Against the River of Time

"Innate Yin-Yang Divine Light!"

Yang Jian instinctively knew the name of that silver radiance.

In an instant, his Heavenly Eye opened. Silver divine light surged forth, and heaven and earth thundered.

The laws governing the entire world began to churn wildly, and the workings of fate fell into chaos.

A divine light of unimaginable power cleaved heaven and earth in two, as though splitting open the cosmos.

The silver light engulfed all of the Heavenly Court, and even the Three Realms beyond.

The power of the Yin-Yang Source Law swept across heaven and earth, drawing out this world's Source Laws against their will.

In an instant, the laws of heaven and earth roared and the sounds of the Dao rang out. Every living being in the Three Realms was left dumbfounded, then shocked and terrified.

The Six Sages of the Heavens were especially shaken. They nearly lost all the bearing of Sages, their lofty indifference as they looked down upon all living beings utterly gone.

Of course, for all the commotion, this was only the final afterglow of the Heavenly Eye.

That wisp of Yin-Yang Qi had already fused with the Heavenly Eye. It adapted to this world's Source Laws, its standing dropped sharply, and the divine light faded.

The Three Realms seemed to return to peace.

The Heavenly Eye at the center of Yang Jian's brow closed as well.

Yang Jian knew perfectly well that although his Heavenly Eye had grown much, much, much stronger, it no longer possessed the terrifying power it had displayed just now. That had been its final afterglow.

Even so, it had shown Yang Jian just how terrifying the level Bai Yu had reached truly was.

Yang Jian also knew that fusing with his Heavenly Eye had lowered that wisp of Yin-Yang Qi's standing, seemingly so it could adapt to this world's Source Laws.

Unfortunately, the wisp of Yin-Yang Qi was in Yang Jian's hands rather than Hongjun's. Otherwise, this world's Yin-Yang Source Law might have undergone a transformation, just as it had in the High Martial World where Shi Yueyao lived.

"Still, it's terrifying. I could even fight a Sage..." Yang Jian clicked his tongue and murmured in amazement.

The Innate Yin-Yang Divine Light within his Heavenly Eye now contained the Yin-Yang Source Law. Though its standing had fallen, that law had reached Perfection, making the light equivalent to a complete Yin-Yang Source Law.

In this world, it could, in a sense, even count as Lawful Sanctification. Unfortunately, Yang Jian could not unleash the Innate Yin-Yang Divine Light's full power. Even so, it made him invincible beneath the Sages.

He could even contend with a Sage. If Yang Jian disregarded the consequences, he could force his Heavenly Eye to release a divine light equal to a Sage's power.

Bai Yu paid no further attention to the startled and delighted Yang Jian. A trace of indifference entered his eyes as he swept his gaze across the entire world again.

This was the Lotus Lantern World, not the Primordial World, but tracing its origins back, it could still be considered a primordial world.

After all, the Six Sages of the Heavens and Ancestor Hongjun existed here. Even the great powers of this world were much like those of the Primordial Wilderness.

A dense radiance of laws shone in Bai Yu's eyes, with the Temporal Source Law foremost among them.

With the Time Law taking the lead and many other laws supporting it, he began to locate this world's Temporal Source Law, then its River of Time.

Bai Yu found this world's River of Time with ease. He vanished from where he stood and appeared within it.

This was a Greater World, without a Source Great Dao. Bai Yu could therefore suppress its River of Time completely, or even control it.

With a thought, his Source Laws circulated, and he swam upstream through the River of Time.

In the next instant, Bai Yu arrived in the Investiture Era.

By then, the Six Sages of the Heavens and Dao Ancestor Hongjun had come to their senses. They entered the River of Time one after another.

The Six Sages of the Heavens could not swim upstream through it. They could only stare helplessly.

Hongjun glanced at the Six Sages of the Heavens and said, "An Extraterrestrial Saint has descended. He can defy the Heavenly Dao's order and swim upstream through the River of Time. That shows how terrifying he is. Stabilize the Three Realms first, and investigate the earlier upheaval of the laws."

With that, Hongjun bore the Jade Plate of Creation above his head and swam upstream through the River of Time, wrapped in the awe-inspiring might of the Heavenly Dao. The Six Sages of the Heavens were left looking at one another.

When Bai Yu reached the time of the Witch-Demon Tribulation, he stopped, as though waiting for someone.

Before long, Hongjun appeared before Bai Yu with the Jade Plate of Creation above his head.

"Dao Friend, why are you disturbing this world's River of Time?"

Hongjun watched Bai Yu warily. He offered a greeting between equals, his tone indifferent.

Inside, however, he was stunned. He could not see through the Extraterrestrial Saint before him at all. He could only sense Source Laws shrouding Bai Yu and divine light swirling around him.

More terrifying still, Bai Yu had comprehended and mastered not just one Source Law. The radiance of so many Source Laws made even Hongjun's heart tremble.

With the Jade Plate of Creation in his possession and his being merged with the Dao, Hongjun was the sole supreme existence in this world.

Because he had merged with the Dao, Hongjun could wield all this world's Source Laws. Strictly speaking, though, he was merely borrowing them. He had not comprehended and mastered them all himself.

Hongjun knew all too well how difficult it was to master even one Source Law.

The path of Lawful Sanctification was an extraordinarily difficult road to Enlightenment of the Dao.

Yet this Extraterrestrial Saint had mastered so many Source Laws. It was unimaginable, utterly shocking!

And Hongjun could clearly sense that this Extraterrestrial Saint's Source Laws stood above those of this world.

At that thought, Hongjun's heart clenched. He realized he might not be a match for this Extraterrestrial Saint.

That was even with the advantage of fighting on his own ground.

So Hongjun did not attack at once. Otherwise, Bai Yu's act of swimming upstream through the River of Time and interfering with the past would alone have been enough for Hongjun to kill him without mercy.

"Rest assured. I will not destroy this world. I came only to take a few spiritual roots." Bai Yu regarded Hongjun with an indifferent expression and spoke calmly.

Hongjun frowned. "Which spiritual roots do you want, Dao Friend?"

"The Peach Tree of Immortality, the Bodhi Tree, the Ginseng Fruit Tree, the Fusang Tree, and the Yellow Zhong Plum."

Indeed, Bai Yu had come to this world for those five Innate Spiritual Roots of the Five Elements.

Though this was only a Greater World, its Innate Spiritual Roots certainly could not compare to those of the Grand Primordial Cosmos.

There was not even the slightest basis for comparison.

But Bai Yu had no choice. He could not obtain the five Innate Spiritual Roots of the Five Elements in the Grand Primordial Cosmos, so he had to settle for the next best thing.

Their standing and grade were nowhere near the same, but at least they could be said to share the same roots and origin.

If he brought them back to the Grand Primordial World, cultivated and nourished them carefully, and replenished their essence, they still might not equal the Innate Spiritual Roots of the Primordial World, but they should not fall too far short.

Of course, that was only Bai Yu's guess. He would have to obtain these five Innate Spiritual Roots from this world first and see how it went.