Chaos Dao Sheng Jue

Chapter 1529 An Astonishing Flow of Time

Nezha scratched his head: "Lu Chen, you better not be careless. I've heard that some people lose their minds when they see their dream girl. You wouldn't happen to be..."

"Shut up, what time is it? You still have the mind to joke around." Fang Xinyi glared at Nezha, then looked at Lu Chen, "Are you sure?"

"I'm not sure," Lu Chen said honestly, "but I trust my gut feeling. Although it's somewhat risky, it's necessary. On the path of cultivation, there are some risks that one must bear oneself."

Ultimately, under Lu Chen's firm stance, the two finally compromised, but demanded that Lu Chen remain in a state where he could withdraw at any time, and that they would immediately provide support should anything change.

Lu Chen took a deep breath and began to fly towards the lake.

He moved very slowly, observing the changing flow of time around him every short distance he advanced.

Fortunately, there seemed to be a relatively stable "passage" from their location to the lakeside. Although the flow of time still fluctuated, at least there was no terrifying trap of an instant spanning thousands of years.

Fifty zhang, thirty zhang, ten zhang...

As the distance gets closer and closer.

Lu Chen could now clearly see the face of A Yue's illusory image. Just like in the illusion, it was an extremely beautiful face, but at this moment it was shrouded in a faint sadness.

Her eyes were particularly special; they weren't solid pupils, but rather two swirling, silvery-gray halos that seemed to contain the mysteries of time.

Just as Lu Chen was only three zhang away from her, a sudden change occurred, and the entire lake suddenly boiled!

It wasn't boiling in the physical sense, but a complete disruption of the flow of time. The calm lake surface instantly transformed into a raging vortex, and countless fragments of time shot into the sky like fountains—the battles of ancient battlefields, the lamentations of fallen gods and demons, the cycles of rise and fall of civilizations…

At the center of the vortex, a pitch-black time rift suddenly opened!

"Retreat!" Lu Chen roared, and at the same time, he retreated rapidly, but it was too late.

A terrifying suction force was already emanating from the crack; it was not only the pulling of space, but also the dragging of time.

Lu Chen felt his consciousness being torn into countless pieces, each experiencing a different flow of time—some were aging rapidly, some were regressing to infancy, and some were frozen in a certain moment…

"Lu Chen!" Nezha's angry roar came from afar.

But Lu Chen could no longer hear clearly; his vision was blurring, fragmenting, and then reassembling.

In his last moments of consciousness, he saw Ah Yue's phantom also being swept into the crack, a... relieved smile appearing on her beautiful face?

Then, darkness engulfed everything.

I don't know how much time passed.

It could be a moment, or it could be a thousand years.

Lu Chen suddenly opened his eyes and found himself lying on a soft grass.

The sky was pale purple, dotted with wisps of clouds. The air was fresh, so rich with a divine aura that it seemed almost condensed into droplets. In the distance, birdsong rang out, clear and melodious.

Lu Chen propped himself up and immediately checked his condition.

He was relieved to find that he could communicate with the Golden Pearl World, his body was unharmed, and his divine energy was functioning normally, even more abundant than before.

However, his sense of time became confused, and he could not determine how long he had been unconscious.

“Where is this…” Lu Chen looked around.

What comes into view is a valley. The valley is not large, surrounded by mountains on all sides, with only a small stream flowing through the middle.

The stream was crystal clear, revealing colorful pebbles. Unidentified wildflowers bloomed on the grass, emitting a refreshing fragrance.

Everything seemed peaceful and beautiful, but Lu Chen's heart sank.

Because he discovered that time was flowing at an astonishing speed in this valley!

To confirm his judgment, Lu Chen immediately picked a small flower from beside him and held it in his palm.

However, in just three breaths, the flower completed the entire process of blooming, withering, bearing fruit, the seeds falling to the ground, and sprouting again. And the petals in his hand had already turned into ashes.

Although this had the same effect as the gray substance in Lu Chen's Golden Pearl World, Lu Chen was not happy about it.

“Time acceleration zone…” Lu Chen stood up, his expression solemn, because he felt the life force in his body was also rapidly draining away.

Worse still, he couldn't sense Nezha or Fang Xinyi's presence. The magical threads connecting them were also broken—not torn, but completely erased from existence by the chaotic flow of time.

"Oh no, we've gotten separated," Lu Chen thought to himself.

In order to figure out what had happened and to stop the loss of life force within his body, Lu Chen forced himself to calm down.

Then he activated the Chaos Dao Life Technique, attempting to stop the flow of time from harming him.

Fortunately, with the deduction of the Chaos Dao Life Technique and his control over the power of the Time Law, Lu Chen quickly slowed down the loss of life force within his body.

Next, Lu Chen walked to the stream and scooped up a handful of water. The water was icy cold to the touch, but upon closer inspection, one could see extremely tiny, silvery specks of light shimmering in the water—a concrete manifestation of the laws of time.

"Still on the brink of life and death, just thrown into a separate fragment of time." Lu Chen used the Chaos Dao Life Technique to analyze the current environment and came to this conclusion.

So, the next step is to find a way out, and at the same time, find Nezha and Fang Xinyi.

So, Lu Chen walked downstream along the stream. The valley wasn't large, and he soon reached its end. At the end was a smooth, mirror-like cliff face, covered with densely packed runes.

Lu Chen approached for a closer look, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

He recognized those runes!

It wasn't about recognizing the specific meaning, but rather recognizing the writing style—it was seven parts similar to the runes in the Chaos Dao Life Technique he cultivated!

"Could this be... a cultivation technique from the same source?" Lu Chen reached out and touched the cliff wall.

The moment my fingertips touched the runes, a massive flow of information rushed into my mind!

It's not words, not images, but a pure understanding of the "Tao." It includes insights into time, reflections on life and death, and how to maintain one's true self amidst chaos.

Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information, Lu Chen grunted and quickly sat down cross-legged, focusing all his energy on absorbing and digesting the information through the Chaos Dao Life Technique.

This time, the speed at which the cultivation technique circulated was beyond imagination. Those runes seemed to be annotations tailor-made for the Chaos Dao Life Technique, each character illuminating the obscure and difficult parts of his technique.

As time goes by.

When Lu Chen opened his eyes again, the world he saw had changed.

He could see the trajectory of time's flow, like silver threads crisscrossing and weaving the entire world. He could sense that the acceleration of time in this valley was weakening and would soon return to its normal flow.

More importantly, he gained a new understanding of the ninth move of the Primordial Nine Blades, "Return to Origin".

In the past, he only understood "Return to Origin" as the condensation and explosion of power, simply combining the first eight forms into the ninth form.

But now he understands that the deeper meaning of "returning to the origin" is to let everything return to its original state, including time.

Imagine the terrifying power a single strike could unleash, rewinding time in the target area to a specific point in time…