Guarding the River of Time

Chapter 605 - 595: Severed Karma, Changing Trajectory

As soon as these words were spoken, the man in the gray robe prepared to forcibly search the soul.

But he underestimated the determination of the willow tree.

The next second, the willow tree’s vitality began to rapidly fade away, even though the man in the gray robe tried to forcibly extend her life, it was already unstoppable.

Because the moment she saw the man in the gray robe, she had already severed her own heart veins.

In other words, she was already dead, and no matter how the battle ended, it couldn’t change the fact of her death.

Moreover, the willow tree’s severing of her heart veins was not ordinary; she severed everything in herself, soul, and the sea of consciousness all at once.

Soon, the willow tree visibly withered, and her sea of consciousness, which carried memories, vanished into smoke, turning into spots of particles scattered over the River of Time, completely lost.

When the man in the gray robe turned back, he found that all the others were the same as the willow tree.

Before the battle began, they had already severed everything, leaving no opportunity for soul searching!

The bodies of the two Barrier Beasts began to dissipate, turning into particles and merging into the River of Time.

From then on, the Primordial Divine Stone was completely obliterated, and there were no more Barrier Beasts in the world.

He could never have imagined that the two Barrier Beasts, who had lived for countless ages and were so greedy for life and afraid of death, would choose to obliterate themselves to protect others.

This brought great shock to the man in the gray robe.

Because he remembered clearly that when the Barrier Beasts were imprisoned by him, they helped him work because he had grasped their greedy and cowardly nature.

They feared death and wanted to live.

But now, they voluntarily chose to end their lives...

Not only the two Barrier Beasts, but the Iron-Eating Beast was no different, its body began to dissipate, turning into light particles, some sinking into the River of Time becoming sand, others floating over the River of Time, becoming particle lights, aimlessly drifting.

The five small ones lay on the ground, in the final moments before their consciousness faded.

"Do you think the master will avenge us..."

"Of course, and the master will surely stand at the highest point, becoming the Supreme..."

"The only regret is that we can’t see that day with our own eyes..."

"There’s nothing to regret, because the master will surely reach that day, even if we can’t see it, it doesn’t matter..."

"Farewell, everyone, we won’t meet again in reincarnation, this is a true farewell."

The five small ones, in their laughter, had their bodies dissipated into particles, merged into the River of Time, becoming sediment, and were carried away by the waves, perhaps to eternally and silently rest at the bottom of the river...

They had all severed everything about themselves, even cutting off their own paths to reincarnation.

They voluntarily refused reincarnation because.... they were worried that in reincarnation, they might be caught by the man in the gray robe and become a burden to threaten the master, they didn’t want to see that happen.

So, they completely vanished, without entering reincarnation, they no longer existed in this world.

The man in the gray robe watched all of this, closed his eyes, and felt an incomparably complicated mood.

You... even refused to enter reincarnation.

He anticipated they would seek death but didn’t expect them to refuse reincarnation to completely vanish.

Even if they entered reincarnation, he had ways to retrieve their souls.

But they even gave up their one chance to enter reincarnation...

What determination this must be.

Refusing reincarnation, completely vanishing into the long river, means there’s no possibility of rebirth.

Even if the man in the gray robe used all his power, combined with the efforts of two others, they still couldn’t resurrect them.

So why did they do this?

Was it meaningful?

Even if your master returned, he wouldn’t be able to resurrect you, so what was the point of your actions?

The man in the gray robe didn’t understand, nor could he figure it out.

Because his subordinates, even those who had followed him for a long time, couldn’t do the same, they were unwilling to give up the chance to enter reincarnation.

....

The man in the gray robe stood there for a long time, silently gazing at the debris in front of him.

Before he came, he had considered countless possibilities, convinced there was no chance of failure, as long as the River Guardian wasn’t there, he could avoid any potential failures.

But he had overlooked this one possibility.

He could no longer sense the aura of the little girl, the clues were completely cut off.

This meant that this plan was completely failed.

The great war had fully ignited, and there was no turning back.

Having lost the only leverage to balance Su Mu, they could only confront Su Mu directly.

...

He withdrew his gaze and turned toward the river.

Then, along the River of Time, he began to pursue.

This place was the River of Time, and since that little girl didn’t have the ability to control the River of Time, there was still a chance to chase her.

After the man in the gray robe left.

The withered willow tree suddenly burst open, and the last piece of green leaf hadn’t entirely withered.

It fell to the ground, transforming into a pale green firefly, which flew above the River of Time, wandering aimlessly like a lonely ghost.....

.....

The world-origin nanmu that had long lost its vitality and had already withered lay collapsed on the ground.

The withered tree trunk cracked, and a Golden Crow egg and a red Lark egg rolled out from the cracked trunk, rolling onto the river and floating along with the waves.

The world-origin nanmu hid the auras of the Golden Crow egg and the Lark egg with its extinguished life force, luckily fooling the man in the gray robe.

Moreover, in its last moment of consciousness, it integrated a piece of memory into the Golden Crow egg.

The world-origin nanmu used its last breath of life to protect these two unborn lives, it could do no more....

What follows... depends only on fate.

......

Meanwhile, in the dim passage, the old Cyan Ox never slowed, running forward.

It constantly remembered the words the master had told it.

Don’t look back, escape along this path, keep running until the end where someone is waiting for them.

Under such high-speed movement, coupled with the suppression of time rules, the old Cyan Ox’s body was at its limit, its internal organs already in shambles.

It was entirely relying on its willpower to hold on...

The Little Fox was also using its vitality and spiritual power, continuously channeling it into the old Cyan Ox’s body. Without the Little Fox’s help, the old Cyan Ox wouldn’t have lasted this long or been able to run this far.

"Sister Xiaobai, please...."

Bound forcefully by spiritual power by the Little Fox, Nannan pleaded with the Little Fox: "Sister Xiaobai, please, don’t worry about me...."

"Their target is me, hand me over to him."

Nannan knew full well that they were coming for her, so by handing herself over, she could save everyone else.

"Don’t be foolish."

"If we hand you over, we will all die anyway, and it would be a meaningless death."

The Little Fox calmly said to Nannan.

She knew that only by protecting Nannan could the master fight without reservations.

This was no ordinary battle, it was a war that determined the fate of the Ten Thousand Realms!