On the other side.
The river of time had completely dried up.
The riverbed ran dry, as though it had brought about an unprecedented drought between heaven and earth. Even the divine mountains, manors, pavilions, flowers, grass, trees, and the immortal-fruit orchards lining its banks began to wither.
It was like a village ravaged by famine, ruined from end to end, with not a trace of green anywhere in sight.
"Disperse. It's all over."
Time Esteemed Immortal looked desolate as he quietly watched this scene unfold. He could only watch helplessly as everything vanished. Even the last patches of green grass on the ground quickly yellowed and withered, turning into a thin sheet of windblown sand that was sucked away by the future.
After all.
Time flowed.
Everything in the past would wither and surge toward the future.
At this moment, only the energy remaining within the many Esteemed Immortals was left, and together they had suppressed roughly thirty percent.
"Everyone, the tide has turned. Shall we stand here and wait for them to return for the decisive battle?" Time Esteemed Immortal suddenly asked.
"We're carrying thirty percent of the universe's matter. There's no way they won't come to take it back." Spatial Esteemed Immortal said coldly, "But our chances of winning aren't high."
"Indeed. All we can do is wait. The initiative lies with them. Once they've made all their preparations, that will mean their odds of victory are very high."
"Those Esteemed Immortals have probably begun betraying us in secret as well." Life Esteemed Immortal's expression was utterly calm, though a trace of age-old weariness showed in his eyes. "Who would have thought that after working so diligently, we would still meet this day?"
They had not died at the hands of their enemies. They had died beneath