297: Time limit!

Kyoto Base City, Bamboo Sea Wonderland.

On the highest floor of the Inheritance Hall, Chen Fan sat cross-legged before a luminous white pillar, preparing to open the alloy safe.

Click!

Chen Fan carefully lifted the alloy lid, revealing a silver briefcase, one meter in length, width, and height.

Chen Fan gazed intently at the case, its surface etched with mysterious patterns, exuding an ancient and profound aura.

It appeared as though the briefcase had existed for an immeasurably long time.

Next, Chen Fan attempted to open the briefcase using the method described in the memory soul crystal left by the Heavenly Azure Dragon Lord.

After several attempts, Chen Fan successfully opened the briefcase.

Upon seeing its contents, Chen Fan was immediately surprised: “Three secret manuals?”

Although there were only three, they still filled most of the briefcase.

In Chen Fan’s eyes, these three books, including their covers and pages, were all made of golden alloy, each 50 centimeters in length and width, but with varying heights—

The first volume was 15 centimeters high.

The second volume was 25 centimeters high.

The third volume was 40 centimeters high.

“What three massive books.”

Chen Fan marveled, picking up the topmost one. His gaze fell upon the four large characters carved into the cover, made of an unknown alloy—"Time Restriction."

The simple words made Chen Fan feel a quiet aura of time flowing silently.

All things in the world, the starry sky of the universe, cannot escape the erosion of time.

Even the most eternal universe will eventually reach its end with the passage of time… “This feeling!?”

Chen Fan felt his consciousness being pulled by the cover, and he involuntarily flipped it open, wanting to explore its depths.

The moment he touched the golden page, a voice resonated in his mind:

“Time is the door to the void, it is the beginning, and it is also the end…”

The ancient voice seemed to cross endless time and space, echoing continuously in Chen Fan’s mind.

“This is… the voice of the Heavenly Azure Dragon Lord.”

Chen Fan was very familiar with this voice and recognized it immediately.

However, after this sentence, the voice did not end there.

“The stars revolve, the sun and moon shine in turn, the four seasons take turns, yin and yang transform greatly, wind and rain are widely bestowed, all things obtain their harmony to be born, and obtain their nourishment to grow…”

Listening to the ancient words, Chen Fan gently closed his eyes, his mind quickly settling.

The next moment, a scene of the sun and moon in the sky, with countless stars revolving, appeared in his mind.

As time alternated, more and more stars were absorbed, gradually evolving from a sea of stars to galaxies, then star fields… During this period, Chen Fan also witnessed stars exploding and galaxies returning to nothingness.

“Whew!!”

A moment later, Chen Fan woke up with a start, breathing heavily, his heart pounding.

This “A Thought Eternal” had silently influenced his consciousness.

Simply incredible!

Chen Fan murmured to himself, quickly flipping open the golden book.

The thin and flexible metal pages were turned one by one by Chen Fan, and he could clearly see the language written in universal cosmic script.

Each line of text seemed to encompass the entire starry universe.

“Is this really left by a top Universe Overlord? This is too terrifying!”

Chen Fan exclaimed.

He was already deeply shocked by this first volume of the Time Restriction secret manual.

Not to mention there were still the second and third volumes… This first volume of the Time Restriction secret manual was about ten centimeters thick, and its thousands of pages were unknowingly finished by Chen Fan.

By the time Chen Fan came back to his senses, three hours had already passed.

“Controlling the Origin Laws of time allows you to toy with your opponents at will.”

After finishing the first volume, this thought unconsciously surfaced in Chen Fan’s mind, and then a shiver ran through him.

This was too terrifying!

By controlling the flow of time through the Origin Laws of time, enemies would be restrained, and their weaknesses would be easily exposed amidst the ever-changing temporal currents.

“Truly terrifying!” Chen Fan exclaimed, then wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

While flipping through the first volume, Chen Fan discovered that it contained no less than ten terrifying secret techniques related to time—Time Lock, Time Barrier, Time Suppression… manipulating opponents through time, culminating in a single, decisive blow!

After a moment of awe, Chen Fan continued to open the second volume of the secret manual.

Compared to the many words in the first volume, the pages of the second volume mostly contained illustrations and strokes.

Among them, there were also many scenes of suppressing opponents.

The content of this second volume seemed to want to demonstrate the terrifying aspects of time secret techniques and attack moves through practical combat.

Just by looking at the first page of the second volume, Chen Fan was deeply captivated.

His consciousness sank, deeply falling into it… At this moment, Chen Fan felt as if he was an insect trapped in amber, unable to move, and sinking deeper and deeper.

The more he struggled, the more stagnant his surroundings became, constantly compressing, and compressing again… Although he couldn't make any movements, Chen Fan knew very well—

If an enemy were to attack now, he would surely die!

Whoosh!!!

Immediately after, a blade light, whose origin was unknown, erupted from above Chen Fan’s head in a dazzling white flash, then cut straight down.

The sword and blade techniques combined, their sharpness and killing intent fully revealed.

Just as he was thinking, an incredibly terrifying power instantly erupted.

Chen Fan immediately felt a profound sense of being as insignificant as dust.

In an instant, everything, including Chen Fan, returned to nothingness.

The next moment, Chen Fan’s consciousness was pulled back to reality.

Looking around, everything seemed unchanged, exactly as before.

Only Chen Fan remained in a struggling posture, showing that what had just happened was not a dream.

