Chapter 2066 - The Most Mysterious Person in the River of Epochs

Luo Xuanji was about to risk it all!

When the Master Gods and masters of forbidden zones reached this conclusion, they couldn’t help but take it seriously.

Boom!

They watched as Luo Xuanji leaped through the sky, her graceful figure erupting with firelight and her red dress swaying like a water lily.

When she waved her fair hand through the air, that silver rope took to the skies and expanded into a coursing river of stars.

Whoosh!

The river of stars looked as if it were on fire. Its churning waters emanated an all-encompassing aura of destruction.

“Die!”

Practically simultaneously, the Master Gods and rulers of the forbidden zones attacked with all their might and unleashed their killer weapons.

There was no describing how terrifying this confrontation was. Heaven and earth completely broke down, and the very air itself withered.

The gods watching from afar were horrified. Their expressions shifted and their hair stood on end. They had to circulate the full extents of their cultivation bases just to neutralize the aftershock.

Countless places within the Kingdom of Lasting Light collapsed. The skies fell, and a calamitous aura ran rampant.

It was like the onset of the apocalypse, and it brought with it endless despair.

Boom!

Desperate cries arose from the battlefield.

Some of the divine avatars of will almost collapsed and broke on impact. That raging, burning river of stars unleashed a power of the natural order so intense that it completely broke these powerful enemies’ joint offensive!

A moment later, Luo Xuanji suffered a backlash. A strange power of the Laws fell, sending her flying explosively backward. Her delicate frame was almost torn open, and her vital energy was on the verge of collapse!

But Luo Xuanji didn’t care. All she could think was,

That guy’s likely made it into Ancient God Ridge by now, right?

A moment later, she was stunned.

Because when she hit the ground, she just so happened to see Su Yi stretch out his hand and hold her upright.

“You... Why didn’t you leave!?” Luo Xuanji was completely frantic, and she gnashed her teeth so hard that they almost broke.

I risked my life to give him a chance to escape. Now the idiot’s gone and wasted it!

“How could I leave on my own while you risked yourself for me?” said Su Yi. He set her gently on the ground. “And do you

really

think I can’t handle these guys?”

“....” Luo Xuanji didn’t know what to say.

Off in the distance, the Master Gods and rulers of the forbidden zones had all recovered from the shock of that attack.

When they saw Luo Xuanji on the brink of death and that Su Yi hadn’t fled, their first response was to sigh in relief. Then, their gaze instantly frosted over.

Luo Xuanji no longer presented any kind of threat. Their earlier full-force attack had pushed her to the limit. Sort of. Strictly speaking, Luo Xuanji hadn’t lost to them, but to the backlash of the Laws!

Now, the most important task at hand was dealing with Su Yi!

“Fellow Daoist, I can see that you have cards left. Why not reveal them and broaden our horizons?” said the Dipankara Buddha.

No matter what Su Yi had left, it wouldn’t matter, not even if it destroyed their avatars of will. So long as they held on long enough that Su Yi ran out of tricks, their subordinates would be able to capture him without difficulty.

This was why the Dipankara Buddha and the other Master Gods all seemed so calm. Their victory seemed assured.

The rulers of the forbidden zones were similarly composed, as they too had sent their subordinates to the Kingdom of Lasting Light!

“Are you happy now?” Luo Xuanji looked at Su Yi.

“I’ll be happy once I’ve avenged your injuries. That way, I won’t owe you a favor,” laughed Su Yi.

With that, he took a step forward, and was just about to do something when...

Boom!

A Master God attacked out of nowhere, shooting through the air. A moment later, he was right in front of Su Yi, palm swinging.

The others had already taken action, too. Each was quicker than the one before!

They were obviously fearless. In truth, they had no intention of giving Su Yi any chance to reveal his hidden cards. Better to strike like lightning, catch him off guard, and take him down in a single attempt.

“You’re seeking death!” Luo Xuanji’s eyes glinted with cold light. She was just about to intervene when...

A massive bellow rang out.

“Enough!!”

A massive explosion followed, and the first Master God to attack Su Yi exploded like an ice statue beneath a divine hammer. His avatar exploded into countless tiny fragments before he could even scream.

This tyrannical, terrifying scene shook the hearts of the other Master Gods’ and rulers of forbidden zones. They stopped abruptly in midair, then retreated explosively.

Misty light permeated the air. They weren’t sure when, but a short, gaunt old man had appeared in front of Su Yi.

His hair was tangled in knots, and his skin was waxy and sallow. He had slanted eyes, the ruddy nose of a drunkard, and his gray Daoist robes were tattered and frayed. Even the black pennant he carried was filthy.

He wasn’t at all eye-catching, and his bearing was crude and perverted, but when he stood before Su Yi, the Master Gods and rulers of forbidden zones looked stricken.

The River Lord!

This was the mysterious character who oversaw and protected the River of Epochs. He’d wandered the river for countless years, watching as epoch civilizations were born and destroyed.

Rumors regarding him circulated in every epoch civilization, but even after all this time, no one knew his origins.

All they knew was that he was considered the “god” of the River of Epochs and that he was privy to countless secrets.

Now, the mysterious River Lord had appeared in the open, and he stood before Su Yi. He’d even killed the avatar of a Master God! Who wouldn’t have been startled?

