River surface.

Jiang Yuan looked up and upstream, and saw endless chaos and fog.

He looked back again, and downstream on the vast river there was endless darkness.

The next moment.

Jiang Yuan withdrew his gaze and struggled to emerge from the river.

In a blink of an eye, his neck appeared above the river surface, but with it came a huge restraining force.

It was as if every inch of his body was bound by thousands of iron chains, binding his body and preventing him from moving forward.

After trying for a while, he was only able to raise his chest above the river surface.

Afterwards, Jiang Yuan closed his eyes, quietly floated above the river, and felt his own transformation.

Because as his body emerged from the river, he suddenly felt countless substances flowing into his body from the void above his head.

This substance is extremely mysterious. He can neither see nor touch it, and can only discover the changes through the perception of his body.

Following the baptism of those mysterious substances, Jiang Yuan suddenly felt that every part of his body was transforming and becoming stronger.

Not only the physical body, but also the magic power in the body is gradually transforming because of the baptism of these mysterious substances, as if it has turned into a higher-level power.

"Am I being baptized by the energy of the outer world?"

“Is this the source of the power of the Path to Transcendence?”

Jiang Yuan murmured in his heart.

At the same time, as Jiang Yuan stepped out of the river of time, this move seemed to attract the attention of the river of time.

The surface of the river gradually began to become turbulent, and waves rolled up.

The waves are stronger and higher than the last.

Each wave contained a large amount of silver sand, which kept hitting Jiang Yuan's head.

At this moment, he seemed to be on a reef standing above the sea, constantly splitting the surging waves.

"This should be the will of the long river! Prevent the creatures inside from stepping out of this world!" Jiang Yuan said to himself secretly.

Then he sighed slightly and said, "It's a pity that I lack higher-level inheritance and knowledge, and I don't have the guidance of my predecessors. Now I can only make guesses in my mind."

"But as far as I know, the outside world is the so-called endless sea of ​​chaos, and where I am is a tributary of a long river of time."

"Now that I have reached out of the river, I feel the mysterious substance baptism. It should be the substance from the Endless Chaos Sea, that is, the substance of a higher level."

"This should also be the reason why those who have entered the immortal path are so powerful. They have mastered the power of time and embarked on the path of transcendence. Their bodies step out of the long river of time step by step, experiencing the baptism of external matter. As a result, their life level is transformed towards a higher level of life, and they will become more powerful!"

"If this is the guess, then the reason why the Immortal Dao Realm is so powerful is not the so-called True Immortal Dao Fruit or Immortal Venerable Dao Fruit, but that this Dao involves the most essential power, which is the power of time."

"Mastering the power of time is the core path to transcendence!"

"After all, the origin of this world comes from the long river of time where I live."

"Time came into being first, and then space came into being. With the formation of time and space, there came into being the universe above and below, and then a complete world was born."

Jiang Yuan felt the changes inside his body while thinking quietly.

As for the increasingly powerful waves, they had no effect on him.

After a long time.

According to Jiang Yuan's perception, several hours had passed.

Jiang Yuan suddenly felt the baptism of this mysterious substance disappear.

The next moment, he opened his eyes.

A huge wave happened to roll up in front of us, and the wave was shining with countless shining silver stars.

In front of him, with just his chest sticking out, the huge wave seemed to cover the sky and the earth, instantly blocking his entire vision.

After counting the breaths.

Boom——

A huge roar sounded in his ears.

Jiang Yuan closed his eyes slightly, and after more than ten breaths, the wind and waves gradually subsided, and he could see the chaos and fog above his head again.

Immediately, Jiang Yuan clenched his fists, and felt the changes in his body. He muttered to himself, "Strange changes. It seems that everything is the same as before, but it has increased my strength by about 25%."

“Is this the reason why the life forms that embark on the path of transcendence are so powerful?”

"My current strength is far superior to that of the True Fairyland!"

Having said that, he immediately sorted out the structure of his own strength in his mind.

After opening up a new path, my realm reached an unknown area, the realm of true spirit.

What is the strength of this realm, and what realm in the immortal realm it is equivalent to is still unknown, because my current strength structure is too many and too complex, and cannot be measured solely by the True Spirit Realm.

