Chapter 28

The dagger was none other than the Death Demon God's companion treasure, the Blade of Death, while that mass of energy was the Death Demon God's Death Essence.

Both items contained terrifying Power of Death. Even the slightest bit that leaked out, if placed in the later Primordial world, could casually cause several Quasi-Saints to fall.

"Mm, the dagger can barely be considered an Innate Spiritual Treasure. The Power of Death may prove useful in the future, so I'll put them away first!"

With a wave of his hand, Zhou Jun stored both items inside the Chaos Bead. At the same time, the system's reward arrived instantly.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for completing the mission. The reward has been issued!"

"So this is the Enlightenment Card?"

With a turn of his fingers, a silver-black card appeared at his fingertips. It looked incomparably profound, with an ancient, simple character for "Enlightenment" inscribed upon it.

"I'll put it away for now. There are more important matters to deal with!"

Shaking his head, Zhou Jun put away the Enlightenment Card as well, then walked over to the Brothers of Past, Present, and Future and woke them.

At this moment, Zhou Jun was immensely curious. Why could these three brothers wield the Power of Time and Space as well? And judging by their application of the Law of Spacetime, their attainments were likely far from shallow!

Logically, as the Time and Space Demon God, once he had taken control of the Law of Spacetime, no one else should have been able to cultivate the laws of time and space. Yet now, there was a loophole!

The Law of Spacetime was his natal law. Nothing could go wrong with it!

"Awake?"

With a casual flick of his hand, Zhou Jun sent a Spring Return Technique into the three brothers' bodies and spoke coldly.

"Eh? The Time and Space Demon God!"

As their major wounds recovered, the three brothers gradually awakened. The moment they opened their eyes and saw Zhou Jun standing before them, they were so frightened that they nearly jumped out of their skins.

"Time and Space Demon God, please spare us!"

"We failed to recognize Mount Tai and offended you! You are magnanimous and generous—please just treat us as a fart and let us go!"

"We'll never dare do it again!"

After witnessing Zhou Jun's might, the Past Present Future Brothers no longer possessed even a trace of their previous arrogance. Without another word, they immediately fell to their knees and begged for mercy, repeatedly knocking their heads against the ground like pounding garlic.

"Quiet!"

Zhou Jun snorted coldly, and the noisy trio instantly shut their mouths, covering them in fear of making even the slightest sound.

"I ask you this: why do you possess the Law of Time?"

Zhou Jun narrowed his eyes. His aura spread out and enveloped the three as he spoke gravely.

"We... we..."

The three brothers exchanged glances, as though they had recalled something, their faces filled with bitterness.

"Hm? You won't speak? Then go keep the Death Demon God company!"

Zhou Jun flicked the Chaos Spacetime Sword in his hand. The Precious Sword immediately let out a hum, and a mighty, terrifying sword aura burst forth.

"We'll talk! We'll talk!"

The Past Present Future Brothers all cherished their lives. Seeing that Zhou Jun was getting serious, they immediately scrambled to speak, each trying to be the first to reveal everything.

"The three of us respectively command the laws of past, present, and future. Originally, they had nothing to do with the Law of Time. But one day, while traveling through Chaos, we encountered an ancient Bronze Hall!"

"That Bronze Hall radiated ancient pressure from every corner, as though it were something even older than Chaos itself. The three of us believed there was a fortunate opportunity inside, so we entered it."

"In one of its side halls, we discovered a gemstone brimming with the Power of Time. That divine gemstone was incredibly mysterious—it actually contained the Great Dao of Time! It was by observing that gemstone that we comprehended a portion of the Law of Time!"

The three brothers quickly explained the entire course of events. After hearing them, Zhou Jun's expression immediately turned grave.

"A Bronze Hall older than Chaos? A mysterious gemstone containing the Great Dao of Time?!"

Zhou Jun furrowed his brow deeply, sensing that this was far from simple. These two things had never been mentioned at all in the myths of later generations!

"Could it be Ruins from the Primordial Era?!"

A possibility suddenly came to Zhou Jun's mind.

The Primordial Era was an age even older than Chaos. When Primordial shattered, Chaos emerged; when Chaos opened, the Primordial world appeared!

"Forget it. I'll use the Compass of Destiny to deduce it first!"

Zhou Jun's instinctive feeling told him that it was definitely a tremendous fortunate opportunity—one that was extremely important to him. Yet no matter how he calculated, he could not derive anything.

In order to deduce it, Zhou Jun directly took out the Compass of Destiny and began calculating by burning his blood essence.

After consuming the Life Essence, Zhou Jun's vitality had become almost limitless. The regenerative power of every cell in his body was astonishing. The amount of blood essence he had once burned in a single use—one-twentieth of it—was now no more than a drop in the bucket to him.

However, this deduction completely exceeded Zhou Jun's expectations!