Dao of Time: Awakening of The Timeless Immortal

0003 Zishan Hui

The man's dark aura shifted like a shadow hearing that Zishan Yao had been sealed. 

Then he realized something. 

There is only one possible explanation behind everything and that is— the Zishan clan wanted someone who would actually achieve Immortality and subdue the enemies. 

Achieving Immortality is something that is considered as almost impossible. 

Zishan Sheng had said that one's will needed to be strong in order for them to know that they are on the right path. Each step is daunting— much more difficult than the last and finally, it might take at least ten thousand years to finally cultivate immortality. So it was a pressing issue.

The man immediately broke into two figures, his pupils exuding darkness like the void itself. The soul annihilating whip was immediately shared, which means— its overall power has been halved. 

The disciples of the Ninth-fortress sect were suddenly terrified. 

As it seemed, no one could trust the words of an enemy and in the end, they would all die. 

The whip suddenly crackled, blue electric arcs running from the top to the bottom and then he appeared before the senior disciple, Chenyi Lu. 

"Let's start with the head."

The sound of the whip bit the air, causing a terrifying chill. Chenyi Lu's gaze remained firm, his hands moving and summoning Heavens Shield through inscription. 

However to his shock, the soul annihilating whip slammed upon the shield, shattering it and sending him flying. 

He spat blood in horror. 

They were merely disciples and against an ancient powerhouse who had cultivated for long, they were no match. 

The other seniors rushed towards Chenyi Lu and their expressions turned grim. 

Chenyi Lu had not avoided the trajectory of the whip so it had touched him and also sent soul annihilating electric arcs into his inner world and shattered it. 

Chenyi Lu's cultivation had been crippled, which means that he would never be able to cultivate again. 

"Chenyi, Chenyi." 

Xuelin, Xusan and Xiaoxuan called his name.

"Is he alright?" 

They did not know. 

Chenyi himself could not see them because of how busy he was trying to gather all of his spiritual energy that was escaping his broken inner world, but without an inner world, there'd be nowhere to store spirit energy…

Xuelin, Xusan and Xiaoxuan turned towards the man who had actually broken into two figures. 

They immediately activated an array barrier that deals on offensive and defensive. It would attack and also defend them from his attack. 

The man chuckled darkly. 

"Mere ants, trying to attack me. I could cripple you all with a flick of my finger." 

Xuelin manifested the beast aura and she roared angrily that the air trembled. Xusan's constellation pulsed with faint power which gradually increased, fuelled by the determination of all disciples in the Ninth-fortress sect. 

She muttered. "Constellation of power, constellation of life! Determination and Will, fuels light into action."

The constellation spun and pulsed with power, wild energy increasing its attack.

Xiaoxuan meanwhile chuckled and whispered. 

"Sorrow, misery and grief!" 

Her hands ignited, twisting in different angles.

Then, the array finally became true and was launched forward. The terrifying power from it actually distorted the void, but this man flicked his fingers, and the power from the array froze and was crushed.

The three of them were horrified.

The man looked so ancient that his power was almost inexhaustible, but then before he could retaliate against them, someone appeared before him, his two fingers striking the void and space shattering in an instant. 

The man took two steps back, surprised. 

"Zishan Hui?" 

His face was contorted in an ugly scowl. "Where have you hidden the boy?"

Zishan Hui chuckled. 

"He is my son and I have every right to hide him don't I?"

The man's second figure seemed to flicker and fuse into him as the singular soul annihilating whip crackled. And he laughed.

"Hui, you seem to have forgotten something important. My master is an immortàl and that the Mainline river of time is under his control, which means— the six universes are also under his control."

The man paused for a while and he poked Zishan Hui on the chest and laughed. 

"I am an Ortuser, you are a Primordial. It is very clear who would win this battle if you dare compete with me." 

Zishan Hui's expression remained neutral. He muttered.

"I'm not planning to fight you to the death. These disciples have done nothing to you and you're taking it out on them? You've even crippled a senior, I'll remember this debt." 

The man's aura shifted dramatically and he hissed. "There's a prophecy about the birth of a Timeless Immortal and little Yao's fate has been found around that prophecy which is why you need to hand him over." 

Zishan Hui chuckled softly.

"To become an Immortàl is not something that one is capable of achieving themselves. I might not reach that level, who knows but I do wish for humanity's power to increase." 

The man's aura suddenly exploded in absolute rage, however Hui created a powerful barrier and then, both himself and the man disappeared from the Ninth-fortress sect, leaving the disciples all to themselves.

…

The plain land suddenly changed and of course, Zishan Hui was thrown into the air, his lips leaking with blood. 

"You've committed a grave sin to the Immortal Lord. Allowing another immortàl to rise will threaten the balance of karma. Do you really want that to happen?" 

Zishan Hui smiled. 

"As long as ignorant people like yourself would be restricted by karma, then we are fine. There is only ever one immortàl in all universal cosmos which means that if another immortàl arise, then karma would restrict the dire power of Eternal realm powerhouses, which means the Immortal Lord would be restricted too."

The man's eyes turned fiery red and he lashed out with a terrifying punch that caused the stars to explode nearby. 

Zishan Hui was suddenly startled, not for his life but because Zishan Sheng had said that he would seal him somewhere within the constellations but didn't say where. So it means that if Yao is hidden in the stars, if they exploded, then it would be easy for the enemies to locate him.

Hui's eyes turned icy.

"I must kill him— No! I will kill him." 

Then he rushed forward like a phantom, terrifying power rolling out like shockwaves but another terrifying power slammed upon him, sending him flying and coughing out blood.

As an Ortuser, the gap between them is already exaggerated but victory shouldn't be impossible.