One punch.

The immense light completely engulfed the Emperor.

Boundless, extreme pure force erupted across countless starry skies of the All Heavens.

This pure force reached an exaggerated level of breaking all techniques with brute strength. Under such matter-twisting attacks akin to black holes, even time would come to a halt, and space would be shattered.

As the light faded, the Emperor had already flickered to the side, not daring to take it head-on.

"What, you want to save this Long Vine Saint in my hands?"

With an eerie expression, the Emperor looked at Elis, who was throwing a punch, and said, "Do you think dying at my hands is a slap to your face?"

"He won't die!"

Elis let out a cold laugh, holding a brand new intelligent Great Tao Divine Artifact, a long halberd emitting a terrifying aura, containing 3% of the cosmos' matter.

Unlike others whose Long River of Space-Time doesn't need rebuilding.

Saints like her needed to reforged their Tao Artifact, so these years she had almost stayed reclusive.

Of course, one of the biggest reasons was that she didn't have time to help, and she honestly conducted her research.

"Oh? Won't die?"

The Emperor directly pinched his fingers, and the Long Vine Saint inside the box saw time accelerate, almost reaching the point of death and Dao dissolution.

"Ah!" Long Vine Saint's eyes gradually filled with despair.

But at the next second, the weapon in Elis's hand pointed from a distance, and the Long Vine Saint in the opponent's prison turned into white sands, gradually dispersing, life drained away.

"Come!"

Elis reached out, and a piece of matter reshaped into flesh and blood, various flesh elements infused with life, and the Long Vine Saint suddenly reformed in her hand.

"What kind of trick is this?"

The Emperor looked at the vanished Long Vine Saint in his hands in surprise, "This isn't space jump, yet you can still rescue this saint remotely? Just with matter, how does it have the power of space jump?"

The Emperor thought for only a few seconds before suddenly realizing, "It's the Ancient Times, the quantum mechanics pioneered by Professor Wales, that trick of yours must be an extension of quantum entanglement, quantum transfer?"

"Pretty much."

Elis smiled slightly.

Quantum mechanics was an original discipline pioneered by Old Man Wales in the early days.

It belonged to a branch of material theory. As the era developed, it was continuously improved, and quantum mechanics became one of the foundational physics of the multi-dimensional universe.

Nowadays, she mastered matter and naturally pioneered various new quantum divine techniques.

Transmitting the opponent's life and body matter through quantum communication to achieve a capability similar to space jump.

This, in turn, resolved her shortcomings.

"It seems you've made some progress these years."

The Emperor felt slightly regretful in his heart.

His space-time cage, thought to trap and kill saints of other Daos, enabling the possibility of defeating opponents from a different track.

After all, if I can't kill you, trapping you until you die is also a form of killing, isn't it?

The Emperor always believed the four great Daos couldn't interfere with each other for now, and killing the saints of adjacent Daos was just because the era was too primitive, backward, and crude!

Once the era progresses, and various saintly techniques become proficient, they will be able to break through each other's barriers, and the four great Daos can mutually slaughter!

The space-time cage was his conception.

It was initially successful, but Elis happened to develop something that could save the opponent, making them unkillable again.

"How about it, want to fight?"

Elis saved the Long Vine Saint and coldly chuckled, "If you want to fight, I'll accompany you."

The Emperor fell silent again.

He had a chance to wound Elis, precisely using the space-time cage to trap and slowly wait for her despair and die.

Elis could also wound him, after all, breaking all techniques with brute force. When the power is terrifying enough, any chaotic time and space mean nothing, others could shatter his passage before he could even traverse it.

But if they did fight...

It wouldn't just endanger this universe; their battleground would jump to multiple parallel universes, where the world would wither, and all things would perish, with each multi-dimensional bubble falling into an unthinkable collapse period.

Their consequences would be unbearable.

"Now is not the time yet."

The Emperor smiled, "If we start fighting now, neither of us can bear the consequences. Since you rescued the opponent, I can't do anything about you, so let's stop here."

Elis also intended as much, ready to have a face-off, exchange some trash talk, and then go home.

In the shadows, Li Qing watched them suddenly ceasefire, frowning slightly.

These two cautious fellows...

How can they not fight, still thinking about developing secretly and coexisting peacefully?

Judging by their shy behavior, like a bride reluctant to mount the flower carriage, it might take billions of years for them to actually fight.

They're too cautious! 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

And how could Li Qing wait?

He didn't have much time!

When a new Ancient Material God appeared, they would definitely detect the issues with the entire cosmos' Crystal Wall.

They would find out the whole multi-dimensional sand table is filled with surveillance cameras, peeping at people's privacy, what kind of panic frenzy would that create?

"Time waits for no one; I need to shut down and update the Crystal Wall version."

"Since you can't fight, I'll have to make the fight happen myself."

Li Qing let out a deep sigh, and the Light Ancient God vanished from his spot.

In the cosmos.

A vast white light column suddenly descended from the sky, with endless matter swiftly ambushing the Emperor from the shadows.

Boom!

The terrifying matter unleashed infinite brilliance, fiercely pressing towards the Emperor's position.

Before the Emperor could react, just about to jump through space and leave, the surrounding matter suddenly struck his space stability, directly breaking his divine techniques. This ambush turned him into a swirling sand, seemingly deformed and twisted.

"Truly not worth a strike."

The Light Ancient God strode forward, aiming at the Emperor's direction, and pounded several more times.

"What on earth are you doing!!?" Elis was momentarily stunned but immediately reacted, "You actually broke through? When did you break through!?"

"You're really worthless, overly cautious, thinking too much ahead and behind."

The Light Ancient God's voice was lofty, laced with impatience and a hint of defiance, resonating in Elis's mind.

Elis's anger flared, "But by fighting like this, our future universe will plunge into uncontrollable catastrophe. Our battles cannot be withstood by a single universe, and once war breaks out, it might spiral out of control, destroying the entire multi-dimensional universe."

"Four Yuan Primordial Saints, how could they easily make a move?"

"Destroy everything?" The Light Ancient God sneered, "What are we afraid of destroying? Aren't we giving the universe too much credit? The adaptability of the cosmos' beings is far stronger than we assume; wherever we fight, won't they just run away themselves?"

"The multi-dimensional universe is like a grid honeycomb; we're just like the wars during the Crystal Wall Era of the All Heavens and Myriads of Realms, with Giants battling in the Crystal Wall Corridor, and the heavens destroyed. The people will become refugees in one world after another, migrating across various worlds."

"Fear only regresses the progress of civilization." The Light Ancient God quietly stared at Elis, "Ambitious but lacking the corresponding courage and vision; a petty-minded woman will never reach the pinnacle."

"Women like you are only fit to govern a household or a nation, but not to manage a larger region; you completely lack an overall view."

Elis burst into fury instantly, "You scoundrel!"

The Light Ancient God interrupted his voice once more, "Do you know, during my era on the throne, which lasted only a few thousand years, what was the unprecedented reason I propelled one Mythical Era after another?"

Elis, furious at the Light Ancient God's ridicule, was also curious about how this Light Ancient God achieved pushing forward multiple eras.

Setting aside era prejudices, from a macro-historical perspective, the accomplishments of this greatest tyrant in history outweigh the negatives; he single-handedly advanced the era by countless eons.

Elis couldn't help but ask, "What's the reason?"

"Only four words: Break and then Stand."

In the next moment, the Light Ancient God suddenly exerted force, once again attacking the Emperor who had just been pulled back from the Long River of Time, administering another hefty blow directly to those newly arrived crossing saints' heads.