Chapter 1117: The Direction of the Eighth Extreme

23 Aug, 2024

Chapter 1117: The Direction of the Eighth Extreme

"Time isn't just about speeding up the flow of time, reversing time, and freezing time."

"There's a deeper level of display …"

Xu Qing looked at the vast desert before him. At the moment he understood the essence of the desert, even though he possessed the power of time, his heart was still stirred by the way time was presented in this place, and many thoughts ran through his mind.

"Time can be macroscopic. It falls on all the star rings, or rather … on all living things. As long as they exist, they are all within its scope."

"The river of time is everywhere."

"However, it's not fixed and unchanging. Whether it's the influence of external forces or some other changes, they can all cause different changes."

"And what this desert shows is a branch of time."

Xu Qing took a deep breath, and the feeling of understanding in his heart became even clearer.

"Every time a grain of sand moves, it will form a timeline. Then, on this timeline, a second grain of sand will appear."

"The first grain of sand and the second grain of sand are essentially the same, but the timeline is different."

"With this operation, there will be more and more timelines, forming chaos, just like this desert.

If you can make them return to one in the end, then it would be the same as walking within time, yet being independent of time. It could be said to be in control. "

A strange light flashed in Xu Qing's eyes.

"Unfortunately, the current me is unable to return them to one. I can only cause them to appear without order."

"And this kind of disorderly timeline that is based on the changes of the object itself, to a certain extent, seems to have appeared … different fates?"

"Every time there is an additional timeline, there will be an additional grain of sand based on that timeline. The path after this grain of sand is no longer related to the most original grain of sand. It has become an independent path."

Xu Qing recalled the Divine Authority of Destiny that his Divine Body possessed, and a strange feeling gradually emerged in his heart.

Because he'd discovered that Authority and Divine Authority actually seemed to achieve the same effect at this moment.

"However, there are also some subtle differences. My Divine Authority of Destiny uses a carving knife to carve out new threads of fate, allowing them to stand out and become the dominant one."

Create a large number of different timelines … "

"As for the specific differences, when I return to the Wanggu World in the future, I should have a clearer understanding of the immortal body and the god body.

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"And now …"

Xu Qing's eyes flashed with a dark light. He was thinking about how to use this time branching ability in battle.

At the same time, he took out a bottle of Liao Xuan Holy Liquid and drank it.

In the past few days, he had already drunk two bottles, and now he was taking out the third bottle.

Along with the diffusion of the Liao Xuan Holy Liquid, Xu Qing's thoughts were also boiling.

"I can use it on myself. With every move I make, even with every heartbeat, I can form different lines of time." However, the branching of time is to turn the object itself into lines.

"Although I can't combine them into one, I can use my Life Sundial to unleash them all in one go and form a chaotic sea of time!"

"Those who enter my Chaotic Sea will have to bear the power of time and be immersed in the chaos of countless timelines. They will either die or go mad!"

"If it's on an enemy … it's the same!"

"Every action of the other party will form a disorderly timeline. As more and more time passes, the other party will not be able to control this change, so they can only face it passively, causing chaos to themselves!"

"I even have the feeling that all my flesh and blood is going to be independent just by looking at it, just like the gods."

"Not even Sovereigns can evade this divine ability!" Xu Qing's eyes flashed coldly.

"Entering the sea is all bitterness and suffering. There is no end to time, so it is called … Seamless!"

Xu Qing performed a double-handed incantation gesture, drawing upon his power to envelop the entire desert. Then, he focused all of his thoughts into his Dao, which he then imprinted into the Seventh Extreme.

After doing all this, his thoughts were still spreading.

The power of the Liaoxuan Saint Liquid was also continuously activated at this moment, causing Xu Qing's already shocking perception to continue to increase.

"In addition, there should be other better ways to display the time branch ability. I need to think about it in detail later.

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"For example … with the power of space?"

Xu Qing muttered to himself. After a while, he suddenly had a thought.

"An additional timeline, plus a space that belongs to that timeline, what appears is …

"A destiny that has the same origin as me but a different future?"

Xu Qing's breathing quickened. He had a vague feeling that he had grasped something.

"Or to be precise, it should be called … space-time?"

"Based on the space-time I created?"

"In countless space-times, there are countless me …"

Xu Qing abruptly raised his head. His mind was in turmoil at this moment, and he immediately began to test it out.

Time flowed by, and three days passed.

Xu Qing was still immersed in his own comprehension, exploring the method of fusing time and space.

During this period of time, he had thought of all the ideas, some of which were deduced, some of which were put into practice. However, without exception, all of them failed.

Therefore, he changed his mind and focused on the chaotic formation of the timeline. He tried to turn his spatial ability into a box to contain the timeline.

This process was very slow.

However, Xu Qing did not care about this. All of his energy was focused on this.

However … as for Qian Fan of the Cloud Gate, the shock in her heart grew as Xu Qing cultivated!

Although her cultivation base was at the Void Returning Stage, whether she could break through to the Soul Accumulation Realm depended on her luck. However, as one of the core members of her Clan, she still had some knowledge.

However, even though she was quite knowledgeable and had interacted with other Sovereigns, the sight of Xu Qing's cultivation had still stirred up a storm in her heart over the past few days.

As Xu Qing comprehended the desert, the formation of this storm exploded in Qian Fan's heart.

In the first few days, she noticed that all the sand in the desert was gradually shining. In the end, the desert turned into a dazzling starry sky in her eyes.

This caused great waves in her heart.

Then, all the sand began to tremble. There was even a short period of time when all the sand in Qian Fan's line of sight rose into the air.

That dreamy and illusory feeling affected her cognition, and the waves in her heart became stormy waves.

