Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Qin Zhi, Liu Sheng, and Lang Tu, three powerful figures holding fourth-ring positions, were absent from this Ark Gathering. It is speculated that they are already dead.

This is a major event that deserves the attention of all voters.

But at this moment, almost all the Ark voters in the Ark Hall were focused on the paintings on the walls.

To be precise, we are focusing on the fifth painting.

In the image, the originally blurry portrait becomes increasingly solid, with three enormous white tree branches extending from the earth, towering between heaven and earth. The densely intertwined white branches stretch out to the extreme, as if extending beyond the scroll. And each intertwined branch is surrounded by mysterious patterns.

That is the Tree of Time, and the extension of each branch represents a timeline, from the past to the present and then to the future.
Legend has it that if one obtains the Time Worm, one can ascend the Tree of Time and traverse the past, present, and future. It is even said that one could alter history.

At this moment, a branch from the Tree of Time breaks through from the future into the present.

One or more extremely dangerous entities are invading this world's timeline.

This made almost all voters solemn, whether they were creatures from the forbidden zone, humans, or the chosen ones of some gods hidden within it.

Everyone is paying close attention to this.

A terrifying being from the future. From what era of the future? Hundreds of years later, thousands of years later?

Which side's descendants are they? And what is their purpose in coming here?

All of this made them curious and wary.

The Tree of Time is far too dangerous and mysterious. As a constituent element of the illusory realm, it possesses extremely terrifying and wondrous powers.

If one day, the strongest humans defeat the forbidden zones, will beings from those zones reverse time and come to change history?

Or perhaps, in the future, powerful humans facing dire straits will rise against the tide?

It can't be a third party, right? Chaos? Probably not either, right?

With the Chaos Gods at their backs, surely they wouldn't be forced into this situation?
Who would that be?
The group pondered that it would be ideal if they could bring back some information from the future.

Others who saw the scroll also felt solemn, because they didn't know its exact location. Worrying was useless.

Among these Ark voters, Jing Lin was sweating profusely.

If others don't know, how could he not know that place?
That conspicuous snake-bone staircase is in one corner of the painting.

And a branch grew out of the clouds!

The Tree of Time is in the Divine Treasury, and one of them is on the Snake Bone Staircase, near Old Li!

Oh no, how could I be so unlucky as to encounter two calamities related to the scroll?

We were already pretty unlucky to encounter the No. 71 Disaster Fog last time, and now it's happening again?

Jing Lin was deeply shaken and eager to know more about the scene.

"He who holds the book, the fifth image has appeared!"

"Quickly tell us information about the fifth screen!"

"The fifth calamity will actually come earlier than the third and fourth calamities?"

However, the person holding the book, located in the second ring road, spoke slowly and deliberately: "I know, everyone. As usual, I will reveal the information to you at the end."

No matter how dire the situation, the book's holder always intended to reveal the calamity last, supposedly to avoid disrupting the trading mood.

“Then at least tell us where this is?” a voter from the Third Ring Road asked, frowning. “Is it near some major city, or near some restricted area?”

This is what voters are most concerned about. If the disaster is far away, they naturally don't need to worry, since there's nothing they can do about it anyway.

But if they're very close, that would be bad. No one knows whether the beings coming from the future are friend or foe, how many there are, or their combat strength. We must be careful.

“It’s the treasure vault of the gods surrounding the lava mining city!” someone whispered. The speaker was a burly man wearing a quirky helmet and an animal skin coat.

"Dawn, you actually recognize this place?" someone asked.

Dawn, a suspected Ark Voter active in South Asia, is a strong contender for a fourth-ring seat.

Dawn did not respond to the question. Instead, he looked around and said, "Gentlemen, that's all I have to say."

The next second, he turned into white light and left the Ark Hall.

Almost simultaneously, upon hearing the words "divine treasure vault," several Ark voters vanished in a flash of white light.

Jing Lin didn't hesitate and immediately left the ark. He didn't have time to trade with the others; he needed to inform the officials of the giant city and then return to obtain more relevant information.

Upon returning to the temporary base within the Immortal Palace, he immediately rushed out of the room and found Captain Yin Huo.

"Damn it, we're in big trouble!"

Meanwhile, in a cave temporarily opened up in a valley not far from the Ascension Steps.

A burly man wearing an animal skin coat removed his helmet, and his strong muscles seemed to melt away in an instant, revealing a girl with a ponytail.

The Wilderness Ranger, Cloud Moon!

The girl put on some clothes to cover her fair body, picked up the saber beside her, and quickly walked out of the cave.

Gazing at the distant, ascending staircase connecting heaven and earth, the girl murmured, "Is this the reason the Azure Flame is ignited?"

Meanwhile, outside the Immortal Palace, in a mysterious jungle in the South Asian region, Zhu Tu, having received the news, opened his eyes in astonishment.

Without any hesitation, his voice roared through the room.

