There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

Within this river of time, Wei Ling possesses countless consciousnesses. She places her existence on countless timelines, presenting Wang Ping with a primordial spirit that integrates the core of 'time'.

Judging from the fact that her physical body needed to be placed in the river of time, it can be seen that she had only cultivated the sixth mirror secret technique to the '3rd' step at most, and had just finished refining a piece of starry sky.

She used the extraterrestrial demonic energy to directly refine her own 'River of Time'. At this moment, the River of Time she wielded was as easy as her own arm and was even more compatible with her primordial spirit than the refined magic weapon, just like the Wood Spirit World that Wang Ping constructed.

At this moment, Wang Ping finally put aside his instinctive contempt, showing respect for Wei Ling's ability to cultivate to this level. Then, he saw the wood spirit energy surging around him, and a wood spirit world, spanning no more than a hundred miles, was silently formed.

"Please enlighten me, True Lord Changqing!"

Wei Ling's voice came from all directions of the starry sky.

Under the watchful eyes of Zhu Wu, Zang Yi, and others, the river of time swept across the starry sky and crashed into the Wood Spirit World constructed by Wang Ping. At the moment of impact, the entire star field seemed to fall into an eerie silence.

Wei Ling's river of time is like a silver dragon coiled around her, reflecting countless 'possible' Wei Lings. Each figure is casting different spells at the same time, and the power of thousands of timelines is superimposed at this moment.

Wang Ping's Wood Spirit World was like a piece of jade shattering, with countless mutated plants instantly growing within a hundred-mile space.

"boom!"

The first actual collision occurred.

The time lines stirred up by the river of time struck the edge of the Wood Spirit World, and the area hit immediately experienced time distortion: a forest completed the cycle of growth and decay in the blink of an eye, while another shrub regressed to the seed state.

But the next moment, these seeds suddenly sprouted wildly, covering the eroded area again at an illogical speed.

Wang Ping stood at the center of the world, with cyan roots spreading out from his feet. These roots penetrated the void and began to draw energy from the past in the river of time to strengthen themselves.

"what?"

Through the 'Heaven-Connecting Talisman', 'Heaven-Covering Talisman', and 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman', Wang Ping glimpsed the vast cosmic net, and at the moment the River of Time collided with the Wood Spirit World, he saw that the rules of time and the rules of the Wood Spirit were arranged in an alternating manner.

It's not about arranging them one by one, but rather about arranging time among the countless characteristics of the Wood Spirit, just like the characteristics of the Wood Spirit that Wang Ping observed when practicing the 'Stealing the Heaven Talisman,' such as the most basic corrosion, growth, toxicity, healing, and vitality.

Time is also one of the characteristics of the Wood Spirit, which reminded him of the description of the sixth mirror secret technique given to the Star God by the 'Heavenly Eye', which defined the Star God as a 'puppet'. In other words, the core of 'Time' was likely created by an ancient Taiyan cultivator based on one of the characteristics of the Wood Spirit.

His thoughts were fleeting. He then used the Wood Spirit World to fight against Wei Ling's River of Time, while simultaneously using his primordial spirit to observe the cosmic rule network under the gaze of the three talismans, attempting to grasp this characteristic.

With the blessing of the three talismans, his vision penetrated through layers of dimensions, clearly observing the Wood Spirit Rule beneath the great net woven from the rules of the Five Elements and Yin Yang. Under this rule, countless characteristics extended, and the originally vague time characteristic was now as clear as silvery-white threads.

These silver threads do not merge with the rules of the Wood Spirit, but rather permeate it in a unique way. Each silver thread of time presents a different state: some are as delicate and translucent as new buds, some are as rough and mottled as old vines, and some are slowly growing, with the halo of starlight flowing across their surface.

Subsequently, Wang Ping noticed that the arrangement of the silver time lines followed a certain mysterious law. They were not scattered randomly, but extended along specific dimensions, forming a system within the gaps of the Wood Spirit rules.

During the observation process, Wang Ping discovered a subtle resonance between the silver lines of time. When one silver line vibrates, the other silver lines will also produce corresponding fluctuations, forming a chain reaction. This resonance does not occur synchronously, but has a slight delay, like ripples caused by a pebble thrown into water.

As his observations deepened, Wang Ping gradually saw the true nature of the silver lines of time. They were not static, but were constantly in motion. This motion was not unidirectional, but rather like the annual rings of a tree, with both new silver lines expanding outwards and ancient silver lines contracting inwards.

Unbeknownst to him, Wang Ping observed the Wood Spirit Rule at the deepest part of the universe's great net of rules. Suddenly, his vision became blurry, but he saw pure time characteristics flowing within the blur, like an invisible spring, continuously giving birth to new silver threads of time.

"I see!"

