"Dao Fruit!"
Chu Kuangtu, who had been cultivating in seclusion within his palace hall, suddenly paled.
As a Dao Fruit expert from the second era, he was more familiar with the aura of this level than anyone else.
Very soon.
Several possibilities occurred to Chu Kuangtu.
"Could Emperor Qin have used the power of time to break through to Dao Fruit?"
"That shouldn't be possible. Breaking through to Dao Fruit isn't constrained by time at all. Otherwise, why would Dao Fruit experts be so rare in every era?"
He first thought of the power of time he had sensed a few years earlier, but quickly dismissed his own conjecture.
Breaking through to Dao Fruit.
Was not something that could be achieved simply by having enough time.
Some cultivators had existed since the beginning of an era, yet still could not cross that threshold when the era came to an end.
The reason.
Was that the Dao Fruit level had nothing to do with how much time had passed.
Whether one could break through was a profoundly mysterious matter.
After all.
Although the power of time was difficult to comprehend, anyone who reached the ninth-level immortal realm and committed themselves to studying it still had a considerable chance of success.
If everyone could use the power of time to break through to Dao Fruit.
Then the number of Dao Fruit experts in each era would increase to more than four or five times its original total.
After all—
Although Dao Fruit experts were rare in every era, ninth-level immortals, while not exactly a dime a dozen, were certainly numerous enough to be staggering.
Sensing that familiar aura.
Chu Kuangtu could not remain calm at all.
At that moment.
He stirred his divine sense.
The previously closed palace doors swung open with