Chapter 1949: Shaping the Realm

“Mr. Ba Zun’an.”

Above the long river of time, Kong Yuhan said no more and made a “please” gesture.

Is it coming?

Everyone in the Five Domains felt their hearts leap to their throats.

With the higher-ups making decisions and the lower levels watching, they could only wait for their fate to arrive.

If everything went smoothly and there was a perfect ending, of course, everyone would be happy to see it.

But while it sounded so good, the specific method of time realm reconstruction remained unknown.

The final outcome would depend on how far Ba Zun’an and Kong Yuhan could go.

“Just pray it doesn’t collapse on the first try…”

“By the way, can Ancestor Ba still make a move? Shouldn’t it be Kong Yuhan’s turn now?”

Everyone looked on with bated breath, their hearts pounding.

Ba Zun’an held his broken sword, Qingju, horizontally, raising it to face the North Domain.

“Buzz!”

A faint sword hum resonated.

Without drawing the sword, the scene before everyone’s eyes shifted, and they saw countless indistinct silver threads.

Billions of threads radiated from Qingju, connecting to all parts of the Five Domains. The threads were pulled taut, as if tightly binding the almost shattered land of the Five Domains.

“Ming!”

“This is the massive amount of Ming power transferred from Sword Tomb before!”

“But it looks a bit like sword念 (nian, thought/intent), has it been transformed?”

Soon, someone recognized a clue.

After Ba Zun’an returned to zero, he only made one sword strike, which almost shattered the Five Domains.

It was this massive amount of Ming power that protected the Five Domains, and now, having been absorbed and emitted by Qingju and Ba Zun’an, it clearly had also taken on some of the characteristics of sword念.

“Break.”

No sword strike was needed.

Ba Zun’an merely gently vibrated Qingju in his hand.

The radiating Ming念 on it, which had been pulling the time realm裂缝 (liefeng, rift/fissure) in the North Domain, instantly snapped.

“Booming…”

For a moment, the North Domain shook violently.

The Taixu and Half-Saints who had previously escaped from the front lines of the time realm裂缝 battlefield had mostly not gone far and felt it most deeply.

Just by sweeping their spiritual and saintly senses, they could terrifyingly see that where the Seven Restrictions Time Realm裂缝 bordered the North Domain, it was as if a sword had cut through it, creating an insurmountable chasm!

“This…”

This was too unbelievable!

Half-Saints inherently possessed the power to cleave mountains and sever seas, but compared to the power that could sever a continent, they were like ants.

A Zero-Return Ancestor God, with a single word “Break,” was terrifying to such an extent?

A colossal gap opened, like a winding dragon or snake, instantly severing the space vortices at the bordering areas, as well as mountains and land, splitting them to unknown depths.

Dust and smoke billowed into the sky, like an incoming sandstorm, almost engulfing half of the North Domain’s border.

Amidst the collapsing mountains and roaring seas, before long, this “Four-Sided Platform” of the time realm裂缝 completely detached from the Sheng Shen Continent!

“Ancestor Ba…”

“This is Ancestor Ba!”

Even the Spirit Refiners far in the Central Domain saw the apocalyptic phenomenon in the distant north: a massive, dark mass floating up.

After the Four-Sided Platform detached, it broke into countless pieces. Rules and order were also instantly shattered by that single word, returning to their primal state.

As for Ba Zun’an…

“Draw.”

Qingju was slightly retracted towards his chest, and the colossal Seven Restrictions (Qiduan Jin) plate began to shift.

And Ba Zun’an’s almost translucent body, though still gradually dimming, did not accelerate its fading whatsoever.

In other words, for him, this wasn’t even considered drawing his sword.

It seemed that it was merely an Ancestor God’s guiding thought, a mere summons, and the Seven Restrictions were broken.

“Awooo!”

The Demon Emperor Black Dragon, hiding in the time-space裂缝, couldn’t help but howl at the sight, looking down on the unsophisticated people of the Sheng Shen Continent.

