Daddy Creation Project, Suspected to Have Come from the Future

"Ah... you've been this stubborn since childhood. Trust me—switch sooner, enjoy sooner."

The face sighed, seeming to believe that Lu Chen would never agree this time.

"One day, you will need my power. But by then, the price you must pay will be something you would never dare accept."

"I am you, and you are me. If you need me, just call. The Daddy Creation Project is at your service whenever summoned."

The face stared fixedly at Lu Chen, its expression seemingly somewhat reluctant. As its form slowly dissipated, it muttered, "Take good care of Wan'er. I hope the day you have to trade places with me never comes."

Watching the movements of the face's mouth, Wind Dragon felt that he had already brushed against the truth of the secret.

Wind Dragon decided to test his own speculation.

Opening his mouth and infusing his voice with origin spiritual energy, he shouted at the face, "Coward."

"What?"

The face's rate of dissipation suddenly stalled for an instant.

"Fuck... I'm done for..."

Wind Dragon vaguely heard the face let out a startled cry.

Then every trace of the face's existence completely vanished.

Though it had been only a brief and simple response, Wind Dragon had seen every bit of it.

A few ideas had roughly taken shape in his mind.

"Has he left?"

Lu Chen looked toward the Azure Emperor Divine Tree.

The face was no longer there.

Wind Dragon sensed the surrounding aura, his brows tightly furrowed. Hearing Lu Chen's voice, he said, "This time, he should really be gone. His aura is no longer anywhere nearby."

Lu Chen relaxed and slowly walked toward the Azure Emperor Divine Tree.

"By the way, Wind Dragon, I want to discuss something with you."

"When there are outsiders around, could you stop mocking me? I want to keep a little dignity."

Lu Chen thought Wind Dragon had just called him a coward.

His mood immediately soured. As he grumbled at Wind Dragon, he stepped forward and grabbed the Azure Emperor Divine Tree.

"Fine, fine. When there are outsiders around, I'll leave you a little dignity."

Wind Dragon was still thinking about what had just happened and responded to Lu Chen absentmindedly.

Looking around, Wind Dragon still seemed somewhat uneasy.

He feared that traces of the face's lingering aura might remain here.

Wind Dragon unleashed a violent gale, blowing away every trace of aura the face had left behind.

Just then, a compressed secret message directly entered Wind Dragon's mind.

"Fetish Dragon, you did well. But don't worry—I have already erased all traces of myself from this world. There are not many people in the present age who can discover me."

Wind Dragon swiftly turned his head and scanned all directions, but found no one.

"Stop looking. I am temporarily residing in his body. This is our secret; do not let him discover my existence."

"And remember one thing well: I am not the only one who can come here, nor am I the only one searching for him."

Hearing those words, Wind Dragon broke out in a cold sweat.

He hurriedly used a sound-transmission secret art. "Is it really you? What do you mean by that?"

But there was not the slightest response from the surroundings.

Lu Chen came to the center of the room.

Looking at the stone stele that had been pierced through by the Primal Chaos Greatsword,

he tried every possible method to study it.

"Can't this stone stele be repaired? Then how are we supposed to begin the trial?"

Although Lu Chen knew that the Power of Time on this level had already condensed into the Planet Jade Token,

and that the planet had become a jade token that could be activated with Five Elements Essence,

he still wanted to see whether he could use his own spiritual energy to activate the first level of the Tower of Time.

"Little Lu, stop looking. The stone stele is merely a bridge of connection; the true Power of Time is all within the planet."

"With the planet gone, the Power of Time on this level no longer exists."

Watching Lu Chen anxiously circle the stone stele, Wind Dragon continued, "Insert the greatsword into the center of the stele, then use the Planet Jade Token to release the Power of Time. That will restore the stele's power."

"Other than that, there's no way to activate it?"

Lu Chen did not want to use this jade token directly. He feared becoming entangled in some Karma.

Wind Dragon understood Lu Chen's thoughts and said, "Don't overthink it. The Karma you fear has long since entangled you. Perhaps this is fate you were born with."

Listening to Wind Dragon, Lu Chen's movements were still somewhat hesitant.

"But rest assured, that face definitely will not harm you."

Wind Dragon lay atop Lu Chen's head, cleaning his scales as he continued, "Isn't it just fate? Do you believe in it? I don't, anyway."

"Ah... this is the only way."

Hearing Wind Dragon's persuasion, Lu Chen let out a long sigh.

With his left hand, he picked up the Planet Jade Token and pressed it into the recessed slot of the sword guard.

The circular recess on the sword guard sensed the Planet Jade Token's aura.

In an instant, it transformed into a planet-shaped recess.

The Planet Jade Token snapped tightly into the recess in the sword guard.

Eight streams of dazzling blue light emerged from the Planet Jade Token.

The front ends slithered like snakes, gradually winding around the guard of the Primal Chaos Greatsword and protecting the Planet Jade Token.

The eight blue streams happened to divide the Planet Jade Token into eight fan-shaped sections, corresponding to eight directions.

