As the years flowed by and time flew like a shuttle, ten years passed in the blink of an eye.
Over those ten years, Lu Yang persisted relentlessly, contacting every faction time and again to assault False History. Yet each time, he was defeated by Sword Lord, Cang Hao, and Chu Sheng.
Every great battle shook the Light Sea and plunged Void Darkness into gloom. Several times, they even nearly triggered a second collapse of [Other Shore]. In the end, they fought until True Fire burned hot; World Honored One died several more times, relying on his Dao Lord position to revive. The most perilous of them all was the battle in Void Darkness a year ago.
In that battle, Lu Yang did not make a move.
Chu Sheng keenly sensed that something was wrong. He immediately activated [Other Shore], illuminating Void Darkness and seeing Lu Yang beyond the Light Sea, attempting to break through.
It was in that battle.
Chu Sheng no longer had Sword Lord and Cang Hao lead the charge. Instead, he assisted from the side while truly bringing his methods to bear. The profundity of [Time] manifested in the world once more!
It was a killing blow.
Lu Yang clearly sensed that, at that moment, every one of his [pasts] in the Light Sea—even in Void Darkness—had been wiped clean by a towering hand.
Without a past, how could there be a present? What future could there be?
At that moment, without activating the [Hundred Lives Book], Lu Yang truly experienced death for once—a complete and utter death.
Its concrete manifestation was that all Karma connected to him vanished. The things he had done in the past had never happened. World Honored One and Dao Tianqi forgot him; the Foundation Establishment True Persons of the Light