At this thought, he could not help feeling a little excited.
After all, since breaking through to the Heaven-Connecting Realm, he had indeed gained several more strands of the power of time, enough to let him enter the River of Time.
Rumble...!
Just then, a violent trembling of heaven and earth interrupted Xu Taiping's thoughts.
Xu Taiping immediately opened his eyes.
He saw towering flames raging outside the cave.
Walking to the cave entrance, he saw that Liyuan's dragon breath had burned all the jade bone grass that had once covered this land to ashes.
Only the clusters of jade-green ghostfire remained, being scorched and tormented by Liyuan's dragon flames.
Then the voice of Liyuan, the fifth-stage evil demon, rang out again:
"Curse! Roar! Scream! What could be better than these sounds for lulling me to sleep? Keep cursing! Keep roaring! Keep screaming!"
"This Emperor is going to have a good sleep."
"This time, This Emperor will surely see the scenery of my homeland again in my sweet dreams."
Xu Taiping walked out of the cave and saw Liyuan's enormous body sweep through the fiery clouds overhead, flying toward the far end of the sky at tremendous speed.
Only after the evil demon Liyuan's body had vanished completely did Xu Taiping take a deep breath, look at the jade-green ghostfire filling the sky, and say:
"Seniors, when Liyuan awakens next time, I will not let you fight alone."
Whether those remnant souls had heard Xu Taiping's words or not, they actually began flickering in unison.
At the sight, an inexplicable sadness welled up in Xu Taiping's heart.
Then he rode the wind into the air and began surveying this Seal Land from above.
"Although the Kunwu Sword can send me into the River of Time, I must find a way