Chapter 54 - River of Time

Xuanyuan Wentian looked towards the coming 'guest' as smile forms on his face, "Welcome! I was waiting for you Ye Meixie."

A frown formed on Ye Meixie face. Smiling, he said, "It has been while, Wentian."

Wentian raised a brow as the pressure of a Peak Divine Origin Master drops on Ye Meixie, making him kneel - perspiring heavily.

He looked up with difficulty; gritting his teeth, he said, "What is the meaning of this?!"

"Just reminding you of our positions. You are not worthy to say my name; call me Heavenly Sovereign!" Wentian said arrogantly, looking down on Ye Meixie.

Ye Meixie wanted to retaliate, but the pressure made him think otherwise. Bowing lightly, he said, "Yes. Forgive me, Heavenly Sovereign."

Wentian hearing him, smiled, "Good. At least you understand the difference. Stand." He said, removing his pressure.

Ye Meixie feeling the pressure vanishing stood up but didn't look straight into Wentian eyes.

Wentian seeing this had his smile widen, "So you have decided to join our side?"

Ye Meixie hearing him bowed and answered, "Yes, I will join the side of Darkness if it can make me ascend mortality!"

Yes, the reason Ye Meixie and Ye Xinghan were here was to join the side of darkness. They knew that the reason Wentian has become this strong, surpassing mortals, was because he joined the side of darkness.

Thinking how they could also leave their mortal shell towards divinity made them salivate; especially Ye Meixie, whose age has already surpassed thousands. He only had thousand something years left to live; he wanted to ascend to divinity before that or only dead waited for him.

The biggest fear of the mortals is death, same with cultivators; he was no exception to this.

Wentian hearing him smiled, "Very well, then I shall bestow you the power that you seek; same with your Sun Moon Divine Hall!"

Wentian was, of course, happy with this development. The more minion he has, the more chances of him winning everything.

Both look at this as the blob enters their body. They didn't feel anything at first, but soon, both had cultivation started to sky rock towards higher levels.

It was a new feeling to them but a happy one indeed. They never felt this free before - as if free from mortal bound.

Both of them feel and felt as their cultivation broke through Sovereign, entering the Divine Origin Realm and still not stopping.

After a moment, it finally stopped at the 5th of Divine Origin Realm.

They both never felt this free - as if the whole world was within their grasp. If they wanted, they could rip the very spatial fabrics and travel through space, from one dimension to another.

Ye Meixie and Ye Xinghan both kneeled in front of Wentian, if before they were unwilling, now all of it was gone, "We thank Heavenly Sovereign!"

Wentian accepted their gesture of gratitude and said, "Now ready our forces, it is time to take over this world!"

"Yes, our Lord!"

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Body covered with dirt and moss. A book, quite ancient in look, was floating in front of him. Strangely enough, he had his eyes close. Yet, everything felt natural - as if going with the rhythm of Heaven and Earth.

One by looking could tell that he has been in that position for a long time - with all that moss over him.

Even if birds were to sit on him, he would not move - as if time has stopped for him. No matter how many eras passed, how many epochs left; he would sit there without being affected by anything.

He was Wang Lei, who has been sitting in the same position for two years now. But that was according to the time of ATG.

Even if he had not understood <Time Scripture> entirely, it was enough to mess with the time flow of a specific part of the world. And that he did.

He made the flow of time around him faster, spending a decade while only two years passed outside. Now he was close to understanding <Time Scripture> entirely.

The reason his eyes were close was that he was using his divine intent to probe on <Time Scripture>.

As he was probing its mysteries - the time halted, everything around him stopped moving as if an invisible hand captured them.

Feeling it, Wang Lei opened his eyes and found himself in a completely different place. He was no longer on Blue Pole Star. He could see many stars and galaxies around him.

Soon, everything around him died. No living being was left alive; everything perished.

After destruction came a new beginning; a bright light shone. It covered everything between Heaven and Earth - leaving nothing behind.

He watched as new entities started to form. Galaxies and Stars formed. A new life begins to bloom on these stars.

Watching it, Wang Lei understood. He was standing on the River of Time. He saw as many eras died, epochs left; yet the circle of life and death continues.

A smile forms on his face as he looked at it, "Finally, now I am the only ruler of this River!" He said.

It took him a whole decade to completely understand it. He never thought it would take him this long, seeing as he understood <Physique Scripture> in two years with <Eyes of Heaven>.

But it seems like learning and mastering time is more challenging than training physique.

He closed his eyes for a moment and again opened them to find himself back at his former place. Taking a deep breath, he stood up. He stretches himself as he felt stiff all over.

He has been sitting in the same position for such a long time; he wanted to take a bath to refresh himself.

"But before that..." He said as he looked towards the area where dead land existed, "To think so much would happen in only two years of my absence... but it's a perfect timing, I can check how much I have learned and improved; a perfect hurdle to polish my Dao Heart - Darkness!"

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A/N: Sorry guys, another short chapter. As my classes started and I am looking for a part-time, I could bȧrėly get time to write. But Do Not Worry, I will try to finish this 'Darkness arc of Blue Pole' this weekend.

Anyway, I was wondering or thinking for some time now, but should I finish the ATG world before going to other worlds or should I go to other worlds between the ATG world arc. Though for some reason, I really want to finish ATG world arc since I am already writing on it since would have to research other worlds that would - honestly with how my time is getting shorter would take some time.