The Celestial Empire's Army Was Defeated

"I actually fainted."

Li Ye slowly came to in a cabin aboard the immortal ship.

He felt around beside him, but Qing Yao was nowhere to be seen.

He was instantly alarmed and shot to his feet. A Jade Slip lay beside his pillow.

Li Ye hurriedly infused it with a wisp of Divine Devil Power and read the message. Qing Yao's voice rang out: "Li Ye, I believe every word you said. I believe that one day you'll be invincible beneath the heavens and above the earth, sweeping across the universe and all the heavens."

"But I still chose to leave. I don't want to become a burden to you."

"A brief parting, so we can be together better in the future."

"Forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye."

"More than a month remains of the three-month deadline for killing the members of the Palace Clan. When the Great Dao they imprinted upon the ancestral star collapses, the Palace Clan will surely send out a large force of experts to investigate."

"Be careful."

"Take care."

"Your wife... Qing Yao."

Qing Yao had left?

Hadn't she promised to stay by his side?

Had she stayed for only seven days?

"No!"

"Qing Yao, Qing Yao..."

Li Ye cried out, shoved open the cabin door, and rushed outside, straight into the starry sky.

He ran at a Thousand Times Light Speed.

Power of Time swirled around his body as ripples of space spread outward.

Without realizing it, he began using both powers at once. A thought struck him, and the starry sky shrank violently; a billion li became a mere step away.

His figure appeared at times in the past, at times in the future.

He darted back and forth through past, present, and future, roaming and wandering without restraint, as if