887: Chapter 876 The dust has settled!

Half a quarter of an hour later, Qin Yan slowly stopped his Cultivate, a flicker of lingering interest flashing in his deep eyes.

"The Dao of Time is truly one of the seven supreme Profound Truths; it is indeed infinitely profound."

After this session of Cultivate, he finally gained some preliminary understanding of the rules of time.

Although it was merely the surface of the surface, it was enough to make him feel the vastness and depth of this Dao.

"It's a pity, but I am already Cultivating enough things. If I were to divide my attention to Cultivate the Dao of Time, it would only significantly distract my energy and instead slow down my progress in my other main areas of focus."

Qin Yan sighed softly; although he felt regret in his heart, he did not dwell on it.

The core of his martial path had long been clear—the Dao of Five Elements and Yin and Yang as the Foundation, Dark Spiritual Power as the sharp blade, and the Dao of Blood Demon as assistance.

Any one of these three paths, if taken to the extreme, would be enough to stand at the pinnacle of the Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

He truly had no extra energy now to delve deeper into the Dao of Time, which was ranked among the supreme Profound Truths.

"It will not be too late to Cultivate the Power of Time after I step into the True King or even True Emperor Realm in the future."

Qin Yan calculated silently in his heart.

The True King masters rules, and the True Emperor masters Law—these two Realms have already touched upon the exploration and control of the Origin of heaven and earth.

At that level, the more rules and Law a practitioner masters, and the stronger they are, the more unfathomable their own strength becomes.

Moreover, once he reaches the True King and True Emperor Realm, the number of Profound Truths he can carry and master will far exceed what he has now, so Cultivating the Dao of Time will naturally be twice as effective with half the effort.

After a brief pause, Qin Yan cast his gaze toward Saintess Qian Xi, who was standing by his side: "Saintess Qian Xi, come here."

"Master, please feel free to command Saintess Qian Xi."

Hearing this, Saintess Qian Xi hurriedly walked to Qin Yan and spoke with her head bowed respectfully.

Qin Yan looked at this Saintess of the Temple of Time, who was high and mighty outside but like an obedient pet before him. He pondered for a moment before saying: "In the future, when you are in front of outsiders, just treat me as an ordinary friend."

If outsiders were to see the Saint and Saintess of the Temple of Time respectfully calling him Master, not to mention the social death of that scene, those old fogies of the Temple of Time would definitely want to slaughter him.

"Master, is that really okay? Saintess Qian Xi does not want to be Master's ordinary friend; Saintess Qian Xi only wants to be Master's servant."

Saintess Qian Xi raised her head, her clear eyes filled with a serious and stubborn expression.

Qin Yan rubbed his brow, his tone becoming a bit heavier: "This is an order."

"Very well, Master."

Saintess Qian Xi did not persist, but deep within those submissive eyes, a trace of unwillingness still remained.

In her heart, being Master's servant was the greatest honor of her life; how could a mere "ordinary friend" be worthy of Master's favor?

"How much Time Profundity do you have in your body now?"

Qin Yan turned to the main matter.

"Reporting to Master, Saintess Qian Xi has 30/10,000 of Time Profundity in her body." Saintess Qian Xi answered truthfully.

Qin Yan nodded slightly and immediately said: "Come, I will bestow a portion of Time Profundity upon you."

"Thank you, Master, for your grace. Saintess Qian Xi will certainly not fail Master's high expectations." Saintess Qian Xi bowed deeply, feeling flattered.

Qin Yan did not say anything more and directly poured all of the 1% Time Profundity within his body into Saintess Qian Xi's body.

The silver-white fragments of Profound Truth merged into Saintess Qian Xi's body like a trickling stream.

Saintess Qian Xi's talent and status in the Temple of Time were already extremely high; he intended to use this opportunity to Cultivate her well.

To let her go higher and further in the Temple of Time, becoming his most reliable and hidden dark piece inside the Temple of Time in the future.

As for whether the Dark Enslavement he planted would be discovered or removed, Qin Yan was not worried about it at all.

Dark Enslavement is a supreme Divine Ability created by the Heavenly Demon—who is the Heavenly Demon? The ancestor of all demons, the master of the Dao of Darkness, the creator of the Era of the Demonic Path, whose strength has already reached a Realm that Qin Yan cannot even imagine.

Although the Dark Enslavement cast with Qin Yan's current strength is far from comparable to the Heavenly Demon himself, the Four Secrets of the Heavenly Demon are still the Four Secrets of the Heavenly Demon; their Foundation is profound, and their rules are mysterious, far beyond what ordinary Divine Ability can compare to.

Dark Enslavement completely changes a person's thoughts and cognition toward the caster from the essence of the Soul.

And the subject's other talents, memories, personality, and thinking patterns will not be affected in any way.

In daily life, except when facing him, their words and actions when facing others look no different from ordinary people, without the slightest dullness or rigidity.

And to want to detect the abnormality in Saintess Qian Xi and Saint Son Chen Xun, unless a True Emperor powerhouse personally takes action and searches their spirit sea inch by inch, it is only possible to discover it.

However, what is the identity of the two—the Saint and Saintess of the Temple of Time; who would dare to easily search their spirit sea.

Searching the spirit sea itself will cause extremely serious damage to the subject's Soul; at best, their Mental Energy will regress significantly, and at worst, their Soul will be injured, their Dao Foundation damaged, and there will be no possibility of further progress from then on.

Moreover, even if they really found it, what could it prove—it would only be discovering that there are some incomprehensible runes in their spirit sea, and it would not lead to any useful conclusions.

As for wanting to remove the Dark Enslavement runes—sorry, this matter probably requires a supreme existence at the level of a 12th-grade Emperor to personally take action for it to be possible.

And unfortunately, the Temple of Time does not have any Emperor-level powerhouses.

Based on all of the above, Dark Enslavement can be called unsolvable.

Qin Yan handed this portion of Time Profundity to Saintess Qian Xi, which was paving the most solid cornerstone for her future rise.

The deeper this chess piece is buried, the greater the role it will play in the future.

Of course, although the Heavenly Demon secret technique of Dark Enslavement is overbearing and unsolvable, it is not without drawbacks.

First, the subject's strength cannot be stronger than the caster—if the other party's cultivation is above Qin Yan, the enslavement runes cannot be successfully planted.

Secondly, when planting the runes, the other party must be in a state of having no ability to resist, either in a coma or unconscious.

Furthermore, from the time the runes are planted until the complete Enslavement is finished, it requires a long, imperceptible process; it is by no means a work of a single day.

And during this "incubation period" before they are completely enslaved, if the subject notices the abnormality in their own Soul and reports it to the Sect elders, the matter will become extremely tricky.

Even if the Sect powerhouses eventually discover that the dark rune cannot be eradicated, they would never just watch their own Prodigy become someone else's Puppet.

The most likely choice would be to painfully kill the Disciple who has not yet been completely enslaved, or at least seal them away and give up on cultivating them forever.

Moreover, this would expose the fatal secret that Qin Yan possesses an enslavement method that can only be removed by Emperor-level powerhouses, and his situation would then become precarious.

But now everything has settled.

(Ahem, these three chapters were written a bit evilly.)