Lin Xian sat cross-legged atop the Nine Heavens, like an ancient immortal. Fluorescent light flickered at his fingertips as he formed seals and unleashed a forbidden divine ability.
The power of time danced like silver ribbons, each strand carrying the weight of countless weathered years, as though it had crossed epoch after epoch, imbued with an indescribably ancient air.
The watching Supreme Beings were deeply wary. They were no longer in their prime, their vitality had declined, and their lifespans were exhausted to the limit. Divine abilities of time were what they feared most.
A graze from this temporal power meant injury; a touch meant death.
Kun Peng Ancient Emperor clearly understood this. He dared not clash with it head-on, and knowing he had only one chance, he decisively invoked ultimate sublimation. In an instant, his terrifying aura crushed the cosmic rivers of stars, growing countless times more violent.
An emperor's invincibility was no idle boast. Once he returned to his Imperial Dao standing, this would become a drawn-out struggle.
Although Lin Xian was unafraid, more and more Supreme Beings' divine senses were arriving nearby to meddle. If one or two appeared in their true bodies to reap an easy gain, the trouble they sparked would be considerable.
"There is a sliver of vulnerability while a Supreme Being undergoes ultimate sublimation. Void Great Emperor once exploited that opening to kill a Supreme Being."
"That opening lasts only an instant. Others cannot catch it."
"But I can. I'm one second faster than time itself!"
Lin Xian's manifestation was solemn and majestic as he walked upon time. Emperor art after emperor art that he had learned transformed into runes, rising and falling in his palm. They actually formed thirty-six tiers, slowly unfurling into a resplendent Chaotic Dao Flower.
Rumble!
Kun Peng Ancient