Ten Divine Abilities

On the day the fifth floor of the tower was fully opened, Nan Feng sensed that the Tower Spirit Space had changed.

The time flow, which was originally ten times slower than the outside world, was still there. It was as if someone had loosened a coil of the spring in space itself.

He used to meditate inside and could feel time passing evenly, each second proceeding steadily forward. Now it's different.

Time in space is like sugar water that's been stirred with chopsticks; some parts go fast, some parts go slow.

The flow rate near the Ancient Tree of Life is a hundred times faster than outside. It's so fast that even light passing through it feels sluggish and sticky.

A few steps further out, the current slows down to match the outside flow. Stepping in feels like stepping from a rapid current into a stagnant pool.

The Old Huai locust tree's branches hang down from the dome. The leaves on its branches grow rapidly towards the side with faster flow, while remaining motionless towards the side with slower flow.

The old man's face emerged from the tree bark. His beard was twisted in two by the distortion of space, one half fast and the other slow.

"What... what kind of place is this? How... how did the flow of time break apart?"

Nan Feng crouched down and put his hand into the area with the fastest flow. When his hand went in, everything was normal, but when he pulled it out, his fingertips were covered with a layer of Space-Time fragments, shiny and like shattered glass shards.

Old Huai's beard grew back to a single, intact hair. The old man coughed twice.

"After the fifth layer of Space-Time Power was fully released, the flow of time in the Tower Spirit Space was no longer a single block, but was divided into individual Space-Time Bubble."

"The flow rate is fastest near the Ancient Tree of Life, a hundred times faster than outside. One day of your cultivation there is equivalent to a hundred days outside."

"The cost is that the temporal structure of that area is unstable; staying there for too long will cause you to age faster."

"Hundred times."

Nan Feng stood up and walked towards the Ancient Tree of Life.

The Old Huai poked its entire face out from its trunk.

Where are you going?

"Cultivation."

"You're crazy--"

Before he could finish speaking, Nan Feng had already stepped into the zone with a flow rate a hundred times higher than normal.

Old Huai looked at him from across the boundary of the Space-Time Bubble, his mouth still moving. The sound that came in was drawn out and elongated.

"You stayed inside for a hundred days, while only one day passed outside."

"But you yourself will age by a hundred days."

Nan Feng glanced back at him, then pointed to the azure-gold Immortal Mark on the fifth floor of the tower.

The Old Huai paused for a moment, then patted its trunk.

"Yes. The Space-Time Power originated from your own tower. Staying inside won't cause you to age prematurely; the Space-Time Bubble has recognized you as its master."

"Fine, fine, then you can cultivate, I'll shut up."

Nan Feng sat cross-legged under the Ancient Tree of Life.

Time flowed incredibly fast inside the Space-Time Bubble. He had barely closed his eyes to complete one cycle of breathing when a new batch of leaves fell from the trees above his head and began to grow back.

The grass at my feet sprouted from the soil, flowered, bore seeds, withered, and then grew new shoots. It went through this cycle five or six times.

When he opened his eyes, Shifang was squatting outside the Space-Time Bubble, grilling fish. The fish had been flipped twice, and oil dripped onto the charcoal fire, producing white smoke. It seemed like only a few ordinary breaths had passed.

Nan Feng waved to him. Shifang called out across the boundary of the Space-Time Bubble.

"Brother Nan, do you want some fish?"

The sound was drawn out, flat and long.

"Eat."

The Nan Feng reached out. Shifang handed in the grilled fish.

The fish had just crossed the boundary of the Space-Time Bubble when a layer of white frost formed on its surface. The next second, it was catalyzed by a flow rate a hundred times faster and began to steam.

When it fell into Nan Feng's hands, the fish was cooked through and the bones were falling off; even the fish bones were soft.

Shifang, standing outside, opened his eyes wide and shouted at Old Huai.

"Old Huai, look, the Space-Time Bubble can be used as an oven."

Old Huai cursed.

"Your brother Nan went in to cultivate, not to be grilled fish for you."

Shifang shrank back and squatted down to flip his fish.

Nan Feng took a bite of the crispy fish, closed his eyes, and began to sort out the 108 chapters of the Heavenly Constellation and Earthly Fiend Divine Abilities.

Before becoming an immortal, he had only mastered the first three chapters: the Mountain Suppression Art, the Shrinking the Ground to an Inch, and the Star-Piercing Form. That was all.

I've kept the fourth chapter Domain Divine Ability," to the tenth chapter, "Mountain and River Seal," untouched. Firstly, I don't have enough Immortal Power, and secondly, I don't have the time.

The current flow rate within the Space-Time Bubble, a hundred times faster than before, gives him ample time to tackle these tough challenges.

The foundation of the Domain Divine Ability is the sealing attribute of the Divine Slaughter's Domain. Nan Feng released the Divine Slaughter's Domain, spreading it out in a radius of one zhang within the Space-Time Bubble.

