The Blood-Stained Future is not the Blood-Stained Epoch.
The Blood-Stained Epoch is, at most, merely the beginning.
The Blood-Stained Future, however, is essentially the end of everything.
Therefore, if one could travel to the Blood-Stained Future, one could completely understand many things.
In the past, Ye Chen had traveled to the Blood-Stained Future.
But it was entirely by chance, caused by special reasons. For instance, the first time he successfully went was partly because the Henggu Monarch also grasped a certain degree of the Great Dao of Time and Space, and partly because he was still weak at the time, so his going there wouldn't cause too much impact.
Of course, the more important reason was that his Future Supreme and Peerless Self in the Blood-Stained Future exerted an invisible influence, allowing him from the past timeline to descend into the Blood-Stained Future for a time.
Later on, it was basically his Future Supreme and Peerless Self or his future descendants who appeared, while Ye Chen himself basically never went to the Blood-Stained Future again.
It wasn't until later, when his cultivation grew increasingly powerful, that Ye Chen discovered that powerful as he was, returning to the past wasn't too difficult, but wanting to go to the Blood-Stained Future was truly not easy, even extremely difficult.
Because the Blood-Stained Future had buried everything, leaving behind only him alone. Even the five Invincible Overlords as powerful as the Heavenly Emperor, the Primordial Ancestor, the Immortal Ancestor, the Universe Great Emperor, and the Progenitor of the Origin Sacred Clan were gone, whether they had perished or gone somewhere unknown.
The last time he went to the Blood-Stained Future a million years ago was still because of the massive impact from battling multiple Half-Step Overlords of the alien races, and also due to certain reasons involving the Great Emperor of Vast Heaven. The forbidden divine ability 'Piercing Through Ancient and Modern Times' that he mastered exerted some influence.
Only the combination of these various factors allowed him to travel to the Blood-Stained Future.
That trip was also the last time. He discovered the Blood-Stained Future had become even more desolate, with only his youngest daughter Ye Jing remaining. Not only his main self, but even that Overlord-level descendant had vanished.
Without a doubt, all of this foretold the terror of the Blood-Stained Future. It was far from simple. It wasn't a place one could just go to as they pleased; it required a certain opportunity to achieve.
Otherwise, with his current Half-Step Overlord cultivation, he would have gone to the Blood-Stained Future countless times already, instead of foolishly asking Donghuang here if he could go to the Blood-Stained Future.
Donghuang said, "Theoretically, it's possible, but no one has ever done it."
Ye Chen fell silent, focusing intently on this treasure island. No one had done it, but that didn't mean it couldn't be done.
He attempted to activate this treasure island. Immediately, the power of Time and Space erupted, illuminating everything, piercing through ancient and modern times.
The treasure island carried him and Donghuang, charging towards the Blood-Stained Future.
Donghuang, as one of the most ancient Immortal Venerables, also harbored curiosity and an urge to explore the Blood-Stained Future!
Rumble—
However, before they could charge into the Blood-Stained Future, countless Forbidden Heavenly Thunders descended, forming a barrier that completely blocked their path.
This made Ye Chen's expression change. What changed his expression wasn't just the descent of the Forbidden Heavenly Thunders, but also that the Time Treasure Island was unaffected. Moreover, the terror of these Forbidden Heavenly Thunders far exceeded those from before by an unknown magnitude, enough to seriously threaten the life of a Half-Step Overlord.
Logically, this shouldn't be.
Suddenly, he understood.
Time wasn't flowing on one side while stagnating on the other; both sides were flowing together.
Just as time was passing in this era, time was also passing in the Blood-Stained Future.
Otherwise, the first time he saw the Blood-Stained Future, he wouldn't have seen his Future Supreme and Peerless Self in utter solitude, later saw his son flowing upstream against time, and finally saw only Ye Jing achieving the Emperor realm, while his Future Supreme and Peerless Self had vanished.
Clearly, the Blood-Stained Future had undergone unpredictable changes again, otherwise such a multitude of Forbidden Heavenly Thunders wouldn't appear, obstructing his descent into the Blood-Stained Future.
This worried Ye Chen somewhat. What exactly had happened in the Blood-Stained Future?
Unwilling to retreat just like that, Ye Chen roared, forcefully taking action, tearing through layer upon layer of Forbidden Heavenly Thunders.
On the other side, Donghuang was also fearless, taking action as well.
The two Half-Step Overlords forcefully charged towards the Blood-Stained Future, angrily striking against the endless Forbidden Heavenly Thunders, tearing through everything.
At that moment, they caught a shocking glimpse of a corner of the Blood-Stained Future!
The Blood-Stained Future was a wasteland. Nothing remained, nothing existed anymore.
Ye Chen's face paled. Even Ye Jing was gone. The entire infinite universe and starry sky were withered, devoid of life force, utterly dead and silent.
Extending outwards, beyond the universe, across the endless reaches of the Chaos Sea, deathly aura still drifted. The various Chaos Ancient Universes had collapsed, endless corpses lay strewn across the Chaos Sea, not a single trace of life remained!
"This—"
Ye Chen was horrified. Donghuang was also trembling with fear. The two exchanged a glance, seeing shock in each other's eyes.
The Blood-Stained Future, everything gone?
What exactly had happened?
However, they couldn't see more. The terrifying Forbidden Heavenly Thunders completely drowned them, and also drowned the location of the Blood-Stained Future. Unable to see more, they naturally couldn't learn more information.
Under duress, the two had no choice but to pilot the Time Treasure Island and leave.
Ye Chen's expression was grave. The changes in the Blood-Stained Future gave him a sense of foreboding.
A million years had passed since his last descent into the Blood-Stained Future, and likewise, a million years had passed in the Blood-Stained Future.
Evidently, during the past million years, an earth-shattering, unknown great change had occurred in the Blood-Stained Future.
But Ye Chen couldn't understand it. Now he could only see a corner of the Blood-Stained Future, unable to comprehend it fully.
The course of time that has already occurred is immutable, but if it only involves ordinary people or low-level cultivators, one can pay a certain price to bypass it and repay the karma.
But if it's the future, which hasn't truly happened yet, it can be changed.
Although Ye Chen felt some anxiety, he quickly steeled himself. The future hasn't happened yet; there's still time to change it now.
Perhaps even more terrifying enemies would stand in his way, but he believed that as long as he achieved the Great Perfection of the Chaos Great Dao, he could attain the Eternal Fruit.
Having reasoned this through, the light in Ye Chen's eyes regained its firmness, unshakable.
The two lingered on the Time Treasure Island for a while. Cultivating on the Time Treasure Island offered some help, but unfortunately, as Half-Step Overlords, the help, while present, wasn't significant.
They prepared to leave.
Ye Chen had once considered joining forces with Donghuang and the Desolate Heaven Demon Lord, the two other Half-Step Overlords, to completely kill the origin will of the Eternal Night Domain.
Because he felt that if he could refine the origin will of the Eternal Night Domain, even if he couldn't completely supplement the other half of the Chaos Great Dao, it would surely be close, at the very least allowing him to reach the level of an Invincible Overlord.
However, after leaving the Time Treasure Island, both he and Donghuang were somewhat dumbfounded.
Because the Eternal Night Domain had vanished!
That's right, completely vanished, whereabouts unknown!
Outside the River of Time, only the vast, boundless Chaos Sea remained!