"Sigh... so stubborn since childhood. Trust me, the sooner you switch, the sooner you'll enjoy it."
The face sighed, seemingly believing that this time, Lu Chen would never agree.
"One day you will need my power, but the price you pay that day will be something you'd never dare to accept."
"I am you, and you are me. If you need anything, just call me. 'Daddy Creation Project' is on call 24/7."
The face stared intently at Lu Chen, its expression seeming somewhat pained. As its form slowly dissipated, it murmured, "Take good care of Wan'er. I hope you'll never have a day where you need to make an exchange with me."
Seeing the movement of the face's lips, the Wind Dragon felt it had touched upon the secret's truth.
The Wind Dragon decided to verify its thoughts.
It opened its mouth, channeling its origin spiritual energy, and shouted loudly at the face: "Coward."
"What is it?"
The speed at which the face dissipated suddenly halted for a moment.
"Holy crap... it's over..."
The Wind Dragon vaguely heard the face let out a startled cry.
Following that, all traces of the face's existence completely vanished.
Although it was only a brief, simple response, the Wind Dragon had seen everything.
It had some ideas forming in its mind.
"Did he leave?"
Lu Chen looked at the Azure Emperor Divine Tree.
The face was no longer anywhere to be seen.
The Wind Dragon sensed the surrounding aura, its brow furrowed slightly. Hearing Lu Chen's voice, it replied, "He should be truly gone this time. There's no trace of him around anymore."
Lu Chen's expression relaxed, and he slowly walked towards the Azure Emperor Divine Tree.
"By the way, Wind Dragon, I want to discuss something with you."
"When there are outsiders around, can you please not mock me? I want to save some face."
Lu Chen thought that the Wind Dragon had just called him a coward.
His mood instantly soured a little. Muttering to the Wind Dragon, he stepped forward and grabbed the Azure Emperor Divine Tree.
"Alright, alright. When there are outsiders, I'll leave you some face."
The Wind Dragon was still contemplating what had just happened, responding to Lu Chen absently.
Looking at the surroundings, the Wind Dragon still seemed somewhat uneasy.
It feared that any residual aura from the face's presence might still linger here.
The Wind Dragon unleashed a fierce wind, blowing away all traces of the face's presence from the area.
Just then, a compressed secret message was directly transmitted into the Wind Dragon's mind.
"Fetish Dragon, you did very well. But don't worry, I have already erased my traces from this world. Not many people in the mortal realm can find me now."
The Wind Dragon quickly turned its head, scanning its surroundings, but found no one.
"No need to look. I'm temporarily residing within him. This is our secret, don't let him discover my existence."
"And one more thing, remember this: it's not just me who can come here, and I'm not the only one looking for him."
Hearing this, the Wind Dragon broke out in a cold sweat.
It quickly used a secret transmission technique, saying, "Is it really you? What do you mean by that?"
However, there was no response from the surroundings.
Lu Chen arrived in the center of the room.
He looked at the stone tablet that had been pierced through by the Primal Chaos Greatsword.
He tried various methods to study it.
"Can this stone tablet no longer be repaired? Then how are we supposed to start the trial?"
Although Lu Chen knew that the time power of this level had already been condensed into the planetary jade token, and the planet had also been transformed into a jade token that could be activated with five-elemental essence, Lu Chen still wanted to try if he could activate the first level of the Tower of Time with his own spiritual energy.
"Little Lu, no need to look anymore. The stone tablet is just a connecting bridge. All the true time power is on the planet."
"With the planet gone, the time power of this level no longer exists."
The Wind Dragon watched Lu Chen anxiously circling the stone tablet and continued, "Insert the greatsword into the center of the stone tablet and use the planetary jade token to release the time power. This will then restore the stone tablet's power."
"Is there no other way to activate it besides this?"
Lu Chen didn't really want to use this jade token directly, fearing he might incur some karmic debt.
The Wind Dragon understood Lu Chen's thoughts and spoke to him, "Don't overthink it. The karma you fear, you've already been entangled with. This might just be your destiny from birth."
Lu Chen listened to the Wind Dragon's words but still hesitated.
"But don't worry, this face will absolutely not harm you."
The Wind Dragon perched on Lu Chen's head, cleaning its scales, and continued, "It's just destiny. Do you believe it? I don't, anyway."
"Sigh... I guess this is the only way."
Lu Chen sighed deeply upon hearing the Wind Dragon's counsel.
He picked up the planet jade token with his left hand and pressed it into the groove on the sword hilt.
The circular groove on the sword hilt sensed the aura of the planet jade token.
It instantly transformed into a groove shaped like a planet.
He firmly secured the planet jade token into the sword hilt's groove.
Eight streams of colorful blue light emerged from the planet jade token.
The front ends of the streams snaked like serpents, gradually coiling around the sword hilt of the Primal Chaos Greatsword, protecting the planet jade token.
The eight blue streams perfectly divided the planet jade token into eight sectors, corresponding to eight directions.
The rear ends of the streams directly pierced the void, traveling forward incessantly within it, slowly fading and disappearing, ultimately connecting to some unknown object.
