Chapter 1825: The River of Time

The world's authority was shifting.

Sect Master An stood in the sky, as if even the sun, moon, and stars gathered around her; with each breath she took, they flickered in and out of light.

She seemed like a true creator-god, her own will beginning to replace the will of the world.

Countless living beings were terrified. Even Jiang Li Tianwang, Zhen Zhong Jie, Yan Changsheng, and Su Ying, who had just ascended to the Lord realm, all felt a terrifying will gradually rising within the world, making them feel as though they were trapped in a mire.

The world's heaven and earth energy began to roar at this moment, and as if transforming into a poisonous substance, it began to resist and corrode the living beings of the world.

The position of World Sovereign that Li Luo had designed was falling toward Sect Master An.

And once this supreme seat completely landed upon Sect Master An's head, then this world would be controlled by her. At that time, she would be able to break the balance of power between herself and Li Luo, and claim victory in this Ten-Grade struggle.

Li Luo had thought of a path to end the Ten-Grade struggle, but regrettably, on this path, Sect Master An unexpectedly held an even greater advantage than him.

Because she inherited the great fortune of the Sect Master and the Source of All Evil. The might of these two beings was inscribed within the River of Time, and through the reverence and sedimentation of one era after another, their names had become incomparably weighty.

If Li Luo was the child of fortune of the present era,

then the Sect Master and the Source of All Evil were the children of fortune of the past.

Relying on their might, Sect Master An would naturally control the world's authority more easily than Li Luo, and achieve the so-called position of "World Sovereign."

Li Luo gazed at Sect Master An's figure, his expression turning slightly Solemn.

This contest between the two sides had already reached its most perilous stage.

However, it had not truly reached a dead end. After all, this path of "World Sovereign" was opened up by Li Luo, so naturally he had prepared some countermeasures.

Li Luo's gaze was deep. The true names of the Sect Master and the Source of All Evil were spread throughout the River of Time, having undergone the sedimentation of countless eras. Although he had now achieved the Ten-Grade Supreme, he had not experienced the passage of time, so the weight of his true name could not compare to these two.

But it was not as though there was no countermeasure.

"Time."

Li Luo murmured softly. In his deep pupils, a magnificent river that only he could see was reflected—a vast, surging river with no end, precisely the River of Time of this world.

Although the Time Aspect had already been sacrificed by Li Luo, as long as this aspect had once been born, Li Luo could use the "all-encompassing" nature of the "Formless Aspect" to directly transform from nothingness into being.

Within the long River of Time of the Outer Shenzhou world, the Sect Master and the Source of All Evil were the most brilliant sun and moon—one possessed endless reverence and awe, the other possessed endless terror.

No one could compare to them in terms of the foundation and weight accumulated across the eras.

Therefore, Li Luo took a different approach. His own strength alone naturally would not suffice, but he could gather within the River of Time those beings who had once shone with brilliance in each era, borrowing their fortune to unite all into one.

Taken individually, these beings naturally fell far short of the Sect Master and the Source of All Evil, but if the prodigies of countless eras were ultimately gathered together, that was still a fortune that could not be underestimated.

The sun and moon were certainly dazzling, but the gathered power of a multitude of stars was equally bright.

Gathering the fortune of those prodigies who had once shone in their respective eras from the River of Time of the past—such a method sounded simply inconceivable, yet for the current Li Luo, it was not an impossible feat.

The River of Time within Li Luo's pupils gradually became clearer.

The River of Time represented the past, and according to common sense, no one could influence the past, because no one could return to the past—even gods could not accomplish such a thing.

But Li Luo could.

He used the Time Aspect to communicate with time and illuminate the River of Time.

At the same time, he possessed the Formless Aspect.

Where the mind reaches, nothing is absent.

Naturally, this included the past.

Although within this past, he would not possess his current great power, merely existing like a shadow, it was already enough.

Li Luo's will at this moment transformed into billions, appearing within the River of Time of the past. Within it, he sought out those strong ones who had climbed to the pinnacle in each era, gathering their fortune one by one.

Thus, within the River of Time, wisps of fortune light rose up,

and vast fortune gathered in Li Luo's hands.

His gaze grew increasingly deep.

Time flowed within time. To Li Luo, it seemed as though only an instant had passed, yet it also felt as though he had lived through era after long era.

But the gathered fortune was still far from enough.

Regarding this, Li Luo could only sigh in his heart. That Sect Master and the Source of All Evil were truly too terrifying. They could be said to have created everything, and all subsequent eras were shrouded and covered by their might.

Li Luo could only continue along the River of Time, moving forward, gathering more fortune.

Unknowingly, he had already passed through many eras.

Countless eras flowed through Li Luo's heart like water. His footsteps suddenly began to slow, and finally, due to a certain shock, he came to an abrupt halt.

"How could this be?"

Li Luo's gaze swept across the River of Time, and a look of disbelief surfaced in his eyes.

Because as he passed through one past era after another, he suddenly discovered that within this River of Time, an extremely important being was missing.

It was...

It was!

The founder of the Formless Sacred Sect!

Li Luo's gaze suddenly deepened, and unprecedented surging waves rose in his heart.

He surveyed the long and vast River of Time of the Outer Shenzhou world, yet within it he could not find a single trace of the founder who had established the Formless Sacred Sect!

That founder who had established the Formless Sacred Sect seemed, from beginning to end, to have never appeared within the River of Time of the past.

But without this founder, how could the Formless Sacred Sect have possibly been born?!

Moreover, in a previous conversation with the Sect Master, she had said that in her childhood, she had obtained a fortuitous encounter. Within that encounter, she had received the guidance and teaching of the founder of the Formless Sacred Sect, and only then did she enter the Formless Sacred Sect and achieve the accomplishments that astonished countless eras.

But now, that founder did not exist. Then who was the person she spoke of who had taught her?!

A trembling sensation brought on by a thick sense of doubt arose spontaneously in his heart.

Li Luo gazed at the surging River of Time, his entire body motionless, as if he had turned into a stone statue.

Yet within his eyes, a vast light of deduction was churning.

Until a certain moment.

Flick!

It seemed a crisp sound spread out from Li Luo's brow.

That was a... flick on the forehead.

In Li Luo's pupils was reflected a delicate face—it was Jiang Jiang Qinge.

Li Luo looked at her with some surprise. This forehead-flick was not the kind of playful intimacy the two of them had shared before, yet Jiang Jiang Qinge had done it... and this was an action that the Sect Master had once done.

Gazing at Li Luo's surprised look, Jiang Jiang Qinge gave a faint smile and said softly, "At the very moment her traces completely vanished, her memories also appeared within my heart, and so I have come to know many things."

The Sect Master's memories had appeared within Jiang Jiang Qinge's heart... the relationship between these two had truly become extraordinarily complicated.

"Do you know?"

Jiang Jiang Qinge's eyes shone with intense interest as she looked at Li Luo and said, "Do you know what I saw in one of those memory scenes?"

Ripples surfaced in Li Luo's eyes, but he still asked with a smile, "What did you see?"

"I saw... your figure."