The rear ends tore directly through the void, traveling onward through empty space before slowly fading away, ultimately connecting to some unknown object.

Lu Chen could clearly feel that the flow of time on each blue stream was different.

Some were fast, some slow, some frozen, and some flowing backward.

Because of those differing rates of time, the space around the Primal Chaos Greatsword continuously warped.

Wind Dragon sensed the changes around them and urged Lu Chen onward. "Little Lu, insert the Primal Chaos Greatsword into the center of the stone stele."

"Screech... screech... screech..."

The stone stele sensed the Primal Chaos Greatsword and the changes in the surrounding flow of time.

A tremendous suction force appeared, and the greatsword was directly pulled over.

With a deafening boom.

The Primal Chaos Greatsword pierced into the missing portion of the stone stele.

The stone stele was restored in full, and the flow of time on every stream of light swiftly settled down.

The Planet Jade Token slowly flew out of the recessed slot in the sword guard.

It inflated and enlarged, becoming a planet once more as it floated above the stone stele.

The flow of time around them began to stabilize.

"That did it? Let me see if I can control it."

Lu Chen looked at the changes around him in surprise.

Grasping the Primal Chaos Greatsword with both hands, he began repeatedly trying to control the flow of time.

He poured spiritual energy into the Primal Chaos Greatsword.

Failed...

He sank his consciousness into the stone stele.

Failed...

He rammed his head into the Small Planet.

Failed...

The flow of time around them remained stable, without any unusual change.

"Wind Dragon, why do I feel like the change in the flow of time isn't nearly as impressive as you said?"

"Little Lu, are you an idiot? Didn't that person say you need Five Elements Essence?"

As he spoke, Wind Dragon spat out a green vortex of energy.

"Wind Dragon, what is that thing you spat out? The energy inside it is so strong."

Lu Chen looked at the green mass of energy floating in midair and reached out to touch it.

"This is my origin. Wind belongs to wood, so this is wood-attribute essence."

Wind Dragon casually explained to Lu Chen as he watched the planet suspended in midair.

At the same time, his hands swiftly formed seals and pushed the green vortex of energy toward the Small Planet.

"Hm? Your origin? Then won't it affect you somehow?"

When Lu Chen heard Wind Dragon say that the released vortex of energy was his origin, he could not help worrying.

"It's fine. I accumulated this in the past. Demonic beasts formed from heaven-and-earth energy produce one every ten thousand years. I still have two left; if you want them, I can give you both."

"Besides, these energy vortices are no longer important to me. Now that I have a physical body, I cultivate a Demonic Core."

Wind Dragon seemed utterly unconcerned about using his origin power as fuel.

Lu Chen found it difficult to say anything further and turned back to watch the changes within the planet.

The green energy flew above the planet and came to a stop.

Thousands of rays of light spread out from the green energy, slowly merging it into the planet.

The things on the planet seemed as though someone had pressed fast-forward.

Every movement in Lu Chen's eyes instantly accelerated tenfold.

"Time sped up?"

Lu Chen sensed the change in the flow of time on the planet and was somewhat astonished.

"Little Lu, from the looks of it, one Five Elements origin can increase the flow of time tenfold."

"Once we gather five essences, that would be nearly a hundred-thousandfold flow of time. Maybe your goal of becoming the King of Time can really come true."

Watching the changes within the planet, Wind Dragon knew they had succeeded and began teasing Lu Chen.

"Really? Tenfold from one?"

"Ah... how could it be that simple? Leaving aside the issue of consumption, where are we supposed to find the other high-grade essences?"

Watching the constantly changing planet, Lu Chen's heart immediately itched with excitement. But when he thought about how the other high-grade essences had no leads, his spirits instantly sank.

"Essence? I know where there is some. Have you forgotten where we are right now?"

Wind Dragon looked at Lu Chen, raising his brows to prompt him to say it.

"The Beast King's Secret Realm, right?"

Seeing Wind Dragon's brows twitch, Lu Chen ventured a guess.

Wind Dragon kept guiding Lu Chen. "Then what are we going to do next?"

"Go find Flame Demon," Lu Chen answered swiftly.

"What are we going to find Flame Demon for? Little Lu, tell me loudly."

"Of course we're going to take his Fire Essence." Lu Chen blurted it out, then paused. "Huh? Fire Essence—isn't that fire-element essence?"

After Wind Dragon's prompting, Lu Chen suddenly realized that the place they were heading next possessed pure Five Elements Essence.

"That's right. Next, we'll pay visits to the other leaders. With the Beast King's inheritance, asking them for a few essences definitely won't be a problem."

Wind Dragon's words now sounded like heavenly music in Lu Chen's ears.

"With the essence problem solved, as long as you don't go to the level above, you won't need to worry about spiritual energy either. Becoming the King of Time will be a sure thing."

Lu Chen began imagining cultivating for tens of millions of years in a single day. He could not help feeling a little excited, and his mouth was nearly split to his ears.

"This feeling is simply wonderful! Haha, I, Lu Chen, am about to make my debut as the King of Time."