Chapter 409 - 407: The ’Cosmos’ Divine Technique

Chapter 409: Chapter 407: The ’Cosmos’ Divine Technique

"Then let’s go!"

"What’s so fun about reading books, anyway?" Zhu Yuan said once she had Su Qing’s agreement.

She took Su Qing by the hand.

In an instant, she teleported them out of the Taichu Book Land.

They arrived at the Taichu Dao Platform.

"This is a spar, not a deathmatch. If your life is threatened inside, you’ll be teleported out."

After bringing Su Qing to the Taichu Dao Platform, Zhu Yuan explained with a smile.

"The Power of Time... fewer than ten people in the Taichu Daoist Palace possess it. And not all of them are at our level of strength."

"Your strength is quite good."

"I can feel it." After explaining, Zhu Yuan entered the Taichu Dao Platform with Su Qing.

The place was a vast, empty space. In a contest of Time Power, there’s basically no time to react.

"Sparring trial."

"3"

"2"

"1"

"Begin."

As the Taichu Dao Platform’s restrictions were lifted, just as Su Qing was about to release his Time Dao Essence...

He saw the scene flash before his eyes.

And then he was back on the Taichu Dao Platform.

’I lost, and I don’t even know how,’ Su Qing sighed.

It was the first time he had ever felt so powerless.

Zhu Yuan also emerged at the same time.

"Your application of Time Power is just terrible, isn’t it? Did you really have to freeze the time around you?"

"You just need to accelerate your own time."

"Doing it your way is such a waste of time."

Zhu Yuan shrugged. She didn’t mean to look down on Su Qing.

It was just that Su Qing wasn’t truly utilizing time.

He had the power but didn’t know how to wield it.

"You should practice more. I’ll come find you again after a hundred Taichu Eras."

"What a shame. Your strength is clearly about the same as mine," Zhu Yuan chuckled, then left the Taichu Dao Platform.

’She’s so strong.’

’If I fought her, I’d probably die in a single exchange without even knowing how,’ Su Qing thought with a self-deprecating smile.

He hadn’t expected there to be such a powerful opponent in the Taichu Daoist Palace.

At the start, Su Qing had clearly intended to stop time.

Unfortunately,

Su Qing lacked her mastery over the application of time.

He didn’t even know how she had killed him in an instant.

’First, her control over time is stronger than mine.’

’Second, her application of the Power of Time is far superior to mine.’

As for using his Time Dao Essence,

even now, Su Qing couldn’t bring time to a complete stop in a single moment.

Because no matter how powerful his Time Dao Essence was,

time would still flow onward, albeit slowly.

At best, he could only control the Power of Time.

One minute might equal an entire day.

But it wouldn’t make time stop completely.

It was all relative.

’Time is king, Space is master.’

’Time... is truly incredible.’

Su Qing left the area as well.

Zhu Yuan was simply too powerful.

Su Qing recalled what Zhu Yuan had just said.

He couldn’t help but want to try the method she had taught him.

Read books?

He could do that later.

Now that he had an idea, he had to go back and put it into action himself.

Returning to his own world,

Su Qing began to manifest the Power of Time.

He applied time to himself.

One second.

Su Qing vanished from the grassy field where he stood.

The next second, he appeared on a distant lawn, the path between them marked by a trail of trampled grass.

For some reason, the grass beneath Su Qing’s feet seemed to burst into flames.

’This method... it’s like my time speeds up, but the time around me remains slow.’

’I can do so many things in a single moment.’

’And I don’t need to extend it to cover my surroundings.’

This time,

Su Qing wanted to see the full power of his Time Dao Essence.

The next second,

the entire world began to grow incredibly hot.

Su Qing appeared in the sky.

Even the small, dilapidated hut from before was burned until not even ashes remained.

[Transform the Universe into Me: The Host has created a Technique by applying Time Power, using their own Time Power as a fulcrum to leverage Time and cover their entire body. This requires a powerful physical body and soul as a foundation.]

[Can be Synthesized]

’This counts as a Technique?’ Su Qing found it slightly amusing.

This was clearly just him taking Zhu Yuan’s advice to heart.

Accelerating one’s own flow of time came at a great cost. The body and soul had to keep up, otherwise, under the Power of Time,

it would be easy for them to be worn away.

’Since that’s the case...’

’I definitely have to try synthesizing it.’

Su Qing chuckled lightly.

He placed this synthesizable Technique into the Synthesizer.

’What should I use to synthesize it?’

Su Qing pondered for a moment.

He then condensed a few strands of power from his Time Dao Essence and placed them into the Synthesizer.

"Synthesize."

[Synthesis Successful: Immortal Transformation Triggered]

[Cosmos: An Immortal Dao Divine Technique. Comprehending its mysteries can greatly enhance the application of Time Power, turning the rotten into the miraculous.]

"Just one word?"

"’Cosmos.’"

"Extract." Su Qing wanted to see just how strong this ’Cosmos’ Divine Technique really was.

The triggering of Immortal Transformation was almost always a positive thing.

Su Qing would never choose to waste Standardization on such a profound Technique that he didn’t even know if he could replicate.

It would be too much of a waste.

The moment he extracted it,

Su Qing immediately fell into a state of deep meditation.

And not only that,

Su Qing once again entered the state of Netherworld, allowing him to rapidly comprehend the ’Cosmos’ Divine Technique.

But even so, this required a full month.

Only then did Su Qing barely grasp this Divine Technique.

Su Qing opened his eyes, and they held an incomparably sharp and brilliant light.

’So, this is the true application of Time Power.’

After sensing the power of the ’Cosmos’ Divine Technique, Su Qing couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotion.

Before, he had been like a small child who had just learned to crawl.

But now, he had already learned to walk.

With one part Time Dao Essence,

Su Qing could absolutely leverage a hundred parts of power.

At the same time, Su Qing also learned that the ’Cosmos’ Divine Technique could be used to cultivate ordinary plants.

For example, plants that required years to mature.

He didn’t even need Withered Wood Revives in Spring; he could make the plants grow rapidly.

’I’ve mostly grasped the Cosmic Divine Technique. Now I just need to get used to it.’

After his battle with Zhu Yuan, Su Qing realized his own insignificance and lost the pride he felt from just stepping into the Seed Dao Realm.

Some powers were inherently unequal.

For example, if two people had the same Talent and aptitude, but one comprehended Space and the other comprehended Time.

At the same level of strength,

Time would basically hold an overwhelming advantage over Space.

This was something that was beyond doubt.

Nothing was above Time.

Unless one could truly transcend Time.

But Su Qing had no way of knowing what an existence that transcended Time would be like.

Because without time as a concept, there would be no birth or continuation.

...

’I wonder if I could take on Zhu Yuan now.’

’I wonder where Zhu Yuan is.’

Su Qing was eager to test his mastery over time to see what level he had reached.

Clearly, Zhu Yuan was a suitable opponent.

A way to test the Time Power he had now mastered.

"Heh, the further I get in my cultivation, the larger the chasm feels between myself and that entity who toys with fate."

Su Qing sighed.

Why was that?

Was it because he was already this powerful in the Seed Dao Realm?

There were still several even more powerful Realms after this one.

Su Qing felt increasingly insignificant.

Feeling his power coalesce,

Su Qing felt that he still had to accelerate his improvement.

’Condensing the Dao Seed takes too long.’

’Even if I keep using Standardization synthesis to advance, it will still take a very long time.’

’It’s too slow.’

Su Qing complained to himself.

But he had already started. Now, nothing could stop his progress.

Even if that progress was slow,

he still had to pursue power.

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