Chapter 1342: What happened on this timeline?

After successfully altering a past time node, the mastermind's consciousness jumped to a new timeline.

Because the mastermind could not skillfully master the Timeline Dao Fruit, he, in this timeline, was unaware that he had already jumped timelines once.

The moment time progressed to match the old timeline's progress, he gained the memories of the old timeline, and these old memories became dominant. It would take some time for the old and new timeline memories to merge.

Arriving in the new timeline, the mastermind found himself still battling Yun Zhi in the starry sky.

"Is Immortal Undying present?"

The mastermind quickly scanned the scene, finding only Lu Yang, who had achieved immortality, and the Great Xia Twin Immortals. There were no Four Ancient Immortals, and no Immortal Undying Maiden!

To be safe, he even secretly peered into Lu Yang's spiritual space and found no trace of the Immortal Undying Maiden!

The mastermind secretly rejoiced.

"Success! I’ve finally reached a timeline where the Immortal Undying Maiden doesn't exist!"

"But this kid, Lu Yang, truly has some capability. He achieved immortality even without the guidance of Immortal Undying?"

"That's right, even without Immortal Undying, with Yun Zhi as a mentor, it would be difficult for him not to achieve immortality."

Yun Zhi keenly noticed the mastermind's brief moment of distraction, wondering if he was happy.

Yun Zhi was somewhat confused, but she wouldn't let this opportunity slip. She boldly launched an attack, severely wounding the mastermind.

"Cloudfall Palm!"

"This power..." The mastermind took a Cloudfall Palm strike. Based on its power, he deduced that the battle had just begun, and Yun Zhi was fighting with all her might, gradually integrating with the Dao.

Nothing to fear.

As the mastermind who had traveled from the old timeline, he had already seen the outcome of this battle. As long as he prolonged the fight until Yun Zhi integrated with the Dao, no one in this world would be his opponent.

Facing Yun Zhi's aggressive assault, the mastermind felt a pang of nostalgia for the Vajra Dao Fruit. The Vajra Dao Fruit could not only resist all attacks but also reflect them, making it practically impossible to counter.

Unfortunately, in the old timeline, it had been broken by Lu Yang using the Grand Supreme Sword.

The mastermind tried to activate the Vajra Dao Fruit. Indeed, in this timeline, it was also broken by Lu Yang using the Grand Supreme Sword.

Lu Yang, watching the battle from below, frowned. He felt that an unknown change had occurred in the mastermind; he was different from the person at the start of the battle.

Lu Yang's head ached and tightened. A blurry female figure, wearing a goose-yellow dress, seemed to appear before his eyes. She felt both familiar and strange, though he had never seen her before. This phenomenon had occurred sporadically even before he achieved immortality, and after, it became even more severe.

"What have I forgotten?"

He felt an emptiness in his heart, as if he had lost something very important.

Yun Zhi had examined Lu Yang many times but could not find the root cause, and she had been worried about it for a long time.

However, this condition did not affect his cultivation; Lu Yang steadily condensed his Dao Fruit and cultivated to become an immortal.

The stars in the cultivation world shook and gradually extinguished.

As the last star extinguished, Yun Zhi's form dimmed, disappeared, and transformed into the heavens and earth, leaving only a projection in her place to continue battling the mastermind.

Even seeing this scene again, the mastermind still marveled. This power of transforming into the heavens and earth, suppressing myriad Daos, was simply too strong. No one throughout history could be Yun Zhi's match, and he was no exception.

Unfortunately, this situation would not last long.

Boom—

Taking advantage of the unstable state of her cultivation realm, Yun Zhi wielded myriad Dao laws, suppressing the mastermind.

Unfortunately, the mastermind was not so easily suppressed. His vitality was tenacious; even if he was utterly pulverized and his soul dissipated, he could still recover.

"Heh heh, Fellow Daoist Yun Zhi, is that all you've got?" The mastermind laughed as he coughed up blood. Anyone unaware would think he had the upper hand.

Yun Zhi had a strange feeling; she seemed very familiar with the Dao integration realm, as if she had experienced this before.

