“Time treasures?”
A fervent light surged in Devil Voice’s eyes, and she couldn’t help but walk forwards.
The legendary Time Treasure, how magical, who wouldn’t want to obtain it?
Zhang Ruochen pressed down on her fragrant shoulder and said, “Don’t go any further. Here, the flow of time must be quite fast, which is why it makes a sound like water flowing. Have you forgotten how many cultivators unknowingly died of old age inside the Time Formation when they were competing for the Merit Book Wall?”
Devil Voice immediately woke up and stopped, revealing a look of fear as she asked, “There’s a Time Formation here as well?”
Zhang Ruochen opened his Heavenly Eyes and looked forward, only to see that, with the sundial as the centre, the space was filled with densely-packed time imprints, and the time imprints were still very active.
The power of time here was even more terrifying than a time formation.
With cultivation levels like Zhang Ruochen’s and Devil Voice’s, it was feared that before they could even get close to the sundial, they would have already consumed their lifespans and died of old age halfway through.
“With the sundial as the centre, a radius of one hundred and twenty feet is a forbidden zone.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Devil Voice asked, “Master cultivates the Way of Time, is he also unable to restrain the power of time here? This sundial is obviously an extraordinary ancient artefact, having already encountered it and not being able to collect it, I’m afraid that I will have regrets for the rest of my life.”
How could Zhang Ruochen not want to seize the sundial?
It was only that he knew more than Devil Voice, so he was even more aware of how terrifying the sundial was, and his heart was actually incomparably scornful.
“I’ll give it a try.”
Zhang Ruochen stepped forward step by step with steady footsteps and walked to a position one hundred and twenty feet away from the sundial and stopped.
When Zhang Ruochen took another step forward, instantly, with the sundial as the centre, a time mark light point condensed and flew towards him.
Each time mark light point was capable of chopping away a living being’s lifespan of more than ten years, and once one was struck by the densely packed light points, it was feared that they would instantly lose a thousand years of lifespan and die on the spot.
“Wow–”
Zhang Ruochen executed the Time Sword Technique and swung out one after another, hitting one Time Mark light point after another to burst apart. However, those points of light were unending, continuing to surface, and it was impossible to clear them.
After five breaths of confrontation in a row, Zhang Ruochen was struck by three Time Seal Light Points and lost roughly fifty years of his lifespan.
Zhang Ruochen had to retreat back, a bitter smile appearing on his face, ”Powerful, truly powerful, with only the third power of the Time Sword Technique, it is simply impossible to fight against the sundial. I’m afraid that the only way to go for a fight is to successfully cultivate the fourth level of the Time Sword Technique, the Circumstantial Sword Technique.”
The Circumstantial Sword Technique was many times more arcane than the Twelve Hours Sword Technique, and it was simply not something that could be successfully cultivated in a moment.
Wanting to take the sundial was a complete fool’s errand.
However, ……
This was an excellent place to study the Way of Time, so perhaps one could retreat and take this opportunity to cultivate the Rules of Time and impact the realm of the Supreme Sage.
Zhang Ruochen gave a command to Devil Voice, asking her to stand by and protect him, and then, he came to a position one hundred and twenty feet away from the sundial, sat down on his knees, and listened to the sound of time that was like a stream.
The sound of time flowing contained the Way of Time, which could not be heard at all times.
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen thought of something and took out a section of the one-foot-three-inch-long Rainbow Transformation Vine from inside his spatial ring, placing it upright on the ground, and then, a flame surfaced on his fingertips, igniting it.
“Can the Saffronised Vine really help cultivators to comprehend the rules of the Sacred Dao?”
Zhang Ruochen’s heart was tinged with doubts, so he decided to take this opportunity to test it out.
The Saffron Vine, like a seven-coloured incense, stood on the ground, emitting a very light fragrance that filled the surrounding space.
Inhaling that fragrance, instantly, Zhang Ruochen felt that his five senses became all sharp, his brain was empty, the sound of the stream in his ears became clearer, and he was able to quickly discern the patterns and beats in it.
“It seems to be really useful, how much the perception and comprehension have been enhanced, it’s really a miraculous item.”Zhang Ruochen was delighted in his heart.
Even if the Rainbow Transformation Vine was magical, it was still only an auxiliary object, and if one wanted to comprehend the Way of Time, one ultimately had to rely on oneself.
Zhang Ruochen closed his eyes and listened carefully, quickly entering the metaphysical realm of comprehending the Sacred Dao.
At this moment, it was as if he was sitting on top of a stream and could feel the water flowing underneath him, so he stretched out a hand and tried to cup the stream, only to find that those streams actually penetrated through his palm.
It was as if there were millions of holes in his palm, and he was unable to cup the streams at all.
“Is this time? It can’t be captured at all.”
Zhang Ruochen stopped trying to capture time and quieted his mind, listening to the sound of the stream with full concentration, feeling the rhythm of the stream, his entire being seemed to be one with the stream.
He didn’t know how long it took to pass, but Zhang Ruochen woke up with a start and realised that his body was actually sinking into the stream, and the current around him had already submerged his neck.
However, he quickly calmed down, and instead, a surge of joy arose in his heart.
“I see, in order to manipulate time, one must first fully integrate into it.”
Zhang Ruochen’s body continued to slowly sink, and the stream soon flooded his mouth and nose, followed by his ears, eyes, and forehead ……, spreading all the way to the top of his head.
Around the sundial, those time mark light points, which resonated with the power in Zhang Ruochen’s body, actually flew towards him.
Those light points flew into into Zhang Ruochen’s brow, entered the Qi Sea, and merged into that Time Rule in the Tongtian River.
