Ruins of the past

In the room, Zhou Bai was still combing his cat Christina, as if nothing had happened.

But Christina could clearly feel the hesitation in the other party's hands. As an old friend who had known each other for countless years, she knew Zhou Bai too well.

The cat turned over and exposed its belly for Zhou Bai to touch more. At the same time, it said casually: "Zhou Bai...is this really okay?"

Zhou Bai smiled helplessly and said: "At least Chu Qiguang cannot give up. He is the kind of person who as long as he still has breath... no, it should be said that even if he dies, he doesn't know what giving up is."

"Besides, constructing the world has never been my strong point. If I just keep defending like this... it will only be a matter of time before the world I created is completely destroyed by him..."

Christina wondered: "This cycle time is independent of all timelines and is completely under your control. How can he break it?"

"Speaking of which... do you know him so well? Although you have known each other for a long time, your contact time is not that long, right? Especially the history after he practiced Taoism."

Zhou Bai sighed: "When he and I lived on Earth in the past, we were indeed just ordinary people. At that time, I only thought that this guy was a deceitful and cold-blooded tyrant."

"But in the past, present, future... in the hidden history unknown to a large number of sentient beings, I have dealt with him too much."

"If the Supreme Being is the best in luck among the three of us, then I can barely be regarded as the first in strength, and Chu Qiguang..."

"Wait...I can still understand why you said you are the best in strength." Christina scratched the cat's head and said in surprise: "But the Supreme Being is the best in luck? Luck?"

Zhou Bai chuckled and said, "Your Majesty can sit on our two thighs and become one of the Three Saints. Doesn't he have the best luck?"

Christina was speechless for a while, and then asked curiously: "What about Chu Qiguang?"

Zhou Bai said lightly: "Among the three of us, he is the one with the strongest will."

While they were talking, another Chu Qiguang had already arrived in front of them. After some negotiation, he was expelled again by Zhou Bai with a snap of his fingers.

Christina said: "Zhou Bai, according to what you said...if the cyclic world you created will be broken by Chu Qiguang sooner or later, then..."

At this moment, a girl with bright eyes and white teeth walked out of the kitchen carrying a dish. The whole room seemed to light up with her appearance.

Zhou Bai's originally worried look also disappeared at this moment, and he looked at the girl with a smile on her face: "Are you ready?"

The girl said excitedly: "Come and try my newly developed new dish! This time it will definitely be delicious!"

"It looks so black."

"This uses my secret seasoning...Stop talking, eat it quickly! Eat it quickly...how does it taste?"

"Is it too sweet?"

"ah?"

Seeing the smiles on Zhou Bai's and the girl's faces while chatting while eating, Christina on the side also laughed unconsciously.

The relationship between Zhou Bai and the girl can be said to be very complicated.

In her first life, the girl was still a normal human being and studied Taoism in a school with Zhou Bai. However, in order to cure the disability of her legs, the girl took refuge in the hostile force at that time, an intelligent machine called the "Tianmo". life.

After the girl's plan failed, her body became deformed (demon stained), and her memory and consciousness also disappeared. She became a wisdom aberration named Xuannv, and started her second life.

At that time, all aberrations on the earth had no intelligence and consciousness. Human beings on earth regarded all aberrations as savage beasts, and any human being who became aberrant would be killed.

Under such circumstances, Xuannv gradually became the enemy of mankind.

In order to fight, contain and even take advantage of Xuannv's power, Zhou Bai used some words and his own abilities... to create a deep emotional relationship with Xuannv.

In order to maintain this relationship, Xuannv sacrificed everything she had. In the end, in order to become a human race like Zhou Bai, she adopted the method of reincarnation granted to her by the Demon Saint.

She gave up her status as a god, her deformed abilities, and the opportunity given by the great civilization. In order to become a human and be with Zhou Bai, she finally chose to start over and start her third life.

In this life, her name is Zhou Xuan, and she was raised by Zhou Bai after her reincarnation. In order to chase Zhou Bai, who went to all the worlds to stop Ji Wufan, she embarked on an arduous journey that passed through countless civilizations...

Thinking back on the extremely complicated experiences of both parties, Christina couldn't help but sigh.

Precisely because of the complicated relationship between Zhou Bai and the girl, the bond between the two parties became more and more profound, and gradually became a relationship that was like family, but transcended family.

but……

'Even if Zhou Bai has monstrous supernatural powers, he can determine the movement of the galaxy and the trajectory of destiny with just a flip of his hand...'

'Even if he traveled all over the world and tried every means...'

‘After all, it still failed to change Zhou Xuan’s nature. ’

‘So he used the skills he learned in the ‘cycle’ to create this world, allowing Zhou Xuan to maintain his current state through continuous cycles. ’

‘The cycle includes Zhou Xuan herself, which allows her to maintain her original state, but also allows her consciousness and memory to restart with each cycle. ’

Looking at the beautiful girl in front of her, Christina licked her cat's paw, and many memories seemed to flash through her mind.

‘Human consciousness and memory are very special things that determine who a person is. ’

'If a person's memory from birth to the present... is directly and completely wiped out, will he still be the same person when he is reborn? ’

‘In the future, new memories will shape a brand new individual, whether it’s personality, personality, concepts... everything in the sea of ​​consciousness will be different from the past. So, is the original individual also obliterated? ’

‘Just like the mechanical life forms of the Federation, memory is considered to be one of the components of their life. Once the memory in the mechanical body is cleared, they think that life has been wiped out. ’

As a reincarnation, Christina also had similar troubles.

To her, who had only lived for a few years at that time, the most ancient demon in her previous life was a complete stranger.

But many people are more looking forward to the awakening of the great demon who has lived for thousands of years than she, a cat demon who has only been practicing for a few years.

She also tried to prove her worth, but most people didn't care. They only focused on the power and knowledge of the great demon. They just wanted the awakened great demon to devour her memory and take back her body...

Until Zhou Bai confirmed her existence, in order to preserve the current Christina, he split the memories and consciousness of the two lives into two, completely becoming two different cat demons.

'In order to protect Zhou Xuan's memory and consciousness, in order to prevent Zhou Xuan's memory from being erased due to a restart for a long period of time, so that the existing personality is erased...'

‘Zhou Bai believes that the key lies in ‘quantity’, that is, the length of the restart period. ’

‘So he strictly controlled the restart time. To put it simply, it was controlled within a week before Zhou Xuan completely lost control. ’

‘Whenever Zhou Xuan is about to lose control, the cycle world will return to seven days ago. ’

‘So this is an…infinite loop world with seven days as the dividing line. ’

'Even so...' Christina looked at the lazy Zhou Bai and the laughing Zhou Xuan: 'But as long as you are with Zhou Bai, Zhou Xuan will be happy every day here. ’

Christina sighed in her heart: "These two people are living the most ordinary mortal life here. Zhou Xuan knows that Zhou Bai likes to be clean, so he kills his family every day. Knowing that he likes to play games, he stays with him every day." Play games together. ’

'This guy Zhou Bai has actually used the time loop to play all the famous games in the world, but he still pretends to have never played them before and studies them with Zhou Xuan. It's really interesting...'

‘Thinking about these two guys in any world, they can become the disaster of that world and the evil god that all living things fear... Hehe, even Dao Ancestor would be tortured to the point of death, and the Demon Saint escaped several times. ’

‘How could two people like that live like this? ’

'But now may be the happiest days of their lives...'

The girl waved to the cat and said, "Tina! Come and try my new dish! Zhou Bai said it was too sweet. There must be something wrong with his taste."

Zhou Bai curled his lips and said: "What does a cat know..."

