Ancestral God Secret Realm, Nine Nether Space-Time, Tree Island.
Sensing the returning figure in black armor carrying a spear, the World Tree felt a headache coming on.
"Why is this fellow here again?"
Never before had he so bitterly hated his race's lack of mobility.
"Hmm?" The Strongest World Tree felt somewhat surprised.
In the past, that figure had always gone to trouble his children. This time, however, he had come for him.
"Since you dared to come, you can stay!"
The Strongest World Tree's enormous trunk, along with every leaf upon it, blazed with radiance. He took control of all the space-time within over ten billion kilometers of Tree Island.
Whoosh!
The black-armored figure drew his spear, tracing a tiny black arc across the short branch the World Tree sent attacking him, severing it instantly.
More branches slashed through space like long whips, sealing off every avenue of retreat for the black-armored figure.
Unhurried, the black-armored figure casually sealed away the short branch he had cut off.
Branches, leaves, and vines had now enclosed him in a sphere.
An eerie green light enveloped him, and space-time seemed to freeze.
"Double Control of Space-Time!"
Dongguan activated the World Ring within him, releasing a surge of world power and combining it with immortal divine power.
This formed a special kind of control over space-time.
The World Tree sensed something unusual.
Although he possessed the Innate Secret Technique "Control of Space-Time," he knew that it differed from a Universe Master's control over space-time.
The "Control of Space-Time" Dongguan had displayed before resembled a Universe Master's authority.
Now, however, Dongguan's control over space-time had weakened considerably, while its nature had changed to resemble his own.
If that were all, then with the stronger absolutely suppressing the weaker when using the same move, Dongguan