Imperial Wushuang stared intently at Yi Wu, his voice calm and measured, yet more terrifying than a thunderclap, as if ten thousand bolts of lightning had cracked across a clear sky.
Everyone was startled, including the Goddess, Chen'er, the Peacock King, and the others, all looking at Yi Wu in surprise.
She is not of this era? What did that mean?
Even Yi Wu herself was somewhat bewildered, puzzled by the meaning of Imperial Wushuang's words.
Ye Chen's expression changed slightly, a glimmer of understanding dawning on him as he said solemnly, "Imperial Wushuang, what do you mean by that?"
"Do not be disrespectful to the Young Ancestor of our imperial clan!"
On the Divine Island, a powerhouse from the imperial clan immediately shouted upon hearing Ye Chen's irreverent tone. But Ye Chen's gaze swept over, within it terrifying scenes of suns and moons sinking and stars and rivers collapsing appeared, as if the myriad heavens were perishing. This caused the overlord-level powerhouse stationed there to turn pale with fright, his Primordial Spirit nearly exploding on the spot. He felt a sense of having narrowly escaped death and dared not resist.
The Sun King, the Eternal Night Dark King, and the Profound Heaven Saintess all looked at Yi Wu, surprise evident on their faces.
Imperial Wushuang's expression remained calm. "I have seen her before. I saw her in the Mythical Epoch."
"Impossible!"
Not to mention others, even Ye Chen did not believe it. How could Yi Wu be in the Mythical Epoch? She was merely a person of this era.
Yi Wu also shook her head in denial. "Imperial Wushuang, you are mistaken. I am only of the present age, not from the Mythical Epoch."
Imperial Wushuang, however, said, "You misunderstand. I am not saying you are from the Mythical Epoch."
"Hmm?"
The powerhouses were confused. If she wasn't from the Mythical Epoch, how could Imperial Wushuang have seen Yi Wu there?
Only Ye Chen seemed to have grasped something, yet his expression grew more somber.
A hint of mystery appeared in Imperial Wushuang's expression as he looked at Yi Wu and then at the others. "The world knows that my father is Tai Sheng Huang of the Mythical Era, his cultivation peerless, reaching through heaven and earth, omnipotent. Naturally, he could also traverse past and present. He once entered the most mysterious river in the world—the River of Time!"
The crowd first showed expressions of astonishment, but then comprehension dawned.
What was the River of Time? It was a mysterious river that ran through all ages, past and present.
Called a river, it was actually a mighty, surging long river formed from the convergence of boundless space-time power. Legend had it that by following the River of Time, one could travel to the past and the future, traverse every era, even every epoch.
Go to the past, walk into the future!
But the River of Time was too mysterious, ethereal and untraceable. Who in this world could find it? Who could pilot it? Perhaps only the mightiest Emperors and Sovereigns.
Tai Sheng Huang was one of them. His cultivation suppressed past, present, and future, unprecedented, overshadowing all. He had once set foot upon the River of Time.
"Back then, in the Mythical Epoch, I followed in my father's footsteps and entered the River of Time. I gazed downstream, towards the future, and saw her figure," Imperial Wushuang said, looking at Yi Wu, a complex expression in his eyes.
The others all looked at Yi Wu in shock. Imperial Wushuang had actually seen Yi Wu in the Mythical Epoch, gazing into the future, seeing her in the downstream flow of the River of Time.
That was a mysterious long river that only ancient Great Emperors had the power to tread. Could it be that Yi Wu had also reached that level?
Everyone was stunned. Yi Wu was also astonished. She clearly understood her own circumstances, knowing she could not possibly be an ancient Great Emperor, not even a Heavenly King. How could she tread that River of Time?
Although she had once wanted to search for the River of Time together with the Goddess and Chen'er, hoping to return to the past to find Ye Chen and change fate.
But she also clearly understood the terror of the River of Time.
"She comes from the distant future, powerful and mysterious," Imperial Wushuang stared intently at Yi Wu. "I could not be mistaken. Although the River of Time has mysterious rule power that sought to sever my memory, my father protected me, so I remembered everything."
"But at that time, it wasn't just you alone. I heard my father say there were others, accompanying your figure, moving upstream against the current of the River of Time. Among them was also an existence of incomparably terrifying power."
This was Imperial Wushuang's memory, an impression far too profound to forget.
He spoke slowly, "I was still young back then. Moreover, my father said she has a certain causal connection with the Ancient Emperor Realm. As my father's son, I could see, but others could not. It was because it contained fearsome rule power. Even my father was unwilling to let me look. I only heard him say that the man who brought her and the others was very powerful, perhaps even not inferior to him."
Upon hearing this, everyone gasped in shock, drawing in a sharp breath. Could there really be such an invincible Supreme One from the future, not inferior to Tai Sheng Huang?
Bringing Yi Wu and others, moving upstream against the River of Time—that indeed required an invincible ability that could overshadow all ages.
Imperial Wushuang said, "However, my father said he would pay an unprecedented, enormous price. Even if he were not inferior to my father, it would be impossible to send people from the future to the past. Infinite causality forces would manifest, the most terrifying calamities would descend. That person would need to pay a tremendous price."
"Who is he?"
Someone asked, filled with curiosity. Even Yi Wu was the same; she very much wanted to know who the figure was that brought her upstream against the River of Time from the future.
The Peacock King, the Goddess, Chen'er, Yiyi, and the little divine dragon all stared fixedly at Imperial Wushuang.
Only Ye Chen remained silent, not uttering a word.
Imperial Wushuang shook his head, looking towards the distant Mythical Continent with a light sigh, a sense of melancholy about him. "I do not know. I only know that person was truly too powerful, one who could overturn past, present, and future, an existence that made even my father wary and amazed. Moreover, there were also infinite rules and causality forces. I could not see him. My father was also unwilling to let me see, saying that forcing me to see would be harmful, not beneficial. Even with his protection, it might still incur a certain cost."
This sent a shock through everyone. Who exactly was that powerful existence? Could it be an Emperor or Sovereign who achieved the Dao in later times? Or perhaps some other invincible being.
"At that time, I only heard my father say one sentence, and the impression was very deep."
Imperial Wushuang spoke slowly, "He said that person was doing a heaven-defying great deed, beyond imagination, spanning the River of Time, bringing a group of people from the future to the past, defying heaven, defying the world. My father said that person would pay an unprecedented, enormous price, and might even die."
The others were shocked and also fell silent. What kind of heaven-defying great deed was that Supreme One undertaking? Even though powerful enough to rival Emperors and Sovereigns, he would still have to pay such a tremendous price, perhaps even pass away?