Tianhe Traces the Cause and Subdues the Evil Ancestor; the Profound Lord Expounds the Sutra and Draws Out the Buddha

Boom!

In the Chaos Void's Eastern Region, a roar that shook the entire cosmos erupted from a lifeless, uninhabited place, then spread in every direction.

Rolling waves of sound swept outward with the force of the blast. Countless Pure Yang Dao resonances and Great Dao Laws intertwined within them. Along their path, dead stars and shattered void alike underwent all manner of changes beneath that all-consuming force.

Dead stars regained life. Shattered void became starfields. Roaming desolate beasts dissolved into nothingness. Collapsed spacetime coalesced into worlds.

As the roar spread through the silent, deserted Chaos Void, that lifeless expanse broke open, revealing the rushing River of Time within.

Then a figure was hurled from the River of Time in utter disarray. He smashed through stars and starfields, cracked the void across a vast expanse, and shattered newly formed worlds back into fragments of spacetime.

Only after tumbling through the Chaos Void more times than he could count did the figure finally manage to stop himself.

His hair hung loose, and his clothes were in tatters. The strips of torn cloth could hardly be called a Daoist robe, much less conceal his gaunt, hunched body. His arms were thin as firewood; one eye was clouded and mottled, the other crusted with sores.

"Cough..."

"Cough, cough."

"Blech—"

After two dry coughs, he spewed a great mass of bloody filth and green fluid through a mouth full of crooked yellow teeth. Whether it contained fragments of his organs or bile and dregs from elixirs, it turned the surrounding Chaos Void into a poisoned wasteland.

Just then, a tall, imposing figure strode forth from the exposed River of Time. "Tianxie, even Zhu Yan and that old dragon together couldn't stop me. How many lives do you have, to dare stand in my way?"

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