How would one leave their existential mark in the River of Time?
The True Lord of Morality and Nothingness smiled. "I'll take you on a trip to the River of Time later, and you'll understand. As for how to manifest your past and future selves … well, it's simple."
"When you can leave your existential mark in the River of Time, you could use mystic treasures or wondrous items as a carrier to manifest your past and future selves."
"If you are powerful enough and have a deep enough understanding of Temporal Dao, you could leave your mark in different timelines, becoming undying and indestructible like me."
The True Lord of Morality and Nothingness had said that before.
Jiang He's eyes lit up when he heard it again.
As someone who cherished his life, there was nothing more tempting than 'countless' lives.
After a few more words …
The True Lord of Morality and Nothingness extended his hand and drew a line in the air.
Ooom!
The air quaked.
Jiang He immediately felt that the dimensions before him were different.
"Come, let's take a trip to the River of Time!"
The True Lord of Morality and Nothingness rose to his feet and strode into the void.
His figure vanished without a trace the instant he stepped into the void, and Jiang He followed right behind him.
In the instant he stepped into the void, he felt as if the world was spinning. The dimensions before his eyes flickered as blurry images flashed before his eyes like a movie.
Jiang He even saw a handsome young man peeing in a grove …
"Eh?"
"That handsome young man's back …"
"Why does it look so familiar?"
He muttered inwardly, and in the next instant, he realized that the world around him had suddenly turned pitch-black. Only a turbid river pierced the darkness beneath his feet, extending to the edge of his vision.
"So, this is the River of Time?"
Jiang He exclaimed in surprise.
The River of Time … was it really a river?
Still, wasn't it a little too turbid? The water was yellowish, and not much different from the Yellow River during the rainy season.
He could even see the short life of a cultivator in a single wave that was stirred up …
Jiang He reached out and grasped, catching the wave in his hand. He stared at it, only to find that the life of a Three Realms daemon cultivator was being played in fast forward like a movie.
This was a Green Bull that was born in a small 'Green Bull' tribe. He cultivated the most common legacy of the Green Bull tribe. After cultivating for 350 years, he finally reached the Nascent Divinity realm. In the end, after reaching the Nascent Divinity realm, he was ambushed by his enemies and beaten to death.
"Time and space don't have a specific shape. In your heart, it is what it is."
The True Lord of Morality and Nothingness stood with his hands behind his back, stepping on the turbid River of Time and Space. He smiled, "Only Saints can enter the River of Time and Space with their own power. It's not difficult. You've already comprehended the Laws of Time, so you can do it with the Laws of Time."
Jiang He nodded. When he stepped into the River of Time and Space just now, he already understood how to enter the River of Time and Space. That feeling was mysterious and indescribable.
He held the turbid wave in his hand and asked again, "Eldest Senior Brother, is what happened in this wave the past or the future?"
"It's the past, the present, and the future."
The True Lord of Morality and Nothingness smiled. "The past and the future use the present as a reference. One second before you is the past, and the next second is the future. But since several seconds have passed in our conversation, does that mean that the future of the previous second is now the past?"
"…"
Jiang He did a double take.
It felt like …
It was a theory of good friends, but when he thought about it carefully, even an elementary school student would know that.
After some thought, he asked, "Since the Green Bull Daemon in the wave is doomed, can we change his fate?"
"The future is unchangeable."
"It is the destiny of the Celestial Will. Look at the Green Bull Daemon."
The True Lord of Morality and Nothingness waved his hand and cast some godly technique, and the turbid wave in Jiang He's hand began to 'replay'.
This time, after the Green Bull Daemon was born, he came across a great providence in his infancy and ate an immortal herb by mistake. Hence, he was reborn and cultivated up to Yuan Spirit in just a dozen years, and a Grand Luo daemon passing by took him in as a disciple.
Three hundred years later, the Green Bull Daemon weathered its immortal retribution.
Three hundred and twenty-four years later, the Green Bull Daemon wandered into a dangerous land, fell into a desperate situation and died.
Meanwhile, Jiang He kept staring at the wave in his hand, and the Green Bull Daemon's third 'Bull Life' restarted.
After what felt like endless years and what felt like an instant, Jiang He kept staring at the wave in his hand as the Green Bull Daemon's' Bull Life 'played out over and over again, and soon, it had lived through 180 lives.
Each 'Bull Life' was different, and the most dazzling one was when it cultivated up to Golden Immortal in just three hundred and fifty years, ushering in its Longevity Retribution as a Golden Immortal, only to fall under the Longevity Retribution.
Even if each 'Bull Life' was different, the little Green Bull Daemon would die every single time. Even if it died in different ways, it would always die when it was around three hundred and fifty years old.
"The future is settled. Such is the Celestial Will."
The True Lord of Morality and Nothingness appeared to have seen through Jiang He's doubts, and said, "The Celestial Will's course is irreversible. Even if my control over Temporal Dao had reached the pinnacle and I could observe the past and the future, I could not change the future even if I could change the past."
"If the past is changed, wouldn't the future be changed as well?"
Jiang He was puzzled.
For example, a person who was destined to die would die in the past. If the True Lord of Morality and Nothingness saved him and allowed him to live in the future, wouldn't that count as changing the future?
"Changing the past would only create a new timeline, and the Celestial Will would automatically correct everything on that timeline so that everything would become normal."
"How could the future be changed so easily when it is already decided?"
Jiang He was stunned.
The Celestial Will?
Did the Celestial Will of the Three Realms gain sentience?
Moreover, cultivators were supposed to defy fate in the first place. But if the future was already decided, what was the point of cultivating?
If it was my turn to die, I would never escape.
If it was my turn to become Grand Luo, it was my destiny.
What was the point of cultivating so hard? Couldn't I just lie flat?
"What about my future, Brother True Lord of Morality and Nothingness? Would I be able to kill the Demon-God Emperor in the future? "
"I can't tell you."
The True Lord of Morality and Nothingness smiled while stroking his beard. "Moreover, what does it matter if the future is already decided at our level? There is endless joy in fighting against the heavens. "
Jiang He couldn't help chuckling at that.
Even so …
Kaboom!
A rumble echoed from every direction as if the Celestial Will was warning the True Lord of Morality and Nothingness, who flatly said, "What? Not convinced? What can you do to me? "
The rumble grew louder, but it was the 'impotent rage' that faded after a while.
The True Lord of Morality and Nothingness then said, "The Celestial Will won't listen to me badmouth it. Just ignore it — it can't do anything to me even if it materializes."
Jiang He was left gaping …
What the hell!
The Celestial Will really gained sentience?
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