161: Wearing down the spatial boundary

You finally agreed to Mu Li's request and made a pact with her to complete the task a century later.

You began to recuperate in the space where Tian Ji was located.

During this time, Tian Ji told you many things he had informed you of in the previous simulation.

But to avoid revealing that you already knew these things, you simply went along with him.

Time flew by, and in a blink, it was the six thousand eight hundredth year.

Mu Li reappeared in this space and asked you to use the Law of Fate to investigate whether her departure would bring fortune or misfortune.

You readily agreed.

But who would have thought that the result of your inquiry was a complete darkness?

The Law of Fate was blocked by an invisible force, and no matter how much you observed, you could not glimpse Mu Li's future.

You truthfully conveyed this news.

But before Mu Li could speak, Tian Ji interjected, “I told you long ago this method wouldn’t work! This world is a giant cage, how could those monsters possibly let you pass through the spatial barrier to other Star Realms!”

“How will we know if it works or not without trying? Are we just going to wait here to be slaughtered by them?!”

“You… sigh!”

“…”

After hearing their subsequent conversation, you finally understood the whole story.

It turned out that both Mu Li and Tian Ji were beings who had cultivated to the pinnacle of this world.

Unlike Tian Ji's repeated Breakthrough failures leading to false advancements, Mu Li succeeded!

Although you didn't know what method she used, her cultivation had clearly surpassed the Immortal Venerable realm; only her path forward was unknown, and she didn't know how to continue cultivating.

And knowing there was still a path forward, the two of them were naturally unwilling to be trapped in the Light-Dark Star Realm by those monsters.

In these years, they constantly searched for a way out.

Mu Li, relying on her cultivation that surpassed an Immortal Venerable, reached the edge of the Light-Dark Star Realm and found a relatively fragile barrier.

Tian Ji, on the other hand, constantly watched past scenes of the monsters' arrival through the Law of Time, searching for an opportunity to break the deadlock.

It was quite clear in this process.

Tian Ji failed.

Although what he saw was correct—the monsters during large-scale arrivals were indeed not strong, and he could indeed control them using the Law of Time—the other Immortal Venerable Cultivators in this world couldn't help at all.

Moreover, among those monsters, there was an extremely powerful being hidden, capable of instantly killing many Cultivators in this realm with a casual strike!

It was simply not an existence that Tian Ji and others could contend with!

And Mu Li might not succeed either.

Although you hadn't seen her appear in the previous simulation, the complete darkness you saw through the Law of Fate and Tian Ji's words all indicated that her ultimate outcome was most likely death.

Of course, this was only a high probability.

A complete darkness represented uncertainty; perhaps Mu Li was Heaven-Defyingly lucky and successfully escaped the Light-Dark Star Realm, one couldn't say for sure.

So, after much deliberation, you finally decided to go with Mu Li to that fragile barrier.

And when Tian Ji saw that both of you were going, he sighed heavily and decided to follow along to see.

The six thousand eight hundred and fiftieth year.

Since Tian Ji did not possess the Law of Space, and his cultivation could only barely sustain him in the Void Realm, it took you a full fifty years to arrive here.

You saw the barrier.

And just as Mu Li said, the barrier here was relatively fragile.

With your Law of Space, you might truly be able to wear it down over time.

However, just as you were about to start, your Crisis Awareness gave you a warning.

And the warning was quite intense; although it wasn't a certain death situation, something was highly likely to go wrong.

This surprised you, but you didn't know how to explain it to them.

But after a moment's consideration, you still decided to give it a try.

You first had them move away from the area, while you, relying on the Law of Space, stood at the maximum distance to wear down the barrier.

Doing so was very slow, and soon it was the seven thousandth year.

However, before you could completely wear down the barrier, a monster covered in tentacles appeared out of thin air!

Without a word, he attacked you.

Although you were prepared, you were still scratched by his tentacles.

A strong burning sensation and a peak Crisis Awareness suddenly appeared in your mind.

You decisively cut off that entire piece of flesh and bone, which caused the Crisis Awareness to slowly recede.

At the same time, Tian Ji and Mu Li appeared instantly.

They each unleashed their Divine Abilities to attack the tentacled monster, but this tentacled monster was several times stronger than the previous eyeball monster; even their full-power attacks only managed to sever a few tentacles!

“I told you long ago, those monsters would definitely set up countermeasures by the barrier. How could they let you leave here so easily?”

Tian Ji sighed heavily, but no longer held back, instead fully activating all his Law power.

You didn't know what his other three Law powers were.

But at this moment, Tian Ji strode across the sky, looking down on the ages, and an invincible aura erupted from his body, as if it were innate!

He was even more powerful than when he used the Time Array to control the monster before!

“Eternal Suppression of Time!”

The next moment, Tian Ji formed a hand Seal, and profound light walls drifted out from his hands, instantly suppressing the tentacled monster!

This wasn't over yet!

The light walls shimmered for a moment, and before the tentacled monster could react, they had already vanished!

Your pupils constricted at this sight; you hadn't expected Tian Ji to possess such a method, but why hadn't he used it in the previous simulation?

As if seeing through your thoughts, Tian Ji sighed again.

He told you that the method he had just used was a temporary solution, not a permanent one.

Although he could use this method to Seal that monster in the River of Time, it was ultimately only temporary.

The lifeforms of those monsters were extremely high, far surpassing all races in this realm.

And while the River of Time was the foundation of this realm, it was impossible to Seal these monsters forever.

He would eventually Breakthrough the limits of the River of Time and escape from it.

And no matter when he escaped, it would certainly bring an unimaginable disaster to this world.

Unlike Tian Ji's face full of worry, Mu Li was overjoyed at this moment.

She believed that after Sealing this monster, they could continue to Breakthrough the barrier and travel to other Star Realms.

But only you knew that this was simply impossible!