Book of Years

Wang Xuan stared blankly at the two figures disappearing into the distance, his heart filled with turmoil, and he didn't look away for a long time.

"Is it a pity? Sincere feelings and true nature, leaving a mark in the mortal world. May the light in your hearts never die where you linger, and may you have no regrets."

He turned around, his wounds closing to stop the bleeding. This time he was seriously injured; his bones had been broken and his internal organs had been pierced many times.

But he felt no hatred at all. This was a rare opponent who made him admire him yet also unsettled. Putting himself in that man's shoes, could he give up the only opportunity in the world and resolutely choose to stay in the human world, willing to decay with someone over the years?

Outside, a huge uproar ensued, with unrest erupting on each of the spaceships as they transmitted audio and video messages back to their respective planets.

"The battle between Super Peerless powerhouses has come to an end!"

"He encountered Hell-level Trial and actually won!"

"Is this the person who killed the Mechanical Black Roc? I didn't even recognize him. He held back in his battle with the disciples of the Gouchen Imperial Palace, and was only forced to show his full strength in this battle against that peerless sword immortal."

"Do you know where he comes from? Green Mist Star, which is adjacent to my Supernatural Planet. We're practically neighbors!"

It's generating a lot of buzz and has a huge impact.

Wang Xuan was reflecting on and summarizing this battle, hoping to absorb enough valuable spiritual light from it. He was deeply moved.

"If we play again, it will still be a close match, and it's hard to say who will win or lose. I still need to improve."

Not far away, Zhao Qinghan wiped away her tears. In reality, she never cried and was an independent and strong-willed woman. Now she was somewhat dazed.

Although the woman had left and detached herself from that emotion, she still had some impressions and remembered many fragments, and was still affected by it.

"Please wash away those emotions and don't disturb the people around me!" Wang Xuan said, and the landscape painting world disappeared, leaving only the blurry book in front of him.

After saying this, he started bleeding again, his injuries were quite severe, because the man's sword light carried a power even more terrifying than magic, like the residual Rule Aftermath, which was truly terrifyingly absurd.

Puff!

A large amount of blood splattered, and he staggered, almost losing his balance.

Outside, a brief silence fell as everyone realized that Wang Xuan had been severely injured and his situation was not good.

"Wang Xuan!" Zhao Qinghan rushed over, trying to help him up.

In the distance, Wu Yin, Qing Mu, Little Fox Immortal, and Horse Chao Fan also ran over quickly.

"The matter is not over yet; your choices are still being corrected," a voice came from the hazy book, which began to turn the pages.

Wang Xuan looked up at the sky. With his exceptionally keen spiritual perception, he naturally realized that many people were paying attention to this place, and that various detection devices could definitely capture the scene clearly.

He had no choice but to endure it; otherwise, he would have smashed the lid of the furnace to destroy this unpredictable book. He sensed that the book was dangerous and could seriously threaten his life.

What is your background?

"Me? The Book of Years. If you can make it to the end, we will meet again." A voice came from the blurry book.

Wang Xuan's heart stirred. Enduring the pain, he used his Spiritual Heavenly Eye to scan it recklessly, trying to see its essence. However... it was all chaos, impossible to analyze, and he couldn't understand it.

His heart pounded. This annoying book seemed to have a great background. He immediately had all sorts of thoughts. Could he see it again at the end?

Could this be... one of the highest awards? He looked surprised, suspecting it might be Old Covenant Carrier that the Vanished, Supernatural Civilization had never used!

He was weighing the Gains and Losses, wondering if he should find an opportunity, choose a special location, and when no one was paying attention, simply use the Nurturing Life Furnace to deal with it, steal the Old Covenant Carrier, and then what was the point of participating in the competition? He should take the Book of Years ahead of time.

Book of Years turns its page, a dark world emerges, as if one has entered the universe.

"Qing Han, you leave first. Wu Yin and Qing Mu, don't come over either!" Wang Xuan was extremely vigilant. He had been on guard ever since the book said the matter was not yet over.

Sure enough, a dim world appeared and covered the area, making him immediately serious, but also somewhat weary. He longed for sparring with people of similar skill levels, but did not want to engage in endless fighting in this state.

Especially now, his body has been severely injured and his condition is not good.

In the dark world, the page of the book was like a portal to another time and space. A tall man with thick gray hair, amber eyes, and bronze skin walked out, holding a long black sword in his hand, as he passed through the mist.

In the thick fog, inside that Space-time Gate, there seemed to be another woman. With a soft thud, he beheaded her without hesitation, killing her instantly, her blood splattering all over the ground.

" In the Land of Deities, a Supernatural Civilization once existed, and its strongest human is approaching you!" This was the message the book gave before it disappeared.

The tall man stepped out of the portal, his amber eyes like those of a ferocious beast, ruthless and filled with malevolence. He was over 1.95 meters tall and slashed at Wang Xuan with his sword.

Without a word, the black longsword, imbued with destructive Super Material, emitted a sound like the cries of immortals and demons. Behind this man and his sword, shadowy figures filled the sky with the corpses of gods and demons, blood everywhere, and the ground beneath his feet was littered with severed limbs.

When!

Wang Xuan's right palm strike was like a rainbow, slashing at the side of the black longsword. His left hand transformed into a fist, carrying Boundless Light rain and accompanied by dazzling golden light, and blasted towards him.

The enemy didn't say a word, but came in with a deadly attack. He didn't say much either, just fought and dealt with it later, killing whoever he could kill first.

In that instant, the two clashed a thousand times, all at an incredibly fast pace. Violence met violence, strength met strength, and countless flashes of blades and Fist Light illuminated the dark place.

In outer space, all the extraordinary beings on those spaceships were dumbfounded. Who was this god who could go toe-to-toe with Wang Xuan, who had just experienced an epic battle?