What was this, compared to what?

People from low-rule planes just hadn’t seen anything.

Thinking back, when it unleashed its draconic might on Void Island, a single swing of its tail directly lifted the entire You Ming Ghost Capital, smashing it violently into the Fallen Abyss. Now that was exciting!

Ba Zun’an just severed a continent, right?

Although, what its Demon Emperor Black Dragon lifted was one of the nine绝地 (Juedi, absolute lands) inside and outside the Void Island of Seven Restrictions.

And what Ba Zun’an severed with one word was the entire Seven Restrictions Time Realm裂缝.

But they were both land, both grand feats. Setting aside the facts, one could say they were “pretty much the same.”

Ba Zun’an’s move had three-tenths of this Emperor’s grandeur!

“It’s rising…”

“And it seems to be coming over!”

The shattered Four-Sided Platform battlefield was forcibly kneaded into one large piece, slowly moving closer to the Central Domain, as if it was about to crash into the Ghost Buddha Realm.

This was just from the perspective of people in the Central Domain.

In the eyes of the North Domain residents, it was truly terrifying.

In the past, when someone in Dong Tian Wang City summoned Void Island, only a corner of the ancient city emerged from the time-space裂缝, which was already grand enough.

But now, it was an entire landmass of the Seven Restrictions Time Realm裂缝, shifting high in the sky right before the North Domain people’s eyes.

It looked like a massive cluster of meteorites hurtling together, a truly shocking sight.

“If it were to fall…”

A groundless fear had become a true description!

The sky-obscuring black shadow pressed down overhead, so vast it simultaneously covered several realms, whistling as it swept through the high sky.

During this process, insignificant debris and fragments constantly fell.

But if someone happened to be directly underneath…

How could these be “debris” or “fragments”?

These were clearly small mountains of rocks and earth. Even if all eighteen generations of their ancestors were dug up and lined up, they could be buried by just one piece!

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

The whistling sound passed over the North Domain’s sky, all the way to the North Sea.

The suffocating pressure finally left the north, but people in the Central Domain began to feel oppressed.

“No, is it really going to move to the Ghost Buddha Realm?”

“Moving mountains and lands, why not do that in the North Domain? Aren’t the North Domain people… The North Domain is vast and sparsely populated.”

“Damn it, what did the North Domain people do to you? The Ghost Buddha Realm is a high-rule area! Go to the Ghost Buddha Realm, quick, quick!”

Ba Zun’an clearly wasn’t cruel enough to move it directly above the Ghost Buddha Realm.

It moved south, past the North Sea, until it bordered the Ghost Buddha Realm, not even approaching the Gui Zhe (returning folding) old site.

Only a portion of the time realm裂缝’s land, placed in the high-rule area of the Ghost Buddha Realm, would be enough for Kong Yuhan to perform his task.

“That’s enough.”

Having completed his task, Ba Zun’an looked towards Kong Yuhan.

Even he wasn’t sure what to do next; it wasn’t important. He only hoped Kong Yuhan remembered the specific steps.

“Leave it to me.”

Kong Yuhan stepped forward.

Everyone in the Five Domains focused on him.

His past glory had long faded. Now, among the Ten Grandmasters, he seemed to be the one with the lowest combat power, apart from Aunt Xiang.

He didn’t even seem to be at the Half-Saint level in Spirit Refining. Could an ant truly shake a tree? Could he effectively act on the time realm裂缝?

“I’d say, besides spitting on the time realm裂缝, he probably can’t do anything significant…”

Even with Ancestor Ba’s guarantee, most people still didn’t think highly of Kong Yuhan.

His presence was truly too low.

Kong Yuhan knew of the outsiders’ anxieties but ignored them.

At this moment, his gaze was fixed only on the time realm裂缝. Standing on the long river of time, he formed hand seals and began to murmur, somewhat unfamiliar incantations, his voice extremely low, as if he himself wasn’t very confident:

“Cangcang Xi, Huanhuan Xi, the sea of time floats and sinks, and nine dragons divide the rivers…”

“Haohao Xi, Huanghuang Xi, the great sun breaks the dawn and illuminates the emptiness…”

A sudden, strange sound.

