Time and Space Distorted

Meng Chuan looked at the Burning Art laid out on the desk and said in amazement, "It truly is wondrous and unfathomable. By devouring Heavenly Flames, it can evolve without end."

"Evolve..." Meng Chuan turned the word over in his mind. An idea began to take shape.

The Shrouding the Heavens World had extraordinary flames of its own, such as Solar True Flame and Golden Crow True Flame. Deep within the Fire Domain, there was even Immortal Flame!

Meng Chuan drew out the Burning Art's profound principles and folded them into his Dao Beginning Scripture. He did not know the Burning Art's exact origins, nor did he cultivate within the Dou Qi system, but none of that posed a problem for him.

His cultivation realm was already beyond the Burning Art's level, to say nothing of his terrifying talent and comprehension.

The art gave Meng Chuan an extraordinary revelation and benefited him immensely. With a little more time, he would find the path to his next lifetime.

Meng Chuan immersed himself in the great Dao of heaven and earth. Inspired by the Burning Art, he wanted to create a supreme art. All it needed now was time to refine it.

A hundred years passed in a rush. Meng Chuan's supreme art had reached its final step, but the distance of a single step was the distance between heaven and earth.

"Just a little more. What haven't I fully understood...?" Meng Chuan murmured. Looking at the Burning Art, he had a rough idea of what was missing.

Ding! An anomaly in time and space has appeared in administrator Meng Chuan's world. Please investigate it yourself!

The Chat Group's alert interrupted Meng Chuan's contemplation of the Dao. Puzzled by how abruptly it had appeared, he swept his divine sense across one star region after another, searching for the anomaly.

"But why would an anomaly in time and space occur?" Meng Chuan wondered. He was certain nothing momentous had happened during this period in the original story.

Because of the Chat Group? Meng Chuan had his answer.

Meng Chuan: [Image]

Meng Chuan: Did you receive this alert?

Fei Peng: No. I'm still waiting for Chonglou to come knocking.

Bibi Dong: No.

The Ancient One: An anomaly in time and space? In my world, that would very likely bring in beings from another world. I wonder what's happening on your side, Great Emperor.

Meng Chuan: I think I've found its source. I'll go take a look.

The Ancient One: All right. Be careful, Great Emperor.

Meng Chuan's divine sense swept across a remote stretch of the Cosmic Frontier and found a patch of space that felt strange and out of place.

"Is that it?" With a single step, Meng Chuan crossed countless star regions and arrived at the Cosmic Frontier. Before him, space warped.

Time and space were twisted there, muddled and chaotic, with no clear direction. What you thought was forward might be backward. What seemed like one second passing might instead be one second rewinding. A strange substance also permeated the area, growing from a trace into a haze that slowly spread across the whole patch of space.

Meng Chuan probed the space carefully with his divine sense. When he discovered what lay within, he said in surprise, "A Saint Spirit still being nurtured has appeared here? Is it a coincidence, or..."

He had his doubts, but there was no way to investigate them yet. He could only bury them in his heart.

In a corner of the distorted space stood a motionless, person-height stone. A human-shaped shadow lay within it. One glance was enough to tell that it was a natural-born Saint Spirit, nurtured by heaven and earth and blessed with boundless fortune!

"What a lucky fellow," Meng Chuan said, looking at the Saint Spirit taking shape.

For reasons unknown, Space-Time Distortion had occurred in this expanse of nothingness. Within it, the Saint Spirit was being nurtured at hundreds or even thousands of times the usual speed.

"This really isn't an ordinary anomaly in time and space. If I twisted time and space myself, it wouldn't affect a Saint Spirit like this. And I have no idea what that strange substance is."

Meng Chuan fell into thought. What the Ancient One had said might be true.

Ding! Mission issued! Destroy the Space-Time Passage!

Meng Chuan's heart tightened as he read the new mission. A Space-Time Passage?

He immediately asked the Chat Group about his suspicions. Once he received confirmation, he relaxed.

The appearance of the Space-Time Passage was indeed connected to the Chat Group's arrival!

The Chat Group did not tell him the precise reason, but that was enough. If it was connected to the Chat Group, the danger could not be too great. He could handle it.

The Chat Group's mission was for him to destroy the Space-Time Passage. That meant he had the strength to complete it, so he was not particularly worried about anything beyond his control.

Most importantly, the Space-Time Passage had to take shape before he could destroy it!

A point gradually appeared at the center of the distorted void. In that instant, the sense of Space-Time Distortion surged to its peak!

"With a distortion this strong, some Quasi-Emperors can already sense it." Meng Chuan watched the point in time and space without stirring.

"Greetings, Dao Beginning Great Emperor!"

"Greetings, Great Emperor!"

As Meng Chuan had expected, several Quasi-Emperors appeared. The moment they saw him, however, they stopped and paid their respects.

Meng Chuan smiled and waved a hand, indicating that they could come closer to watch.

"Great Emperor, what is that?" An elderly Quasi-Emperor moved a little closer. The distortion filled him with alarm; he even felt as though more than ten years had been shaved from his lifespan!

“Space-Time Distortion. A Space-Time Passage will form here.” Meng Chuan glanced at him and explained, “You haven't lost any of your lifespan. Although Space-Time here is chaotic, it can't affect a Quasi-Emperor that severely.”

"So long as you don't approach the center of the distortion."

"Thank you for your guidance, Great Emperor." The elderly Quasi-Emperor looked somewhat relieved. He had little lifespan left. If coming to watch had cost him more than a decade, he truly would have wanted to weep but had no tears.

Before long, ripples spread through the void, imperial might flickered, and three figures appeared not far from Meng Chuan.

"Dao Shi! What happened here?" asked the plain-looking girl in the middle, her voice boisterous.

Who else could that brash girl be but Ji Lianxing? The two beside her were also familiar to Meng Chuan: Jiang Daoran and Qingyue.

"Great Emperor." Jiang Daoran and Qingyue nodded to Meng Chuan.

"A Space-Time Passage will form here shortly," Meng Chuan explained to the three of them. "Not the kind we ordinarily open ourselves, but a passage between two worlds."

His words caused an uproar. Two worlds? Could there be another universe beyond their own?

"You mean the other side is another universe? There are other worlds besides ours? Could it be the Immortal Domain?" Qingyue frowned. She could think of no other world.

At the words "Immortal Domain," many people's breathing grew heavy. Everyone here was at least a first-heaven Quasi-Emperor. With an emperor already reigning in this age, immortality had become their greatest obsession!

If the passage led to the Immortal Domain...

Many Quasi-Emperors' eyes flickered. If it truly was the Immortal Domain, they would risk everything for a chance to enter!

Meng Chuan was somewhat speechless. In this era, it seemed that any mention of another world brought only the Immortal Domain to mind.

"It isn't the Immortal Domain. Whether the Immortal Domain even exists is still unknown. If every Space-Time Passage that appeared out of nowhere led there, immortals would be a dime a dozen by now." Meng Chuan dismissed Qingyue's suggestion.

"Who knows? Perhaps the Great Emperor wants to become an immortal alone and is hiding the truth about this passage!" A voice rang out at the worst possible moment. Everyone turned to look. Did its owner have a death wish?

Even Meng Chuan was surprised that someone dared speak to him that way. He looked toward the speaker, then said with dawning understanding, "Is that Saint Spirit about to emerge in there what gave you the nerve to speak to me like that, Cang Kong?"

The one who had challenged Meng Chuan was a Fire Saint Spirit—a ninth-heaven Quasi-Emperor Saint Spirit!

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