Chapter 1482

But this world is immensely ancient; before the Xi Hua era, there were other eras, and it seems many of those eras were reaped by the Shadow!

So Lin Yan planned to rewind time further back, to see if he could find the Shadow in the eras before Xi Hua.

Once he understood its origins and history, it would be easier to deal with!

Although he had not seen the outcome of Xi Hua's battle with it, from the condition of the Dark Abyss afterward, the Shadow now seemed subdued by Xi Hua, and its remaining power likely wasn't much.

Perhaps at most it was at the initial level of the Supreme.

It might even be lower.

As long as Lin Yan uncovered its origins and deepened his understanding of it, and then planned carefully, this Shadow would become a supreme Supplement for him!

His flame form would surely surge past its current stage, reaching the level of Supreme-grade flame!

Thinking of this, Lin Yan began rewinding time through the stars.

Time rapidly reversed.

Soon, Lin Yan rewound to a time long before the Xi Hua era.

Within him, divine power drained rapidly.

The further back in time he rewound, the greater the divine power consumption.

Moreover, this aimless rewinding might yield no results at all.

Indeed, his first rewind yielded nothing—this region had seen no major events in the eras before Xi Hua.

The Shadow had not passed through here.

Lin Yan was not discouraged.

He had plenty of time.

After another month, Lin Yan randomly selected a region and performed time rewind again.

This time, the results were still minimal; he only saw glimpses of battles between powerful cultivators.

After spending a month in his divine realm with Weiweila and the others, Lin Yan returned to the stars and continued rewinding time.

After hundreds of such attempts, Lin Yan finally found something.

In one region of the stars, Lin Yan captured an image of the Shadow.

"Found you!"

Lin Yan's face lit up with joy.

The Shadow was battling a group of powerful cultivators; though numerous, they could barely resist the Shadow's attacks.

Just seconds later, the entire group was slain by the Shadow.

Lin Yan noticed that after killing them, the Shadow swiftly grabbed—drawing forth mist-like substances from their corpses—and swallowed them whole.

"What is this? Souls?"

Lin Yan observed closely.

Soon, he concluded it was not souls.

After swallowing the mist, the Shadow said nothing and leapt away, vanishing instantly.

Lin Yan continued rewinding further back in this region but found no trace of the Shadow again.

It seemed finding the Shadow depended on luck.

Fortunately, Lin Yan's luck was decent.

After several hundred more rewinds, Lin Yan found traces of the Shadow passing through another region of the stars, from eons ago.

Eons ago, this region had been a colossal mountain!

Yes—a mountain floating in the stars!

The mountain was enormous—its height likely reached trillions of kilometers!

Around it floated ninety-nine stars, orbiting the mountain.

These stars moved along an arcane trajectory, granting the mountain both day and night.

The mountain brimmed with energy, its vegetation lush and dense, teeming with countless lifeforms.

"Dong!"

One day, a resounding bell rang across the entire mountain—its tone deep, prolonged, echoing for days without fading.

"The Supreme Ascends! Ten Thousand Gods Come to Pay Homage!"

Immediately after, a long, resonant voice echoed.

Then, countless powerful cultivators arrived from beyond the mountain, bearing all manner of Gifts.

"How lively—this Lord arrives just in time."

At that moment, a hoarse voice sounded.

The Shadow had arrived!

It seemed this era, too, had been reaped by him.