National Star Sea Era...

Chapter 905 Seven Colors [The Blessing of the Time God King]

Although it cannot be easily used externally, the power of this [Time God King's Blessing] component must be acknowledged. Its top-notch attributes are in no way inferior to the [Origin Star's Reflection of the Heavens] component currently installed on the Sky Ruins Sky Ship.

[Artifact: Token of the Lord of Time]

[Quality: Color/Extreme]

[Can be converted to: {Blessing of the Time God King}]

[Note: This artifact was created by the Time God King, the first master of the Time Temple, using his supreme power of time. After countless years, it transformed into a seven-colored mythical artifact of time.]

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Time God King's Blessing lv0
Quality: Color/Extreme
Feature: Time Shield
Feature 2: Increases warship hull strength by 260%.
Feature 3: Equipped with a warship energy shield, shield value increased by 260%.
Characteristic 4: Time Resistance +3000
Feature 5: When comprehending the laws and rules of time inside a loaded warship, the efficiency of comprehension is increased by 80%.
Feature 6: The internal spacetime flow rate of the warship can be autonomously adjusted, with a maximum adjustment ratio of ±10 times.

Feature 7: Temporal Force - Zeroing

Feature 8: Temporal Power - Temporary Time Domain
Feature 9: Power of Time - Eternal Protection of the God-King's Projection

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{Shield of Time: This component contains infinite time power. Once installed, it automatically forms a mythical time energy shield on the outside of the warship's energy shield. The protection and shield strength of this time energy shield are equivalent to a standard energy shield of the same quality. It provides a 1-hour buffer after overload.}
{Time Force - Zero: Consumes 10000000 Psionic Points, releasing infinite temporal energy to target a specific characteristic of a component on the warship. If the cooldown time is less than one year, all cooldowns for that characteristic will instantly be reset to zero; otherwise, only the cooldown time will be reduced by 90%, with a cooldown time of 720 hours.}
{Temporal Power - Temporary Time Domain: Consumes 10000000 Psionic Points. Centered on the hull of the mounted warship, it continuously radiates the power of the time rules outwards. After a brief buffer, a temporary time domain is formed. Within this domain, the warship's direct captain can control the surrounding time flow. Duration: 30 minutes. Note: The maximum rate at which the time flow within the domain can be increased or decreased cannot exceed 100 times. Cooldown: 720 hours.}
{Power of Time - Eternal Protection from the Projection of the God-King: Consumes 100000000 Psionic Points to summon the divine soul projection of the First Time God-King of the Temple of Time to protect oneself. All designated friendly units within the projection's range will enjoy the full protective effect. Cooldown is ten years.}
As a seven-colored time-related artifact, the [Blessing of the Time God King] may not be as good as the [Time Chessboard] component, which is considered a top-quality item of the same level, but it is definitely on the same level as components like the [Reflection of the Origin Star's Heavens], and its value may even be slightly higher.

After reviewing all its attributes, Song Chi barely hesitated before picking up the component and starting the automatic installation process, replacing the [Barbarian God's Guardian] component.

In this way, both group protection components on the Sky Ruins and Azure Sky have reached the seven-color quality. Even though the [Time God King's Blessing] cannot be easily used, its function is far superior to the lower-color [Barbarian God's Protection].

Putting everything else aside, the "Power of Time - Zero" trait alone is more valuable than the entire [Barbarian Guardian] piece. Its effect seems to overlap with the "Meditation Seal - Inner Speed" of the [Vajrasattva Meditation Seal], but don't forget that there is a fundamental difference in quality between the two.

One is seven-colored, and the other is three-colored.

To give a simple example, although the three-color quality [Saha Meditation Seal] can also work on seven-color quality parts such as [Three Realms and Five Elements Token], [Light of Judgment], and [Reflection of the Origin Star], the actual effect is greatly reduced. Even if the active characteristics meet the conditions, under the effect of "Meditation Seal - Inner Speed", the cooldown time often cannot be reduced to zero directly.

Although it can generally shorten the time by 60% to 70%, for truly dangerous battles, this "discount" that is usually ignored is often the most fatal.

