Chapter 357: The Three Pure Ones Take Notice, the River of Time's Light Displays Its Might!

Thus, everything became clear.

Yang Mei, although unable to secure the aid of the Three Pure Ones.

Yet he gained such a powerful ally as Ji Du.

And the reason these two joined forces, frankly speaking, was merely that each had their own agenda.

Yang Mei's motive was to take revenge on Chen Ku and wipe away past humiliation.

Ji Du's aim was to capture Chen Ku, seize his Chaos Pearl, fragments of the Creation Jade Disc, and treasures such as Primordial Purple Qi.

In fact.

At this moment, within Kunlun Mountain.

The Three Pure Ones likewise took notice of this scene.

For a time, the Three Pure Ones wore varied expressions, discussing heatedly.

"Yang Mei the Immortal.... This time he is truly determined to scheme against Chen Ku."

"But who knows... whether he will ultimately succeed?!"

Yuanshi muttered to himself, his eyes brightening as he gazed upon the battlefield.

The earlier manifestation of the Dinghong Stele, which in an instant sealed Chen Ku, the Three Pure Ones had also witnessed.

Hence, Yuanshi could not help but feel a certain anticipation in his heart.

Today, if Chen Ku were to die, would we too have a chance to seize his accumulations?!

Tongtian merely glanced, then spoke in a deep voice:

"Chen Ku is trapped within, yet to escape."

"It seems Yang Mei's earlier words were not false."

"He indeed found a supreme treasure capable of restraining Chen Ku's spatial laws."

Only now did Tongtian believe Yang Mei's prior words.

But that was all there was to it.

Even having arrived at this point, Tongtian felt no great desire to intervene.

Watching the fire from the opposite bank brings him only benefits and no drawbacks.

Laozi wore a smile.

"Hehe, good, good!"

"At last the battle has begun, everything just as this seat had previously anticipated."

Compared to Yuanshi and Tongtian, Laozi appeared even more pleased.

All of this is precisely what he wished to see.

The fiercer the battle between Yang Mei's side and the few Buddhist figures, the more advantageous it is for the Three Pure Ones.

After all, whichever side suffers heavy losses, the Three Pure Ones stand to gain.

And thereafter... we need only wait for the outcome of the great battle.

Now, speaking of the world within the Dinghong Stele.

Shortly thereafter, Chen Ku sorted everything out.

Yet he still showed no sign of panic.

"Hehe... a pity."

"You plotted to have Chi Tian die at the hands of our Buddhist sect."

"But I detected it first, yet I will make your schemes come to naught."

Chen Ku thus responded.

This is precisely why the Buddhist sages have constantly monitored the Wu Clan's movements.

Or to put it another way, had Chen Ku and his companions not reacted swiftly enough, Chi Tian might truly have fallen to "Chang'e's" hand, thereby drawing the Buddhist sect into a great enmity.

Thinking of this, Chen Ku felt rather relaxed in his heart.

Who would have thought, regarding this, Ji Du seemed to have anticipated it long ago.

"Hahaha......"

He laughed aloud to heaven, as if finding Chen Ku's words utterly ridiculous.

"Do you think that by saving Chi Tian at the critical moment earlier, you have done enough?!"

"Have you not noticed... although Yang Mei has trapped you here, he has not revealed himself?!"

"I might as well tell you."

"At this very moment, Yang Mei in the outside world has already taken your form, detonating the Slay-Wu Needle within Chi Tian's body."

"This act, even if it cannot be concealed from the sages of the present age, will surely be believed without doubt by those brainless simpletons of the Wu Clan."

Ji Du "knows no bounds in speech, speaks without reserve".

He then revealed another explosive piece of news.

Naturally, this also stems from absolute confidence.

Ji Du also firmly believes that, having entered the Dinghong Stele, Chen Ku's attempt to escape is utterly impossible.

Therefore, even if we tell him everything, what harm could it do?!

Saying this, he added mockingly:

"Hehe, Jieyin and Zhunti now are likely already panicked and at a loss!"

"Why not guess—will they first save you, or first deal with the Wu Clan's conflict with the West?!"

This time, Chen Ku's face finally showed a hint of gloom.

His heart also welled up with a sense of heaviness.

What a vicious scheme!

As Ji Du said, if Yang Mei were to take on my form, it would not escape the notice of the present sages.

But to deceive ordinary living beings and those of the Wu Clan who do not cultivate the primordial spirit, it is more than sufficient.

