Living beings existed in the present, subject to the influence of time. They left traces in the past, developed their roots in the present as the foundation of all activity, and reflected themselves in the future, thereby giving rise to the Dao Self, the departed self, and the future self.
This was the ultimate evolution of the Dao Palace Secret Realm. As a Great Dao that had given birth to Path-End Immortal Emperors, it possessed all manner of inconceivable abilities. Simply choosing any one secret realm and developing its ultimate profound meaning would yield a divine ability on the level of forbidden arts.
With himself as the anchor and the Way of Existence as the light, Qin Tian illuminated countless different timelines and countless supreme future selves.
Now, Qin Tian called upon one of those futures, crossing the years to reach the primordial beginning-the present!
The years surged in waves. Glittering, translucent fragments carried considerable power. The power of time Great Emperor Wushi had given him in the past had been condensed from just such fragments of time.
Now, merely performing a Secret Technique stirred up similar fragments of time in its wake. Unfortunately, these fragments could no longer help him grow stronger.
Unless he refined a stretch of the River of Time into his eyes, his time and space double pupils would have difficulty improving any further.
Above the River of Time, which had neither beginning nor end, a supreme being strode forward. The crisp sound of his footsteps traveled from the endless future to the present as he advanced toward this era, toward Qin Tian.
With every step, the power of cause and effect came from unseen realms. Threads of invisible power became shackles, binding that supremely divine and sacred existence.
As he gradually approached this lifetime, his