Outside Time Ancient City, Wang Wen saw Shi Wang appear and smiled faintly. "It's time." As he spoke, divine power flowed from his lowered hand, streaming downstream.
"So Father helped me so I could become a master, or so you could use me as an experiment to see whether you could become one?"
"What difference does it make? You can become a master, and I can succeed too. There's no conflict."
"Becoming a master is a transformation of life. You can control an entire era. Father, if we both become masters, this era will descend into chaos."
Time Master laughed. "So you're doing this for the sake of the universe?"
Time Master shook his head. "I overestimated your magnanimity, Father, and underestimated your cunning. You were sealed away without complaint, biding your time until today. All for this moment?"
Shi Wang's murky eyes turned savage. "When you broke through and became a master, I saw hope. This path was right. We had walked it together, so I was ready to break through too."
"But at that very moment, you took away my chance to become a master. How could I not hate you? How could I not resent you?"
"But I knew that if I showed even the slightest resentment, you might do more than just seal me away. So I endured it, holding on until today."
Time Master looked at him. "So your teachings about Time Yan were a way to deal with me, something you'd planned from the start?"
Shi Wang sighed. "Of course not. Time Yan was our clan's greatest understanding of time. I taught it to you so you could break through. But after I was sealed away, I tried every way I could to deal with you. Time Yan was my only chance."
"Then how