Erasing Him from Five Thousand Years Ago

Wu Xu Plains, Black Central Realm.

The four of them stared anxiously into the void. A thousand years was not long for them, but it was by no means short either.

This place was a chaotic void, creating endless, boundless loneliness. Once a person became lonely, their mind could collapse.

Fortunately, they had cultivated for countless years. Their states of mind were naturally beyond comparison with ordinary living beings.

But no matter what, this had been a full thousand years. If they failed again this time, they might truly begin to doubt their lives.

"Bone Emperor, how is it?"

"Can you sense whether it successfully crossed the River of Time and reached the past?"

One of the black shadows asked anxiously.

"I can't see it clearly."

Bone Emperor gazed into the void. He had no excess Origin Power left to deduce anything and could only wait quietly for the result.

Thus, all four prayed inwardly, hoping everything would go smoothly.

The next moment.

The space above the void began to distort, and the four of them tensed at once.

No way???!! In an instant, a pitch-black coffin appeared from the void once more, arriving before the four of them.

The coffin's appearance meant that they had failed again! Silence! Deathly silence.

"Why!!!"

One of the black shadows roared at the void. His powerful pressure shook the entire Black Central Realm without cease.

Bone Shadow walked toward the coffin. Only after drawing close did he discover an additional line of writing on it.

It had been eroded by the power of time and was somewhat indistinct, but he could vaguely make it out.

"You dare try again?"

That short sentence froze the four emperors where they stood. Overwhelming fear replaced their anger. For some reason, at that instant, they felt that somewhere in the unseen darkness, a pair of eyes was staring at them.

It made their scalps tingle.

Not only had the Black Coffin been sent back upstream from the River of Time, it had even brought back a warning.

One simple sentence had completely cowed the four of them.

Strength was not terrifying.

The unknown was the true terror.

They could not determine what kind of existence had left those words. This unknown power was like a nightmare, gnawing away at their psychological defenses bit by bit.

The four remained silent for a long time, constantly analyzing the meaning of those words.

Why issue such a warning?

And who had written it? Could something have happened on the Main Battlefield? But they were all discarded pawns trapped in the Black Central Realm, so why would someone go to such lengths to target them?

And what kind of existence could accomplish such a thing?

"Bone Emperor, what should we do next?"

The other three all looked to their pillar of support. At this moment, they too were lost, unsure how to make their next move.

Bone Emperor pondered for a long, long time before making a major decision inwardly.

"At this point, we can only use our final move."

As soon as he spoke, the other three revealed shocked expressions. "Do we really have to do this?"

Bone Emperor nodded. "This is the only way."

"First, we'll try to establish contact with the Main Battlefield."

With that, the four emperors began their deductions, sending their messages out of the Black Central Realm and toward the distant Main Battlefield.

Fifty years passed in the Black Central Realm in the blink of an eye.

A will appeared within the Black Central Realm.

When the four emperors sensed this will, they were ecstatic. They had finally succeeded.

Immediately afterward, the four emperors took human form and dropped to one knee before the illusory will in the void, performing a special salute.

"Your Excellency."

As soon as the words fell, specks of golden Immortal Light rippled across the "will" in the void, and its voice entered the minds of the four emperors.

"The four of you are to absorb this will of mine in its entirety. Restore your physical bodies as quickly as possible, then personally deliver the Black Coffin to the HuaiNan Realm of five thousand years ago."

"If you have the opportunity, it would be best to erase him before he has grown, while he is still in the cradle five thousand years ago. If you cannot kill him, then you must at least leave the Black Coffin five thousand years in the past. You need not concern yourselves with the rest."

"The situation on the Main Battlefield has tipped. I am already stretched too thin. This will I have separated out is the greatest support I can provide you."

"You have five hundred years to recover. You must complete this."

With that, the golden power of will divided into four portions and entered the bodies of the four.

In an instant, specks of golden light emerged from the four black shadows, and their auras steadily recovered.

With the support of a portion of the power of will, most of the Origin Power the four had depleted was restored. What they needed next was time to recuperate.

In as little as three hundred years or as many as five hundred, they would be able to restore their true bodies.

Bone Emperor, having received a portion of the power of will, was not particularly excited.

Your Excellency's appearance was not a good thing. It meant that the Main Battlefield was at a disadvantage and required the assistance of four discarded pawns like them.

"Wonderful! Your Excellency hasn't abandoned us!"

The other three emperors were extremely excited. With Your Excellency's intervention, escaping the Black Central Realm was only a matter of time.

"Don't celebrate too soon."

"Your Excellency has asked us to personally send the Black Coffin back into the past. That means our Main Battlefield is already at a massive disadvantage and needs to influence the situation there by altering the past timeline."

"If the several Your Excellencies on the Main Battlefield are defeated, then no matter where we flee, to the ends of the earth or the corners of the sea, we will not escape the fate of being utterly erased."

Bone Emperor's words plunged the other three into silence.

That was indeed the truth. Once that terrifying enemy on the Main Battlefield defeated the several Your Excellencies, dealing with them would be no more than a wave of his hand.

After cultivating to such a realm, they had also come to understand one principle: in a true war, there could only be victory, never defeat. Once defeated, there would be no redemption for all eternity.

"The HuaiNan Realm of five thousand years ago... that was when that powerful enemy had only just begun to show his edge. I still remember that we did not take him seriously back then."

"Who would have thought that five thousand years would allow him to grow to the point where he could contend against the entire Ancestral Land?"

Bone Emperor recalled something, feeling somewhat regretful.

That person from five thousand years ago—he had been fully capable of erasing him.

"Yes. Back then, we did not take him to heart. Who knew that in five thousand years, he would grow to the point where a single sword strike could imprison us here?"

"Now another three thousand years have passed. From Your Excellency's tone, it is clear that he has grown to a point where even Your Excellency finds him troublesome."

The three black shadows sighed.

"Time is pressing. We must recover as quickly as possible, personally cross the River of Time back to five thousand years ago, and assist Your Excellency."

Bone Emperor murmured.

"But what if we encounter that existence on the River of Time that has obstructed us time and again? We..." The other three were somewhat worried.

"There are no more 'what ifs.' We must complete this mission. I also want to see exactly who is causing trouble upon the River of Time!"

"Besides, Your Excellency is backing us now. We cannot cower and shrink back."

Bone Emperor no longer looked as fearful as before.

"Achoo!"

Su Mu, who had been lying down to rest, suddenly sneezed. "Who's cursing me again?"

He rose to his feet, yawned, and stretched.

At that moment, he sensed a mental connection from the riverbank, and delight filled his heart.

Little Mahi! It had been missing for one or two months, yet it finally knew to come back. If it had stayed away any longer, Su Mu would have thought it had died out there.

He immediately followed the mental connection toward the riverbank.