanting to find the Mirror Lake, whose external manifestation was unknown, in the vast Qiantang River was no less than fishing for a needle in the sea. But Jiang Wang had been prepared early; he had left a beacon in the Mirror Lake of Dao calendar three nine two eight year — that was a memory attachment, thought dust.

At this moment, he raised one finger, slowly rotating a crystal-clear immortal thought, delicately feeling that same contact within the array, across time and space...

Heaven Machine True Person Ren Qiuli, carrying wind and thunder, with incomparably majestic momentum, suddenly descended upon Qiantang River!

The sky was three feet high, the water level dropped ten points.

Just as Jiang Wang on this side moved his thought, she actually had already captured his trace, found the specific day in history, and arrived at the specific location!

This was the first time since Jiang Wang obtained thought dust that he was discovered by an opponent, traced back to the original.

This was an unforgettable lesson!

Ren Qiuli was already in the state of false derivation, occupying an absolute advantage in power. She didn't need to calculate back and forth with Jiang Wang anymore. Without a single word of nonsense, she directly flipped her five fingers, like a fish dragon leaping, turning her finger into a seal, and strongly pressing down.

South Pole Upper Birth Seal!

"Sit south and live long, kneel north and die. Heaven's fate is upper birth, transporting dead fish and dragons." — 《Shou Nan Changsheng Jing》

As this seal fell, the entire Qiantang River sank with it, its vitality plundered, and its water momentum would dry up!

There was no true monarch in Yue Country's history, she could sweep everything.

She also had the support of Yue Country's imperial seal, so she didn't need to care about the counterattack power of Yue Country's history. At this time, she truly blocked gods and killed gods, blocked Buddhas and killed Buddhas.

This kind of power was without scruples, she only sought to force Jiang Wang out the first time and kill him.

Almost at the same time, Jiang Wang, whose body was at the bottom of the river, also decisively swung his sword, chopping open a time-space gap —

In such a situation, venturing to leave a trace in Dao calendar three nine two eight year and using thought dust to find Mirror Lake was actually also a last resort. If he slowly came to find it himself, draining the water of Qiantang River, he didn't know when he would find it. With Ren Qiuli's attainment in star divination, she would find her way sooner or later. He could only gamble that he would grasp Mirror Lake faster, or Ren Qiuli would capture his trace faster.

Now that the gamble was lost, he could only miss this key year and flee to another time.

Qiantang was about to dry up, Jiang Wang was about to leave, Ren Qiuli was about to stop... At such a moment, suddenly points of star light rose from the bottom of Qiantang, rapidly evaporating.

Star light converged into a river.

This was a scene of wonder —

Qiantang River was sinking, the star river was surging up!

Jiang Wang was suddenly startled. In that star river, he saw a female star god holding a treasure bottle.

Star God Xuanxiao!

This star god at the bottom of Qiantang, at the intersection of time and space, in the center of the star river vortex, was fighting with a plump true person whose hair was long over his knees.

History actually had such a wonderful symphony.

Xuanxiao fighting Wen Zhong actually happened today!

It was originally a silent occurrence at the bottom of Qiantang, sinking into history with the waves, but now it was stirred up by a guest from future time and space.

More shocked than Jiang Wang was the already 'false derivation' Ren Qiuli. In the first instant, she met Xuanxiao's suddenly turning eyes!

But what was truly shocking was —

On this day in Dao calendar two five three one year, what she saw was not 'Xuanxiao's' eyes,

But the eyes of the star god 'Jiang Lou' encountered in the Fallen Immortal Forest in Dao calendar three nine two seven year!

Or perhaps neither 'Xuanxiao' nor 'Jiang Lou'.

What surged within that pair of eyes was the information star river deeply hidden within Zhanghua Terrace in Chu Country, that never rested!

The star river submerged her gaze.

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