Guarding the River of Time-Chapter 373 - 363: The Pitch-Black Waters, the Eerie Source!

Chapter 373: Chapter 363: The Pitch-Black Waters, the Eerie Source!

Thinking of this, the leader’s heart was suddenly in his throat. What if Elder Li’s strength wasn’t as formidable as imagined?

What if something happened to Old Third? That would be disastrous.

"All troops, follow my command!"

"Attack!"

With a command from the leader, the grand army of the Heaven Shepherd Alliance surged into the Celestial Peace Divine Realm.

After charging into the Divine Realm, they noticed something unusual—it was eerily silent, suspiciously so.

The army had already stormed in, and yet the Celestial Peace Divine Realm showed no response?

Not a single cultivator in sight, no one came out to stop them!

"Stop!"

The leader commanded, and the army halted their advance, hovering above the Celestial Peace Divine Realm.

Worried about a trap, he dared not let the army advance further; otherwise, not only would they fail to rescue Old Third, they might even endanger everyone.

At this moment, the leader frowned slightly and suddenly looked in a certain direction.

He sensed the presence of Old Third.

"Fourth Sister, Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu, you three come with me."

"The rest, stay put and await my orders."

With that, the four of them quickly headed toward a city.

An hour later, they stood above the city, staring down with wide eyes.

The entire city was annihilated, even the surrounding space was shattered, forming terrifying rifts in space.

It was clear that an epic battle had taken place here!

Then, the leader’s gaze fell on a tavern within the city.

In this ruined city, the tavern was the only building left untouched, and Old Third’s presence emanated from there.

There might be a trap, but the four of them couldn’t worry about that now.

.....

Thus, the four of them charged toward the tavern without hesitation.

Arriving at the pavilion atop the tavern, they found two people drinking.

It was none other than Elder Li and Old Third!

They sat there as if nothing had happened, quietly drinking.

"Finally, you’re here." Li Qiye smiled.

"Elder Brother, you finally came." Li Changyuan stood up, ran to the leader, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Elder Li, what happened here?" the leader asked Li Qiye, who was seated.

At these words, Li Qiye stood up, brushed off the dust on his body, smiled, and said, "Let Alliance Leader Li explain it to you. It’s getting late, I have to leave now."

"Until we meet again."

With that, without waiting for the leader to ask more, Li Qiye disappeared.

Just like that, he left??

The leader and the other three were bewildered. Why did Elder Li leave just as their army arrived??

Leaving them here, how are they supposed to conquer the Celestial Peace Divine Realm?

This is practically sending them to slaughter!

Facing the leader and the others’ bewilderment.

Old Third explained, "There’s no need for a fight."

"No need for a fight??"

"What do you mean?"

"Because it’s already over." Old Third’s words left the four of them stunned.

Then, Old Third recounted everything that had happened over the past two days.

After hearing it all, the four were left in shock.

Especially when they heard that Elder Li single-handedly killed the entire high-ranking echelon of the Celestial Peace Divine Realm—and not just killed, he obliterated them!

Annihilation and defeat are on entirely different levels; this was complete domination!

.....

In other words, Elder Li slaughtered all their "heroes," leaving only the "small soldiers" for them to clean up.

"Elder Brother, let’s stabilize the situation first," Old Third urged.

"Right, right, right!"

Then, the leader issued an order for the entire alliance army to enter the realm and begin taking over the Celestial Peace Divine Realm!

After all, the Heaven Shepherd Alliance’s army was battle-hardened and highly experienced.

In just three short months, they had completely taken over the Celestial Peace Divine Realm, stabilized the situation, executed those needing execution, and assimilated those who could be assimilated. The Celestial Peace Divine Realm fell into the hands of the Heaven Shepherd Alliance without any risk.

The swiftness of their takeover was mainly due to Li Qiye’s overwhelming presence. The people of the Celestial Peace Divine Realm, knowing there was a powerful figure supporting the Heaven Shepherd Alliance, opted for submission. After all, having cultivated to this level, they cherished their lives. It was merely a change of rulers, which made no difference to them.

.....

"Ah, we didn’t even have a chance to properly thank Elder Li," Leader Wu Zhong sighed.

"With Elder Li’s strength, any reward or gratitude we offer would mean nothing to him," Old Third said with a bitter smile.

"I think, perhaps the Master instructed Elder Li to help us," analyzed Jin Yao.

"Seems likely; otherwise, Elder Li wouldn’t have helped our alliance with such a major task," the leader nodded, "It appears the Master is watching us from the shadows, so... we can’t let him down."

.....

After conquering the Celestial Peace Divine Realm, the Heaven Shepherd Alliance kept silent and didn’t relocate their base to the Celestial Peace Divine Realm.

If news were to leak, it would attract the covetous eyes of other divine realms, seeking a share.

They quietly absorbed resources from the Celestial Peace Divine Realm for development.

The Celestial Peace Divine Realm was too vast to consume in one gulp; it had to be ingested slowly, bit by bit, savoring each piece.

Though Elder Li had eliminated all top leaders of the Celestial Peace Divine Realm, it had no impact on its resources or Dao Lineage. For its cultivators, it was simply a change of rulers.

Of course, there were some who resisted, but those resisting cultivators had to be eliminated to avoid future troubles. However, the number of resistors was very few.

They imprisoned three Immortal Kings, assimilated four Immortal Kings, and one Immortal Emperor, but didn’t grant these Immortal Kings or Immortal Emperor any power. They needed to be slowly observed to see if they were loyal to the alliance, requiring long-term assessment.

The Celestial Peace Divine Realm oversaw ten Upper-Rank Immortal Realms, fifty Middle-Rank Immortal Realms, and over a hundred Lower-Rank Immortal Realms, which naturally fell under the Heaven Shepherd Alliance’s jurisdiction.

But they had to be assimilated slowly, bit by bit, to prevent internal chaos.

Thus, the Heaven Shepherd Alliance rose to a new height, developing rapidly...

.....

Above the Long River.

A man in immortal robes emerged from the white mist, holding a carp exuding black aura.

With a thought, the man dispersed the black aura from the carp.

After completing this, he released the carp back into the cleansed waters.

"Congratulations to the host, you have earned 200 Favor Points."

The next second, the system’s notification sounded.

Su Mu was puzzled; the fish living in the dirty, dark waters seemed mutated, emitting a black aura.

Furthermore, it was strange that in some tributaries, despite having purified and cleaned them last month, by the time he checked again a month later, the black waters were flooding again, and the stench was overwhelming.

Su Mu suspected that someone might be deliberately troubling him from upriver.

However, he didn’t delve into it further because, for Su Mu, it was good news. Purifying it again meant earning favor points again, akin to harvesting a crop every month.

Blub, blub——

Ahead, the black water area bubbled continuously. Seeing this, Su Mu walked over.