Conditions for Opening the Tower of Time

"Hehe, what a buzzkill. This Daddy Creation Project is still such a hassle."

That one sentence from Wind Dragon had utterly ruined Face's mood.

"Sigh... after making things so complicated, won't it still have to go my way in the end?"

Face blew out a breath at Lu Chen.

Lu Chen was directly pinned in place by that breath, unable to move.

"Rip..."

Lu Chen's Heavenly Pool was directly opened in the void.

"Ha, the first-generation Heavenly Pool has already taken shape? What incredible luck."

"It has been so many years since I last saw one. It really is somewhat nostalgic."

Face looked at Lu Chen's opened Heavenly Pool, his expression filled with nostalgia and intoxication.

"Since that is the case, I'll add fuel to the fire and let you develop a little faster."

Face looked at Lu Chen's developing Heavenly Pool and formed seals with both hands.

A ripple of the Power of Time slowly seeped into the Azure Emperor Divine Tree.

"That is enough. With this bit of the Power of Time, it will save quite a bit of trouble when fighting for the position of Divine Son in the Myriad Worlds later."

"Looks like I need to make a trip back over there."

Face looked at the Azure Emperor Divine Tree that had been infused with the Power of Time and secretly made his plans.

His hands continued moving. Once the seals were complete, Face casually placed the Small Planet he had just created above the Azure Emperor Divine Tree.

The Small Planet began revolving around the acquired Azure Emperor Divine Tree.

"Hahahaha, there we have it. The first Small Planet has returned to its position."

"They insist on making me guide things step by step. Who knows what they were thinking? Wouldn't it be enough to arrange it directly?"

Seeing the planet that had already merged into Lu Chen's Heavenly Pool, Face smiled in satisfaction.

"What did you do to me? I don't want to bear the Myriad Worlds for you. Let me go."

Lu Chen noticed the changes within his body and began struggling in terror.

"That is not up to you. I came here merely to wait for you to come around, not to wait for you to make a decision."

"When the time comes, we will naturally throw the Myriad Worlds onto your shoulders. This is your Karma, your fate."

Face ignored Lu Chen's struggles, his hands still moving without pause.

A surge of spiritual energy appeared in the void and seized the Primal Chaos Greatsword out of thin air.

Without even turning his head, he flung the Primal Chaos Greatsword away.

"Remember, I am bearing the Myriad Worlds for you now. One day, you will have to take all this suffering back upon yourself."

Face's voice slowly turned cold.

A murderous aura, as though it had been stained in the blood of countless millions, rose from Face.

"This is the mission of your existence, and also the mission that brought me here."

"Bang..."

The Primal Chaos Greatsword plunged straight into the central stone stele, replacing the stele as the core support.

The power of the entire planet began gathering at the crossguard of the Primal Chaos Greatsword.

Slowly, a hollow Planet Jade Token appeared within the groove in the sword's crossguard.

"I'll first stabilize this layer's flow of time for you. Once you gather the five essences of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, you can directly use this layer's Power of Time."

Face looked at the starry jade token appearing in the crossguard and blew a breath at the Planet Jade Token.

"Oh-ho, the Key of Time. I obtained it two hundred years earlier than last time."

"If I had possessed such good fortune, that incident would never have happened."

The jade token rotated clockwise.

An ancient aura instantly erupted into chaos around the Primal Chaos Greatsword.

Lu Chen could see his clothes continuously decaying and tearing apart.

"This is the key to opening the gate of time. I have condensed all the Power of Time in this layer onto the jade token. It is yours now."

Face blew out a breath and controlled the Planet Jade Token as it flew toward Lu Chen.

"With only the most ordinary Five Elements Essence, you can open this layer of the Tower of Time."

"Well? Was this Daddy Creation Project considerate enough? And there are no extra charges either."

Face's tone became somewhat unruly, carrying a trace of disgust toward "time."

Lu Chen looked at the Planet Jade Token before him.

Face had already tormented his emotions to the brink of collapse.

"Who exactly are you people? What exactly do you want? Stop playing with me, alright? I'm just an ordinary country bumpkin from a mountain village."

Lu Chen shouted at Face. When he faced Bai Ze's people, he could still muster a faint desire to resist.

But when facing this Face, it was as though he were confronting nothingness itself.

Terror, helplessness, fear—every kind of negative emotion appeared within Lu Chen one after another.

"I am you."

Face slowly explained as he looked at Lu Chen's fear.

"Being young is wonderful. You still possess reverence. I have not had that sense of reverence for a very long time."

"By my reckoning, you will not possess that reverence for much longer either."

Lu Chen's voice had already become hysterical. "What are you talking about? I don't understand. I just want to find Grandpa."

Face said, "Grandpa... I have not heard that word for a very long time either."

"Hahahaha, Grandpa, hahahaha."

Face's voice began to turn crazed.

"You're a madman..."

"Come, sword..."

Lu Chen roared, the bloodline within his body circulating madly.

The Primal Chaos Greatsword answered his call.

Lu Chen broke through the suppression and grabbed the Primal Chaos Greatsword with his left hand.

