Even more critically, under these circumstances, although the surrounding time did not change, in Qi Ling's mind, she didn't know how much time had passed—it seemed like a month had passed, or perhaps a year had passed.
This state of time, he didn't know how long it would last. Qi Ling remained in this posture, year after year, until even his heart gradually became lost...
"Alright, that's enough!" Suddenly, the long-lost voice appeared, and the Dragon Maiden pulled Qi Ling's consciousness back to reality, to a normal timeline, giving him an instant feeling of seeing the light of day again!
"What... what happened to me?" Qi Ling asked, quite confused. He felt like several years had passed just now, but now it seemed like only a few seconds had gone by.
"Hehe, Master, you've already experienced the wonder of this level, haven't you?" the Dragon Maiden said with a smile. "This is the content of this level: Ten Thousand Years in an Instant."
"The moment you placed your hand on that jade, your test began. From that moment on, your time was stretched infinitely, from a single point to an infinitely long line!"
Qi Ling frowned, knowing that this was yet another power she couldn't comprehend at the moment—stretching time? Infinitely extending the time of a single point? This was simply an inconceivable thing.
" Dragon Maiden, this... I really can't understand. Extending my time indefinitely, does that mean that just now, I clearly felt like several years had passed, but only a few seconds actually happened?"
"That's right, everything started the moment you placed your hand on it, and this reaction will only get stronger. At first, one second is equivalent to one hour, but it will gradually increase, becoming a day, a month, a year..."
"And this is not the actual passage of time, but merely the result of time being infinitely extended in your sensory perception! All you need to do is accept it."
Qi Ling pondered, "So, does that mean I need to maintain this state for a long enough time? How long?"
"It requires perseverance... for ten thousand years!" the Dragon Maiden laughed. "That's why it's called ' Ten Thousand Years in an Instant.'"
"Ten thousand years, a fleeting moment..." Qi Ling pondered, "Does one need to endure ten thousand years of loneliness and solitude, without any other existence, or even to feel any other sensations? Perhaps at that time, even pain would become a luxury."
"Yes, Master, but such trials are indispensable if you wish to inherit the Dragon God God's Godhood," the Dragon Maiden said. "Perhaps, sometimes what you will face will be a hundred times more cruel than this."
"Furthermore, I must warn you that this experiment is extremely dangerous, because once you put your hand there, you will be unable to free yourself from it on your own."
"What? I can't get rid of this state myself? Why is that? Isn't the Dragon God trying to kill me?" Qi Ling said, frustrated.
The Dragon Maiden replied, "It's very simple, Master. Because when your time is extended indefinitely, although your consciousness remains clear, it's simply impossible to use that consciousness to control your body, which is still in the old timeline!"
"This means that if you want your hand to achieve the desired movement, it would need to be hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times faster than that speed! And that's simply impossible!"
Indeed, in that state, Qi Ling felt that all his movements had become extremely slow, and would become slower and slower. The resulting sense of disorientation made it impossible for him to move his body even half a step.
Even if I could still move in the first few seconds, since it was cultivation, I definitely had to persist for as long as possible. The longer I persisted, the less likely I was to escape from the constraints of time.
"Then what should I do? Even if I have someone by my side, no one knows when I'll reach my limit," Qi Ling said.
"This is easy, Master, please take this!" The Dragon Maiden said, handing Qi Ling a triangular object. "As long as you stick this to your chest, others will be able to feel your heartbeat."
"When you reach your limit, your heart will beat very rapidly, even to the point of collapse! And what others need to do is pull you off the rock at this moment and end this training session."
Doing so would undoubtedly be tantamount to entrusting Qi Ling's life to someone else, because if a problem were to occur, Qi Ling would be trapped in the time constraint for just a few seconds, unable to break free.
After gathering everyone, Qi Ling explained the details of the cultivation process to them and handed out the other triangles. They could feel Qi Ling's heartbeat by placing these objects against their chests.
When they learned that this training was so dangerous, even potentially fatal to Qi Ling, everyone was filled with worry. Xiao Wu was so anxious she almost cried, " Brother Qi, this is too dangerous! No, you can't participate in this trial!"
" Xiao Wu, this is the only way for me to gain power. I can feel that the gains from this method are directly proportional to its dangers!" Qi Ling said.
"And rest assured, my life and death are in your hands. I trust every one of you!" Qi Ling said.
"Then, then I have to stay by your side every moment!" Xiao Wu said stubbornly. "I'm afraid of losing you, Brother Qi, I... I don't want you to be in danger!"
" Xiao Wu, listen to me. You can all take turns doing this. After all, you still need to cultivate," Qi Ling said.
But Xiao Wu refused this time, insisting, "No! Brother Qi, if you don't agree, I won't cultivate anymore! Even if my strength isn't good, as long as you 'Brother Qi safe, I'll be satisfied!"
Left with no other choice, Qi Ling had to agree to Xiao Qi Ling's Xiao Wu to let everyone take turns with her and supervise her cultivation.
The time added to this test doesn't increase all at once; it's a gradual process. It evolves from about one minute in real time to one second equaling one year. And if you can persist for ten minutes, you can reach the point where one second equals one hundred thousand years!
That's why every second that's passed in this test is a huge step forward!