It had just begun, like a muffled drum pounding in the heart.

The people of the Five Domains suddenly felt a vast pressure descend from the sky, almost crushing them.

Even Kuilei Han, who was undergoing tribulation, couldn’t help but sink to his knees, looking on with some shock at the unfamiliar yet familiar figure.

“This feeling…”

The Five Domains were horrified.

This feeling was too familiar—wasn’t it the pressure of an Ancestor God?

“Could it be…”

Looking at the figure standing on the long river of time, head bowed as if praying, everyone was dumbfounded.

The ceaseless thoughts churned in their throats, finally emerging as a single word of bewildered helplessness:

“Huh?”

Kong Yuhan, too, was about to become an Ancestor?

It didn’t look like it!

He showed no signs of breakthroughs in his realm or Dao韵 (Dao Yun, Dao charm), completely unlike the Ancestor-conferring performances of Hua Changdeng, Ba Zun’an, or Kuilei Han.

He was merely “praying,” as if imploring some power to arrive quickly. Crucially, no one was giving him power, yet he suddenly borrowed it!

From whom did he borrow it?

Could it be that this thing could even be borrowed from oneself?

“Huh? Huh? Huh?!”

“I don’t understand,” was the sentiment across the Sheng Shen Continent at this moment.

This world had countless ways to seek the Dao: the Saint Dao, the Sword Dao, the Art Dao. But a Dao sought in this manner was simply outrageous, like a mother of outrageousness opening the door for outrageousness itself, utterly outrageous!

“Why do I have a feeling that Kong Yuhan was originally an Ancestor God?”

This illusion had just flashed through the minds of cultivators across the Five Domains.

The murmuring in the void had already accelerated to an extreme speed; no one could make out what Kong Yuhan was reciting.

“Yangyang Xi, Miaomiao Xi…”

“Huanhuan Xi, Dangdang Xi…”

Kong Yuhan “Xi-ed” for almost half an hour, his figure becoming increasingly ethereal, even more translucent than Ba Zun’an.

Yet, the long river of time beneath his feet grew clearer. People still couldn’t see the scenes within the bubbles on the river, but the shimmering reality was visible to the naked eye.

“Power, spoken aloud, also surged forth.”

Someone mumbled. Kong Yuhan, who had been making hand seals and praying on the long river of time, suddenly raised his head, light spilling from his eyes.

He pressed a palm into the void before him, as if to grasp something, and scooped it up from the long river of time:

“Power of Time, return.”

With a sudden strange sound, Kong Yuhan’s figure vanished.

The long river of time, winding down from the sky, also disappeared.

Just as everyone felt the guy was going mad, they saw a point of white light appear above the time realm裂缝.

Gu Jin Wang You Lou (Ancient and Modern Forget-Worry Tower) manifested out of thin air.

The three-story wooden pavilion was no longer ancient and unremarkable, but instead radiated brilliant golden light, visible throughout the Five Domains.

On the top of the pavilion, Kong Yuhan suddenly solidified, standing on a pearl, with a jade-like face and a blue robe, appearing ethereal and transcendent.

Waves of distorted and illusory power surged from his body, seemingly no less powerful than an Ancestor God, yet distinctly different from the power of other Ancestors.

“This is…”

“Ancestor of Time’s power?”

“Kong Yuhan, is he the successor of the Ancestor of Time?”

Among the Ten Ancestors, there was indeed an Ancestor of Time.

But he didn’t seem to be connected to any of the cultivators in the Five Domains before, not even Ye Xiaotian and Shou Ye who mastered spatial mysteries, or Huang Quan who wielded both time and space powers.

At this moment, Kong Yuhan, rather than being merely the successor of the Ancestor of Time, felt almost like the Ancestor of Time himself!

