"Whoooosh!"
After many years, Yuangeng relied on the Stone Door to return above the River of Time. This vast, distant river had evolved from the passage of ages; every splash held a disturbance in history, and every roar of its waves carried the time of past and future.
Yet this time, Yuangeng did not feel as relaxed as he had on his previous visits to the River of Time. Instead, his scalp prickled, for he could clearly see that, at some unknown point, an illusory, towering figure had appeared, sitting cross-legged beyond time. He stood above all Great Daos, and even the splashes of time could not wet the hem of his robes.
Through the Stone Door, Yuangeng could vaguely make out the faint footprints he had left upon time. They stretched away from that being's feet, seemingly leading into an unimaginably distant future.
An emperor?!
He was somewhat shocked. He had never expected this journey across the ages to draw the attention of a being who had transcended the River of Time.
With that thought, Yuangeng protected himself with the Sick One's Stone Door. Only after struggling to calm his emotions did he step forward and bow from afar to the figure above the river. "Yuangeng pays his respects to the emperor!"
The emperor he spoke of was not one of those Extreme Dao Supremes at the level of the human Dao, but an emperor of the immortal Dao domain. Such an existence had developed a Great Dao to its utmost limit, standing above all immortals, gazing down upon the ages and roaming the cosmos, leaving countless legends throughout the myriad worlds.
An Immortal Emperor!
Although Yuangeng was now immensely powerful, possessing the strength to slay True Immortals and undying beings, he remained as weak as a mosquito before