Chaos Ensues

Grant appeared before a massive tree. The tree of Life. Due to the distance from the southern Outerverse, to the eastern Outerverse, Grant had been unable to get to the tree of life which had led to him, seeking help from the Master Path Dao of time. Now, Grant did not want the same problem to repeat itself again. 

It would have been good if a lot of people knew about the impending apocalypse. However, no one knew. Grant did not plan to reveal anything at all because he believes that revealing the truth might hasten the arrival of the apocalypse.

Grant stared at the large tree. He observed the tree's movement. This tree isn't something that stays at a particular position. In a few hours or so, the tree of Life might decide to leave this area and there was nothing anyone is going to do about it.

The thing is, the tree of life is imbued with a terrifying power of healing energy. If anyone that is about to die gets close to that tree, their life would be spared in an instant. The only problem is, the tree is always mobile and anyone can either be lucky or unlucky and it was said that Grant had been unlucky, if not, he wouldn't have had to sacrifice his soul just for the sake of a second chance. 

Grant sighed.

The ossis ark is the best bet at this moment. If the tree of Life is boundless, the ossis ark is also boundless and remains humanity's only hope. But if both the ossis ark and the tree of life is merged, both boundless powers would fight for dominance which would keep them static for a while until they determine the real winner. 

Grant smiled and pressed the ossis ark into the tree of Life. The roots of the trees suddenly squirmed and the earth under it was overturned by the overwhelming force. 

Grant smiled. 

For now, the tree of Life would always be available whenever. There were still a lot of preparations to be made and a lot of people to warn, however it was already too late. 

If he wanted to warn people about the danger, he needed to travel three weeks to the Neoverse or the Innerverse and he only had like a few hours to the apocalypse. 

Grant sighed. At least, the entire universe would not be destroyed. 

In the next four hours, the sky suddenly darkened and Grant's face instantly turned pale. It was the apocalypse! 

It came much faster than it was supposed to. Did the Master Path do something again? Was he unable to control the events completely? 

It was a possibility! 

Grant immediately grabbed the pendant and pried it open. He stared at the picture, he spoke into it, but the Master Path did not want to talk to him. However, he heard something that shattered his heart completely. 

"No matter how much you prepare, this universe has already been predestined to be destroyed." 

It was the voice of the Master Path and Grant's face was pale. Immediately, Old man Saro walked in, staring out of the window where the dark sky spread out and he spoke.

"What's going on?" 

Grant did not reply. He simply reflected on what the Master Path had said. He was the Dao of Time, the only overlord over time and it's river. 

Grant, ignoring his father moved as the void shattered around him. 

And in a few seconds, he was 50 kilometers above the sky we he glared at the darkness which blanketed the universe like a black veil. 

All of a sudden a powerful arrow descended in threes. And the universe twisted that Grant's hairs stood on end. He could not block the attack, he could not dodge. 

Previously, the first attack had been a punch that shattered the horizons, but now things were changing. It was completely different. 

The Dao of Time.

Is he changing the events on purpose? 

Grant's face was pale. Did this mean that all of his preparations were in vain? 

Grant quickly activated his battle techniques, and lotus flowers surrounded him, each flowers emitting a poisoning effect and utterly destructive shockwaves.

The first three set of arrows descended, instantly plunging the entire Outerverse into chaos. There was a roaring sound and the shrill cry of innocent humans that were brutally killed by the descent of the arrows. Grant could not save them, even himself was blasted away by the unfathomable force and he was suddenly bleeding from his seven orifices.

He had to move three yards and he touched the tree of life. The next second, it's nexus streamed into his body, and he was enveloped in a terrifying healing energy. 

Grant turned. 

Maybe, the Dao of Time was trying to tell him that not everything would remain the same. Or maybe he is actually the one planning the universe's annihilation. Grant did not know what to think anymore, however he believes that he had the situation under his control.

The next three arrows descended, but the ossis ark's defense activated and it blocked off the insurmountable arrows. There was a deafening screech and a thunderous boom.

The sky shattered and the horizon bended and twisted unfathomably. Then, after series of attacks that failed to kill any other person, five figures appeared from the dark sky and stared down at the civilization below. 

There was a billowing roar and then, a man raised his hands and pressed down. 

The once calm universe suddenly groaned. The void bent all the way back and visible cracks ran through the space that shocked Grant. 

The Ossis ark was actually durable in this aspect, no matter the amount of pressure, the ossis ark was defiant. 

Grant stood by the tree of Life, in case the Invaders decide to attack the moving bone ark he should be able to protect the tree of life. As long as Grant held the tree, he would not die, and as long as no attack passes through him, the tree of life and the ossis ark would be safe.

Up above the sky where the dark sky originated from, a man said;

"We have already defeated and annihilated this universe before, it seem as if the Master Path had acted." 

"This is very interesting. Now that we would be attached again, we want to see what this universe had put in place to stop us?"

"The bone ark? The tree of Life? As long as he have deep reserve of chakra, we can burn away the nexus of the tree of life and we can shatter the ossis ark." 

"Yes, however the Master Path clearly asked us not to attack the person that was the last to be devoured." 

"Grant? He's quite formidable! If he becomes the Dao of Time's disciple, he would become an unstoppable Force." 

"Attack others, do not touch him!" 

The three men suddenly stared down at the Outerverse, the Innerverse and the Neoverse. He raised a hand and pressed down with an even greater power and the world cracked, spatial turbulence manifesting and causing the void to surge and break. 

Grant's face was pale. 

The attack hit him, he was injured and healed and injured again. He took too much damage and was healed so many times that Grant kept wondering how much longer it would take for the tree of life to keep healing him. 

Grant immediately willed the ossis ark to go offensive and it did. The spatial turbulence that was drowning out everything earlier was suddenly replicated and a power seem to elude the concept of space. 

Existence was erased and the two attacking men retreated. 

"The child had really been prepared!" Their face showed utterly surprise. He could not believe that earth's attack would be so destructive. In fact, the last time they seized the ossis ark, they had only used it to summon an uncountable horde of great beasts that devoured all life they spot. They had not known of it's immaculate attack and defense. 

"Did we underestimate bone ark?" 

"I think we did!" 

Their eyes flashed! "Let's capture it!" 

The next minute, their directives changed. They no longer attacked rather, they tried to capture the ossis ark.