Guarding the River of Time

Chapter 443 - 433: This Path Is Too Narrow for So Many People

The old man’s voice echoed continuously in this Chaos Space, causing the void to tremble.

"A compassionate heart?"

"Nephew, we’ve come this far, why would such a vulgar and laughable term still come from your mouth?"

"What does a compassionate heart even mean?"

"Is it pity for those pitiful and insignificant lives? Or is it maintaining a true, good, and beautiful attitude towards things?"

The Shadow of Chaos chuckled lightly, "All things in the world, dust on the ground becomes dust again, dust in the heavens becomes dust too. All meaningful and meaningless life and things, in the end, will return to dust."

"Even if it were me, without reaching the final step, I would eventually return to dust. Everything is fair."

"A compassionate heart, in my view, is the contemplation of a lower life form."

"Isn’t the truly meaningful thing to walk a path to its end?"

The words of the Shadow of Chaos echoed in the old man’s mind.

....

"He was once the hope most likely to reach the end!"

"He is also your nephew, yet you treated him as a pawn."

The old man’s voice suddenly grew louder, as law particles continuously shattered in the void.

"Most hopeful?"

"Hope is laughable. I’ve never believed in hope. I only believe in tangible benefits."

"I said, it was his own choice."

"Before he left, I asked him."

"His answer to me was, he wanted to give it a try."

The Shadow of Chaos sneered as he spoke.

.......

"If you hadn’t drawn him into this game, would he have taken this step..." the old man retorted.

Upon hearing this, the Shadow of Chaos fell silent, not directly answering the question.

"What do you mean by coming here at this moment..."

"Nothing else, just to seek justice for my disappointing disciple," the old man replied.

.....

"Seek justice from me?" There was a clear hint of surprise in the tone of the Shadow of Chaos, "It’s not as if I killed him."

"Really not you?"

The old man sneered, counter-questioning.

.....

Suddenly, the scene fell silent.

"I don’t want to kill you, you should leave." After a long while, the voice of the Shadow of Chaos came through.

...

"I told you, I came to fulfill my responsibility, to do what I must do."

After speaking, around the old man appeared countless rays of Immortal Light, surging around him, each containing a supreme truth of the Great Dao.

The truths of the Great Dao clustered around, making the old man’s body appear more illusory, standing at his position, he had transcended the realm of creatures, becoming the embodiment of truth.

All meaningful and meaningless laws resonated around him...

Seeing this scene, the Shadow of Chaos sighed softly.

In an instant.

The old man waved his large hand, and the endless truths of the law blasted towards the Shadow of Chaos, causing the space to continuously tremble.

Seeing this, the Shadow of Chaos did not dodge but slowly raised his right hand, and instantly all the truths of the law dissipated, turning into particles of void, scattered into the void.

The old man turned pale, with blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

With just one clash, everything inside him was shattered, leaving only an empty shell, with even the soul on the verge of crumbling.

To make the Shadow of Chaos take action was already beyond limits, reaching a kind of supremacy.

Before arriving, he had already mentally prepared to die, so this battle was doomed to fail.....

Even if it was a doomed battle, he had to come.....

...

"Why bother....."

The Shadow of Chaos sighed.

"Instead of looking for me, you might as well take a walk on the River of Time."

"What a pity."

The Shadow of Chaos said with regret.

"Heh."

"What you want to say is.. wasted, wasted such a useful pawn like me."

"You think I should seek revenge on that man on the River of Time, to test him for you, to exhaust him, and to explore his value for you."

The old man sneered.

"Isn’t that so...." The Shadow of Chaos did not deny but admitted directly.

"If I reach the last step, I can resurrect you all, I can give you everything unimaginable."

"So.... is this so difficult to understand?"

The Shadow of Chaos said slowly.

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"This is just your thought, not his thought, nor my thought."

"We don’t need this so-called ’everything,’ we only need what truly belongs to us, that is enough."

The old man’s breath was already very weak, but he still showed no sign of compromise.

"To my knowledge, that River Guardian never held a grudge against you, rather it’s you who kept provoking him over and over again."

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"You haven’t stood high enough, you haven’t stood at my position, you don’t understand, I understand you."

"His existence is an anomaly, inherently a sin."

"This road is too narrow, it can’t accommodate so many people."

The Shadow of Chaos replied.

"I see the one who reaches the end may not necessarily be you."

"On the contrary, I trust him more."

The old man sneered.

Upon hearing this, the emotions of the Shadow of Chaos finally showed a ripple.

Clearly, these words struck a nerve.

"Since you wish to die, I shall fulfill that wish."

After saying that, with a thought, the old man’s body floated up, becoming more illusory, like a candle flickering about to go out....

....

Just at the moment of complete annihilation, the Shadow of Chaos held back.

It was in this gap of the moment that the old man’s figure transformed into a streak of Black and White Streaming Light, escaping into the void, destination unknown...

...

Watching the Black and White Streaming Light escape, the Shadow of Chaos didn’t even bother to chase, treating it as that little "compassionate heart" he mentioned.

This failure once again sounded the alarm for him, he must hasten.....

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Upon the Long River, within the enclosed lake.

Su Mu cleaved down with an axe, shattering the oppressive "Black and White Bright Moon."

After it shattered, the man in the Black and White Bright Moon robe turned into a cluster of Black and White Immortal Light, floating in front of Su Mu.

....

Su Mu stared at the "Black and White Streaming Light" before him, momentarily stunned.

The man in the robe had turned into this Black and White Streaming Light, his presence completely undetectable now.

With the "death" of the man in the robe, the "array" targeting Su Mu also failed, and he no longer felt any suppressive force.

....

As Su Mu’s Divine Sense expanded, locking onto this Black and White Streaming Light, his eyes opened wide in surprise.

In this cluster of Black and White Streaming Light, he felt an incredibly high, pure, ancient Origin aura.

Su Mu had encountered many Powers of Law, but the aura within this Black and White Streaming Light seemed higher than the Power of Law, like some kind of Power of Origin, although very faint, its aura was extremely high, touching upon the Origin.

Then, he slowly extended his right hand, and at the moment his fingertip touched the Black and White Streaming Light.

A magical scene unfolded.