Once Chi Tian dies, the crime of slaughtering the ancestral Wu will be firmly placed upon my head, impossible to wash away.

By then, even Di Jiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and others will completely lose control, locked in an endless struggle with the Western Buddhist sect.

"So you mean you've already got victory in hand?!"

Chen Ku suddenly spoke, his tone rather strange as he said this, the meaning unfathomable.

Hearing this, Ji Du naturally assumed Chen Ku had surrendered?!

The arrogant and triumphant expression on his face grew even stronger, his recklessness spilling over in words and bearing.

"Haha, that's only natural!"

"Once Chi Tian dies, the Western tribulation will have arrived!"

"Chen Ku, since you know the whereabouts of those strange cloud masses, you must have also spared no effort in searching for my location."

"But finding me, you are merely inviting disaster upon yourself."

Mockery!

Unconcealed mockery!

These words are also a naked accusation of murderous intent.

Who would have thought that Chen Ku, having previously exhausted himself investigating the truth behind those many tribulations,

would in the end actually find Ji Du, this "Disaster Demon God," and thereby invite even greater tribulation?

If it were someone else, upon understanding everything at this moment, they would likely be completely broken down, vomiting blood from rage.

But unexpectedly,

in the next moment, Chen Ku laughed.

He laughed with calm composure, tranquil and unperturbed, as if this truth was still not enough to make him lose his composure.

Seeing this, Ji Du furrowed his brow tightly.

With death at his doorstep, this brat still puts on such an act?!

But before he could speak, Chen Ku suddenly let out a scornful laugh.

"Your scheme is indeed thorough."

"But do you really think this can trap me?!"

"River of Time's Light!"

The last four words were spoken softly by Chen Ku.

The words fell.

Instantly, astonishing heavenly and earthly phenomena appeared around Chen Ku once more.

But unlike the previous time scroll.

Only see, around Chen Ku, spacetime rippled violently, spreading outward, dazzling and brilliant.

Visible to the naked eye, this region of spacetime seemed to be completely severed from its surroundings.

Whoosh......

Whoosh......

At the same time, the sound of surging river water echoed.

And around Chen Ku, streams of light formed from converging temporal laws also appeared, extending outward.

Gazing into the distance, endless, with countless such streams numbering in the tens of thousands.

These are also the manifestation of countless thousands of streams of temporal law origin.

Most importantly, within each stream of Time's Light River, a figure flickers in and out of sight.

Looking closely, one can see that each of those figures is Chen Ku's likeness.

This is another powerful aspect of the temporal laws.

Time's Light River, reversing spacetime!

In a single thought, one can scatter the "self" across countless timelines.

Likewise, one can instantly gather all the "selves" from every timeline.

At a certain moment, Chen Ku's eyes brightened, the smile on his face deepening further, unfathomable.

Nothing else!

At this very moment, he had already found one of those timelines.

And within it, it was precisely himself who had not yet been imprisoned on the Ding Hong Stele.

"This is the place!"

Chen Ku whispered softly.

Immediately, without warning, his form completely vanished from Ji Du's sight.

And streams of divine light also flowed into the timeline Chen Ku had chosen.

This method is like discarding the former "self" and returning to a "self" from some time before.

Inexpressible, profound and yet more profound!

Though it sounds long, all of this happened in the blink of an eye.

Before Ji Du could react, Chen Ku had already vanished without a trace.

The Time's Light River also gradually faded away with him.

Leaving before one's eyes an empty, silent, and eerie space.

Ji Du reacted, his pupils trembling like an earthquake.

"This... this... the law of time?!"

"No! This is impossible!"

Ji Du was shocked beyond measure, letting out a startled cry.

Even his facial muscles twitched slightly, and his heart surged with tumultuous waves, impossible to calm.

Earlier, from within the River of Time Light, Ji Du had indeed sensed some fluctuations of time.

This is too shocking to hear!

Know that after the war that opened heaven ended, the Time Demon God's life or death was unknown, his whereabouts unclear.

Even Ji Du, and even Yang Mei, such beings, were completely unaware.

As for the law of time, it has never manifested in endless ages.

In the present age, how could anyone possibly master the law of time?!

Ji Du stared blankly, lost in disbelief.

Yet everything before was undeniably real.

Moreover, he knew that this Ding Hong Stele could suppress spatial laws, but could not withstand the might of temporal law.

Therefore, no matter how hard it was to believe, he had to admit that Chen Ku truly escaped so easily.

After a moment, he could not help but curse.

"Damn... Yang Mei tricked this seat again?!"

