Chapter 1023: Chapter 1023
Lu Chenzhou was astonished, then quickly came to a realization.
"When I accidentally entered the Candle Dragon Dojo back then, and the Candle Dragon accelerated the time flow in the Three Thousand Worlds, I had already received the inheritance of the Candle Dragon God. It was just because my cultivation was too weak, the Martial Arts Tree couldn’t manifest. Now, having obtained the Candle Dragon’s Eyes, I can finally unlock it."
In the Great Wilderness, cultivators always say that space is revered, but time is king.
The Time Dao Lord is incredibly powerful.
This is not comparable to a trivial Poison Dao Lord.
If he used this to proclaim his divinity, his strength could instantly rival that of the Blood God, and Old Mother, only second to the Witch Master.
To say Lu Chenzhou wasn’t tempted would be a lie.
But after some thought, he said, "I refuse."
This was his fourth refusal of divine enthronement.
The first was the Zouyu inheritance, the second was in the Poisonous Dao Palace, and the third was the Monarch of Silent Annihilation.
This time, it was even less likely he’d agree, for he already possessed the strength of a Lower God.
It wouldn’t be long before he could rival even greater deities through Martial Arts, so why seal himself as a god?
Having glimpsed the scenery beyond his constraints, Lu Chenzhou broadened his perspective.
He firmly believed that the extreme of Martial Arts can break all bonds, allowing him complete freedom.
Soon after, that light dissipated, and the Candle Dragon’s Eyes returned to normal.
Lu Chenzhou put away the eyes, discovering that the Martial Arts Tree stopped at the Ninth Rank in Time Dao.
With a thought, time began to warp around him, like a black hole, isolating him from the flow of time.
His movements became incredibly swift, as everything around him seemed in slow motion.
In small areas, for brief periods, controlling the passage of time is the most basic use of Time Dao.
Many Heavenly Realm experts use this trick, it’s nothing unusual.
However, compared to Lu Chenzhou, the effect was worlds apart.
"I should take some time to study a Great Divine Power of time; I can’t let the ninth rank of Time Dao go to waste."
Lu Chenzhou murmured.
"As for this Time Dao Lord... I wonder if the inheritance can be passed to someone else."
He wouldn’t use it nor let it go to waste.
In Tianxia, there was already a very strong time dao expert.
Yu Sword Immortal Cave Heaven.
A cool and composed woman was clashing swords with the Priest, the clanging of metal echoing incessantly.
Soon, the Priest was defeated.
"Just a little more, and I can perfect the Time Sword Dao."
The Priest murmured, his eyes filled with longing for Martial Arts.
A figure descended silently into the cave heaven, it was Lu Chenzhou.
"Alliance Hierarch, why have you come?" the Priest hurried to greet.
The cool woman’s gaze also fell upon this legendary figure.
"I have a chance here, would you like to try?" Lu Chenzhou asked.
"Oh? What kind of chance?" the Priest inquired.
A pair of stunning eyes emerged.
The surrounding Time Dao Essence was so high-level, the cool woman’s eyes narrowed, gasping, "Candle Dragon’s Eyes!"
"Yes, the Candle Dragon’s Eyes, refine them to become the Time Dao Lord and receive the Candle Dragon’s teachings to seal divinity." Lu Chenzhou said.
"Why doesn’t the Alliance Hierarch use it?" the Priest didn’t accept immediately but asked.
"Because I wish to follow Martial Arts." Lu Chenzhou replied.
"Haha, me too, I have already seen my path forward, I just need to keep walking, even if it’s slower." the Priest said.
Lu Chenzhou wasn’t upset, instead he was very pleased, laughing, "Haha, then I’ll head off now."
Before coming, he had already anticipated this response.
As one of the earliest pinnacle powerhouses of the Tianxia civilization, how firm is their Martial Arts will.
In the end, Lu Chenzhou still found the Innate Water Spirit.
"Huh? No one refined it? Even the Time Dao Lord they don’t want?" the Water Spirit was dumbfounded, questioning the sanity of these people.
