"Why is that?"

"Perhaps, because of compassion."

Ji Xiang sighed, his eyes containing distant and profound colors, reflecting the existence of this Supreme One.

"Both of us have reached the pinnacle of the world, yet we fight to the death over trivial matters. Although I am unwilling to back down and even enjoy the struggle, that doesn't mean I lack compassion."

"Besides, your path and method are of great benefit to my continued progress. In the previous spell, I glimpsed all your thoughts and the images you manifested. You have no secrets from me, and my path will become even broader. Consider this act of compassion my repayment to you."

In the previous world of myriad images, the Supreme One constantly perfected the Supreme Dharma in order to break free, simultaneously evolving countless images and thoughts, extending them infinitely. All of this was captured by Ji Xiang within the 'Single Room'. Although he didn't fully absorb it, the reflected scenes were eternally indelible, and those insights returned with the myriad images to Ji Xiang himself, sealed within his heart.

To the point that Ji Xiang can now recreate a similar "Supreme Dharma," and this is what he gained from the Supreme One, Wu Bai.

The Supreme One understood Ji Xiang's meaning, but he immediately felt boundless anger.

"Is this pity?"

"Does a strong man who has reached the pinnacle of the world need the pity of another strong man?"

Ji Xiang: "You are just a new thought born from a borrowed body, not the original Jiajing Emperor. For you, there are still many scenes and images in the world to explore. There is no need to die here, becoming an 'absolute scene'."

"And your understanding is too little, a little too little."

The Supreme One's gaze peered into the extreme distance, where it was empty, but just before the Single Room, there was still the Ancient Gentleman who had transformed into an absolute scene.

After a brief silence, the anger of the Supreme One did not diminish, but instead surged upward:

"You want to give me pity, calling it compassion?"

"This is charity, not compassion!"

As his words fell, endless brilliance erupted from his body. A dharma transformed into a concrete image, bursting out from his body! The Supreme One tore open his chest, and the radiance born from the confluence of the Three Purities enveloped the Supreme Dharma and flew out, while the Supreme One's thoughts dissipated at that moment.

"My thoughts are not enough to bear my Dao and Dharma. You win. You are the Supreme One!"

The Supreme One scattered, and Ji Xiang looked at this scene in astonishment. Although he could use the myriad images he had just acquired to immediately restore the Supreme One, Ji Xiang did not do so.

He simply watched as the Supreme One's thoughts disappeared, and as the Supreme Dharma fell into his hands, the Jiajing Emperor's thoughts also returned.

He was extremely confused, not knowing what had just happened, suppressed by the Supreme One's thoughts. Now, the light of the Supreme One was right before his eyes, and the Jiajing Emperor stared blankly for a moment, then became ecstatic.

But immediately, he saw who held that dharma.

"Polaris? Why are you here? Here... here?!"

The Jiajing Emperor frowned, extremely vigilant, but then belatedly discovered the surrounding environment.

The Ancient Gentleman was gone, the Hundred Daos no longer existed, and even time had disappeared.

The surroundings were empty and unreal.

No, time still existed. The Jiajing Emperor narrowed his eyes and saw, in the extremely distant place behind Ji Xiang—roughly the extreme distance—a vast expanse of time manifested.

The time of the New World!

The evolution of time and the previous chaotic battle had completely ended!

The Jiajing Emperor's heart pounded wildly, his thoughts radiating outward. He checked his body, confirming the demise of the Supreme One's thoughts and the loss of the Human Dao Dharma Realm, but none of that mattered.

"Polaris... no, Senior Brother? Is that the New Time?"

"The Supreme Dharma is in your hands, then... the Supreme One has been slain by Senior Brother?"

The change in the Jiajing Emperor's address caused Ji Xiang to laugh instantly.

Senior Brother?

Back then, when the Jiajing Emperor's incarnation, the Old Man Lei Xuan, first met him, Lei Xuan called him Senior Brother because he falsely claimed to be a Han Immortal. This was originally a respectful term for older cultivators within Taoism and did not necessarily mean they were from the same sect.

And the change in address also reflected the other person's attitude towards himself.

The Jiajing Emperor was ambitious. Now that all the enemies had disappeared, although he didn't quite understand the current situation, the reappearance of the missing Ji Xiang and the resolution of the matter meant that everything in the old time should also come to an end.

He had lost the power of the Three Purities Confluence, and the Supreme Dharma was also lost, but the Jiajing Emperor breathed a sigh of relief because the Supreme One's path he possessed was incomplete. His cultivation was insufficient, to the point that he was almost possessed by the Supreme One's thoughts. He couldn't walk that path, at least not in his current state.

