Chapter 1480

"Stop struggling. My strength is beyond your imagination."

The black shadow let out a cold laugh.

"Is that so?"

The woman's aura suddenly shifted.

Immediately, an aura transcending this world rose slowly!

When this aura rose, Lin Yan's gaze instantly sharpened!

This woman had broken through during battle!

It seemed she had successfully entered the Supreme Level!

Damn!

This was not what Lin Yan had expected.

Lin Yan had thought she would fail after being ambushed by the black shadow.

Yet he hadn't expected her to actually… succeed?

She succeeded…

Then the question arose: how did she fail?

If she had broken through to the Supreme Level, why did she end up sitting helplessly in the Dark Abyss Prison?

"Die!"

In the woman's hand, her sword emitted an unparalleled light.

With this single strike, the entire starry sky dimmed.

As the sword surged forward, the black shadow shattered rapidly, then split into countless fragments.

"Is it over?"

Lin Yan felt it wasn't that simple.

"The Sect Master has broken through!"

At the edge of this region, several powerhouses who had rushed over cheered loudly.

"Master Xi Hua has reached that legendary realm!"

Some powerhouses not aligned with this woman's faction also cried out in shock.

From these powerhouses' exclamations, Lin Yan learned the woman's name.

Xi Hua!

"No!"

Lin Yan's gaze sharpened again.

Immediately, he saw boundless darkness surging forth from where the black shadow had shattered.

"Heh, finally broke through. All my efforts weren't in vain. Now, it's time for my harvest."

The black shadow's voice sounded again.

Immediately, the black shadow reappeared where it had been shattered.

But now, the one who reappeared bore an aura identical to the woman's!

It turned out…

He was also a Supreme Level cultivator!

It seemed that from the moment he appeared until he struck, he had never truly used his full strength—but had instead been… helping Xi Hua break through!

Yet his purpose in helping Xi Hua break through was not genuine.

It was still for the harvest.

He had deliberately allowed Xi Hua to break through!

It seemed that harvesting after her breakthrough yielded even greater rewards.

The scene shattered before Lin Yan's eyes.

The time reversal had reached its limit.

Lin Yan fell into thought.

Events from countless eons ago indeed differed slightly from Lin Yan's assumptions.

It wasn't that she hadn't broken through to the Supreme Level.

Rather…

She had broken through to the Supreme Level—and still failed!

Harvest…

The black shadow's words made Lin Yan think of his own approach to the Abyss.

Letting the Abyss grow until its creatures multiplied again, growing fat, then descending to harvest another round.

But the black shadow's scale was clearly far greater.

He was harvesting Supreme Level beings of this very world!

And from the black shadow's tone, it seemed he had done this before—not once!

If so, this black shadow was likely the greatest hidden hand behind this world for countless eons.

Lin Yan could roughly guess what followed.

The black shadow had succeeded many times, but this time, he suffered a crushing defeat at Xi Hua's hands.

It seemed he had been sealed beneath the Dark Abyss Prison for countless years.

The outcome of this battle was likely mutual destruction.