CHAPTER 1933: CHAPTER 1523: STARLIGHT SAVES THE MORTAL WORLD

"Realm of Eternal Silence?" This is the second time Li Fan heard this term from Emperor Tai Tian’s mouth.

Despite losing most of his memories, in Li Fan’s impression, Lord Guardian Hill was still a rare strongman in the Mortal World. And such a figure, has also fallen into a situation of every step being difficult?

"What exactly is this so-called Realm of Eternal Silence?" Li Fan couldn’t help but ask aloud.

"What place?" Emperor Tai Tian’s expression was somewhat strange.

He pointed around: "Here, there, any place you have ever seen... can actually be called the Realm of Eternal Silence. Even if it isn’t now, eventually it will inevitably fall into it. This is the fate of the beings of Mountain Sea."

Emperor Tai Tian’s words made Li Fan even more confused.

However, this once Immortal Emperor who had fallen, with only a shadow remaining, seemed intent on playing riddles with Li Fan, continuing to speak in seemingly unrelated terms: "At first, I transformed into a Reverse Boat, traveling time and again against the flow of the River of Time. Initially, with power almost enough for transcendence, I barely returned to three thousand years ago..."

"Three thousand years seems long, but it is merely a fleeting moment. With foresight, I did indeed make many preparations for the coming of the Path-obliterating Calamity in advance. But ultimately it was all in vain."

"I could save some True Immortals, but couldn’t save the Immortal World."

"So I tried repeatedly. Attempting to return to a more distant past, hoping to gain more preparation time. As my understanding of the Path of Reverse Flow deepened, the maximum time I could rewind increased. From three thousand years, five thousand years, to ten thousand years, fifty thousand years!"

Though Emperor Tai Tian’s tone was calm, the content of his words revealed the demeanor unique to an unparalleled strongman.

"Even as cracks spread across the Reverse Boat, I still held hope. Until..."

"That day, I finally saw the end of the River of Time."

An infinite reminiscence surged in Emperor Tai Tian’s eyes.

"The end of the River of Time? How could it be?" Li Fan was shocked upon hearing this, disbelief filling his eyes. Suddenly, some images flashed through his spirit consciousness, causing a tinge of pain. After a moment, Li Fan finally began to understand.

Emperor Tai Tian continued: "Like a great river formed out of thin air, no matter how I, traveling upstream, struggled in the river, I could not take another step forward!"

"Path-obliterating Calamity?" Li Fan slowly uttered four words.

Emperor Tai Tian nodded: "Precisely! This terrifying calamity, the Path-obliterating Calamity, does not merely devour our world at the current time point. It also erases every trace we have ever existed in history. Letting everything in the Mortal World completely return to nothingness!"

"Seventy-four thousand eight hundred seventy-six years. This was the upstream limit of the River of Time I glimpsed when I went upstream back then. It’s just that I haven’t embarked again for a long time. Staying in the painting all these years, this number might significantly decrease..." sighed Emperor Tai Tian.

Merely by listening, Li Fan could feel this overwhelming sense of oppression. What could be more despairing than the inability to change fate, even with time reversal? It was as if he followed Emperor Tai Tian of the past, personally experiencing the frightening scenes of the Path-obliterating Calamity pushing downstream along the River of Time.

A flash of spirit light suddenly struck, and Li Fan came to some realization: "So, by the senior, the Realm of Eternal Silence you refer to is indeed..."

Emperor Tai Tian nodded: "Indeed, the Realm of Eternal Silence refers to those places that have already been devoured by the Path-obliterating Calamity."

Though he got the explanation, even greater confusion instead arose in his heart.

"Since the senior said the Path-obliterating Calamity has already devoured everything in the past, then how did a place that shouldn’t exist, my master, and Lord Guardian Hill, [go] there? Even if my master traversed the time void, he would surely face life or death crisis. What is the purpose of risking such danger?"

Facing Li Fan’s numerous questions, Emperor Tai Tian did not choose to hide, but answered them thoroughly.

With a wave of his large sleeve, a heavy, torrential long river of shadow and light streamed between the two of them.

Emperor Tai Tian used his finger as a sword, gently slicing. The shining image of the long river was directly wiped from the front a small section. Only the latter half remained, continuing to flow strangely through time and space.

"Have you ever wondered why, although the River of Time was entirely devoured, we downstream still exist?"

"Without the past as a foundation, can we actually exist independently? Just as if I were to return to your mortal period and directly slay you. Would you still appear before me now?"

Li Fan’s eyes narrowed slightly. He had indeed pondered this question and instinctively found it impossible. Yet, the fact that the entire Mortal World still existed forced him to believe this inference.

It seemed the disappearance of the River of Time’s upstream would not directly affect the downstream. Only when the Path-obliterating Calamity truly impacted the ’present’ would the entire time and space vanish completely.

Emperor Tai Tian gave Li Fan a profound glance: "What I, including many strongmen in the Immortal World and even the three Saint Lords, once thought. Until later..."

"We finally realized, we were utterly wrong!"

Emperor Tai Tian did not elaborate on how the Immortal World’s executioners discovered their misconception. Instead, he gave an indisputable conclusion with utmost certainty.

He waved his hand again, and the horizontal image of the River of Time suddenly stood upright.