The Year Guardians' immortality rested in heaven and earth, in the Golden Seats!
But if heaven and earth ceased to exist, and the Golden Seats were gone, what then?
This was what Fang Qing had attempted last time in the world of Mount Shu—destroying the world!
Of course, that destruction had not been complete. Far too many remnants of the old era had survived, so in such a world, the Year Guardians might still revive.
But now Fang Qing wanted to tear everything down and begin again!
"Actually... Year Guardians can reopen heaven and earth too. It's just difficult... If you keep tracing the river of time back to its source, won't you reach the moment before heaven and earth were formed?"
Fang Qing smiled faintly.
Of course, an ordinary Year Guardian could never do that.
Perhaps only a realm beyond the Year Guardians, truly beyond imagination and comprehension, could destroy a world with one thought and create one with the next!
But he wanted to try!
Now, in the age of Primordial Antiquity, the symbol of the source of all waters vanished as he traced history back to an age even more distant...
"Water Virtue! You promised me!"
The Lunar Yin Year Guardian's voice turned shrill. "I call Lunar Yin as my witness!"
"But what if Lunar Yin no longer exists?"
Only a faint voice came from the void. "Besides... I'll naturally keep my promise. It just... may not happen quite as you imagine..."
The Lunar Yin Year Guardian's heart went hollow, and she immediately plunged into the river of Temporal Light.
Though she had not regained her full strength as a Year Guardian, she possessed four great Golden Seats. One of them, Temporal Light, was enough to sustain her briefly as she traveled through the river of time.