"So you're saying I summoned the Red Demon Heavenly Venerable?" Luo Yan recalled the "cause and effect" the Time Mirror had mentioned before.
The Time Mirror said, "Barring any unforeseen circumstances, this man would have been slain beneath that Immortal Artifact-the Desolate Pagoda. But your appearance changed the course of the Azure Emperor's growth, making his path smooth sailing. To correct this error, history naturally brought the Red Demon Heavenly Venerable into being.
"In that sense, his appearance is connected to you! But many powerful experts throughout history faced unprecedented calamities when ascending to the highest heights. This tribulation was born specifically for the Azure Emperor."
That explanation was not far from what Luo Yan had imagined.
Luo Yan felt troubled. Why did that figure set his heart pounding with alarm? An instinctive hostility rose within him, as though they were born mortal enemies!
He looked into the distance, his gaze settling on the Secret Realm.
The figure seemed to sense him and looked back.
In that instant, both sensed something.
"A product of the Weird Clan!" Luo Yan blurted out, finally understanding where that deeply unsettling feeling came from.
Strictly speaking, the two really were mortal enemies!
The Red Demon Heavenly Venerable's powers were connected to the Weird Clan, while Luo Yan's second incarnation had evolved from the Desolate Heavenly Emperor's blood essence. If the two met, one had to die!
Luo Yan did not hesitate. He raised the Time Mirror, ready to charge into the Secret Realm.
"Such a powerful expert still exists in this world!" The Red Demon Heavenly Venerable's expression changed drastically. He hastily retreated into the Secret Realm, heading deeper into the Emperor Mausoleum.
A beam of light pierced heaven and earth.
The mortal world endured untold suffering. Saints fell, Human Kings wailed, and mighty