Even with the body of a Heavenly Dao True Realm, there were such great risks. The Jiajing Emperor decided to put the matter aside for the time being and go to the New Time first.

Yes, setting aside the irretrievable path of the Supreme One, surpassing the limit of time had also become a luxury. The only thing left to do was to go to the New Time.

And those Heavenly Heart Realm experts should not have arrived in the New Time yet. They had to rely on the Fated Ones of the Human World as boats to cross over to the next era, as pitiful and helpless as refugees.

But for himself, who had already reached the Heavenly Dao True Realm, the establishment of an unprecedented Immortal Dao Dynasty was already foreseeable.

The Jiajing Emperor looked at Ji Xiang, of course knowing that the primary task at hand was to coax Ji Xiang to his side.

"The Human Dao Dharma Realm is on Senior Brother?"

"Yes, do you want to take it back?" Ji Xiang deliberately asked.

The Jiajing Emperor chuckled: "Senior Brother is joking, Junior Brother has no such intentions. Refining the human world into a Dharma Realm was also a last resort. After all, an great enemy like the Ancient Gentleman, even if I had reached the Heavenly Dao True Realm, would be difficult to deal with."

Ji Xiang sneered: "You attacked the Underworld first, killed Taiji first, and then attacked Yuan Huang. It was you who fiercely attacked the Underworld, broke the Tai Xu Treasure Artifact, and caused Yuan Huang to summon the Ancient Gentleman down. How is it that it sounds like you made the human world into a magic treasure specifically to deal with the Ancient Gentleman?"

The Jiajing Emperor also laughed: "Senior Brother! There's no point in saying that! If I didn't attack the Underworld, wouldn't Senior Brother attack? Senior Brother's battle with Yuan Huang was only temporary. The Underworld has damaged the human world many times, and Senior Brother was originally going to attack the Underworld anyway. I was just doing it for you, so why should Senior Brother be so angry?"

"Now the Underworld has been conquered, and the Eighteen Hells no longer exist. The Avici Hell has gone far away and its whereabouts are unknown, and the Yin World is being re-evolved into Yin Images, which can be used to reorganize the Tai Yin."

"Besides, the Ancient Gentleman! If Senior Brother had gone to attack the Underworld, Yuan Huang would have summoned the Ancient Gentleman down in a critical moment."

"Furthermore, by refining the Human Dao into a Dharma Realm, the myriad living beings are all within one image. With Senior Brother's abilities, going to the New Time and liberating these living beings is equivalent to living another life. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

The smile on Ji Xiang's face did not diminish, as if he were truly moved: "What you say seems to make some sense. The Underworld does need to be conquered, and Yuan Huang has not died. Now that the Ancient Gentleman is 'no longer here', and the Supreme One has also been destroyed by me, and the Human Dao Dharma Realm has been recovered, it is indeed time to go to the New Time."

The Jiajing Emperor's eyes flickered, and he quickly said:

"In the past, in my Ming Dynasty human world, many popular novels circulated. Among them, a fictional force was frequently mentioned, which governed the Nine Heavens above and seized the Ten Earths below, bound the living gods in the east and beheaded evil ghosts in the west, controlled the Immortal Dao in the north and enfeoffed the gods in the south, manipulated wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, manipulated yin and yang and the stars, led the lands, rivers, and mountains, sat in the center of the heaven and earth, resided in its hub, and took care of everything in the world..."

Ji Xiang interrupted him, directly and simply: "It seems you want to establish a 'Heavenly Court'?"

"Indeed!"

The Jiajing Emperor became excited, trying to persuade Ji Xiang:

"Now that the old time has come to an end, it is time to reorganize the yin and yang images. In the New Time, there will no longer be a human dynasty, but a Heavenly Court will be established to govern all the images of the world, including gods, humans, ghosts, those with scales, fur, feathers, and insects!"

Ji Xiang asked, feigning curiosity: "Then, if a Heavenly Court is truly established, what position would I hold?"

"The Three Purities are above the Heavenly Emperor. Do you want me to make you one of the Three Purities, or the Heavenly Emperor?"

"The Three Purities' position is above the Heavenly Emperor, but they are still nominally subjects of the Heavenly Emperor. How would you allocate that?"

Such straightforwardness gave the Jiajing Emperor a sense of security, and he immediately began to speak eloquently:

"Senior Brother's accomplishments are comparable to the creators of the universe, of course you should be one of the Three Purities. The Three Purities are not subjects of the Heavenly Emperor, but are above the Heavenly Emperor, like gods above gods, with a status that is revered and unattainable. Moreover, Senior Brother has already achieved the Three Purities Confluence, which perfectly matches the name of the Three Purities."

