The Heavenly Origin Great Emperor — he was the ancestor of the Heavenly Origin Divine Clan, the one who had been slain by the Sacred Emperor!
"What if I told you that our enemy is the same — the Sacred Emperor?" Nie Li said with a faint smile.
"The Sacred Emperor?" A surge of chilling killing intent flashed through the Heavenly Origin Great Emperor's consciousness. "Young man, do you think I'd believe that? You're barely grown — you couldn't even get close to the Sacred Emperor if you tried! If he wanted to kill you, he wouldn't even need to lift a finger!"
"Does Senior Heavenly Origin know of time-space?" Nie Li asked with a smile.
"Time-space? You mean you traversed time-space from the Primordial Era? No — if you were a powerhouse from the Primordial Era, I would surely recognize you!" The Heavenly Origin Great Emperor was perplexed.
"What if I told you I've returned from a hundred years in the future to the present? Would you believe me?" Nie Li continued.
"A hundred years in the future, returned to the present? The river of time always flows forward — it never flows backward. Unless..." The Heavenly Origin Great Emperor cut himself off, his consciousness settling intently upon Nie Li.
His awareness seemed to bore straight through Nie Li.
"Very well. I believe you are someone from a hundred years hence. You say your enemy is the Sacred Emperor — I believe that too." After a moment of silence, the Heavenly Origin Great Emperor spoke.
The truth was that many of the things on Nie Li's person were simply impossible to obtain at his current level of cultivation. The only explanation was that Nie Li truly hailed from a hundred years in the future.
A person from a hundred years in the future?
Long Yuyin stared blankly at Nie Li. Something this extraordinary — how was she supposed to believe it?
"In my previous life, I faced the Sacred Emperor in battle, but in the end I was no match for him. After returning to my youth, I began cultivating the Heavenly Dao Divine Art and acquired all manner of treasures. Yet breaking the endless time-space sealed by the Sacred Emperor was still far too difficult. I never expected to encounter Senior Heavenly Origin here!" Nie Li explained.
"Tell me — how did you lose in your previous life?" the Heavenly Origin Great Emperor said in a deep voice.
"In my previous life, after the Heavenly God Ancestral Ground was destroyed, the Sacred Emperor broke through his seal and broke free. He began slaughtering powerhouses across the land, triggering the Great Cataclysm. Many hidden experts across various realms could no longer bear to live in hiding and rose up in resistance — but every one of them was forcibly suppressed by the Sacred Emperor. Those who weren't killed in body and soul were enslaved for eternity!" Nie Li recounted.
The Heavenly Origin Great Emperor said nothing, but Nie Li could sense the fury radiating from him.
The Heavenly Origin Great Emperor had been slain. The entire Heavenly Origin Divine Clan had been sealed away in the Endless Wilderness, condemned to eternal servitude — forbidden from ever stepping beyond their prison. Such a vicious fate — how could the Heavenly Origin Great Emperor possibly swallow that rage?
"And how exactly do you intend to stand against the Sacred Emperor? Even a hundred years from now, you'd barely be past a hundred — what level of cultivation could you possibly reach?" the Heavenly Origin Great Emperor finally asked again.
"Because I obtained a treasure that grants me the power to reverse time and space — that's what gave me the chance to stand against him," Nie Li explained.
"The treasure you're speaking of — it must be the Book of Time-Space Demon Spirit," the Heavenly Origin Great Emperor said, furrowing his brow. In his memory, only that artifact possessed such power.
Nie Li simply smiled and said nothing, tacitly confirming the guess.
Long Yuyin listened from the side, her mind in complete turmoil. She looked at Nie Li — the more she learned, the less she understood him.