487: Even after you're dead, you still have to act like a jerk, huh?

Carrying the remains of his Fellow Countryman, Chen Heng, Chen Heng and Long Yi walked out of the world-suppressing nail.

There was nothing of value left inside this gigantic world-suppressing nail, unless it was completely dismantled to obtain something useful.

But that was for later; the most important thing now was to dig out the spatial-temporal core from Fellow Countryman Chen Heng's skull.

It had to be dug out completely; any damage would be troublesome.

The two walked in silence, the atmosphere somewhat heavy... Soon, they emerged from the world-suppressing nail and returned to the Dragon Tomb.

"Do you still need my help with anything?"

Placing the remains in a Testing Ground beneath the monitoring room, Chen Heng turned to look at Long Yi, who still hadn't spoken.

"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Chen, but for what comes next, I am enough on my own."

Long Yi adjusted her mood very quickly, having recovered from her grief.

She knew what she had to do; there was no time for her to wallow in sorrow.

She had to protect the world that the Creator had exchanged her life for, and absolutely prevent the Ultimate Return from happening.

"Alright, I'll be here. Call me if you need anything."

Chen Heng nodded and walked out of the Testing Ground.

"Hoo..." Long Yi took more than ten deep breaths before picking up the high-frequency cutting knife nearby.

"Creator, you have helped us again after a hundred thousand years."

"Forgive me..."

But the moment the high-frequency cutting knife landed on the skull of the remains, Long Yi felt the terrifying hardness and toughness of the skull.

Even the high-frequency cutting knife couldn't cut it completely in a short time; it would probably take about three days to open a one-square-centimeter small hole... The moment Chen Heng left the Testing Ground, the human emperor seal suddenly reacted.

The dim Dragon at the very end suddenly shone with a golden light, even more dazzling than the golden Dragon that represented the Yao Race before.

"Heh, these big mudfish are finally convinced."

Chen Heng chuckled and put away the human emperor seal.

He no longer had the need to activate those golden Dragons.

Chen Heng's own strength had already surpassed the limits of this world; any external object had little effect on Chen Heng.

As for the last Ghost Race, Chen Heng had no interest in it at all.

"Is this a relaxing time before something big happens?"

Pulling out a lounge chair made of relic metal from his dragon skin pouch, Chen Heng found a shady spot and lay down.

He had already completed all possible Optimization; he wanted to strengthen himself, but the number of Optimization attempts was insufficient.

But it wasn't a big problem; even without the double resurrection, he could still fight the Root to a draw.

"Rest well for a few days."

...Three days passed in a flash, and Long Yi successfully made a small opening in the weakest part of the skull of the remains.

But from it, she not only retrieved the spatial-temporal core but also a thumb-sized storage device.

"This is..." Long Yi looked at the storage device on the tray; this thing was universal across all Testing Grounds.

"Never mind, let's take a look."

Long Yi shook her head, thinking there might be important information left by the Creator inside.

But when she put the storage device into the reader, what appeared before her made her feel confused.

"Is this the language used by the Creator?"

Looking at the Chinese characters before her, Long Yi immediately realized that this was left for Chen Heng.

These seemed to be several questions; if she couldn't answer them, she wouldn't be able to see the information left by the Creator.

She first sealed the spatial-temporal core and then immediately went to find Chen Heng.

At this moment, Chen Heng was squatting by a bonfire, roasting an Eight-Legged Ox, and Bai Jun and the others were also gathered around him.

"No, why are you, kid, joining in on our fun here?"

Chen Heng scrutinized Yan Penglang, who was drooling; that guy had thicker skin than him.

He wasn't even familiar with them, yet he had the nerve to come and freeload on their meal.

"Big Brother Chen, don't say that. This humble one admires your majestic posture and powerful strength, and voluntarily follows you as a servant!"

Yan Penglang wiped away the drool that was about to flow out and said seriously.

"..." This was the first time Chen Heng realized that Yan Penglang was so good at flattery.

"Also, why aren't you guys properly managing the Ancestral Witch Clan and instead joining in on the fun here?"

Chen Heng temporarily decided not to bother with Yan Penglang; anyway, there were six Eight-Legged Oxen, so one more mouth wouldn't make much difference.

"Big Brother Chen, we all know now." Bai Jun poked the burning bonfire and casually sprinkled a handful of salt on the Eight-Legged Ox.

"Yeah, it's hard not to know about something so big." Luo Shuo stared intently at the Eight-Legged Ox, drooling as he spoke.

"Benefactor Chen, why don't you take This humble monk and a few others? We can at least be of some help."

Hui Che sat cross-legged on the ground with his palms pressed together, completely unmoved by the roasted meat.

"I told you, I can't take you all." Chen Heng shook his head, tore off a perfectly roasted piece of beef, and put it into his mouth.

"You cannot Transmigrate the river of time; merely entering will cause you to age rapidly and die."

"Besides, the battlefield isn't only within the river of time; the Root has hidden itself in three different time nodes."

"To eliminate It all at once, you must pass through that time node and go to the real world of that time period."

"You'll be busy then; don't think you'll have it easy."

"So that's how it is..." It was only today that Bai Jun and the others learned of this matter.

"Also, Big Brother Chen, how do you go to three time nodes simultaneously?"

"You can't just cut yourself into three pieces, can you?"

"Isn't that easy to solve?" Chen Heng raised an eyebrow, pressed his right hand on his Dantian, and the heaven and earth blood fetus instantly appeared beside Chen Heng.

Then, Chen Heng Chaos-ified his Soul, separated a sub-Soul, and stuffed it into the body of the heaven and earth blood fetus.

"See, now there are two."

"What about the other one?" Bai Jun and the others looked at Chen Heng curiously; this was the first time they had seen Chen Heng use methods other than brute force.

"The other one..." Chen Heng rubbed his chin; he seemed to really, truly, perhaps, only be able to split into two.

"Don't worry, I should have a way."

To be honest, splitting his Physical Body into three parts and maintaining combat power sounded a bit absurd, but that didn't mean Chen Heng couldn't do it.

But just as the Eight-Legged Ox was about to be freshly roasted, Long Yi rushed over in a hurry.

"Mr. Chen..." Long Yi glanced at Bai Jun and the others, then leaned into Chen Heng's ear and told him that the skull had been opened.

Upon hearing that he needed to answer questions to see the subsequent content, Chen Heng's face immediately darkened.

"Damn it, you're still trying to disgust me even as a dried corpse, huh?"

"Let's go, I want to see what questions this bastard plans to use to disgust me."

Extinguishing the bonfire, Chen Heng and Long Yi walked towards the Testing Ground below the grave monitoring room.