Refusing to become the God of Poison was acceptable, but refusing to become the Time God was beyond understanding.
"Find a suitable inheritor to seal the divinity, early enthronement can lend a hand in the grand battle." Lu Chenzhou said.
"Alright then, can’t argue with you guys." the Water Spirit said helplessly.
In the following days, Lu Chenzhou secluded himself in his internal world cultivating, preparing for the next god hunt.
Though he hadn’t completely refined the Candle Dragon’s Eyes, Lu Chenzhou still gained much.
The ninth rank of Time Dao gave him significant insight, and after spending a year, he integrated it into his spear skill.
On this day, amidst endless chaotic qi flow, Lu Chenzhou launched a spear, and vaguely, a pair of dragon eyes appeared behind him.
In these eyes, he saw the past and future, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, saw the flowing river of time, unending.
The ephemeral passes , neither ceasing day nor night.
The river parted, and a divine lotus with a diameter of a million miles emerged across the sky, rotating and grinding time into a vortex.
Every petal was a Dao, and here, there were full 400.
At the center of the lotus, representing chaos, a pure white heart served as the foundation of all Chenzhou’s Dao.
And around the core, time, causality, destiny, power extreme, and many other primary Daos formed a circle.
As the divine lotus rotated, four spiral arms formed around the river of time, and at their ends, nebulae erupted, bizarre and magnificent.
With this strike, the flow of time within his internal world was frozen for one breath.
Yaochi Immortal, Lu Qianfan, and those primitive beings worshipping statues in reverence, all were frozen.
Lu Chenzhou walked past, gazing at everything as if appreciating a piece of art.
"Collect." With a thought, the time in his inner world returned, and the Yaochi Immortal began to move.
She looked at Lu Chenzhou with some curiosity, "Did something happen just now?"
With her Eighth Realm cultivation, she could vaguely sense the anomaly in time.
While others remained completely unaware.
"I just took away a breath from your life." Lu Chenzhou laughed.
"Now you’re taking away another breath." The Yaochi Immortal rolled her eyes.
"Well, I created a spear technique that merges the Time Dao." Lu Chenzhou explained.
"I see." The Yaochi Immortal smiled slightly.
Before mastering the Time Dao, Lu Chenzhou was able to slay the Monarch of Silent Annihilation.
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The spear technique Lu Chenzhou just created has reached the level of Ultimate Great Divine Power, enough to rival a True God.
Its power is not inferior to [Return to Tai Chi].
He named it [Chaotic Time Lotus].
If used well, paired with [Return to Tai Chi], it may even instantaneously slay a True God.
After showing off his spear skills in front of the Yaochi Immortal, Lu Chenzhou continued his seclusion.
With his current strength, he can defeat half of the divine spirits among the stars, but it’s still not enough.
He uses the Martial Arts Tree to refine the Silent Annihilation Divine Format, and with the Monarch of Silent Annihilation’s memories, he once again sees some scenes of the Land of the Stars.
It’s a mystical place, where the path of cultivation differs from the Great Universe.
Actually, the transcendent beings of the stars refer to places beyond the stars as the Multi-universe.
"Once I leave the Great Universe, I must witness the splendor of the Land of the Stars and see if those Evil Gods have left behind any tricks."
Lu Chenzhou was filled with longing; within the Endless Chaos, each universe has its own story.
Those powerful beings who’ve transcended their confines might be traveling in the Multi-universe, or they might have even visited the Great Universe—one never knows.
Time passes unnoticed in cultivation; it’s the Tianxia Calendar year 2421.
Lu Chenzhou ends his seclusion; the Silent Annihilation Dao has been cultivated to the Late Stage of the Ninth Rank.
Meanwhile, the Chaos Dao has reached the Peak of the Ninth Rank, and the Martial Arts Tree has reached nine hundred billion zhang.
Traversing this last hundred billion zhang will reach the Ninth Rank Limit and the level of the Four Emperors.
