River

Staring at the three thousand regions in the distance, Xu Yue took in a deep breath.

As she looked at the uncountable amount of tiny, insignificant lives which were being born and dying every moment, a look of indifference appeared on Xu Yue's face, but unlike her past indifference towards mortals, this one was somewhat different.

Suddenly, Xu Yue's eyes opened wide, breaking out of her trance.

"I really didn't expect that to happen," mumbled Xu Yue as she suddenly moved the cultivators which were now present on her finger to some other location.

After that, Xu Yue's body suddenly tensed for a moment before she let out a punch.

Of course, inside of this endless void, Xu Yue's punch, no matter how powerful, seemed completely insignificant, not changing anything in the slightest.

But even so, this one punch allowed Xu Yue to become completely sure of her previous idea.

"My body has surpassed my soul," mumbled Xu Yue, being in this position for the first time in her entire life.

Although Xu Yue's soul was extremely powerful, being refined by the River of Fate every single moment, right now, it still could not match the might of Xu Yue's fleshly body, which had grown powerful to a ridiculous degree.

Without warning, Xu Yue's enourmous body suddenly disappeared from the endless void, as she once again appeared inside of the Origin Sword Sect in the size of a normal human.

As Xu Yue sat crosslegged, a rather daring thought couldn't help but enter her mind.

Although at the beginning, the river of fate, which Xu Yue had managed to somehow pierce, was a useful tool to help her grow faster, sadly, the growth of the hole in the river of fate, although extremely fast, was far to slow for Xu Yue's standards.

As such, after struggling a bit at the beginning, Xu Yue quickly outpaced it, making it not so useful for strengthening her soul.

Because of this, an extremely daring thought entered Xu Yue's mind at this moment.

'Making the hole in the river of fate bigger shouldn't cause any problems, after all no matter how big I make it, it will still be insignificant compared to the true size of the river,' thought Xu Yue as she touched her chin, feeling that her idea was quite good.

Right now, unlike usual, Xu Yue did not plan to ask anyone if this was a good idea, after all, they could not know Xu Yue better than herself.

As for the river of fate, thanks to her Dao of Fate, Xu Yue was knew far more than most cultivators, and if worst come to worst, she could just mend the hole back up, slowing down it's growth speed and allowing her to further strengthen her soul.

Of course, Xu Yue kept this option in the back of her mind as a last resort, after all, if she had to do this it meant that she had lost in her fight against it.

At this moment, a certain thought popped into the mind of Xu Yue.

'Having my body be stronger than my soul is really causing me to act somewhat more irrationally than usual,' thought Xu Yue as she touched her chin, not being sure how to feel about that.

"Having a little fun is never a bad thing," mumbled Xu Yue as she raised her head, staring at the river of fate that was floating above the sky, completely invisible to most living being.

...

At this moment, an old man stood with his hands behind his back in front of five middle-aged men, no expression being visible on his face.

At the same time, a nearly infinite wave of bugs followed the five middle-aged men, threatening to completely devour the old man.

"Young people have really gotten more shameless than back in my time, ganging up on an old man like me," said Old Man Hongjun as he looked at the five middle-aged men, causing the latter to slightly shake.

Hearing the words of the old man, the leader of the five men quickly suppressed his fear before opening his mouth.

"Senior Hongjun, we aren't here to fight you, we are just here to make sure that you don't interfere in our battle," said the middle-aged man, causing old man Hongjun to snort.

"That would have been the best, but sadly, I can't allow you to achieve your goals, as such, I have to sadly interfere," mumbled Hongjun, shaking his head.

Hearing the words of the old man, the middle-aged man once again began speaking, continuing to bide for more and more time, trying to delay old man Hongjun's arrival to the main battlefield.

Suddenly old man Hongjun raised his head, staring at the river of fate as he suddenly sensed something in it.

Unlike what it may seem at first glance, the river of fate is quite prone to instability, every moment, holes and cracks appear inside of the river as individuals manage to defy their fate and reach their goals.

But normally, soon after these individuals achieve this, the holes and cracks they created would be patched up by the river of fate, never to be seen again.

Right now, old man Hongjun had suddenly sensed one of the largest holes in the river of fate that he had seen in his entire life.

'Of someone managed to bear the burden of the river of fate for this long?' thought Hongjun as he stared at the hole

Merely a moment later, countless scenes flashed through old man Hongjun's eyes, giving him some clarity on what had happened, and causing a small smile to appear on her face.

...

At this moment, a hooded figure was standing next to a statue of an extremely ugly creature, an enourmous eye with tentacles extending outside of it.

"Lord, is it really necessary to be so cautious when dealing with old man Hongjun?" asked the hooded figure, causing the eyes of the statue to suddenly move.

"Do not underestimate the Dao Ancestor, otherwise you might come to regret it," said the statue as it's tentacles moved in an unnatural way.