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Chapter 2228 The Sparrow Sleeping in Time
"Ten years is not enough."

"We need to find another way to delay the time when the True Phoenix discovers the truth..."

Jiang Ding muttered to himself.

His hand had somehow ended up on the hilt of his sword.

How to delay time?

It was nothing more than drawing his sword and charging into the True Phoenix Star Domain, using the battle to restrain the True Phoenix Child's divine soul computing power, without engaging in combat, fighting and retreating, thus delaying the time when the Soul Lock Child was discovered.

This certainly increases the risk, but there's nothing we can do about it.

Jiang Ding's gaze swept over the Lock Spirit Particles in the True Phoenix Star Domain again and again.

These Soul-Locking Particles, born from the Great Path of Annihilation, have spread throughout the True Phoenix Star Domain. They are constantly being born and disappearing, because the starry sky is constantly changing, and matter and energy are always circulating. Nothing can exist forever.

The source of these locked spirit particles is the support of the Great Dao of Destruction, and the correction of the universal constant of the Supreme Great Sun Sword Immortal's Immortal Dao.

"In history, there have been true immortals and human emperors who must have reached such a level, greatly influencing the starry sky and many worlds, but now they have all disappeared."

"Time can change everything."

"Let the Dao of the True Immortal wither and dissipate."

Jiang Ding silently deduced and gradually discovered many things: "However, there must be some stubborn traces left by the Human Emperor in the starry sky. Where are these stubborn traces?"

His thoughts were wandering, but he was thinking about how to delay the time it would take for the True Phoenix to discover the truth.

Sword cultivators' battles are a combination of wisdom and strength, a clash between the Great Dao, not simply wielding a sword and charging in recklessly. Delaying the True Phoenix's discovery of the truth through brutal combat is not beautiful, nor is it the best art of sword fighting.

Jiang Ding's pupils dilated.

He appears to be looking into darkness, but in reality, he is looking at these great worlds and many other worlds, and at many living beings, from the perspective of the Locked Spirits that are scattered throughout the True Phoenix Star Domains.

Could these beings more violently disrupt the cosmic constant of the True Phoenix Immortal Path?
The development of the True Phoenix Immortal Dao system depends on the life, death, advancement, reincarnation, and reproduction of many beings in the True Phoenix Star Domain, observing nature, influencing nature, and finally glimpsing the true original ancient records.

So, is it possible to use these beings as pawns to deliberately misjudge and disrupt the True Phoenix Immortal Dao's cosmic constant?

Jiang Ding's gaze fell upon each living being, trying to find a suitable chess piece.

In a valley, there was a white crane with a broken wing, just an ordinary crane, very inconspicuous. However, in the future, it may become very strong, possibly reaching the level of a quasi-emperor.

This is one of the core experimental projects of the True Phoenix System. If this mortal crane succeeds, it will lead the True Phoenix Immortal Path cosmological constant to a branch.

In a swamp, a black pig is rolling in the mud. This black pig may awaken the Taotie bloodline and become a quasi-emperor. Of course, all of this is on the premise that the experiment of the True Phoenix system is successful.

There was also a sparrow in the lava...

If we're only talking about the potential to become a quasi-emperor, there are thousands of these beings with that potential. After all, even a one in ten thousand chance is still a possibility, and it's still potential.

Whichever one is likely to become a reality is the true and correct one. This is the experimental research method of the True Phoenix System for the Immortal Dao Universe Constant.

These creatures of varying strengths were the experimental subjects of the True Phoenix, and the world was her experimental platform.

Jiang Ding focused his gaze on each living being, and finally set his sights on the supreme beings of all races who were the experimental targets. These supreme beings were the ones who could play a role in the near future.

"Inducement, causing the experimental subjects to produce erroneous experimental results, thereby triggering further chaos in the True Phoenix System..."

Jiang Ding muttered to himself.

He successfully selected a supreme being with the Taotie bloodline, a Golden Crow Supreme, and exerted his influence.

"what?"

"what is this?"

Jiang Ding was suddenly taken aback.

His gaze abruptly shifted from the numerous supreme beings of various races to a sparrow beside a stream.

"Haw!"

"Chirp! Chirp chirp chirp..."

The sparrow had just finished eating and was chirping happily in the treetop.

This is very normal.

The stream and forest are home to countless birds, animals, and insects, producing a wide variety of sounds.

What's so special about a sparrow that's chirping after a big meal?
But... Chirp, chirp.

This chirping sound seems to follow a familiar pattern?

Jiang Ding's face darkened.

A profound sense of déjà vu surfaced in my mind, and some past memory surged forth, appearing in my soul.

Chirp chirp.

"Greetings,"

Chirp chirp.

"Tianjun."

Chirp chirp chirp...

"This junior is deeply grateful and pays respects to the Heavenly Emperor..."

Chirp chirp chirp chirp...

"Goodbye..."

The scene before me began to overlap with a scene from my memory.

The chirping of sparrows and the speech of human beings—two completely different things—seemed to converge at this moment. Although the sounds were different, the rhythm of the pronunciation was exactly the same, without any difference.

"oops,"

"What a pleasant surprise, fellow Daoist."

Jiang Ding suddenly smiled.

His gaze fell on the sparrow, and many of the locked spirit particles began to rewind. In an instant, numerous causes and effects, destinies, and events that had occurred in various worlds appeared in his mind.

1,597 years ago, in a pond in the Azure Flame Great Thousand World of the Vermilion Bird Starfield, a carp was blowing bubbles, producing a series of bubbles. The rhythm of its bubble-blowing was exactly the same as that of a sparrow, without the slightest deviation.

Three thousand one hundred and twelve years ago, in a small world within the Yangfeng Great World of the Tianfeng Starfield, a butterfly flapped its wings, the rhythm of which was the same as that of a sparrow.

Four thousand two hundred years ago...

Jiang Ding's gaze was icy as he slowly retraced the history of cause and effect.

Basically, every thousand years or so, one such creature will appear in this starry sky, whether it is a sparrow, a butterfly, or a carp, in a completely random location and of a completely random species.

They are mostly ordinary beings with short lifespans, and these beings will make such rhythmic movements or sounds at some stage of their lives.

At this moment, a familiar scene appeared in his mind once again.

Jiang Ding closed his eyes slightly.

More than a million years ago, in the mountains near the Six Paths Sect in the Northern Plains, a handsome young man bowed in one direction and said, "This junior, Da Ai, pays respects to the Heavenly Lord!"

He maintained the same posture for several hours.

Several hours later, he changed direction again and continued, "This junior pays his respects to the Heavenly Emperor!"

again and again.

Until I actually arrived.

This time, it's the same.

"Time..."

"Time, it is time, fellow Daoist."

Jiang Ding muttered to himself.

His gaze fell on the sparrow that was chirping merrily, and on it, he finally saw a layer of mist of time.

Beneath this mist of time, a blurry figure slept, slept for countless years, waiting for someone to awaken him and lead him onto the path of a quasi-emperor.

　That's all for today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)