"Quickly, get Emperor Dust to leave the Immortal Palace!"

What had he done to send a chosen one favored by the Blood God back to the Great City as an undercover agent in order to deal with the Wilderness Ranger? He even sent him into the Divine Palace and into the face of that calamity. If something really went wrong, he would be in deep trouble.

"Damn it!" Zhu Tu cursed, "Di Yun, you're a real jinx! Wherever you go, trouble follows! I'm afraid you'll summon that guy's arrows the day you return to the Crimson Throne!"

Li Yelai, on the other hand, was naturally completely unaware of this.

He rode the Yayu swiftly along the long staircase made of snake bones. The giant snake was terrifyingly large, and its remains had been transformed into steps connecting heaven and earth. Each piece of bone exuded an inexplicable sense of oppression.

Even though they have been dead for countless years, and their bones have turned into mountains, they still give people a suffocating sense of oppression.

It's hard to imagine how terrifying this creature must have been when it was alive.

If I hadn't seen its enormous snake head from the very beginning, and hadn't seen its dragon claws and wings...

Li Yelai would think that this was the legendary Zhulong or Yinglong.

This creature was enormous, and after its death, it became the steps of a palace, demonstrating the former glory of the Heavenly Palace civilization.

However, Li Yelai paid no attention to these things, but instead resisted the oppressive feeling and moved quickly.

The snake-bone staircase exuded a powerful aura, a palpable sense of oppression that deterred climbers.

And with each step taken, the sense of oppression grows stronger.

Only by activating the psionic barrier and resisting the pressure can one move.

This may be the challenge of this palace; only those who have successfully challenged a palace and climbed the long, serpentine staircase are qualified to inherit its legacy.

Inheritance is good, but this is just too blind.

Wouldn't you tremble if Ye Han received your inheritance?

Now, this challenge has also become an obstacle for Li Yelai.

His physique is very strong, enough to rival a Sixth Awakening True Martial. However, his spiritual energy is relatively average. He is currently at the fourth level of the Fifth Awakening, and after drinking monkey wine, his spiritual energy is only about the seventh level of the Fifth Awakening, which makes it somewhat difficult for him to climb.

However, as Li Yelai climbed the Ascension Stairs, his spiritual energy was being refined time and again. He could feel his spiritual energy slowly increasing.

It seems that even stairs have certain advantages.

However, after advancing over a thousand meters, Li Yelai saw a figure in the distance.

The figure, holding a sword, sat on the ribs of the long, snake-bone staircase, seemingly resting.

That is
"Blind Swordsman of the Snow Mountain, are you the only one?" Li Yelai rode Yayu closer, but did not find Ye Han's figure.

"Wow, you were seriously injured for him, and he still abandoned you?"

The blind swordsman opened his dim eyes; after Ye Han left, his curse had once again robbed him of his sight. But he was still not to be underestimated; even before the sword in his hand was drawn, it exuded a chilling aura.

"Is this Lord Night General?" The blind swordsman looked in Li Yelai's direction and said, "Stop here. No matter how high your combat power is, your spiritual energy is only at the fifth level. You can't climb the steps ahead. If you rush forward, you may lose your life."

That's not a lie. The obstacles ahead are very strong, and even psychics who have just entered the sixth level of consciousness may not be able to get there.

The Blind Swordsman of Snow Mountain was seriously injured from being attacked by Ma Hongyi and Little Mad King, and it would be risky for him to climb further. So he rested here, but unexpectedly, Li Yelai caught up with him.

"Enough with the nonsense," Li Yelai said coldly. "Are you trying to stop me?"

"I made a promise to him that I would help him three times, and this will be the last time." The Blind Swordsman of the Snow Mountain stood up and said calmly, "Therefore, this is my final warning: please step back. We are both beings of the myriad phenomena, and I have already attained the sixth level of perception. Do not risk your life!"

He had no other choice. He had ignored Ye Han's actions for his own selfish reasons, and Ma Hongyi had directly exposed his actions. He had no way out but to continue following Ye Han for further benefits. He could only continue down this dark path.

This is essentially a matter of choice. If he didn't covet those benefits, he could have simply killed Ye Han and pinned the blame on him. In return, he would have gained the goodwill of several large cities and families.

Unfortunately, he chose that amazing luck.

"Ah"

In that instant, Li Yelai swept his face with one hand, activated his facial makeup, and became Huo Qubing, the legendary general who sealed the wolf's lair!
The Shadow Army moves as swiftly as the wind and as decisively as thunder!

To the astonishment of the blind swordsman in the snowy mountains, over nine hundred Shadow Army heavy cavalry appeared behind Li Yelai.

The next second, Li Yelai's horse roared and charged toward the blind swordsman at a speed beyond its limits. Behind him, nine hundred heavily armored cavalrymen also launched a charge!

The blind man's vision had long since disappeared, but he sensed nearly a thousand strands of spiritual energy rapidly approaching.