"If the Heavenly Court is established, then the Heavenly Laws will be set, so that the world will be initially at peace. And those Heavenly Heart Realm experts who have struggled to cross over from the old time will also be enfeoffed one by one, so that they have a name in the Heavenly Court and are subject to control. Otherwise, the scenes of dozens of Heavenly Palaces fighting each other in the old time will reappear."

"All those Heavenly Palaces should be abolished, so that there is only one Heavenly Court in the world, and orders come from the Heavenly Court. All Heavenly Hearts must obey and must not harm the New Time. This will further prevent the repeated struggles for the destiny of dynasties, causing the death of living beings and the crazy fighting among Heavenly Hearts."

The Jiajing Emperor's eyes shone, and the more he spoke, the more excited he became. He would naturally be the new Heavenly Emperor. As the only Heavenly Dao True Realm in the world, if he didn't sit in that position, those Heavenly Hearts couldn't possibly sit in it. As long as he persuaded Ji Xiang, those Heavenly Hearts wouldn't matter at all.

And the Heavenly Court was another path that the Jiajing Emperor had thought of, perhaps one that could once again surpass the limit of time.

Ten thousand immortals come to court, ten thousand gods worship, ten thousand ghosts kneel, ten thousand demons welcome, and ten thousand people sacrifice.

"You are thinking that this may be a new path to surpass the limit of time."

The sudden voice brought the Jiajing Emperor's speech to an abrupt end.

He looked at Ji Xiang in astonishment, completely unaware that his thoughts were exposed in Ji Xiang's eyes.

Ji Xiang nodded: "The Heavenly Court... the masters of each great image of the old time actually do not interfere in the evolution of the world. But if you sit in the New Time and become the Heavenly Emperor, then you will inevitably have the revered status of ten thousand immortals coming to court and ten thousand gods worshiping."

"That way, people like the Ancient Gentleman, these 'people at the end of the road', will no longer be born, because in that way you are both the pioneer and the person at the end of the road, gathering the great power of myriad images in one body. Even every blade of grass, every breath of wind, must worship you. In that way, although you are not the master of the great image, you can infinitely approach it."

"In that way, even without the help of the Supreme Dharma, you, as a Heavenly Dao True Realm, are not bound by time. In the long time, after the next New Time experiences an extremely long evolution, perhaps it can really open up a new path for you."

The Jiajing Emperor was a little dazed, but he quickly realized what Ji Xiang meant. His expression shook violently, and he was extremely astonished.

"Master... Master of the Great Image?"

"You know the realm beyond the limit of time?!"

The path of the Supreme One could no longer be continued, and the Heavenly Dao True Realm stopped there, but at this time, the name of the Master of the Great Image was not difficult for the Supreme One to understand, but the Jiajing Emperor had never heard this specific title before.

"Of course I know. The Supreme One after the Three Purities Confluence is basically this realm."

"You were possessed by the Supreme One, but that was a breakthrough, and your thoughts returning is the compassion given to you by the Supreme One. He also left you with the last thought, without completely destroying you, but you yourself, losing the path of the Supreme One, have fallen back to the Heavenly Dao True Realm."

A look of intense ecstasy appeared on the Jiajing Emperor's face: "Then we should hurry..."

"It's a pity."

Ji Xiang's eyes were filled with pity: "You can't go to the New Time."

The Jiajing Emperor was stunned.

Ji Xiang sighed: "The old great time has long come to an end, and the new great time has been opened up. The master of this time has long been decided. It's me."

"It's a pity that although the old time has come to an end, the myriad images within are still operating. The Master of the Great Image said that the New World within the old time, without the evolution of the great image, may be even more brilliant, and even create scenes that surpass the old world."

"But you were clever and refined the human world into a Dharma Realm, and even accommodated all the Heavenly Dharma Realms, so that immortals and gods were wiped out, ghosts and demons all died, all thoughts were reduced to ashes, and the Floating Dawn disappeared."

"You and the Yuanmiao Great Sage used words to summon the death qi of time, causing all the Heavenly Hearts to fall. You also fought with the Ancient Gentleman, destroying the Hundred Daos, thus completely cutting off the operation of the myriad images."

"Now, I will not kill you. I will take the Human Dao Dharma Realm and go to the Second Jade Purity, which is the new great time. And there, there is no past and no present, no beginning and no end, and naturally there is no place for you. You can only stay in the old time, in this old time that has cut off the myriad images."

