Three Enclosures Heaven.
Time flowed, gathering into a river. Two Dao markers could faintly be seen standing within it. One was illusory, shattered like a broken mirror, sunk into the nothingness before heaven and earth were pioneered. The other was resplendent, reflecting starlight, as though bathed in the Greater Yang's radiance.
Two of the three were complete.
Yet the gray-robed Daoist on the riverbank stopped.
Only the final Dao marker remained before heaven and earth would overturn, the Three Enclosures would become ruins, and an unsurpassed killing tribulation would descend.
Yet he had no choice but to do it.
Once he erected the Dao marker representing the future, the River of Time would be fixed, preserving possibilities to the greatest extent. Even if an overwhelmingly powerful being arose in later ages, they could use it to impose a suppressive curse-
But he had also personally shaved away a portion of the Great Dao.
"Master, you finally stopped. Your disciple's years of waiting weren't in vain."
Dantai Heng appeared from somewhere, standing amid that expanse of starlight. He showed none of a Golden Core's majesty. He seemed to have waited here a little too long, and a hint of boredom inevitably showed on his face.
"You went to see Ancient Void. Have you made your decision?"
"I'll simply follow the current."
True Lord Guanchen walked slowly to the edge of the void and gazed at the mortal world. The light of constant order had already dimmed to its utmost limit and could no longer hold.
"Xiong Huai, the King of Chu, entered the Zhu Ruins, worshipped a totem, and borrowed the Dao to attain the Bing fruit. Zou Geng, the King of Yue... received guidance from that reincarnation of the Mysterious Maiden and support from Ancient Void, and has already attained