A light screen panel popped up in front of Wang Ping, and his compatibility with the 'Heaven Stealing Talisman' instantly increased by eight points, directly soaring to (30/100). He felt that his primordial spirit was more closely connected with the 'Heaven Stealing Talisman'. Then, he gently stirred an aura of the Wood Spirit World in front of him.

"呲~"

A strange sound echoed through the starry sky. Suddenly, most of the time river constructed by Wei Ling went out. Within the river, the consciousness of Wei Ling's multiple timelines experienced a brief moment of confusion. Then, she looked at Wang Ping incredulously, seemingly unable to understand what had just happened.

Wang Ping stared at Wei Ling, sensing the change in her emotions. He secretly rejoiced that he had come to this world and entered the Thousand Wood Temple to cultivate the orthodox Xuanmen Dharma, rather than some unorthodox magic. Otherwise, Wei Ling's current state would have been his future fate.

His pity lasted only a moment. Then, his primordial spirit began to observe Wei Ling's river of time, observing the characteristics of time and the existence features of the extraterrestrial demonic energy, in order to grasp the laws governing the existence of extraterrestrial demonic energy under the cosmic net. As long as he grasped these laws, he could make these five-realm star gods in front of him retreat with a single thought, and thus define the extraterrestrial star.

Within the 'Heavenly Talisman's' vision, Wang Ping quickly grasped the interconnected network of rules between the time river constructed by Wei Ling and the refined demonic energy, following their intermingling.

The demonic energy forms its own system within the gaps in the rules. It is like molten gold flowing in the night. Whenever the spiritual energy rules light up with a blue light, the corresponding demonic energy patterns will glow with a dark light. The two rise and fall like breathing.

Upon observing a certain deep structure, Wang Ping suddenly realized that those seemingly chaotic demonic patterns actually constituted another mirror network, like the back of a brocade, where although the threads are intertwined, they fit perfectly with the pattern on the front.

"Is this the rule the sage desired?"

Wang Ping's thoughts flashed through his mind for a moment, then he suppressed them just as quickly. His gaze then fell on Wei Ling.

Wei Ling's consciousness, spanning countless timelines, met Wang Ping's gaze. Those calm and indifferent eyes instilled in her an indescribable fear.

"Ah~"

This fear made her shout angrily, and it was the consciousness of countless timelines shouting at the same time, as if she was about to go crazy at any moment.

And all of that just happened within ten breaths.

Zhu Wu, Zang Yi, and Hui Daoren, who were watching from behind, hadn't even grasped how the battle had ended. Wang Ping, seeing Wei Ling lacking the courage to continue, extended his left hand and pointed at the void. A network of rules flashed across the starry sky. First, countless transfer networks instantly surrounded the outer star, and then a 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman' flashed across the starry sky.

"Shield him from his presence!"

At the crucial moment, Gray Daoist was the first to react. He used his 'dream' ability to forcibly instill an idea into all the Five Realms Star Gods around him. They simultaneously formed hand seals, and as the Starry Sky Wood Spirit Qi spread, a pitch-black magic array formed behind them. This magic array was like a key. The moment it rose, countless spatial rifts seemed to open around the outer star, and surging demonic energy surrounded the outer star in an instant.

Wei Ling also came to her senses at this moment. She met Wang Ping's indifferent eyes again, but at this moment, Wang Ping no longer saw her. It wasn't that she wasn't there, but in Wang Ping's vision, she was no different from any other creature in the starry sky.

She couldn't understand what had just happened, but she could sense the demonic energy being invaded by the Wood Spirit's rules. She wanted to step forward to stop Wang Ping, but the collapse of the River of Time earlier made her lose the courage to go forward. After a moment of thought, she retreated back to the vicinity of Gray Daoist with the River of Time.

The moment she returned, the extraterrestrial star was once again shrouded by the same dark corona. This time, as it took shape, it immediately wove dark rune lines in the surrounding starry sky. One of the dark demonic energies transformed into a solid pillar of light that pierced through the starry sky and attacked the area where Wang Ping was located.

"Boom~"

Wang Ping did not make a move; it was Zhu Wu who blocked it with his powerful bloodline and physical body. Then, he saw spiritual energy emerging around Bai Xin, devouring the pillar of demonic energy. Zang Yi and the others came behind Wang Ping and coldly stared at the sun corona in front of them.

"It's nothing but a futile struggle."

Wang Ping's voice was very soft, yet it pierced through the vast starry sky and reached everyone's ears. At this moment, he had already used the Five Elements Yin Yang rules to glimpse the characteristics of demonic energy and thus capture the aura of all the star gods around the outer planet.

Without hesitation, he gently flicked his left fingers as if nothing had happened, but the pitch-black world of the 'rules of destruction' surrounding the extraterrestrial planet collapsed like shattered glass.

The three hundred fourth-realm star gods who were maintaining the core of the magic array on the outer planet had their primordial spirits vanish silently in an instant because of Wang Ping's idea.