“No way, he’s a big shot too?”

Those who had previously underestimated Kong Yuhan and spoken rashly were now scared, their faces turning purple, trembling and daring not to speak further.

However, Kong Yuhan, who seemed to be possessed or revived by the Ancestor of Time, paid no attention to trivial matters.

His gaze remained fixed on the time realm裂缝.

After the change in his demeanor, as if he had gained more power, he stomped his foot on the Gu Jin Wang You Lou beneath him, sinking it into the center of the time realm裂缝. Then, he tossed the six-door pendant in his hand into the sky, commanding it to return to the six directions:

“Time and space reversed, cycles built!”

“Dao laws return, guidance received!”

“Secondary planes born, void revealed!”

“Establish this tower as a realm, set the six gates as eyes, reconstruct chaotic order, turn the roots of all Dao, I command…!”

With a sudden shout, everyone in the Five Domains skipped a heartbeat.

Beneath Kong Yuhan’s feet, nine dragon rivers bloomed like lotus flowers, flowing into nine nameless lands within the Five Domains.

Behind him, a phantom, towering, golden Ancestor God’s shadow also appeared in response.

“Ancestor of Time!”

At this moment, the Five Domains were horrified.

Kong Yuhan had actually summoned the projection of the Ancestor of Time? This most mysterious Ancestor God had also appeared?

“I… command…”

Kong Yuhan spoke, and the Ancestor of Time’s Dharma image behind him followed.

An Ancestor God’s words carried the force of law. Both their hand seals simultaneously imprinted on the void, acting upon the Gu Jin Wang You Lou:

“Summon the power of time, reshape the time realm.”

“Six gates unclosed, return path unsealed.”

The Ancestor of Time’s projection twisted, interweaving and shattering.

Finally, it transformed into a single word, entering the Gu Jin Wang You Lou, echoing Kong Yuhan’s final command:

“Enact!”

The long river of time, which had branched out like nine dragons, instantly boiled, and surging power of the Ancestor of Time separated from it, continuously injecting into the Gu Jin Wang You Lou.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…

The time realm裂缝, sealed by the six gates, began to disintegrate, madly surging towards the third floor of the Gu Jin Wang You Lou.

The small pavilion, like a mustard seed containing Mount Sumeru, actually swallowed the sky-obscuring time realm裂缝.

Finally, the six gates imprinted onto the third floor of the Gu Jin Wang You Lou, transforming into six shimmering golden objects resembling doors and windows, which snapped open inward, as if a cold wind poured in.

“The third floor…”

Ba Zun’an’s expression was slightly unusual.

Earlier, on Void Island, he and Xu Xiaoshou had ascended to the second floor of the Gu Jin Wang You Lou, which could reflect various places in the Five Domains and be used as a training ground.

But this uninhabited third floor, it turned out, could serve as the entrance to the reconstructed time realm?

“How astonishing…”

This was no longer a question of mere strength; it was truly “astonishing.”

The methods of Kong Yuhan, Ancestor of Time, and others were not expressed on the combat level like Ba Zun’an’s, but rather an extreme in another direction.

Dao, ever-changing!

It wasn’t only cultivators focused on combat who could become Ancestors!

The Five Domains watched in awe at this magnificent scene in the void.

Kong Yuhan continued to hold on, power continuously pouring into the third floor of the Gu Jin Wang You Lou.

Before long, the Gu Jin Wang You Lou also began to transform and distort.

With a snap, everyone was startled, seeing the entire pavilion body crack and explode, with the six gates on the third floor as its core, each swallowing parts of it.

Finally, the entire third floor, protected by the ancient six gates, also exploded, collapsing inward towards the central origin point.

“It’s gone?”

The vast time realm裂缝 was consumed by the Gu Jin Wang You Lou.

The vast Gu Jin Wang You Lou was consumed by its third floor.

After everything was consumed, the third floor was eaten by the “unknown” at its center, and everything returned to zero?

“Buzz!”