In addition to this, outside of the cultivation system, I am also an extremely powerful source life form. Relying solely on the source life form, I can easily crush the True Immortals and have no fear of the Immortal Lord!

Plus the bonus of my Hunyuan Saint Body and Zhenyu Divine Body! Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but shook his head.

My current strength structure is indeed too complicated.

I have no idea at what level it is.

But what is certain is that his strength must be extremely powerful, enough to rival the Immortal Lord.

This kind of powerful strength came after he came out of the river and accepted the baptism of mysterious substances from the outside world. His strength increased by more than 25% in just a few hours.

From this we can see how powerful it is to embark on the path of transcendence.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Yuan prepared to make another attempt.

The next moment.

He glanced overhead.

The sky above was still as chaotic and foggy as it was at the beginning, without any change at all.

Then he placed himself on the surface of the river and struggled upwards again.

In an instant.

Every part and every cell outside the body seems to be bound by billions of chains.

Crunch——

Crunch——

There was a sudden sound of friction between the bones.

Under Jiang Yuan's powerful strength, his body gradually broke free from the restraints and floated to the surface.

As his body emerged, Jiang Yuan also felt that the binding force was getting stronger and more terrifying.

However, the next moment, his face suddenly showed joy.

“It really works!”

As his body stretched out, Jiang Yuan suddenly felt a mysterious substance falling from the void above his head and merging into his body.

He suddenly underwent another transformation.

After several hours, this transformation ended again.

Compared to the last transformation, this ongoing event is also more prolonged.

Jiang Yuan looked down and saw that the exposed body was almost up to the waist, and his arms could be stretched out of the water freely.

Compared with before, there has undoubtedly been progress.

Afterwards, Jiang Yuan clenched his fists again and slightly felt the surging power in his body.

"This time it has increased by about 45%!" He murmured, his face thoughtful, "It seems that the more we break free from the constraints of the long river of time, the more intense the transformation we will experience."

Then he became thoughtful and said, "And I seem to have found a new way to transcend, that is to transcend with strength, to transcend with the flesh!"

"I can clearly feel that the stronger my body and strength are, the more I can resist the constraints of the long river of time and forcibly break free from the chains of the five elements."

"But obviously, this path is more difficult than mastering the power of time and transcending it."

"The requirements for physical strength and power are horribly high!"

Think of this.

Jiang Yuan once again mobilized all his strength and struggled to break free.

Boom——

The muscles and bones vibrate, the qi and blood gush, and the 108 trillion cell particles in the body release all their power.

At this moment, his whole body was filled with divine light.

Divine lights of various colors burst out from his pores.

boom--

Endless waves suddenly arose on the surface of the river.

In an instant.

The river where Jiang Yuan was located also began to riot, with turbulent waves and huge waves.

Huge waves several feet high were rolled up, shining with silver light, and then hit the surface of the river, instantly making a deafening roar.

This moment.

Jiang Yuan felt as if he was not in a river, but a quagmire that wanted to swallow him completely.

Billions of invisible chains emerged from below and tightly bound every inch of his body.

Break it for me! Jiang Yuan shouted in his heart.

All the strength was fully mobilized by him, with the blessing of his powerful strength.

The body was pulled out of the river bit by bit.

At the same time, from the void above, countless mysterious substances fell and merged into his body.

But Jiang Yuan had no time to care about anything else.

He gritted his teeth, veins bulging, and struggled hard to break free from the river's hold on him.

He knew that he couldn't let go of this breath. Once he did, it would take a long time to recover.

Time passes slowly, breath by breath.

Jiang Yuan's body also slowly rose from the surface of the river, and his torso continued to reveal itself.

After a few breaths.

call--

He exhaled a breath, and the anger in his heart was completely deflated, and a trace of fatigue appeared between his brows.

"This is already my limit. If I want to go further, I have to improve my strength!"

Jiang Yuan looked down and immediately saw that most of his body had completely emerged from the river, with his upper body floating above the surface. He remained motionless as the waves swept him.

"Okay!" He nodded with satisfaction.

Then close your eyes slightly and quietly feel the baptism of the mysterious substance falling from above your head.