That Time Rule became more and more solid, emitting eye-catching light.
After fusing sixty-three time mark light points in a row, the Time Rule finally underwent a metamorphosis, reaching the level of “True to Extreme”.
“Boom.”
A mellow sound resounded within Zhang Ruochen’s body.
Immediately after, the Holy Qi in the meridians and Sacred Veins increased its operating speed by several times, crazily absorbing the surrounding Heaven and Earth Holy Qi. The Heaven and Earth Holy Qi in the seven-coloured space was like a stream, rushing into Zhang Ruochen’s brow in a steady stream.
“Congratulations to master for breaking through to the Saint realm, above the Battlefield of Merit, there is no one who is master’s opponent anymore.”Devil Voice clasped his hands and bowed.
Zhang Ruochen slowly stood up, his hands unfolded, and then, a Saint Dao Rule rushed out from his body, and behind his back, it condensed into a golden shadow that was hundreds of feet tall, emitting a majestic aura.
That was the Shadow of Supreme Truth.
When the Shadow of Supreme Truth was inspired, it was able to invoke the rules of the heavens and the earth, and when fighting, it could mobilise some of the power of the heavens and the earth for its own use.
“The Shadow of Supreme Truth is truly extraordinary.”
Zhang Ruochen’s palm slowly pushed forward, and with that, the surrounding space resounded with a series of energy bursts.
After slightly exerting himself, Zhang Ruochen retracted the Shadow of Supreme Truth.
“Longevity has actually increased by nearly a thousand years.”
Zhang Ruochen’s spiritual power was very strong, thus he could roughly project his lifespan. Previously, because of the addition of some factors such as Flesh Body Sainthood, Divine Fate, and so on, Zhang Ruochen’s lifespan would have far exceeded that of an average Saint, and he could live for more than a thousand years.
Now, Zhang Ruochen made a slight projection, but found that his lifespan, exceeded two thousand years.
In the Kunlun Realm, even the most powerful Nine Step Saint King among Saint Kings would hardly live to two thousand years old.
The environment of the Heavenly Court Realm was far superior to that of the Kunlun Realm, yet it was still difficult for a human Saint to break through a thousand years of longevity. To live to two thousand years old, even in the Heavenly Court Realm, one would need to at least reach the realm of a seven-step Saint King.
In other words, even if Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation was stagnant right now, his lifespan was already second only to that of a Great Saint.
“What’s going on?”
Zhang Ruochen thought back carefully, and his heart stirred slightly as he immediately looked towards the sundial in the distance.
“At the moment when I broke through to the Supreme Saint, it seems that a large number of time mark light points escaped from the sundial, rushing into my Qi Sea and integrating into the rules of time. Could it be that the power of the sundial is not only capable of chopping away a cultivator’s lifespan, but also increasing it?”
Zhang Ruochen’s heart was astonished.
Such a time treasure was too heaven-defying.
If one was able to study through its principle, wouldn’t one be able to increase one’s longevity at any time, thus …… living forever?
Zhang Ruochen once again walked towards the sundial, however, just after stepping within 120 feet, he was struck by several time mark light points, and his lifespan was chopped off by a hundred years.
“Still no, this sundial is too weird.”
Even if Zhang Ruochen now possessed a lifespan of more than two thousand years, if he tried to seize the sundial, he was afraid that he would end up dying.
Zhang Ruochen’s heart was very unwilling, and he made various more attempts, but unfortunately, they all failed, and instead, another two hundred years of longevity was chopped off.
“My attainment above the Way of Time is still too low.”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head helplessly and left with Devil Voice, not wanting to spend any more time here, going to search for the Ice and Fire Phoenix’s inheritance and the God’s Star Soul first was the right thing to do.
After seizing these two things, if there was still time, it wouldn’t be too late to come back to study the sundial.
The seven-coloured space in the Phoenix Nest was quite vast, and blindly searching for it, I don’t know how long it would take to find the Ice Fire Phoenix’s inheritance. Perhaps Mu Lingshi’s Ice Phoenix Ancient Saint Body would have some different senses.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ruochen hurriedly took out the Fengbei Shield and released Mu Lingshi from inside the Space-Time Crystal Stone.
In recent times, Mu Lingshi had been cultivating inside the Space-Time Crystal Stone and her cultivation had skyrocketed, already reaching the Supreme Saint realm.
Unlike Zhang Ruochen who had the limitations of the Space Rule and Time Rule, Mu Lingshi had the added benefit of quadruple time and the assistance of treasures like the Ice Phoenix Sacred Marrow, so breaking through to the Supreme Sage was naturally much easier.
“This is the Phoenix Nest?”
“That’s right.”
Mu Lingshi learnt about some of the recent events from Zhang Ruochen with the special environment of the Phoenix Nest, then, gently tapping her snow-white chin, she said, “I’ll give it a try.”?Mu Lingshi closed her eyes and operated the holy qi in her body, and then a bright phoenix mark appeared on her glistening white forehead.
In an instant, the temperature dropped rapidly and became incomparably cold.
“Wow…”
A huge ice phoenix silhouette rushed out from Mu Lingshi’s back, indistinguishable from a real phoenix, each feather bright and colourful, and its wings unfolded like two coloured clouds.
That was the shadow of Mu Lingshi’s Supreme Truth, containing the rules of the Phoenix Clan’s Sacred Dao.
In the next moment, the Ice Phoenix shadow headed in a certain direction and flew out.
Immediately, Mu Lingshi opened her eyes and smiled with bright eyes and teeth, quite excited, “Sure enough, there is a sense, let’s chase after it.”
