Within the River of Time, Zhou Tong let out a breath. Recalling the scene from before, he felt somewhat helpless.
That sword strike had truly been aimed at killing Wushang.
But after the sword qi shot out, the power of time around Wushang had worn away part of its force. Thus, the strike had only severely wounded Wushang; it had been unable to kill him.
Actually, this outcome was foreseeable, Zhou Tong silently said to himself.
Under normal circumstances, Wushang would not have truly appeared. He would merely have been in the Foreign Realm, slashing out from across the vast Void of countless miles.
But now, because Zhou Tong's Nine-Leaf Sword Grass True Life had appeared, Wushang's true body had appeared as well and personally arrived on the battlefield. It was precisely because of this that, after retrieving the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass True Life, Zhou Tong had still been able to strike at Wushang and unleash that attack that had nearly taken his life.
Time and the ages are ever-changing. If I were to look down upon the past from the temporal dimension in which the Corpse Immortal Emperor pushed the ages forward, everything I have done would actually hold no meaning at all, Zhou Tong thought to himself.
The reason the Immortal King had come to assault the pass at this time was because the future Corpse Immortal Emperor had pushed the ages to this point. He wished to destroy the Desolate Heaven Emperor's past. Zhou Tong's appearance, as well as the appearance of his Nine-Leaf Sword Grass True Life, merely ensured that the Desolate Heaven Emperor would not die.
Of course, it was also because of Zhou Tong's existence that Wushang had arrived.
On that basis, there was basically nothing he could do.
"Time and the ages are