Space-Time Tower

The supreme arts of the Snow Eagle World were not like the secret techniques of the Devouring World.

In the Devouring World, he had only heard of people comprehending their own secret techniques. He had never heard of a renowned expert using a secret technique created by someone else.

Even the weakest supreme arts had been created by Rulers, and not just ordinary Rulers. At the very least, the Space-Time Island Lord could not create one.

The better ones had been created by Void Gods.

If he had to draw a comparison, supreme arts were to the experts of the Snow Eagle World somewhat like Supreme Treasures were to the experts of the Devouring World.

A Grade One True Meaning restored the soul extremely quickly. In just three months, his soul had fully recovered.

If his memories had not returned after he became a Deity, and if his soul had not reached the level of a Fourth Firmament World Deity after being strengthened by the Golden Light secret manual and the system, it would not have taken so long.

After dealing with these matters,

Qie Qiong held a banquet at the Qie Residence, and the many Transcendents of the three great empires and the Bloodshed Tavern all came to attend.

"We pay our respects to the Imperial Lord," the Transcendents said, bowing together.

Ten thousand years ago, when the Cang Yun Material World's three great Deities had been in the Material World, they too had been addressed as Imperial Lords.

"Everyone, there's no need for ceremony," Qie Qiong said with a smile, dressed in silver robes.

"Now that I've become a Deity, I have only one request for everyone. It would be best if this war stopped." As he spoke, his Deity aura flashed out for an instant. "All of you are precious assets of our Cang Yun Material World. It wouldn't be good for you to hurt one another."

As his Deity aura spread outward, brief though it was, the many Transcendents, particularly the leaders of the two great empires and the Bloodshed Tavern-three Deity Heart Realm Demigods-clearly felt their Deity Hearts falter.

"Yes, we will withdraw our forces at once," the three Deity Heart Realm Demigods said immediately.

Since Qie Qiong, a Deity, had spoken, arguing with him would be the height of refusing a face-saving offer.

Besides, as the two great empires saw it, the Mortal World and the small Transcendent Worlds of the Cang Yun Material World might well belong to Imperial Lord Qie Qiong for the next ten thousand years.

The Bloodshed Tavern understood even better that if it wanted to survive in the Cang Yun Material World, it would have to listen to him.

"Within a thousand years, I will have complete control over this Material World. From now on, you should stop calling yourselves empires," Qie Qiong continued, nodding at their answers. "I won't create an empire either. I think the Cangyun Empire's sect system is quite good."

Aside from its imperial family, the Cangyun Empire's factions generally existed as sects. Now Qie Qiong merely wanted to turn the Cangyun Empire's imperial family into a sect as well.

The Transcendents of the two great empires saw their expressions change slightly. They did not believe that becoming sects would be a change in name alone.

But Qie Qiong was a Deity now, so they said nothing.

They could only return and contact the Deities behind them before deciding what to say.

"As for the Bloodshed Tavern." Qie Qiong looked at its leader. "You can carry on as before, but the people close to me should no longer appear in your assignments. Otherwise, things would get awkward for everyone."

"Yes, we will pass down the order as soon as we return," the Bloodshed Tavern's Transcendents hurriedly replied.

"Everyone, let's drain this cup." Qie Qiong raised the bronze wine cup in his hand. "I have no intention of governing the Cang Yun Material World. Apart from what I just said, you can all carry on as you see fit."

"Yes!" Though the Transcendents each had their own thoughts, they answered in unison.

When the banquet ended, the Transcendents departed in twos and threes, flying back to their respective factions, except for those who had come to settle in Cloud Sea Prefecture City because of the war.

Those from the two great empires in particular needed to hurry back and contact their patriarchs.

"But our Cang Yun Material World has finally produced a Deity. I'd love to ask him for guidance."

"He isn't very familiar with any of the factions, and he hasn't cultivated for long. I wonder how we could get him to instruct us."

"I hear he's only made enemies of three families since he emerged, and one has already been wiped out. What about the other two...?"

"You brat, let's go together, let's go together! If we can get even a little guidance from the Imperial Lord, we'll have struck it rich."

At that moment, the Thunder Imperial Family and the Lieyang Clan had no idea that, in the eyes of the Azure Cloud Realm's Transcendents, they were no different from piping-hot delicacies.

Space-Time Island.

Qie Qiong, dressed in golden robes, had been transported here by the Space-Time Temple long before the banquet began.

On Space-Time Island, generally only World Deities had cave residences, and even among them, First Firmament World Deities were rare.

As an inner disciple of the Space-Time Island Lord, Qie Qiong lived in a cave residence within the Space-Time Courtyard on the island.

The Space-Time Courtyard was where the Space-Time Island Lord taught his disciples. However, the lowest cultivation level among his six personal disciples was the Fourth Firmament World Deity level, so naturally none of them were here.

The Space-Time Island Lord also accepted very few inner disciples and protector disciples.

