Chapter 350: Three Sages of the Future

"If I didn't come, how could I protect a brat like you?"

The Western Fierce King glared at Xiao Hao, then immediately cupped his hands and bowed to Li Heng and Xuantianji, "Western Fierce King of Great Xuan, Xiao Lietian, pays respects to the two seniors on behalf of the Three Sages of the Future."

Xiao Hao shivered upon hearing this.

What is going on? Why does Father also know about future events?

He felt more and more like a clown.

How does everyone know about this rebirth?

The future, Three Sages?

Li Heng raised an eyebrow.

"Are you also a person who has been reborn, just like Xiao Hao?"

The Western Fierce King shook his head.

"I was merely lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the future. I once came into contact with the three human sages of the future and reached a cooperation with them. But looking at it now, it seems to have failed."

As he spoke, he let out a sigh.

"Then what is your objective?"

Li Heng wore a smile that was not quite a smile.

The Western Fierce King spoke.

"My objective is to save Heaven and Earth from peril, to turn the tide, and to borrow the power of the future to change the present. But now that the two of you have appeared, it seems that is no longer needed."

"As for the objective of those three sages..."

"It might be related to this Heavenly Dao Book."

He looked at the Heavenly Dao Book, which was floating in the air, emitting profound Dao rhymes and appearing to be a collection of the laws of the world; his expression was complex, and it was unknown what he was thinking.

Li Heng was lost in thought.

Are these so-called Three Sages of the Future the human powerhouses who are still stubbornly resisting in the future?

"So, what is the purpose of your visit this time?"

He looked at the Western Fierce King and went straight to the point.

"To protect this useless brat; after all, whether in the present or the future, he is still my son. By the way, those three sages in the future want to make contact with the two of you."

The Western Fierce King did not hide anything and spoke bluntly.

"How do you intend to make contact?"

"The key lies in this Heavenly Dao Book."

The Western Fierce King walked up to the Heavenly Dao Book and flipped open the pages. Immediately, golden light burst forth, and the Heaven and Earth Principles and Order Rules recorded in the book began to gush out, manifesting various visions.

Lotuses descended from the sky, golden lotuses surged from the ground, the Great Sun, the Great Yin, and so on.

Finally, all the visions merged, unexpectedly condensing into a phantom of a small River of Time. Although it looked less powerful than the real River of Time, it seemed capable of communicating between the ancient past and the future.

And above this phantom of the River of Time.

Three phantoms slowly emerged.

Judging by their ages, one was old, one was young, and one was middle-aged.

Sensing the aura of the three phantoms, Li Heng's eyes flickered.

Truly interesting.

He could perceive that these three phantoms were not in the Void Dao Realm, nor were they purely in the Void Heaven Realm; rather, they were between the Void Heaven and the Void Dao, mixed with a trace of strange power of time.

These could also be considered three extraordinary people.

No wonder they were able to hold out against those three monsters for so long.

Beside him, Xuantianji was extremely astonished.

This method is truly ingenious; to actually hide a small fragment of the River of Time within this Heavenly Dao Book, and then use it as a base point to cross time and space to communicate with the present.

He had been dismissive when he first heard the title of the Three Sages.

After all, not just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can be called a sage.

Not everyone is Fellow Daoist Li.

But looking at it now, do they really have some skills?

Xiao Hao also widened his eyes, feeling somewhat incredulous.

Could these three be the culprits behind his rebirth?

To actually be able to cross time and space just like those three monsters? But when he was in the future, why didn't he know about these so-called Three Sages? Was his knowledge really that shallow?

"The Three Sages of the Future pay respects to the two fellow daoists."

The three phantoms spoke loudly and cupped their hands in greeting.

"What do you want by contacting me?"

Li Heng did not stand on ceremony and went straight to the point.

The three phantoms looked at each other, and the old one spoke.

"The first is naturally to thank you, Fellow Daoist, for taking action to injure the main body of the monster named Fear in the future, which slowed down the speed at which the future fell, and at the same time allowed us to temporarily escape the danger of being slaughtered by those monsters."

Li Heng waved his hand.

"No need, it was just a small effort."

"However, since you mentioned monsters, you must often deal with those three monsters. Do you know the name of the third monster?"

The three phantoms were stunned upon hearing this, as if they did not expect Li Heng to know this. The old one thought for a while and continued to speak.

"To be honest with you, Fellow Daoist, we do not know the third monster either. We suspect that the third monster has not yet appeared in the Present World and is still in gestation. But according to our speculation, once that monster is successfully gestated, that will be the moment when everything is destroyed and falls."

"Therefore, we also call the third monster 'End'."

End?

Li Heng was surprised and raised his eyebrows.

They really dared to choose such a name; were they truly not afraid it would come to pass?

However, this did not seem to have much to do with the True Gospel.

Could it be that the True Gospel really did not come from the future?

For a moment, Li Heng was somewhat confused. Could it be that the True Gospel came from outside the Xianshi Tiandi, from the Da Xu Kong beyond the Heaven and Earth?

Even now that this so-called desperate future had appeared, Li Heng still did not underestimate the danger that could come from the Da Xu Kong at any time.

When he had conversed with that Immortal God phantom, he had already known that the Xianshi Tiandi had reached an extremely dangerous position, a stretch of the river in the downstream of the Da Xu Kong, filled with all sorts of strange and bizarre things.

Moreover, the red-haired monster he had encountered before had stepped onto the Reincarnation Broken Road to leave the Xianshi Tiandi and walked through the vast Da Xu Kong; he had taken the opportunity to attach his Divine Sense to the red-haired monster and had also discovered some things.

