Chapter 1264

There are more of the longevity clan than when I came last time!

Under the glow of the ancient mirror, the forms of the longevity clan's juveniles fully appeared, clinging like woodworms to every side of this world.

When a world collapses, it generates vast temporal power, and the longevity clan arrives right after.

Chen Zhangsheng said with feeling, "The state of this butterfly world is even more precarious than the World Tree. The longevity clan has already caught the scent and come!"

Ji Fuyao's starry eyes flickered, "Could the upstream long river be formed from the many worlds that collapsed here?"

Chen Zhangsheng's eyes lit up as he said, "That makes sense!"

Half a day later.

The two stood before the butterfly world.

They sensed three different temporal forces flowing through this world.

The left wing was pale yellow, looking distant it was already somewhat withered; the right wing was pale cyan, and the central body was red.

Three different temporal Daos!

Ji Fuyao asked, "Which world should we enter?"

Chen Zhangsheng said, "The left wing is the past temporal long river, the right wing is the present temporal long river."

Ji Fuyao frowned, "The temporal long river is actually split?"

Chen Zhangsheng nodded, "This is the defiant-heaven aspect of the butterfly world, but the left and right wings are not completely severed. The central body is the temporal turbulence. The left and right wing worlds are essentially one world, merely situated at different points in the temporal long river; the left wing can influence the right wing, and vice versa."

Ji Fuyao pondered, "The Dao of cause and effect? Changing the past changes the future. Can the future be changed?"

Chen Zhangsheng said, "Perhaps. To enter the butterfly world we can only choose one of the three. But the central body's temporal turbulence rivals the upstream river, and within it lie two supremely strong wills, leaving us only the left and right wings as options."

Ji Fuyao gazed at the three worlds; the butterfly imprint left when the phantom of the butterfly moon faded appeared in her hand, and she deliberated.

Soon she decided, "We'll go to the left wing; I want to see the butterfly moon's past."

Chen Zhangsheng nodded, and a black long ruler appeared in his hand, its body ink-colored and surging with rich temporal aura. He murmured incantations, and his grand hand seal shifted, striking the black long ruler.

Hiss!

The black long ruler flashed with a fierce dark light, slicing straight toward the left wing.

Crack!

A tiny space channel suddenly formed.

"Senior Sister, go!" Chen Zhangsheng produced a heap of talismans, slapped them on himself and Ji Fuyao, and immediately stepped into the space channel.

Zizzle!

Within the space channel, temporal gusts like knives ceaselessly eroded their bodies.

The talismans burned one after another, sending forth brilliant Divine Light that was instantly swept away by the temporal flow wind, and a Dao resonance shield appeared around them.

Even so, Ji Fuyao could hear the terrifying roar of temporal power rushing past her ears.

It is precisely this power that lets living beings pass from life to death; none can escape the vicissitudes of time!

Not long after.

Chen Zhangsheng's voice reached Ji Fuyao's ear: "Senior Sister, be careful."

A gentle emerald light appeared in his hand, landing on Ji Fuyao's body, and she then regained consciousness.

Ji Fuyao opened her beautiful eyes, her face somewhat weary.

Within the space channel, the residual temporal power left her feeling dazed and heavy-headed.

Just then, a terrifying fireball hurtled down toward the two of them!

This is a killing intent from a half-step Dao Lord realm!

Boom!

In an instant, half the sky lit up, the might of burning heavens and boiling seas covered the firmament, and the surrounding temperature rose sharply.

Chen Zhangsheng slapped with his great hand, spatial power surged, and he directly shifted himself and Ji Fuyao out of there.

This place…

The two steadied themselves in the distant starry sky, only then seeing that a great battle was erupting here!

Everywhere were terrifying slaughter forces, blasting at each other.

Before them was a huge star, emitting a faint Divine Light, like a glow-worm's illumination.

The battlefield lay upon that star.

It appeared one side sought to invade the star, while the other side protected it.

Not long after, the battle stalled slightly, and the two sides' forces faced off.

Upon the star, many strong cultivators shot up into the sky, most of them women.

These strong cultivators each brandished a Spiritual Weapon; the women's exquisite faces held killing intent, the men's faces surged with killing intent as they looked toward the opposing cloud vessel and sneered.

What a crappy Longevity Sect!

Gu Yue Laozi was originally a fraud!

The leader was a young woman, her hair coiled atop her head, her visage clear and lovely, looking into the distance, "Hehe. Is this so-called Longevity Dao? It plundered everything of my Hehuan Sect! I see Gu Yue Laozi is no better than that!"

On the opposing cloud vessel stood cultivators of the Void Realm, half-step Dao Lords, with the leaders being Dao Lords!

Behind several cloud vessels stood a huge stone carving.

The stone carving was ancient and solemn, its face showing neither sorrow nor joy; in shadow it looked like a silent deity.

This stone carving…

Ji Fuyao stared fixedly at the stone carving's face, slightly startled, "How does this stone carving resemble that of Gu Yue Laozi?"

Chen Zhangsheng nodded, "Indeed somewhat similar; last time I came, I hadn't yet seen these stone carvings."

Ji Fuyao laughed helplessly.

This all looks too much like the handiwork of Gu Yue Laozi.

He pursued immortality, he set up stone carvings one after another in the Insect Origin Heaven.

Ji Fuyao shifted her gaze, looking far into the distant star sea, her beautiful eyes slightly widened in surprise.

In the distance, resplendent divine radiance flowed, sometimes fading, sometimes blazing fiercely.

Battles were also taking place there!

And not just one place!

She looked at Chen Zhangsheng, "What's going on with this great battle?"

Chen Zhangsheng said, "It should be a war between the Hehuan Sect and the Longevity Sect! Last time I also entered the left wing, but I was merely wandering on the edge of the star sea; at that time, the two sects had already faintly erupted into war, only not as intense as today, with the flames of war igniting many star seas."

At that moment, above the stars, the fair maiden's face turned icy cold; she slightly opened her palm, and a jade pendant of emerald green slowly appeared, its Daoist patterns intertwined—clearly not an ordinary object.

Her vermilion lips parted slightly as she spoke lightly, "If you want war, then war it is! This is the former seclusion ground of the Butterfly Moon Ancestor, and also the place where the Dao Lord once stood—how dare you invade! In this war, the Longevity Ancestor will surely fall! The Longevity Sect will surely fall!"

Upon hearing these words, they instantly flew into a rage.

The leading gray-robed middle-aged man let out a cold snort; a fierce fireball blazed in his palm, and as his anger rose, the fireball grew even more explosive. He laughed harshly, "Hahaha! What qualifications do you, the Hehuan Sect, have to mock my Longevity Sect, and what qualifications do you have to disrespect Gu Yue Laozi..."

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