Chapter 1081

Humans have infinite thoughts, meaning the branches of the future are limitless.

Most of these branches are merely illusions and will not last long.

Within the infinite illusions, there exists a version of oneself.

This means there are infinite versions of oneself.

And these versions are all born from one's own thoughts.

Taking the Twelve Yuan Chen as an example, when the Twelve Yuan Chen become aware of the existence of the Time Dao True Spirits, their thoughts will inevitably give rise to the thought of becoming a Time Dao True Spirit.

The illusion formed by this thought will strive to become a Time Dao True Spirit.

Of course, the mere birth of a thought does not guarantee realization.

The thought only determines that the Twelve Yuan Chen within the illusion will strive to become a Time Dao True Spirit.

Whether or not success is achieved depends on the destiny of the Twelve Yuan Chen within the illusion.

For the Twelve Yuan Chen within the illusion, success is uncertain.

For the true Twelve Yuan Chen, success is indeed certain.

A single thought can generate one illusion.

If this illusion fails, the Twelve Yuan Chen can simply generate another thought.

Thoughts are endless for sentient beings.

With just a single breath, the Twelve Yuan Chen can give rise to hundreds or thousands of thoughts.

Vast numbers of thoughts produce vast numbers of illusions; among so many illusions, at least one will succeed.

What the Twelve Yuan Chen must do is find that successful illusion and lock it in place.

Afterward, what the Twelve Yuan Chen needs to do is reflect that future self into the present.

Thus, indirectly transforming oneself into a Time Dao True Spirit.

In this way, one can not only avoid the side effects of becoming a Time Dao True Spirit but also gain mastery over it in advance.

Not only can one master the transformation into a Time Dao True Spirit—other divine arts can also be mastered through this method.

Of course, this method is not truly omnipotent.

To master a divine art in advance, one must summon one's future self.

Compared to summoning one's past self, summoning one's future self requires enduring greater backlash.

The more distant the future, the greater the backlash one must bear.

If the temporal gap is too great, the Twelve Yuan Chen may die from the backlash before even completing the summoning.

Thus, not every divine art can be cultivated through this method.

Simultaneously cultivating two or three forbidden divine arts and turning oneself into a living nuclear bomb is impossible.

Cultivation requires time; the more divine arts one cultivates, the longer it takes.

Even if the Twelve Yuan Chen within the illusion truly succeeds in cultivating two or three divine arts, the Twelve Yuan Chen cannot afford the cost of summoning them.

Precisely because of this, the Twelve Yuan Chen did not choose other divine arts but set their goal on transforming into a Time Dao True Spirit.

The Twelve Yuan Chen are naturally attuned to the Time Dao; transforming into a Time Dao True Spirit is not very difficult for them—so long as their realm is sufficient, they can temporarily become a Time Dao True Spirit by drawing upon the Time River.

Temporary transformation is possible, but permanent transformation into a Time Dao True Spirit requires breaking through to become a Hunyuan Daolu Jin Xian.

Such a future is beyond the Twelve Yuan Chen's ability to glimpse.

Even if they could glimpse it, the Twelve Yuan Chen could never reflect it into the present.

If the Twelve Yuan Chen forcibly attempts reflection, the only outcome is immediate annihilation by the Time River's backlash.

Temporary transformation into a Time Dao True Spirit is sufficient for the Twelve Yuan Chen.

Because the Twelve Yuan Chen need only that single instant.

As long as they can glimpse the moment when their future self becomes a Time Dao True Spirit, the Twelve Yuan Chen can fix that state and reflect it into the present.

For the present Twelve Yuan Chen, this can be considered a permanent transformation into a Time Dao True Spirit.

The Time Dao True Spirit is extremely attuned to the Time River.

If the Twelve Yuan Chen, who are attuned to the Time Dao from heaven, are considered descendants of the Time River, then the Time Dao True Spirit is its direct son.

This is precisely why the Twelve Yuan Chen chose to summon the Time Dao True Spirit.

The Time River holds the Time Dao True Spirit in great favor.

True Time Dao True Spirits can even wander freely within the Time River.

Summoning the Time Dao True Spirit requires far less backlash than summoning one's self who has cultivated other divine arts.

The twelve Time Dao True Spirits before us have all been meticulously selected by the Twelve Yuan Chen.

Their true realms are all at the peak of the Primordial Saint stage.

After transforming into Time Dao True Spirits, each of them can crush ordinary Primordial Saint Extremes and even stand against Saints.

The Time Dao is too powerful—even Saints have few means to counter it.

The presence of twelve Time Dao True Spirits within the Twelve Yuan Chen's small realm has filled the entire space with dense Time Dao energy.

Time within the entire Twelve Yuan Chen small realm seems to fluctuate constantly, sometimes speeding up, sometimes slowing down.

The source of this time fluctuation is the Twelve Yuan Chen.

"Time Dao—and twelve of them? This is troublesome."

Saint Tongtian's insight is still sharp; he recognized the identities of the twelve Time Dao True Spirits at a glance.

After confirming their identities, Saint Tongtian's brow involuntarily furrowed.

As a Saint, he knew well how powerful a Dao True Spirit truly was.

Even an ordinary Dao True Spirit, when unoppressed, could crush peers of the same rank.

For an ordinary Dao True Spirit, Saint Tongtian believed he could still handle it.

When the Dao of Sword at the Hunyuan layer is unleashed, it can suppress ordinary Dao Spirits.

The twelve Yuan Chen summoned twelve Time Dao Spirits, whose realms were ultimately only at the Peak of Pre-Sage.

At the Peak of Pre-Sage, facing the Dao of Sword at the Hunyuan layer, they could only be suppressed.

Unfortunately, the twelve Yuan Chen had cultivated the Time Dao.

The Dao of Sword at the Hunyuan layer can suppress ordinary Peak of Pre-Sage, but it cannot suppress a Peak of Pre-Sage who has comprehended the Time Dao.

The Time Dao is ultimately one of the highest-ranked Dais.