At this moment, Lu Yang had no mind to care about the flickering figure in his head. Memories of his Senior Sister were rapidly disappearing—a sign that her realm was about to stabilize!

Lu Yang decisively made his move. Three thousand sword paths interwoven around the Azure Edge Sword, forming the insurmountable peak of sword cultivation.

"Later generation sword cultivators would probably find it hard to achieve the same as Young Friend Lu," Jiang Ping'an sighed. "If any sword cultivators saw this scene, they would only feel despair. This is an unsurpassed sword strike."

"Let alone sword cultivators, even later generation immortals probably won't reach his height," Meng Junzi exclaimed repeatedly. Recalling Lu Yang's actions and cultivation experiences, he couldn't help but praise him as a prodigy comparable to Yun Zhi, asserting that there would be no second like him.

"Trace Origin!"

The chains of the Great Dao vibrated violently, pulling Yun Zhi down from the Dao integration realm.

"It worked!"

Lu Yang was overjoyed. He had disregarded his Senior Sister's objections and condensed the Trace Origin Dao Fruit specifically to prevent her from transforming into the heavens.

He hadn't tested it before, and a battle erupted immediately after he achieved immortality. Everything happened too suddenly, leaving Lu Yang somewhat nervous about whether the Trace Origin Dao Fruit would work on his Senior Sister. He never expected the effect to be surprisingly good.

Although her cultivation realm had fallen, Yun Zhi remained formidable. Carrying the insights and mysteries of the Dao integration realm, she once again charged at the mastermind.

The mastermind was beaten back step by step, yet he was still laughing. "This is it," he thought, "this is how it should be."

"It's just a small trick. Did you think you could succeed a second time with the Trace Origin Dao Fruit?" the mastermind laughed as he coughed up blood. His words filled Lu Yang with a bad premonition.

After her cultivation realm fell, Senior Sister uncontrollably began to integrate with the Dao again, and the memory loss reappeared.

Seeing this, Lu Yang repeated his previous trick, and once again performed the Trace Origin Sword Art: "Trace Origin!"

Things were indeed as the mastermind had said. The Trace Origin Dao Fruit was no longer effective; the pulling force of the Dao integration realm was too great, and the Trace Origin Dao Fruit alone could not stop Senior Sister from integrating with the Dao!

"Damn it, I thought things were too simple!" Lu Yang blamed himself immensely. Tears welled up in his eyes at the thought of his Senior Sister soon transforming into the emotionless heavens.

He had been too overconfident, thinking that relying on the Trace Origin Dao Fruit would solve everything, but reality had slapped him hard.

"Is this path unfeasible?" Yun Zhi's eyes dimmed. Her junior brother was trying very hard to help her, but this kind of thing could not be solved by effort alone.

Yun Zhi hardened her heart. "Very well," she thought, "since I cannot stop Dao integration, then I will kill this mastermind who harbors murderous intent towards my junior brother, before I integrate with the Dao!"

Yun Zhi's offensive became even fiercer, as if she was fighting to the death. The mastermind had never seen Yun Zhi with such heavy killing intent.

"Fellow Daoist Yun Zhi, accept reality. What does heavy killing intent matter? You won't be able to defeat me before you integrate with the Dao!" the mastermind mocked mercilessly.

Lu Yang slapped himself hard twice, blood flowing freely, forcing himself to calm down.

There must be a way, there must be a way!

He had an idea. Perhaps this method might work.

"Senior Sister, I have a way!" Lu Yang shouted loudly. Regardless of whether the method worked or not, he needed to shout it out first to boost confidence.

Lu Yang took a step forward, and the heavens and earth shook. He frantically activated his second Dao Fruit—the Immortal Dao Fruit.

Myriad rules representing eternity and immortality gathered around the tip of Lu Yang's sword, converging into a brand-new move.

"Eternal Constancy!"

The Trace Origin Dao Fruit and the Immortal Dao Fruit simultaneously exerted their power. The two powerful forces merged into one, actually contending with the heavens and earth, firmly pinning Yun Zhi's realm in place, unable to advance another half-step!

The mastermind: "!!!"

What happened in this timeline!?