But a strange phenomenon occurred.

After everything collapsed, it transformed into a single golden origin point.

This origin point seemed to lead to another plane, where a vague world, resembling the time realm裂缝, could be seen shattering, combining, and reconstructing.

Dao laws weaving, chaos opening, time and space forming…

Even across this “golden origin point,” cultivators in the Five Domains could sense that the Dao law level in the opposite plane was continuously rising.

Starting from zero, it gradually climbed.

It rose to eight-tenths of the Sheng Shen Continent, to nine-tenths of the Divine Ruins, and continued to climb higher and higher…

Finally, it ascended to a height comparable to the highest Dao law level of the Heavenly Realm!

“So strong…”

“Directly constructing a ‘plane’?”

“Not within the Sheng Shen Continent, so it won’t affect the Five Domains, yet slightly connected to this place, forming a golden origin point…”

When that golden origin point cracked open, forming a three-zhang long golden裂口 (likou, fissure/opening) in the void, shaped like a spatial tunnel leading to an alternate dimension,

A dense aura of high Dao principles surged out from within, raw and filled with savage destructive power, yet possessing a lethal attraction for cultivators.

Everyone realized this fact:

“There, one can become an Ancestor and return to zero!”

Crazy talk, it turned out, was not just talk.

Kong Yuhan truly did it; he truly reshaped a corner of the time realm!

Just then, Kong Yuhan, who was maintaining the passage to the time realm裂缝 with his sole strength, visibly swayed from exhaustion.

“Mr. Ba Zun’an…”

Blood spilled from his lips as he managed to speak.

This startled everyone. It had just begun, why were you swaying?

If you were this unstable, after Ba Zun’an went in, you’d probably kick the bucket in less than half an hour, wouldn’t you?

But searching for the Heavenly Realm…

That would be something that would take thousands, tens of thousands of years to show even a glimmer of success, right?

“It’s still too strenuous.”

Ba Zun’an, seeing Kong Yuhan’s state, also felt a headache. This was too unreliable.

Above the nine long rivers of time, figures were suddenly drawn from various times and spaces: some with long, bushy beards, some with sharp mouths and monkey faces…

Some wore Yama masks, some had heads like鬼脸向日葵 (guilian xiangrikui, ghost-faced sunflowers)…

One by one, Kong Yuhan clones merged into Kong Yuhan’s body. Only then did Kong Yuhan’s condition somewhat stabilize.

He had started devouring himself!

Clearly, this wouldn’t last long either. Could it last for ten days to half a month? That still wouldn’t be enough!

But the arrow was on the string; it had to be shot. Ba Zun’an had no way out.

“Unless…”

Ba Zun’an’s eyes gleamed coldly, his thoughts truly becoming active.

Unless he abandoned the time realm, turned back, and perished with the Three Ancestors and the Sheng Shen Continent.

Everyone would suffer, which could be another form of… equality among all beings!

Broken sword Qingju vibrated, appearing slightly excited.

Beyond the starry sky, a loud bang suddenly echoed:

“Ancestor of Time, fear not, this Ancestor has arrived!”

Accompanied by holy light descending from the sky, it was Ancestor Saint’s power, concentrated to the extreme.

Had Ancestor Saint revived?

“Time realm reconstruction, it is the responsibility of all Ancestors. I, too, shall lend three-tenths of my strength!”

From the realm of lamenting emperors, the power of Ancestor Yao (Medicine Ancestor) surged forth, pouring into the time realm passage, helping to maintain its stability.

Shen Nong Bai Cao (Divine Farmer Hundred Herbs) is truly a benevolent Ancestor!

“Though my strength is meager, I too shall assist the Ancestor of Time, giving my all.”

As the voice faded, above the Sinful Land of the Southern Domain, faint currents of stubborn, ominous dark energy also rose into the sky, helping to sustain the time realm passage, almost scattering in the wind along the way.

祟阴 (Suiyin, baleful yin)…

Uh, better than nothing.

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