The Great Thousand World.
The Celestial Court.
The time formations had now all collapsed.
Even with the Heavenly Cycle Star Chart serving as the formation core to anchor them, the time formations themselves were neither particularly sophisticated nor powerful.
As a result,
even anchored by a supreme treasure comparable to a nine-tribulation ancestral weapon, they could not truly become impregnable.
And so,
the time formations shattered.
They had lasted less than ten years before collapsing.
As for this,
Qin Shujian paid it no mind. His entire being was immersed in his Inner World.
Within his Inner World,
he had entered the breakthrough stage thousands of years earlier.
Yet only now
had his Inner World truly begun to advance.
And as the world advanced, Qin Shujian felt his entire being undergoing a transformation.
Hum—
A vast river of time flickered into view.
Qin Shujian's figure, seated in the Heavenly Palace, seemed to grow somewhat fainter. At the same time, an identical figure had appeared within the river of time.
"The cosmic river of time!"
Qin Shujian discovered that he was now inside the river of time, completely unlike when he had entered it in the past and stood upon its waters.
Now,
his entire body was submerged in the river.
Powerful restraints pressed in from every direction. Even the slightest attempt to move met considerable resistance.
"To become a Dao Fruit, I must step beyond time!"
"Every cultivator has a past, present, and future within the river of time. But I am a reincarnated Dao Fruit, so I have neither a past nor a future.
"Compared to ordinary cultivators, that gives me a certain advantage."
"But in truth, although I have neither a past nor a future, I still have a present—"
Thoughts churned in Qin Shujian's mind. He understood his