The End of All Roads

"I once strode across the Ancient Desolate, ran rampant through the Star River, and stood unmatched as the supreme in the White Mist Era!"

"Looking back across ninety million years of the universe, who was my equal? So lonely, so lonely! Woof, woof, woof!"

At that moment, the big black dog was practically swollen with pride.

His spirits soared!

But the Great Desolate Hound who had emerged from the river of time suddenly smacked the big black dog on the head. Its canine eyes glimmered as it said:

"Woof. I came to help you fight, and you're stealing my spotlight?"

The big black dog was instantly indignant. Damn it, yesterday's version of himself was stronger than today's...

He could only put up with it!

"Enough talk. This Emperor's Dao flame won't burn for long. Hurry up and kill this little bug."

The big black dog spoke.

Only then did the Great Desolate Hound look toward the gray-mist Spacetime Worm. Its eyes filled with disdain.

"Too weak."

It lifted a paw, and the yellow smoke beside the big black dog drifted lightly past the gray-mist worm.

"Come on, come on. Don't say I'm bullying you. Choose your strongest state, and I'll slay you!"

The Great Desolate Hound's presence filled the heavens.

Hearing this, the gray-mist worm froze for a moment, then let out a sinister laugh.

"You're asking for death!"

The feelers atop its head suddenly twitched.

At once, countless scenes of spacetime appeared around the gray-mist Spacetime Worm.

They showed the worm's entire life.

It had been born in the gray mist.

It had fed on the gray mist, growing without end.

In the endless gray mist, it had once climbed to the peak and become one of the strongest beings in the Gray Mist World!

It had taken part