Outline of the Plan
He Ping and Ji Changli worked in seamless concert, their two formidable powers immediately merging into one. No one could describe what kind of force it was.
Whoosh, whoosh... The vast dharmic power was a hundred, a thousand times more violent than the spatial storms within the turbulent void.
Of the two, He Ping unleashed the power of the Lesser Ego Wheel and the Second Heavenly Dao, while Ji Changli raised up the wondrous supreme principles he had comprehended from the "core" spiritual root of the Lunar Mother Tree. These two energies were like the profound ultimate truth condensed from every mysterious law and principle between heaven and earth.
"Without birth, without death; dark birth, dark death; without lack, without being..."
He Ping continued muttering to himself, chanting mysterious incantations into the void. From the depths of those mysterious incantations, waves of sacrificial power were transmitted down from nowhere.
Boom!
A tremendous ripple crashed in. At once, the two great experts sensed it: within their field of vision, a vast river appeared in the unseen realm.
Crash, crash, crash! At first it flowed slowly, then it grew swift, surging and roaring. Strange lights and brilliant radiance billowed like tides.
This great river ran through the vast universe, carrying the breath of passing ages. It blanketed heaven and earth, overturned the cosmos, and was itself composed of endless light.
The River of Time!
It was not true river water, but merely a manifestation of the laws of heaven, earth, and the cosmos. As He Ping and Ji Changli joined forces, it was as though they had opened a passage through this river, their wills prying open the River of Time.
"Pursuing the Dao, questioning the sage—how long is Heaven's lifespan? How far are Earth's limits? How many