Chapter 144: Diliu Anlan Strikes from the Shadows, Three Emperors Arrive from the Future!

Downstream of the Time River.

For a top-tier giant like Chi Wang, one can observe the ancient past, the present, and the future, spanning all of time and space.

Coupled with his own mastery of space-time arts, deducing the traces of the Empress was not difficult.

If it were any other Immortal King, it would not have been so easy to find her; they might even have had to pay a price and suffer a backlash from the Time River.

Because the space-time where the Empress resides is in a future epoch, and it is protected by a force that seems to sever all of eternity, making it difficult for a true form to descend!

Chi Wang could not fathom what kind of existence could pull off such a feat!

With his power, he could only transmit a tiny projection through the Time River to interfere with that space-time; his power was limited.

Just as Chi Wang was preparing to act!

Upstream of the Time River, two figures were moving downstream, approaching rapidly!

In the blink of an eye, they were about a thousand steps away—but do not underestimate these thousand steps!

This could be called one epoch per step; every step taken was moving against the flow of time, and every step was separated by tens of millions of years.

"Who are you?" Chi Wang asked, a hint of vigilance appearing on his face.

"Senior Chi Wang, it is I, Anlan of the Imperial City!"

Anlan waved his hand, revealing a warm and friendly expression.

"Anlan!"

Chi Wang's gaze was like a torch; he had been in seclusion for several epochs.

He had heard that in the last few hundred thousand years, a young Immortal King had been born in the Foreign Realm: Anlan.

Looking at him now, the Anlan not far away was covered from head to toe in Dark Matter—he was black through and through!

Chi Wang did not doubt him; with this same aura and the same Dark Matter, they naturally shared the same Faith!

With great ease, Anlan and Xuanzang approached Chi Wang!

The three met within the Time River!

"Senior Chi Wang, this junior admires you greatly," Anlan said humbly.

Xuanzang watched Anlan's performance quietly; in truth, he could have taken Chi Wang down directly, but they were on the Time River, and if a great battle broke out, it might give rise to countless variables.

"You are not bad either; achieving the position of Immortal King at your age is rare in the world! It is hard to produce one in an epoch."

Chi Wang nodded; although it was his first time meeting this junior, Anlan, he admired him greatly!

The Foreign Realm needed such fresh blood!

"And he is?"

Chi Wang looked at Xuanzang and asked the question in his heart.

There was no Dark Matter on Xuanzang; he did not belong to the dark creatures of the Foreign Realm.

"I am Xuanzang. I have come here this time to beat you to death, Excellency!"

Xuanzang said calmly, as if stating a fact.

Chi Wang was stunned and said:

"Are you joking? Anlan, is he your friend?"

The smile on Anlan's face gradually vanished, and because he was only a step away from Chi Wang, he said:

"Chi Wang, you old fellow, Xuan Ge has indeed come to beat you to death. As for me, I am here to distract you!"

As the words fell, he struck without warning; there were no divine arts or techniques, he simply gathered all his power into his limbs.

He took a step forward and locked his arms tightly around Chi Wang's neck, making it difficult for him to move.

"Xuan Ge, slaughter him!"

Anlan shouted loudly, appearing even more excited than Xuanzang, with even greater killing intent!

"..."

Although Xuanzang was speechless at Diliu-like behavior from Anlan, he did not hold back at all.

He erupted with the full magic power of a mid-stage Golden Immortal, his fist gathering Undying golden light; the Great Luo Heavenly Dragon Fist, the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist, the God Elephant Prison Suppressing—all kinds of profound meanings were clear in his mind, fused into a single punch!

The light of this punch illuminated the entire Time River, shining through every epoch!

The terrifying power made Chi Wang, this top-tier Immortal King Giant, tremble!

He wanted to dodge, he wanted to flee, but he was locked by Anlan and could not break free for a moment!

How could he have imagined that Anlan, an Immortal King of the Foreign Realm, would actually strike at him!

Boom!

Xuanzang's invincible fist light illuminated the world and cycled through eternity, while simultaneously causing Chi Wang to perish on the spot!

"This King is not reconciled!"

Chi Wang's Primordial Spirit appeared in the Time River, but in the next second, it was shattered by Xuanzang.

