Chapter 1498: Flames Reach Into History!

Her appearance startled many, and a dense swarm of powerful figures shot out.

"Issue orders: full system lockdown."

In the vast star system, Xi Hua's cold, clear voice rang out.

"Yes, Sect Master."

A great number of strong figures in the starry sky said.

Xi Hua surged straight into that massive star.

"The Sect Master is finally about to take that step."

"Yes, once the Sect Master takes that step, we shall become an Eternal Holy Land."

Lin Yan had seen this scene countless times.

What happened next, Lin Yan remembered down to the exact moment.

She was assaulting the Supreme.

But this time, her assault lasted for years without success.

Without external force, this attempt would likely drag on for many more years—and even then, success was not guaranteed.

So five years later, that shadow appeared, first engaging her in a full-power battle to force out her utmost potential, allowing Xi Hua to break through in combat, then moving in to reap the harvest.

Lin Yan did not watch the entire battle.

Because as they fought, they vanished somewhere unknown.

Lin Yan spent considerable time searching but found nothing.

There was no choice—the starry sky was too vast.

The region Lin Yan currently time-reverses spans roughly dozens of solar systems.

The absolute scale is enormous.

But compared to the starry sky… it's like a single sesame seed in the ocean.

Whether he finds it depends on luck—and repeated trials.

Lin Yan's luck has been quite good; he's unearthed countless secrets. But he doesn't have enough time left to dig into the final battle between Xi Hua and the shadow.

He already knows the outcome.

Xi Hua must have had some countermeasure to suppress the shadow.

But the cost she paid was immense.

That is, she had in fact died, leaving only her body—no soul.

And her suppression was not absolute.

Otherwise, the Light Primordial God wouldn't have been gravely wounded by the shadow back then.

The shadow was likely suppressed only because it needed to recuperate there!

In other words, the shadow's power is recovering.

While Xi Hua's power is draining away.

Once the shadow's power recovers sufficiently, it will be the moment of Xi Hua's total annihilation.

At that time, even her corpse will likely be destroyed by the shadow.

The reason she sat motionless in the Dark Abyss for countless years suppressing the shadow was probably just her corpse's instinct—she is not alive.

And bringing An Gest into it was likely also instinctive—to cultivate a successor.

An Gest understood dark power so profoundly that she earned the entire Dark Abyss's recognition.

Isn't there a saying that the one who knows you best is often your enemy?

Applied to An Gest, this saying fits perfectly.

Once An Gest grows rapidly, combined with Xi Hua's draining power, they might have a chance to suppress the shadow.

After all, if the shadow escapes, even if the Light Primordial God and others suppress the prosperity of Heaven, it won't matter.

If the shadow grows impatient, it may directly storm Heaven, kill the Light Primordial God who deliberately suppresses Heaven, and replace the gods with new ones.

So the Light Primordial God and others believe suppressing Heaven's prosperity can avoid awakening the shadow—that is completely wrong!

The reason they've survived this long, allowing Heaven to endure longer than any previous era, is solely because of Xi Hua!

Lin Yan rewound time significantly forward.

Then he focused his vision on that massive star.

Inside the star, Xi Hua was absorbing its light and heat, her aura continuously rising.

But she was still far, far from the Supreme level.

Lin Yan appeared before her.

But Xi Hua sensed nothing of Lin Yan.

Perhaps due to his repeated observations, she had developed doubts—but those doubts vanished quickly.

After all, no matter how she sensed, she found no anomaly.

Lin Yan now stood beside Xi Hua, yet between them stretched an infinite distance.

This distance was not space.

It was time!

They did not exist in the same timeline.

Time is the most despairing thing of all!

Xi Hua had no knowledge of Lin Yan's existence.

While Lin Yan appeared to be watching a holographic recording, in truth, this was history unfolding in real time.

Lin Yan watched Xi Hua for a while, then extended his hand.

Immediately, the divine power within Lin Yan surged like boiling liquid.

The image before Lin Yan rippled like water.

But…

It was only rippling!

"No."

Lin Yan whispered.

Even if he spent thousands of drops of divine power at once, he could not do it!

Still, Lin Yan had another way.