Time passed slowly again.

Half a day later.

Jiang Yuan opened his eyes again.

He clenched his fists, and his face suddenly showed joy when he felt the amazing power in his body.

Sure enough, there has been greater progress.

My strength has doubled from the original basis.

"Not bad, really good!" he praised immediately.

After feeling the changes in his body, Jiang Yuan's gaze fell on the upstream of the long river of time.

In his eyes, this long river of time is like the ocean, without boundaries.

I could only see the river surface at a certain distance. Further away, it was shrouded in gray fog.

The next moment.

His right foot, which was beneath the surface of the river, slowly stepped upstream.

boom--

Countless complicated images appeared before his eyes in an instant, and in his eyes, those images were rapidly receding.

"So this is the long river of time flowing in reverse!" Jiang Yuan murmured.

at the same time.

He also felt the horrible impact force hitting his body, causing his body to shake slightly.

"It's okay, I can still hold on!"

Jiang Yuan nodded.

After stabilizing his body, he took another step forward.

boom--

The scene in front of me continued to move backwards.

As he moved forward again, the picture retreated again. The Saint's Tribulation was coming to the world, and countless saints looked at this scene with horror.

Jiang Yuan kept moving forward, and soon, he saw his figure outside the South Heaven Gate, his figure in the Battle of the Covenant, and his figure in the Lizhu Cave. Moving forward step by step, the impact of the long river of time became greater and greater, and the resistance he encountered with each step became greater and greater, and more and more difficult.

He traced back in time and soon saw himself in Lin'an County.

At this moment, he suddenly slowed down.

Time is rapidly going backwards.

The second in command of Black Wind Village came to visit.

Time continues to go backwards, and he can be seen working hard to train his body in the martial arts arena.

Then, the picture continued to move backwards, and instantly froze at the moment when he crossed over.

Looking at the expression of the man in the picture, Jiang Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

This was when he first came to this world.

No deaths, no getting hit by a car.

Just walking through a fog at night, I suddenly came to this world.

At that time he was shocked and confused.

After observing for a long time, Jiang Yuan was also trying his best to resist the impact of the torrent of time.

Going upstream along the long river of time to this point in time, he could feel a huge impact.

The next moment, a wisp of his divine consciousness separated out and merged into this time node.

In an instant.

His figure appeared in the sky above Lin'an County.

At this moment, he was like a ghost, wandering outside this world, unable to interfere with any changes at this point in time.

At this point in time, Jiang Yuan could feel it.

If you interfere with past history, you will suffer the backlash of the long river of time.

The greater the interference and the more changes there are, the greater the backlash will be in the long river of time.

"I see!" Jiang Yuan nodded secretly: "Changing past history and interfering with the timeline really has limitations, I knew it!"

Then.

The scene began to reverse, slowly returning to the moment when he traveled here.

Suddenly.

Jiang Yuan saw a faint purple light suddenly flash in his eyes at this point in time, a barely perceptible purple light.

The node where the purple light flashed was the dividing line where his consciousness replaced Jiang Yuan's previous consciousness.

"Purple light!" Jiang Yuan's eyes suddenly focused: "What does this mean?"

He replayed the scene again, with clear eyes and body stretched towards the morning sun.

As the purple light flashed by, his eyes were instantly filled with confusion and astonishment.

This was also the moment when he traveled to this world.

"Could it be that my time travel is related to this purple light?" Jiang Yuan thought to himself.

After watching that scene over and over again a few times.

"Forget it! I can't find any other unusual places!" He couldn't help but shook his head.

After retracting his gaze, Jiang Yuan was suddenly stunned, and his eyes instantly focused on the place where his eyes had passed.

"This is Xiaoxiao?"

He muttered to himself in slight surprise.

His figure flashed and disappeared above the Zhenyuan Escort Agency, and then appeared above the city gate.

Looking closely at the skinny little girl, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but smile slightly: "It's really her! In other words, Xiao Xiao came to Lin'an County at this time and was sold by her parents?"

With curiosity in his heart, Jiang Yuan followed Shu Xiaoxiao and his parents.

Then he found that Shu Xiaoxiao's parents took her straight to the west of Lin'an County.

