Imperial Zenith Dao Lord paid no heed to the molten-gold blood continuously streaming from the back of his hand.
He merely raised his head to look higher up, his mind turning without pause.
Whether it was that mysterious sword cultivator of extraordinary origin, or the phenomenon from not long ago when the light of the Sword Dao rose and converged, all of it foretold changes taking place within the Original Truth Realm itself—changes he did not know about.
"What exactly... happened?"
Unknown.
Ever since he had gathered all his selves, united with the Dao as one, and sat at the source of the timelines of countless macro-universes, such things had rarely occurred.
And yet now...
Imperial Zenith Dao Lord slowly raised his hand. The golden cracks on the back of it healed in turn, and blood no longer flowed out.
At this moment, 'time' itself seemed to have become something tangible.
Within his dark-gold eyes was reflected a vast river surging ever forward, running through the entirety of the Original Truth Realm.
Original Truth—the main timeline.
Compared to the many macro-universes within the Cosmic Sea, its level of existence was higher. Even those in Dao Integration could only glimpse it, never touch it.
Yet in Imperial Zenith Dao Lord's perception, the flow of this vast river, which advanced forever without end, was at this moment somewhat different from the flow he remembered...
"Is it an illusion, or..."
For no reason at all, Imperial Zenith Dao Lord suddenly recalled the several peculiar macro-universes that had abruptly appeared in the Cosmic Sea before.
"Severance, Slaughter, cause..."
Slaughter?
Could the appearance of those macro-universes and the abnormal speed of the timeline be related to the Lord of Boundless Slaughter?
His doubts piled upon doubts, yet none could be answered.
For a time, his