No one was able to stop True God as he collected the surviving Aeternals and carried them to the Ossis Ark.

At this moment, the Ossis Ark was being held back by the ancestor of the super giants. On the other side was

Boundless

.

True God carried Ancient God and the others aboard the Ossis Ark.

The ancient super giant slapped a palm down, but it was as if he had struck nothing at all.

It was an incredible display of power.

True God was clearly greatly restricted. If not, just a swing of his sword would dominate the entire battlefield. Even with the restrictions he was suffering, no one could stop him from leaving.

“You seem to misunderstand. My Eternal Decree doesn’t grant others immortality, but me.” True God faced the entire battlefield from where he stood on the Ossis Ark. The images of the seeds reappeared on his forehead, and one by one, they transformed back into Undying God and the others.

The six dead experts reappeared.

For Lu Yin and many others, it did not matter if these six revived again. The Aeternals were destined to lose the battle at the Immemorial Citadel. However, True God was no fool. He could see the outcome just as clearly as the humans.

Feng Bo and the others were revived for a second time, but this time, they had not been brought back to fight, but rather to perform actions that no one could understand. They repeatedly sent powerful attacks through the void.

Lu Yin did not understand what they were doing, but he did know that he had to stop them.

Lu Yuan, Wu Tian, and Chu Yi all attacked the Ossis Ark.

Skydog appeared at that moment, and the beast suddenly grew to an enormous size, nearly matching the Ossis Ark itself. The beast howled at the sky and then barked. "Woof!"

Every attack struck Skydog. The dog looked to be in great pain, but it managed to endure.

Corpse kings started to appear outside the Ossis Ark again, and they also started attacking the void. Slowly, a familiar structure began to emerge.

Lu Yin stared at the Ossis Ark, his tension rising. Was that Ceaseless Impetus?

Undying God and the other resurrected individuals were working with the corpse kings that had emerged from the Ossis Ark to create a sourcebox array. It was Ceaseless Impetus.

Ceaseless Impetus was a sourcebox array from the Fifth Mainland that had been created by Progenitor Hui. It had protected the Fifth Mainland from countless Aeternus invasions for many, many years.

No one had expected the Aeternals to be able to learn Ceaseless Impetus and then use it to protect the Ossis Ark.

Skydog howled in agony as its body shrank back down. It crashed onto the Ossis Ark.

At this moment, Ceaseless Impetus was completed, and it surrounded the Ossis Ark. In comparison to the sourcebox array, the Ossis Ark seemed tiny.

True God clasped his hands behind his back as he looked across the Immemorial Citadel’s battlefield. "Hui Wen’s Ceaseless Impetus has held Aeternus back for many years, but over time, we’ve made progress with it. Through trial and error, we finally managed to decipher its design."

Lu Yin remembered an incident in the Higher Realm when Corpse God had attacked the entire Perennial World. At that time, Semi-Progenitors and even Progenitors had poured stellular energy into Ceaseless Impetus to hold the Aeternals back.

Lu Yin had been rather puzzled at the time, as it was clear that the Aeternals knew that their efforts were useless. If such an attack could work, they would have broken through Ceaseless Impetus long before. Why had they continued to perform such attacks?

It was at this moment that Lu Yin finally understood. Aeternus had been probing Ceaseless Impetus. The sourcebox array had protected humanity from Aeternus for so long, demonstrating its incredible power. That same sourcebox array had just been constructed by experts at the level of the Seven Skygods and the most powerful corpse kings from the Ossis Ark, all of whom could fight against the forces of the Immemorial Citadel. There was no doubt that this Ceaseless Impetus far surpassed the one in the Perennial World.

The two were not even on the same level.

The Ceaseless Impetus in the Perennial World had five massive sourceboxes as its foundation, and the one that the Aeternals had just created had the same: Xu Jin, Di Qiong, Undying God, Shaman God, and Feng Bo.

The Ceaseless Impetus in the Perennial World had been built upon the Mother Tree, while the new one had been built upon Corpse God.

One by one, corpse kings walked, moving away from the Ossis Ark.

