Compensation

The Sea of Time!

That was an ancient supreme existence!

Its history could even be traced back to the era when the Star Realm shattered.

Almost all intelligent life owed it a debt of gratitude for their growth.

In a sense, it was the ancestor of intelligent life.

However, unlike intelligent life races with their own stances, that supreme existence within the Sea of Time had always remained neutral, never involving itself in the grudges and conflicts between races.

Over countless years, without losing its main body, It had separated one hundred and twenty-eight authority fragments, using various channels to gain Insight into many of the world's mysteries.

These separated authority fragments were like Its descendants, possessing part of this ancient supreme being's "bloodline" power. When necessary, they could even borrow the main body's computing power, reaching a level infinitely close to true supremacy.

Most subsidiary authorities bore important duties—calculating one Abyssal Ruin after another, researching the mysteries of Void Beasts, or tracing the truth behind the Ancient Star Realm's destruction—but...

A small portion of the authorities had been "leased" out by supreme beings and masters after they paid certain prices.

The assistance of an intelligent lifeform that could approach the supreme level at its highest, whether for researching the Supreme Path or aiding daily life, was something even supreme beings and masters could not ignore.

But not every supreme being or master was qualified to "lease" a subsidiary authority.

Only those who had attained a certain level on the Supreme Path would be regarded as "fellow Daoists" by that ancient supreme existence, allowing such an authority to follow them for a period of one era.

Yet now...

A subsidiary authority that benefited even supreme beings and masters in cultivation had been transferred by the Black Abyss Master into Li