At this moment, the whole world seemed to shake violently, as if there was some kind of terrifying force bombarding the entire world.

But no one in this world, including Zhou Xuan in the room, seemed to know anything about it. Only Zhou Bai frowned slightly.

And Christina also raised her head suddenly, looked beyond the unknown distance of time and space, and secretly sighed: 'Did you notice it so quickly? That leaves less and less time for Zhou Bai and the others...'

This shock of heaven and earth that only Zhou Bai and Christina could feel was just the beginning. In the following time, as Chu Qiguang's offensive became more and more fierce, more and more abnormalities began to appear here. A world.

Passers-by witnessed the inexplicable light that suddenly appeared and disappeared in the sky.

Someone heard the manic shouting late at night.

Some people saw unspeakable horrors in the darkness.

Although Zhou Xuan was under the heavy protection of Zhou Bai, he gradually felt this strangeness from the entire world.

…

At the same time, two vague figures slowly emerged from the outside of the circular world.

Demon Saint looked at the changes in the world and said softly: "Hasn't it started yet?"

Beside him, the Nine Heavens Old Immortal shook his head and frowned slightly: "I still don't quite understand. Even with the realms of Zhou Bai and Chu Qiguang, can't they save a little Zhou Xuan?"

The Demon Saint smiled when he heard this, looked at the Nine Heavens Old Immortal and said, "In one second, your eyes will explode."

The Nine Heavens Old Immortal was stunned for a moment, then saw the Demon Saint point out, and with the twisting force coming from heaven, his eyeballs exploded and disintegrated in a second, turning into nothingness.

Just when Jiutian Old Immortal showed anger on his face and was about to question Demon Saint, he heard the other party say: "Try to stop me from exploding your eyeballs."

The Nine Heavens Old Immortal was slightly startled and said angrily: "How to stop this? I don't have control over the cycle."

"Yes." Demon Saint said: "It is easy to change the future, but it is difficult to change the past."

“And the more ‘in the past,’ the harder it is to change.”

"If it were the golden age of a great civilization... it would be even more difficult, and it would be a past that is almost impossible to change."

"This is what happened to Zhou Bai."

"The changes in Zhou Xuan's body stem from the influence of great civilization."

"If Zhou Bai wants to change this trend, the most radical way is to change the great civilization."

"But the only way to do that is by participating in our rollback plan."

"But once he participates in the rollback plan, with the complete change of the source of history, even if he can save himself and Zhou Xuan, he will never be able to save the earth..."

…

late at night.

The sound of the television came from the living room.

"Chengbei District...many convenience store employees disappeared after get off work..."

"An accidental fire of unknown cause occurred in Financial Street. Some experts said it was caused by the aging wiring of the building. This is the fifty-second accidental fire in this city this week. The city fire department recommends..."

"On May 5, the entire country witnessed partial solar eclipses of varying degrees, and just past May 12, a rare annular solar eclipse occurred again in our country..."

Zhou Bai came to the sofa, looked at the girl under the light and shadow of the TV, and shook his head helplessly: "Really, why are you sleeping here."

After glancing at the content on the TV news, Zhou Bai sighed: "Oh, are you in such a hurry? You are really a workaholic."

Looking down at the sleeping girl on the sofa, Zhou Bai's eyes gradually revealed a trace of sadness.

"Why……"

He gradually clenched his fists, and the sadness in his eyes was replaced by unwillingness.

"Why you?"

Next, he helped the girl sleeping on the sofa turn off the lights and TV.

And not long after Zhou Bai left, in the darkness... the sleeping girl frowned unconsciously.

In recent days, every midnight night, the same voice always appeared in her dreams.

At first the sound was vague, like a radio wave with insufficient signal, full of meaningless hiss.

Zhou Xuan only thought that it was caused by his own problems, so he cherished the present time more and more.

But gradually... the voice became clearer and clearer, and along with it, a large amount of information was poured directly into her mind.

"I..." Zhou Xuan suddenly sat up, and she hugged her head suddenly. It felt like a huge flood of water was pouring into the sea of ​​​​consciousness, stirring her consciousness crazily.

…

Early the next morning, Zhou Bai was pulled up by the girl, and then there was busy noise in the kitchen.

Christina stretched her body hard, stretched and murmured: "Why did you get up so early?"

After she walked to the kitchen, she was stunned when she saw the scene inside.

She rubbed her eyes vigorously with her cat's paw, and then looked towards the kitchen: "Am I right?"

"Zhou Bai is actually cooking?"

"This seems to be the first time I've seen him cook, right?"

Christina looked at this scene in shock and asked, "Zhou Bai, are you okay? Are you sick?"

Zhou Bai said with a slumped face: "If you keep talking nonsense, I will kill you and make you fight with dragons and tigers."

Christina said: "Listening to you talking like this...it seems like there is nothing wrong with you."

The girl on the side held her cheek and said happily: "I want to try the food cooked by Zhou Bai himself, but I have never eaten it before."

Zhou Bai said seriously: "Why do you have to cook your own meals? The progress of society lies in the refinement of division of labor. If everyone does not have to cook for themselves and only needs to order food, that will be a great improvement in social productivity..."

The girl reminded: "Turn down the heat! Otherwise it will burn!"

Looking at the noisy kitchen, Christina thought to herself: "The kitchen is a place that is easily messy and dirty, and cooking is even more laborious and troublesome. It can be said that this is what Zhou Bai hates the most. ."

"Zhou Xuan can actually let Zhou Bai cook... I must try it later."

At the dining table, the girl took a bite of the egg fried rice made by Zhou Bai and said happily: "It's so delicious. I finally eat the rice you cooked for me."

"Zhou Bai, can you cook it for me every day from now on?"

Zhou Bai said: "I can copy this egg fried rice and give it to you to eat every day. With my level, I can guarantee that there will be no difference in appearance and taste."

The girl took a big bite of the egg fried rice and said, "Smelly idiot."

"I want another bowl!"

While the girl was eating, Zhou Bai directly remodeled the kitchen in front of him and quickly cleaned up all the stains and oil stains.

At this moment, I heard the girl say again: "Zhou Bai, stop the cycle."

Christina, who was eating another bowl of egg fried rice, stopped suddenly. She felt that the air in the room seemed to freeze for a moment.

Zhou Bai said: "What did you say? I didn't understand..."

The girl lowered her head and said helplessly: "I said...stop the cycle. You shouldn't waste your power here, over there in the main universe..."

"The love of the main universe will be whatever it is."

Zhou Bai said angrily: "Did Chu Qiguang talk to you secretly? Don't listen to what the liar said. He just wanted to trick me into working for him..."

The girl still lowered her head, and a cold voice came from her mouth: "Zhou Bai, you promised me that you would never lie to me again."

"If you don't help, Ji Wufan's rollback plan will succeed, right?"

Zhou Bai opened his mouth and finally sighed: "Human beings and civilizations will eventually find their own way out. I am not their nanny. In other words... so many civilizations are eliminated every day in the universe. This is It’s a natural part of the universe, do I have to save it?”

The girl said softly: "But, I don't want everyone to disappear."

"You don't want to either, right? Zhou Bai?"

When Zhou Bai didn't answer, the girl continued: "Chu Qiguang didn't lie to me. He made it clear to me. Looping is a very powerful technology, but even if you want to construct such a world, it will consume a lot of money."

"If you leave here to stop Taichu Dao Palace, the cycle world may collapse."

"At that time, I will probably lose control completely, right?"

"And if I lose control this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back."

"But if you don't stop the rollback, not only me, the Federation, but even you... everything may disappear as the universe rolls back."