The Jiajing Emperor stood there blankly, while Ji Xiang "comforted" him:

"However, there is no need to worry. Although you have lost the path of the Supreme One and have been rejected by the Primordial Beginning, the Heavenly Dao True Realm still exists in its own right. Moreover, because you have been rejected by the Primordial Beginning, you cannot regress in realm, so there is no need to worry about falling back again."

"There is a path ahead. You can open it up yourself."

"Although the myriad images here are cut off, they can be re-evolved for the Heavenly Dao True Realm. You only need to transform into 'Pangu' and open up the heavens and earth once again, with your blood flowing into rivers, your corpses turning into mountains, your eyes rising to become the sun and moon, and your breath returning to become wind and clouds and your voice transforming into thunder and lightning."

"Using you, a Heavenly Dao True Realm, as the source, and re-evolving the myriad images. In that way, after a long period of time, if you can still survive and return, perhaps you can also become the Master of the Great Image."

After Ji Xiang finished speaking, his body disappeared, taking away all the remnants of the old time. The radiance of the New Time gradually disappeared, while the Jiajing Emperor had already fallen into a state of madness. After a brief daze, he shouted frantically, rushing towards the direction where the light of the New Time was shining!

"Wait... wait a moment!"

But no matter how frantically he moved forward, he was never able to touch the light of the New Time, because that place was endless, without beginning and without end. Without a beginning, it could not be touched, and without the birth of the first, there was no end. Until the Jiajing Emperor watched the light of the New Time disappear within the old time, without even leaving a remnant image.

And here, the old time that could have re-evolved a New World no longer had even 'time'.

Cutting off the Hundred Daos, destroying all dharmas, without images and without things, without time.

Just like the moment when heaven and earth had not yet been opened, and the Xuan Image had just descended.

The Heavenly Heart Realm can open up Dharma Realms, and the Heavenly Dao True Realm is almost omnipotent. This is true, but it cannot "create something from nothing." Opening up a Dharma Realm, the image of the Dharma Realm also evolved from the great image. Being omnipotent is also generated from mobilizing those Daos within the great image.

"I want to transform into the Heavenly Dao, become Pangu myself, I want to... die again?"

If he wanted to go further, he had to evolve the myriad images, but evolving the myriad images would cause himself to perish, gradually being stripped away by the myriad images.

One step was missing. Why couldn't even the Heavenly Dao True Realm replenish the myriad images?

Which step was missing!

"The human world! The human world! My time!"

The Jiajing Emperor's thoughts continued to spread, just like the Supreme One at the beginning, spreading endlessly, trying to restore everything.

He fell into madness, shouting loudly, repeating his words:

"A New World opens! The Heavenly Court opens! I am the Heavenly Emperor!"

"Even without myriad images and without living beings, I am the Heavenly Emperor! I am still able to communicate with the heaven above, the Divine Firmament Dharma is still there, I will definitely succeed!"

........

The Jiajing Emperor was forever trapped in the old time, while before arriving in the New Time, Ji Xiang plucked out one person from the remnant images of the old time.

The Zhaoming World appeared, and he appeared extremely respectful.

"You have not died yet. Although the source of Confucianism has been tampered with and no longer exists, the Jade Purity cultivators still remember these things, which means that you still exist."

This was the same as the disappearance of the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate. The Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate had only disappeared, but had not completely ceased to exist.

"I..."

This was also the first time that the Zhaoming World had seen Ji Xiang. Previously, he had only seen the Green Ram that resembled Ji Xiang. He wanted to say something, but Ji Xiang said:

"The Four Images within the New Time have not yet been replenished."

"The Green Ram is the karma, the Spiritual Treasure is the past."

"You, transform into 'the Future'."

The Zhaoming World was greatly horrified and hurriedly called for a stop. He knew that the Ji Xiang in front of him was definitely not the Green Ram he had seen before:

"Please wait, Your Excellency! I am willing to manage the Green History for you! Confucianism still exists and can bring peace to the world again..."

Ji Xiang responded indifferently: "No need."

"Within the Second Jade Purity, the New Time has no past and no present, so naturally there is no Green History."

As the words fell, Ji Xiang reached out and pulled the Zhaoming World up a second time. The latter instantly transformed into an image, which Ji Xiang threw into the New Time. The Zhaoming World then returned to its original meaning. The so-called Zhaoming is a kind of hope for the good in the world, it is the so-called 'World of Light'."

"The heavens do not change, the earth does not change shape, the sun and moon shine brightly, and the constellations are constant!"