335: Su Chen from the future

Su Chen stood up abruptly, looking around with a suspicious and uncertain expression.

What is this?

He saw that after the golden light entered his body, it began to spread through his limbs and bones.

At the same time, a terrifying amount of information began to flood into his mind, giving Su Chen a headache; fortunately, it wasn't too intense and was bearable.

After quite a while.

The phenomena subsided, but everything around him remained in a state of stagnation.

The expression on the beautiful woman's face hadn't changed at all; she was still filled with bewilderment, with tears on her face and in the corners of her eyes.

Time!

Su Chen's breathing became rapid; the thing condensed within his body was exactly the Dao of Time.

Although it was only a nascent Dao of Time, he felt as if he had already mastered it, being extremely proficient with it.

He focused his mind to carefully perceive this Dao of Time, and his whole being seemed to be pulled into an ocean of Daos, where various Daos were like tree branches, crisscrossing yet full of order.

The look of shock on Su Chen's face grew more intense.

What... what exactly is going on!?

Why would the Dao of Time, born from the condensation of the myriad daos, appear inside his body?

Although this matter was very strange, Su Chen instinctively felt that it wasn't harmful to him.

But why?

Su Chen vanished from that space instantly, and his figure emerged within the Profound Sky Realm; at this moment, the entire world was completely still, and he was the only one who could move.

Of course, it was he who was completely still, rather than the world having stopped.

He had stopped himself at this fixed point in time, which was why the entire world had stagnated.

This... is the Dao of Time?

Shock appeared on Su Chen's face, and his heart grew extremely heavy; the current turn of events was truly difficult for him to comprehend.

What exactly is happening?

He was filled with doubts.

Right then, the power of the Great Dao of Time began to feed back into him, and Su Chen's cultivation instantly broke through to the Immortal Emperor Realm, continuing to climb steadily.

First-grade Immortal Emperor... second-grade... fifth-grade... sixth-grade... ninth-grade Immortal Emperor.

It wasn't until he reached the Immortal Emperor Perfection that the pressure on Su Chen slowly receded.

At that moment, Su Chen felt incredibly parched inside, as if he had been hollowed out; he coughed incessantly, and the surrounding space began to tremble violently.

Only a few breaths later.

Time resumed its normal flow once more. He clutched his chest, gasping for air in the sky; he had instinctively operated the Great Dao of Time just now, causing his internal power to be consumed rapidly, and now there wasn't a trace of immortal energy left in his body.

One must know that he possessed the Grandmist Indestructible Physique, and his Physical Body was terrifyingly powerful; even a hundred Profound Sky Realms might not hold as much immortal energy as he did.

Yet even so, he was still drained dry, failing to last even ten breaths of time.

What a terrifying Dao!

Su Chen slightly raised his hand, the power of time surging around him, emitting an extremely obscure and mysterious aura.

The Dao of Time had completely integrated into his body.

Suddenly, a terrifying aura was released from his body, one so majestic it was beyond imagination.

Specks of flowing light appeared around Su Chen, like meteors streaking past him and then quickly vanishing.

An aura filled with immense pressure emanated from Su Chen's body; his eyes contained the stars and held profound, heavenly truths.

"Boom!"

A crisp sound echoed, and Su Chen's cultivation loosened once more. He broke through beyond the Immortal Emperor Realm; before this, he had no knowledge of this Realm, but now he knew.

Dominator Realm!

If he guessed correctly, the man he had encountered outside the Qiankun Realm was at this Dominator Realm.

Su Chen looked a bit dazed; in truth, he hadn't fully grasped the situation, with the Dao of Time appearing and his cultivation breaking through all at once.

He was truly bewildered, not knowing what had happened.

He hadn't even cleared up the previous matters, and now new problems had arisen.

Just after he broke through to the Dominator Realm, the Dao of Time that had been silent in his body suddenly became extremely restless again.

In the next moment.

The Dao of Time within him seemed to possess a spirit of its own as it surged out, and his surroundings became extremely illusory. Two figures suddenly appeared, one in front of him and one behind.

One was dressed in green robes, standing with hands behind his back, his aura so overwhelming that even the current Su Chen felt a sense of trepidation.

Who is it!?

For some reason, this back view felt very familiar to Su Chen.

Su Chen immediately turned to look; the person behind him was wearing a T-shirt on his upper body and jeans on his lower body.

This is... Su Chen's pupils constricted suddenly; he was all too familiar with this back view.

Himself from Earth!

Back then, because he didn't have much money and had few clothes, he only had a few items to wear repeatedly during the hot weather.

Suddenly, the version of him in the T-shirt looked somewhat terrified.

"Where is this place? Can someone save me? Am I about to die..."

Terrified voices kept ringing out until he noticed Su Chen in the distance; his frightened expression froze instantly because he saw a face that was extremely similar to his own.

Right at that moment.

The green-robed man with his hands behind his back turned around. His appearance was identical to Su Chen's, the only difference being that his aura was much stronger.

"Three Lives... future, present, past. Truly marvelous."

"It turns out I am merely a projection of the present into the future."

The future Su Chen had a slight, bitter smile on his lips; he seemed very calm regarding the current situation.

"So that's how it is..."

"A life is already destined from the moment of its birth—when it is born, where it is born, what it will experience in the future, and how it will die."

"All of this has been predetermined for a long time. It seems my guess was correct after all."

After murmuring to himself for a moment, he said to the present Su Chen, "I comprehended the Dao of Time in the future, and time can no longer bind me, which is why we have met."

"From now on, Su Chen will no longer have a future or a past. You are simply yourself."

Su Chen took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and said in a level voice, "What exactly did you do?"

The future Su Chen sighed softly, waved his hand, and said with a smile, "No need to rush. I will tell you everything."

He looked thoughtful, as if considering where to begin; Su Chen was in no hurry either, simply waiting quietly.

In the current situation, perhaps only the other party could explain things clearly.

After a good while, the future Su Chen spoke indifferently:

"First of all, time has three points: the past, the present, and the future. These three points should not influence each other because they have an inherent sequence; it should be impossible for the three to have any contact."

"It must be because we are from the Blue Planet, or perhaps because of the System, that we became variables in the Immortal Realm, disrupting the original Dao of Time."

"Therefore, we are influencing each other. While the present you is doing things, the future me is doing them simultaneously, as if we are two independent entities. What I do also affects the present."

"In the future, I... forget it, telling you these things now would be too boring."

"You only need to know that in the future, my cultivation reached the level of a Taboo Expert, just a step away from being an Ancient God. Later, I took the Su Family back to the past and established the Divine Court. The backup plans I left in the Profound Sky Realm were originally intended for my own use after I comprehended the Dao of Time."

"Unfortunately, after comprehending the Dao of Time, Su Chen's Dao reached Perfection, and everything came to an end."

"Everyone in the Divine Court is from the Su Family; they all came from the future. I brought the future back to the past. Once I comprehended the Dao of Time, my journey ended, and the Su Family's future naturally returned to normal."

"That is why the Divine Court vanished, because all of them were from the future to begin with—nothing more than a group of ethereal people."

At this point, the future Su Chen suddenly gave a self-deprecating laugh...