The Life Master looked into the distance. "Actually, I don't want to leave either. We haven't found Death Lord, Xiang Siyu, or the others, and we still don't know why they attacked. But what Xiang Xue said before he died worries me even more. Time is under attack again, and the Time Ancient City may not be able to hold out."
Ming Fan asked in confusion, "What did Xiang Xue say before he died?"
The Life Master didn't tell him. It only ordered him to hold the line in Outer Heaven, then immediately returned to the Time Ancient City.
Before Eight Colors died, he had said that opposing the ancient times didn't necessarily mean overturning everything.
The meaning was simple. Who said that surpassing the Time Ancient City and opposing the ancient times would erase the future of the entire universe? Perhaps it only meant changing a little. Even such a small change could still send enormous ripples through the world.
What had Xiang Xue meant? If they overturned everything, humanity would disappear too. So perhaps the ancient times he spoke of opposing meant changing only part of it. Since he'd said as much, perhaps he had a plan.
That was why the Life Master was hurrying back to the Time Ancient City.
It absolutely could not let humanity succeed in opposing the ancient times. Compared to that, the situation with Xiang Siyu and Death Lord was no longer so urgent.
Soon, the Life Master had left completely.
In Outer Heaven, white life force replaced every other power. It enveloped the Mother Tree and Outer Heaven, and filled the Beautiful Universe, replacing the power of all the other Main Daos.
This was the Life Master's way of protecting Outer Heaven.
In the past, it hadn't needed to do this. Now,