Christina's tail drooped unconsciously. She knew that the girl was right. Even if Zhou Bai continued to maintain the existence of the cycle, once Ji Wufan started the rollback of the universe, the history of the universe would completely change, and they would also It will disappear completely as the timeline shrinks.

Zhou Xuan raised his head, smiling and at the same time... tears kept falling from the corners of his eyes: "Chu Qiguang told me this and let me make my own choice."

"Since my disappearance is destined, don't waste your efforts."

"Zhou Bai, promise me, will you stop the cycle?"

Zhou Bai's fists clenched unconsciously, and traces of void cracks accompanied his emotional changes, flashing in the air like black lightning.

"I will never let the cycle stop..."

At this moment, a huge roar came again, and the whole world shook violently. This time, not only Zhou Bai and Christina, but everyone in this world felt the terrifying shock of the world.

At this moment, everyone could vaguely see a huge crack torn open in the sky, and an eye emerged from the crack in the sky, observing everything on the earth.

Zhou Bai, who sensed this scene, snorted coldly. Invisible forces began to expel the opponent's power from every corner of the world.

Whether it is Chu Qiguang or Zhou Bai, they already have the realm and power that stand at the apex of this universe.

When the two sides go head-to-head, almost no world can withstand their destructive power.

More and more cracks began to appear in the sky.

The creatures on the earth began to disappear in large areas.

The time and space of the entire world has been seriously disrupted, and time and space in different regions have begun to be confused with each other.

‘Brute force attack? ’ Christina was in the center of the battlefield, and she observed the flow of power between the two sides most carefully. While she was observing, she thought to herself:

'It is impossible to destroy this world through violent cracking, because as long as Zhou Bai maintains the existence of the cycle, he can restore everything in this world at any time and expel the forces that are not originally in this world. From this point of view... Chu Qiguang is still Haven’t you figured out the mystery of this world? ’

Just as Christina was speculating in her mind, everything in front of her gradually became still.

‘The cycle… begins. ’

…

At the same time, outside the loop world

"here we go."

The Demon Saint's eyes seemed to penetrate through layers of time and space, looking at the two fighting parties: "The battle between Chu Qiguang and Zhou Bai can be regarded as the most elite battle in all the worlds, and it can also be said to be the decisive battle. The battle for the future.”

Behind the Demon Saint, the Nine Heavens Old Immortal said in a deep voice: "Why don't I feel any drastic changes in time and space? Have they really started?"

Although most of Jiutian's power has been suppressed by Zhou Bai and Taishang Tianzun, there is still a small part of the power that was brought out by the Demon Saint and escaped.

Since then, he has been recuperating in Taichu Dao Palace and participating in Ji Wufan's plan.

Demon Saint said calmly: "They are still competing for control of the cycle of time and space. It's normal that you don't have enough realm to see... Oh? The results have already been produced."

The Nine Heavens Old Immortal had an insight into the changes in the cyclic world in front of him, and saw that the outermost earth of the entire world began to crack, as if it was being swallowed by the endless void.

The speed of the collapse is accelerating, and the center is Zhou Bai's home.

The Nine Heavens Old Immortal who sensed this scene said solemnly: "Chu Qiguang has the upper hand. Sure enough... his ability to build the world and control time and space is far superior to Zhou Bai."

Demon Saint said noncommittally: "Really?"

Jiutian Laoxian said confidently: "Destruction is easier than defense. Zhou Bai will lose if he continues like this..."

But before he could finish speaking, he saw that the world that was constantly collapsing was quickly restored, as if time had been moved backwards, and everything would reach the state before the world collapsed.

Seeing this scene, the Nine Heavens Old Immortal was surprised and said: "Going back? Chu Qiguang should have seized control of time and space just now. Why... Zhou Bai can still go back in time?"

"That's wrong." Demon Saint explained: "He did not regain control, but used violence to promote the cycle."

"It's like when a person grabs the knife, only to find that another stronger person holds his hand and forces the knife into his chest."

Jiutian Old Immortal said in disbelief: "How is it possible? They are also in the Kaitian realm. How could Zhou Bai do such a thing to Chu Qiguang?"

Demon Saint said calmly: "A realm is a realm, and a battle is a battle. It is common for a truly strong person to defeat his opponent across several realms, let alone them?"

"The occurrence of this situation shows that Chu Qiguang's estimate of Zhou Bai may have been wrong. The violence mastered by Yuanshi Tianzun exceeds his estimate. The power he brought this time is not enough to fight head-on."

"but……"

Jiutian Laoxian asked: "But what?"

Demon Saint said: "It feels like... I don't think it is possible for Chu Qiguang to make such an error. Maybe the situation in the Han world is smoother than we expected, and it involves too much energy on his part."

"Really?" Jiutian Old Immortal said: "Now it seems that the battle situation has been completely controlled by Zhou Bai. This time Chu Qiguang is going to lose."

The Demon Saint shook his head: "Although Zhou Bai's power exceeds Chu Qiguang's estimation, the strategic direction of both sides has not changed. Chu Qiguang should show his trump card next."

Jiutian Laoxian sneered: "Being able to see their two trump cards, this time is not in vain."

…

While the looping world continued to look back, Chu Qiguang's offensive was completely blocked.

But the cycle gradually began to deviate.

eight days ago…

Half a month ago...

a month ago…

Time is running backwards, faster and faster.

"Chu! Qi! Light!"

Zhou Bai shouted: "What are you doing?!"

Following Zhou Bai's angry scolding, the heaven and earth fell silent, and the entire world's regression seemed to have stopped, but soon it seemed to be pushed by an unswerving, never-ending force... and began to reverse again.

At the same time, as the world turned upside down, everything around it began to change rapidly.

The flower on the table began to shorten, become smaller... and became a seed again.

The cars on the street flicker on and off, clean and dirty for a while, but the scratches on the surface are getting smaller and smaller.

The originally green vegetation began to wither and turn yellow, seeming to have returned to its winter state.

What worried Zhou Bai and Christina even more... was that Zhou Xuan's lifespan began to increase, and she... became younger.

"Give it to me! Stop it!"

boom!

Amidst the loud noise, the retreating world began to slow down again.

"Isn't Zhou Bai going back in time?" Kristina reacted instantly: "Chu Qiguang went to war before, disturbing the world, and even contacting Zhou Xuan... was this all intentional?"

"Did he deliberately cause Zhou Bai to start the cycle, and then pushed again to return time to a position in the past?"

…

"I see." Demon Saint nodded and said, "He had already expected that he might not be able to compete with Zhou Bai head-on in strength this time, so he directly borrowed the other person's power to circulate the world, and then pushed hard."

"It's like borrowing force in martial arts, borrowing the opponent's strength to achieve one's own goals."

"With Zhou Bai's own huge strength and Chu Qiguang's understanding of time and space, I'm afraid Zhou Bai will be in trouble this time."

Jiutian on the side said: "Then it seems that Chu Qiguang is going to win. This is a good move to draw out the firepower. Once the cycle is carried out according to his wishes, there will be no reason for Zhou Bai to continue to maintain this cycle world."

The Demon Saint touched his chin and said, "But in this case, the hatred between Chu Qiguang and Zhou Bai will become even greater. This is not like a business he would do."

"Keep watching, I'm afraid things may still change."

…

Chu Qiguang's eyes looked coldly at the earth through the huge crack in the sky. His voice seemed to come from nine days away and slowly fell into the room.

"Zhou Bai, I am saving her. As long as she is restored to her newborn state and sealed, you will have enough time to follow me to save this universe, right?"

Zhou Bai frowned and said: "Return to the state of newborn? Is that still her? What is the difference between that and killing her directly?"

Chu Qiguang sighed slightly: "Oh...I understand, is that so?"

