Chapter 330: The Blank Hundred Years of History

This is what heaven should be...

Compared to the seven supreme beings, the First Sacred Spirit is more like heaven itself — everything in the world is decided by its will.

Tian Tian Ao and the other overlords of the Forbidden Beast Forest exchanged glances; having lived together for over ten thousand years, they could read each other's thoughts without a word.

Thinking carefully now, ten thousand years ago, Wu Dizun descended upon the world, rising swiftly with an unparalleled, world-scorning bearing, and in an extremely short time put an end to that era of chaos.

It couldn't have been the First Sacred Spirit or some supreme being pulling the strings, could it?

Maybe in a bad mood, or maybe in a good mood — in any case, acting on a whim, following its mood it altered the course of that great world's chaotic era, letting a little boy from a broken village walk out of his hamlet, achieve extraordinary feats, and bring the era to a close.

Holy crap!

Wait!

Didn't the First Sacred Spirit supposedly suppress two supreme beings within our world?

They had previously speculated that the Gate of Great Wasteland might be what the First Sacred Spirit used to suppress those two supreme beings.

Wu Dizun rose very quickly — in just a few thousand years he ended the era and ushered in a brilliant, resplendent Era of Immortal Martialism — yet at the height of his glory, he chose to enter the Gate of Great Wasteland.

This matter, even ten thousand years on, is still talked about with relish; when great figures bring it up, they discuss why he would enter the Gate of Great Wasteland.

What if?

Suppose the Gate of Great Wasteland really is what's suppressing those two supreme beings, and a supreme being can casually alter the course of heaven and earth...

Then could it be that the two suppressed supreme beings, feeling that leaking the secret of indestructibility and immortality would draw powerful immortal cultivators into the Gate of Great Wasteland — and that breaking the seal that way would be too much trouble — simply decided to create a great figure themselves?

Choosing an era of chaos, they altered its course, forged an invincible powerhouse whose name would be passed down through the ages, and guided him into the Gate of Great Wasteland.

Thinking this way, every question falls neatly into place.

Why Wu Dizun possessed such an earth-shaking, world-stunning bearing, ending an era in just a few thousand years and becoming the most pinnacle figure of all time — a feat for which, no matter how one searches the ancient histories, one can hardly find anyone to rival him.

And why such a peerless figure, who clearly, with his own ability, had a great chance of breaking through his shackles without entering the Gate of Great Wasteland — of growing stronger, of reaching higher levels — would nonetheless choose the most insane course of action.

The answer lies with the two supreme beings inside the Gate of Great Wasteland.

They were the ones who let Wu Dizun enter the Gate of Great Wasteland; they rewrote the era of ten thousand years ago.

Cold sweat soaked his back.

Tian Tian Ao and the other overlords of the Forbidden Beast Forest — indeed, every immortal cultivator in this world — felt the same: they dared not think further, afraid this era might also be manipulated by those two supreme beings.

The thought of being nothing but a puppet on strings, with no freedom to choose for oneself, was enough to make one's liver turn cold and one's gall tremble.

Heart pounding, Tian Tian Ao and the others looked toward the River of Time.

And then there was no then.

After the First Sacred Spirit spoke those words to them, the River of Time thundered, ripples spread across heaven and earth, and in less than a few breaths the River of Time vanished into the nine heavens, as if nothing had ever happened.

Earth, the Void Demon Realm, the Great Wasteland Realm, and all the other worlds fell silent for a long while.

The next moment.

Every world, by unspoken agreement, made its decision: today's events would not be recorded in any document, nor passed down to later generations.

"Whoever lets today's matter leak — if discovered, their entire clan shall be slain!!"

In the Great Wasteland Realm, from the forbidden grounds of an ancient holy land, a deep, rumbling voice emerged, carrying ancient heritage.

The voice was solemn and dignified, brooking no doubt, carrying a grave, soul-cleansing weight.

"We humbly obey the Ancestor's immortal decree!"

From the Holy Lord above down to the outer disciples below, every member of the ancient holy land kowtowed in unison toward the forbidden grounds.

Similar scenes played out across every world without exception — any renowned clan, sect, or holy land issued gag orders, forbidding the matter from being spread.

Even more—

To prevent today's events from being investigated or uncovered, the great overlords and titans of every power joined hands to erase the history of the past ten years, forbidding those ten years of time from being passed down, ensuring nothing could slip through.

Some went even further, directly erasing history within the past hundred years.

The blank ten years, the blank hundred years — these became later generations' name for this stretch of time.

Untraceable, like a blank page.

At the same time, titans and overlords across every world were issuing orders to investigate.

To find out what world the main stream of the River of Time belonged to.

They could not forget the glimpse they had caught, in that instant, of the past of the world on the main stream of the River of Time.

Even if only for a moment, they had clearly seen that world's brilliance and splendor — so vast and magnificent it could not be compared to their own worlds; even worlds on the level of the myriad heavens could not rival it.

To find it, they spared no expense in opening connections with other worlds, beginning to forge passages to other realms.

They had only one goal.

To locate that world on the main stream of the River of Time — once found, they might be able to break through their current realm and reach higher levels, and even hope to become immortal, transcending time itself!

Supreme!

This was the dream they had long pursued.

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The Beginning Realm, Earth.

Tokyo, Japan — the Extraordinary Response Strategy Department.

Time flew by; a week had already passed since the matter of the First Sacred Spirit.

During this week, nations around the world had issued bans, prohibiting any recording of the River of Time incident — discussion was allowed, but afterward all related talk had to be deleted, with no records left behind.

Besides that.

Nations worldwide were closely monitoring the anomalies in Japan and the United States, as well as the mysterious fog, and were investigating recent changes in the world, in people, and in living beings.

Investigation revealed.

Since the last discovery that all of humanity had become healthier and their physiques strengthened, up to today — a period of over a week — global flora and fauna, humans included, had undergone tremendous changes.

Moreover, these changes were visible day by day, discernible to the naked eye with each passing day.

For example, today's men's 105-kilogram weightlifting record is 220 kilograms for the snatch and 263 kilograms for the clean and jerk.

This record lasts no more than a day; the next day, someone breaks it.

And it's not broken by a hair's breadth—it far exceeds the previous record, by at least one or two kilograms.

The rate of strength increase is astonishingly fast.

As a result, what used to seem impossible to others—such as an eighty-year-old woman carrying two sacks of rice up eight flights of stairs—has become ordinary.

Under Kamikawa Mitsu's careful nurturing, with one drop of Divine Demon Blood every two days, not only are all humans on Earth "thriving," but animals and plants are too.

For instance, tigers have set new world records in size, growing as large as a small car, and their ferocity has become even more intense than before.

Plant growth is optimistic.

Trees have grown taller and more robust.

Vegetables and fruits have become sweeter and more delicious; parents no longer worry about picky eaters, and no one needs digestive tablets anymore.

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