Years Out of Order, the Beginning of Buddha and Demon

Li Fan left without a sound and returned without a sound.

Everything in the Grand Unity Heaven Realm remained as usual, but across the vast Primordial World, the traces of Years Out of Order could not be hidden.

It was not a world-ending spectacle of collapsing mountains and splitting earth, but something strange—a disorder in which everything seemed normal.

Flowers bloomed without withering, frozen at their peak;

All beings remained unaware, only feeling that the days sometimes rushed by and sometimes crawled, as though a lifetime had passed within a single dream.

Only those reclusive priests felt a faint unease in their hearts. They could detect the subtle misalignment in the flow of time, yet could not uncover its source. They merely assumed it was an ordinary fluctuation in the River of Time.

Even among the Nine Heavens Star River, several stars flickered between brightness and dimness. Their trajectories shifted by a fraction before forcibly returning to place, leaving behind faint tears in space-time.

Li Fan stood atop the cloud terraces of Grand Unity Heaven, a trace of gloom flashing through his eyes.

Pangu and the Time Demon God would ultimately have to fight. The Immeasurable Kalpa was unavoidable, and the Buddha-Devil Calamity was already at hand.

He took one step into the depths of Grand Unity Palace and found nine goddesses waiting for him.

They sat casually, waiting together for his return.

They nodded faintly, their expressions carrying tacit understanding and concern.

Goddess Taiyuan spoke first, her tone natural. "Heavenly Emperor, we all sensed the turmoil on the River of Time. You went alone. Are you all right?"

"Of course he is." Nuwa answered with a smile, then shifted her tone with a hint of teasing. "Still, Heavenly Emperor, facing the Time Demon God alone must have been quite