Of course, neither of them could have escaped unscathed either.
"A mere incarnation's self-destruction, and you thought you could hurt me? You think far too highly of yourself!"
The Eastern Emperor stood tall and imposing within the River of Time, which had just regenerated after being shattered and vaporized outright.
Endless immortal radiance blossomed around him, countless symbols interweaving. He remained completely unharmed.
"Hiss! Just how powerful is he?" Shi Hao and the woman were utterly shaken.
That terrifying self-destruction had even broken the River of Time.
Yet it had failed to inflict so much as a scratch on him.
"Have we met again?"
The great bell tolled softly.
Endless chaos and Xuanhuang wreathed it.
Majestic and ancient, it hovered there, surrounded by the stars of the heavens.
The Eastern Emperor's supremely powerful figure stood with his hands behind his back, heroic and imposing, formidable and commanding, his bearing dignified and his dominance unmistakable.
He looked toward Desolate in the distant, ruined golden Palace, still young and immature, still far from even reaching the human dao peak, and gave a faint chuckle. "Unfortunately, you probably don't know me yet!"
"You know me?"
At those words,
Desolate came back to his senses.
He looked at the other man in some astonishment.
Did his future self know this man?
Judging by his tone, the two seemed quite familiar with each other.
"Two encounters, both across different times and spaces. Even throughout all history, such a connection is rare..." The Eastern Emperor gazed at Shi Hao and spoke with a faint smile.
"Hm?"
Shi Hao's heart shook violently.
Would he and this man meet across time and space like this again in the future?
"There's no need to dwell on it. Time cannot be reversed..." the Eastern Emperor said calmly. "Revealing heavenly secrets