Anlan shivered; the Holy Monk Xuanzang's punch was truly terrifying!

He had actually beaten Chi Wang to death in one punch; originally, he thought it would take at least two!

Remembering how he had been beaten by Xuanzang so many times before the Imperial Pass and hadn't died, he felt truly fortunate; luckily, Xuan Ge had no killing intent at the time.

Chi Wang, this top-tier expert, had now fallen; he should have been Undying, looking down upon eternity.

But having met Xuanzang, his end was destined...

Of course, the happiest one was Anlan; Chi Wang's Primordial Spirit was shattered and Devoured by the Time River, so he would likely never be able to recover!

But his Immortal King body remained, along with his entire Immortal King origin!

"Xuan Ge, what do you think?" Anlan asked cautiously, pointing at Chi Wang's body.

"That thing is useless to me; you take it," Xuanzang said.

"Alrighty!"

Anlan was overjoyed; with Chi Wang's entire Immortal King origin plus the Bone Ash Emperor's bone ash, it would be difficult for him not to become a Quasi-Immortal Emperor!

He felt that ever since he followed Holy Monk Xuanzang, his luck had been getting better and better!

"Let's go. We cannot stay in the Time River for too long. The longer we stay, the greater the impact on future generations, and it will overwrite the original ancient history," Xuanzang said.

"Alright!" Anlan readily agreed.

The two traveled upstream, preparing to return to the era before the Desolate Ancient period.

But not long after, they saw three phantom figures emerge in the upper reaches of the Time River!

The aura of those three phantom figures was such that any one of them could kill Chi Wang in an instant!

"That is!"

Anlan was startled, his brows furrowed, and he instinctively hid behind Xuanzang.

The three phantom figures were shrouded by the Time River, their bodies covered in the marks of time, making it impossible to see their true appearances.

They also saw Xuanzang and Anlan; their figures paused for a moment, then slowly retreated and vanished.

After the three phantom figures disappeared, Anlan finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked:

"Xuan Ge, why do I feel like they are even more terrifying than Chi Wang!"

"They might be the trio from the future!" Xuanzang said.

"What? The trio? Xiao Shi, Ye Hei, and the Ruthless One?" Anlan said.

"Hmm, it seems that even without us interfering in this past, the Ruthless One could still turn danger into safety," Xuanzang said.

Suddenly, a chill ran down Anlan's back. He remembered that when he first joined the group, he had clamored to go through the Time River to deal with Ye Fan!

If he had actually succeeded, would he have been jumped by the future Ye Hei and beaten to death!

Not just Ye Hei, but beaten to death brutally by three Immortal Emperors!

Thinking of this, he broke out in a cold sweat.

Although he had been beaten up by Xuan Ge, this had invisibly saved him.

Before the Desolate Ancient period, in the Beidou Star System.

Xuanzang and Anlan had returned.

"Xuan Ge, what happened to Chi Wang?" Ye Fan asked hurriedly.

"With Xuan Ge making a move, naturally there is no problem; Chi Wang is dead beyond all doubt," Anlan laughed.

It could be said that he was the one who gained the most from this mission; not only were there points to be earned for the mission, but he also had an Immortal King corpse and a complete Immortal King origin!

"That's good, I can rest easy now," Ye Fan said.

Although he was not the Ruthless One's real brother, he still wanted to protect the now lonely and helpless Ruthless One.

"Where is the Immortal King corpse? Where is the Immortal King origin?" Wang Wu asked.

"Why?" Anlan asked, puzzled.

"Those who see it get a share. You aren't thinking of hogging it all, are you!" Wang Wu stared at Anlan.

"That's right, Brother Anlan. You should share some out; eating alone is not good. The Ruthless One needs to become an Emperor in five hundred years, so it wouldn't be excessive for you to gift some Immortal King origin," Ye Fan said.

"Ah... this..."

Anlan had lived for a million years, but he couldn't help but blush.

It seemed he really felt his appetite had been too big, and he felt somewhat embarrassed.

If this had been in the past, Anlan would never have had such psychological activity.

"Although the Immortal King origin is priceless, it is condensed from Dark Matter. If you don't want to be corrupted by Darkness, you can use it," Xuanzang reminded them.

"......" Wang Wu.

"......" Ye Fan.