Chapter 1835: World Sovereign

The sound of flowing years, like water, echoed in Li Luo's ears, traversing ancient and modern times.

He opened his eyes.

The familiar heaven and earth entered his pupils, yet it was already a changed world, the seas turned to mulberry fields.

Li Luo's gaze grew ever deeper, as if he were a sage who had weathered long ages, then he slowly turned his head, looking at Jiang Qinge beside him, who at this moment also stared at him somewhat dazedly.

With Li Luo's return from the river of years this time, in the darkness, something seemed to have changed.

And the memories surging in Jiang Qinge's heart were also continually emerging.

These were memories from the sect master; previously, Jiang Qinge had seen in the fragmented memory images a figure wearing a mask, though his face was concealed by the mask, but Jiang Qinge was so familiar with Li Luo that she recognized him at a glance.

This informed Li Luo that she had seen him in the sect master's memories.

And now, those fragmented images were becoming ever clearer.

It was... a little girl, dust-covered in the years, holding the masked man's big hand, following him, training and cultivating on the Shenzhou continent, cutting through thorns and brambles, enduring countless trials.

The little girl, with no one to rely on, gradually blossomed into radiance under his guidance.

In this instant, Jiang Qinge even felt a hint of filial affection toward Li Luo, causing an involuntidable blush to rise on her fair cheeks.

How utterly bewildering!

"Qinge sister, long time no see," Li Luo said with a smiling tone at this moment.

Though in reality only a moment passed, in the river of years he seemed to have endured countless springs and autumns.

Moreover, upon knowing everything, now looking again at Jiang Qinge, Li Luo couldn't help but find her more interesting.

Hearing Li Luo's laugh with an inexplicable meaning, Jiang Qinge blushed and whispered softly: "From now on, you're not allowed to call me Qinge sister anymore!"

In her low voice, there was some shyness.

Li Luo laughed: "Oh? Then I can't call you Xiao E, can I?"

Jiang Qinge shook her head and said: "That's her name; just call me Qinge."

Li Luo spoke solemnly: "I never expected our relationship to be this tangled, but it doesn't matter; we'll each call our own—I'll call you Qinge sister, and you can also call me master."

Jiang Qinge angrily retorted: "You're her master, not mine!"

Looking at the rare sight of Jiang Qinge flustered and defeated, Li Luo couldn't help but burst into laughter; as the mist cleared, the relationship between Jiang Qinge and the sect master seemed no longer worth investigating.

Perhaps, the word 'fate' is simply beyond words.

Li Luo reached out and took Jiang Qinge's delicate hand, fingers interlaced, then he raised his head, gazing at this heaven and earth, at this moment most of the world's authority had already fallen into the hands of the Dark Sect Master.

Relying on the sect master's and the Source of All Evil's great fortune and the prestige accumulated over the years, the Dark Sect Master was about to become the "World Sovereign."

Jiang Tianwang, Yan Jie, Yan Changsheng, Su Ying, and many other Shenzhou heavenly kings already showed despair on their faces.

But just at this moment, the river of years rippled, as if an invisible wind blew from distant ages.

Secrets once hidden in the years quietly awakened, influencing one era after another.

Everyone suddenly recalled the founder of the Formless Holy Sect.

That was a man wearing a mask, with a head of gray-white long hair, who in ancient times founded the Formless Holy Sect, leaving behind for posterity the strength and path to resist the invasion of the dark world.

The wind between heaven and earth seemed to have stilled.

All the heavenly kings, especially Yan Changsheng and Su Ying, these two of the Formless Six Sons, had their pupils violently tremble at this moment, their faces showing an intense disbelief.

For on the horizon, Li Luo rose from the twelfth-grade golden lotus, his gray-white hair flowing in the wind behind him; he clenched his hand, and a mask appeared in his palm, then he gently placed it upon his face.

At this instant, his appearance and the aura he emitted completely merged with the shadow of the founder who founded the Formless Holy Sect.

Thus, everyone came to understand.

"This, this... the Formless Holy Sect was actually founded by Li Luo?!" All beings in the world felt their hearts stirred by tremendous waves.

Yan Changsheng and Su Ying exchanged a shocked glance, then both hurriedly knelt and bowed in the direction of Li Luo, excitedly.

At this moment, Li Luo extended his palm and gently gestured toward this world; in an instant, wind and clouds surged between heaven and earth, and all beings clearly felt a supreme authority descending without reservation upon Li Luo.

The authority originally seized by the Dark Sect Master was now completely transferred at this moment.

The Dark Sect Master's face turned ashen; she likewise stared in shock at Li Luo and said: "You actually went along the river of years to the past and changed it!"

Li Luo smiled: "Not changing, merely making up what should have originally happened."

