Chapter 2559

Fang Yuan's expression steeled, "Now, with all your might. Hit me." 

Bai Ning Bing was not just experiencing a rush in power, but all the memories that flowed in, of a life that he had lived, had Fang Yuan never been born.

He experienced the Bai clan ancestor's favour over him, coming back just in the nick of time to help him, how they vanquish the Gu Yue patriarch after he sucked all their vitality and revived themselves. 

He lived through the numerous encounters and opportunities being a famed genius provided, he lived a life of constant excitement and thrill, and at the end of it all he attained the highest might in the world, becoming a Venerable! 

And yet, he experienced the same numbing loneliness and nihilistic attitude his old self experienced, how even the most thrilling experience in their life, pales in comparison to the ones Fang Yuan had provided him. 

At the end of the memories, the future Bai Ning Bing looked to the present, 

"What a monster, no, what a demon your world has raised." the future Bai Ning Bing was an old man, who stood unopposed in his time, his back was still straight, but he had a head full of white hair and an equally white long beard. 

The present Bai Ning Bing replied, "Indeed, because of him I never attained my true potential, I took every crooked and wayward path available to me just to survive, I was a woman for 20 years!" 

Future Bai Ning Bing smiled, he was a venerable after all, and he could sense what was happening to him, just as Present Bai Ning Bing read his memories so too did Future Bai Ning Bing read him, "And yet you wouldn't trade your life for mine." 

"I'm truly envious of you," Future Bai Ning Bing sighed, "You have it all, a thrilling life and a meaningful end, I shall lend you my strength, go see it to completion and finish your amazing life." 

A snowstorm whipped around Bai Ning Bing as his transformation was completed, he stood before Fang Yuan, covered from head to toe in Primordial Ice.

This was an armour set that future Bai Ning Bing had crafted, it was formed from freezing the waters of the Blue Sea of Life! 

"In my world, you never existed, and so I alone reigned, none of the Venerables had any ploys in play, this must be because they saw no possible future Otherworldly person that could overcome Fate," Bai Ning Bing's voice was a mixed between a weary old man and the youthful Bai Ning Bing,

"The most challenging foe I met was the Immortal Zombie Giant Sun, he stopped me from refining the Dao Marks in the Northern Plains, and was a great opponent for many years, until I unified the 5 Regions and stormed in!" 

A blade of Ice coalesced in his left and right hands, both made of Primordial Ice. 

"Even with 80% of the Ice Path Dao Marks in the world I had a hard time battling Giant Sun, he had thousands of years to prepare, and he knew of my arrival." Bai Ning Bing continued prepping, refining the Ice Path Dao Marks in the surrounding area, while steading advancing toward Fang Yuan. 

With each step, his powers soared,

Fang Yuan stood, and watched, never making a move to stop him.

"This is taking too long" he sighed to himself, with another snap of his fingers, cold air blew into Qing Mao mountain, turning the place frigid in an instant. 

Tie Ruo Nan, hadn't the time to realise it and she had already died, her body frozen completely solid, even her blood had turned to ice! 

"This is…" the cold was so chilling even the Primordial Ice was gaining a new layer of Ice, "You…" 

Even after so many years at the top Future Bai Ning Bing was shocked at the heights Fang Yuan had reached, 

He gripped the hairs on his head, "What an utter monster you ah," he cackled loudly to himself, "You transformed all the Dao Marks in the entire world to Ice Path!" 

Indeed, it wasn't just Tie Ruo Nan, across the entire 5 Regions, everything, from the Western Desert to the Eastern Seas, from the Northern Plains to the Southern Border, everything was frozen solid. 

Even Time itself froze! 

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Western Desert, 

"W-what is that madman doing!" clattering teeth made it hard to understand what the feminine voice was saying. 

"He's frozen the entire world everything turned to Ice, even the River of Time is showing signs of frost. Causing even Time to come to a slow crawl." the replying male voice was none other than Red Lotus. 

"H-h-how?" the chattering teeth were beginning to get worse, "D-d-dd-dddamn h--hi---him, achoo!" 