"I had never figured out why you didn't go back in time more, and it turned out to be like this..."

Chu Qiguang asked curiously: "Don't you think that this life and the previous life are the same person? Even if it is the same body? Even if the memory can be copied?"

Zhou Bai said coldly: "You have seen so many of me, do you think we are the same person? If so, why don't you go to them for help?"

"I came to you because you are strong enough and can communicate rationally." Chu Qiguang smiled slightly and then said: "Besides, what is the difference between what you did in the past and what I am doing now? You are also constantly making corrections. Her memory.”

"Do you really consider her your family?"

Zhou Bai shouted loudly: "Shut up Chu Qiguang, don't put your distorted knowledge on my head."

Along with Zhou Bai's shout, the Chu Qiguang in the sky was swallowed up by the endless void, turning into groups of messages in the void and disappearing without a trace.

But the next moment, Chu Qiguang's voice came from every corner of the room, the walls, the roof, the TV...one after another his figures emerged.

"Zhou Bai, you are wantonly tampering with her body, her memory, and her condition."

"This is something people do to their pets."

Zhou Bai frowned and saw fleshy flowers growing out of each shadow belonging to Chu Qiguang. As the flowers unfolded, countless faces of Zhou Bai were formed. They all spoke:

"Chu Qiguang, do you really think that relying on such a clumsy set of words can affect my decision-making and weaken the protection of this world?"

As the fleshy flowers opened, all of Chu Qiguang's human images exploded and dissipated like balloons.

But soon more Chu Qiguang fell from the sky, hitting the battlefield like raindrops.

"Isn't what I said the truth?"

Chu Qiguang's voice resounded throughout the world at this moment: "Do you think that by copying Zhou Xuan's memory, returning her physical body to its original state, and then pouring the copied memory into it, it would not be Zhou Xuan?"

Just as more and more Chu Qiguangs fell, more Zhou Bai emerged from the earth and rushed towards the Chu Qiguangs who fell from the sky.

For a moment, the sky collapsed and everything seemed to turn into ashes in the fight between the two sides, but it returned to its original state the next moment.

Time... is still moving forward unswervingly, and only Chu Qiguang, Zhou Bai and Christina are not affected.

…

The other side of the world.

The Nine Heavens Old Immortal who was observing the battlefield said, "Are they influencing each other's minds?"

The Demon Saint said from the side: "At this level, from the inside to the outside... every trace of their flesh and blood, every thought, and every will has become a force that can shake the heaven and the earth."

"The collision of ideas will affect changes in thoughts, which will naturally lead to changes in their interference with time, space and matter."

"In fact, when they are at this point, fighting will inevitably involve a battle of ideas. As for the collision of ideas that is not even necessary... often it doesn't even count as a battle for them."

Jiutian snorted coldly: "Only opponents of the same realm are qualified to have conversations with them while fighting..."

…

Over the battlefield.

Chu Qiguang descended step by step from the sky, slowly drifting towards the center of the battlefield.

"Zhou Bai, look at what you are doing now."

"Creating a cage that revolves around your will."

"And lock a person into this world."

"Provide her with free food and drink, continuously reverse her consciousness that will hate you in the future, and delete the memories that you think are unnecessary...just to let her stay with you forever..."

"Do you think she won't be afraid of you when faced with a 'god' who can modify her memory at any time, who can add, delete, modify and check her countless times with a single thought, who can turn her into anyone in the universe? "

"Oh... Or are you afraid of letting her know all this?"

Zhou Bai waved his hand and smashed Chu Qiguang's bodies one after another, while coldly replying: "Chu Qiguang, if two parallel time and spaces are opened now, one parallel time and space will be you now, and the other parallel time and space will be backtracked. Reached the state of rebirth...and then poured into you the memory of today."

"Do you think their future will be the same?"

"Which one of them do you think is you?"

Chu Qiguang laughed and said: "Of course both of them are me. No matter how parallel time and space transform and extend, all of them are me."

Zhou Bai shook his head and sighed slightly: "There are absolutely no two identical individuals in the world."

"Even if the same memory is stored in bodies in different states, first of all, the basic material structure of the memory storage cannot be exactly the same, and secondly, the microstructure of the physical body itself will be even more different."

"From the moment these two parallel time and spaces were born, there was a huge difference between the two 'yous', whether it was the basic composition of consciousness or the difference between before and after the physical retrospect..."

"As time goes by, this difference will become larger and larger. In the end, there will only be two existences that have some of the same memories, but are completely different in terms of status, personality, and cognition."

"The one who was thrust back into the memory after being returned to the newborn state is no longer you..."

Chu Qiguang smiled and said: "Why not me? Zhou Bai, your situation is too small. You must learn to accept different possibilities for the future..."

Zhou Bai sneered: "Then do you think Jiutian is you?"

"The moment before the end of the first cycle, you shared the same memory and the same body. But it seems that after the end of the first cycle, after you lost control of that body... you did not regard Jiutian as Is it you?"

"You think you are Chu Qiguang who has severed contact with that body."

"Jiutian thought he was Chu Qiguang trapped in that body."

"You once had the same memories and thought you were Chu Qiguang."

"But do you feel like you're the same person?"

As the words and ideas of the two sides continued to clash, the situation on the battlefield also changed suddenly.

Then he saw that the world that had been constantly looking back was showing signs of stopping.

However, Chu Qiguang's thoughts only stagnated slightly, and then recovered instantly. The power contained in his will and the impact of his thoughts seemed to be greater than before. The traceback that had been slightly stagnant began again, and even the speed changed. Got faster.

As if he had figured something out, he laughed and said, "You asked a good question."

Zhou Bai did not answer when facing this scene. He seemed to have expected that Chu Qiguang's ideas would not change so easily. When he put his palms together, he saw a gate rising in front of him.

As the door slowly opened, streaks of yellow flames rushed from it.

Behind this door are some of the Nine Heavenly Immortals who were suppressed before.

At this moment, Zhou Bai was holding the yellow sun that was constantly making crazy sounds with one hand, and said coldly: "How about we try to find out if Jiutian, who has the same memory as you, is you?"

Chu Qiguang laughed: "If you want to have fun, of course I will accompany you to the end."

…

The outside of the cycle world.

Watching this scene, the Jiutian Old Immortal's heart palpitated, and then a trace of anger flashed in his eyes: "These two bastards...are actually betting on me? What are they going to do?"

At the same time, he felt a strong desire constantly emerging from the bottom of his heart, and the suppressed part of him was constantly calling him, giving him the urge to immediately rush forward and become one with it again.

The demon saint on the side said leisurely: "They want to verify their own ideas on you."

"Take a good look at Jiutian."

"This is why Master Ji asked you to come with me."

"You are also involved in this battle."

A trace of panic flashed through Jiutian's heart: "Me?"

Demon Saint continued: "Yes. Whether you are Chu Qiguang or not will be decided in this battle."

…

In the battlefield, Zhou Bai's single palm shook violently, and the yellow sun held in his palm let out a burst of soul-crushing wails, and gradually turned into a ball of human form.

The human figure transformed into Chu Qiguang's appearance, and yellow divine light burst out from his eyes, burning fiercely like two suns.

"Zhou Bai! Chu Qiguang!"

Seeing the situation at the scene, the released Jiutian screamed and exploded, turning into meteors that scattered and shot into infinite time and space.

"Want to escape?" Zhou Bai snorted coldly, grabbed it with one hand, and saw that the surrounding space and time shattered, exposing a series of cracks in the void spanning tens of thousands of kilometers, and surrounded him for nine days.

"Stay."

Then Zhou Bai tightened his fingers, and the scattered Jiutian was squeezed into a human shape again. The yellow flames in his eyes expanded and contracted uncertainly, with a look of shock and anger on his face.

