In the world, there is a legend known to very few.
The legend tells of the primordial world, which was nothing but endless chaos.
Within the chaos, at an unknown time, the primal source of power was born. It was the origin of everything, and it created the Creation Gods, who then constructed the world.
That source was also called the Initial Goodness by the Creation Gods.
Where there is light, there is shadow. Over a long period, the Initial Goodness gave rise to the Ultimate Evil.
Evil soon replaced Goodness and took control of everything in the world.
Evil erased the original Creation Gods, created the Great Dao Heart, established the rules for ascending to Creation God, and used the trials of the Creation Gods as its amusement.
Countless beings died in the trials of the Great Dao Heart in their quest to become Creation Gods.
After an eternity, three great powers—Di Chu, the King of the Void Realm; Gui Que, the Chaos Hunter Lord; and Xie Wushuang, the Evil Emperor—finally passed the trials of the Great Dao Heart, becoming the original Creation Gods, and thus, toys of Evil.
Xie Wushuang, sensing the Ultimate Evil, devised a plan to escape it all. He faked his death at the hands of Di Chu and Gui Que, and secretly selected two chosen ones, training them to become new Creation Gods.
Subsequently, Xie Wushuang gathered the five Creation Hearts, becoming the True Creation God, and challenged the Ultimate Evil, but ultimately failed.
Just as the world was about to fall back into darkness, to Xie Wushuang's surprise, one of the Creation Gods he had trained, Mo Di Zhang Ziling, inherited the Initial Goodness and finally defeated the Ultimate Evil.
Zhang Ziling thus became the supreme being in the world, replacing the Initial Goodness.
Xie Wushuang, who should have been devoured and perished by the Ultimate Evil, instead absorbed the Ultimate Evil's obsession, replacing the Ultimate Evil himself.
From then on, the two supreme beings kept each other in check, maintaining the balance of everything in the world.
Until…
Darkness descended.
In the River of Time outside the domain, at the Origin of Time.
This place is different from the River of Time within the domain. It is the true origin of everything, encompassing all time and space, both within and outside the domain.
A long-haired man sat cross-legged, gazing at the surging River of Time before him.
Each drop of water in the River of Time represented an independent spacetime. The vast River of Time was composed of countless spacetimes.
The man's face was incredibly handsome, his eyes deep, as if containing an endless starry sky.
The space around the man was distorted. Every movement he made could affect billions of spacetimes.
This man was Xie Wushuang, one of the two supreme beings who had escaped the Abyss of Nothingness!
Xie Wushuang saw Ye Ling destroy the Dong Xuan Continent and disrupt the River of Time, his mouth twitching. "This brat truly doesn't follow the usual path. He refused my inheritance earlier, forcing me to shamelessly stuff my inheritance upon him. Now he's destroyed the Dong Xuan Continent, ruining the path I painstakingly laid out… it's utter chaos!"
With the Dong Xuan Continent destroyed, countless possibilities would now arise in the future. Every choice Ye Ling made could lead to a different outcome, and Xie Wushuang could no longer see Ye Ling's future.
As if angered, Xie Wushuang sighed again. "Now that the great tribulation is approaching, billions of spacetimes are in peril. The Demon Emperor and I are entangled by the darkness and cannot break free for the time being. The experience package for the Lord of Remnant Evil that I prepared for that brat is also gone… How did the Demon Emperor choose such a brat?"
After complaining about Ye Ling, Xie Wushuang let out a long sigh and continued to mutter to himself, "So be it. The chosen ones selected by the previous cycles have all failed. Perhaps my plans have gone awry… This time, I want to see if this unconventional brat, who ruined my plans, can truly stir up this stagnant water?"
Xie Wushuang stood up, leaped from the Origin of Time, and walked along the banks of the River of Time. Each step traversed billions of spacetimes, reviewing endless eras.
Soon, Xie Wushuang reached the downstream of the River of Time and stopped before a mass of chaotic fog that devoured everything.
Xie Wushuang's calm expression turned solemn.
The River of Time poured into the chaotic fog. Countless spacetimes within it were instantly annihilated the moment the River of Time entered the chaos, disappearing completely.
Beyond the chaos, the River of Time, which should have had no end, was entirely annihilated. The world would have no future!
Xie Wushuang gazed at the chaotic fog for a moment, then turned to look upstream in the River of Time.
There was a drop of water there, representing the era in which Ye Ling existed, and it was about to approach the chaos.
That was the era of the chosen one's existence, the most important main spacetime in the River of Time, the source of seeds.
Other eras were either a possibility derived from that main spacetime or the past of that main spacetime. Only the main spacetime was unique and irreplicable.
If the main spacetime were also swallowed by the fog, it would mean everything returned to nothingness, the River of Time would eventually collapse, and everything would revert to nothingness.
For this reason, the two supreme beings, to prevent this from happening, would retrieve the main spacetime from the River of Time whenever it was about to be swallowed by the chaotic fog, bring it back to the Origin of Time, reshape the world, and allow the main spacetime to traverse the River of Time once more.
