In the darkness, Bai Chen stood before Chen Yan.
He seemed very far away, yet also very near.
"Ten million years ago, I wanted nothing more than to swallow you alive and flay you."
Bai Chen's tone was calm, though it still carried a hint of mockery.
"And now you don't?"
Chen Yan chuckled.
Though he could feel that his life and death rested on a single thought from the Saint's remnant soul before him, Chen Yan remained utterly unmoved.
"Time smooths away all emotions, whether hatred or affection."
Bai Chen slowly shook his head and continued, "Especially when that span of time is ten million years."
Ten million years ago, Bai Chen had been at the height of his power.
With a deep foundation, and already knowing that handing the authority of heaven and earth to Zuo He would lead to a catastrophic mess in the future, Bai Chen had had no reason to relinquish that authority at his peak and leave Yuxu Continent to wander the heavens.
But from the moment Chen Yan returned to ten million years ago through the Tian Ding Mirror, it meant that Bai Chen had become entangled with Karma from the future.
This was a Karmic backlash spanning ten million years, one that implicated every living being within an entire domain of heaven and earth.
Bai Chen simply could not bear it. He could only choose to follow Karma and establish Zuo He as the new wielder of heaven and earth's authority.
What was more, ten million years ago, Chen Yan had sealed his projection within the Tian Ding Mirror, inflicting considerable damage upon Bai Chen as well.
Chen Yan was not surprised in the slightest.
He had long known that the seven million years of Karma Bai Chen left behind in Chenping