For instance, many wrecks were floating in the Da Xu Kong.

The wrecks of Worlds...

If it weren't for the fact that the red-haired monster could not leave the Reincarnation Broken Road and could only stand on the Reincarnation Broken Road looking out into the Da Xu Kong, he would have wanted to influence that red-haired monster to go and take a look at those wrecks.

"So that's how it is; then I roughly understand."

Li Heng nodded.

"Also, in a few days, I will head to the future. I wish you success in slaying those three monsters; then you will no longer need to worry about the threat of those three monsters." Thinking of another point, Li Heng added nonchalantly.

The three phantoms were stunned instantly.

Head to the future and slay the monsters?

You really dare to think!

The old phantom hurriedly opened his mouth to dissuade him.

"Fellow Daoist, you do not know: the future is the home turf of those monsters. They can exert power on a higher level within their home turf; no living being can stand against them. Fellow Daoist, think twice!"

"No matter." Li Heng replied calmly.

Except for the mysterious third monster, he did not take the other two monsters seriously. If he didn't even have this bit of confidence, how could he continue to cultivate? He might as well just find a piece of tofu and bash his head in.

Seeing Li Heng so confident, the three phantoms looked at each other.

Are the powerhouses of the current era really that confident?

"I think the three fellow Daoists should also trust Fellow Daoist Li."

Xuantianji also spoke up to help at this moment.

The three phantoms were very helpless.

It would be one thing if a young person said this—youthful arrogance, after all. You, who are so old and have clearly lived for a long time, have you also failed to see the current situation clearly, and are actually still asking them to trust him?

Would a normal person believe that the world will be in great harmony in the next moment?

They spent a great price to contact the present from the future across time and space, not to have Li Heng join forces with them to slay those three monsters, but to join forces and find a way to run away.

But they had not expected Li Heng to do this.

"Do the three fellow Daoists not believe me?"

Li Heng said calmly.

The three phantoms fell silent instantly; how were they supposed to answer?

To tell the truth, they indeed did not believe him. But to just say it directly like that, wouldn't that be failing to give this fellow Daoist face?

Li Heng laughed at this moment.

"Rest assured, three fellow Daoists. I am not seeking your opinions; I am merely notifying you. In a few days, I will descend upon the future; this is an unstoppable fact."

Once these words were spoken, the three phantoms were silent for a long time again.

Finally, the old one sighed and spoke.

"Then we shall await the good news of Fellow Daoist."

The next moment, the three phantoms disappeared.

This small phantom of the River of Time shattered instantly.

Both sides seemed to have parted on bad terms.

In that destined future.

Three figures stood in the Void.

The Xianshi Tiandi had already become distorted and corrupted.

The earth's crust squirmed, flesh was blurred, the air was filled with Original Qi insects growing ferocious mouthparts, the Order Divine Chain twisted constantly, opening its gaping maw, and monsters roared as they wandered on the ground.

"What do we do now?"

"Although Fear is injured, the injury is not heavy. It will soon be able to recover its Original Qi and launch a further slaughter against the three of us; we will be caught sooner or later."

"You must know that our imprint among the human race is becoming shallower and shallower; many people have already forgotten us. And there are not many normal humans left."

The middle-aged-looking man sighed.

"Hmph, that person's words are truly boastful. Descend to the future and slay the monsters? Not to mention that he does not have the ability to come to the future, even if he really descended, what could he do?"

"Whether it is the Original Qi or the Heaven and Earth Principles, everything has been twisted to exhaustion. The Heaven and Earth only has the last trace of normal origin supporting it. I fear that as soon as that person descends to the future, he will be repelled by the twisted and distorted principles, and subsequently, his realm will drop and his cultivation will be crippled."

The youth-looking figure was very disdainful.

"Sigh, plans cannot keep up with changes. If that person had not appeared and history had been allowed to develop according to its original trajectory, the piece we laid out might have already grown up and communicated with us."

The middle-aged man was sorrowful again.

"That's right, no matter in which era, the Heaven and Earth is beyond saving. Only by descending to the current era that truly borders the Da Xu Kong and leaving this Heaven and Earth is there a path to survival. That person actually still harbors the delusion of killing these monsters; how is that possible?"

The youth figure chimed in, his words full of anger.

This is just wasting one's own vitality.

They want to leave this Heaven and Earth but cannot; that is because they are in a future that, even though it is destined to happen, has not yet happened, and does not border the true Da Xu Kong, so they cannot escape.

But living beings in the current era are much luckier; the Heaven and Earth borders the Da Xu Kong, so even if such a Disaster occurs, if one runs to the Da Xu Kong and leaves the Heaven and Earth, one can be safe and sound.

Such vitality is something they could not beg for, yet it is being squandered by the powerhouses of the current era; it is simply a case of being blessed without knowing it!

"There is no need to be pessimistic; with that person's methods and the Heavenly Dao Book, he can absolutely capture the precise space-time coordinates to arrive in the future."

The old figure spoke.

"But so what? To deliver ourselves as food for those monsters!"

"Do not forget the Terror of that third monster; it is far from something we can rival. That monster had not even fully formed, yet we still could not summon the will to resist."

The youthful figure retorted.

"Rest assured, we do not need to help him."

"We only need to capture the key Node where that person descends into the future, and then we will use that Node to sneak into the present, without needing the guidance of the living beings of the current era, and subsequently leave this Heaven and Earth."

The elderly figure said slowly.

This was the reason they parted on bad terms.

It was not that they could not stand Li Heng.

It was that there was a fundamental conflict in their goals.

They wanted to flee, while Li Heng wanted to fight.