Back in time

Inside the Blazing Fire Palace!

As Yuan Xiaotian retreated,

only Extinction Supreme and Ye Ji remained in the field.

Extinction Supreme looked up at the sky.

She slowly said, “My Lord, everything is ready now, all we need is the final push.”

“The day the Heavenly Dao Rankings are released will be the time we obtain the essence of fortune.”

“This old one congratulates you, my Lord, congratulations.”

The essence of fortune was a rare wonder in the cultivation world.

Fortune, by nature, was formless and intangible.

It could not be grasped or held tightly.

However, once it crystallized, it would give rise to infinite wondrous uses.

If an ordinary person consumed it, they would form a Body of Fortune.

From then on, picking up treasures when going out would be normal, turning misfortune into blessings would be basic, and whatever they did would be as if aided by gods.

Some powerful cultivators could even use this item to directly break through realms, thereby elevating their cultivation to a higher level.

However, this item was too rare, almost impossible to find in the world, and had only appeared a few times throughout history.

According to the observations of the most powerful experts within the Asking Heart Sect, after extensive research of ancient texts and repeated deductions, they concluded that if one could dominate the Heavenly Dao Rankings, they would trigger a special reward from the Heavenly Dao Rankings—the essence of fortune!

For this item, the Asking Heart Sect began its preparations and planning ten thousand years ago.

And the location chosen was the Void Domain, one of the weakest among the Central State Three Thousand Domains, precisely to ensure the plan was foolproof.

This was an unprecedented attempt, and an unparalleled feat.

Ye Ji’s gaze looked towards the sky, as if to pierce through mountains and rivers, through the vast clouds.

Looking at the Heavenly Dao Rankings, standing tall in the Void Domain sky, radiating brilliant golden light.

After a long while, she finally spoke, “For this small thing, the Asking Heart Sect has indeed put in too much effort.”

“Although the Void Domain is insignificant to us, and all other forces except the Inheritance Academy are mere chickens and dogs, we must not be careless until the dust settles.”

Extinction Supreme smiled and nodded.

However, she was somewhat dismissive in her heart.

In her opinion, the geniuses alone, scoured from various domains, were enough to crush the entire Void Domain.

Furthermore, for this purpose, they even devised a clean-up and sweeping plan targeting the Void Domain’s prodigies.

Not only that, even the Inheritance Academy, which posed a slight threat to them, was sealed by the Sealing Heaven Great Array.

During this period, they also continuously sent people to seal the aura of the various prodigies in the Void Domain.

With so many measures taken simultaneously, if the Asking Heart Sect disciples still couldn’t dominate the entire Heavenly Dao Rankings, that would truly be unbelievable.

If she didn't know that her Lord disliked boastful people,

she would have pounded her chest and declared, “Throughout the entire Void Domain, there isn’t a single one who can fight!”

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Throughout the entire Void Domain, from the appearance of the Heavenly Dao Rankings until now, it had attracted the attention of almost all forces at or above the Venerable Realm.

Almost no one noticed.

Someone was carrying out an unprecedented plan to dominate the Heavenly Dao Rankings.

And secretly, quietly pushing the execution of this plan.

This day!

A tender young child, delicate as carved jade, appeared above the Intercepting Heaven Sect.

This person was the Left Protector, Ecstasy Child, who had been ordered by Ye Ji to seal the core true disciples of the Intercepting Heaven Sect.

He stood above the clouds, a mocking expression on his face.

“Those old fellows from the Wind Lineage are truly a bunch of good-for-nothings.”

“A lineup of masters including one in the Supreme Realm eighth stage, one in the Supreme Realm sixth stage, and two in the Supreme Realm third stage, yet they returned empty-handed against three Supreme Realm sects.”

“It’s a pity I, this old one, have to make another trip.”

He clearly had the age of a tender young child, yet he displayed a world-weariness completely unsuited to his age.

As his words fell, his entire figure vanished directly.

When he reappeared, he was already inside the gate of the Intercepting Heaven Sect.

Within the Intercepting Heaven Sect, since the last disturbance, the defensive guards had more than tripled.

The sect’s great array was also constantly in operation.