The backlash came in an instant. First, the cause and effect changed after the fall of three hundred fourth-realm star gods. This change made the Heavenly Dao rules immediately aware that a living being was stealing its power.

Wang Ping's consciousness had already hidden in the Wood Spirit World, using the 'Heaven-Covering Talisman' to conceal his own aura and karma.

However, the laws of Heaven did not give up. It immediately locked onto the Wood Spirit World where Wang Ping was located. Suddenly, the Wood Spirit World trembled violently, and the branches and leaves of those ethereal ancient trees swayed wildly under the invisible force, with fine cracks appearing on the trunks.

The first rule detection immediately descended, and the trees in the forest of the Wood Spirit World suddenly blossomed and bore fruit at the same time, only to wither and die in an instant. This was the Heavenly Dao searching for traces of life, but Wang Ping's aura had already dissipated into thousands of Wood Spirit particles.

The second investigation was even more violent, uprooting all the vegetation and affecting a small portion of Wang Ping's consciousness. However, in the Wood Spirit World, his consciousness could be stored in countless copies.

The most dangerous third exploration arrived silently. The entire Wood Spirit World suddenly froze, every leaf was suspended in mid-air. The Heavenly Dao rules were like the finest comb, sorting through every inch of space at the microscopic level. The Wood Spirit Qi hidden in the veins of the leaves was sifted out one by one and arranged into a dazzling galaxy in the void.

Wang Ping's consciousness was completely silent at this moment. His existence was the Wood Spirit Qi. When the power of the rules swept over, only the purest Wood Spirit essence was seen, just like a hunter cannot find prey that has become part of the forest.

"Om~"

With a long, drawn-out Daoist chant, the rules of Heaven slowly receded.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. When the terrifying aura spread from Wang Ping's Wood Spirit World, Zhu Wu, Zang Yi, and the primordial spirits of the rebels Wei Ling and Hui Daoren all trembled.

With their cultivation level, they were naturally well aware of what had just happened.

Fortunately, Wang Ping's aura reappeared the moment later. Yu Lian peeked out from Wang Ping's sleeve and complained, "You scared me to death just now."

Wang Ping met the concerned gazes of Zhu Wu, Zang Yi, and others, and waved his hand to indicate that he was alright.

Zhu Wu, Zang Yi, and others subconsciously cupped their hands in greeting. Their previous respect stemmed from the prestige of the Xuanmen True Lord, but now their respect came from their recognition of Wang Ping's strength. Even Bai Xin put away his previous contempt.

As Wang Ping sensed the feedback from the 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman,' the spiritual energy within the meridians of his primordial spirit rapidly circulated, undergoing a fusion with the 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman' that only Wang Ping could perceive. Two breaths later, a turbulent current arose in the darkness of the starry sky, and a light screen panel appeared before his eyes, showing that the compatibility between the 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman' and his primordial spirit had reached (39/100).

This number surprised Wang Ping slightly, but he quickly accepted it, as the fourth-realm life forms were no longer considered high-level life forms to him.

He now focuses most of his attention on the dark turbulence surrounding the extraterrestrial planet. It was the turbulence he caused by destroying the core of the 'Rules of Destruction' magic circle. The rebels can only summon it, but they cannot control it, nor can anyone else control it, because it belongs to one of the fundamental rules of the universe.

The dark turbulence was now like a ferocious beast breaking free of its shackles, rampaging around the outer planet.

The pitch-black energy vortex first contracted into a single point, then suddenly exploded, forming countless twisted black lightning bolts. Wherever each lightning bolt struck, space peeled away like fragile glass, revealing the void and chaos below.

"Changqing!"

A young fifth-realm star god roared, his demonic energy surging, and a hidden network intertwined around him. As his jet-black longsword merged with the network, countless hidden passages opened up beneath the starry sky. Each passage contained a jet-black longsword carrying surging demonic energy, and the longsword, imbued with a sharp killing intent, locked onto Wang Ping's aura.

Wei Ling maintained her River of Time. Gray Daoist wanted to stop the young cultivator, but thinking of what had just happened on the outer planet, he could only sigh and let him do as he pleased.

"Let me do it."

Wang Ping stopped Zhu Wu, Zang Yi, and the others. A green light appeared around him, and with a gentle flick of his left hand, the powerful ability of the 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman' spread throughout the Five Elements Yin-Yang rules, allowing him to glimpse the rules of demonic energy and define the state of this young Fifth Realm Star God.

The young star god's overwhelming rage subsided silently, and all hatred vanished. Then, the hidden energy that filled the starry sky dispersed like smoke and dust.

"He actually glimpsed the rules of extraterrestrial energy using the Five Elements and Yin-Yang principles!"

The Gray Taoist looked at the Taoist within the emerald light and, in a complex tone, reminded Wei Ling within the River of Time. (End of Chapter)