"Time is the flow of matter..."
"If all matter in the universe stopped moving, then time would stop as well."
Jiang Ding murmured to himself.
With one step, he arrived in the Nine Spirit Domain, within the Fire Spirit Minor Realm.
The intelligent beings here had all been relocated and duly compensated, because this place would become the Great Sun Sword Master's time field.
This Minor World drifted within a pitch-black domain, eternally motionless. Countless stories had unfolded within it; every person in those stories had died, yet the world remained, dazzling as a pearl.
Its crystal walls rotated, bringing day and night to the world, bringing the turning of the seasons.
Clang!
Jiang Ding drew his sword and struck.
In that instant, heaven and earth fell silent. The rotating crystal walls, the drifting Minor World, its countless mountains, rivers, seas, raging winds, and torrential rains, as well as innumerable beasts, cattle, sheep, insects, and birds... every living being and every object in this world froze solid.
All matter was frozen.
This was a single strike from a powerhouse with Heavenly Being Combat Power!
"Has time truly stagnated?"
Jiang Ding looked toward the Minor World.
His gaze pierced layer upon layer of crystal walls, pierced layer upon layer of Cloud Layers, and landed in a primeval forest, upon a great tree, upon a spirit cicada that was shedding its shell.
This first-order spirit cicada was frozen in place.
Not only its body, but its blood, muscles, cells, even its spirit soul, had all frozen. Down to the most minute molecular and particle level, everything was motionless.
Thus, its lifespan had also ceased to change.
It would remain forever in this instant. No matter how the universe outside changed, its lifespan would not change, neither increasing by a second nor decreasing