Chapter 1868 — The One Who Shepherds the Gods
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 7
After several hundred million years, the Dao Ancestor Lan Yutian at last penetrated the Young Master Taishang's Heaven-Reaching Well, shattered it, and resolved the Taishang treasure, leaving the Miro Palace's hall masters and Dao Achievers without their crutch.
At this time, the Elder Without Bounds reemerged, occupying the Beast Realm on the reverse side of the Yuan Realm. The World Tree's roots pierced through past time and space, causing prehistoric powerhouses to descend without end.
Those prehistoric powerhouses attained the Dao. More Great Luotians appeared in the Ultimate Void. Battle after vicious battle erupted between the two sides.
Jingping faced enemies on two fronts, forming a three-way melee. His reforms continued with magnificent momentum, his Dao Achievers growing ever more numerous, overwhelming the two great forces.
At this juncture, the reincarnation of Wuji attained the Dao a second time, rebuilt the Great Abyss of Guixu, and slaughtered in all directions. Among the Dao Achievers of the three powers, few could match her.
Just as Young Master Wuji was about to stand invincible beneath heaven, Young Master Taishang and Taiyi finally revealed their terrifying battle prowess, fighting Wuji head-on.
Young Master Wuji was no longer invincible, yet Taishang and Taiyi could not overcome her either.
Elsewhere, Miro Palace established firm footing and began to encroach upon a portion of the Heavens, selecting outstanding divine ability users and teaching them divine abilities and Dao arts, seeking to take root in the Seventeenth Epoch.
The Elder Without Bounds likewise rooted himself in the Beast Realm, carving out his own domain. The three-way war, joined by the opposition between Wuji and Taishang and Taiyi, made the Seventeenth Epoch ever more dazzling.
Jingping once attempted to annihilate Miro Palace, to annihilate the Elder Without Bounds. Yet just when success was near, the Elder Without Bounds would aid Miro Palace, and Miro Palace would aid the Elder.
And Taishang and Taiyi would actually aid Miro Palace or the Elder Without Bounds against Jingping!
But when Jingping faced a death trap, Young Master Wuji—or Taishang and Taiyi—would likewise come to his aid!
This drove Lan Yutian, Xu Shenghua, and the others to frenzy.
Time is merciless; matter evolves. Even with Great Luotians in the Ultimate Void, the void's expansion could not be halted.
One after another, the Heavens grew broader, vaster; the distances between Heavens stretched farther. Xuandu became immeasurably vast, shrouding the Four Extremes Heaven, shrouding the Heavens and all realms. New stars surged forth without end, filling the boundless starry sky.
Even one as mighty as the Heaven Duke could not govern so vast a Xuandu. Miro Palace and the Elder Without Bounds seized the opportunity, invading Xuandu and occupying territory.
This was the first hundred billion years of the Seventeenth Epoch's universe. Its vastness had already surpassed the First Epoch.
As the master of Miro Palace had foreseen, so vast a universe made the Seventeenth Epoch as resplendent as the First—heroes rising on all sides, none able to unify the cosmos. Even Jingping's Heavenly Court could not govern so boundless a starry sky.
This was precisely what the Elder Without Bounds most wished to see. His World Tree cast its shade over an immense range; wherever Jingping could not rule became his domain.
Yet as time passed, even the Elder Without Bounds found himself strained by an ever-growing universe.
The Seventeenth Epoch's vastness surpassed the First Epoch's and continued to expand.
The wars between the various powers continued, yet the scale and frequency of battle dwindled. For they discovered a terrible truth.
As the universe grew vaster, the spiritual energy and power between heaven and earth grew ever thinner. Most wars were no longer contests of ideology, but wars to seize holy lands rich in spiritual energy.