However, under such strict defense, Ecstasy Child could come and go freely.

His figure constantly moved between the array guards.

He even had the leisure to make various comments.

“The number of guards is enough, but their strength is too weak; it’s simply unbearable to look at.”

“The array’s power is good, but it’s a bit too crude.”

“And this, is it one of the five strongest forces in the Void Domain? It’s simply an undeserved reputation.”

But after searching the entire Intercepting Heaven Sect several times, from top to bottom,

the leisurely elegance on Ecstasy Child’s face dissipated.

“How could there be nothing?”

On a roof eaves, he gazed at the vast Intercepting Heaven Sect, his brows slightly furrowed.

Within the entire Intercepting Heaven Sect, he actually couldn’t find a single disciple who could make it onto the Heavenly Dao Rankings.

What was he supposed to seal then?

Seal nothing?

His eyes gleamed faintly.

He coldly snorted in his heart, “This Intercepting Heaven Sect is quite shrewd.”

“They actually anticipated that this old one would target their core disciples and transferred them in advance.”

“If others from the sect had come, they might not have been able to do anything to you.”

“But unfortunately, this time, you encountered this old one!”

With a swipe of his tender hands, a mysterious light appeared before him.

The mysterious light was like a mirror, and within it appeared a vortex. Inside the vortex, it seemed as if the power of time was rippling and rewinding.

This was the Time Reversal Divine Ability.

In the cultivation world, after reaching the Venerable Realm, one would have the opportunity to comprehend divine abilities.

This move was the divine ability that Ecstasy Child had comprehended in the Venerable Realm.

Time Reversal.

Involving the power of time, it was definitely among the top-ranked divine abilities.

Legend has it that if this divine ability was cultivated to the extreme, one could even reverse the past and change the future.

Even if not cultivated to the extreme, cultivating it to a profound level would allow for localized time reversal.

That is to say, if an enemy launched an attack, you could reverse time and return it to before the attack was launched.

It could be said to be extremely abnormal.

It was truly powerful.

But cultivating it was truly difficult.

Ecstasy Child had mastered this divine ability for countless years, and currently, he could only manifest events that happened within the past seven days.

One could see that as time fragments flew and the vortex reversed, images began to appear within the mysterious light mirror.

Those images were like a fast-rewind button on a television, rapidly rewinding.

From sunset to sunrise.

Day and night alternated, constantly repeating.

After an unknown amount of time, the information Ecstasy Child was looking for finally appeared in the images.

Rows of young men and women appeared within the mysterious light mirror.

They were full of vigor, each radiant and spirited, with impressive strength and solid foundations.

Were they not precisely the disciples of the Intercepting Heaven Sect who originally had the qualifications to contend for a spot on the Heavenly Dao Rankings?

From the images, it was clear.

They were clearly leaving the sect to go to other places to avoid disaster.

“Run, can you run under the reflection of this old one’s divine ability?”

Ecstasy Child grinned.

A cat-and-mouse smile appeared on his face.

The next moment, his figure shot into the sky, chasing in the direction the Intercepting Heaven Sect disciples had departed.

Under his Time Reversal Divine Ability, there was no need to worry about losing track of them.

Ecstasy Child thus chased all the way from the Intercepting Heaven Sect to the Chaotic Land.

At this time, the sun was high in the sky!

Under the bright sunlight, the mountains were filled with lush greenery and vibrant reds.

Ecstasy Child arrived at the peak of a mountain.

He directly withdrew his divine ability.

Because, he had already sensed the unique aura belonging to the Intercepting Heaven Sect’s prodigies in a distant place called Huantian City.

Presumably, that was their hiding place.

He looked around.

He shook his head, “I didn’t expect that within the Void Domain, there would still be such a place with inferior and barren spiritual energy.”

“As expected of one of the weakest domains among the Central State Three Thousand Domains, it always manages to break the lower limits of imagination.”

“This Intercepting Heaven Sect is quite clever. Who would have thought that their escape was towards such a remote and desolate place.”

“Unfortunately, in front of this old one, all of this is just a minor trick, destined to be futile.”

As he spoke, he strode forward.

He marched boldly and confidently towards Huantian City.