Chapter 1098: Stirring the Time Dimension! A Future Filled with Despair!

In an instant, countless time dimensions collapsed, and endless temporal chaos submerged the time dimension where Luo Fu stood.

In the futures observable by Yuan Chen Tianjun, Luo Fu's figure vanished entirely.

This meant Yuan Chen Tianjun could never again observe Luo Fu's future.

Fortunately, when Luo Fu acted, he seemed to deliberately hold back, not disrupting all surrounding time dimensions.

He only disrupted the time dimension in his own location.

Although Yuan Chen Tianjun could no longer observe Luo Fu, he could still observe himself.

Luo Fu could indeed have held back—if he hadn't, all surrounding time dimensions would have been churned into a chaotic mess.

He did this because he wanted Yuan Chen Tianjun to directly witness his own future: a future filled with despair.

"Fate is uncertain, life and death are fleeting—accept fate's judgment!"

Gazing at Yuan Chen Tianjun, Luo Fu spoke calmly.

Shhh!

Immediately, he raised the Hunyuan Eternal Creation Sword in his hand and slashed carelessly at the void.

Subtle, unfathomable energy swirled around the Hunyuan Eternal Creation Sword; as the sword struck, that subtle energy clung to the blade's light.

The blade light Luo Fu unleashed this time was utterly ordinary, containing only the Dao of the Sword, not the Dao of Time.

Under normal circumstances, a blade light without the Dao of Time could never strike Yuan Chen Tianjun.

Yuan Chen Tianjun sensed this.

Yet, he did not dismiss it at all.

For some reason, the subtle energy on the blade light stirred deep unease within Yuan Chen Tianjun.

Moreover, Luo Fu's earlier words triggered an inexplicable intuition in Yuan Chen Tianjun—as if, the moment Luo Fu spoke, something had already been destined.

Splash!

Yuan Chen Tianjun immediately activated the Changhe, merging himself into it and constantly shifting through layered time dimensions.

Not only that, he also wrapped Luo Fu's blade light in temporal power, sending it into an extremely distant time dimension.

Luo Fu's blade light was weak and lacked the Dao of Time; it was not difficult for Yuan Chen Tianjun to alter its temporal trajectory.

Moreover, Yuan Chen Tianjun began observing his own future.

Not seeing Luo Fu's future was fine—seeing his own future was enough.

Any attack he encountered in the future could be avoided by observing it ahead of time.

He was fine until he observed—then, his face instantly twisted into disbelief.

From every future he observed, Yuan Chen Tianjun saw only one outcome: he would inevitably be struck by Luo Fu's blade light.

No matter how he struggled, what methods he used—even invoking the power of Ancestor Hongjun—he would still be struck by Luo Fu's casual slash.

By observing countless futures, Yuan Chen Tianjun tried every possible method to evade the blade light.

But to his horror, he discovered that unless he chose to end his own life, Luo Fu's blade light would ultimately strike him.

This blade light seemed to possess an inevitable-hit property.

When observing these futures, Yuan Chen Tianjun assumed Luo Fu was manipulating the Changhe to show him only the future Luo Fu wanted him to see.

Yet Yuan Chen Tianjun could sense that Luo Fu emitted no temporal fluctuations whatsoever.

Even if Luo Fu's mastery of the Dao of Time surpassed his own, Luo Fu could not silently alter his time.

Yuan Chen Tianjun was the True Spirit of the Dao of Time—no temporal fluctuation could escape his perception.

"Fate is fickle? Could it be the Dao of Fate?"

A thought suddenly flashed through Yuan Chen Tianjun's mind—he remembered Luo Fu's earlier words.

After so long a battle, Luo Fu had rarely spoken; to suddenly utter such a phrase, mentioning fate's fickleness, could not be meaningless.

Yuan Chen Tianjun's guess was correct—the subtle energy swirling around the Hunyuan Eternal Creation Sword was the Dao of Fate.

Of the Three Thousand Daos, only the Dao of Fate could rival the Dao of Time.

Beyond the Changhe, the Heavens and Myriad Worlds also held another river: the River of Fate.

The Changhe records the past and future of all sentient beings in the Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

The River of Fate weaves the destinies of all sentient beings in the Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

Under the reflection of Fate, nothing can be altered.

It is like the predetermined calamities in the Journey to the West World before Luo Fu appeared.

The Heavenly Dao's grand tide cannot be changed.

Fate stands above the Heavenly Dao—its ordained path is truly unalterable.

What Luo Fu just unleashed was the Dao of Fate.

The most basic application of the Dao of Fate.

Locking the Cause, Fixing the Effect.

In some ways, the Dao of Cause and Effect is very similar to the Dao of Fate.

Through the Dao of Cause and Effect, one can also reverse cause and effect.

But the Dao of Cause and Effect can be severed.

As long as one perceives the cause and effect, one can cut it.

Thus, reversing cause and effect becomes impossible.

But when the Dao of Fate is used to lock cause and fix effect, once fixed, it will inevitably come to pass.

It cannot be severed. It cannot be altered.

This is the tyranny of the Dao of Fate.

Once the Dao of Fate is invoked, the outcome is already destined.

Even though Yuan Chen Tianjun excels in the Dao of Time and can pluck countless futures, he cannot change this fact.

From this perspective, the power of the Dao of Fate surpasses that of the Dao of Time.

Of course, all things under heaven and earth adhere to balance.

Although the Dao of Fate and the Dao of Time are powerful, each has its own limitations.

Using either the Dao of Fate or the Dao of Time requires enduring backlash.

The backlash from using the Dao of Fate far exceeds that of the Dao of Time.

Moreover, this backlash originates directly from Fate itself and cannot be diminished—only endured.

While using Lock Cause, Fix Effect to lock Yuan Chen Tianjun's fate, Luo Fu must also endure equal backlash.

In a sense, the Dao of Fate is a Dao that kills a thousand but loses eight hundred.

In this regard, the Dao of Fate is inferior to the Dao of Time.

Manipulating time also demands a price, but with sufficient mastery of the Dao of Time, many methods exist to reduce the backlash.

For Luo Fu's strength, the backlash from locking Yuan Chen Tianjun's fate is negligible.

This backlash originates directly from Fate, regardless of whether it is the original body or a projection.

This means Luo Fu can let his original body bear it directly.