For the past three months, Xiao Yao had remained atop the mountain, wholeheartedly consolidating his newly attained Fifth-Turn Dou Zun cultivation.
After three months of day-by-day tempering, his Dou Qi had gradually become docile and condensed, like refined steel hammered thousands of times, every strand carrying a steady, solid texture.
Following this period of tranquil cultivation, not only had the aura within his body become exceptionally stable, but the Time Law and Sword Dao Law had also grown increasingly compatible through his deductions and practice.
At last, Xiao Yao slowly opened his eyes. A silver-white gleam flashed through them before fading back into calmness.
He slowly raised a hand and brought two fingers together. A strand of silver-white Time Force coiled around them, followed by the silent emergence of luminous Sword Dao Law, intertwining with the Time Force to form a faint ribbon of light.
With a light flick of his hand, sword Qi shot from his fingertips like a meteor. Wherever it passed, the air seemed to have been slowed down, and even falling dead leaves froze in midair.
The sword Qi landed on a massive boulder not far away. There was no earth-shattering explosion, yet fine cracks first spread across its surface. Then, traces of "weathering" appeared along those cracks, as though it had been eroded by a hundred years of time, instantly collapsing into a shower of shattered stones.
"Space reigns supreme, time stands supreme; when fate does not emerge, karma claims the throne."
Watching the scene before him, Xiao Yao seemed somewhat surprised as he murmured, "So this is the Time Law, one of the four great laws? It truly is terrifying. With the Time Law alone, killing enemies above one's level would be no difficult task."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yao rose