Outside of Ceaseless Impetus, there was a barrier formed from the combined power of all of Aeternus’s experts. This was similar to the barrier in the Perennial World that separated the rear battlefield from the Higher Realm.

No matter how anyone looked at this sourcebox array, aside from its size and power, there was no functional difference between the two Ceaseless Impetuses.

However, that difference in power was also the most significant difference.

The barrier of the Perennial World’s Ceaseless Impetus was, at most, able to block people from the Higher Realm from seeing the rear battlefield. Their view was cut off, and divine energy was kept out. The barrier from the Ceaseless Impetus that protected the Ossis Ark had already withstood a palm strike from Progenitor Chen without suffering any damage at all.

The barrier around Ceaseless Impetus was being powered by all the surviving Aeternals, and that energy was then circulated through Ceaseless Impetus. True to its name, the sourcebox array was a seamless and endless flow of power.

Lu Yuan, Wu Tian, and Chu Yi all attacked, as did the ancient super giant. Hongyan Mavis used her full strength, as did Lu Yin.

The full power of all of humanity’s experts could not break the barrier.

There were a great number of human powerhouses present, but they were not able to launch a unified attack. The power of their attacks was scattered, which put them at a significant disadvantage against Ceaseless Impetus.

“Whoever developed this sourcebox array, they gave it power that flows endlessly and seamlessly,” the ancient super giant lamented as he continuously tried to attack the Ossis Ark. All of his attacks were blocked by Ceaseless Impetus, and he could only produce the slightest ripples. All that his strikes really did was push the Ossis Ark farther away.

Lu Yin frowned. He finally understood what it must have felt like to be one of Progenitor Hui’s enemies and a victim of the man’s schemes. It was extremely unpleasant.

It could be said that the only reason why humanity had been able to turn the tide of the war was because of Progenitor Hui.

In fact, Lu Yin himself had been so successful in large part due to Progenitor Hui.

Humanity was truly fortunate to have had Progenitor Hui.

Lu Yin went over to join Lu Yuan and the others, and then he released his inner universe, enveloping the Ossis Ark,

Boundless

, and even the Immemorial Citadel. He observed all of Aeternus’s experts who were within the Ossis Ark and then examined True God. They could test if Ceaseless Impetus or Verdant Eternity was stronger.

Both possessed endless power.

At that moment, a bell rang, and the sound shook the Immemorial Citadel.

Lu Yin felt as if he had just been struck in the head by a club. He nearly passed out.

He was not alone, as nearly half of the human powerhouses near the Immemorial Citadel fainted.

Far away, up above the Immemorial Citadel, Yuan Qi coughed up blood. In front of him, Mister Mu was standing on top of a bell, which could be heard shattering.

The tolling that everyone had just heard was the destruction of Yuan Qi’s bell. The man had not been able to endure against Mister Mu, and he had been heavily wounded. He had failed to protect his Dao Bell during a moment of weakness when he had been trying to escape.

Mister Mu raced after the man, knowing that, if Yuan Qi managed to escape, he would become a terrible threat in the future.

Yuan Qi was an ancient monster, and he was the most powerful combatant fighting for Aeternus, aside from True God himself. Not just anyone could fight Mister Mu. The man regarded even the Boundary Guardians as trash. Mister Mu had not spared Tian En so much as a single glance during the entire time the butterfly had been on the battlefield.

The final tolling of Yuan Qi's bell, as it was just about to shatter entirely, echoed through the Immemorial Citadel. For a moment, Lu Yin's mind went blank. That was the moment that the Ossis Ark made its escape.

By the time Lu Yin was able to regain his senses, the Ossis Ark had already vanished, as had Yuan Qi and Mister Mu.

The Immemorial Citadel’s battlefield fell silent as everyone stared at the empty sky. Despair filled their hearts.

The Ossis Ark was gone. Aeternus still had many powerful members who had survived, and as long as they lived, humanity would live in constant fear.

In fact, now that they were freed from the massive organization that had been Aeternus, the surviving Aeternals might even pose a greater threat to humanity.