The west of Lin'an County is the most chaotic place in Lin'an County. It is controlled by several so-called big gangs and is a place where protection fees are collected and human trafficking is carried out.

Under Jiang Yuan's observation, Shu Xiaoxiao was soon sold by her parents to a middle-aged woman named Hongniang.

Afterwards, Shu Xiaoxiao was brought to Yunyan Tower by the "matchmaker", which was also the place where he met Shu Xiaoxiao later.

After the handover is completed.

The manager of Yunyan Tower pinched Shu Xiaoxiao's arm and then pinched her face.

"How old are you?"

"fourteen!"

"She's not bad at age, but she's too thin. She needs to be nursed back to health for two years!" The manager muttered to himself, "But she has a good foundation. The matchmaker was right to find such a good embryo. She's definitely a good candidate for the top courtesan!"

Having said that, the manager suddenly broke into a smile on his face, and he looked at Shu Xiaoxiao and nodded with satisfaction.

"Raise her for two years, cultivate her skills in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and become a courtesan. You will definitely be able to attract the attention of noblemen, and this will maximize your profits!"

Then.

During this period, time passed quickly, and Jiang Yuan was secretly protecting Shu Xiaoxiao.

Soon it was time for him to meet Shu Xiaoxiao.

At this point in time, Jiang Yuan finally managed to escape completely.

Then he continued to swim against the flow of time.

He suddenly saw Jiang Zhenyuan when he was young, and also saw his nominal mother.

I saw that Jiang Zhenyuan had built a huge foundation in Lin'an County and earned the title of Wind and Thunder Sword.

Out of curiosity, Jiang Yuan went back in time and saw the young Tan Tai Ming who had just come down the mountain.

Looking at Tan Taiming's innocent eyes, Jiang Yuan nodded involuntarily: "Her appearance and temperament are indeed excellent. No wonder Jiang Zhenyuan can't let it go for the rest of his life."

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but feel sorry for his biological mother whom he had never met.

Then, thinking of the scenes he had seen before, Jiang Yuan sighed again and didn't know what to say.

Although Jiang Zhenyuan never forgot Tan Tai Ming, he also fulfilled his responsibilities as a husband and father.

As for what is in your heart, how can you condemn it? A gentleman judges deeds, not hearts, let alone matters above the emotions!

After taking a few casual glances, Jiang Yuan continued to go against the flow of time.

There was nothing worthy of his attention further ahead.

At this moment, Jiang Yuan wanted to go to the period of Jue Tian Di Tong to see if he could discover some unknown secrets.

But not long after, Jiang Yuan stood in front of Qinling Supreme and sighed slightly.

Going against the long river of time, he also saw the catastrophes and turmoil that repeatedly affected the five realms and four seas.

They are all immortals awakening, harvesting the life essence of all living things to prolong their lifespan.

It’s pretty much the same as what we knew before.

But in this life, Qinling Supreme killed a true immortal with his own hands, which made Jiang Yuan marvel.

During the tens of thousands of years he had been swimming upstream, and the many catastrophes he had experienced, it was only this time that the Qinling Supreme prevented the catastrophe from affecting the three domains of the human race.

Killed a true immortal.

In this kind of environment, it is truly shocking.

This made Jiang Yuan admire him.

At this moment, Qinling Supreme suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the void in front of him.

"Which Taoist friend has landed here? Why don't you come out and see me?"

Jiang Yuan was stunned when he heard this, and then looked into Qin Ling's eyes.

Suddenly he saw that Qinling Supreme seemed to have discovered him, and his eyes were staring at the direction where Jiang Yuan was.

"Did they really discover me?" Jiang Yuan couldn't help but be surprised.

At this moment, Qinling Supreme spoke again: "Daoyou has come across time. Since you are here, why not come out and see me!"

Hearing these words, Jiang Yuan was immediately certain of it.

The next moment, his figure appeared in front of Qinling Supreme, full of a faint illusion.

"But you are my fellow Taoist from the human race!" Qin Ling looked at Jiang Yuan's figure that suddenly appeared, and his eyes suddenly condensed.

"Not bad!" Jiang Yuan nodded.

Hearing this, Qin Ling's face suddenly showed relief.