In comparison, the seven-color quality [Time God King's Blessing] component, except for its inability to work on Chaos Wonders, can basically work on all components on the Tianxu Sky Dome, and with 100% effectiveness.

The key point is that this feature works inside the warship, so even if it is used, there is no need to worry about it being exposed.

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Leaving the ruins of the Temple of Time, Song Chi continued to pilot the mirror warship, carefully exploring this dimensional extreme region named "Star Sea - Southern Pole".

Just as the fragmented data stream suggested, and as the final fate of the Temple of Time proved, this region itself was a vast yet desolate and barren spacetime. Apart from the faint glow of the ruined altar that bore the last legacy of the Temple of Time, everywhere one looked was frozen nothingness, shattered chaotic rules, and eternal silence.

Since the Temple of Time was destroyed countless eons ago and its lineage was completely severed, this place of dimensional ascension, which should have become the focus of the new era, has been devoid of any trace of alien beings.

Those temporal and spatial traps and rule-breaking cracks, powerful enough to obliterate myths, formed a natural barrier, turning this place into a forgotten corner.

"Indeed, I have a mountain of treasures, but no fortune to enjoy them..." Song Chi sighed inwardly.

After confirming that there were no other risks or opportunities in this place in the short term, he no longer hesitated. A ninth-tier void demon was quickly enslaved from the mirror warship. At the same time, he also handed a [Market Projection Token] to the void demon.

In this way, the Void Demon became a "sentinel" stationed here. If any abnormal fluctuations occur in the Southern Extreme Region in the future, whether it is a natural change or an intrusion by external forces, Song Chi will be able to sense it immediately.

Having done all this, the mirror warship silently withdrew from this polar region and carefully returned along the original route.

Only when the warship finally escaped the influence of the ruins of the Temple of Time and returned to the relatively "normal" void of the shattered star sea did Song Chi breathe a sigh of relief.

With a thought, he remotely recalled the mirror warship through the [Chapter of Divine Thought].

This trip to the Southern Extreme Region yielded far more than expected. Not only did we obtain the powerful artifact [Time Spirit Spear] and the top-grade component [Blessing of the Time God King], but more importantly, we learned earth-shattering secrets about the four dimensions and the path to dimensional ascension. However, the pressure that followed was as heavy as a mountain.

"Strength... we still need even greater strength!"

Song Chi's gaze was firm as he suppressed his distracting thoughts.

After that, he returned to the All-Attribute Cultivation Room, where he digested the fragments of information in his mind. With the help of the cultivation room's enhancement of his psionic energy cultivation, along with the [Time Chessboard] and the newly acquired [Time God King's Blessing] and other components, he accelerated the improvement of his guidance technique level, enhanced his understanding of the rules, and steadily strengthened his mythological cultivation level. He waited for the day when the Botian Ruins, which was destined to shake the Chaos God Continent and all the myriad worlds, would collapse.

However, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps on.

About three hundred years after Song Chi went into seclusion, an urgent alarm came through the soul link—it was the mirror warship that he had re-dispatched and had been lying in wait in the ruins of the Immortal Realm continent deep in the dark side of the Void Sea.

Song Chi suddenly opened his eyes, his consciousness instantly projecting over. In the observation field of the mirror warship, the Immortal Realm continent, which had been quietly floating in the dark depths of the Void Sea, was now shrouded in an indescribable power.

Above the continent, an unimaginably massive, pitch-black spatial vortex was slowly taking shape. Its size even surpassed that of the continent itself. The center of the vortex emitted a terrifying suction force, like countless invisible giant hands, firmly grasping every inch of the Immortal Realm continent, forcibly dragging it back from the hidden layer deep in the dark side of the Void Sea to the normal star sea space.

The sheer magnitude and domineering power of this force far exceeded Song Chi's comprehension. Even though he had already reached the Mythical level and stood almost at the pinnacle of the starry sky, he still couldn't change the fact that his heart was being stirred up by a storm.

He witnessed firsthand the raging dark space structure surrounding the Immortal Realm Continent, including the endless spatial gales, all of which shattered like fragile glass. The pitch-black vortex passage seemed to connect to some irresistible end.