Zhou Bai ignored him, just looked at Chu Qiguang and said, "Now you can still say that Jiutian is you?"

Chu Qiguang said: "Zhou Bai, you keep asking the Nine Heavens Old Immortal if he is me, so I will also ask you a question. Do you think these people are you?"

As he spoke, he saw that as Chu Qiguang's hands changed, black holes opened up one after another on his back, as if the world in front of him was drilled out.

And one after another, heads that looked like Zhou Bai came out of these holes outside the world, and each Zhou Bai's head was pressed by a hand, which was the palm of Chu Qiguang from outside the world.

These Zhou Bai were obviously found by Chu Qiguang before when he was tracking Zhou Bai. Zhou Bai was constantly working and playing during the splits.

Just listen to Chu Qiguang say: "Zhou Bai, do you think these originated from you, Zhou Bai?"

"If you think they are not you, what are you going to do with them?"

"Do you need me to help you with it?"

Zhou Bai looked at the clones he had left behind and the clones of his clones, and said calmly: "Chu Qiguang, nothing is absolute. It is a kind of sophistry for you to make an analogy regardless of the difference in degree between the two. "

"These clones of mine are still a part of me. The biggest difference between them and the Nine Heavens Old Immortal is time."

"They were born so short that they didn't really have their own minds."

"And after tens of thousands of years of growing up alone, Jiutian Old Immortal has completely developed his own independent thinking and has become a completely different individual from you."

Chu Qiguang laughed and said, "Oh, time, right?"

"Then do you think Zhou Xuan's time is too long?"

I saw Chu Qiguang spreading his hands, a roar came from the sky, and the lights and shadows of countless memories scattered between the sky and the earth.

The girl's figure kept jumping and flashing in it.

Those are the memories of the girl for countless seven days after going back again and again in the cyclic world.

Christina's heart thumped when she saw this scene, and she felt like the world was shattering.

‘It’s over. ’

…

Outside the world.

Demon Saint looked at the battlefield where ideas collided and murmured: "It's strange, I always feel that something is wrong with Chu Qiguang."

Jiutian Laoxian looked at Chu Qiguang who was taking out Zhou Bai one after another, and asked: "Something is wrong? What are you talking about?"

Demon Saint said doubtfully: "If this continues, he will completely anger Zhou Bai."

"The question is... why would he do this?"

Jiutian Old Immortal: "Perhaps it is to break this cyclic world after irritating Zhou Bai? As long as the cyclic world is broken, no matter how angry Zhou Bai is, it will not help..."

The Demon Saint shook his head repeatedly: "Something is wrong, very wrong. Chu Qiguang would not do such a despicable thing. What is he planning?"

The next moment, Jiutian Old Immortal looked at the various memories floating in the cyclic world and said in surprise: "This is..."

Demon Saint was also slightly shocked and said, "Oh? Chu Qiguang has secretly stolen the records of this world and restored Zhou Xuan's reincarnation memory?"

"But this way, there is less and less room for maneuver between them..."

…

Zhou Bai looked at the flash of memories all over the sky, and black energy gradually emerged from his eyes.

"Chu Qiguang, you touched something you absolutely shouldn't touch."

"Really?" Chu Qiguang said calmly: "Don't you answer my question? The cyclic memories of this life all belong to Zhou Xuan. If all these memories are returned to Zhou Xuan, what do you think will happen? Zhou Xuan Is he still the same Zhou Xuan?"

"And what about Zhou Xuan, who was deprived of these memories by you? Is this Zhou Xuan customized by you?"

"Stop playing with Zhou Bai, the same Zhou Xuan, different Zhou Xuan... You are just instilling memories into your pets according to your own preferences, you are just playing..."

boom!

The sky cracked, and all memory flashes disappeared instantly. Zhou Bai pressed his palm on Chu Qiguang's face, smashing the latter's body into pieces.

Chu Qiguang's voice continued to come out from the shattered body.

"As long as two individuals are integrated into one, they are one and the same person, and as long as they are separated, they are two different individuals."

"Zhou Bai, this is an objective state, not the set of ethics you created..."

Zhou Bai stretched out his hand and Chu Qiguang, who was shattered into pieces before his eyes, was completely ejected from the world.

Endless black energy surged out of Zhou Bai's seven orifices, representing the serious erosion of the material world by the power of the void.

Just listen to Zhou Bai say: "Chu Qiguang, humans are not machines. I don't care how you treat yourself, but you can't interfere with our will and memory..."

The voices of both sides resounded throughout heaven and earth at this moment.

The rewinding of time continues, and with the operation of the two wills, various visions occur in the cyclic world.

Representing Chu Qiguang's will, huge holes opened up between the sky and the earth. Big hands that covered the sky and the sun came out of them and began to dismember the world.

On the other side, Zhou Bai's will immediately began to fight back. As soon as he opened his mouth and spat out, streaks of black light were like sunlight spears, piercing the sky and cutting open the giant hands.

The power that symbolizes the will of the two people is constantly stirring and colliding between heaven and earth.

More and more Chu Qiguang appeared between heaven and earth, constantly besieging Zhou Bai.

And Zhou Bai's figure became bigger and bigger, purer and more dazzling... Facing the overwhelming siege alone, he repelled the Chu Qiguangs again and again with a wave of his hand.

At the same time, the entire world is moving back slower and slower, and is gradually coming to a standstill.

…

Outside the world.

Looking at the two sides fighting, Jiutian Laoxian said: "The confrontation of ideas just now really affected the battle?"

Demon Saint said: "They have already reached the peak state of the Kaitian realm, and changes in will can naturally affect the operation of the laws of the world."

"In the conversation just now, their thoughts changed according to the content of the conversation, and due to the radiation of their own thoughts to the material world, the laws of the cyclic world changed."

"Now the periphery of the entire cyclic world has been completely opened up because of Chu Qiguang's will. A large number of him from different cyclic time points have gathered together to destroy this cyclic world on behalf of his will."

"And the cyclic world itself is continuously refined under Zhou Bai's will, just like himself, becoming more and more pure and unique..."

Jiutian Old Immortal asked curiously: "Then who will win?"

After the Demon Saint observed the battlefield for a moment, he said curiously: "Chu Qiguang... can't take Zhou Bai anymore."

"His power is being driven out."

"Time backtracking is about to be stopped by Zhou Bai."

"What on earth...is he doing?"

…

boom!

Grabbing the head of the last Chu Qiguang, Zhou Bai said coldly: "You lose."

Chu Qiguang didn't speak, just looked at him with a smile.

Zhou Bai was clearly in control of the overall situation, but at this moment he felt a sense of unfounded worry. He looked at Chu Qiguang and asked, "What are you planning?"

Chu Qiguang did not answer this question, but just said: "Zhou Bai, if Zhou Xuan goes back and infuses the copied memory into it, grows it to its current state, and then deletes her re-grown memory, will you? Do you think this is who she is now?"

The black light in Zhou Bai's eyes burned like a flame, and the Chu Qiguang in his hand was shaken with cracks in his mind.

At this moment, Zhou Bai felt a sense of urgency originating from the past and the future: "Chu Qiguang, you can't lose so easily. What are you planning!"

"speak out!"

Chu Qiguang twitched the corner of his mouth slightly and said lightly: "Zhou Bai, our earth is gone."

Zhou Bai was slightly stunned when he heard this. Although he had known that Chu Qiguang had known about this matter for a long time, he had always thought that Chu Qiguang had a cold nature and that it had been too long... He had always thought that Chu Qiguang had completely accepted it and was even used to it. about this matter.