Earth sneezed, her words and thoughts greatly slowed down. 

"Earth is naturally attuned to creation, so since everything has frozen over, naturally she is suffering the repercussions." a dejected Star Constellation spoke from her slumped position. 

"So do you still want me to go and retrieve Wrath and Pride Gu, because now would be the best time," Feng Jiu Ge pointed to the area outside of Red Lotus's barrier, he had reacted fast enough to the freezing of the River of Time to produce a barrier that would ward of the effects. 

Whereas Heaven and Pride were not so prepared, their epic battle had turned into a magnificent work of art encased in ice, their final attacks were inches from clashing before being engulfed in ice.

"Do whatever makes you happy, all is lost anyways," Star Constellation slouched down on the ground, "Fang Yuan is now free to suicide bomb the Ancestral Plane, seriously injuring Primordial or Reckless, knowing the two of them will never be able to deal with Fang Yuan because he'll just threaten whoever with mutual destruction." 

Feng Jiu Ge shrugged at Star Constellation's misery, "I always fulfil my end of the bargain, so I shall."

He walked out of the Time Space barrier completely unaffected by the Frozen world. 

~ 

Bai Ning Bing was getting accustomed to the influx of power, "This is more power than I've ever seen in my entire life! I feel like I can do anything!" 

"Hurry up," Fang Yuan was growing impatient, "Give me your best strike, before I give you my weakest!" 

"You!" Bai Ning Bing knew he was no match for Fang Yuan, someone who could on a whim turn an entire world into Ice, was far beyond him, "...Thank you…for fulfilling my final wish." 

"If that's how you feel so be it," Fang Yuan shrugged, "I'm just cutting off all my connections to this world." 

He held up his hand and beckoned, "Come."

The flares of excitement lit up in the eyes of both the present and future Bai Ning Bing, "Because of you I have reached a new level of inspiration. Something I never dared dream possible can come to fruition today, the apex Ice Path!" 

Bai Ning Bing's Primordial Ice armour and sword were thrown up in the air, and Ice began condensing over it, getting colder and colder. 

"I only get 1 shot, so don't need protection!" using every drop of Immortal Essence he summoned for every iota of Ice Path Dao Marks he could get! 

The ice took the form of a giant brilliant sword, that though lacking in fine detail, emanated cold, unfeeling sharpness, that could tear apart the void. 

Fang Yuan's indifferent expression raised a slight brow in surprise, "Not bad, it at least exceeds the power of a Dao Killer Move." 

Quasi-Reverend Killer Move -------------- (1) 

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As the Quasi-Reverend Killer Move was released, a cold aura, sent shivers down the spines of every living thing, even as they were all frozen in time, they could all feel it. 

Even the Venerables,

All trembled before this Killer Move, all but 3. 

"Impressive, but still…" the only person in the 5 Regions unafraid of this move, the frozen time around him seemed to be even slower, as the ぜったいれいど moved toward Fang Yuan, time became even slower and slower until even to Bai Ning Bing, time seemed to have frozen over…over everyone but Fang Yuan. 

And in this still world, where a clash between the strongest natural force, and an Immortal, one utterance shattered it all, one word dashed everything- 

"...Lacking." at that moment Fang Yuan flicked at Bai Ning Bing's strongest move, and, 

*Kkrrrrklink* 

Like glass shattering, the entire Frozen world was awoken from its frozen stupor, Light broke through the frosty world and thawed the remaining Ice.

This day would come to be remembered in the annals of history forever, as the aftermath was on full display for all to see.

At a certain mountain range in the southern border, above its sky, a hole pierced straight through the Spectral Heavens passed the World Boundary, and into the starry abyss, no starlight, nor Space existed in this hole. 

It burrowed straight through the skies of the southern border, past space, past the world boundary, into the unknown, all that it left behind was nothingness, and from that hole, those at the absolute peak, managed to glimpse into the world beyond their own. 

Two figures, one burly and, one scholarly stood at the entrance of the hole.

"Onward to my destiny, my eternity, to the ascension plains and the battle for supremacy!" 

For all my Pokemon fans out there ;)