Then, following the method recorded on the stone wall, they attempted to include the space within the domain itself into the sealing range.

On his first attempt, he focused only on compressing space and forgot to compress time. A leaf fell into the domain and got stuck in mid-air. It was propelled by the hundredfold flow speed to crash to the ground, creating a small crater.

The second time, he compressed Space-Time together. The two forces were not coordinated, and the space within the domain began to distort, like a wrung-out towel. He himself was almost twisted out of the Space-Time Bubble.

The third, fourth, and fifth time.

By the seventeenth time, he had found the balance.

The domain expands. The space within a radius of one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) contracts inward, and the flow of time is compressed to 30% slower than the outside world.

The leaves in the area fell at a slower rate than normal.

It's done.

Nan Feng opened her eyes.

Old Huai, who was dozing off outside the Space-Time Bubble, suddenly jolted awake.

"What's done?"

"Domain Divine Ability."

Nan Feng withdrew his domain and searched for the next chapter on the stone wall.

The fifth chapter, "Heavenly Net and Earthly Snare," is an advanced version of the Spider Bind Technique. He had used Spider Bind to bind many people before, but "Heavenly Net and Earthly Snare" is different.

This supernatural power requires the spider silk to be laid into a three-dimensional net, covering the entire space instead of a two-dimensional plane. The web also carries a sealing power, sealing anything that touches the web.

The chapter on Nan Feng's cultivation took even longer.

The spider silk needs to draw Spiritual Power from the Power of Devouring of the second level of the tower to condense. He has to maintain the shape of the spider web while pouring Power of Devouring into it, and the two sides cannot fight each other.

While Nan Feng was honing his supernatural powers inside, Bibi Dong came to the Space-Time Bubble as usual.

She didn't go inside, but squatted outside, holding a small watering can made of Space-Time Power, watering the Nine Heart Begonia next to her.

The seedlings of the Nine Heart Begonia were brushed against the edge of the Space-Time Bubble several times. Each time they were brushed, they grew an inch taller.

By the fifth time, it had bloomed its first flower. Its pinkish-white petals were adorned with a ring of Space-Time fragments, sparkling brightly.

Bibi Dong picked a flower and examined it from all angles. After a long while, she suddenly shouted to the Nan Feng in the Space-Time Bubble.

Are you done with your work?

Nan Feng, who was struggling with the sixth chapter of the Mountain and River Seal," opened his eyes upon hearing this.

"Is something the matter?"

"Come out here, I have something to show you."

Nan Feng emerged from the Space-Time Bubble, still carrying the scent of being washed away by the current a hundred times faster than normal. His hair was covered in fragments of Space-Time, but his face showed no signs of aging.

Bibi Dong handed over the flowers of the Nine Heart Begonia.

"After this flower was touched by your Space-Time Bubble, the Life Origin in its petals increased by 30%. Ye Lingling previously said that it takes three months for the Nine Heart Begonia to grow from seedling to flowering, but now it has bloomed in just half a month."

Nan Feng took the flower and examined it. The Life Origin within the petals was indeed richer than that of a normal Nine Heart Begonia, and it also bore a trace of the Space-Time Power.

He thought for a moment and returned the flowers to Bibi Dong.

"Take the flowers to Ye Lingling and ask her if they can be used in the pharmacopoeia."

Bibi Dong carefully put the flowers away, but didn't leave. She squatted down and looked up at him.

How long were you inside?

"It doesn't look like it's been long from the outside."

What's inside?

Nan Feng did the math.

"About two months."

Bibi Dong stood up, reached out and patted his arm, brushing off a few pieces of Space-Time debris stuck to it.

"You haven't slept for two months, take a rest."

Nan Feng glanced at her, said nothing, and found a tree stump outside the Space-Time Bubble to sit down.

Bibi Dong handed over a cup of spiritual spring water from the side. This water was condensed after she had repeatedly collected it at the boundary of the Space-Time Bubble and adjusted the balance point of the internal and external flow rates. Drinking a sip could replenish both Immortal Power and Soul Power at the same time.

Nan Feng took the bottle and drank two mouthfuls, then leaned against the tree stump and closed his eyes for a while.

The Old Huai watched from afar on the immortal tree, whispering to Shifang.

"This girl is getting more and more nosy."

Shifang added a piece of firewood to the fire.

"It's good that you're so nosy. Brother Nan used to cultivate alone, and no one would bother him for three days without eating."

Old Huai clicked his tongue and said nothing more.

On the seventh day, Nan Feng completed the sixth piece, "The Mountain and River Seal."

This supernatural power uses the tower as a medium to gather the earth's energy from an entire area into the tower's shadow, condensing it into a seal. When the seal is struck, it can compact the ground within a radius of ten zhang by three chi. Once the earth's energy is suppressed, no one or anything on the ground can escape.

