75: The fundamental law of time

"Today, as your Revered Master, I shall... abolish your Law!"

The Grand Hall Master's voice was like a divine punishment from the nine heavens, exploding with a will that could overturn heaven and earth! Lin Yuan's pupils instantly constricted to needlepoints, his muscles tensing like a fully drawn divine bow, as a bone-chilling coldness surged from his spine straight to the crown of his head!

He looked up in disbelief, only to see a faint, almost imperceptible... mischievous smile flickering in the depths of the old man's eyes, which seemed to contain an endless sea of stars.

"Disciple, do not panic." The Grand Hall Master brushed his sleeve as if it were weightless, and a gentle yet irresistible force steadied Lin Yuan. "What I mean is to abolish the Law comprehension level shared by your Clone. Shortly, I will take your Clone away from here."

Without further explanation, the Grand Hall Master's gaze suddenly became as sharp as a world-opening divine sword. Each word was like a brand of the Great Dao, deeply carved into Lin Yuan's Divine Soul: "Remember! Chaos Law is not invincible! Only by sublimating it and touching the true essence of the Chaos Origin can you be invincible in this era and suppress all ages!"

His tone was resolute. "Until you truly possess the power to look down upon the Universe, the existence of the Chaos Law... must never be easily shown to others! In this Central Continent... those who covet this path are as numerous as carp crossing a river; their intentions are malicious!"

Lin Yuan's heart shook violently. He nodded solemnly, engraving his Revered Master's heavy warnings into the deepest part of his Soul like a brand! He understood that this was not only guidance for the supreme path of the Dao but also his Revered Master's deepest intent to protect his path!

The Grand Hall Master's figure began to grow hazy, as if merging into the Void Realm. Yet, his voice remained clear, crossing the barriers of time and space: "The Void Secret Realm is about to open. I look forward to you... soaring to the sky! The path of cultivation is filled with killing intent at every step, but... I will surely stand behind you! I am taking your Clone... with me."

Just as Lin Yuan was about to ask, the Grand Hall Master had already raised his hand, his five fingers like claws, casually tearing at the Void Realm!

"Chila—!"

A pitch-black, deep spatial rift, its edges flowing with the aura of Chaos, instantly formed! On the other end of the rift was a cultivation quiet room permeated with an ancient and primordial aura!

Upon the four walls, countless time dao patterns, flowing like liquid time, flickered. Faintly, one could almost hear the grand sound of the long river of time surging relentlessly! Lin Yuan's Clone was involuntarily drawn in, stepping into it following Li Xuan.

Origin energy, so dense it had almost materialized and was incredibly pure, surged forth like a bursting starlight torrent, greedily swallowed and absorbed by the Clone! The Clone's tensed nerves finally relaxed slightly, but the confusion in his eyes grew even deeper.

"Calm your mind and feel." Li Xuan tapped with his fingertip, and a brilliant speck of starlight, seemingly condensed from the core of a star, gently entered the Clone's forehead!

As the starlight entered his body, Lin Yuan's Clone's Sea of Consciousness shook violently! The Divine Thought bond that closely linked him to his main body was being forcibly rewritten and reshaped by a supreme power that transcended all the paths of the heavens!

The originally shared, vast sea of Law insights was being forcibly stripped and sucked from the Clone's direction by an irresistible force, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, all pouring back into the main body's Sea of Consciousness!

What was even more shocking was that the moment all the stripped Law insights returned to the main body, they were entirely refined and devoured by that supreme Chaos Law!

[Chaos Law Comprehension: 17% → 20%!]

"From now on, aside from sharing Soul perception with you, your Clone's cultivation Realm and Law comprehension... will become an independent entity! It will no longer have any connection with the main body!" Li Xuan waved his sleeve. The ground in the center of the quiet room rose silently, and an ancient stone tablet, pitch-black like ink and seemingly capable of devouring all light, appeared out of thin air!

Upon the stone tablet, six primordial divine characters, seemingly carved by time itself, emitted an aura that made the Divine Soul tremble—"Time Origin Law"!

The stone tablet appeared simple and unadorned, yet it contained a terrifying dao rhyme that could even distort time and space! The moment Lin Yuan's Clone's gaze touched the inscription—

"Buzz—!"

His consciousness was instantly dragged into a bizarre space-time vortex by an irresistible force! There, the shattered past, the frozen present, and the hazy future frantically interlaced, rotated, and collided like a broken kaleidoscope! It formed a cosmic picture that was exquisite to the extreme yet chaotic enough to cause despair!

"Ugh...!" The Clone abruptly broke free from that suffocating state. Fine beads of cold sweat covered his forehead, and waves of exhaustion emanated from the depths of his Soul.

"This is the 'Time Source Tablet'," Li Xuan pointed at the stone tablet, his tone carrying a hint of imperceptible reverence. "It is a supreme treasure placed in my Spirit Martial Hall by the 'Time-Space Divine Temple' of the Taichu Divine Continent to select eternal geniuses! Within it... lies 3% of the true essence of the Time Origin Law!"

His gaze suddenly became as deep as an abyss. "Though it is only 3%, among the eternal treasures of my Spirit Martial Hall... it easily ranks within the top three!"

Li Xuan's voice was like a great bell, shaking the Clone's mind. "The Origin Law... can only be touched by true children of the era and supreme Prodigies! The gap between those who comprehend Laws and those who comprehend Origin Laws... is as different as clouds and mud! When you truly touch the Origin, you will understand... what 'a difference as vast as the heavens and the abyss' means!"

Having said that, Li Xuan suddenly raised his hand, his fingertip tracing a profound and mysterious primordial dao mark in the void, seemingly containing the starting point of time!

"Buzz!"