Whether it can grow further remains unknown.
Throughout history, in terms of cultivation, the Four Emperors represent the end realm.
In the vast Great Universe, there’s a rule preventing cultivators from stepping into the Tenth Realm.
"This is silent annihilation, the ultimate end of spiritual power, the terminus of all spirituality."
With a thought, Lu Chenzhou summons an invisible storm around him, directly targeting the Spiritual World.
He arrives at the Star-Picking Tower, determined to experiment with the power of silent annihilation.
The 9100th level Gatekeeper is the Chasing Sun Dragon Emperor.
As soon as he appears, he transforms into a golden light and instantly manifests before Lu Chenzhou, reaching out a claw.
Lu Chenzhou’s figure flickers, turning into a beam of light and leaving.
In the eyes of countless spectators, only the intertwining of white and golden light can be seen, the details completely obscured.
"When two speed extreme masters collide, this battle won’t end in ten days or half a month." Someone remarked.
"Yes, even though the Alliance Hierarch Lu’s strength far surpasses the Chasing Sun Dragon Emperor, the Dragon Emperor is known as the best at staying alive among the great powers, making him very hard to kill."
With the fastest speed and an Immortal Body, he is practically unstoppable.
Suddenly, the true form of the Chasing Sun Dragon Emperor appears from within the golden light, his body intact, yet it seems he has already died.
The projection dissipates, leaving Lu Chenzhou standing alone between heaven and earth.
"With the Silent Annihilation Dao, finding the right moment can directly bypass the physical body and immediately kill the enemy’s spirit; even immortals can be slain... it’s just that the Monarch of Silent Annihilation didn’t understand an immortal’s weaknesses, he could only act ineffectively against me, besides my Heart Realm is stronger than the Dragon Emperor’s." he thought to himself.
Ultimately, this was just a replica projection of the Dragon Emperor, surely not as adaptable as a living person.
"Only a few moves, and the Chasing Sun Dragon Emperor was defeated?" Everyone was astounded.
No one saw how the Dragon Emperor died, only guessing that he was killed by a spiritual attack.
The Silent Annihilation Dao is too rare, with few knowing its value.
"The legendary silent annihilation... already mastered, what a monster." the Dragon King muttered.
Compared to Lu Chenzhou, he seemed much more ordinary.
Following that, Lu Chenzhou pushed forward with unstoppable force.
Combining the Silent Annihilation Dao with the Speed Extreme Dao, the Power Extreme Dao, the Causality Dao and more, he skillfully applies them.
The Chasing Sun Dragon Emperor is simply no match.
Soon, he makes his way to the 9300th level to confront the Ancient Emperor Lanshan.
This old acquaintance, Lu Chenzhou knows him well and defeats him swiftly without a hitch.
Lu Xiaolan clenching her fists, then goes to spar with Lu Qianfan, giving him a pummeling.
"Sister Xiaolan, just you wait, after cultivating for a few decades, I’m sure I’ll surpass you, my father was just like that."
Lu Qianfan secretly vowed; everyone knows, Lu Chenzhou’s rapid advance builds upon past efforts.
He believes, he will be too.
In the subsequent time, Lu Chenzhou delves deeper into the Dao and divine skills, while challenging levels to hone his combat skills.
After a year of enduring time, successively defeating Blade Ancestor, Fighting Ancestor, Huang Sword Immortal, and other mighty foes perched atop the Great Wilderness’s pantheon of great power.
Lu Chenzhou arrives in front of the final four Gatekeepers.
These four are the strongest beings standing at the end of all cultivation paths.
The first one is the Heart Emperor.
This is Lu Chenzhou’s first time seeing the Heart Emperor.
Clad in a black robe, bald with green eyes, his body covered with serpent scales; it’s said the Heart Emperor is born of an alien race from the Great Wilderness.
"How many years has it been, finally someone has reached the 9600th level."
The Heart Emperor spoke, exuding an endless feeling of loneliness and desolation from the ages.