Li Zhi's actions, although undetectable to mortals and ordinary cultivators,
nevertheless caused all living beings at the Sacrifice Dao Ancestor level to sense the disappearance of the dark curtain that had isolated the world.
A special Law of Time began spreading outward, starting to affect the entire All Heavens and Myriad Worlds.
They were Traces of Time more severe than the Dharma-Ending Aura.
It was as if no living being could escape the corrosion of time.
Only those who truly severed all emotions and desires, transforming themselves into stone, could ensure that they remained alive amid time's corrosion.
But living without any emotions was worse than death.
"Darkness Shrouding the Heavens, End of Time—the New Era begins at this moment."
Within Heavenly Court, Ye Yishui watched as changes began appearing in the Border Wasteland of the All Heavens and sighed.
"What does Li Zhi mean by this? Does he want all living beings to be buried with him?"
Meanwhile, in the Land Beyond the World, the three Heavenly Emperors were discussing how to avoid the danger of darkness covering the earth once more.
Yet the matter Li Zhi had suddenly stirred up left them in a dilemma.
Should they stop the spread of the Law of Time, or let it run its course and cause the Longevity Practitioners of the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds to lose their Longevity Dao Fruits?
"Let's wait and see. If this really is darkness covering the earth, we'll act then."
"I hope it isn't."
At the Small Lake Fishing Spot, Li Zhi himself also began to age and decay.
It was as if he had voluntarily merged his own aging process into that Law of Time, thereby ensuring that the law would affect everyone who had not attained Transcendence.
But this move caused the