"Wasn't it said this brat only mastered spatial law?!"

Indeed!

The reason Ji Du agreed to join forces with Yang Mei to plot against Chen Ku.

The main cause, as Yang Mei said, was that as long as Chen Ku's spatial law was restrained, he would surely be captured.

But now it seems, absolutely not so!

Chen Ku also mastered the even more powerful law of time.

This damn... Ji Du was utterly speechless!

Not to mention Ji Du's state.

At this moment, in the outside world.

Chen Ku broke free violently, yet he did not leave the River of Time Light.

With a surge of thought, he traced back all the way.

No other reason!

Escaping was not the final goal.

Chen Ku still needed to find Yang Mei's trace within it, to avert what might happen.

After a moment, his gaze narrowed.

At this moment, his divine sense had locked onto a node in a timeline.

That node bore the imprint of Yang Mei's earlier appearance, ambushing him.

In other words, the moment Yang Mei unleashed the Ding Hong Stele to ambush him.

Though extremely brief, within the River of Time Light, it was already enough.

"Yang Mei..."

"We meet again!"

Without another word, Chen Ku stepped forward, directly manifesting before Yang Mei.

He wore a cold smile, speaking in this low voice, just as Yang Mei's earlier "Mind your own business" came unexpectedly.

In an instant, Yang Mei also felt his scalp explode, his spine turn to ice.

As Ji Du said, he had previously intended to transform into Chen Ku's likeness, strike a killing blow, and take Xing Tian's life.

But now, Chen Ku's voice echoed in his ears, Yang Mei could no longer attend to anything else.

His pupils contracted sharply, he stared intently.

At the instant he saw Chen Ku's appearance, he was even more shocked and terrified, his liver and gallbladder nearly bursting.

"Chen Ku... you..."

"What is going on?!"

"How could you break the suppression of the Ding Hong Stele and escape?!"

Almost instinctively, Yang Mei cried out in shock, as if seeing a ghost.

Seeing Chen Ku again now was completely beyond his expectation.

After all, even if he had mastered spatial law and taken the form of a Great Dao Demon God, he had been trapped for tens of thousands of years.

Finally, only by finding a flaw in the caster did he manage to escape.

But now, how long has it been?!

Less than a day, and Chen Ku dared to directly defy the Ding Hong Stele's imprisonment?!

Has this brat become this powerful?!

Facing Yang Mei's mixed shock and dread, horrified to the point of despair.

Chen Ku, however, remained utterly calm.

In his eyes, only a deep, cold severity remained.

He did not respond to Yang Mei's words.

Instead, his great hand waved repeatedly.

For a moment, several divine radiance and immortal light burst forth, illuminating the universe, intimidating the nine heavens, and stirring up a terrifying catastrophe.

The Time Tower rose with the storm, pouring down endless divine radiance of time, immensely powerful and indestructible.

Its speed was extremely swift, indeed appearing to support the heavens as it surged violently toward the high sky.

More precisely, it was heading toward that previous side which obscured the sky and blocked the sun, with rolling dark light, a vast black celestial canopy.

This time, the Time Tower displayed its divine might.

Amid the surging and rolling mighty aura, that great banner again fluttered loudly, gradually contracting.

In the wilderness, heavenly light once again poured down, carrying a feeling of auspiciousness and holiness, shining upon all living beings.

This scene seemed like the rebirth of the entire heaven and earth.

All beings rejoiced and were excited, overwhelmed with emotion, as if having survived a catastrophe.

Previously, that celestial canopy spread across, pressing down heaven and earth, which was truly terrifying.

Moreover,

Chen Ku also brought forth the Chaos Pearl.

Its radiance was profound, wondrous, and divine, spreading outward.

In an instant, the space within a million li radius was completely shrouded and suppressed by this Chaos supreme treasure.

Even a thread of law and order could hardly circulate.

Immediately after, within this realm, brilliant and unparalleled Buddhist and Daoist golden light burst forth like heavenly swords, touching Yang Mei's body, as if intending to pierce his Dao body.

Seeing this, Yang Mei, though still filled with great doubt and shock, had no time to dwell on it.

With a movement of his form, he intended to directly break through space and flee.

But at this very moment, Chen Ku's cold laughter once again came.

"You want to escape?!"

"You're dreaming!"

Before the words faded, a familiar green light suddenly appeared, also descending to envelop Yang Mei's head.

In an instant, Yang Mei's pupils shook, and he felt a chill run down his spine.