Though it was only three feet away, it took the same amount of time as when it had entered to return to his fingertip.
During its withdrawal, the thread picked up some time fragments. Those fragments flickered amid the chaos like tiny mirrors, each reflecting a different timeline.
Some reflected the scene of Chu Ming stepping into the Abyss Sea moments ago; some reflected his battle with the Abyss Great Lord; others reflected scenes he had never experienced, perhaps scenes from the future.
The fragments dissipated under the purification of the power of order.
Chu Ming said to Blood Butcher, "Stay close. Do not leave a hundred zhang radius around me."
His power of order could form a "time stabilization field" within a hundred zhang.
The principle behind the stabilization field was not to resist the laws of time.
At his current realm, he was still not strong enough to contend with the time laws left behind by a high-ranking Dao Lord.
He was "borrowing" them.
Using the power of order, he established a relatively stable "isolated island" amid the torrent of time laws, like a reef in a rushing river. The time laws within the domain would flow past both sides of the stabilization field instead of directly battering the space inside it.
Within a hundred zhang, the difference in the flow of time could be reduced to a minimum.
Blood Butcher nodded.
He did not ask why it was a hundred zhang, nor did he ask whether Chu Ming could pull it off.
He merely tightened his grip on the long saber in his hand. Blood-red light surged from its blade, condensing into a thin film of light over the edge. The two stepped into the domain.
The instant they entered, Chu Ming spread the stabilization field with