The two supreme beings had no idea how many such cycles they had experienced. However, each time they chose a chosen one, that person was either intercepted by the Remnant Evil Tribe, a derivative of dark power, or failed to break through the darkness after ascending to Creation God and entering the chaos.
After endless cycles, the chaotic fog still blocked the River of Time, leaving the world without a future.
"Brat, you have little time left. Since you've ruined the path I laid out, and the Lord of Remnant Evil will no longer be delivering easy kills for you, you'll have to break through to Creation God on your own."
"Beyond this chaos is the battlefield of Creation Gods. If you haven't broken through to the Creation God realm before the main spacetime approaches the chaos, you won't have the qualification to enter the battlefield. The Demon Emperor and I will have to destroy everything and reshape spacetime."
"Zhang Xiaoling, the escort provided by the Demon Emperor for you, has already entered the battlefield. I also have to go and contain the dark forces. From now on, it's all up to you."
"Whether you brat are our hope or like the previous chosen ones depends on you."
Xie Wushuang sighed and turned into the chaos.
The River of Time returned to its calm.
…
Dong Xuan Continent, ten thousand years later, a subsidiary future spacetime of the main spacetime.
In this era, due to the shrinking spiritual source and thin spiritual energy of the Dong Xuan Continent, the entire continent was forced to transition from martial arts civilization to technological civilization.
Relying on its vast land and rich natural resources, coupled with the influx of other high-tech civilizations, the Dong Xuan Continent reached Earth's 21st-century technological level in just five hundred years.
After that, the Dong Xuan Continent entered the era of interstellar travel. With the continuous influx of various advanced technological civilizations in the universe, the technology of the Dong Xuan Continent experienced explosive development.
Ten thousand years later, the Dong Xuan Continent had become a super-civilization with highly developed martial arts and technology.
However, the Dong Xuan Continent was no longer ruled by the Dong Xuan Demon Palace, but by an interstellar company named Longshi Group.
Dong Xuan Continent, Zhong Shenzhou, Tianzhi City, under Longshi Group, Space-Time Research Base.
The entire base was in chaos, with system alarms blaring incessantly. A large number of researchers in white coats frantically operated the consoles.
Inside a massive spacetime machine in the center of the base, a large number of people in black emerged and were taken away by medical personnel who were already prepared.
The base manager, who rushed over upon hearing the emergency alarm, quickly entered the main control room and asked the researchers with a solemn expression, "What is the current situation? Why have the people we sent back escaped?"
A researcher quickly replied, "Manager, Demon King Ye Ling destroyed the Dong Xuan Continent, and our dispatched troops are making an emergency withdrawal."
"Ye Ling destroyed the Dong Xuan Continent?" the manager was stunned. "How is that possible? If the Dong Xuan Continent was already destroyed ten thousand years ago, then what is our current situation?"
The researcher replied anxiously, "We don't know… The spacetime channel linked to the past has begun to collapse, and we can no longer monitor it!"
Hearing the researcher's words, the manager rubbed his temples, paced back and forth, and then asked, "Do the higher-ups know about this?"
The researcher replied, "We haven't reported it yet."
The manager immediately slammed the table. "Then immediately suppress this matter, seal the base, and do not let anyone leave!"
The researcher hesitated, "But…"
"No 'buts'! If the higher-ups find out about this, we'll all lose our heads! First, block the news, and I'll try to repair the spacetime channel!"
The manager pushed the researcher aside, sat down at the main console himself, and immediately sealed the entire base. He began operating frantically.
"Warning! Massive energy source detected, spacetime machine pressure overload!"
"Warning! Massive energy source detected, spacetime machine pressure overload!"
Suddenly, the spacetime machine emitted a piercing alarm, and the massive machine instantly turned into a high-temperature furnace. The people in black who had not yet escaped were instantly vaporized!
"What's going on now?"
The manager's expression changed drastically as he saw the spacetime machine beginning to collapse through the monitoring screen. His entire body was instantly drenched in sweat!
"Warning! Temperature too high! Warning! Temperature too high!"
The spacetime machine's warning sounds became increasingly piercing, and the oppressive atmosphere instantly spread throughout the base. The hearts of all the staff were in their throats!
"Quick! Pour cooling fluid into it!"
"But manager, excessive cooling fluid will ruin the spacetime machine, this is…"
"I said pour it! Don't dawdle!"
The manager slapped the dissuading researcher across the face, then his eyes bloodshot, staring intently at the unstable spacetime machine, a sense of foreboding suddenly arose in his heart.
"Could it be… he's here?"
The manager clenched his fists, his muscles tensed.
A large amount of cooling fluid was poured into the spacetime machine through the pipes, but the spacetime machine did not cool down; instead, the temperature continued to rise!
Finally, the spacetime machine could not withstand it and exploded with a "bang"!
The glass around the main control console shattered. The manager still stared fixedly at the screen, bloodshot veins appearing in his eyes, as if he feared something.
Suddenly, he saw on the screen that in the midst of the spacetime machine's explosion, a slender figure appeared.
"He's really here! Demon King Ye Ling, he's here!"
Seeing the figure, the manager's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground in despair!