The Third Choice

The fierce gale howled.

When Chen Yan regained consciousness, he was once again standing on the Wanfa Platform atop Du Cang Mountain.

The Ascension Realm cultivators of Chenping Continent stood beside him.

Beyond the firmament, in the Space-time Fault, the final glimmers of True Person Xuzhou's lightning and fire flickered.

It was still the same moment.

Because he had changed nothing.

A grave look flashed across Chen Yan's eyes.

He had indeed used the Tian Ding Mirror to project the image of Imperial Void Saint at the height of his power in the past onto the Karma Bai Chen had left in this era.

Chen Yan's actions were tantamount to resurrecting Imperial Void Saint in the present era—the man who had once ruled Yuxu Continent, had profoundly influenced Tianji Continent, and had even earned the title of its "redeemer."

This, too, had been part of Bai Chen's plan, laid out seven million years ago, before Tianji Continent fell.

Yet even Supreme Saint of Imperial Void, who wielded the last vestige of a Sage's authority in this world, had been unable to put up any truly effective resistance against the Mysterious Woman serving Heavenly Monarch Qingluo, who had come from beyond the firmament.

Chen Yan still remembered his conversation with Tianji Saint Zuo He beneath the abyss of the Endless Sea.

Heavenly Monarch Qingluo would often send the Mysterious Woman Statue under his command to patrol the Time Turbulence or Space-time Fault, sweeping away any eyesores.

And based on what Chen Yan had learned from Mister You and Tianji Saint, an even more terrifying existence lurked behind the Mysterious Woman in the Space-time Fault.

But that existence was not Heavenly Monarch Qingluo.

According to Mister You, who had lived eight thousand years ago, the Mysterious Woman Statue should not have been