Chapter 343: River of Time
"This..." Jiang Yue exclaimed in shock.
The waterfall was taller than the eye could see and its water radiated light from within.
All those who entered the tower were at the bottom of the waterfall and were looking at it in wonder.
"Could it be the river of time?" Jiang Yue wondered aloud and the others quickly figured it out.
"It should be." Bing Lan said and sent her divine sense to explore the waterfall.
A moment later, she withdrew her divine sense and her face turned pale.
"It is the river of time." She confirmed.
When she sent her divine sense into the water, she felt like she was caught in a channel of time.
In a short time, her divine sense experienced several lifetimes and she almost couldn’t take it back.
"There are boats at the bottom of the waterfall." Xuan Ke stated.
At the bottom of the waterfall was a large lake.
On the lake were several thousand wooden boats but there were no oars in sight.
"There are about three thousand boats." Yu Nianzhen mentioned and Yang Xu nodded.
"Each boat can sit one person." He added.
"Let’s not waste time." Jiang Yue reminded and everyone agreed.
They walked to the lake and stood at the edge.
Soon after, six boats moved towards them and the six looked at each other in surprise.
"It looks like we guessed right." Xuan Ke said and hopped on a boat.
Right after, a transparent barrier appeared and enclosed the boat in a bubble.
However, that wasn’t the end.
Unexpectedly, golden light patterns escaped from Xuan Ke’s dantian and merged with the transparent barrier.
When that happened, the barrier acquired a glow and the golden light particles converged on Xuan Ke who was sitting at the centre of the boat.
"As we thought, the golden patterns we acquired in the space channel are not useless." Jiang Yue said excitedly.
"We don’t know their use though." Bing Lan said.
"We will find out when we try it." Jiang Yue said and pulled Yu Nianzhen for a hug.
"Azhen, I will miss you."
"I will miss you too." Yu Nianzhen said with a soft look in his eyes.
"Get on the boat quickly." Yang Xu shouted and rolled his eyes.
However, he was also reluctant to part with his wife and he took a long time to say goodbye.
"Brother Xuan’s boat is already moving." Li Futian observed and the others turned to the lake.
As Li Futian said, Xuan Ke’s boat had rushed from the edge of the lake to the base of the waterfall.
In their eyes, the boat tilted, flung itself on the waterfall, and began to climb upwards.
"Let’s go too." Yu Nianzhen said and gave his husband a quick kiss.
After that, each of them got into a boat and the situation with Xuan Ke repeated.
When the transparent barrier appeared, Yu Nianzhen didn’t feel anything special.
He only acknowledged it as a defensive enchantment to guard against evil-minded cultivators.
However, when the golden patterns embedded in the barrier, he couldn’t help but gasp in surprise.
As it turned out, the golden light particles from the patterns had the effect of enlightenment.
When they fell on Yu Nianzhen, his mind cleared and he entered an epiphany.
However, this epiphany was different from usual.
At ordinary times, he would enter a selfless state and fixate on a single aspect of his cultivation.
This time, Yu Nianzhen could control his thoughts without falling out of the epiphany state.
’This opportunity is unprecedented.’ He thought and a smile curled his lips.
As the boat moved, Yu Nianzhen began to cultivate.
When the golden patterns left his body, something else appeared in his dantian.
The thing was a grey rock and it floated freely in the middle of his dantian.
With a thought, Yu Nianzhen sent his consciousness into the dantian and probed the rock.
’Space core.’ He thought in surprise.
If a space embryo was the mother of a small world, a space core was what was left when a small world died.
’A space embryo has the meaning of birth while a space core carries the meaning of death. I will refine the space core and space embryo as my second origin treasures.’
After thinking about it, he immediately did it.
Time passed and Yu Nianzhen broke through to the third level of the origin tempering realm.
After stabilising his realm, he used spirit stones to cultivate to the peak of the third level.
When his cultivation stabilised at the peak, he removed two jade boxes from his storage ring.
One box contained a star core and the other contained a light particle.
Like a space core, the star core was what was left at the death of a star.
A star core was the heaviest thing in the world and carried the meaning of heaviness.
On the other side, the light particle had zero mass and was the lightest thing in the world.
Without delay, Yu Nianzhen refined the two as his third origin treasures and quickly broke through to the fourth level of the origin tempering realm.
After that, Yu Nianzhen didn’t continue to cultivate his qi. Instead, he began to refine his body and soul.
Time passed in this way and he perfected his body and soul cultivation at the peak of the fifth level.
When that was done, he returned to qi cultivation and urged his cultivation to the peak of the fourth level.
’Fortunately, I found many treasures in the Valley of Stars." He thought and removed a jade box from his storage ring.
The jade box contained another star core.
However, this star core was different from the previous one.
The previous star core belonged to an ordinary star but the current star core belonged to a destruction star.
Although it also carried the meaning of heaviness, it predominantly carried the meaning of destruction.
As its polar opposite, Yu Nianzhen planned to refine a branch of the tree of life.
With that, Yu Nianzhen refined the two and quickly broke through to the fifth level of the origin tempering realm.
After that, he stabilised his realm and then began to polish his swordsmanship.
When his swordsmanship reached a bottleneck, he once again began to increase his realm.
’I don’t have any more origin treasures.’ He thought and opened his eyes to look at the river of time.
From the beginning, Yu Nianzhen planned to refine the water of the River of Time as an origin treasure.
However, he didn’t know if he could get some.
’I won’t know unless I try.’ He thought and took a deep breath.
A moment later, he removed a gourd from his storage ring and used it to scoop water from the river of time.
However, scooping was more difficult than he expected.
As soon as the gourd touched the water, it began to age and soon turned to dregs.
’Everything ages so what can be used to scoop the water?’ He thought and a frown appeared on his face.
With the idea of trying his luck, Yu Nianzhen tried several containers.
However, they all disintegrated when they touched the water of the river of time.
’Should I use something old? If the container is old enough, it may take some time to disintegrate.’
’No, that isn’t reliable.’
Yu Nianzhen fell into thought as his boat continued to flow along the river of time.
After a long time, he muttered and sighed.
"My only choice is to directly refine a drop of the water." He said.
"If I do it well, I will successfully refine it as my fifth origin treasure. If something goes wrong, my lifespan will be annihilated in a moment."
With that, Yu Nianzhen looked at the other boats flowing along the river.
Although he and Jiang Yue entered their boats at the same time, their boats did not flow alongside each other.
Yu Nianzhen didn’t know where Jiang Yue was and he missed him terribly at this moment.
’XiaoYue, I am about to do something dangerous. Will you blame me?’ He wondered and then chuckled.
He knew Jiang Yue would blame him.
However, he also knew that Jiang Yue was probably doing the same thing as him.
In the end, he could only hope that their gamble was not wrong. Otherwise, they would both fall in the river of time.
’XiaoYue, I am worrying about you but I won’t blame you. Since we want the water from the river of time, we can only accept the corresponding risk.’
After that, Yu Nianzhen didn’t hesitate.
He focused his mind and sunk his consciousness into the river of time.
Instantly, his consciousness was swept up in the river of time and he experienced several lifetimes in the blink of an eye.
’I can’t allow myself to be swept up.’ Yu Nianzhen thought and forcibly calmed himself.
When his mind calmed down, the flow of time slowed and gradually returned to normal.
At that, he heaved a sigh of relief and began to refine the water of time.