The modern earth civilization that belonged to Chu Qiguang and Zhou Bai has disappeared.

Even though the current Earth Federation also emerged on Earth, it has almost no blood inheritance from that modern civilization. The so-called culture and spirit are only restored by latecomers based on the information left in the database.

"Zhou Bai, all the people on earth of the same era as us have died."

"Even you and I...strictly speaking, at least in the physical body, we no longer have their bloodline."

"Do you think we, who only retain the memory of Earth's civilization, are still Earthlings?"

Zhou Bai wanted to say yes, but this seemed to conflict with his definition of Zhou Xuan.

Gritting his teeth, Zhou Bai sighed helplessly: "The earth civilization of our time has perished in the battle with the monsters and immortals. The current federation has risen on the ruins of the three. Now we can only say They are their descendants."

Chu Qiguang said calmly: "Our earth, billions of people, thousands of years of civilization, tens of thousands of years of blood inheritance... were just gently erased."

"Whether they were elites like me or trash like you, whether they were dignitaries or ordinary people, whether they were geniuses, geniuses, or rich enough to rival the country, they were all massacred without distinction."

"And the reason is simply because the immortals and gods want to change the earth's environment to be more suitable for their cultivation."

"Then the immortals were overthrown and slaughtered by the monsters, and the monsters were defeated by the hybrids. Only then did the Federation develop from the ruins of the earth. With your efforts, the hybrids on the earth were united into one. "

Zhou Bai said in a deep voice: "I thought you had already given up, but now it seems that not only have you not given up, but you have also conducted an in-depth investigation into that period of history."

Chu Qiguang smiled coldly and said: "The demise of our generation of human beings and the massacre of billions of creatures are known to the monsters on the earth, the immortals outside the earth know it, the heavenly kings in heaven know it, and the Taoist ancestors in the Xu Dao Palace know it. , the Supreme Heavenly Lord who came to the earth in person knows that the Demon Saint and the Nine Heavens Old Immortal behind them know each other better than the other..."

"But just because the people on earth were too small at that time, it was as if the massacre on earth had never happened. It seemed that no one in the entire universe knew about it, let alone cared about it."

"As for the mechanical life forms that have inherited the memories of people on Earth, no one except us cares whether they are people on Earth."

"Except for us... no one cares whether the mechanical life that only inherited the memory is the descendant of humans on Earth."

Chu Qiguang looked directly into Zhou Bai's eyes and said coldly: "Zhou Bai, this is the reality of the universe, this is the cruelty of all the worlds. Weak civilizations will even be forgotten if they are destroyed."

There seemed to be countless figures gathering in his eyes.

Behind Chu Qiguang, all the wonderful doors are looming, and the wisdom of the people can circulate within it.

Thousands of shouts echoed in the void behind him, and the wishes of all living beings were concentrated.

"Zhou Bai, when I was pushed to this pinnacle step by step by the people I governed, I was also willing to bear the price of nourishing all living beings."

Zhou Bai looked directly into Chu Qiguang's eyes, and seemed to see the condensed wishes of countless creatures in the world. He said coldly: "Don't pressure me with righteousness. I am for the earth, for the Federation, and for the world. The creatures in this world have done enough."

Chu Qiguang shook his head and said: "I'm not trying to suppress you with my righteousness, I want to tell you... Countless beings in the universe are working for me, and whoever prevents them from working well will fight to the death with me. ."

"And now at this moment when the world is in a state of life and death, I don't have time to discuss ethical and moral issues with you."

"So I'll give you a chance. Help me defeat Ji Wufan first, and then I'll solve your trouble..."

boom!

Chu Qiguang's body was like sand that had been sucked dry. It suddenly shattered in the next moment and dissipated in a gust of wind.

Christina was shocked when she saw this scene: "He...what happened to him?"

Zhou Bai looked at Chu Qiguang who disappeared in his hands. Time and space flowed in his eyes, as if he had penetrated one world after another. Finally, he sighed longly: "He lost."

"But I didn't win either."

…

Outside the world, looking at the world gradually returning to its previous appearance and re-entering the seven-day cycle, the eyes of the Nine Heavens Old Immortal were full of doubts.

"In the end what happened?"

"Chu Qiguang lost?"

"He just gave up?"

The Demon Saint suddenly laughed: "Chu Qiguang disappeared."

The Nine Heavens Old Immortal became more and more puzzled when he heard this: "What do you mean?"

The Demon Saint said: "It has completely disappeared from all the heavens and worlds..."

When the Nine Heavens Old Immortal heard this, he immediately became attentive.

The demon saint on the other side continued to sigh: "No matter what he did, it was completely beyond my calculations and separated from the movement of heaven in the entire universe."

"Let's go."

Jiutian Laoxian said: "Where to go?"

Demon Saint: "I'm afraid only Master Ji can answer my doubts now."

…

There is another timeline that the Demon Saint is not aware of either.

Zhou Xuan in the cyclic world has returned to his newborn state.

The invisible barrier was unfolded by Chu Qiguang, and all information flowing at this moment was enclosed within the barrier.

Looking at the baby girl held in Chu Qiguang's arms, Zhou Bai said angrily: "You have already thought about it, lose one game and win one game? So you gave up the victory or defeat on that timeline and used your strength to win. Are they all gathered here?"

Chu Qiguang looked at Zhou Bai and said, "In the other timeline, Zhou Xuan is still Zhou Xuan."

"This timeline is mine. You first help me defeat Ji Wufan, and then I will help you to close the timeline together, redefine Zhou Xuan's future, and completely close Ji Wufan's future. "

Christina also understood what was happening at the side, and was shocked in her heart: "This is...Chu Qiguang split the timeline of the entire universe into two, one Zhou Xuan is still Zhou Xuan, Zhou Bai continues to maintain the cyclic world, and gives up The fight with Ji Wufan. ’

'In the other timeline, which is the one I'm on now, Chu Qiguang recycled himself from another timeline and defeated Zhou Bai. He planned to drag Zhou Bai along to defeat Ji Wufan on this timeline. , and then help wrap up another timeline. ’

‘Take Zhou Xuan’s cycle in another timeline, and Ji Wufan’s defeated Ji Wufan in this timeline… as the future results. ’

The more Christina thought about it, the more frightened she became: ‘How could this be done? Even if Zhou Bai didn't notice it...'

Zhou Bai closed his eyes and said helplessly: "Do you know that by doing this, you are giving up another billion of living beings, your relatives, your subordinates, your employees..."

Chu Qiguang said calmly: "I am not as troublesome as you. It is impossible to defeat Ji Wufan without paying any price. As long as the timeline is closed again after winning, everything they have experienced will be reversed and finalized. ."

Zhou Bai looked at the baby girl in Chu Qiguang's arms, thought for a moment and sighed softly: "What else can I do besides agreeing?"

"But I don't understand, how did you do it? You were able to open up parallel time and space without telling everyone, and you even transferred the power of different timelines so easily?"

Chu Qiguang looked at him and said in his mind in a way that only Zhou Bai could hear: "I didn't open up."

"I just sensed another timeline that none of you discovered."

"Long before all of us, I mean all generations of civilizations, stepped into the realm of parallel time and space, someone had already divided our universe into two identical parts."

…

Outside the world.

The Nine Heavens Old Immortal on this timeline said solemnly: "Sure enough, Chu Qiguang won. Zhou Bai is still not as good as Chu Qiguang in terms of world construction and time and space control."

The Demon Saint on the side touched his chin, with a look of confusion on his face: "Something is wrong... Chu Qiguang won too easily. The gap between him and Zhou Bai should not be that big."

"According to my deduction, there should be at least a few rounds of fighting."