He tried it out in the Space-Time Bubble. The ground wasn't compacted, but it bent a section of the roots of the Ancient Tree of Life.

Old Huai cursed for a long time. Nan Feng had to compensate him with two grilled fish from Shifang before he could appease the old man.

From the eighth to the tenth day, he went through the seventh chapter, the Big Dipper Formation, and the eighth chapter, the Moonlight Slash. He then went through the advanced chapters of the ninth chapter Sun Wheel Seal, and the tenth chapter, the Mountain and River Seal.

Each time a chapter is completed, the corresponding floor of the tower lights up briefly.

When the seventh layer of Samsara patterns lit up, a cold wind swept through the Space-Time Bubble. Bibi Dong was outside holding the Nine Heart Begonia, took three steps back.

When the Purification white light of the eighth layer shone, the turbid air in the entire Tower Spirit Space was swept away. The leaves of the Old Huai locust tree turned three-tenths greener.

At the end of the tenth day, Old Huai took stock.

"You've mastered the first ten of the one hundred and eight chapters. Adding those you completed during your training in the Far North and the sealing of the Far North rift, you now need ninety-eight more."

Nan Feng leaned back under the Ancient Tree of Life and wiped away his sweat.

"No rush. Cultivation efficiency inside the Space-Time Bubble is a hundred times greater than outside. Give me a few more days outside, and I can finish reading chapters ten through twentieth."

The Old Huai slid down from the sacred tree, put its hands behind its back, and circled around him once.

"Do you have enough Immortal Power? Practicing supernatural powers consumes Immortal Power. You've been inside for ten days, while only a little over an hour has passed outside. How did you manage to sustain yourself with your Immortal Power?"

Nan Feng raised his finger and pointed to the Nine Heavens Treasure Pearl at the top of the tower.

"The Three Lights Divine Water. When I was cultivating in the Space-Time Bubble, the Nine Heavens Treasure Pearl continuously dripped the Three Lights Divine Water, replenishing my Immortal Power with each drop."

"The flow rate inside the Space-Time Bubble is fast, and the condensation speed of the Three Lights Divine Water also increases accordingly, which just makes up for the energy I expend while practicing my supernatural powers."

Old Huai looked up at the Nine Heavens Treasure Pearl. The Three Lights Divine Water inside the pearl was almost gone.

"Then you'll have to use it sparingly. This stuff absorbs a lot of Spiritual Power to condense just one drop. Once you've used up your stock, you'll have to save up for several days for the next drop."

Nan Feng nodded, stood up, and patted the hem of her clothes.

Bibi Dong walked over from the side, carrying a cup of spiritual spring water. This time, there was also a rough earthenware bowl next to her, containing the fish that Shifang had grilled.

Nan Feng glanced at her. Bibi Dong shoved the bowl into his hands.

"Eat first, then practice."

Nan Feng took the bowl, took a bite, and suddenly said something.

"Your Soul Power has reached level thirty-six."

Bibi Dong was stunned for a moment, then looked down at the fluctuations of her Soul Power. Sure enough, it was much stronger than it had been a few days ago.

Lately, she's been watering flowers and calculating nodes outside the Space-Time Bubble every day. She's also absorbed a lot of the Spiritual Power in the Tower Spirit Space, and her Soul Power has increased without her even realizing it.

Old Huai chimed in from the side.

"She's outside your Space-Time Bubble. Although the flow of time is normal inside, the concentration of Spiritual Power is much higher than outside. She sits here watering the flowers every day, which is equivalent to soaking in a spiritual spring. It would be strange if her Soul Power didn't increase."

Bibi Dong's ears turned slightly red, and she turned and left with the empty bowl in her hand.

He took two steps, then came back, took the bowl, and left without looking back, saying something like that.

"You continue your cultivation, I won't disturb you."

Nan Feng watched her walk away, then lowered his head and ate another bite of fish.

Old Huai was making faces at the side.

"This girl has gained a little weight compared to when she was first resurrected."

"Her Soul Power has recovered."

Nan Feng finished eating the fish, placed the bowl on the tree stump, and walked back into the Space-Time Bubble.

Old Huai called from behind.

"You're still practicing?"

"Finish the eleventh exercise before resting."

Nan Feng stepped into the Space-Time Bubble, and was enveloped again by a flow rate a hundred times faster.

He sat cross-legged under the Ancient Tree of Life, drawing out a wisp of Space-Time Power from the fifth floor of the tower to form a light screen, which turned to the eleventh chapter of the cultivation technique diagram.

Outside the Space-Time Bubble, Bibi Dong squatted beside the Nine Heart Begonia, holding an empty bowl, and used a small watering can condensed from the Space-Time Power to water it for the first time that day.

The leaves of the Old Huai locust tree rustled twice overhead. Shifang added another piece of firewood to the fire, the fish flipped over, and oil dripped onto the charcoal, emitting white smoke.

The Tower Spirit Space was very quiet.