Guarding the River of Time-Chapter 372 - 362: Speedrun in One Day! Over Before It Even Began

Chapter 372: Chapter 362: Speedrun in One Day! Over Before It Even Began

This very second.

The Lord of the Celestial Peace Divine Realm and the five Vice Domain Masters all flushed red, completely suppressed on the spot.

As for those Immortal Kings and Immortal Emperors, they fared even worse, each kneeling in midair, expressions twisted in agony.

The other cultivators were even more pitiable, their faces pale, expressions grotesque, and bodies continuously exploding in death.

Li Qiye activated the cultivation technique, grasping this space single-handedly, as if choking everyone’s throats, life and death hanging on his slightest whim!

No great battle, no fierce fighting, no intense struggle, no weapons thrown, no cards laid bare....

Just a single second.

The outcome was decided!

At this moment, Third Brother was left stunned, never expecting... Elder Li had grown so powerful.

"Daoist friend, why...."

He Chang’an flushed red, forcing out a few broken words from his throat.

He didn’t understand why such a powerful existence would turn against their Celestial Peace Divine Realm; given Celestial Peace’s historical development, what could possibly anger such a formidable entity??

He couldn’t fathom it, no matter how he racked his brains.

Facing He Chang’an’s question, Li Qiye remained calm and expressionless, offering no answer.

In this moment, Wang Zhongku despaired, memories of Brother Changshou’s words flashing in his mind....

In that instant, he regretted.

And understood why Brother Changshou chose to flee, because this enemy had reached an unfathomably powerful state.

In this man’s presence, they were no more than ants on the ground, with no other fate than to be crushed....

Before his death, he seemed to comprehend why Brother Changshou always stayed ahead of him, no matter how many years passed, when he lifted his head again, Brother Changshou’s silhouette was nowhere to be seen.

It turned out, Brother Changshou could abandon some things, let go of certain pride that cultivators held dear, avoiding, fleeing—which was not shameful, but rather great wisdom.

If only he had heeded Brother Changshou’s advice, abandoned everything in the Celestial Peace Divine Realm, and followed him to the Ancient Inference Divine Realm, perhaps he wouldn’t be facing death, perhaps his destiny might have changed....

There aren’t that many "what ifs," sometimes fate is predetermined.

...

In the next second, as Li Qiye’s five fingers clenched tightly.

This entire space collapsed in an instant.

Except for the space where Third Brother was, every other space twisted, collapsed, and shattered.

In this battlefield, all enemies turned to dust in the blink of an eye!

Transformed into particles of light, forming a rain of luminous dust that fell from the void, the very void becoming the sole backdrop for Elder Li.

The entire process took only a few breaths.

The Lord of the Divine Domain, five Vice Domain Masters, Immortal Emperors, Immortal Kings, and all cultivators below Immortal King level crumbled with no resistance, akin to accidentally crushing ants.

Though he slew them, Li Qiye still stayed his hand.

Allowing their consciousnesses to return to reincarnation, in other words.... he permitted them to be reborn, to live their next life.

If Li Qiye hadn’t held back, everyone’s bodies, souls, and consciousness would have been utterly obliterated.

Such obliteration would mean complete erasure, beyond reincarnation, utterly vanishing from this world.

Yet, upon reincarnation, they would not retain these memories, it would be a new life, a fresh existence.

This way, there was no "letting the tiger return to the mountain," no censure for not eliminating the root completely, no emerging enmities.

In truth, according to Li Qiye’s past nature, he would have eradicated the root thoroughly, massacring the world, crushing ants underfoot, eradicating all life in a reckless, unrestrained dominion!

Now, however, his nature had mellowed somewhat—not exactly mellowed, more like he... gained a bit more respect for the preciousness of creatures, granting them a chance to live another life.

After meeting Elder Su, he realized that there are always higher peaks, greater realms beyond one’s comprehension, and that he, Li Qiye, is not invincible; sometimes, a bit of restraint is wise.

After all, while he could easily crush these ants, perhaps Elder Su could just as easily crush him...

....

After finishing all this.

Li Qiye unleashed his divine sense, enveloping the entire Celestial Peace Divine Realm!

Immobilizing everyone within the realm, making escape impossible.

Because those Li Qiye killed were only the highest level, the top authority, the strongest handful that the Heaven Shepherd Alliance couldn’t handle, barely a few thousand in number.

The entire Longevity Divine Realm’s creatures number in the "trillions."

.....

Having completed everything, Li Qiye brushed the dust off his hands.

He then returned to the pavilion and said to the petrified Third Brother: "Let’s continue drinking."

At this moment, Third Brother’s mind was blank, his whole body numb.

The scene that just occurred shattered his understanding of "power," wiping out the entire upper echelon of the Celestial Peace Divine Realm with a wave of the hand.

It was as if, upon stepping out the door, one casually crushed a bunch of ants.

Indeed, in Li Qiye’s eyes, it was just like crushing a heap of ants, which was why he didn’t answer the Divine Domain Lord’s question; they weren’t qualified, there was no need, and he simply didn’t want to.

...

"What are you dazed about?"

This sentence finally pulled Third Brother’s thoughts back to reality.

Third Brother came to his senses, sitting back down in his seat.

"Elder Li, what should we do next?" Third Brother asked tentatively.

"Keep waiting," Li Qiye replied: "This time, we’re waiting for your big brothers."

...

It was the first wait that Li Qiye endured for a month, for the travel progress of the Heaven Shepherd Alliance.

The second wait was a day, waiting for the enemy to find him.

This was the third wait, waiting for someone to wrap things up!

In other words, taking the Celestial Peace Divine Realm took only a month and one day!

If Li Qiye wanted a swift resolution, he’d only need a day, no, not even half a day to single-handedly conquer the entire Celestial Peace Divine Realm!

Whereas it would take the Heaven Shepherd Alliance two million years to claim the Celestial Peace Divine Realm, that’s the disparity!

....

Meanwhile.

The grand army of the Heaven Shepherd Alliance was just two hours away from the Celestial Peace Divine Realm.

"Increase the pace!" President Wu Zhong had a bad feeling, ordering yet another increase in marching speed.

Finally, they arrived at the boundary of the Celestial Peace Divine Realm within an hour.

"Big Brother, why is it so quiet?"

Xiao Wu noticed the anomaly and whispered into the leader’s ear.

"Where are Third Brother and that Elder Li?"

"Why aren’t they in sight?"

Jin Yao frowned slightly.

...

"The border is already breached."

"I’m afraid... I’m afraid something’s gone wrong."

The leader discovered the border of the Divine Domain was already undefended, meaning... Third Brother and Elder Li had already fought their way in, but why was it this quiet?

Could it be, they got caught?