Chapter 1043

Taking the summoning of past and future selves as an example.

The Twelve Yuan Chen, at mid-Sublime Saint realm, can at most summon the past and future selves of a late-Sublime Saint when exerting their full power.

This is the limit of their ability.

Even if the Dao of Time is mighty, it still depends on one's realm.

Within the same realm, the Dao of Time is indeed to a certain extent invincible.

But crossing realms is different.

Even if the Twelve Yuan Chen unite, they can summon only the peak or slightly weaker Sublime Saint.

With the aid of Heaven's Authority, their combined power might possibly summon the past and future selves of a Saint.

Even with Heaven's Authority assisting, summoning a Saint's past and future selves imposes tremendous pressure on the Twelve Yuan Chen.

The Dao of Time is indeed powerful, but the spells corresponding to it are equally difficult to perform.

A single misstep may invite backlash.

Even though the Twelve Yuan Chen possess the status of Sub-Sublime Saints, performing the Dao of Time demands great caution.

With the Twelve Yuan Chen's Small Heaven, it is different: relying on the Twelve Yuan Chen's Small Heaven, they can transfer all backlash forces onto Heaven's power.

Heaven's power fears no backlash from the Dao of Time.

The Dao of Time in the Primordial World is already under Heaven's control.

With the Twelve Yuan Chen's Small Heaven, the Twelve Yuan Chen can perfectly unleash the full might of the Dao of Time.

Moreover, the Twelve Yuan Chen's Small Heaven is connected to the Changhe of Time, further enhanced by the complete Dao of Time of the Primordial World, greatly amplifying the power of the Twelve Yuan Chen's spells.

If the difficulty of summoning a Saint's past and future selves outside is ten, then within the Twelve Yuan Chen's Small Heaven, the difficulty is less than one.

That is to say, even if a Saint falls into the Twelve Yuan Chen's formation, the Twelve Yuan Chen can still handle it.

Precisely because of this, the Twelve Yuan Chen do not regard Luo Fu or the Twelve Ancestral Wushen as threats.

In their eyes, the moment Luo Fu and the Twelve Ancestral Wushen enter the Twelve Yuan Chen's Small Heaven, their futures are already sealed.

Yet, the Twelve Yuan Chen never imagined.

Their expectations encountered an unexpected twist right at the start.

What the Twelve Yuan Chen saw as an anomaly was, to Luo Fu, perfectly natural.

The instant Luo Fu entered the Twelve Yuan Chen's Small Heaven, he already knew what spell the Twelve Yuan Chen excelled in.

The Dao of Time holds countless mysteries; summoning past and future selves is merely one of them.

Due to the extreme depth of the Dao of Time, most cultivators master only one or two of these mysteries.

Clearly, the Twelve Yuan Chen's specialty is summoning past and future selves.

With Heaven as their backing, this spell is exceptionally suited for combat.

Even the Six Saints of the Primordial World, if trapped within the Twelve Yuan Chen's Small Heaven, would most likely be at their mercy.

Unless they possess methods to counter the Dao of Time.

Aside from the mysterious Tai Shang Saint, the other five Saints likely lack methods to counter the Dao of Time.

In a certain sense, the Twelve Yuan Chen's Small Heaven is invincible in the Primordial World.

Of course, only invincible in a certain sense.

After all, a formation is still a formation—it lacks flexibility.

As long as one can break the formation, one need not face the Twelve Yuan Chen.

The Six Saints of the Primordial World may not be able to defeat the Twelve Yuan Chen, but together, they can still break the Twelve Yuan Chen's Small Heaven.

The Dao of Time is indeed powerful: summoning the enemy's past and future selves and turning their own methods against them makes even Saints struggle to resist.

But against Luo Fu, the Twelve Yuan Chen's spell loses its effectiveness.

Summoning an enemy's past and future selves through the Dao of Time is, in fact, extremely simple.

Any living being that appears in the Primordial World leaves traces upon the Changhe of Time.

There are traces of the past, and traces of the future.

The Twelve Yuan Chen communicate with the Changhe of Time through the Dao of Time, projecting the enemy's past or future figure from the River of Time.

These projected figures are usually in combat state.

They instinctively treat the present self as their opponent and strike without mercy.

These past and future selves act purely on instinct; they do not care who the opponent is, and under the Twelve Yuan Chen's control, they have little concept of life or death, thus fighting fearlessly.

The prerequisite for summoning past and future selves is to locate the target's traces within the Changhe of Time.

Then, pay a sufficient cost and endure the Changhe of Time's backlash to project them forth.

To summon past and future selves of a certain level, one must bear a sufficient cost.

That is to say, performing this spell does not depend on cultivation base realm; as long as one's capacity to endure is strong enough, even a weak mortal could summon the past and future selves of a Saint.

Of course, cultivation base realm is still important.

Under normal circumstances, the higher one's cultivation base, the stronger one's endurance.

Moreover, the deeper one's mastery of the Dao of Time, the less backlash one receives.

It is precisely because of this characteristic of the Dao of Time that the Twelve Yuan Chen's Small Heaven became so powerful.

With the Twelve Yuan Chen's Small Heaven, though their realm is far inferior to the Five Directional Sacred Beasts, their combat power firmly surpasses them, making them the strongest trump card under Ancestor Hongjun.