Lu Yin was unwilling to accept this outcome. They had fought so hard and for so long; why should they allow the Aeternals to escape? What was the point of all the lives that had been sacrificed by the Immemorial Citadel, Burial Garden, and the Heavens Sect? What about the sacrifices that Progenitor Hui and the Great Sovereign had made? No, Lu Yin refused to let them escape.

Lu Yuan stepped forward. "Little Seven, you’ve done your best."

The Ossis Ark had escaped. The protection of Ceaseless Impetus meant that even powerful Ortusers like Lu Yuan and Chu Yi did not have any hope of catching up. Even if that were possible, they would not be able to do anything to the Ossis Ark.

For many, the results of the war were acceptable. After all, just a short while ago, the Immemorial Citadel had been on the brink of collapse. In such a short amount of time, many of the most powerful Aeternals had perished, and even the black Mother Tree had been abandoned.

Lu Yin could not accept the outcome. The ancient Heavens Sect had been destroyed, and humanity’s experts had overcome impossible struggles, risking their lives to gain an advantage over Aeternus, only for such an outcome. True God had not really suffered any losses at all. Progenitor Hui's schemes had been wasted, and the Great Sovereign’s sacrifice would eventually fade to nothing. As long as True God survived, all of the losses that Aeternus had suffered could be recovered, and Lu Yin was unwilling to accept that.

Wait, time?

Determination firmed across Lu Yin's features, and he softly asked, "Why didn't the Origin Progenitor allow the River of Aeons to be reversed?"

Lu Yuan's eye twitched. "Little Seven, what are you thinking?"

Lu Yin turned to look at Lu Yuan. "I’m going to break through to the Progenitor realm."

Lu Yuan was taken aback. Break through to the Progenitor realm? Of Lu Yin’s four inner worlds, three had already been transformed into Progenitor’s worlds. Only one remained, and that one was connected to the great power of time.

"You want to use Lightstream to reverse the River of Aeons? You can’t do that, Little Seven! There’s always been a reason for everything that Master says. You can’t reverse time." Lu Yuan immediately tried to stop Lu Yin.

Lu Yin looked out at the vast starry sky. "As long as Yong Heng doesn't die, I will have no peace. He will become my inner demon."

Lu Yuan's eyes narrowed. An inner demon—it was an abstract term, but for cultivators, it spelled disaster.

If a cultivator developed an inner demon, they would be bound to suffer a catastrophe from it.

Why did so many cultivators fear breaking oaths? It was because they could not suppress the resulting inner demon. While an inner demon was intangible and formless, it was essentially a form of self-denial.

Being denied by others could never compare to denying oneself.

If someone denied themselves, how could they ever hope to transcend themselves?

"Loam, his path is different from ours," Wu Tian spoke up.

Hongyan Mavis, Garan Zhiluo, and Chu Yi all looked at Lu Yin with conflicted expressions.

Lu Yuan suddenly turned to peer into the depths of the Immemorial Citadel. "Master, Pillar wants to reverse time."

No answer could be heard. The Origin Progenitor remained silent.

This silence might be a positive affirmation, or a negative denial. There was no way to know for sure.

It was even possible that the Origin Progenitor simply knew that he would not be able to stop Lu Yin.

Lu Yin let out a breath as Lightstream appeared. It took on the form of a small boat and then drifted off into space. It was time for Lu Yin to transform his final inner world into a Progenitor’s world.

Four Progenitor’s breakthroughs. Each of the previous three had triggered a transformation in Lu Yin’s strength. He did not know if transforming Lightstream would grant him the ability to go against the flow of the River of Aeons.

During the Heavens Sect era, Lu Yuan had wanted to reverse time in order to save his son, but the Origin Progenitor had stopped him from doing so.

At that time, Lu Yuan had been about as strong as Lu Yin was now. Even without relying on Lightstream, Lu Yin should be capable of going against the River of Aeons.

Lu Yin had never attempted to do so before, and he did not actually know how to even attempt such a thing.

He had undergone repeated breakthroughs back to back with almost no time in between them, and that meant that he did not have a clear idea of his own strength. Transforming Lightstream into a Progenitor’s world seemed like the most secure way forward.

OMA's Thoughts

Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA