The Primordial Torch Dragon battles the Lord of the Void, the Void Heaven Spirit World collapses

Was the Primordial Torch Dragon dead?

Yes.

According to the Lord of the Void, he was already dead.

But the one who had appeared was his past self.

He was the self who existed in the River of Time and had yet to die.

"Impossible! Even for you, crossing the River of Time to come from the distant past into the future could never be simple!"

"How exactly did you do it?"

"Wait, I understand now. It's this formation!"

As though he had figured something out, the Lord of the Void looked at the countless runes and restrictions inscribed in the void and the valley, and understood at once.

"It's this formation! This formation didn't merely seal me away. It also contained the power of time, creating a set of coordinates, a medium that allowed you in the River of Time to successfully cross space and time and arrive in the present!"

"But the core of this formation..."

The Lord of the Void had been about to say that he had already destroyed the formation's core, the Dragon Blood Sacrificial Altar. But with the words on his lips, he swallowed them again and looked toward the mirror in Chu Kuangren's hand, his gaze utterly dark.

Chu Kuangren smiled faintly. "You guessed correctly. The Dragon Blood Sacrificial Altar was never the core of this formation. This ancient mirror is. It's called the Torch Dragon Eye, and it was formed from one of the Primordial Torch Dragon's eyes!"

"Well, well, so that's how it is. Primordial Torch Dragon, what deep-laid plans you had. But how did you learn all of this?"

The Lord of the Void looked at Chu Kuangren, somewhat puzzled.

Even he had known nothing of this.

How had Chu Kuangren, a young Monarch of the Human Race, learned about