Chapter 2420

A universe's ten‑thousand‑year lifespan—how much vitality is that?

Such a massive cosmic vital energy, if absorbed by a living being, even if the absorption‑conversion efficiency is only one part in a hundred million, would be an extraordinarily terrifying thing!

The total amount of Law Source that Chen Jie previously absorbed equals the volume of tens of thousands of fists, which would cause the universe to age hundreds of millions of years earlier.

However, her final avatar collapsed; part of that temporal power was used to maintain the time domain and was consumed, while most returned to the universe, restoring the newborn universe's vitality.

Now Xiao Feng also wants to take a bite of such a time source flow.

However, that thing is buried deep; one must dig more than ten thousand kilometers inside the Law Divine Mountain, or dig several hundred kilometers inward from the side wall.

It's a bit troublesome, but Xiao Feng doesn't want to give up.

He felt that refining the time source would grant him some control over time, freeing up more time to absorb more energy.

This is a virtuous cycle!

So he didn't hesitate, bearing the not-yet-fully-refined law source material, he rushed to the midway point of Law Divine Mountain, then, taking material law as the lead, he raised his hand and struck the mountain.

Whoosh!

Law breaks law!

Relying on his current material law comprehension, which could be called half-step Dao Ancestor level, Xiao Feng easily broke open the Law Divine Mountain that previously could not be moved in the slightest, tearing open a gap.

Then Divine Sense seeped in, madly drilling deep, grasping the previously discovered flowing time source streams, penetrating layer after layer of law barriers, and guiding them outward.

One hour later, a mass of event source material the size of a water bucket penetrated the remaining law barriers and seeped into the outside world.

Xiao Feng did not hesitate.

He captured and refined it, using the time law comprehended over one hundred seventy million years as a medium, integrating it into his body to achieve true temporal power!

Before this, Xiao Feng had already absorbed much of the material law source.

The material law source differs from the time source; the time source equals the universe's vitality, while the material source equals the universe's body.

Devouring the power of the material law source reduces the universe's substance, decreasing the total amount of free matter and energy, equivalent to stealing a part of the universe for oneself.

But since he has not transcended and remains part of the universe, there is no effect, and the Cosmic Will does not mind.

But stealing the time source is different; it truly harms the universe!

So as Xiao Feng just began absorbing the time source, the surrounding star field began to violently tremble.

The Cosmic Will manifested again, more clearly, generating great hostility!

The Cosmic Will, lacking thought, only reacts according to the threats it receives.

Chen Jie has Chen Li protecting her; the consequences of the time source she obtained have already been borne by Chen Li, but Xiao Feng's have not, so he must bear them himself!

Once this star field is destroyed, numerous powerful enemies will immediately appear, seeking to tear him to shreds, reduce him to nothing, and return all energy and life to the universe!

Realizing this, Xiao Feng couldn't help but wryly smile.

"Dao Ancestor Sister merely borrowed the time source to comprehend higher laws; even if she later incarnated and shattered, losing those time sources, her understanding remained, and returning to the main universe she is still immensely powerful."

"But I... if I don't have this temporal power, I cannot most"

To the greatest extent is refining laws, otherwise I cannot contend with so many powerful experts. Even if my understanding remains after returning and I regrow... at least I would need to absorb the law ocean for a hundred thousand years to reach the limit of Li Ti.

No matter what, his comprehension will not be lost; even if he dies right now, the first true body of the Infinite Continent still possesses exactly the same cultivation realm as this body.

But this energy gap is too huge.

That is a star-system-level accumulation!

Returning to the main universe, without Law Divine Mountain to refine, relying solely on self-devouring the energy in the law ocean, the required time will be calculated in tens of thousands of years!

Although Xiao Feng has comprehended the Dao for a hundred million years, he does not consider himself an old thing; he is still a young man under two thousand years old.

Making him hold back for one hundred thousand years to accumulate energy and slowly upgrade, he cannot do it!

That is the worst outcome, he doesn't want it! He wants to retreat with the new universe's power intact, return to his homeland at the half-step Dao Ancestor realm, then take that step to become a Dao Ancestor-level powerhouse, to welcome his wife Xun Shuang and son Xiao Fan's arrival!

"Refine! Refine me hard!"

Xiao Feng's soul and will erupted, desperately squeezing himself, refining the time source together with hundreds of other laws.

"Time law, conversion absorption rate 0.87..."

Only after beginning absorption did he realize his comprehension of the time path seemed not much.

But this is enough, after all, this is a very special high-dimensional law.

Receiving the nourishment of temporal power, Xiao Feng immediately sensed the time river of the new universe.

He closed his eyes, and his Divine Sense will seemed to see a vast river rushing forward.

The great river's

What flows within is not water, but one event after another.

He can now only see past river segments; what he sees of future segments is minuscule.

Looking back at the past, the years of seated meditation beneath Law Divine Mountain, the great war in the primordial world, and the adventures in the second growth era are all clearly visible.

Looking further back, farther out is a void.

His existence in this world is brief; the new universe has no memory of him from long ago, so his shadow in the time river exists only for a fleeting moment.

Looking ahead, mist shrouds the view; one can faintly see a great battle about to erupt, but not know how it will end.

The time river flows, steadily pushing him forward.

Xiao Feng tried to halt his steps, but it was difficult.

Even if he strives to slow the flow, he himself becomes slow motion as the time flow slows, rendering the effort meaningless.

"It seems comprehension is still insufficient, unable to escape the time river." He suddenly understood.

To control the flow of time, one must first emerge from the time river.

Even if one cannot fully emerge, they must swim to the bank, lie on the shore, keeping the body within a small time scale, while the river flows and ages pass, affecting oneself little.

Understanding this, Xiao Feng began to try.

With the nourishment of the time law source, his control over time gradually increased.

Xiao Feng's soul and spirit swapped positions, overlooking his own place in the river of time, dragging his Li Ti, making it approach the bank of the river of time.

The closer one gets to the bank, the more evident the flow of time becomes.

The so-called riverbank is actually that which is above the universe

that dimension above the universe.

It is not far away; beings within the universe can also glimpse it.

But it is also far away; one can only see it, not truly touch it.

Unless one steps into the Source Realm.

All things within the universe are in motion, from birth to growth, then to decay and destruction; every process is related to time.

A stone, time leaves traces on it, from sharp angles to smooth and rounded; each day there is a slight change.

A life, born, grown, reproduced, death, decay, returning to heaven and earth, is the cycle of matter, as well as the turning of time.

Even the universe itself, its growth and decline, has a corresponding time scale.

Only the higher-dimensional world remains unchanging, coldly observing, like the bank of a great river, containing the water but not moving forward with it.

Time within the universe cannot be completely still; no matter how sentient beings perceive time, even with the help of the Lord of Time to go back, to return to the past and become younger, in reality the river of time gradually recedes, rushing forward, never ceasing.