"Shadow Army? You are indeed special!" the blind swordsman of the snow mountain roared, drawing his sword.

At the same time, his arm transformed into a dragon claw. Mimicry: Frost Dragon Claw!
The dragon claw gripped the sword, its light flashing, a chilling sword aura emanating from it shimmering on the long steps!

With a single sword strike, he sliced ​​through dozens of heavily armored cavalrymen, but Li Yelai swung his halberd to meet the sword's edge head-on.

Feeling the hit, the blind swordsman shook his head slightly. Foolish. The damage from the sword's edge was mediocre, but what was truly terrifying was the extreme cold it contained.

Mere touch is enough to corrode the body with cold air. Even if it doesn't freeze the body directly, the cold will slow down its movements, making it difficult to dodge further attacks.

But the next second, the blind swordsman looked horrified. Li Yelai, who had been hit by the sword light, showed no signs of slowing down. He swung his halberd and roared like a dragon.

His frost resistance is very high!
One-Handed Eighteen Throws - Rhinoceros Strike!
The space of the snake-bone staircase is actually quite wide, about fifty or sixty meters.

But the nine hundred heavy cavalry had completely blocked the steps.

At this moment, it was like a train speeding through a tunnel, leaving the blind man no room to dodge.

If he were hit by that kind of force, his current body would fall apart.

So, the blind swordsman immediately activated the mythical mimicry, the ferocious beast, the Great Wind!

The moment the enormous wings unfurled, the figure retreated rapidly. At the same time, a blizzard swept up, engulfing the charging legion.

Limited space to move around also applies to the blind swordsman's attacks; it's up to you how you dodge them.
As the frigid storm arrived, the heavily armored cavalry suffered considerable casualties during the charge. Many heavy cavalrymen were frozen solid halfway through the journey, some even cracking from the cold.

The blind swordsman felt slightly relieved, and with the wings of the great wind unfurled, he immediately stopped moving. If he retreated any further, his body wouldn't be able to withstand it.

However, the moment he stopped, a huge figure suddenly burst out from the blizzard.

That is the image of a divine general!

The blind swordsman was terrified, completely bewildered as to how Li Yelai had withstood the blizzard.

But before he could make a move, Faxiang wielded his enormous halberd.

At the same time, he shouted loudly.

"Violent!"

The halberd unleashed unimaginable power, its golden dragon claws reaching out to strike the blind swordsman who had transformed into a whirlwind. It pierced directly through the storm and the psionic barrier, severing the whirlwind's left wing in a single blow!

A rainbow pierces the sun, a triple critical hit!
Divine General's Dharma Form, power amplified tenfold!
What are you using to block it?

"Aaaaah!" the blind swordsman screamed as Da Feng's massive body crashed heavily onto the snake bone steps.

Faxiang, on the other hand, grabbed Dafeng's head and wings.

"No! Wait!" The blind swordsman realized Li Yelai's intention and shouted in terror. He flapped his remaining right wing, unleashing a series of wind blades that heavily struck the Dharma Image, leaving frost on its body, but unable to tear the dragon scales.

The next second, Faxiang suddenly exerted force with both hands.

'tear'

A chilling sound of flesh being torn apart rang out, and the enormous beast, Dafeng, was ripped open! The huge bird head fell and transformed into the blind swordsman's head, the fear on his face still lingering.

The blind swordsman is really unlucky. Despite his immense strength, he made all the wrong choices.

When he sensed something was wrong with Ye Han, he made no comment and chose to keep it a secret for his own benefit.

When Ye Han's true nature was exposed, he chose to continue helping him, thus standing against the authorities and various families.

When he faced Li Yelai, he clearly continued to retreat. At his speed, Li Yelai would have no chance of catching up; he could have easily kited Li Yelai along. However, he chose to stop because he was worried about the pressure from behind.

A series of wrong choices led him to die a most tragic death at the hands of Li Yelai.

Li Yelai then tossed the head of the Blind Swordsman of Snow Mountain into the Ark space and continued onward.

As for the resistance on the steps, it was indeed very strong, and with Li Yelai's current spiritual energy strength, it would be difficult for him to advance any further.

This made Li Yelai sigh, "Well, at least there's nobody here."

Then, he took out a mirror from inside the Ark space.

The Mirror of Reversal reverses the intensity of physical body and spiritual energy!

His physical body possesses the strength of the Sixth Sense!

After some time, inside the palace above the clouds, Ye Han suddenly opened his eyes.

He sensed a powerful psychic energy approaching.

"The blind swordsman? Has his injury healed?"

He looked back and, outside the majestic palace gates, amidst the hazy clouds, seemed to see a tall, beautiful girl.

'That's... a fairy from the Celestial Palace?' Ye Han's heart stirred.

However, when the clouds dispersed, he saw a handsome young man holding a black and gold dragon-patterned halberd walking in from outside the gate.

"Ye Han, I'm here to kill you!" (End of Chapter)