The Space-Time Island Lord and the Bloodshed God Emperor were two entirely different Rulers.

Because the Space-Time Island Lord himself had been one of the greatest geniuses in the history of the Divine Realm and the Abyss early on, he would only accept geniuses as disciples.

The Bloodshed God Emperor was different. As long as someone suited his tastes, the God Emperor would take them as a disciple.

Not long after Qie Qiong arrived, the Space-Time Temple's artifact spirit spoke coldly in his ear. "Qie Qiong, Master wants you to come see him."

Qie Qiong immediately rose and walked out. Outside his cave residence, he saw a World Deity in silver armor standing there.

The World Deity made no attempt to conceal his aura, and Qie Qiong judged him to be a Third Firmament World Deity.

"Junior Brother, you can call me Senior Brother Dongbo. I'm also one of Master's inner disciples," the silver-armored World Deity said.

"Senior Brother Dongbo," Qie Qiong replied at once.

As the silver-armored World Deity led Qie Qiong to the Space-Time Island Lord, he said, "Master hasn't accepted any disciples in all these years. Junior Brother Qie Qiong, if you got Master to take you in, you must have something exceptional about you. You'll have to look after your senior brother when the time comes."

At the Space-Time Island Lord's level, even an ordinary Transcendent with a Grade One True Meaning was no longer of much significance.

That was why many of his current disciples had been accepted long ago.

"You flatter me, Senior Brother," Qie Qiong said hurriedly.

Before the silver-armored knight could say anything else, Qie Qiong had been brought into the central hall.

It was the same small world as before. The Space-Time Island Lord, clad in black robes, sat cross-legged.

"Master, I've brought Junior Brother Qie Qiong," the silver-armored World Deity said, bowing.

"Greetings, Master." Qie Qiong bowed as well.

The Space-Time Island Lord said nothing. He merely raised his head slowly, and two beams of light shot into Qie Qiong's eyes.

In an instant, countless pieces of information concerning Extreme Point and time and space flooded Qie Qiong's mind.

A few breaths later, Qie Qiong came to himself. He knew this was the Space-Time Island Lord's guidance on Extreme Point and time and space.

"Thank you, Master," Qie Qiong said hurriedly.

"Hm?" The Space-Time Island Lord sounded puzzled. "You woke up so quickly. It seems you were born with a powerful soul."

An ordinary Deity would have needed at least the time it took to drink a cup of tea to receive that information.

Even so, at the Space-Time Island Lord's level, he would not pry into his disciple's fortuitous encounters over such a minor matter.

"You have mastered the True Meaning of Extreme Point and the Deity Heart of Space. You should focus on cultivating the True Meaning of Extreme Point and become a World Deity. After that, comprehending time and combining it with space will be faster." Apart from the change a moment ago, the Space-Time Island Lord's voice remained cold. "You may cultivate in the first and third worlds of the Space-Time Tower. When you wish to go, simply call the artifact spirit."

"Yes, Master," Qie Qiong replied.

Although the Space-Time Island Lord had not said much, Qie Qiong felt that he was not like he had been toward his enemies in the original work.

Moreover, because Qie Qiong had recovered his memories, he did not have much aversion to the Space-Time Island Lord.

After all, although Qie Qiong had not lived as long as the Space-Time Island Lord, his hundreds of millions of years of experience in the Devouring World had long since taught him that one had to consider a person's position when judging them.

In the Devouring World, was he, Qie Qiong, not a villain in the eyes of the Alien Race?

That day, Dongbo Bai invited all the disciples in the Space-Time Courtyard to a banquet for Qie Qiong.

Dongbo Bai was the silver-armored World Deity.

This also gave Qie Qiong a chance to meet all the Space-Time Island Lord's disciples there. Including Qie Qiong, there were only five.

Aside from three protector disciples, Qie Qiong and Dongbo Bai were the only two inner disciples.

In other words, within the Space-Time Courtyard, he ranked highest after Dongbo Bai.

The Space-Time Island Lord placed great importance on distinctions of status. A protector disciple was a protector disciple, and no matter how high their cultivation, they had to obey inner disciples. The same held true between personal disciples and inner disciples.

The next day, Qie Qiong was transported into the third world of the Space-Time Tower by the Space-Time Temple's artifact spirit.

Space-Time Island was like the Bloodshed God Emperor's World Locking Tower, except it had only nine worlds, corresponding to the nine Grade One Deity Hearts.

The third world was a vast, empty grassland.

When Qie Qiong appeared, a scroll appeared before him as well.

"A secret art?" Qie Qiong took the scroll. "An Extreme Point-type secret art."

This was probably part of the supreme art the Space-Time Island Lord had chosen for him.

Once Qie Qiong finished reading the scroll, several Divine Realm War Soldiers suddenly appeared on the grassland.

These Divine Realm War Soldiers were different from the defective ones he had encountered in the Material World. Every one of them was at the peak Deity level.

