Chapter981:AThousandYearsLater

Afterwaitingforathousandyears,shewantedtoseehowYunXihadgrown.

TeacherCasina,isyoursenseoftimealittleoff?

YunXi,whohadbeenimmersedintheriveroftime,experiencedthepassingofendlessages.Theycouldonlybeanobserverofhistory.

Thosethousandyearsweretrulyathousandyears,notasingleyearless!

IfthefutureshownbytheWhiteLotusSecretTreasureiscorrect,onceYunXireacheshero-ranked,TeacherCasinatheBattleGodwillcapturethemandthrowthemintotheriveroftime.

SomeofYunXi’sElderMartialSistersarestilllostintheriveroftimeandhaven’treturned.YunXievenhadseveralencounterswiththeminthatriver,eventhoughtheyhadnevermetbefore.

Itishardtodescribehowitfeelstobetrappedintheriveroftime,theSandofTime.EventheWhiteLotusSecretTreasurecouldnotfullycaptureitsessence.So,whatYunXifeltwasonlyatinypartofthethousandsofyears.

ForYunXi,whoisonlysixteenyearsold,thosethousandsofyearsweretooheavy,likeanunbearablevanishingoflife.

Aregularhero-rankedperson,onceenteringtheriveroftime,wouldnotbeabletosurvive,letaloneendurethetimefreezingandaccelerationfromCasinatheBattleGod.

Thestillnessoftime,asifallthingsintheworldhavelosttheirbrillianceintheendoftheSandofTime.

Theflowingoftime,likebeingsweptintoanuncontrollablestorm,unabletodistinguishwhetheritisinthepast,present,orfuture.

Evennow,YunXistilldoesnotunderstandhowhecamebackfromthatriveroftime.

Athousandyears,inablinkofaneye.

Athousandyearsinthisverymoment.

JustlikethepathofSunwalker,whenYunXinoticed,theMagnificenceofSkyDancehadalreadystarted,andhewasdancingintheskywithCasinatheBattleGod.

"Don’tresistthetasteoftime,it’sagiftfromthepast."

"Justathousandyears,andyoucancomeoutfromthere,provingthatyouhavethebesttalent."

"Myotherlovelydisciplestookanaverageofonethousandeighthundredyearstocomeoutfromthere."CasinatheBattleGodguidedYunXi’smovements,sometimesspinningaround,sometimesstandingsidebyside.

YunXicouldsmellthescentonhimself,ascentthatdidn’tbelongtothemortalworld,buttheessenceoftheSandofTimefromsteppingintotheriveroftime.

Eventhoughhisbodywasstillsixteenyearsold,hissoulandwillhadtransformedfromthousandsofyearsofhistory.

Thatwasnotjustahero-rankedsoul,butsomethingmorenoble,closertoeternity.

Immersedinthesandsoftimeforthousandsofyears,theancienttimesopenedadoortoanunknownandmysteriousworldforYunXi,andpavedthewayforhimafterobtainingtheBattleGod’sSeed.

Thatpathleadstoultimatebrillianceandglory,everlastingandneverfading.

"Idon’tunderstand...whyme?"YunXialwaysfeltlikehehadexperiencedsomuchduringthosethousandyears,butcouldn’trecallwhatexactlythosethingswere.

Vaguememories,likeadreamafterathousandyears,madetherealworldseemunfamiliar.

"Becauseit’syou,that’swhyitworks."

"Idon’tjustchooseanyonetobemydisciple,"CasinatheBattleGodleanedinclosetoYunXi’sblackhair,tyingitintoabigbraid,anexpressionofsatisfactiononhisface.

Inthismoment,YunXishedalltracesofamortal,tothepointwherehecouldn’tevenbedescribedas"human".

ThisisexactlywhatCasinatheBattleGodaimsfor.OnlythosewhocanmasterbothstrengthandflexibilityarequalifiedtoinheritthepoweroftheBattleGod.

Theotherdisciplesarestillfarbehindinthisaspect.Theyaretakingasimilarpathasheratthebeginning,pushingtheirflexibilitytothelimitandthendiscoveringthesecretsofstrength.Eventually,theywillachieveabalancebetweenstrengthandflexibility.

ThisisthebiggestchallengeinmasteringtheBattleGodGenre,andYunXi,rightfromthebeginning,hasaccomplishedit.ThatiswhysheimplantedtheBattleGod’sSeedintohisbodywithouthesitation.Afteritsprouted,shethrewhimintotheflowingriveroftime,theSandofTime.

"Athousandyears...solong..."YunXi’sgazebecamedistant.HispathiscompletelydifferentfromthatofSunwalker.

HehasonlyexperiencedaglimpseofitduringthedeductionintheWhiteLotusSecretTreasure,buthenoticedasignificantchangeinhisaura.

Isthepersonheisnowthesameasthepersonhewasbeforeenteringtheriveroftime?

Atthismoment,thepowersurgingwithinhimisalmostasstrongasCasinatheBattleGod’spower.Butwherediditcomefrom?

Intheriveroftime,overthousandsofyears,whatdidheseeandencounter,tomastersuchastoundingpower?

HenotonlymasteredCasinatheBattleGod’stheBattleGod’sSeed,butalsoHuaHuo’stheSkyFlyingSword,andeventhemostdifficultYunHai’sQuadrantSword.

BesidestheunpredictableStarwings,withtheadvantageofathousandyearsoftime,hehasalmostperfectedalltheabilitieshecancultivate.

Afterathousandyears,hehasbecomesopowerfulthatheeasilysurpassedthelegendrank.However,hedoesn’tunderstandthetruepowerofhislegendrank.

Theriveroftime,liketheultimateshortcut,allowedhimtopossessthepowerthatwouldbelongtohiminathousandyears.Butitalsocausedhimtolosemanythings.

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Inthosevanishedthousandsofyears,whatdidhegainandwhatdidhelose?

Notunderstanding,YunXiwasonlysixteenyearsold,andathousandyearsseemedtoolongforhim.

Mosthero-rankedbeingscouldneverliveforathousandyears,whichmeantthatifhewerethrownintotheriveroftimeandcameback,everythinghewasfamiliarwithcouldbegone.

ThegirlsoftheStarwingsKnights,aswellashischildhoodfriendsinthetown,probablycouldn’tlivethroughthismuchtime.

ButHuaHuowasdifferent.Withherpowersurpassingtheworld,evenathousandyearscouldnotdiminishhershine.Shewouldevenshinebrighteratthepeakoftheendlessgod’sdomains.

Onlybeingswiththe"eternal"attributecouldemergefromthesandsoftime.

Histeacher,CasinatheBattleGod,wasnaturallysuchaperson.

ThetwinwitchesandHuaHuowerealsolikethis.

YunXiwassurprisedtofindthathiscompanion,Pafu,hadalsoenduredthetestoftheRiverofTimeandsurvivedforthousandsofyearstostaywithhim.Pafuwastheonlylivingbeinghehadbroughtoutfromtheriveroftime.

"Notusedtoit,huh?Butthat’sthereality,"saidCasinatheBattleGod.

"Assomeonewhohasreachedthelegendrank,youwilleventuallyhavetopartwayswiththoseyouknow,"CasinacontinuedgentlystrokingYunXi’shair."Whenyouentertherealmoflegends,themortalworldwillgraduallyfadeawayfromyou."