Guarding the River of Time-Chapter 348 - 339: Senior, You Will Definitely Win (Double Length)

Chapter 348: Chapter 339: Senior, You Will Definitely Win (Double Length)

As the robed man ascended each step, a candle on the wall of this Daoist world would ignite.

Su Mu counted, and in this enormous Daoist temple, apart from the meditation mat the robed man was climbing, there were ninety-nine other white jade meditation mats in total.

With each step this robed man took, a white jade meditation mat would emit a hazy white light, incredibly sacred.

....

"Zhengyi" ascended step by step towards the hundredth white jade meditation mat, muttering to himself, verses of the Dao Scripture echoing around.

With each step, it seemed he was questioning himself, was he truly on the right path?

With each step, memory fragments long sealed in his mind would flash, almost all of them related to the Primordial Realm.

From the time he became the third Dao Ancestor, leading the people of the Primordial Realm to ascend to the Supreme, enslaving the Ten Thousand Races, to eventually slaughtering his people with his own hands, pulling the Human Race from the altar, these memories surged uncontrollably like a spring within his mind....

He was in agony, conflicted, lost....

He didn’t know if the future he envisioned was correct or mistaken.

Finally, Zhengyi finished climbing the ninety-nine steps, arriving at the white jade meditation mat.

Standing atop the mat, he looked down upon the ground at Su Mu.

Then, he sat cross-legged on the mat.

An ethereal and sacred voice reverberated.

"This is the final Daoist Technique I have deduced, and I name it after myself."

"Zhengyi Peeping Heart Technique"

With those words, the ninety-nine white jade meditation mats ascended, floating in the air, transforming into a massive Lotus Platform.

The Lotus Platform emanated sacred purple-gold Immortal Light, exerting a powerful pressure, causing the entire Daoist world to tremble, the might reaching its peak!

At this moment, Su Mu slowly raised his head, calmly gazing at the Lotus Platform overhead.

...

"This is my strongest strike."

Zhengyi slowly said to Su Mu.

With a wave of his hand, the Lotus Platform descended towards Su Mu.

However, Su Mu remained standing still, showing no intention of making a move.

Seeing this, Zhengyi’s pupils contracted sharply; was he being too overconfident?!

The Lotus Platform bore down directly upon Su Mu.

Zhengyi held his gaze firmly on Su Mu, only to find he remained unmoving, showing no action.

Thud—

The Lotus Platform struck Su Mu’s body.

The next second, Su Mu’s body glowed faintly gold, resisting the Lotus Platform.

After a breath’s standoff.

Crack—

A clear shattering sound was heard.

The Lotus Platform instantly shattered into countless fragments, unexpectedly and completely, Zhengyi hadn’t even reacted.

His strongest strike was thus nullified.

The opponent had merely used his flesh to withstand this blow, indicating... the opponent’s physical body alone could effortlessly withstand his most powerful strike.

This could no longer be described as a gap; they were not even on the same level.

...

Su Mu was quite surprised at this result as well, not expecting his body to be stronger than he imagined.

After guarding the river for so many years, this was also Su Mu’s first direct experience of his strength, since normally, he was either patrolling or collecting crossing fees, never having the chance to fight!

....

This Daoist world was already slowly beginning to crumble.

Zhengyi knew well that the outcome was decided, and continuing the fight was pointless.

He had gambled everything on this battle today, and losing meant death.

He did not fear death; he was here simply to figure something out.

Zhengyi asked Su Mu, "What do you think of the ’enslavement of the Ten Thousand Races’?"

Hearing this, Su Mu seemed puzzled.

Seeing Su Mu not answering, Zhengyi straightforwardly elaborated, "If one day, the All Heavens and Myriad Realms witnessed the rise of a very powerful race, which enslaved many other races, what would you do?"

Though the question seemed strange, Su Mu briefly pondered before responding, "What does that have to do with me?"

"Survival of the fittest is the law of this world."

"If you’re weak, no one will sympathize with you; if you’re not strong, someone stronger will enslave you, dominate you."

"No one will blame someone for being strong, for strength is not a crime."

Hearing this response, Zhengyi was stunned; he hadn’t expected... this kind of answer.

He suddenly stood up, eyes blood red, and, with a distorted expression, roared at Su Mu, "I don’t believe it!"

"I don’t believe it!"

He shook his head frantically, trying to deny everything.

At that moment, he suddenly calmed down, a memory flickering in his mind that he had never had before, leaving him stunned.

"Hahahahaha!"

Suddenly, he looked up laughing wildly, the laughter was crazed, desolate, and sorrowful....

So, it turns out he had been wrong all along.

His memory had been altered, and the future he deduced had also been distorted.

.....

Once, the first Dao Ancestor left behind an ancient proverb.

That once the Human Race fully stood up, he would sacrifice his body for divination, to foresee the future of the Human Race in the Primordial Realm, guiding future rulers.

As the third Dao Ancestor, Zhengyi sacrificed the body of the first Dao Ancestor and glimpsed the future....

In the future, he saw that after the Human Race of the Primordial Realm reached its peak, unsatisfied with the Primordial Realm, they began to wage war on the Ten Thousand Realms, incessantly slaughtering other worlds, causing great massacres, enslaving many worlds and races.