The Manifestation of the Time Law (Seeking Follow-ups)

Returning to King Huo Yi's palace, Zhang Dong went straight to the deep meditation chamber, again and again instructing Gao Li that he absolutely must not be disturbed in his cultivation.

When the chamber door closed, Zhang Dong still habitually checked the environment first, confirming it was safe before plunging his soul power into the Jade Green Bubble.

Shua!

In just an instant, crossing endless time and space, he descended upon the Boundary Heart Continent.

Completely different rules surged forth; the heavens and earth seemed shrouded in invisible chains, tightly binding every living being.

In the Primordial Universe, he could shatter stars with a flick of his finger, even casually grasping a sun, but on the Boundary Heart Continent, Zhang Dong's first priority was to figure out how to fly.

True Deities of the Origin Continent couldn't fly at all. The Boundary Heart Continent was a bit better, but one still needed the strength of the True Deity Heaven and Earth Realm, or an exceptionally powerful Fourth Heaven Realm Deity, to manage flight.

The next moment, vast memories began flooding into the depths of his main body's soul.

The content of these years of memories was monotonous—nothing but cultivation upon cultivation—but it was precisely that cultivation content that was immensely vast.

Research into various Second-Class Divine Hearts, True Intents, and secret techniques.

"Still haven't quite comprehended a First-Class Divine Heart?" Zhang Dong wasn't anxious. At his current realm, he could comprehend the Pole Divine Heart within at most five years.

His main body wasn't in a rush to become a Deity either; the main purpose of coming to the Boundary Heart Continent was to share memories.

Staying on the Boundary Heart Continent for three days to replenish energy, Zhang Dong returned to the Primordial Universe.

During his Domain Lord stage, he rarely spent time soaking in nutrient pods to level up; most of his time was spent comprehending laws. In Zhang Dong's view, soaking in nutrient pods was a waste of time.

Arriving on the Boundary Heart Continent, with just one breath, endless energy surged into his body.

Zhang Dong precisely used this energy to upgrade his Primordial Universe system to Domain Lord. If he wanted, he could break through to Realm Lord at any time.

Spending a bit more time breathing, he could upgrade all the way to Realm Lord Ninth Stage.

Feather Slaughter Clan, Huo Yi Palace.

"Gao Li."

Zhang Dong pushed open the chamber door: "Let's go. I'll contact King Huo Yi now; we're heading to the Chaos Heaven Mirror."

Gao Li had already walked over when he heard the door open. He was used to Zhang Dong's sudden seclusion for cultivation.

Geniuses, after all, were like that—enlightened at any moment.

King Huo Yi had also been waiting in the palace for Zhang Dong. Elder Xu Jin had given the order, clearly stating that Zhang Dong would likely become a benefactor of the Feather Slaughter Clan in the future.

There had been precedents for this.

Within the Hong Alliance, there was originally a Subordinate Clan with only three Cosmic Venerables, very low in status. But during the weak period of a certain Universe Master, they had formed a good relationship with him.

After that Universe Master rose to power, he naturally took care of that Subordinate Clan—no more dirty or tiring work, more resources allocated, giving the clan a greater hope of rising.

The Chaos Heaven Mirror was in the Elder Hall, so getting there wasn't troublesome. The continent was only so large; King Huo Yi could teleport to any area in an instant.

Passing through corridors and walking to the end, a hundred-meter-tall Bronze Gate appeared before Zhang Dong.

A Gray-robed Man stood by the gate, his aura clearly at King Level. Seeing King Huo Yi and Zhang Dong approach, the Gray-robed Man said nothing, silently opening the Bronze Gate.

Hong!

The gate slowly swung open, revealing an extremely simple meditation chamber inside.

At the center of the chamber, on a stone platform about twelve meters long and eight meters wide, an ancient mirror rested quietly. It stood there as if it had existed for eons, covered in dust.

The mirror was perfectly round, about half a meter in diameter, but its surface was murky and blurred, reflecting no image, shrouded in an eternal, unmoving mist.

From the outside, it looked like the most ordinary mirror imaginable.

But a treasure that could rival the Chaos Stele, and even surpass it in some aspects, naturally had its reasons.

"Your Highness, just enter the mirror," King Huo Yi explained from the side. "Ordinary cultivators of our clan are limited to half a month inside, but Elder Xu Jin specifically instructed that Your Highness may cultivate to your heart's content, with no time limit."

Since they chose to build a good relationship, Elder Xu Jin naturally had to do things properly.

"Elder Xu Jin and the Feather Slaughter Clan's goodwill—I will keep it in my heart." Zhang Dong smiled. "I'll go in now."

Walking to within two meters of the mirror, Zhang Dong sensed the Realm Within Realm inside.

He had already examined it from the outside; it was an extremely ordinary mirror. Though its material was no less valuable than some precious metals, it could hardly be called a clan-defining treasure.

The space inside the mirror was completely different from what he had imagined.

It wasn't a vast, boundless world, but rather extremely cramped, bone-chillingly cold. A weaker Star-level cultivator who came here would probably be frozen into an ice sculpture in an instant.

The space was only slightly larger than the stone platform outside. No wonder it could only accommodate one person at a time for cultivation. If it were spacious enough, the Feather Slaughter Clan would have long since sent all their geniuses inside.

But the environment of this space was somewhat similar to the universe, with countless transparent fragments floating about, faintly revealing some profound mysteries.

Zhang Dong casually grabbed a fragment and held it in his hand, examining it.

"Hm?!" Zhang Dong was astonished to discover that within the fragment he held, countless particles, even micro-particles, were completely still.

That was the mystery of stopped time!

No wonder Elder Xu Jin said this place was profoundly mysterious, comparable to the Chaos Stele.

For cultivators on the path of the Time Law, it was even more remarkable than many Chaos Steles. However, Zhang Dong didn't know that ordinary geniuses who came here couldn't possibly observe particles or micro-particles.

An Immortal God's self-destruction had shattered the cosmic space into a stream of particles.

What the Feather Slaughter Clan's geniuses, and even the many Immortal Gods who entered to comprehend, could see was merely the overall profundity of the fragments—in terms of artistic conception, it fell short of even the Universe Chaos Stele.

Every single micro-particle existed in a state of absolute stillness.

Zhang Dong picked up another fragment to observe; the countless micro-particles within this one were in motion.

Their speed was quite fast, clearly indicating that the flow of time was completely different from the outside world.

Each fragment involved different mysteries—the simpler ones touched on the essence of time, while the deeper ones covered three major categories.

The three major categories of Space Law were: Teleportation, Space Seal, and Space Strangle, while the branches of Time were: Time Acceleration, Time Deceleration, and Time Stop.

In the Tianyu Universe, the complete Time True Intent was a First-Class True Intent.

Time Acceleration, Time Deceleration, and Time Stop were all Second-Class True Intents. Acceleration and deceleration, though both seemingly controlling the flow of time, operated on entirely different principles and led to different combat styles.

"This place... it's a supreme stroke of fortune for me." Zhang Dong was ecstatic. His ability to observe micro-particles surpassed even those King-level Immortals.

The reason laws were so difficult to comprehend was precisely because they were too profound and mysterious.

When seeking enlightenment, the greatest taboo was getting lost in the profound and mysterious. Others might find it marvelously arcane, but one must be clear about what exactly they were comprehending.

Observing the state of micro-particles under Time Stop and Time Deceleration was like seeing the laws made tangible.