At that very instant, a vast and boundless, unfathomably mysterious River of Years appeared out of thin air around Bai Ze.
This great river seemed to have flowed from ancient times, carrying endless vicissitudes and weight as it completely enveloped them.
Countless blood-red threads condensed from dense Evil Thoughts came lunging at Bai Ze and those beside him, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws like vicious venomous snakes.
Yet the seemingly ferocious blood threads, the moment they touched the River of Years, were like waves crashing against an impregnable wall of bronze and iron, blocked firmly outside.
Bang!!!
Bang!!!
Bang!!!
Amid deafening explosions, countless blood threads slammed viciously into the River of Years, yet failed to stir even the slightest ripple before vanishing into nothingness.
Even so, those blood-red threads did not abandon their assault. Like maddened beasts, they relentlessly battered the River of Years' defenses.
Under the unceasing erosion, ripples spread across the River of Years' surface, its light flickering unstably, yet it never allowed a single blood thread to break through its defense.
Clearly, the blood-red threads condensed from Evil Thoughts had filled every corner of this world.
At the sight before him, Bai Ze's previously calm face instantly became exceptionally grave, as though a heavy gloom had settled over it.
He slowly opened his mouth and said heavily, "No wonder those Remnant Souls had all fused with Evil Thoughts. So this entire world is a place filled with endless Evil Thoughts!"
As time silently passed, no matter how unyielding a person's mind might be, it would be difficult to withstand the tide-like erosion of these Evil Thoughts, bit by bit.
Gradually, cracks would appear in the heart's defenses, until they were utterly overrun.
"I imagine that from the very moment we stepped into this strange world,