Chapter 481: Chapter 30: Time Law, Terror as Such_2
For his own safety, Lin Chen did not do this himself.
Instead, he sought a picturesque place, preparing to go into seclusion.
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Western Domain of Qing State.
Three thousand miles south of Three Treasures City, Purple Peak Mountain Range.
Among the vast mountains stretching for tens of thousands of miles, the highest peak.
This mountain rises six thousand zhang, with many spirits and monsters in the deep mountain, its height reaching the sky.
By reason, such a high mountain should experience perennial snow and rain, with no distinction of the four seasons.
Yet, curiously, the top of Purple Peak Mountain has distinct seasons, cold in winter and hot in summer, with fresh air.
This place is where the earth’s veins converge, a treasure land.
Lin Chen sat cross-legged at the summit of Purple Peak Mountain, breathing rhythmically.
His heart stirred slightly, a thumb-sized pill appeared in his hand.
Tiandan.
Compared to the beginning, the pill energy within the Tiandan had already been mostly consumed, but it was still incomparable to ordinary pills.
"Alas, this Tiandan... it seems to be used up..."
Lin Chen felt a bit of regret in his heart.
He operated the Evergreen Technique, and the Tiandan floated before him, with strands of pill energy seeping into his dantian.
After running a hundred and eight Grand Circulations.
A month had passed.
And the Tiandan had completely turned to void.
After a month in seclusion, Lin Chen slowly opened his eyes, sensing changes within his dantian.
"Not bad, the final essence of this Tiandan has allowed my Evergreen Technique to smoothly reach the Third Layer..."
"It seems that I am not far from the mid-stage of Divinity Transformation..."
Lin Chen’s mouth slightly turned up; reaching the Divinity Transformation Stage made cultivation advancement increasingly precious.
Yet, Lin Chen maintained rapid cultivation growth in the Human Realm because he was willing to spend resources.
However, the Spirit Realm Jade Dew had already been used up, and the Tiandan was consumed.
The cultivation resources in Lin Chen’s hands were not much.
There were still a hundred thousand or so Upper Grade Spirit Stones, enough for the next two to three years of cultivation.
However, the Profound Celestial Treasure Gourd had yielded quite a bit of Spirit Liquid, numbering in the tens of thousands of drops.
But Lin Chen hesitated to use them because he found that the longer the Spirit Liquid settled in the gourd, the better the quality became.
Now, the effect of these tens of thousands of drops of Spirit Liquid had already surpassed half of the Spirit Realm Jade Dew.
Lin Chen planned to accumulate them and consume them when their potency no longer increased.
Looking at the unique beauty atop this mountain, Lin Chen murmured:
"Junior Sister Jiang probably still needs some time to break into Divinity Transformation... this Purple Peak Mountain is a quiet place for seclusion."
Lin Chen pondered for a moment and decided to go into seclusion on the summit of Purple Peak Mountain.
After setting up several array restrictions, Lin Chen sat under an old tree at the mountain’s peak.
Before him was a ten-thousand-zhang cliff, like a sea of clouds and mist.
Sitting and watching the sun and moon revolve, the stars change.
The breath of the four seasons moved with time.
In the blink of an eye, two years had passed.
...
Two years later, Lin Chen sat under the tree like a statue.
Though his eyes were tightly closed, his heart was bright like a mirror.
Lin Chen had been in seclusion, sitting dry for a full four years.
Two years on Blue Star, two years at the peak of Purple Peak Mountain.
In these four years, Lin Chen hadn’t seen anyone, cultivating alone.
In these years of insight, Lin Chen finally sensed something different...
"Whether it’s the Nascent Soul True Man, True Monarch of Divinity Transformation, or Returning Void, Integration... they are just tiny, imperceptible segments in the vast river of time."
"Looking at this world, only the revolving sun and moon are eternal, only time is eternal. If the world is a floating speck, like a drop in the ocean..."
Lin Chen finally opened his eyes, and vaguely, the myriad flowers and trees on the mountain top began to change.
The trees grew wildly, the flowers and plants flourished.
As if in a few breaths, several months, and years passed.
Lin Chen raised his eyes to the bright moon in the sky.
The moon seemed to move faster.
A moment ago shrouded by dark clouds, the moon suddenly moved a great distance, revealing itself.
Beyond the Northwest Sea, north of the Chishui River, is Zhangwei Mountain.
A god exists, human face with a snake body and red, eyes upright, its blink makes dark, its sight makes bright, does not eat, does not sleep, does not cease, wind and rain are its doorkeepers.