He then asked, "I know that you came from the long river of time, so I can't reveal too much secrets, but I still want to ask, are you from the future?"

"Not bad!" Jiang Yuan nodded again.

Qinling Supreme's expression was delighted once again: "Forgive my rudeness, but I would like to ask one more question, will there be any more disasters caused by the three sacred mountains in the future?"

Jiang Yuan nodded slowly: "Yes!"

"There are still some?" Qinling Supreme heard this, his expression filled with a hint of bitterness: "Are we humans destined to become their captives?"

After he finished speaking, his eyes fell on Jiang Yuan again: "Can't you, with your magical powers, put down the disaster of the three sacred mountains? Since you can come here, your strength should be far above that of a true immortal!"

Jiang Yuan said: "In the three great sacred mountains outside the domain, there are still three beings who are above the level of the True Immortals."

Hearing this, a complex look flashed across Qin Ling Supreme's eyes, and then it was filled with despair.

He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "So that's how it is. No wonder fellow Taoist couldn't flatten these three sacred mountains!"

"I used to be so proud of myself. After I achieve enlightenment, I can fight back against the True Immortals. Even if the True Immortals join forces to attack me, I will not be afraid."

"The three great sacred mountains outside the domain are closed to the world because they are afraid of my strength!"

"It turns out that they don't want to waste too much energy on me. It turns out that there are beings above the three True Immortals sleeping in the sacred mountain!"

"How can we resist this?"

Seeing the deep pain and despair in Qinling Supreme's eyes at this time, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but say: "Don't worry, fellow Daoist, it won't be long before I can flatten the three great sacred mountains outside the domain."

Suddenly, Qinling Supreme looked at Jiang Yuan with a gleam in his eyes.

"Did you lie to me, fellow Taoist?"

Jiang Yuan said: "Why would I lie to you?"

"Have you ever killed a true immortal?" Qin Ling Supreme asked hurriedly.

"I have killed them! On the day I attained enlightenment, I took five True Immortals to offer sacrifice to the heavens!"

"Hiss——" Hearing this, Qinling Supreme couldn't help but take a breath: "The day of attaining enlightenment is the day of entering the Supreme Realm?"

"Not bad!" Jiang Yuan nodded again.

"Fellow Daoist, you have great abilities!" Qinling Supreme said in admiration, "In front of fellow Daoist, the high and mighty True Immortal is nothing but a chicken and a dog!"

"I fought one against five and killed them all. I am far inferior to you!"

The next moment, he asked again: "Has that fellow Taoist ever met anyone above the level of a True Immortal?"

Jiang Yuan waved his hand and instantly replayed the scene.

Witnessing that scene with his own eyes, Qin Ling Supreme looked at Jiang Yuan with a look of deep horror in his eyes.

"Your strength is unfathomable! I don't understand it! Are you still in the Supreme Realm?"

"I was still in the supreme position at that time!" Jiang Yuan said.

"At that time?" Qin Ling Supreme instantly caught Jiang Yuan's meaning, and a look of disbelief flashed in his eyes.

He continued, "Fellow Daoist, do you mean it's not the case now?"

Jiang Yuan hesitated for a moment, and looked at Qin Ling Supreme with a hint of hesitation in his eyes.

Qinling Supreme saw this and said: "I am so presumptuous!"

Jiang Yuan smiled and shook his head: "This is not something that cannot be discussed! I'm just a little worried about the backlash of the long river of time."

"Then don't say anything, fellow Taoist!" said Qin Ling Supreme.

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "I just wanted to see what would happen if I revealed this information!"

After saying this, Jiang Yuan said again: "There is nothing impossible to say. It's just that I have opened a new path. The new path transcends the supreme realm and reaches an unknown realm, which is comparable to the realm of immortals."

"And the direction of the new path is the physical body!"

When he said the last sentence, time and space changed, and a huge force instantly fell on Jiang Yuan.

Boom——

The void shook violently.

Jiang Yuan's figure shattered and disappeared in an instant.

At the same time, Jiang Yuan's figure on the long river of time was rapidly retreating. He was swept away by the vast power of the long river of time and quickly returned to his original time node.

(End of this chapter)