Luo Xuanji’s arrival was an unexpected variable, but not an overly threatening one. In stark contrast, the moment the River Lord arrived, everyone realized that the situation didn’t bode well!

“I see. You were so fearless because the River Lord is your pillar of support. I should have figured it out a long time ago,” said Luo Xuanji. She looked enlightened, and she visibly relaxed.

She naturally hadn’t forgotten that Su Yi had acquired the Epoch Spark in the Tower of Ancient Evils.

And the Tower of Ancient Evils was the River Lord’s territory!

The rulers of the forbidden zones had dark looks on their faces. They realized the same thing. After all, how could Xu Xingke have led Su Yi to the Tower of Ancient Evils without the River Lord’s approval?

“‘Pillar of Support?’” The River Lord shook his head like a rattle drum and hurriedly denied it. “I’m most certainly

not

his pillar of support.”

Luo Xuanji was stunned.

Su Yi, meanwhile, quietly put away the talisman he’d been holding: the Bodhi Talisman that Lin Jinghong had given him. He’d planned to use it, but now, it seemed there wasn’t yet any need for it.

“River Lord, I remember that you once said that you oversaw the River of Epochs, never participating in worldly strife nor staining your hands with karmic ties of benevolence or enmity!” Master God Tian Huang said gravely. “Are you really going to get involved in this?”

The River Lord instantly turned to look at him and pointed right at Master God Tian Huang’s nose. “So what if I am? I got involved with your mom last night too, do you have a fucking problem with that?”

“....” The crowd didn’t know what to say.

Even Su Yi was unwittingly stunned. The River Lord he knew was lustful, crass, and slovenly, but he’d never cursed anyone out like that. Yet here he was, pointing and cursing at a Master God!

Master God Tian Huang’s face was instantly red, and his humiliation quickly turned to anger.

But the River Lord disregarded him and turned his attention to the rulers of the forbidden zones. “And you! How old are you? What are you doing, bullying a young man who has yet to become a god? Do you have any fucking shame? If I hadn’t sworn not to kill anyone in the River of Epochs, I’d have killed you shameless bastards a long time ago Feh!”

It seemed he’d yet to get his fill, as he spat and added, “Where is your pride? Where is your dignity? Where is your spirit? Did you feed them to the dogs?”

It was a strange scene, and it came across as rather absurd.

Master Gods stood at the pinnacle of the God Domain, while rulers of forbidden zones had survived amidst turbulent spacetime to reach the present day. They were practically indestructible.

Yet now, the River Lord was cursing them out like a hooligan, his hands on his hips as the insults and expletives flowed out of him.

The gods of various camps watched from afar, their eyes wide and their jaws hanging slack. All of them were gobsmacked.

This

was the legendary River Lord? The most mysterious man in the River of Epochs? Why was he so coarse? It seemed as if the river he ruled over was not a stream of spacetime but one of curses!

Luo Xuanji smiled so broadly that her eyes narrowed into crescent moons.

Su Yi rubbed his nose. As unpleasant as the River Lord’s words were, Su Yi couldn’t deny that they were satisfying. He really wasn’t afraid of anyone.

“Enough!” Eventually, the Guye Heavenly Maiden couldn’t take it anymore. “You vowed never to kill anyone, so stay out of this! Otherwise, you’ll just be a detestable eyesore!”

As the ruler of a forbidden zone, she naturally knew how mysterious and extraordinary the River Lord was.

But she wasn’t afraid of him.

No one who’d escaped a lost epoch civilization and cleaved open a path to life amidst turbulent spacetime would fear someone of unknown origins.

“Woman, don’t think being pretty means you can do whatever you want!” The River Lord turned to ogle her unparalleled beauty. “You’re really pissing me off!”

He’d only just said this when he suddenly vanished into thin air.

A moment later...

Bang!

A bloody hole appeared through the Guye Heavenly Maiden’s chest. Her eyes widened, and she opened her mouth as if to speak, but her avatar collapsed and vanished before she got the chance.

Meanwhile, the River Lord returned to his original position and shook his head smugly. “I swore not to kill, but I never promised not to destroy avatars of will!”

The crowd gasped, and the Master Gods and rulers of forbidden zones looked stricken.

All of them had watched as the River Lord punched a hole through the Guye Heavenly Maiden’s chest in a single attack.

He couldn’t have been any more tyrannical! The Guye Heavenly Maiden’s avatar couldn’t even defend itself!

“I don’t understand. Given your transcendent status, why intervene in this? And why stand with Su Yi?” the Dipankara Buddha asked with a frown.

“Simple,” the River Lord said with a cold laugh. “Because I can’t stand the look of you. Whatcha gonna do about it? And since when do I need to answer a bald donkey sonuvabitch’s questions?”

The Dipankara Buddha glowered, his gaze full of irrepressible murderous intent. It had been a long, long time since someone had last insulted him like this!

As haughty as he was, he couldn’t help but be infuriated. Even Buddha statues lost their tempers if you pushed them far enough, let alone living ones!

But then, the River Lord said coldly, “Come on, then. Are any of you fuckers still unconvinced? If so, I’ll blast you to pieces!”