At the same time, he fastened Wind Dragon onto the Primal Chaos Greatsword.

"Wind Dragon, let's go."

Lu Chen held the sword in reverse with his left hand and charged toward Face.

Wind Dragon's phantom coiled around the blade as it appeared, extending a thirty-foot sword radiance.

"Bang..."

Lu Chen used his Movement Technique and leaped before the wooden figure.

He swiftly swung his sword.

He cleaved at the wood.

The light fell, splitting the wooden figure in two.

Unexpectedly, Face did not resist.

A crack tore open from the top of Face's head.

"Why didn't you resist?"

Lu Chen stared at the wood that had been split in half, his expression somewhat dazed.

"The first priority of the Daddy Creation Project is to comply with the customer's wishes. Since the customer wished to attack me, I naturally could not resist."

"If you need me again next time, please call for me promptly. Remember, my name is Lu Zao Die. Oh-hoho."

As his words fell, Face gradually dispersed.

"Wait, you still haven't told me what your purpose is."

When Lu Chen saw Face dissipating, he nearly went mad.

He ran to the wooden figure, rummaging everywhere and loudly calling for Face.

"Little Lu, he seems to have already left. I don't think he meant to harm you."

Wind Dragon could not help but speak as he watched Lu Chen run about in panic.

"He left? What does he want?"

Hearing Wind Dragon's voice, Lu Chen collapsed onto the ground.

"Although I know he might not harm me, his face looks exactly like mine. It always feels incredibly strange."

"And I have an inexplicable fear of him. I never felt this way when facing Bai Ze and the others. It feels like suppression coming from my bloodline."

Lu Chen picked up the Planet Jade Token from the ground and spoke to Wind Dragon.

His voice was filled with exhaustion.

"Wind Dragon, you have lived for so many years. Do you know why he wants me to bear the Myriad Worlds?"

Lu Chen stretched out both hands and summoned two phantoms of the Azure Emperor Divine Tree.

A Small Planet was rotating atop one of the divine tree phantoms.

"This innate Azure Emperor Divine Tree was what he gave me the first time. He merely wanted me to agree to bear the Myriad Worlds for him."

"Now he has given me another planet. You can see how powerful this planet's future will be, yet he handed it to me so casually. That makes me even more afraid."

Wind Dragon floated in the air, looking at the Azure Emperor Divine Tree in Lu Chen's hands, then recalling the abilities Face had displayed just now.

His expression slowly became teasing and twisted, as though he had thought of one possibility.

Yet he also had some misgivings in his heart and did not wish to say it outright.

"Little Lu, I have something I probably should not say. I do not know whether I should say it."

Hearing Wind Dragon's words, Lu Chen raised his head. "What is it? Just say it."

"Could that Face be your father? Otherwise, why would he painstakingly give you all this equipment?"

"Or maybe you are his father, and he used the Power of Time to come find you from the future. Otherwise, why would he call himself Lu Zao Die?"

The words Wind Dragon had prepared changed at the last moment when they reached his lips.

He decided to wait and see rather than reveal that possibility for now.

After all, the present world was developing with unimaginable speed and cruelty.

Not everyone could accept the true result if it were spoken aloud.

"Isn't that right? Look at how alike you two are. One of you has to be the son, right? Either you are his son, or he is yours."

Listening to Wind Dragon's words, Lu Chen felt that Wind Dragon was simply seizing the chance to mock him.

Before Wind Dragon could react,

Lu Chen quietly grabbed the Primal Chaos Greatsword with both hands, spun around, and slashed at Wind Dragon.

"Cough, cough..."

A burst of urgent coughing came from behind Lu Chen.

"Wait a moment, I forgot to mention one thing."

Face emerged from the Azure Emperor Divine Tree Lu Chen had summoned, stopping Lu Chen from chasing Wind Dragon.

"Damn it, didn't you leave? Say what you need to say quickly."

Lu Chen looked at Face, who had returned after leaving, and grew nervous, taking up a defensive stance.

"Do not be nervous. I merely forgot to ask you something just now. Have you thought it over?"

Face's voice was somewhat hurried.

"Will you bear the Myriad Worlds for me? After all, it is not easy for me to come back even once."

As Wind Dragon listened to the way Face spoke, his expression slowly turned grave.

Every word from Face seemed to reveal to Wind Dragon: I am not from this era. Every action seemed to say: I returned for a purpose, and returning costs me greatly. I cannot say it too clearly, so just agree to it quickly.

"I will trade enormous power with you. Once you have thought it over, tell me quickly. The longer you delay, the greater the losses you will suffer in the future."

Every sentence from Face carried a hint, constantly guiding Lu Chen toward an answer of agreement.

This matter seemed extremely weighty in Face's heart. When speaking of it, his expression was cold, yet also urgent.

"Anything else? If you are done, leave. I will not agree to you. I do not need your power."

Like a startled bird, Lu Chen refused to listen to anything else Face said.

He simply carried the greatsword with both hands, staring fixedly at Face, terrified of becoming entangled in some bad Karma.