Song Zhong had been right. The instant the heavenly tribulation descended, the light screen condensed by the River of Time surrounding him was blasted away, and the flow of time around him returned to normal.
"What a pity. The Mulberry Field Fruit's effect has vanished. I lost several years of time."
Song Zhong sighed inwardly and continued facing the heavenly tribulation in the void.
Although his combat power at every cultivation realm was incomparably terrifying, and the heavenly tribulations that descended were equally terrifying, he had already grown accustomed to their terror.
Unknowingly, another four days passed. Before him, the ground beneath the enormous Sage Stele split apart, and the Sage Stele sank downward.
Song Zhong reacted instantly. The seven days were up, so the Sage Stele was descending.
No, there are also the auras of other Sage Steles.
Song Zhong's heart stirred. He sensed the auras of one Sage Stele after another, especially those of the Sacred Stele of Space and the Sacred Stele of Lightning, whose auras were even more familiar to him.
With a thought, he tried releasing streams of Spatial Power toward the two Sage Steles.
Outside Central Island, the Lord of Chaos Island suddenly sensed a change in the aura within the Island. A strange smile appeared on his face as he muttered, "This kid is quite clever. He actually wants to gain insight into a second Sage Stele.
"Unfortunately, he is overthinking it. If a Sage Stele could appear merely by releasing power that matched it, it would not be called a Sage Stele.
"For all these years, in the entire Universe, aside from me, only the Saint of Ceasing War has been able to forcibly draw out a Sage Stele through his own power."
Back then, he had merely wanted to see whether