Free Web Novel"Death is a liberation for us as well," said the Grand Elder.
The few skeletons behind the Grand Elder remained silent, having lived too long, especially through daily suffering, which was torture for them.
Many become delirious during this torment.
It was rare for the Grand Elder to maintain clear consciousness.
With a single thought, Lu Yu could read their sensations, understand their feelings, and without making them wait too long, he swiftly brought them into the microcosm for eternal slumber.
Obtaining Silent Island, he gained world permissions left by the remnants of the upper world.
Lu Yu finally completed collecting all the world permissions of "now."
He now felt the entire grand universe world was under his control, and the universe's will had to obey his commands.
Obtaining all the world permissions, Lu Yu increasingly sensed the world was on the brink of collapse.
The world's essence had been corrupted by demons, and the entire world was diseased beyond help.
Even while seriously ill, the grand universe world was still threatened by outside forces.
Lu Yu could feel the immense threat hovering above the river of time, a danger capable of destroying the entire world.
That was the source of the final catastrophe.
Lu Yu's mind soared, consciousness detaching from the universe, seeing only a microcosm leaning against the edge of the grand universe.
The microcosm was like an infant, continually absorbing nutrients from the grand universe to grow.
His consciousness continued to ascend, gradually seeing a golden river, the river of time.
Boom~ His mind trembled; Lu Yu's figure appeared on the river of time, looking around at all past scenes of the grand universe, also seeing imagery of his battles.
Looking into the distance was a chaotic future, unknowable, visible only in fleeting glimpses.
But those glimpses were uncertain, merely possibilities.
Most future scenes Lu Yu saw were pitch-black, everything silent as if all vitality had vanished.
Only very few future world fragments remained with a gleam.
It's a gleam, not light.
Allowing the grand universe world to continue developing, the future is destined to be dark, and its fate doomed to destruction.
No brightness exists, only surviving in shame.
What Lu Yu must do is shatter this dark future and forge one filled with hope.
The Immortal Demon Lord saw the dark future and chose to merge with the past, never reaching future times.
The Demon Emperor returned from the dark future, sowing seeds in "now" and "past," hoping to create a "factor" to change the dark fate.
And Lu Yu is the "factor" she sought.
Lu Yu, on the river of time, saw the figure of the Immortal Demon Lord; they stood opposing each other.
As if standing on opposite banks of a river.
If you consider the river of time as a river.
The Immortal Demon Lord looked up towards the dark mist above the river of time and asked: "Do you know what's inside?"
Lu Yu also looked up, his gaze piercing the dark mist, seeing a statue bowing in worship and a mist that felt ominous at a glance.
He instantly recognized the statue, seeing it was not real but a demonized innate god-demon.
Lu Yu ignored the Supreme Demon Monster Saint Ancestor, focusing on the mist, suddenly seeing countless limbs, as if many people were trapped inside, struggling to escape.
He felt himself getting closer to the mist, as though he was a part of it.
The microcosm slightly quivered, a refreshing sensation surged in Lu Yu's mind, restoring clarity.
The mist returned to its previous form, lifeless, yet carrying a strong ominous aura as if a single glance would drag one into its depths.
Lu Yu quickly looked away from the mist, saying, "I don't know."
The Immortal Demon Lord saw him willingly extracting himself from sinking, a smile appeared on his face.
Lu Yu looked at the Immortal Demon Lord and asked, "What is it?"
"I don't know either," the Immortal Demon Lord replied earnestly.
Lu Yu looked at him speechlessly, "You ask me, yet you don't know."
The Immortal Demon Lord said, "Because I don't know, I asked you! I thought you might know."
A black line appeared on Lu Yu's forehead, feeling quite helpless.
The Immortal Demon Lord continued, "Actually, I do know a bit."
"You can consider it as the world's darkest, filthiest, most ominous, most eerie... various negative forces of the world converging, monsters born from the source of time."
Lu Yu pondered the Immortal Demon Lord's words, feeling a more accurate term would be the aggregate of living beings' negative emotional power.
The mist gave him an incredibly abstract feeling, not resembling a substance at all.
More like a sensation, he perceived it as the ultimate catastrophe, hence witnessing images of beings tortured, struggling painfully.
When other thoughts crossed his mind, the visions altered.
But ultimately, all turned twisted into terrifying, grotesque, incomprehensible images, shapes, sounds... various perceptions.
What is sensed depends on the observer's inner thoughts.
"It's fantasy, illusion, not a real entity, a monster formed by all living beings' thoughts," Lu Yu remarked.
The Immortal Demon Lord listened, gazing at him with a thoughtful expression, seemingly contemplating Lu Yu's words.
