Chapter 1105: The Reason for the Fall! Peering into the Future, One Final Desperate Bid!

The River of Time still occasionally produces temporal chaos; once swept up by it, one easily falls into those forbidden temporal dimensions.

Thus, the River of Time is both opportunity and danger for those who cultivate the Dao of Time.

In this world, nothing is one hundred percent safe.

Even the strongest Dao of Time cannot save one who chooses to court death or suffers terrible luck.

If not for self-destructive tendencies or abysmal luck, cultivators who master the Dao of Time would rarely perish.

Among all Dao cultivators, those who master the Dao of Fate and the Dao of Time have always had the lowest probability of perishing.

One who can manipulate time, observe the future, and remain perpetually at peak condition.

One who can peer into fate, actively avoid potential dangers, and even rewrite crises they might encounter.

With these abilities, their probability of perishing is naturally low.

Of course, the consequence is that cultivators who master these two Daos are also the rarest.

Those who become Hunyuan Daoluo Jin Xian are even fewer.

Among ten thousand Hunyuan Daoluo Jin Xian, one might not find a single one skilled in the Dao of Time or the Dao of Fate.

Low probability of perishing does not mean one cannot perish.

Facing an opponent too powerful to resist, even masters of the Dao of Fate and the Dao of Time cannot avoid perishing.

Yuan Chen Tianjun now faces such a powerful opponent—Luo Fu is his enemy beyond his strength to oppose.

Not only are his methods stronger and his realm higher, but with the aid of the Chaos Pearl, Luo Fu's power even subtly surpasses his.

Encountering such an opponent, Yuan Chen Tianjun's fate was already sealed.

Yuan Chen Tianjun had glimpsed this much himself.

Thus, though he restored himself to his peak state, his eyes still brimmed with exhaustion, irritation, and a deeply hidden tremor of panic and fear.

Panic and fear—these emotions, Yuan Chen Tianjun had not felt in a very long time.

Since becoming the True Spirit of the Dao of Time, Yuan Chen Tianjun had been nearly invincible in the Primordial World, living a life of unbroken ease.

For Yuan Chen Tianjun, the greatest problem had always been how to truly break through to the Hunyuan layer.

Now, Yuan Chen Tianjun's greatest problem had changed.

How to resist Luo Fu, how to survive beneath Luo Fu's hand, had become Yuan Chen Tianjun's greatest problem.

Yuan Chen Tianjun did not overly care about his own life or death.

After all, he was merely summoned forth by the Twelve Yuan Chen.

Even if he perished, he would not truly die.

But to manifest him, the Twelve Yuan Chen had already reached their limit.

The Twelve Yuan Chen, unlike Yuan Chen Tianjun, cannot casually manipulate time.

Moreover, most of the Twelve Yuan Chen's wounds were caused by the backlash of the River of Time.

Manipulating time to repair them would only worsen the injuries.

Should Yuan Chen Tianjun perish, the Twelve Yuan Chen, already at their limit, might well fail to maintain the Twelve Yuan Chen Array.

Even if they could maintain the Twelve Yuan Chen Array, its former combat power could no longer bind him.

That means, should Yuan Chen Tianjun perish, the Twelve Yuan Chen would very likely meet his fate and perish at Luo Fu's hands as well.

This was what Yuan Chen Tianjun truly feared.

He is the future self of the Twelve Yuan Chen; in a certain sense, he is the Twelve Yuan Chen, and the Twelve Yuan Chen are him.

Moreover, the Twelve Yuan Chen are more important than he is.

Without the present, there can be no future.

If Yuan Chen Tianjun perishes, the Twelve Yuan Chen can still summon him again.

But if the Twelve Yuan Chen perish, they will truly perish.

Moreover, should the Twelve Yuan Chen perish, Yuan Chen Tianjun, as their future self, would perish along with them.

For any reason, Yuan Chen Tianjun did not wish the Twelve Yuan Chen to die at Luo Fu's hands.

Thus, though he knew he was no match for Luo Fu, Yuan Chen Tianjun continued relentlessly to ponder how he might resist Luo Fu.

He no longer hoped to defeat Luo Fu—merely repelling him would suffice.

At least it would temporarily secure the lives of the Twelve Yuan Chen.

As long as he did not perish at Luo Fu's hands right now, there would still be room to turn the tide.

After all, the Twelve Yuan Chen were not without powerful backing.

In truth, the Twelve Yuan Chen themselves were not afraid of death.

As Sub-Saints, the Twelve Yuan Chen also possessed the ability to be immortal and indestructible.

As long as their Sub-Saint status remained, even if they perished, they could resurrect using the power of Heaven's Dao.

But resurrection requires time.

The present is a time of great turmoil; Ancestor Hongjun desperately needs reliable subordinates.

This was the fundamental reason the Twelve Yuan Chen did not wish to perish.

The reason the Twelve Yuan Chen did not wish to perish was naturally also the reason Yuan Chen Tianjun did not wish them to perish.

Splash!

The River of Time behind him boiled once more.

Yuan Chen Tianjun, ignoring the backlash, once again summoned his temporal power, seeking to glimpse the future.

Vast quantities of temporal power burned away, each flame transforming into fragments of future visions.

Facing Luo Fu, who mastered both the Dao of Fate and the Dao of Time, Yuan Chen Tianjun could think of no method to drive him back.

Luo Fu's mastery of the Dao of Time, augmented by the Three Thousand Daos, had already surpassed Yuan Chen Tianjun's.

This means all of Yuan Chen Tianjun's divine abilities are ineffective against Luo Fu.

Whether time slowdown, time acceleration, or time stasis, none have the slightest effect on Luo Fu.

Moreover, Yuan Chen Tianjun must also worry whether Luo Fu will use these very techniques against him.

Given Luo Fu's mastery of the Time Dao, if he were to impose these abilities upon Yuan Chen Tianjun, there is a high probability they would take effect.

The effect might not be strong, but it would certainly take effect.

This is suppression by Great Dao Realm.

There is already a considerable gap between Yuan Chen Tianjun and Luo Fu.

If subjected to various Time Dao buffs,

then Yuan Chen Tianjun's demise would not be far off.

Under normal circumstances, cultivators who master the Time Dao and Fate Dao almost always choose to surrender—or flee immediately—when facing peers of higher realm.

Precisely because they master the Time Dao and Fate Dao, they understand better than anyone the terrifying nature of these two Daos.

Encountering a peer of higher realm means losing control over one's own Dao, while the other can freely wield Time Dao and Fate Dao abilities against them.