Chapter 1358: Chapter 1357: Timeline Alteration

Above the sky of the Cultivation World, a star stood out exceedingly, with surrounding stars extinguishing one by one, yet only that star continued to hang in the night sky, dazzling and never fading.

Yun Mengmeng gazed dumbly at that star, feeling an inexplicable joy, and she burst into laughter.

Qinghe, Ao Ling, and others were at a loss; they were all anxiously awaiting the outcome of the battle. Why had Yun Mengmeng suddenly laughed? Did she sense something?

Boom——

As Lu Yang and Fairy Eternity exerted their force at the same time, Yun Zhi was finally able to attack unabashedly, not fearing the ascent into the Harmonization Realm.

After Lu Yang had exposed the Lifebound Dao Fruit, although it did not cause the mastermind behind the scenes to fall in Realm, it did have some impact, which made him unstable and at a disadvantage in his fight with Yun Zhi.

The murderous intent of the mastermind towards Lu Yang and Fairy Eternity soared, finding their faces detestable, wishing to tear them into ten thousand pieces.

With the universe at his back, Yun Zhi had access to boundless power. He simply could not sustain this kind of consumption. At this rate, death was certain for him.

The shadowy mastermind moved, traversing ten thousand miles, seeking to flee the battlefield.

However, for Yun Zhi, who had partial control over heaven and earth, this was nothing but wishful thinking.

Yun Zhi could even sense the position of the mastermind as he passed through to another space, almost at the exact same time reaching the other end of space.

Their battle had long since transcended the concept of space; the vast universe was their battlefield.

In an instant, numerous civilizations observed this battle, but they could not comprehend its scale. They thought the universe was collapsing, the disaster of world destruction, and wails filled the air.

The mastermind was beaten to a pulp, his injuries healing noticeably slower than before.

He set his sights on the Qilin Immortal, thinking that if he could Devour the Survival of the Fittest Dao Fruit of the Qilin Immortal, there might still be a sliver of hope for survival.

The next moment, he appeared behind the Qilin Immortal. Yun Zhi noticed his action and, just as he was about to open the Devouring Swirl, Yun Zhi crushed it with a palm strike.

It was then that the group of Immortals noticed the combatants had come to their location.

The residual effects of the battle pushed everyone to an extremely distant position. Since Lu Yang and Fairy Eternity were fully occupied with pulling Yun Zhi and could not attend to the others, those who were injured could only heal themselves by their own means.

"That’s right, Miss Yun, kill him!" Fairy Eternity was jumping lively; if she hadn’t been channeling the Eternity Dao Fruit, she would have gone up to lend a hand herself.

The mastermind was wicked to the core; now, all matters traced back to the Ancient Times when he had secretly attempted to assassinate Fairy Eternity herself.

If the mastermind had not made his move, none of these things would have followed, and the Fire Dynasty would not have fallen.

The more miserably the mastermind was beaten, the happier Fairy Eternity was.

"Devour the Sky and Swallow the Earth!" Facing the overpowering and invincible Yun Zhi, the mastermind activated the Devouring Dao Fruit, unveiling endless dark radiance.

This was the true Dao Fruit realized by the mastermind, having devoured six Dao Fruits, turning the Devouring Dao Fruit into something exceedingly dreadful. When compared to the Devouring Dao Fruit of the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord, who hadn’t even consumed a single Dao Fruit, the former was merely an infant at the beginning of the path.

Yet Yun Zhi was like the Heaven and Earth Master, her position the center of the universe. The once proud Devouring Dao Fruit seemed unable to affect Yun Zhi.

The mastermind’s form flickered, and dark lights congealed into vague figures, six in total, all formidable beings from Ancient Times who had dominated countless years and were also his friends.

These vague figures possessed their respective Dao Fruits, set up their ranks, besieged Yun Zhi, with an exceedingly terrifying aura, stronger than when they were alive.

The seven formed an unmatched Great Formation, splitting open the void, spinning Creation, and supporting a realm of a Small World, with the power to deceive the heavens, outside of the universe represented by Yun Zhi.

Yun Zhi stood at the pinnacle of the heavens, beneath her feet lay galaxies unfathomable, displaying supreme elegance as she shattered the small world realm of the mastermind behind the scenes, and the six black figures of light returned into the mastermind’s body.

The mastermind was beaten to a bloody pulp, completely unrecognizable as a human being.

His pupils bloodshot, he couldn’t just sit there and wait for death; he wanted to make a desperate fight: "Firmament Tree, your legacy has brought me so much trouble, now let me use your Dao Fruit!"

The Devouring Dao Fruit is not almighty and cannot guarantee proficiency in whatever is devoured.

After devouring, one can only assure the most basic usage—proficiency requires insight, like with the Heavenly Tribulation Dao Fruit or the Five Elements Dao Fruit, which are simple to start with and can be mastered with time.

But when it comes to time-related Dao Fruits, it heavily relies on talent, and even an abundance of time yields meager results.

And he had little talent for the time path, every use of the Time Line Dao Fruit took a great effort, and the time he could alter was limited, only able to modify events within a hundred years.

Utilizing the Time Line Dao Fruit required preparation; otherwise, only very minor changes could be made. Lu Yang’s sudden move gave him no chance to react.

The current problem was exactly how to alter the timeline—to carefully consider which point in time to modify to change the course of the battle...

𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Before he could pinpoint the crucial moment, he was struck a heavy blow.

Bang—

Distracted, he was seized by Yun Zhi, who landed a blow that made him vomit blood profusely, his meridians were completely severed, he screamed in agony, blood oozing from his seven orifices, his vision blurred.

Damn it, no more thinking, a quick decision must be made!

With severe injuries, his time was running out.

The mastermind’s gaze fell upon Lu Yang and Fairy Eternity; recalling this battle, if any one of the two had vanished, Yun Zhi would have achieved Harmonization long ago, and he wouldn’t be in such a miserable state.

Thinking this, the mastermind revealed an epiphany-like smile.

Alteration was more than appropriate!

...

"Who would have thought, the mission Eternity Sect gave us was to infiltrate Seek Dao Sect."

On the way back from Yanjiang County, Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, and Man Gu were chatting and laughing; this mission was too simple for them.

"This Immortal Eternity is also quite formidable, able to resurrect just by calling the correct name, but who knows what his real name is."

"Everyone restrain a bit, what if we actually guess Immortal Eternity’s name?" Lu Yang warned, it was still uncertain whether Immortal Eternity was friend or foe and Eternity Sect’s claim of Immortal Eternity protecting the Human race was unilateral, not entirely reliable.

"How about this, from now on we refer to ’Immortal Eternity’ as ’Fairy Eternity’, so even if we say the right name, Immortal Eternity won’t be resurrected." Lu Yang suggested proactively, and the other two agreed.

Old Ma drove the cart for a while and then stopped by the side of the road, the three got out to rest and continued discussing Fairy Eternity.

"I wonder why there is no record of Fairy Eternity’s name in history."

"It could be because the name sounded unpleasant," analyzed Meng Jingzhou, "Think about it, during the Ancient Times, everyone had awe-inspiring titles and names. Before a battle, they’d declare their names to each other, and if Fairy Eternity started with ’I am Fairy Eternity, Li Dog Egg,’ it’d be a loss of half the morale before the fight even began!"

"Fairy Eternity would surely erase such a shameful past!"

Lu Yang added with a laugh: "It could also be that the name was too cute, lacking deterrence, like ’Fairy Eternity Li Doudou’ or something."