"The two are evenly matched, both powerful and domineering, it's amazing, who is this master?" In the Cosmic Void, many people were stunned, yet another unpredictable and powerful figure.

"Could this be the incarnation of Supreme Deity?" some speculated. It was quite obvious that this tall man was ridiculously powerful.

Some even believe that if he were to swing his long sword, he could kill the Mechanical Black Roc in just a few strikes in a short time, without any suspense.

In the fierce exchange of blows, neither Wang Xuan nor the man retreated. Blood splattered from time to time. On one particularly serious occasion, the tall, bronze-skinned young man's left arm was nearly severed by Wang Xuan's palm strike, leaving it bloody and with bone fragments exposed.

With a thud, Wang Xuan's Feather Ascension Fist struck the chest of this god-like man like a thunderbolt, leaving a noticeable dent and splattering blood.

However, Wang Xuan was almost split in two by his shoulder, and half of his body was covered in blood!

"Wang Xuan!" Outside the dark place, Zhao Qinghan, Wu Yin, Qing Mu and others trembled with anxiety and urgency, fearing that he would die there in battle.

Is this really the first round of trials that's supposed to be easy to pass? It's more like a hellish level with eighteen more levels of hell waiting ahead.

Puff!

Amidst the strange phenomena and the most bloody battle, Wang Xuan's right hand, like a knife, sliced open his opponent's chest, nearly severing his heart.

At the same time, he himself was stabbed again, and his body was covered in blood.

"The time has come." A voice echoed from within the massive steel fortress in the Cosmic Void, signifying the end of the first round of trials.

However, on the planet of Lesson Eighteen, Wang Xuan and the man fought in close combat, but neither side could gain the upper hand, and the ground was covered with bright red blood.

"You are indeed very strong, beyond my imagination. We will most likely meet again soon." The dark world faded, the book appeared, and a voice echoed.

One of the pages flipped violently with a rustling sound, revealing a portal. The man wielding the long black sword remained silent until he gave Wang Xuan one last look before stepping through the portal. He then became an image in the book, recounting an old story.

The great battle ended abruptly. The second battle was very short, but it aggravated Wang Xuan's injuries. He had a strong control over his own body, which allowed him to close his flesh and stop the bleeding.

"Wash away those emotions and memories in her heart that have nothing to do with her," Wang Xuan said to the book.

He knew that keeping those fragments of memory might make Zhao Qinghan closer to him, but he felt it was unnecessary. He shouldn't be influenced by the outside world or other people's emotions; he should remain pure.

With a whoosh, a beam of light flashed past, and Zhao Qinghan instantly snapped back to reality, her mind no longer hazy, and she fully recovered.

"You are a magic book!" Wang Xuan said. It manipulates people's emotions and rewrites their memories, which is really going too far.

"Goodbye!" The book blurred and disappeared into the Extinguished Great Barrier.

Not long after, Wang Xuan left the planet and returned to outer space.

"Two Protection Charms will be awarded as a reward!" A voice rang out from within the massive steel fortress, which floated in the Cosmic Void like a city, bestowing a reward upon Wang Xuan.

The public reward stunned everyone; it was indeed a generous reward, causing quite a stir.

However, before the murmurs had subsided, a voice rang out again from the massive steel fortress. "There are still too many participants. The second round of trials begins. This time it's a life-or-death battle, eliminating half of the participants. Think carefully about how to survive before you leave the arena. Don't lose your life, but those who survive will have opportunities."

Of course, there are also humane considerations in this test. If the opponent admits defeat early during the fierce battle, the winner must stop fighting and cannot kill all the opponents.

In short, everything was aimed at Extend Life of the extraordinary and finding a way out; the organizers didn't want too much bloodshed. They knew very well that the mythology was likely to decay completely and had little hope, and they shouldn't allow too many extraordinary beings to die in the twilight of the mythology.

Whoosh whoosh!

As countless rays of light faded into the distance, the contestants were sent away in batches to the nine Extinguished Great Barrier, which would become the battlefield!

Qing Mu's expression changed. They're starting right away? They're really impatient, but Wang Xuan's injuries haven't healed yet!

"This is too unfriendly to Wang Xuan. After fighting two people with Super Peerless backgrounds, he is already seriously injured and has to go directly into the second round?"

"Could this be an intentional attempt to increase the difficulty, in an attempt to hunt down Wang Xuan?"

Wu Yin and Zhao Qinghan were both very worried and suggested that she not participate in the competition.

"It's alright, I have a protective charm. Besides, I don't think I'll always encounter Hell-level Trial," Wang Xuan said. Since he had already joined the battle, he naturally didn't want to quit halfway through.

"You all shouldn't participate." He looked at Qing Mu, Horse Chao Fan, Little Fox Immortal, Zhao Qinghan, and Wu Yin.

"The first three rounds are qualifying rounds. Once they begin, you cannot withdraw midway. After the three rounds, the real cross-domain battle will begin. The Great Barrier and the Real World will be at the same time, and you can withdraw at any time then," a voice reminded from the steel fortress.

"What a rip-off!" Horse Chao Fan shouted.

"Warning: Anyone who insults a defender of order more than twice will be eliminated!" A stern voice echoed from the Cosmic Void.

Horse Chao Fan stared blankly, then muttered, "So, this means I can humiliate you again without any risk? I'll save that for later, and I'll yell at you when I'm in a bad mood!"

Wang Xuan also felt it was a rip-off, what kind of ridiculous rules were these? But the main reason was that they had come in too much of a hurry and hadn't studied the Rules carefully, so their understanding was limited.

In an instant, they too set off, disappearing from the steel fortress and being teleported to a large Extinguished Great Barrier amidst a shower of light!