The Dark Sect Master's face grew gloomy; at this moment she finally experienced the terror of this "Formless."

The Formless Aspect can only reflect the river of years; even surveying the years, it cannot intervene therein, but Li Luo, relying on the Formless's "omnipresence," projected himself into the past, even if merely as a shadow of the years, yet it could still produce unimaginable effects.

"Dark Sect Master, everything should end now."

Li Luo's voice was full of calm; when he became the founder of the Formless Holy Sect, he had already become in the river of years the one with the most magnificent prestige, and later ages received his blessings and protection; this prestige and fortune would surpass the sect master.

Therefore, at this moment, even though the Dark Sect Master possessed both the sect master's and the Source of All Evil's great fortune and the prestige of the years, she could no longer rival him.

World authority now fully descended upon Li Luo.

At this moment, Li Luo stood upon the twelfth-grade golden lotus, the world roared, endless flowing light gathered in his hand, forming a scepter, the top of the scepter flowing with a galaxy of stars, each star seeming to be a manifestation of the world's relational status and rank.

When Li Luo held the status scepter, all beings in the world knelt and worshipped.

And Jiang Tianwang, Yan Jie, Yan Changsheng, Su Ying, these four newly risen masters, clearly felt that at this moment Li Luo's will had completely replaced the Shenzhou world.

That was...

World Sovereign!

This supreme realm, he had finally forged it.

The Dark Sect Master silently gazed upon this scene; at this moment, Li Luo had already surpassed her in rank, and she could feel the world's hostility and rejection toward her.

She understood that this confrontation, she would ultimately still lose.

Li Luo calmly looked at her, waving the scepter in his hand.

"Extinction ought to be buried in dust," he said lightly, like a supreme deity's judgment.

The world trembled.

And the Dark Sect Master saw countless black points of light scattering from within her body—these were her tenth-grade Extinction Aspects—but now, under Li Luo's pardon as "World Sovereign," they began to be severed from her.

The light point representing the Ten-Grade Annihilation Aspect, upon leaving the Dark Sect Master's body, was covered layer upon layer by hierarchical veils and buried deep within the world.

Unwilling to wait for death, the Dark Sect Master's eyes flashed with ruthlessness as she transformed into black light and plunged into the Dark World, attempting to use her "Source of Myriad Evils" power to merge herself into it.

In this way, though she would dissipate, she could leave chaos behind.

But as her form stirred, time and space seemed to freeze at that moment, and Li Luo stepped through the void to stand before her.

Li Luo gazed at the Dark Sect Master's familiar lovely face and smiled: "Speaking of which, you've occupied this body for so long—it's time to return it to its original owner."

A hint of mockery appeared on the Dark Sect Master's cheeks as she said: "You mean the original consciousness of this body? Do you think such a weak ant could leave even a trace under my corrosion?"

"Every trace of Li Lingjing's consciousness has been wiped clean by me—nothing remains."

Li Luo shook his head: "You only erased the consciousness within this body, but not all of it."

He clenched his hand, and a serpent staff appeared in his grasp—forged like green bamboo, covered in snake scales, emanating a chilling aura.

This was the Azure Bamboo Azure Serpent Staff.

A treasure Li Luo once gave to Li Lingjing, later, during the battle at Luolan Manor in Daxia City against Shen Jinxiao, when Li Lingjing was devoured by Shen Jinxiao, the staff fell into Li Luo's hands.

As the Dark Sect Master said, Li Lingjing was like an ant in her eyes—utterly powerless to resist—so there could be no trace of Li Lingjing's consciousness left in this body.

Yet within this serpent staff, a remnant still lingered.

This remnant was so infinitesimal that even the Divine Fruit Heavenly King could not detect it, but in Li Luo's eyes at this moment, that trace of consciousness shone like a star.

Li Luo gripped the Azure Bamboo Azure Serpent Staff and thrust it directly into the Dark Sect Master's chest.

After Li Luo sealed the Dark Sect Master's Ten-Grade Annihilation Aspect deep within the world, she now had no strength left to resist.

At this moment, the Azure Bamboo Azure Serpent Staff melted completely, merging entirely into the Dark Sect Master's body.

The next instant, one of the Dark Sect Master's pupils began to writhe, then gradually shifted and elongated, ultimately transforming into a green serpent's pupil.

When the Dark Sect Master's pupil became a serpent's pupil, her aura began to plummet wildly, and the black light points dissipating from within her surged violently.

This showed she could no longer even hold onto her own body.

"Dark Sect Master, everything is truly over now."

Li Luo extended his palm and gently wiped across the Dark Sect Master's right pupil; as his finger passed, that pupil also began to slowly turn into a green serpent's pupil.