Lu Chen could clearly feel that the flow of time on each blue stream was different.
Some were very fast, some very slow, some stopped, and some even reversed.
Due to the differing temporal flows, the space around the Primal Chaos Greatsword was constantly distorting.
The Wind Dragon sensed the changes around them and urged Lu Chen, "Little Lu, insert the Primal Chaos Greatsword into the center of the stone tablet."
"Creak... creak... creak..."
The stone tablet sensed the Primal Chaos Greatsword and the fluctuating temporal flows around it.
A tremendous suction force appeared, and the greatsword was directly pulled in.
With a loud bang.
The Primal Chaos Greatsword was inserted into the missing part of the stone tablet.
The stone tablet module was completed, and the temporal flow on each stream quickly stabilized.
The planet jade token slowly flew out from the sword hilt's groove.
It inflated and reshaped, becoming a planet once more, hovering above the stone tablet.
The surrounding flow of time began to stabilize.
"It's done? Let me see if I can control it."
Lu Chen looked at the changes around him, somewhat astonished.
He gripped the Primal Chaos Greatsword with both hands and began to repeatedly attempt to control the flow of time.
He infused Spiritual Energy into the Primal Chaos Greatsword.
Failure...
He submerged his consciousness into the stone tablet.
Failure...
He crashed headfirst into the small planet.
Failure...
The surrounding temporal flow remained stable, with no unique changes.
"Wind Dragon, why does it feel like the temporal flow isn't as powerful as you said?"
"Little Lu, are you an idiot? Didn't that person say you didn't need the Five Elements Essence?"
As he spoke, the Wind Dragon spat out a swirling mass of green energy from its mouth.
"Wind Dragon, what is that you spat out? The energy within it is so strong."
Lu Chen looked at the green energy mass in mid-air and touched it with his hand.
"This is my origin. Wind corresponds to wood, so this is the wood-attribute essence."
The Wind Dragon looked at the planet suspended in mid-air and casually explained to Lu Chen.
At the same time, it rapidly formed hand seals and pushed the green energy vortex towards the small planet.
"Huh? Your origin? Won't that affect you?"
Lu Chen heard the Wind Dragon say that the energy vortex it released was its origin, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"It's fine, this is something I accumulated before. Every ten thousand years, a Demonic Core is generated from the energies of heaven and earth. I still have two left, and I can give them all to you if you want."
"Besides, these energy vortexes aren't important to me anymore. I already have a physical body now and cultivate using Demonic Cores."
The Wind Dragon seemed unconcerned that its origin power was being consumed as energy.
Lu Chen didn't know what else to say, so he turned back to observe the changes on the planet.
The green energy flew above the planet and stopped.
Thousands of rays of light emanated from the green energy, slowly integrating into the planet.
Everything on the planet seemed to have fast-forwarded.
All actions sped up tenfold in Lu Chen's eyes.
"Time has sped up?"
Lu Chen felt the change in the flow of time on the planet, somewhat surprised.
"Little Lu, looking at this, one Five Elements Origin can increase the time flow by tenfold."
"Once we collect five Primal Essences, it will be almost a hundred thousand times the flow of time. Perhaps your goal of becoming the King of Time can be achieved."
The Wind Dragon watched the changes on the planet, knowing it had succeeded, and began to tease Lu Chen.
"Really? Tenfold?"
"Sigh... it's not that simple. Putting aside the consumption issue, where am I supposed to find the other high-level Primal Essences?"
Lu Chen looked at the constantly changing planet, feeling a pang of desire, but his mood immediately sank when he thought about the whereabouts of the other high-level Primal Essences.
"Primal Essences? I know where there are some. Have you forgotten where we are right now?"
The Wind Dragon looked at Lu Chen, its eyebrows twitching, prompting Lu Chen to speak.
"The Beast King's Secret Realm? Is that it?"
Lu Chen looked at the Wind Dragon's twitching eyebrows and tentatively guessed.
The Wind Dragon continued to guide Lu Chen: "Then what should I do next?"
"Go find the Flame Demon." Lu Chen quickly replied.
"Why are we going to find the Flame Demon? Little Lu, tell me loudly."
"Of course, we're going to get Fire Essences from him!" Lu Chen blurted out. "Huh? Fire Essences, aren't those fire-element Primal Essences?"
After the Wind Dragon's hint, Lu Chen suddenly realized that the place he was about to go to contained pure Five Elements Primal Essences.
"Yes, we'll visit the other leaders next. With the Beast King's inheritance, asking them for some Primal Essences shouldn't be a problem."
The Wind Dragon's words now sounded like heavenly music to Lu Chen's ears.
"With this, the problem of Primal Essences is solved. As long as you don't go to the upper level, you won't have to worry about Spiritual Energy anymore. Becoming the King of Time is practically guaranteed."
Lu Chen began to fantasize about cultivating for tens of thousands of years in a single day, unable to suppress his excitement. His mouth stretched into a grin that reached his ears.
"This feeling is truly wonderful, haha! I, Lu Chen, the King of Time, am about to debut!"
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