The time returns to an hour ago.

In a certain Great World, the Mo Domain.

A man in black sat forlornly on an desolate mountain. Just by sitting there, endless rhythmic principles of the Dao surrounded him.

After a long time, the man in black slowly opened his eyes, where Immortal Light extinguished in his pupils...

He had been sitting here, deducing the "World Tree Subtree," for fifty years, yet he couldn't find a trace. He was puzzled that with his power, plus fifty years of deduction, he couldn't find a single trace.

It was as if the "World Subtree" was no longer in this spatial realm, or more precisely, not on this timeline.

The man's name was Yang Kai. From an Outer Disciple, he had walked this far through countless years, now becoming an Emperor Venerable admired by countless people.

However, even as an honored Emperor Venerable, he couldn't deduce the whereabouts of the "World Tree Subtree."

This made him suspect that the "World Tree Subtree" was no longer at this point in time or had been moved to another point in time by someone.

He had also comprehended much of the "Path of Time."

Through comprehending the "Path of Time," he had also learned about a river — a river that transcended All Heavens and Myriad Realms, governing all the absolute laws of time, known as the "River of Time."

Outsiders thought that Yang Kai's cultivation of the "Path of Time" had reached a miraculous state, but only he knew he was far from it.

If a measure had to be taken, all the paths of time he currently mastered would be just the laws contained in a few drops of Water of Time from that "River of Time," and that was still a high estimate.

Because the River of Time bound all worlds — the ones Yang Kai knew and those he did not.

....

In fact, he could also step into the River of Time but could not affect it, only reverse a few hundred years. Due to the great causality of reversing time, he had always been unwilling to take that risk.

But now, to find that most important "World Tree Subtree," he had to go to the River of Time to peek around.

.....

Upon thinking so, Yang Kai sat cross-legged, operating the Time Law.

Suddenly, the space around him began to distort, and invisible Time Fragments as fine as dust swirled around him.

He began to ponder, to seek the legendary River of Time.

Suddenly, an ancient voice resounded in his mind: "Stop looking. I'm a thousand years ahead; your future enemy, that World Subtree is in my hands."

Upon hearing these words, Yang Kai suddenly opened his eyes, and his breath became slightly disordered.

His future enemy!

No wonder he had found everything unfavorable recently; just deducing the subtree had cost him fifty years, greatly hindering his cultivation progress.

It turned out his future enemy was the one tampering from afar.

He had also heard a saying that certain supreme beings would meddle with time when facing tricky enemies.

Those supreme beings would investigate your past deeds, then utilize the Path of Time to intercept and intervene in some critical event in your past to hinder your development, thus weakening your Future Body's power.

For instance, following a normal event line, Yang Kai would, in a time later from now, about a thousand and one hundred years, obtain a World Tree Subtree and successfully refine it.

However, his future enemy had caused trouble, transferring the World Subtree Yang Kai was supposed to get, thus resulting in a severe setback in Yang Kai's cultivation advance!

To give the simplest example, both you and I are boxers, adults, opponents in the ring.

But to win the match that happens in a few days, I travel back in time to when you are only a teenager and break your leg or foot. That way, a few days later, will you still be my opponent?

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Therefore, Yang Kai now realized the gravity of time.

He had already been targeted by a powerful future enemy, intervening in his development process from the future. If this continued unchecked, his future would seem bleak.

Thus, Yang Kai had to make a change.

At this moment, the ancient voice in his mind continued: "Dare to battle me in the River of Time? I come from the future, you from the past, and we meet at the River of Time."

Upon hearing this voice, Yang Kai unconsciously clenched his fists.

This was a deadlock; if he did not dare to face the battle, his life would continuously be interfered with.

If he did face it, then presently, he would surely not be a match for the other party.

...

But now, the only way to break the deadlock was to face the battle.

The only hopeful way to crack this was to tread into the River of Time to accept the challenge.

Because, having comprehended the Path of Time for so many years, he knew the River of Time's mystery and eeriness. Though his power still couldn't match the other party's, the battlefield was the River of Time, and he also held not little mastery of the Path of Time; who knows, with the special environment, he might just triumph?

Despite Yang Kai's stable personality, he was definitely not a timid person; otherwise, he would never have reached this far.

So he must bet, even if he understood this was the other party's trap, a Hongmen banquet, he must go!

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"Come!"

"Come to the River of Time for a battle!" Yang Kai said deeply.

"Alright!"

"Bold!"

"Fight!"

The ancient voice also responded to him.

.....

Yang Kai operated the Path of Time, continually seeking out the mysterious River of Time.

Finally, he found it; his whole being began to gradually vanish, slipping into the void, heading toward the River of Time!

....

Who knows how long had passed, how many spaces were traversed.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already upon a river.

At this moment, he felt a suction force from the water surface beneath, almost pulling him into the water.

Seeing this, he waved his hand, conjuring a wooden plaque below his feet. Standing on it, he avoided being engulfed by the Water of Time.

This wooden plaque was the legendary Wood of Time, which could be used to resist the waters of the River of Time.

Standing on the plaque, Yang Kai began to survey the river.

This river looked the same as ordinary rivers; who could've thought this river governed all times and spaces.

All of a sudden.

Yang Kai looked ahead; a figure was slowly coming toward him.

With a thought, a spear appeared in his palm. He clenched the spear shaft tightly, his gaze fixed on the figure approaching him.

Is it him?

His future enemy, coming from the future!

In the next second.

That ancient voice resounded in Yang Kai's mind once more.

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