âYou were partial! Admit it, old man!â Han Yu snapped as the Demon Eyes Flower that had shrunk countless times suddenly expanded, all of its blossoms staring at Wu Ji like numerous demonic eyes.
From the Demons that had returned to the Demon realms, he had learned that Nie Tianâs master from the Realm of Flame Heaven had channeled the river of time and foreseen the imminent danger, which had helped end the calamity in the Shatter Battlefield. Such news had exasperated him.
The way he saw it, since Wu Ji had mastered time power and gained the ability to look into the future, Nie Tianâs gradual rise to prominence and attracting everyoneâs attention as a Son of the Stars must be because of Wu Jiâs guidance and support.
If Wu Ji could change Nie Tianâs fate, why hadnât he done the same with him?
Furthermore, he had a feeling that many of Nie Tianâs incredible incantations and magics had been acquired from Wu Ji because he could channel the river of time and see into the past.
In comparison, the incantations he had learned from Wu Ji were far less profound.
Back in the day, he had deemed himself an accomplished cultivator, and had thus gone to temper himself in the Realm of Split Void, where he had accidentally entered a spatial rift and ended up in a Demon realm. As a result, he had been captured, and become a slave to the Demons.
As a slave, he had lived a dark life in a mine.
Later, he had been shipped off to work in one of the most dangerous areas, where he had run into and been devoured by a Demon Eyes Flower, which was regarded as the most powerful Demonic plant.
With his unusually strong will to live, he had repeatedly stopped it from erasing his soul awareness.
Eventually, he had won the Demon Eyes Flowerâs acknowledgment, and started nourishing it with his own flesh and blood. That was when the plantâs power had gradually transformed him and turned him into the half-man half-Demon he was today.
After that, he had accidentally caught Opheliaâs attention, and won the opportunity to follow her. Since then, he had been killing people of his own kind to win the Demonsâ trust, even though this wasnât what he wanted.
Basically, he simply wanted to live.
Of course, he had accepted his fate now, and no longer considered himself a member of the human race.
Even so, many Demons still hadnât accepted him as one of them, which put him in a rather awkward situation.
As another disciple of Wu Ji, Duan Shihu had traveled to the Domain of Heaven Python, where he had been discovered as a treasure and married into the Divine Seal Sect. From the look of it, he would most likely become the Divine Seal Sectâs next sectmaster. His life had turned out to be fortunate.
Nie Tianâs life had turned out even better. As the Seventh Son of the Stars of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, he was currently at the apex of his power. He had even defeated Ophelia, who was his backer in the Demon race.
This had made Han Yu think that Wu Ji, who was well-versed in time power, had contributed to Duan Shihu and Nie Tianâs success, but forsaken him.
BZZZ! BZZZ!
The Demon Eyes Flowerâs thick roots swirled towards Wu Ji, soul-capturing evil soul power spreading from its âDemon Eyesâ.
âYouâve become stronger than before, much stronger. And that Demonic flower is hard to deal with as well.â With these words, Wu Ji shook his head calmly. âUnfortunately, weâre in the presence of the ethereal river of time. As long as Iâm here, I can draw power from the river of time, so...â
As he spoke, strange light suddenly flew out of the glorious winding river that was connected to his time domain.
Like a stream of light, it rushed out of the river of time.
Time froze immediately, as did the Demonic plantâs roots, the purple light-emanating blossoms, and Han Yuâs sinister-looking upper body. Not just that; even the wind, spatial fluctuations, flesh auras, and all energies around them became completely still.
Han Yu suddenly entered a bewildered state, where he constantly switched back and forth between his memories of the past and the present.
âTime Trace!â Wu Ji exclaimed softly as he took a deep look at Han Yu.
Han Yuâs past experiences seemed to be forcibly dug out from the deepest parts of his memories.
They included how he had gone to the Realm of Split Void, accidentally entered a spatial rift, and ended up in a strange realm, and how he had been captured and whipped by the Demons, and lived the miserable life of a slave for ages. These scenes spread out before Wu Jiâs eyes with great clarity.