The flow of time in the entire cultivation room suddenly underwent a drastic change! Lin Yuan's Clone was horrified to find that his every movement had become as slow as if he were mired in a ten-thousand-year swamp! Meanwhile, the Li Xuan before him remained calm and composed, as if he stood independent of time!

"This is a shallow application of the Time Law: controlling the flow rate." The dao mark on Li Xuan's fingertip faded, and the flow of time instantly returned to normal. "But the Time Origin Law... can make you... a true Dominator of time! It can even..." His eyes blazed as he spoke word by word, "Re! Verse! Time!"

Lin Yuan's Clone sucked in a breath of cold air, his Soul freezing! Reversing time?! This had completely exceeded the limits of his understanding of the martial path, touching upon the legendary forbidden Domain!

Li Xuan continued, his voice carrying the wisdom of someone who had seen through the ages: "There is another point that is of vital importance! Ordinary Martial Artists can only comprehend one type of Origin Law in their entire lives! However..."

His gaze was like a torch as he looked directly at the Clone. "You possess both a main body and a Clone—two Dao bodies! This Clone is currently only in the Spirit Refining Realm, and after its Law comprehension was 'abolished' by me, it is just like a pure and flawless sheet of white paper... perfectly suited... to exclusively Cultivate this Time Origin Law!"

At this point, Li Xuan's expression suddenly became more solemn than ever before, even carrying a hint of warning: "The World Meta-Embryo... is a supreme treasure! Even in the Taichu Divine Continent, it is enough to stir up a storm of blood and gore! Furthermore... only those below the Myriad Laws Realm can refine it! Therefore... the fact that you possess a Clone..."

He lowered his voice, which exploded like thunder in the Clone's Sea of Consciousness. "Must only be known by the two of us, Revered Master and disciple! This Clone... shall remain here to exclusively comprehend the Time Origin! The main body... will participate in trials and competitions in the outside world!" Li Xuan's tone softened, carrying a deep protective affection: "Even if the main body meets with misfortune... the Clone can still persist... This is the... path of retreat leading to the heavens... that I have paved for you!"

Lin Yuan's Clone shared all the memories of the main body, yet he had never heard of the "Origin Law." Suppressing the stormy waves in his heart, he looked at Li Xuan: "Revered Master, this..."

"Be silent." Li Xuan interrupted directly, his tone carrying an unquestionable majesty. "In this great world we inhabit, Laws are as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, immeasurable. However... the Origin Laws..." He extended a finger, which seemed to carry the weight of the Universe, "From ancient times until now, there are! Only! Three! Thousand!"

"Your growth can indeed be called that of a Prodigy. However... looking at the vast and boundless Central Continent..." Li Xuan's words took a sharp turn, and he suddenly waved his sleeve!

"Boom—!"

The entire void distorted and changed violently! Billions of brilliant specks of light were born from nothingness and gathered, instantly transforming into a three-dimensional star chart that was so vast it could make one's Divine Sense collapse and so expansive it could suffocate the Soul! Its vast territory far exceeded the limits of Lin Yuan's Clone's imagination!

Mountains, rivers, and great cities were as small as dust in the chart! As for the headquarters of the Spirit Martial Hall where they were... one would have to search with their Divine Thought to the extreme to barely distinguish a single speck of light!

"The Central Continent is broadly divided into five regions." Li Xuan tapped his finger, and five brilliant light regions on the chart, each containing a distinct world dao rhyme, burst into light. Each region seemed to carry an independent Universe!

"The Eastern Pole Heavenly Ruin Continent, the Southern Pole Burning Heaven Continent, the Western Pole Azure Abyss Continent, the Northern Pole Profound Vault Continent... each occupies ten percent of the territory. And the center..." His finger, carrying the force of ten thousand tons, landed heavily on the area at the very core of the chart that erupted with an immeasurable golden glow swallowing all light—"The Taichu Divine Continent! It alone occupies eighty percent of the continent's territory! Its breadth and vastness... surpass the sum of the other four continents!"

Lin Yuan's Clone's mind shook violently, and he could hardly breathe! What separated the Central Province from the four outer continents was not a simple boundary, but a 'Natural Chasm Barrier' composed of countless primordial divine talismans burning with Chaos Divine Flames and flowing with Great Dao Tribulation Lightning!

The pressure emitted by each rune was enough to crush stars and destroy all Laws! Just by sweeping his gaze over them, the Clone felt a piercing pain in his eyes as if they were tearing, and his Sea of Consciousness felt like it was being pricked by billions of divine needles, on the verge of collapsing!

"This 'Natural Chasm Barrier' has existed since ancient times." Li Xuan's voice seemed to come from the end of the long river of time, solemn and vast. "Martial Artists of the four outer continents can only withstand the supreme heavenly might of the barrier and enter the Divine Continent through specific 'Heavenly Gates' once their combat power... breaks! Through! Ten! Thousand! Yu! As for those of the Divine Continent..."

He paused slightly, an indescribably complex curve appearing at the corners of his mouth. "They... also disdain to set foot in this... 'impoverished and remote' place of ours."

As Li Xuan spoke, the scenes within the Central Province slowly unfolded on the chart like a scroll! The mountains and rivers there were all shrouded in materialized seven-colored Spiritual Qi clouds! Every blade of grass, every tree, every grain of sand, and every stone flowed with a shimmering precious glow, emitting a refreshing and heart-cleansing dao rhyme fragrance!

"The richness of the heaven and earth spiritual energy in the Central Province... is a hundred times... even a thousand times that of the outside world!" Li Xuan's voice was like a heavy hammer, slamming hard into Lin Yuan's Clone's heart. "In that place... for a Martial Artist to break into the Myriad Laws Realm before the age of twenty..." He paused and spat out four earth-shattering words: "Is! Nothing! But! Ordinary!"