Almost in an instant, the river of time descended.
He took the first step of Celestial Venerable once more!
This time, the river of time's torrential scouring could no longer affect him. Chaotic immortal light faintly blossomed around his Primordial Spirit, and he immediately broke free of the river of time, including the Formless pull of the Great Dao and the shackles of fate. His Primordial Spirit's will transcended time itself, blooming with eternal immortal radiance.
This time, he could even vaguely sense that, as long as he could withstand the pressure of the Chaos Cauldron and begin crossing time, summoning his countless past selves from the depths of time, he could begin assaulting the second step of Celestial Venerable.
Yet Yang Huai still restrained that impulse.
He knew that, before he could pass the second tribulation—the True Self Tribulation—he was still lacking a little foundation.
Among the rivers of time in the past, those other selves of his might well have condensed one or two Celestial Venerable traits.
To defeat them and pierce through the timeline, he still needed more foundation.
Perhaps his only advantage now was possessing the powerful innate treasure, the Chaos Cauldron.
Yang Huai's expression paused. Then he suddenly found himself speechless, silently thinking to himself.
"Besides that, there is the Primordial Treasure Mirror!"
Without the Primordial Treasure Mirror, he might be a little lacking in foundation. With the Primordial Treasure Mirror, perhaps he would lack nothing at all.
And if he passed the True Self Tribulation of the second step of Celestial Venerable, he might be able to assault the third step, the Creation Obstruction!
In the Barbaric Lands, the most dangerous aspect of the third-step Creation Obstruction was the external tribulations from beyond the Great Dao. It could easily draw the interference of ancient