"What went wrong?"

"Now that communication between the two parties is blocked, what are Chu Qiguang and Zhou Bai...what are they talking about?"

If there is a problem in an ordinary person's deduction, they will naturally check the causes and consequences to see which part of the deduction has the problem.

But for a strong person like Demon Saint, if the result of the deduction does not match the real world, he will first think about what is wrong with this world.

Jiutian Old Immortal said from the side: "What's the problem? Chu Qiguang's understanding of time and space is deeper than Zhou Bai's, not to mention that he has tied his own interests with the interests of most living beings in the universe. From now on Judging from one point of view, his structure is far superior to Zhou Bai..."

As a high-ranking being who has a part of Chu Qiguang's memory and has identified with Chu Qiguang's identity for a long time, although the Nine Heavens Old Immortal's philosophy of "raising all things to eat one's own body" has long been contrary to Chu Qiguang's, but He is still one of the people who knows Chu Qiguang best in the universe.

Just listen to him continue to say: "Chu Qiguang regards all things in the world as his own private property, bundles the interests of all living beings as his own interests, and promotes the advancement of his own realm through the advancement of all living beings."

Jiutian curled his lips and continued: "For him, harming the common people is harming his realm, which he cannot tolerate. And this is also the secret of why he can grow so quickly."

"But in order to tie his own interests to all sentient beings, he must continue to eliminate selfish desires for the common people, and his humanity is becoming less and less."

"It's normal for Zhou Bai to lose to Chu Qiguang like this in the battle for time and space..."

The Demon Saint shook his head and stopped Jiutian from continuing: "Let's go, something is wrong. I want to go back and ask Master Ji for instructions."

…

On the other side, Zhou Bai heard what Chu Qiguang was saying in his mind and raised his eyebrows slightly: "You said...another timeline?"

"A timeline that was copied before all generations of civilization entered the realm of parallel time and space."

A black light flashed in Zhou Bai's eyes: "Could it be..."

Chu Qiguang shook his head and said: "Don't say it out loud yet. I'm still not sure how many high-ranking beings in all the worlds throughout the ages have noticed this. In short... let's treat this as our secret weapon for now."

"I will explain the specific situation to you in the future."

"Nowadays, there are many dangers in the main universe. We should seize the time to solve the problems first, and then you can support the second cycle..."

While talking, Chu Qiguang, Zhou Bai, Christina and Zhou Xuan in their arms had already left the cycle world and returned to the main universe.

In the main universe on the other side, Qiao Zhi, Jiaojiao, Li Yaofeng, Jiang Longyu, Qian Wangsun and others all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Chu Qiguang emerging.

Qiao Zhi jumped up and said, "You finally came out. I can't bear it any longer."

Jiaojiao looked at Chu Qiguang and asked, "Brother, how are you doing?"

"I had a heart-to-heart talk with him and finally relieved his psychological problems." Chu Qiguang looked up and saw that the dense fleet had surrounded the entire starry sky.

Lei Yushu and other eight generals of the Xinghan Dynasty who he brought from the Han world were struggling to hold on under the siege of the fleet.

"Zhou Bai, you have to deal with your territory."

Qian Wangsun looked at Zhou Bai and asked in a deep voice, "Are you okay?"

Zhou Bai smiled sheepishly: "I've made you worry, leave the rest to me."

He looked towards the sky, and for just a moment... the battlefield that was still fiercely fighting just now became quiet, and all the mechanized troops fell into silence at this moment.

Just because a person's voice sounded in their consciousness algorithm at the same time.

"Stop it."

"I'm back."

…

In the virtual abyss.

The battle between Taishang Tianzun and the Taoist ancestors is still going on.

In the early days of the war, the Taoist ancestors headed by Taixu Taozu used the Taiwudao Zhendian to attract the twisted power of heaven to suppress Taishang Tianzun.

Although Taishang used Xiaotian Dao to counter it, he was still no match. He could only fight and wait, constantly delaying the battle, waiting for the situation to change.

The long-term battle between the two sides also led to the disappearance of the stars in the entire Xuyuan, the inversion of the galaxy, and the confusion of time and space.

Whether it is the Heavenly Court under the Xu Dao Palace, or the Heavenly Court and the worlds informed by many Dao Ancestors... they are all plunged into chaos because of this war.

The immortals and gods who were originally suppressed by the Tao Ancestor took advantage of the war to crazily squeeze out all kinds of Taoist resources in Xu Yuan, causing the people in Xu Yuan to live in dire straits and all industries to wither.

However, taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Qiguang sent Jiaojiao to cooperate with Taishang Tianzun's forces to sell Taiyi debts, allowing Taishang Tianzun to directly obtain the resources that Xuyuan could obtain in the future after the development of Xuyuan, and reversed the situation in one fell swoop after cashing out his combat power. War situation.

At this moment, the war temporarily entered a brief pause.

In a vacuum of darkness and nothingness, Taishang Tianzun put the last Taiwudao True Palace into his sleeves.

Behind him stood Broken, Tianhe, Juyang and other Taoist ancestors who were conquered by him.

In front of them, only Taixu Daozu was left alone, floating in the vacuum of the universe.

The Supreme Master looked at Taixu Daozu who had appeared in front of him, and said calmly: "Master, you are the only one left, are you still unwilling to give up?"

Taixu Taoist stared at the Supreme Heavenly Lord in front of him, and said slowly: "Sir, as early as when I accepted you as a disciple, I knew that your qualifications and talents were rare in thousands of years, but no matter what, I didn't I didn’t expect you to make it this far.”

Taishang Tianzun said leisurely: "Master, for the sake of preaching, if you are willing to return to Xu Dao Palace, I can give you a chance."

"Hahahaha." Taixu Daozu laughed when he heard this: "Your Majesty, you can defeat me, but you can never twist my mind."

"It's a pity that the tens of thousands of years of inheritance of Taixu Taoist Palace are cut off in your hands."

Taishang Tianzun said proudly: "As long as I am here, Taixu Dao Palace will be here, how can the inheritance be cut off?"

"On the contrary, in my hands, Taixu Dao Palace is a hundred times more energetic than before, and will be thousands of times more powerful in the future. The fact that I can suppress you one by one now is proof."

"Master, please come under my door and take a good look at the grand scene of the future."

Taixu Taoist Ancestor sneered: "Your Majesty, did you achieve what you said with your own strength and wisdom? Your cooperation with Chu Qiguang is to lure the wolf into the house, and to overdraw future resources is to drink poison to quench thirst. The entire Taixu Taoist Palace It’s just a matter of time before Chu Qiguang swallows him whole.”

Taishang Tianzun frowned slightly, and the light and shadow in front of his eyes changed. The battlefield had moved to Taishang Tianzun's Luo Tian Realm, and everyone stood on an endless stretch of clouds.

"Master, if that's the case, just think about it here, and I will slowly wait for you to change your mind..."

Sensing that Taishang Tianzun was going to suppress him in this Luotian world, Taixu Daozu let out a burst of anger and instantly broke away from the shackles of the human form again, turning into countless cosmic phenomena.

The soaring sunshine, the blowing wind, the water vapor blending into the sea of ​​clouds, the boundless radiation... Taixu Daozu integrated himself into every corner of the Luotian world in front of him almost in an instant.

‘As expected of Taixu Taoist Ancestor. 'Behind Taishang Tianzun, Tianhe Daozu, who was observing this scene, secretly said in his heart: 'In the blink of an eye, she has completely mastered the flow of everything in this world. At this moment, she has transformed into nature and controls everything in this world. . ’

'If it were just a duel between Dao ancestors, she would have been invincible...'

