Chapter 416: The Ancient and Modern Recorder (27)

A giant!

At that moment, the expression of the True Immortal who had crossed many times to reach this foreign spacetime suddenly changed.

This was actually a True Immortal giant… No wonder he could drift freely outside countless spacetimes without his Immortal status falling.

He had arrived in this spacetime long ago!

Su Chen opened his eyes. His body now radiated black qi that stood in stark contrast to the golden spacetime around him. His expression remained calm as he pointed a single finger. With that gesture, the entire space seemed about to sink into eternal silence.

Time began to reverse… The pointed finger remained fixed in place. Behind the giant from the foreign spacetime, an eternal silver-gray power surged forth. It was the power of time itself. This was a True Immortal who had ascended by mastering the Great Dao of Time!

"A giant. Had you not been rejected by this spacetime, this Immortal would have regarded you with the utmost caution. Yet you insist on forcibly intervening in this spacetime. The terrible karma has left you with less than one percent of your strength, while this Immortal walks the path of time. Here you will not be my match!"

Su Chen's face remained expressionless. He paid no attention to any of it.

"The Great Dao of Time… is it truly so strong?"

As power circulated at his fingertips, countless threads of karma interwove and transformed into a sharp, long spear. Even the reversal of time could not obstruct the extension of karma.

This was the most unsolvable strike of the Great Dao of Karma. The move was destined to be unavoidable. Originating from different times—present, past, and future—so long as Su Chen had once touched the other's aura, he could launch this terrifying attack.

Even a True Immortal who could encompass every spacetime of his own path to the Dao could not help feeling fear when facing the destined moment of confrontation.

He cursed the man as shameless in his heart!

Time was supreme, space was king. When fate did not appear, karma reigned as emperor.

Normally, the reversal of time could reverse the "cause," and without cause, there would be no effect. Yet no matter how far he reversed, he could not reverse all of Su Chen's "causes." It seemed that from the moment he had quietly entered this spacetime, he had already been controlled by an invisible great hand.

"No… something is wrong…"

A sudden realization struck him, filling his heart with horror. "This Immortal's entry into this spacetime was no coincidence. This person already knew I would come here… He has been lying in wait for me in this spacetime!"

He discovered that his thinking had fallen into a trap. Upon sudden awakening, he attempted to reverse even further into the distant past. At the very end of this spacetime's time, he saw a figure still standing there, expressionlessly watching him.

At that moment, the mysterious man in the bronze mask carried not the slightest aura of black punishment. The True Immortal gave a bitter smile as countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

"You… already knew I would come here. Damn it!"

He had been misled.

The masked figure acted. Terrible punishment descended.

...

On Clear Wind Mountain, Dongfang Yunxing stared blankly at his master.

"Master, is it settled?"

Su Chen nodded.

To him, dealing with a True Immortal who had never seen the wider world was simply far too easy.

Ordinary True Immortals could not cross the lands of reverse current to reach different spacetime fragments. Unless they were True Immortals who had survived that ancient war, other True Immortals… appeared far too "naive" before Su Chen.

Dongfang Yunxing clicked his tongue, sighing inwardly that Master was still Master.

At that moment, a ray of light pierced through past and present years… Dongfang Yunxing smiled.

Faintly, a human figure was slowly coalescing—unique across past and present, achieving the Dao of Myriad Laws.

In that instant, even if the True Immortals of the foreign spacetime acted, they could no longer obstruct it.

Dongfang Yunxing's body gradually dimmed. He cupped both fists toward Su Chen and bent in a deep bow. It was a gesture he had performed countless times before.

Su Chen's body trembled slightly.

This time it was not a greeting of respect, but a farewell.

"This unfilial disciple is ashamed. From now on, I will no longer be able to serve at Master's side…"

Su Chen interrupted Dongfang Yunxing's words. "Go. Go. This master will not blame you."

Dongfang Yunxing took his leave, leaving only one final sentence.

"This disciple… is going."

The Great Dao is walked alone. The Great Dao is walked alone. How lonely it was.

Su Chen gazed at the mountains, the waters, and the sky, staring into the endless years, yet not the slightest trace remained.

"Coming and going, in the end, one is still alone."

To advance was destined to be solitary.

At that moment, Dongfang Yunxiao achieved the Dao.

He looked back across past and present, yet could no longer find even a single familiar trace. When he turned around, he saw a familiar silhouette. That was… Grandmaster!

At the same time, Su Chen was also looking at Dongfang Yunxiao across the torrent of time.

A trace of confusion appeared in Dongfang Yunxiao's eyes and suddenly transformed into sorrow. He wished to cross time and ask Grandmaster what exactly had happened… yet he discovered that no matter how he reversed the current, the distance between him and Grandmaster only grew greater.

He never gave up.

After an unknown length of time, Su Chen stopped and looked back at Dongfang Yunxiao.

"Stop. Even if you continue to chase, you cannot change the established facts."

Dongfang Yunxiao's lips trembled lightly. A True Immortal who should have been bathed in boundless glory was now filled with anxiety and unease.

"Grandmaster… where did Master go?"

Facing Dongfang Yunxiao's question, Su Chen answered, "The Great Dao is unique. Once the Dao exists, the Dao cannot produce another True Immortal… This is what your master left for you. Take good care of yourself."

His figure gradually faded… Having witnessed Dongfang Yunxing's departure and Dongfang Yunxiao's ascent to Immortality, this spacetime held little else worthy of his remaining. He still needed to search the shattered spacetimes, seek the truth of the past, and witness everything until he achieved the Dao of an Immortal King.

He would pause, yet he would never remain forever at any single moment.

Watching the Grandmaster's vanishing figure, Dongfang Yunxiao seemed to recall something. He said, "Master… I was truly foolish… I was truly foolish… How could I have believed that Grandmaster would grow angry with this disciple over a single meal of roasted chicken…

"Grandmaster knew long ago, and Master knew long ago as well…"

From beginning to end, only he had been kept in the dark.

The Great Dao stretched endlessly. The torrent of time rolled onward.

A figure stood in place for a long, long time… until at last he left, ending the chaos of spacetime. This time, he did not remain where he was.

Dongfang Yunxiao gazed at the traces left by his former Grandmaster and resolutely stepped forward.

...

After Dongfang Yunxiao became an Immortal, Su Chen left that spacetime. He traveled to more spacetimes in search of the truth. His footsteps crossed many realms.

The Book of Karma recorded countless events. Any single one of them was a major affair that could decide the fate of an entire spacetime.

All of this still stood far, far from the truth he sought.

Until…

"This spacetime is guarded by an Immortal King!"

Su Chen discovered the first spacetime that contained an Immortal King. And that Immortal King had appeared before him!