Otherworld Merit Upgrade System

Chapter 445 The Only One in All Realms

Chapter 445 The only one in the world

"Perhaps, the Sages existing here are even myself, Yuan Tiangang." After a long silence, Yuan Tiangang finally answered Lin Fei's question. His words carried a tone of uncertainty even he himself had: "But I really can't imagine who in the world possesses such great supernatural power to be able to extract fragments from the river of time!"

Yuan Tiangang's words were somewhat incomprehensible, leaving Lin Fei completely bewildered. He had no idea what Yuan Tiangang was trying to say, so he asked, "Senior, could you please explain more clearly? You have now become my Six Paths Primordial Spirit, so how could there be another senior here?"

Yuan Tiangang gave a wry smile and said, "Young Emperor, do you even know the concept of time?"

"Of course I know." Lin Fei nodded to himself, waiting for Yuan Tiangang to continue.

As expected, Yuan Tiangang continued, "Time is divided into the present, the past, and the future. At this moment, I, Yuan, have become your Six Paths Primordial Spirit, which is the present. But the Yuan of the past is still one of the ancient saints, existing in the long river of time of the ancient era. Just because the Yuan of the present has become the Six Paths Primordial Spirit, the ancient saint of the past will not disappear; he still exists."

Lin Fei seemed to understand what Yuan Tiangang was trying to say, and asked suspiciously, "Does Senior mean that the ancient sages existing here are the predecessors from the past?"

“Indeed.” Yuan Tiangang sighed and said, “If this place is indeed a fragment of time from the Middle Ages, then the one who exists here is the former Yuan himself, one of the greatest sages of the Middle Ages.”

Yuan Tiangang then asked Lin Fei, "Young Emperor, you are a powerful Earth Immortal who can project your power across countless worlds. Even if your true body is killed, you can instantly revive through countless projected clones, making you virtually immortal. Do you know of any method that can completely kill a powerful Earth Immortal?"

Lin Fei seemed to have already guessed what Yuan Tiangang wanted to say. Before Lin Fei could answer, Yuan Tiangang continued, "That is to trace back time, to go back to the past in the river of time. Before the Earth Immortal powerhouse has achieved Earth Immortal status and projected into the myriad worlds, kill him. When the people of the past are dead, the people of the future will naturally cease to exist."

This was the first time Lin Fei had ever heard of this claim.

Earthly Immortals project themselves into countless worlds, possessing avatars in numerous realms. Even if their true bodies perish, they can instantly revive through these projections within the myriad worlds. They are practically immortal beings.

Lin Fei had always believed that unless someone actively sought death and extinguished their own life force like the Three Sovereigns of antiquity, it was impossible for external forces to kill a powerful being at the Earth Immortal level.

But today, Yuan Tiangang told Lin Fei a way to completely kill a powerful Earth Immortal.

That would be to go back in time, to return to the past, and to kill the Earth Immortal before he had even established his Earth Immortal foundation.

If the past is destroyed, then the future will naturally cease to exist as well.

Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on Lin Fei's back: "Senior means that if someone were to travel back in time and kill me when I was weak in the past, then even if I am strong now, I would die immediately?"

“That’s right. Even if you’ve achieved the status of an Earth Immortal, once the past dies, the present and future also cease to exist.” Yuan Tiangang’s voice responded, “Unless you achieve the status of a Celestial Immortal, completely unifying the past, present, and future, becoming the sole existence in all realms, then you are truly immortal. Even if someone wants to harm your past self, they cannot trace back time and find the past.”

Even the most powerful beings at the Earth Immortal level can still be killed, while only the Celestial Immortals are truly unique in all realms, immortal and indestructible.

Yuan Tiangang sighed deeply, saying, "Only a Celestial Immortal can travel back in time and return to the past. And to be able to extract fragments of time from the River of Time and bring others back to the past—such a feat is unheard of and unseen by me. Legend has it that above the Celestial Immortal realm, there are other, even more profound realms. Perhaps only such powerful beings could extract fragments from the River of Time!"

Yuan Tiangang was unaware of the existence of the Lin Fei system and thought it was the work of some powerful being.

After hearing Yuan Tiangang's words, Lin Fei was even more shocked—a great supernatural being above the Celestial Immortal level! He never expected the system to have such amazing abilities.

Although Lin Fei had already experienced the wonders of the system, he never imagined that the system would possess abilities surpassing those of celestial beings.

And what kind of extraordinary being could have created such a miraculous system?

Lin Fei had met the Three Sovereigns of antiquity, the True Martial Emperor, and even the Nine Heavens Emperor who ruled the ancient Heavenly Court. He was certain that even a figure like the Nine Heavens Emperor did not possess the means to create such a miraculous system.

The identity of the system's creator seemed even more mysterious to Lin Fei.

……

Yuan Tiangang answered Lin Fei's questions, revealing that the "Ancient Sages" existing here were not created out of thin air by the system. Rather, they were very likely Yuan Tiangang himself, who existed in the past.

As they spoke, Zilu led Lin Fei to their destination and there they met the "Ancient Mathematical Sage" who existed in the past.

……

At this moment, the ancient sage clearly did not recognize Lin Fei. Upon seeing Lin Fei, he did not react much, and did not even glance at Lin Fei. He simply smiled at Zilu, who had led Lin Fei there, and said, "So it's Zilu. I heard you were lecturing in another place. Why have you returned to the academy? Did your teacher have something to inform me of?"

The ancient sages were elegant and unconventional, quite different from the Yuan Tiangang Lin Fei later encountered, who had been tormented by the demonic energy within the power of reincarnation for many years. This Yuan Tiangang possessed an even more free-spirited and ethereal air, a transcendent and otherworldly presence.

This also fits the Yuan family's consistent image as charlatans.

Zilu bowed respectfully to Yuan Tiangang before him: "Your Majesty, it was my teacher who asked me to introduce someone to the senior sage."

As he spoke, Zilu told Yuan Tiangang about Lin Fei's identity as a descendant of the Three Sovereigns and a possessor of True Dragon Origin Qi.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Tiangang was somewhat surprised, but not as astonished as the Confucian sage had been. Instead, he stroked his chin, as if he had known all along, and nodded, saying, "I divined the celestial phenomena last night and knew that a noble person was about to descend upon the Academy of Sages. I never imagined that it would be a descendant of the Three Sovereigns of antiquity. It seems that we have a better chance of dealing with those demons!"

This guy not only looks like a charlatan, but he also acts like one in every way. I wonder what kind of expression he would have if he knew that there was another "self" inside Lin Fei?