Tianhe Daozu looked at the Supreme Heavenly Lord and secretly sighed in his heart: 'But the Taishang is no longer just the Daozu. Open Heaven Realm...'

As the Taoist who watched this battle from beginning to end, Taishang's strength is now more and more mysterious in the heart of Tianhe Taozu.

‘The Kaitian realm is already the highest realm above the Taoist ancestors, and after Taishang Tianzun realized the resources for the future development of Xuyuan in advance, his realm became more and more unfathomable, enough to overwhelm all the Taoist ancestors. ’

‘Now he has conquered forty-nine Taiwudao True Palaces, and his strength and realm can be said to be unparalleled in all realms. ’

Just when Tianhe Daozu was thinking about these things in his mind like lightning, the Luo Tianjie in front of him had changed again.

A little chaos lit up at Taishang Tianzun's fingertips, and then spread to the entire world.

The various natural phenomena transformed by Taixu Daozu constantly tried to break through the envelope of chaos, but were squeezed again and again.

The natural phenomena that originally spread all over the world seemed to be kneaded back and forth by a pair of invisible hands. In the end, only a lonely island was left surrounded by chaos.

Looking at the island floating in chaos, Taishang Tianzun said: "Master, you can cultivate well here. When you figure it out, I will come to take you back."

Watching Taishang Tianzun and his entourage leave, a burst of dazzling light burst out from the isolated island. The rays of light symbolized the will of Taixu Daozu. It seemed that he wanted to break through the shackles of chaos, but became increasingly weak under the heavy squeeze. dim.

The light turned into a vaguely visible human form, in the process of constant confrontation with chaos.

"Kaitian, Kaitian actually allowed him to comprehend this realm behind the gate of heaven."

"Ji Wufan, you really shot yourself in the foot."

"can you?"

Thinking of that terrible man, a trace of doubt suddenly appeared in Taixu Daozu's eyes.

She carefully recalled the entire process of her fight with the Supreme Being. After thinking about it for seven days and seven nights, a trace of relief suddenly flashed in her eyes: "I see... you have reached this point a long time ago, and I did not lose unjustly."

…

When Taishang Tianzun returned to the material world with the Taoist ancestors, two powerful wills had descended from the sky.

Sensing this, Juyang Daozu suddenly stretched out his hand to catch the two wills: "There are masters!"

But as soon as he came into contact with those two thoughts, his consciousness, strength and even cultivation were almost irreversibly distorted.

'Too high! ’ Daozu Juyang’s heart skipped a beat and he was already retreating at the speed of light.

The Supreme Heavenly Lord stretched out his hand and slashed away the two thoughts entangled with Juyang Daozu, and said lightly: "If you had come a little later, I would have already cleaned up the mess for you in the Federation."

The figures of Chu Qiguang and Zhou Bai emerged.

Looking at Daozu who was subdued by Taishang Tianzun, Zhou Bai said in surprise: "Xiaotai, your movements are so fast that I didn't expect it."

Chu Qiguang said: "Since there is nothing wrong with the Xu Dao Palace, the Aberration Empire will be left to you. Zhou Bai and I will solve the federation's problems together."

Taishang Tianzun responded: "I have already separated a distraction and passed it."

Looking at the disappearing figures of the two people, Taishang Tianzun's mind moved, and his will began to sweep towards the worlds ruled by the Xu Dao Palace one after another, and began to reshape the order of the entire Xu Yuan.

One after another, immortals and righteous gods were imprisoned in Luotian Realm by invisible forces.

One mountain gate after another was blocked by large formations that appeared out of thin air.

There are even a large number of aristocratic families wrapped up in the twisted space and completely trapped in a blockade.

Sensing the actions of the Supreme Heavenly Lord, Juyang Daozu on the side quickly dissuaded him: "Tianzun, most of Xuyuan's world has always been left to the governance of Heavenly Court and major sects and families. If we suppress them on such a large scale, Xuyuan will be in chaos. …”

But before he could finish speaking, the Supreme Heavenly Lord blocked the fluctuation of his thoughts: "The reason why we have to rely on them to govern Xuyuan is because you Taoist ancestors have always been on a vegetarian diet and only know how to harvest resources, practice in seclusion, and cultivate Confidant."

"But now that I am in charge of Xu Dao Palace, this rule has to be changed."

"After suppressing them, Xu Yuan will not be able to cause chaos, because from now on the entire Xu Dao Palace will be governed by me personally."

At the same time, in one planet after another and one world after another under the rule of Xu Yuan, the will of Taishang Tianzun descended from the sky and began to personally manage these worlds.

Every world is directly connected to the thoughts of Le Taishang Tianzun, who personally organizes local teams to govern. Politics, economy, agriculture, martial arts, and Taoism are all controlled by him.

The Taoist ancestors who noticed this felt a kind of shock, even more shocked than when they just watched Taishang Tianzun seal Taixu Taozu with his own hands.

In fact, all Taoist ancestors from ancient times to the present know that governing the world personally is the most efficient and has the best effect on world development.

But why is no one doing it? It's just that the management cost of doing this is too high.

Whether it is sensing information from all over the world, maintaining law and order, organizing martial arts and Taoist education, communicating with hundreds of millions of living beings, promoting different policies, or interfering with various natural disasters, climate, and evil...

If each of these things needs to be operated on an entire planet or world, it will require a huge amount of power, and it will also require massive calculations and thinking operations, and the calculation itself will also require a huge amount of ingenuity.

If this governance scope is extended to the entire Xuyuan, the cost of governance will be astronomical.

The reason why Xu Dao Palace entrusts the task of governing Xu Yuan to Heavenly Court and the major sects has never been because of how good it is. The more important reason is to reduce the cost of governance.

Achieving a satisfactory balance between management costs and harvesting resources to meet their cultivation needs is the reason why the Taoist ancestors have always delegated the task of governing Xuyuan.

But what Taishang Tianzun is doing now, in their view, is that he spends most of his energy to maintain the development of Xu Yuan. He simply gives up his own practice and uses his own realm to satisfy the lives of the people at the bottom.

It was this kind of behavior that made them feel incredible.

"For a long time, the Dao Ancestors have been aloof, reaping the dividends of the development of the Xu Dao Palace, but they have refused to use too much of their own power and realm to promote the development of the Xu Dao Palace and bear the cost of governing the world."

"Now, things should have changed."

"From now on, I will personally govern the Xu Dao Palace. As for the Dao Ancestors, Immortals and Gods below me..."

Taishang Tianzun looked at Ju Yang Dao Ancestor, Broken Dao Ancestor and others and smiled slightly: "I think Chu Qiguang's approach is good. From now on, the masters of Xu Dao Palace should practice for the common people in the world."

"I decided to gather the spiritual power of all the monks in Xuyuan and let you work together. Everyone will share in the growth of spiritual power every month..."

The power of Yuanshen is the most basic power in the Immortal Dao system of Xu Dao Palace, which is similar to the fluctuation of Qi and blood in the Han world.

Upon hearing the plan of the Supreme Heavenly Lord, some of the Taoist ancestors present were opposed, some were hesitant, and some were confused...

Ju Yang Daozu stood up again and said: "Tianzun, if things continue like this, making ends meet, I'm afraid not every immortal god can support it."

Taishang Tianzun sneered, looked at them and said: "You old guys, aren't you just worried about not being able to make ends meet, and are you worried that managing Xu Yuan will hinder your own practice?"

He said calmly: "Rule a world, find agents to manage it for you, give them some soup, eat the meat yourself, and finally rely on the harvested physical resources to assist in cultivation... This approach of yours is outdated."

"The future...is about trends."

Sorry everyone, there are some troubles in reality, so the update has been delayed for a long time.