Ye Fan had been holding back his frustration, not daring to let it out. He had even signed the exorbitant contract himself!

What now?

Is this some kind of bug, signing repeatedly?!

"Don't worry, I have principles. I charge every time we cross the river."

Su Mu didn't intend to charge again; rather, he had discovered something unusual.

After he made the boat stop, he walked to the back of the boat and found a string of text written at the stern. He couldn't recognize these ancient characters, but he could roughly tell that it was a place name,

The bow of the boat had the destination of Ye Fan and others written on it, a place called "Beidou."

From past experiences, he knew it was normal for the bow to have a place name, but to find another place name on the stern was strange. This was the first time he encountered such a thing.

However, he also didn't understand these characters.

Forget it, why should I bother with so much??

As long as nothing unusual happens in the river I'm guarding, that's all that matters.

After confirming that there were only ancient characters and no other dangers, Su Mu clapped the dust off his hands and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I was just checking if you brought any dangerous items across the river."

Upon hearing this, the few people sighed in relief. Why did it feel like sitting on a high-speed train?

With that, Su Mu lifted the static state of the waters.

Once the static state was lifted, the nine little black snakes pulling the boat frantically fled forward again.

After sending off this batch of Transmigrators,

the system's broadcast voice sounded in his mind:

[Congratulations, Host, for maintaining order and peace, and triggering an extra reward, Favor Points +5500]

Upon hearing this, Su Mu was taken aback.

Oh my goodness!

Five thousand five!

A one-time reward of five thousand five; the happiness came too suddenly, and Su Mu was somewhat flattered.

Five thousand five Favor Points, plus the five hundred Favor Points accumulated in the past few days, Su Mu felt rich again!

Start gambling!

Forget it, better not gamble for now.

To prevent himself from being tempted to gamble, he first used it to enhance his affinity!

[Favor Points -5000]

[River Affinity: 0.15%] → [River Affinity: 0.2%]

With the affinity increasing to 0.2%, Su Mu could feel his connection with the river slightly deepening.

Sometimes, Su Mu really wanted to report this!

He's already a Great Cultivator in the Divinity Transformation Realm, yet stuck on this river, and the frustrating part is he must refine it to leave.

Favor Points, give me more Favor Points!

Bring more Transmigrators, a thousand or eight hundred a day would be great!

Or, some troublemakers will do!

Forget it, let's patrol diligently.

Su Mu followed the river path again, beginning today's patrol task.

...

At this moment, at the Endless Plateau, in the Black Central Realm.

In a void of the Black Central Realm, four indescribable massive chaotic shadows were gradually shrinking, finally forming four human figures.

As the four figures appeared, the powerful aura they exuded caused the entire Black Central Realm to constantly tremble.

Leading them was a man with ghostly white skin, so thin that his skin clung to his bones, his fingers devoid of skin, revealing bones that resembled White Jade.

Behind him were three tall men.

Among them, the tallest was at least three meters high, his skin covered with dense scales, a dragon's tail growing from his back, his visage majestic.

The remaining two were each two meters tall, with purple-black skin, eyes like the abyss, and traces of destructive Immortal Light constantly evolving and vanishing in their eyes.

"Eight hundred years, finally...finally restored to our true forms!"

The man with the majestic dragon tail howled skyward, causing the surrounding space to continuously collapse into void fractures.

"Dark Emperor, I told you, don't be too glad just yet."

"Venerable Lord used a portion of the Power of Will to help us break free, initially allowing us to regain our physical forms in five hundred years. Yet now, it's been eight hundred years, exceeding three hundred."

Bone Emperor's words pulled the other Three Emperors back to the harsh reality.

In the next second.

A vague humanoid image, its visage unclear, tore through space, descending upon the void above.

Upon seeing this vague figure, the Four Emperors knelt on one knee and cupped their fists: "Please, Venerable Lord, judge this transgression."

They felt sincere trepidation inside, for they were three hundred years late, fearing it might have delayed the situation on the main battlefield.

The vague figure did not respond; with a wave of its grand hand, the Black Coffin appeared once more in front of the Four Emperors.

"There has been a change of plans."

"On this journey, you are not to be sent to the Huainan Realm five thousand years ago, but to the Little Thousand Realm seven thousand years ago."

"Eliminate the weaker version of him."

Upon hearing this, the Four Emperors showed puzzled expressions.

"Venerable Lord, did something unexpected happen on the battlefield?"

Bone Emperor inquired.

"No, eight hundred years is but a blink, nothing significant could change."

"What I worry about is that you may fail to eliminate the version of him five thousand years ago, as by then, his reputation had grown, and he had begun to show his true potential."

The vague figure's voice resonated.

"Venerable Lord, not to boast, but five thousand years ago, him, saying nothing of the four of us going together, I alone was enough to deal with him."

Bone Emperor was not one to boast; on the contrary, he was very cautious.

For such a cautious man to say this indicated that this task seemed incredibly simple, almost certain.

The other Three Emperors also voiced their agreement. Five thousand years ago, he was at least one major realm below them. In the eyes of the Four Emperors, he was like an ant they could crush with one hand.

"Are you not aware of the 'Temporal Causality Effect'?"

At this, the Four Emperors exchanged glances, not quite understanding what the Venerable Lord meant.

"May we ask, Venerable Lord, what is the Temporal Causality Effect?" asked the Four Emperors.

.....

"We reverse the River of Time, traveling back to eliminate the past version of the opponent."

"Then, their Future Body might return to save their past self."

"This is the Temporal Causality Effect. Whenever we attempt to change time, causality is also affected, and the opponent might become aware."

"Because, as long as one's Cultivation reaches our level, the River of Time can be traversed freely."

"We can travel back, and so can the opponent or their allies."

"Therefore, I want you to travel seven thousand years back and eliminate him instantly before his Future Body arrives, to increase success rates."

"Should you fail to eliminate him, at least leave the Black Coffin in the past."

The vague figure explained each word clearly.

Upon hearing this, the Four Emperors suddenly understood.

Indeed, they had only thought of returning to the past to eliminate the opponent, forgetting that the opponent could also travel back to stop them.

"This mission must succeed."

The vague figure instructed.

"Venerable Lord...there is something, I'm unsure if I should mention...."

Bone Emperor recalled how, over a thousand years ago, they collectively sent the Black Coffin into the River of Time, yet it was twice reversed back.

However, he could not be sure if he was misinterpreting the results, so he dared not tell the Venerable Lord.

"What is it?" the vague figure inquired.

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