Published at 31st of October 2026 6:22 am

Chapter 4610: A History Long Sealed Away

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Old Man Hehe shot back. In front of it, multiple layers of the power of time isolated the void, making it seem as if it was moving through time itself.

Ji released a slash, severing the flow of time from where Ruinfall was.

Lu Yin glanced over in surprise. Ji was helping Old Man Hehe.

Ruinfall had wanted to use some unknown method to drag Old Man Hehe into the River of Aeons’ main stream along with it. Once entered, there was no coming back from that river.

Old Man Hehe was distancing itself from Ruinfall, and Ji was helping Old Man Hehe.

Lu Yin hesitated for a moment and then made his own move. Old Man Hehe had helped the Human Trio when it had been attacked, and it also had not fought against the Nine Ramparts during the war that had destroyed them. Strictly speaking, it was not an enemy. Although Old Man Hehe was a member of Obscura, one member of Obscura had been passing notes to Lu Yin, and he believed that that had been Old Man Hehe.

It would be better for this ancient powerhouse to stay around.

Hong Xia watched everything from a distance. He had absolutely no intention of helping out. As far as he was concerned, it would be better if Purple disappeared.

Hong Xia had a new position to consider.

Lu Yin and Ji continued to help Old Man Hehe open up more and more distance between itself and Ruinfall. This distance existed in both space and time.

The main stream of the River of Aeons covered the entire Aevum Inch. At this moment, even if Old Man Hehe fled through a gate, it would be useless. If that were an option, it would have done so long ago. Ruinfall was familiar with Obscura’s means, yet it was still confident that it could take Old Man Hehe away, which made the problem clear.

All they could do was try to keep Old Man Hehe as isolated as possible.

The main stream descended, and Ruinfall was dragged away, never having even the slightest ability to resist. It was pulled along with the river’s flow of time.

Lu Yin watched. This was the River of Aeons’ true main stream. What he had seen Old Man Hehe draw down before had only been a single wave. Although that was indeed a part of the main stream, its vastness could not compare.

The stronger Ruinfall was, the more of the main stream that would be exposed.

As the Abyssal continued to move towards the main stream of the River of Aeons, the gray power of time suddenly condensed and gathered in front of it, eventually condensing into a single drop that slowly floated along.

"Do you recognize this droplet of time?" Ruinfall continued moving toward the main stream as it called back.

Lu Yin, Ji, and Hong Xia all looked at that droplet of condensed time, and Old Man Hehe's voice gained a rare sense of heaviness. "Mine."

"Correct. It’s yours.”

"The Death Megaverse wants to bestow death to all living beings, and yet it was defeated and driven into the Aevum Inch because the cosmos is eternal. As the ferryman of the River of Aeons after the Death Megaverse was driven into the Aevum Inch, you are truly just like the Death Megaverse itself. You were hiding a tool from back when I enlightened you. Hehe, the Death Megaverse truly deserved to be destroyed."

Ruinfall sneered. "As fellow ferrymen of the River of Aeons, from the very beginning, I never believed that you were actually kind enough to help me, especially since you are the ferryman of the Nine Ramparts' River of Aeons."

Lu Yin suddenly looked at Old Man Hehe. What? Was Old Man Hehe the ferryman of the Nine Ramparts' River of Aeons?

Hong Xia showed no surprise. He had been born during the Nine Ramparts era, so he naturally knew of Old Man Hehe's identity. It was just that, within Obscura, this matter was never openly mentioned; some members knew, and others did not.

Lu Yin looked at the roly-poly, and his expression changed completely.

It was no wonder why Old Man Hehe had helped the Trio survive their calamity and had not raised any demands. It was no wonder why, despite constantly verbally targeting Lu Yin within Vestigium, it had never truly forced him to the brink. It was no wonder why they had been so eager to support Lu Yin during the war against the Mudwater Dominion. Members of Obscura did not support one another like that.

At this moment, everything received an answer.

This also meant that Old Man Hehe must have been the one who had passed Lu Yin notes along the River of Aeons. After all, it was the ferryman of humanity’s Nine Ramparts’ River of Aeons.

As Ruinfall spoke, that droplet of time moved towards Old Man Hehe. As it moved, it left traces of flowing time behind it. Those traces instantly grew and expanded, forming a miniature River of Aeons.

The main stream reacted as if it sensed something. The river descended, connected to the miniature River of Aeons, and extended out endlessly. It was targeting Old Man Hehe.

"This droplet of time comes from your own River of Aeons. The pull of the main stream will take you away, no matter where you flee. Purple, although you did not help humanity's Nine Ramparts fight against us in that war, you did help humans to escape. Did you think that we were ignorant of that? The Fourth and Eighth Ramparts’ escapes both carried evidence of your intervention. If not for our fear that you could draw upon the main stream of the River of Aeons, we would have eliminated you long ago.

"However, it is not too late even now. Come with me." Ruinfall's voice echoed across the cosmos, revealing matters of history that had long since been sealed away.

Hong Xia stared intently at Old Man Hehe while recalling the past. There had been hints of this old thing’s interference even in the Second Rampart. Old Man Hehe had only retreated after Hong Xia’s betrayal.

This old thing simply had not openly participated during the war against the Nine Ramparts.

Lu Yin clenched a fist before releasing another palm strike. He wanted to stop that miniature River of Aeons from reaching Old Man Hehe.

At the same time, Ji slashed out with his curved black saber.

Old Man Hehe laughed. "Ruinfall, saying it like that can easily cause misunderstandings. I have never helped human civilization. Do not make it sound as if I silently made sacrifices for the Nine Ramparts. Humanity is not worth that."

"You know very well whether you did or not," Ruinfall shouted.