They carried swords or spears, but none bore blunt weapons or the like.

"Kill!"

Seeing the Divine Realm War Soldiers charging at him, Qie Qiong dared not be careless. He immediately summoned his Space Phantom.

The two of them activated the third level of Cosmic Body and charged forward together.

The Divine Realm War Soldiers before him were all peak Deity-level war soldiers with Deity Hearts derived from True Meanings subordinate to the True Meaning of Extreme Point. They also used part of the secret art Qie Qiong had just obtained, and they worked together flawlessly.

If the spatial divine body of the third level of Cosmic Body had not given Qie Qiong strength at the threshold of a First Firmament World Deity, he would probably have been defeated long ago.

But even now, Qie Qiong could only fight them to a standstill at best.

The Divine Realm War Soldiers never made mistakes, and even when struck, their peak Deity-level bodies meant they were only knocked back at most.

After holding out for half a day, Qie Qiong was struck. Just as he was about to be killed, the Space-Time Temple's artifact spirit transported him out.

Qie Qiong was transported back to his cave residence in the Space-Time Courtyard.

He sat cross-legged and began to review the battle he had just fought.

The Space-Time Tower created by the Space-Time Island Lord does have some advantages. If mastering the Extreme Point Deity Heart would originally have taken me a hundred years, now that time has been cut in half.

Compared with the Virtual Universe, the Space-Time Tower naturally had its shortcomings.

And this secret art would be a good one even among Venerables. From the perspective of Qie Qiong's restored memories, this secret art would be respectable even at the Venerable level in the Devouring World.

At the very least, it was much better than the secret manuals he had created.

As time passed, Qie Qiong's True Meaning of Extreme Point reached the third-level limit in just twenty years.

He had also mastered most of that secret art, and with just this portion, he no longer had to face death after holding out for half a day against those Divine Realm War Soldiers as he had before.

Instead, he pressed the Divine Realm War Soldiers hard from beginning to end. If their materials had not been special, Qie Qiong could have torn them apart long ago.

If his progress with the True Meaning of Extreme Point could be called astonishingly rapid, then Qie Qiong's comprehension of the Time True Meaning was indeed still considerably behind it.

Even with the Time Law he had learned before as a reference, it had not, after all, been converted by the system like the Space Law. Qie Qiong could only convert it himself.

After the conversion, it was only equivalent to the second level of the Time True Meaning.

Although the interference caused in the Devouring World by his comprehension of the complete Space Law was gone after the conversion, and even helped him in this world, he was still going in circles at the second level of True Meaning.

Reaching the Deity Heart of Time would probably take several hundred to a thousand years.

Yet after fifty years, Qie Qiong had already mastered the Extreme Point Deity Heart and become a First Firmament World Deity. He had also fully mastered the secret art in the third world.

But after he became a First Firmament World Deity and went to the first world of the Space-Time Tower, the Divine Realm War Soldiers had changed again, becoming nine Divine Realm War Soldiers at the First Firmament World Deity level.

Time passed.

Year after year went by. A thousand years had passed since Qie Qiong became a First Firmament World Deity and a personal disciple of the Space-Time Island Lord.

When he became a First Firmament World Deity, Qie Qiong had seen the Space-Time Island Lord only once. The Island Lord had merely told him to come see him again when he reached the Second Firmament World Deity level.

Space-Time Island, first world.

Qie Qiong and his Space Phantom fought fiercely against the nine First Firmament World Deity war soldiers who had mastered the Space-Time Deity Heart.

Within the nine war soldiers' Space-Time Domain, if Qie Qiong's understanding of the Deity Heart of Space had not been so profound, he probably would not even have been able to form his Space Phantom.

Every one of the First Firmament World Deity war soldiers could attack from a distance or fight hand-to-hand at close range.

Fortunately, there were only nine of them. If there had been any more, Qie Qiong probably would not have lasted long.

Two days later, Qie Qiong made one careless mistake. Just as he was about to be killed, the Space-Time Temple's artifact spirit transported him back to his cave residence once again.

Qie Qiong sat cross-legged in his cave residence.

He slowly entered a state of cultivation. He had a premonition that today was the day he would comprehend the Deity Heart of Time.

Boom-

Before long, time around Qie Qiong suddenly began to slow down and speed up by turns.

The phantom image of a corona also appeared behind Qie Qiong. Looking at it was like looking at time itself.

The Deity Heart of Time was complete!

As soon as he comprehended the Deity Heart of Time, it began rapidly fusing with the Deity Heart of Space.

Just one year later, he comprehended the Space-Time Deity Heart.

Qie Qiong sighed inwardly. If time and space could be fused so smoothly in the Devouring World, there would never have been so few Universe Masters.

Now I'll begin my breakthrough to become a Second Firmament World Deity, then go to the Space-Time Island Lord and learn a supreme art. My true body in the Devouring World is nearly finished with its fusion too.