Along the River of Time, he traveled upstream.
Countless scenes flashed before Li Yu's eyes until... he saw a war, or perhaps a massacre?
That had happened in the unimaginably distant past.
The Vast Heaven World had once been a flourishing realm brimming with life.
Auspicious clouds curled through the sky, the land was lush and emerald green, and the vast oceans surged with rolling waves.
Magnificent palaces and towers floated among countless islands suspended between heaven and earth. Immortal birds soared through the skies, while exotic beasts raced across the land. The entire Vast Heaven World had been prosperous and thriving.
At the center of the Vast Heaven World stood an immense, boundless immortal mountain that pierced the clouds.
It was both a mountain and a city!
The immortal mountain, spanning a million miles, was itself a vast imperial city. Its grand and splendid palaces shone brilliantly, dazzling like rosy clouds.
The Vast Heaven World had a single ruler. He was known as the Vast Heaven Great Emperor.
He was a supreme expert of the Second Step of Chaos, controlling the Vast Heaven Realm plane among the lower three realms of the outer planes. Supreme and unmatched, his might shook the heavens.
However...
"Boom!"
The next moment, an earth-shattering roar erupted from the void.
The sky shattered!
Azure light churned and flashed across the heavens. An immense azure pillar covered in countless spikes smashed viciously into the Vast Heaven World, like an iron rod striking an egg.
Destruction! Ruin! Annihilation!
As though doomsday had arrived, this prosperous and flourishing world met its final destruction!
That giant spiked club obliterated the entire world with a single strike!
Everything was destroyed!
Stars fell, the void was annihilated, and the earth shattered. Every living being between heaven and earth was crushed into