But compared to all of this, what happened after that was even more subversive.

She noticed that Xu Qing's body was actually distorting and becoming blurry. It was as if he was overlapping with her. She didn't even know if she was seeing things, but for an instant, she seemed to have seen countless Xu Qings!

Although all of this disappeared in the blink of an eye like an illusion, what followed was the trembling of her body and intense dizziness.

The world was spinning.

What shocked her even more was that while she was dizzy, she would age in an instant, turn into a child in an instant, and then recover in an instant.

Hallucinations also appeared frequently, as if she had experienced different lives one after another.

The joys and sorrows of partings and reunions, love and hatred, were all present.

Fortunately, Xu Qing had sensed this at the critical moment and raised his hand to form a seal to stop it. There was also a gentle force enveloping him, isolating him from the effects.

Otherwise, she would have become a skeleton by now.

This scene caused the Qian Fan of the Cloud Gate's mind to be filled with an intense storm.

"Even the Patriarch didn't give me such a feeling …"

Qian Fan of the Cloud Gate took a deep breath and quickly retreated a distance, not daring to get close to Xu Qing.

At the same time, he also felt an even stronger sense of security than before.

Once again, she was certain that her divination was absolutely correct.

As for whether or not the other clan members were dead or alive, she didn't know. However, she knew that she should be fine this time.

At the same time, she vaguely felt that her divination skills seemed to have changed after experiencing what had just happened.

"The changes caused by Senior Yan Xuanzi's cultivation, to some extent, coincide with the way of divination?"

Qian Fan of the Cloud Gate was deep in thought. He sat cross-legged in the distance and carefully sensed.

Just like that, another two days passed.

The entire desert became even more dazzling. Endless amounts of sand rose into the air and moved about, forming a tornado in the desert.

Rumbling sounds echoed out in all directions as a person appeared on the ground outside of the desert.

It was a woman.

She was dressed in a long black dress and held a long black spear in her hand. She had a beautiful face, but her expression was murderous, and her entire body emitted an icy aura.

She stood outside the desert storm and took a step forward, stepping into the range of the desert.

However, he only took a single step before he stopped.

A moment later, she slowly retracted her footsteps. Standing there, it was as if she had turned into an iceberg. The surrounding air seemed to have been frozen by her aura, and an invisible pressure spread in all directions.

It was as if all living things would be devoured by that cold air as long as they approached it.

However, the ice mountain's aura only appeared for a few breaths. As she withdrew her foot and stared at it, it began to melt.

Everything was quickly replaced by a solemn feeling.

"Desert of Time …"

"The power of time!"

"No wonder all the Elders and Guest Elders from before died so mysteriously that I was summoned here to stop them. This Guest Elders of the Cloud Gate Clan is not only a Sovereign, but he is most likely a mid-stage Sovereign!"

"He's hiding in the Cloud Gate Clan. His goal must be that secret key …" The woman was silent.

As a peerless prodigy of the Earth Spirit Race and the holder of the Quasi-Immortal Token, she had fought countless people in her life and had seen more than 99% of the people in her clan.

She was confident that she could fight against all those at the same level as her.

But now … her solemn expression was gradually mixed with an increasingly strong sense of danger in her heart.

When she took that step, she felt death.

"I'm no match for this person."

After a brief moment of silence, the woman took a deep breath and slowly retreated.

After three steps, her body suddenly stopped, and her expression changed.

She realized that she had retreated a little too late.

She had been standing there for quite a long time, and during that period of time, her heartbeat, thoughts, and body movements were simply too much.

Most importantly, she shouldn't have taken that step into the desert.

Thus, unknowingly, timelines had already formed on her body, causing her body to distort, blur, and overlap as she retreated.

However, she was a Sovereign, and was no ordinary person. As soon as she realized that something was amiss, she didn't hesitate to unleash the power of her cultivation base. Then, without any hesitation, she destroyed her secret treasure and used its power to bolster her own power.

In the blink of an eye, a truly vast iceberg, with her as the center, roared in all directions and stood outside the desert.

It froze everything, froze everything, including itself and time!

Several days later, the iceberg was still standing.

The storm in the desert slowly dissipated and the entire desert returned to normal.

At this moment, Xu Qing opened his eyes.

He didn't look at the ice mountain in the distance. He just sighed at his own comprehension.

After trying for a period of time, he found that because of his lack of understanding, he was still unable to fuse time and space.

"But this is a direction, the direction of the Eighth Pole!"

Xu Qing took a deep breath, then waved his hand. The desert began to churn, and all of the sand and gravel began to sway. Countless streams of time began to intertwine, and dazzling, multicolored light shone out.

Finally, they converged in front of Xu Qing, forming a resplendent path.

"Let's go."

Xu Qing stood up and spoke to Qian Fan of the Cloud Gate.

At that moment, Qian Fan was staring at the ice mountain that had suddenly appeared in her mind. When she saw the woman sealed within the ice mountain, she instinctively looked towards Xu Qing.

"Senior, she …"

"She tried to freeze time, but failed. She is not dead yet, but she is not much different from being dead."

"Ah, that … the thing on her body?

Qian Fan of the Cloud Gate blinked.

Xu Qing shook his head and did not continue speaking.

This was because even though he was the one who had activated the Boundless Sea sealed within the ice mountain, he didn't have the ability to return it to its original state. If he stepped into it, he would be trapped within it.

Of course, Xu Qing would naturally not expose this.

At this moment, he took a step forward and walked on the resplendent path. As he walked, he traversed time and crossed the desert. When he appeared … he was already in front of an ancient stone formation.

Qian Fan of the Cloud Gate obediently followed behind him.