You Accursed Dragon, You've Caused This Venerable One Such Misery

"As long as the void remains, I shall endure forever!"

"Those who believe in me will have eternal life!"

In a daze, Zhang Xuezhou heard a familiar voice again.

Compared to his previous feelings, this time he felt more like an outsider, able to observe his own growth from infancy from a third-person perspective.

Having experienced similar things before, he felt less acutely about them this time, seeing it merely as a reenactment of the event.

"It feels like a long river of time!"

Zhang Xuezhou and Yao Yuanguang deduced the physiognomy of the Third Prince Nezha and, together they entered the river of time.

Once he was out of the flow of time, he quickly fell into oblivion, and many things were erased from his mind.

Zhang Xuezhou felt the same way when he was in this daze; he even suddenly recalled many things he had seen in the long river of time.

Memories of various scenes flashed through Zhang Xuezhou's mind.

These images include events that occurred in reality afterward, as well as content that doesn't match up at all.

His life trajectory doesn't seem to follow the usual course of time; rather, it's been subject to some variables.

Perhaps it was him, or perhaps it Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon.

This is not only his life, but also the life of the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon. The interaction between the two brought about changes, and also made it clear that peeping and spying are not entirely accurate.

Zhang Xuezhou looked back and saw that behind him were 129,599 versions of himself, also looking at him.

The feeling of the body being divided into time elements is very subtle, which causes a person to shift between time and space.

Zhang Xuezhou felt that these 129,600 versions of himself were not just his fragmented body, but also his memories in time.

I didn't expect you to be so afraid of death!

Having never used 'Jiuyu' before, Zhang Xuezhou and the others were undoubtedly inexperienced in controlling it, unaware of how to avoid its effects, and even lacked the qualifications to use such a treasure at the moment.

This inevitably caused some damage, but when Zhang Xuezhou first discovered that he had been injured, the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon lurking in his body seemed to be working together to fight against this unbearable risk.

"Those strange demons who step into this world shall be suppressed forever, never to be allowed to escape or be reborn, until time turns them to ashes!"

Recalling the sounds he heard in the main hall of Zixiao Palace, Zhang Xuezhou suddenly understood why the other party had said that.

When memories cease to exist, the original person is gone.

Just like the 'Bai' suppressed in Fengxize, as long as the other party cannot escape, it doesn't matter how he lives; time will give 'Bai' a final resting place.

The top cultivators in this world are likely also troubled by the invasions of Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon of different races, and can only find this method to deal with them.

"Immortality has its limits!"

The unique nature of Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon life forms makes them difficult to eradicate, but the great cultivators of this world have already provided a method.

However, how to use the Principle is another matter. At least Zhang Xuezhou cannot suppress the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon within his own body, nor can he allow the other party to be eroded by time until death.

He pondered within this dimension of time, and 129,600 versions of himself were also caught up in thought.

The vast and complex nature of the thought process still left Zhang Xuezhou struggling to find the answer.

Time seems to stretch on and on.

The distance from the Mohists's Mechanized City to the secret realm is only a dozen miles. Those skilled in flying can reach it in a short time, and those skilled in sprinting will not be slow either.

For 'Jiuyu's' time travel, this moment may be just a flash, but this flash also gives them a long time to think.

It's a very subtle feeling of 'time dragging on'; the time is short, but it feels incredibly long.

The slowness of thought perception brings about this extension of time, and the 129,600 time elements further lengthen this temporality.

"I'm going to die, what's the Celestial Venerable doing here too?"

"This seems to be the jade ruyi that Yuanshi Tianzun often held?"

"Heavenly Venerable One, are you alright?"

"Xiaolong picked up a jade ruyi on the way. Did you accidentally drop it?"

Ao Sheng's voice reached my ears.

Zhang Xuezhou fully sensed the complex emotions of panic, helplessness, tension, and trepidation.

His gaze gradually returned to reality, and he no longer saw the past he had experienced.

Amidst the swirling purple light, when Zhang Xuezhou reappeared, he was already standing in the main hall of the Zixiao Palace, with the mesmerizing array core pearl atop his head.

A feeling of disorientation washed over him again, but this time it was much milder than before.

Zhang Xuezhou reached out, and his black sleeve immediately covered his head.

As the strange phenomenon of the moonlight surfaced in his mind, he quickly put back on his headgear and other items to shield himself from the purple light.

Gongsun Hong lay curled up on the ground, while Li Shaojun gripped the neck of the wooden figure from the previous machine room tightly, gritting his teeth and muttering curses, still not waking up.

The overlap between the 'Jiuyu' time-splitting element and the Zixiao Palace's illusionary array has clearly ensnared these two individuals, making it highly unlikely they can escape the influence even if they retrieve the Jade Ruyi.

Ultimately, the jade ruyi could resist the bewitching effects of the array's purple light, and not only Gongsun Hong and Li Shaojun needed it, but Zhang Xuezhou also had a need for it.

He was about to walk out of the main hall when he felt as if he had bumped into an invisible wall.

Without the jade ruyi, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't even leave the palace.

He called out to Ao Sheng, who was kneeling on the ground more than ten meters away, and waved vigorously, signaling him to come to the main hall.

But Ao Sheng seemed not to hear.

The doors to the main hall were open, allowing Zhang Xuezhou to see and hear what was happening inside, but those outside seemed unaware of what was transpiring within.

An invisible wall not only prevented Zhang Xuezhou from leaving the hall, but also prevented outsiders from spying on the interior.

"It's over!"

Even though it was only a dozen meters away, Zhang Xuezhou just couldn't get his hands on the jade ruyi.

If we compare the purple light phenomenon caused by this formation to water, Gongsun Hong and Li Shaojun are already drowning, while Zhang Xuezhou is still able to hold on because of his good swimming skills.

But they were undoubtedly locked inside this great hall.

Zhang Xuezhou touched the invisible air wall that blocked his way, and then explored the main hall.

"From the outside, this grand hall looks real; how could it be something I can see but can't touch!"

It wasn't just the doors to the main hall; when Zhang Xuezhou reached out to explore the other parts of the hall, he was horrified to discover that everything the hall presented was different from what he had imagined.

The main hall may be an illusion constructed by this array, or the main hall may be real, but they are isolated by a special spatial force, making it difficult to touch the real one.

The wooden walls and thick roof that form the main hall are right in front of him, but they are so close yet so far, impossible to touch. Even if Zhang Xuezhou wanted to climb the beams and remove the tiles, he couldn't.

"What are you doing here, you wicked dragon? Your meddling has caused me so much suffering!"

When the shouts from outside rang out, the powerful cultivators who had come to the secret realm began to regain their senses, and Zhang Xuezhou felt that things were getting even worse.