Old Man Hehe's body swayed. Ahead of them, layer after layer of the power of time was pierced through by the miniature River of Aeons. This was the power of the main stream.

At this moment, Old Man Hehe, just like Ruinfall after releasing its limit, was being targeted by the River of Aeons’ main stream.

"You cannot escape!" Ruinfall grew excited. For this war, its mission was to perish with Old Man Hehe. Nothing else had anything to do with it.

Old Man Hehe kept retreating, and Lu Yin's voice reached them. "Old Man Hehe, is there any way to help you?"

Old Man Hehe was taken aback. Their gaze passed from the miniature River of Aeons to look over at Lu Yin. "So it is you, child."

"How can I help you?"

"Hehe, you want to help me? Why? Because I was the ferryman of the Nine Ramparts' River of Aeons?"

Lu Yin stared at Old Man Hehe, not answering.

Ji seemed even more anxious than Lu Yin and directly unleashed Final Age. He wanted to use this to dissolve the miniature River of Aeons. Unfortunately, the effort proved utterly useless.

"Child, I have no affection for humanity. I never cared whether the Nine Ramparts lived or perished. I did act back then, but not to help humanity. Hehe, now do you still want to help me?

"Let me tell you one more thing: once Obscura decides to wage war against your Trio, I will show absolutely no mercy."

Lu Yin's expression remained solemn. "No matter what, you once saved my Trio. That is enough."

"Good." Around Old Man Hehe, the gray power of time flowed. "It is not the main stream of the River of Aeons that is targeting me. That single droplet of time is insufficient for the entire main stream to come after me. However, if this miniature River of Aeons persists, I may very well end up targeted.

"Trying to destroy this miniature river is the worst choice. If it is destroyed, the attention of the Primacy Path will fall upon us. This is also the source of Ruinfall's confidence. However, overcoming this situation is also simple. Just find a ferryman of the River of Aeons to go to the main stream in my place."

Lu Yin was surprised. "That simple?"

"That simple. My situation is different from Ruinfall's. But where can a ferryman be found in such a hurry? We can only rely on your ability to teleport," Old Man Hehe concluded.

Lu Yin’s clone instantly collapsed. His awareness returned to his true body, which then immediately teleported over, only to vanish with his clone.

Everything happened in a mere moment, but to Immortals, a moment was far too clear.

Ruinfall saw what happened, and so did Hong Xia.

The man felt that he had to be dreaming. How could such a thing be possible? He had just seen Lu Yin. Lu Yin actually knows the Aberrant who just joined Obscura? Wait…

Hong Xia was rocked to his core, secretly shocked. He had nearly been deceived. As his divine energy clone, Lu Yin had deliberately mentioned being a new member of Obscura. The entire purpose of that comment had been to lower Hong Xia's wariness. As long as Ruinfall was dealt with, Lu Yin would be able to launch a surprise attack against Hong Xia because Hong Xia would see the clone as one of Obscura’s own.

In particular, Lu Yin had deliberately claimed to be Red. Hong Xia had interpreted that to mean Lu Yin's divine energy clone would inevitably be forced to fight Lu Yin himself for the red line of divine energy. Subconsciously, Hong Xia had been tricked into accepting the divine energy clone.

With such a deception, a coordinated sneak attack against Hong Xia between Lu Yin and Ji would not have been impossible.

Unfortunately, Ruinfall had interrupted that plan. It was actually able to drag Old Man Hehe away, and while that on its own would have been one thing, Lu Yin had not expected to learn that Old Man Hehe was actually the ferryman of the Nine Ramparts' River of Aeons. Because of that, he had to find a way to help.

At the very least, the chances that Old Man Hehe was an enemy of humanity were far too low.

Consequently, the truth regarding the connection between Lu Yin's true body and his divine energy clone had been exposed. Hong Xia was not stupid, and he had quickly guessed at the truth. This meant that it was no longer possible to ambush Hong Xia. Not only that, but the fact that Lu Yin had a clone was also now exposed to Obscura. This was an enormous price to pay, as it might even affect his skeleton clone.

Lu Yin simply had no choice. This was not the time to consider such things. He would rather bear this loss and keep Old Man Hehe safe, just for the possibility that Old Man Hehe might have helped humanity. Even if the chances of that being true were extremely low, it would still be worth it.

Ruinfall was absolutely dumbfounded. It did not know who Lu Yin was, but how was there a human that was actually able to teleport?

A human can teleport? Damn it!

No, this old fellow must have thought of a way. Hurry, hurry, hurry! It had to drag it away.

Old Man Hehe kept retreating, constantly widening the distance between itself and the miniature River of Aeons. It could not move fast, as that would quickly draw the attention of the main stream. However, Old Man Hehe also could not be too slow, because that would let the miniature river touch it.

All ferrymen of the River of Aeons had this same weakness. Their lives were connected to the River of Aeons, having come from the main stream. Not even Old Man Hehe could avoid this.

If the Death Megaverse had not knocked it out of the main stream of the River of Aeons, such a minor attempt would have posed no threat to it at all.

Before long, Lu Yin reappeared, a captured ferryman in hand.

Almost no time had passed. Old Man Hehe had expected that it would need to exert its greatest effort to remain separate from the miniature river, but Lu Yin had taken his divine energy clone to a megaverse that he had already been aware of. Then, his clone had destroyed that megaverse and captured its ferryman. Finally, Lu Yin had returned to the battlefield with his true body.

The series of events seemed complicated, but because of how strong his divine energy clone was, it had actually been very simple.

Capturing someone who was not even an Immortal was no different from capturing an ordinary person for the divine energy clone.

That captive ferryman had not even had a chance to react before being delivered to the battlefield. When it saw the River of Aeons’ main stream descending, the ferryman was utterly dumbfounded. It frantically struggled to escape, but it stood no chance at all.

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