The combination of time and blade techniques was truly terrifying!

Chen Fan pondered silently, in that instant, he truly felt a desperate sense of having nowhere to escape.

His gaze once again fell upon the golden page, where he saw countless broadswords, radiating endless sharpness, suspended in the sky.

However, where the blade light pointed were enemies deeply mired in a quagmire.

The scene shifted from static to dynamic.

As one broadsword after another descended, everyone in the picture perished, with no one spared!

“This, I am willing to call it the 'Annihilation Style'!”

Chen Fan couldn’t help but praise.

Then, he turned to the next metal page.

The picture showed a scene much like a chick pecking at rice, with countless rice-sized objects surrounding a colossal creature.

Although there were only a few strokes in the drawing, in Chen Fan’s eyes, it was as if countless weapons formed a unified whole in the sky,

And then descended from the heavens, directly suppressing and killing the opponent!

“Clean and decisive, fierce and terrifying!” Chen Fan gave an eight-character sharp review.

The next moment, he had already committed this move to memory.

With a thought from Chen Fan, twelve psychic weapons shot out from the moon of destiny space, forming a ring in mid-air.

Killing intent was fully revealed!

“By using twelve weapons to influence space and space, suppress the opponent, making them nowhere to escape, and then finding the opponent’s weakness to forcefully kill them!”

Thinking of this, Chen Fan was instantly stunned!

Wasn't this point strikingly similar to the third style 'Flying Snow' of the Blood Blade Manual?

Although from a feeling perspective, the second volume of the Time Restriction only depicted time, it also contained secret techniques related to space.

Even calling it a Time-Space Restriction would not be an exaggeration.

Chen Fan thought to himself.

Then, Chen Fan turned to the third page, his eyes gleaming.

“This is amazing, is this what a dimensionality reduction attack is?”

Looking at the picture on the third page, Chen Fan exclaimed with satisfaction.

Page after page of metal pages were constantly flipped through, each containing a very terrifying secret attack method.

One after another, incomparably profound artistic conceptions were outlined through simple strokes, bringing immense shock to Chen Fan.

Because Chen Fan had mastered the first six styles of the Blood Blade Manual, he could almost instantly comprehend this secret manual.

“Too powerful!”

“Truly incredible!”

“This… can also be used to seal off opponents like this!?”

At this moment, Chen Fan eagerly flipped through page after page.

He had never imagined that so many secret techniques could be unleashed with such wild imagination.

Although compared to the Blood Blade Manual, these secret techniques incorporated many other elements and lacked the pure blade techniques.

However, for Chen Fan, these were precisely what he yearned to learn.

In other words, these secret techniques were methods for utilizing the Origin Laws.

Through different methods of application, he continuously strengthened his attacks, striving for even greater power!

“The Heavenly Azure Dragon Lord is truly formidable!”

Chen Fan murmured, a doubt arising in his mind at the same time—

Could a top Universe Overlord really be this powerful?

Or, was there another secret to all of this?

Chen Fan looked at the second volume of the Time Restriction, which he had already halfway read, a profound light in his eyes, but the doubts in his heart grew thicker.

He thought for a long while, to no avail.

At this point, Chen Fan thought of the Enchantress Liu Qiyue.

When in doubt, find Liu Qiyue!

Thinking of this, a cunning smile appeared on Chen Fan’s lips.

The next moment, Chen Fan immediately communicated with the Enchantress Liu Qiyue through his consciousness: “Qi Yue, I have some questions I’d like to ask you.”

“Qi Yue, what are your thoughts on cultivating time secret techniques and space secret techniques?”

Chen Fan spoke without hesitation.

“The Origin Laws of time and space, as the two major Origin Laws governing the eight subordinate Origin Laws, and the fusion of time and space is the necessary path to becoming a Universe Lord, and if the Origin Laws of time and space fuse with all eight Origin Laws, it will achieve the Origin Laws of chaos, becoming an even more powerful existence…”

Liu Qiyue’s ethereal voice rang out, but Chen Fan became even more confused.

“Then this Universe Overlord, who specializes in the Origin Laws of time, shouldn’t be involved in the Origin Laws of space, right?”

As soon as the words left his mouth, Chen Fan’s expression immediately changed.

He seemed to have asked a very foolish question.

“Little master, you’re confused. Time and space, time and space are inherently one and cannot be separated.”

“It's just that for the purpose of cultivation realms, they are forcibly separated. Even so, time and space still influence each other.”

“This point is immutable!”

Liu Qiyue’s tone was extremely firm, and Chen Fan showed a thoughtful expression after hearing her words.

What the Enchantress said seemed to make some sense.

“But can a Universe Overlord have such profound insights?” Chen Fan continued to ask.

“My little master!”

Liu Qiyue’s words conveyed a sense of helplessness.

“Who said this ‘Time Restriction’ must have been created by that Heavenly Azure Dragon Lord, and not something he obtained from some secret realm?”

“Oh!”

“I understand!”

Upon hearing the Enchantress’s explanation, Chen Fan felt as if he had been enlightened, and everything suddenly became clear.

He had previously thought that the secret techniques of the Time Restriction were created by the Heavenly Azure Dragon Lord himself.

Now it seemed highly probable that he had inherited the secret techniques of some great existence and then passed them down.

Understanding this, Chen Fan felt relieved.

Then, he continued to read the remaining part of the second volume of the Time Restriction…