At this moment, the inheritance of Zhu Jiuyin in Lin Chen’s body grew further.
The barely visible Time Seed seemed to start to take root and sprout.
"Time Intent Realm?"
"No... the power of intent is far from such powerful strength..."
Lin Chen was thoughtful.
In four years of seclusion, Lin Chen’s cultivation hadn’t advanced an inch.
Yet his grasp of the Time Intent Realm, in the rotation of the sun and moon, and the changes of the seasons, had grown to an astonishing degree.
Great Success, Perfection, reached the Transformation Realm...
Lin Chen’s power of time had already surpassed the level of intent.
"Perhaps... this is the Power of Law?"
"The Time Law? A subordinate law of the Time Law... though not as powerful as the Time Law, it is still extremely profound..."
Lin Chen’s mind remained calm.
"The Power of Law that only Returning Void Cultivators can master, I have unexpectedly mastered in advance..."
"It seems, though, some elements are lacking for a complete Law, it can already be called a rudimentary Law."
Lin Chen felt a bit eager, wanting to test the power of this rudimentary Law.
With a slight thought, Lin Chen left the summit of Purple Peak Mountain, where he had secluded for two years.
Heading west, crossing the West Coast.
...
A week later, Endless Sea Domain.
Lin Chen raced above the Endless Sea Domain, his Divine Sense always enveloping three hundred miles around.
He searched for traces of Fifth Tier Sea Beasts.
Finally, a sea beast resembling a shark in the Fifth Tier appeared before Lin Chen.
Mid-stage Transformation, Giant-toothed Demon Shark.
This sea shark is the overlord of the sea region for thousands of miles, comparable to a mid-stage Divinity Transformation cultivator.
Its body spanned hundreds of zhang, impacting visual senses like an island.
Lin Chen floated in the air, with monstrous waves beneath his feet.
This Fifth Tier Sea Shark noticed Lin Chen and wanted to eat him.
Lin Chen looked at the sea shark’s crazed manner and smiled.
A slight thought, and an invisible power of time rushed towards the sea shark.
Almost instantly, the sea shark stood dumbfounded.
Lin Chen saw the sea shark’s body expand several times in an instant.
Its aura even began approaching late-stage Divinity Transformation.
But warning, the once-firm skin began decaying.
The sharp teeth started falling out, and the scarlet giant eyes gradually lost their luster.
In just a few dozen breaths, this Fifth Tier Sea Shark transitioned from its prime to its old age.
Ultimately, it turned into flesh, bones, buried in the sea.
"A Divinity Transformation cultivator lives five thousand years."
"A Transformed Great Demon lives even longer... this sea shark’s lifespan was at least ten thousand years."
"And it seemed to be in its prime, should have had five or six thousand years left to live..."
"Yet, in just a few dozen breaths, this sea shark had at least five or six thousand years of its time stripped away..."
Lin Chen’s heart was shaken, merely in a few dozen breaths, to strip five or six thousand years’ time.
This is still a Fifth Tier Sea Beast!
If it were a Nascent Soul Cultivator or a Fourth Tier Sea Beast, perhaps Lin Chen could strip away their entire lifespans in an instant.
Lin Chen sensed slightly, the Time Law within had slightly diminished.
But it could recover in a few days.
"This power of time... is too strong!"
"Demon Beasts’ lifespans are several times that of humans. Against Human Race cultivators, this Time Law is truly a deadly weapon!"
"Against Returning Void Cultivators who also master laws, the effect is unknown, but against Divinity Transformation Cultivators, it’s absolutely a deadly weapon!"
After pondering, Lin Chen felt there was room for optimization in the power of time.
For example, integrating it into Lin Chen’s saber techniques and martial arts.
One saber strike could strip three hundred or even three thousand years of lifespan from a target, wouldn’t that be terrifying?
At that time, who would dare to directly face Lin Chen’s saber technique?
"Good, this is a direction for inference..."
"Seems I need to experiment again."
Lin Chen turned and flew deeper into the Endless Sea Domain.
In the next three months, Lin Chen continually researched the Time Law.
Until, three months later...
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Wenda City.
A few days ago, Lin Chen received communication from Jiang Liqian.
She had successfully broken through to the Divinity Transformation Stage, and the two agreed to travel to Yunzhou.
Before leaving, Lin Chen confirmed that his master, fellow apprentices, and a few friends were well.
Thus, he followed Junior Sister Jiang towards Yunzhou.
"Senior Brother Lin, do you know where Yunzhou is?"
Jiang Liqian asked with a smile.
Lin Chen thought for a moment and said, "Yunzhou, naturally, is above the clouds."