Just like this, Wu Ji effortlessly learned every detail of Han Yuâs life after he had left him.
After a long while, Wu Ji let out a deep sigh and deactivated his time enchantment, allowing Han Yu and the Demon Eyes Flower to recover their mobility.
âItâs not that I didnât want to help you back then,â Wu Ji said. âThe truth is that my understanding of time power was rather shallow, and I simply couldnât. Also, youâve misunderstood. I didnât contribute to Nie Tianâs success. Itâs actually the other way around.
âIf it werenât for him, I would have exhausted my lifespan and died already after spending so much time deriving enlightenment from time power.
âHe also helped me achieve a significant breakthrough in my understanding of time power. It was because of him that I was able to come to the Shatter Battlefield and find this river of time.
âI didnât make Nie Tian who he is today. I donât have such an ability.â
Wu Ji seemed to be partially explaining to Han Yu, and partially speaking to himself.
With these words, he waved his hand and said, âYou may leave now. I wonât try to tell you what to do, and I donât think I can anymore. Even grand monarchs and God domain experts wonât have any chance at killing me here, much less you.â
Confusion spread across Han Yuâs face.
Having broken free from Wu Jiâs time enchantment, he was just about to fight back.
However, he was dumbfounded after hearing Wu Jiâs words. Only after a while did he snap out of his daze and ask, âSo whatâs my future like?â
âI didnât try to see it,â Wu Ji said, frowning. âIâll have to consume my lifespan if I do. You...â
âI donât deserve that, do I?â Han Yu said with a grim face.
âYour hands are covered in the blood of your own kind. The things youâve done in order to survive are simply ruthless and inhumane.â Wu Ji said with an ice-cold tone. âSince youâve decided to join the Demons, I canât save you from degeneration. But since you were my disciple, I wonât kill you myself...â
Before he could finish, Han Yu turned around and left with a hateful look on his face.
The master-disciple pair parted on bad terms.
...
At the heart of the Shatter Battlefield.
A bright spatial rift ripped the sky open, and a group of people arrived through it.
The leader was Xuan Guangyu, one of the two vice sectmasters of the Void Spirit Society.
Those who had come with him were Qu Yiâs disciple Hong Minghui, Hong Minghuiâs father, and a handful of Saint domain experts that were Hong Minghuiâs subordinates.
Upon arriving, Hong Minghui glanced around and said, âPeople from the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace said that my junior martial sister came here. And itâs said that Nie Tian descended to the depths of the earth inside the Star Behemothâs head. Mo Heng stood guard for him at first, but left due to the messy situation in the Domain of Endless Thunder, so my junior martial sister took his place in guarding Nie Tian.â
Xuan Guangyu hadnât entered the Shatter Battlefield with Qu Yi and Ji Yuanquan.
He had stayed and overseen their headquarters.
Standing underneath the glowing spatial rift, he mixed his soul awareness with numerous spatial blades, which spread out to scan heaven and earth.
Only seconds later, he withdrew the spatial blades that had covered a thousand-kilometer radius around him. âThe girl isnât up here.â
Then, looking down at the glorious shield that separated them from the space underneath it, he said, âOutsiders and Ancientspirit experts canât go through it due to its natural suppressing effect on their flesh auras.
âMo Heng and the other human experts arenât skilled with spatial power, so itâs also very difficult for them to split the Star Behemothâs flesh aura shield and enter the space underneath it.
âOur sectmaster might have other important business to attend to, or respects Nie Tian enough to not go under and explore the space with him.â
As he spoke, zealous sparks gradually appeared in his eyes.
âA Star Behemoth thatâs been buried here for who knows how long.â With these words, he summoned a glowing blade that seemed to have been forged from a slender crystal.
âSlash away!â
As soon as he cast a secret magic, the unique blade slashed down towards the colorful energy shield below.
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