721: Unknown Realm

One by one, Dao Lord experts stood around Su Chen, looking solemnly toward the Source of Darkness. No one had expected so many terrifying powerhouses to exist within it.

Isn't this too strong?

There are already fifteen in the Dao Lord Realm.

Xiao Yan's aura surged to the heavens, and waves of searing heat flowed incessantly, temporarily isolating the eroding forces.

Su Chen said to those around him, "All of you, stay here."

After saying that, he stepped forward. A Silver River flowed beneath his feet, supported by the Power of Time; the dark Qi could not hinder him in the slightest.

Seeing this, the Dao Lord experts within the Source of Darkness glared with fury. They reached out toward Su Chen one after another; their figures, which blotted out the sun, moved as if to end the world.

However, when these terrifying attacks reached Su Chen, they were blocked by a mysterious power.

"Begone!"

Su Chen let out a low roar, and an immeasurable aura immediately radiated from his body. The Power of the Great Dao poured out as the myriad daos bloomed together, creating an incredibly powerful sense of pressure.

This caused the Dao Lords of the Source of Darkness to tremble involuntarily, subconsciously taking half a step back.

The myriad daos on Su Chen's body transformed into multicolored giant hands, reaching into the Source of Darkness. Five Dao Lord experts stepped forward and immediately blocked these forces.

Although Su Chen currently only possessed strength comparable to a Dao Lord—and while he could be invincible within the same Realm and fight about three opponents at once—he didn't have many options when facing so many Dao Lords.

But he had always held a trump card.

'Cultivation'!

He would obtain cultivation through check-ins. He hadn't used it for many years, and it had accumulated to an extremely terrifying level.

Su Chen had checked before; his current cultivation had reached the unit of 'Gai'.

If he used it now, he could definitely push his Time Dao to the Rule Realm or even beyond. He just hadn't used it yet.

However, the Source of Darkness seemed to become even more violent. The number of awakening Dao Lord experts continued to increase. Shadows that blotted out the sky reached the surface of the Source of Darkness, their cold, dark eyes staring fixedly at Su Chen.

A monstrously sinister aura filled the air.

Behind Su Chen, Xiao Yan and the others had expressions of extreme gravity. They pushed their auras to the limit, ready to face the upcoming battle at any moment.

Yet, Su Chen remained calm and muttered to himself.

"Use all cultivation!"

[Ding! Successfully used all cultivation!]

The System's cold voice rang in Su Chen's mind. His cultivation began to climb rapidly, and the Power of the Dao beneath his feet suddenly burst with a blinding light.

[Congratulations, Host, for breaking through to the Innate Ancient God Middle Stage... Innate Ancient God Late Stage... Half-step Dao Lord... Dao Lord...]

By this point, an immeasurable Dao light descended upon Su Chen. The eroding forces began to dissipate rapidly as if they had met their natural enemy, and a River of Time appeared around him.

At the end of the River of Time, a figure a hundred million feet tall stood tall. Just a wisp of the aura it released was enough to suppress eternity. Su Chen could tell at a glance that it was himself.

This was... the Future Body!

It turned out that the past and future he had severed back then were completely fake; this was the real one.

Furthermore, Su Chen discovered that the Past and Future Bodies could not be severed at will. They were the foundation for building the Time Dao. If his own past and future were severed, the Time Dao would never be able to reach the Dao Lord Realm.

This was because the Past Body needed to suppress the end of the past, and the Future Body needed to suppress the end of the future. Only then could the entire River of Time be properly established.

"Is this the Dao Lord Realm?"

Su Chen's eyes held a hint of surprise. The Time Dao in the Dao Lord Realm was a completely different concept compared to the ancient god realm. He now felt that his strength was far, far greater than before.

He could even easily control the life and death of others and manipulate time at will.

The Time Dao was the Dao of Creation. Once mastered, in a strict sense, one would be equivalent to a Creation God who dominated everything.

However... Su Chen's Realm was still rising.

[Wuji Dao Lord... Hunyuan Dao Lord...]

Su Chen's aura reached its peak. The terrifying pressure was sensed by everyone in the Myriad Worlds. Countless people looked up at the sky in horror; this aura was simply too terrifying.

Especially those Cultivators above the Dominator Realm; they were even more terrified. They could more clearly perceive the terrifying pressure coming from outside.

Yet, Su Chen's aura did not stop.

[Rule Realm!]

In the next moment.

Countless pieces of information appeared in Su Chen's mind. A true Time Dao had been established within his body. This Time Dao was not the time within the Myriad Worlds, nor was it the Great Time outside of them.

It was a Time Dao that belonged solely to him.

Now, Su Chen was like the Dominator of Time. He even felt that he could follow his own Time Dao and return to the time of the Immortal Realm.

From the Myriad Worlds, the Source of Darkness, and even this world filled with eroding forces, a steady stream of bizarre energy gushed out and rapidly entered Su Chen's body.

These forces were records of time. Su Chen was collecting everything related to them.

Or rather, the Time Dao within his body was passively collecting them.

The Time Dao within Su Chen's body was now like a core of time, drawing in other temporal forces.

Eventually, Su Chen would become the true Lord of Time.

As the records of time from the Myriad Worlds flooded into Su Chen's body, countless events suddenly appeared in his eyes—the Myriad Worlds a million years in the future and the Myriad Worlds from countless years ago.

Now, he could easily come and go as he pleased within time and easily know what would happen in the future. His eyes could pierce through time.

As more and more of that energy flooded into Su Chen's body, even the Time Dao of the entire Myriad Worlds was close to being absorbed and refined by him.

Temporal power seemed to share the same source, and Su Chen's temporal power was clearly stronger than that of the Myriad Worlds.

Although the temporal power of the Myriad Worlds was also strong, it had not reached the true Rule Realm. According to Su Chen's estimation, it was only at the Hunyuan Dao Lord level.

Only because of the uniqueness of the Time Dao, which contained the myriad daos, did it possess a level comparable to the Rules.

Unfortunately... being comparable was still just being comparable; it could not compare to a Time Dao that had truly reached the Rule Realm.

However, Su Chen soon frowned and looked into the Myriad Worlds.

He even saw events from the Early Stage of time's birth, seeing the period when he had returned to the upper reaches of time and met that person.

However... in that period of time, Su Chen only saw himself and did not see that person.

Su Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. It seemed that person had severed their future and past. No wonder they couldn't elevate the Time Dao to the Rule Realm. Or was it that they never had a past or future to begin with?

He paid it no more mind and quietly experienced the rise of his Realm.

Up until now, his cultivation had not stopped down.

[Rule Realm... Unknown Realm!]

Unknown Realm?

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