Almost in the blink of an eye, rifts appeared throughout the Mortal World and the illusory world bound closely to it. Every living being teetered on the brink of annihilation!
In an instant, Chen Cuo's Path-attainment ceremony, forcibly interrupted and suppressed, resumed. Endless Heavenly Dao Power embodying Rise and Fall converged upon him!
The River of Time shook, ripples spreading everywhere. Black-robed figures from every era of history gathered under the pull of the Rise and Fall Heavenly Dao and merged into Chen Cuo one after another!
His consciousness immediately grew hazy and rose without cease!
In a daze, the Starry Sky, Auspicious Clouds, and a vast expanse of land appeared, while the eighth Dao Tree was reflected in his mind. It sought to draw his will over and make him one with the tree!
But if that happened...
"How ruthless! They're willing to lift their suppression and let me become a Dao Lord, just to make me lose awareness for a moment and devote myself entirely to ascending to the Heavenly Dao! Then I won't be able to spare a thought to stop them from setting the Revolving in motion! By the time my will returns and I command the Authority of the Heavenly Dao, all I'll see is the Mortal World annihilated!"
At any other time, Chen Cuo might have spared his attention for other matters. But taking command of the Heavenly Dao and becoming the one to attain the Path meant that even his countless figures in the River of Time had to become one, let alone his divided consciousness and Incarnations!
Once that happened, Chen Cuo would have to withdraw from the struggle before him and lose control of the situation.
But if he did not, he was no match for several Dao Lords!
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