"This kind of method... it must have been used by a Transcendent Being, or even a top-tier Transcendent Being!"

Song Chi was horrified.

The mastermind behind the destruction of the Immortal Realm civilization has, more than 500,000 years later, turned its attention back to the remnants of this civilization.
Was it to completely erase the traces, or... to discover something?
A strong sense of crisis made him almost instinctively want to recall the mirror warship immediately to prevent the unknown entity from using this as a pretext to trace its origins and plunging him into danger as well.

But just as his thought formed, before he could put it into practice—

hum!
Inside the mirrored warship, on the territory of the replica of the [Heavenly Fate Compass], which had been in a state of constant activation and used to search for the whereabouts of the other three of the Four Swords of Zhuxian, an unprecedentedly violent fluctuation suddenly emanated.

The compass pointer trembled violently, pointing to the dozen or so gray mist energy bodies that shot into the sky and were surging madly into the depths of the dark vortex passage.

In an instant, Song Chi understood. He knew that the other three immortal swords he had been searching for must be on those dozen or so mythical gray mist energy bodies.

They may have used some special means to hide the three immortal swords very well, and no matter how many times he used the [Heavenly Fate Compass], he never found them. But this time, with the sudden change in the Immortal Realm ruins, they took the initiative to show themselves from their hiding place, wanting to get away from this Immortal Realm ruins that had trapped them for more than 500,000 years as soon as possible. This left the three immortal swords with nothing to hide.

Under the "Compass Tracing the Source" characteristic of the replica of the [Heavenly Mandate Compass], three crystal-clear sword intent coordinates, which share the same origin as the [Limitless Immortal-Trapping Quantum Star Destroyer], appeared clearly on the star map of the territory, just like three brilliant stars in the night.

[Slaying Immortals]! [Slaying Immortals]! [Exterminating Immortals]!
The other three primordial immortal swords, including the [Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram] which is most likely represented by the fourth light cluster, are right in front of us. However, the dark vortex has now taken shape, and the behind-the-scenes force that once destroyed the entire Immortal Realm civilization seems to have made its move. Should we give up on collecting the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, or grit our teeth and take a gamble?
For a time, Song Chi was caught in a dilemma.

His pupils suddenly contracted, his heart pounded, and he was unable to calm down.

However, not long after, good news soon arrived.

The dozen or so mythical gray mist energy bodies that shot up into the sky above the Immortal Realm did not rush directly towards the giant spatial vortex passage as he had imagined. Instead, after soaring into the sky, they dispersed and eventually floated evenly in various corners of the Immortal Realm. The immense power of the mythical gray mist surged from their bodies and continuously acted upon the Immortal Realm below.

With the arrival of these dozen or so mythical gray mist energy bodies, Song Chi quickly noticed the anomaly. As they attacked, the speed at which the Immortal Realm continent beneath his feet moved noticeably faster. They were clearly assisting the spatial vortex passage above, increasing the efficiency of pulling the Immortal Realm continent ruins.

This discovery was undoubtedly good news for Song Chi. After all, the Immortal Realm Continent was a star continent, and even though it was extremely damaged, its size was still considerable.

In other words, even with the assistance of these dozen or so mythical gray mist energy bodies, the entire traction process would not be completed in ten days or half a month. According to Song Chi's estimation based on the current traction speed and distance, it would take at least half a year, which undoubtedly bought him valuable buffer time.

Regardless of whether he decides to take action or give up, he will have at least a few months to consider or plan.

With this in mind, Song Chi quickly calmed down. He withdrew his attention from the mirror warship and began to consider things carefully.

With his mind racing, Song Chi quickly weighed the pros and cons. After several hours, a resolute look flashed in his eyes.

"Fortune favors the bold. The Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation is the supreme treasure of the Immortal Realm civilization for conquest. If we can gather them all, the combat power of the Heavenly Ruins Sky will undergo a qualitative leap, becoming one of my biggest trump cards to deal with the great changes in the future. At this moment, the main focus of the mastermind behind the scenes must be on pulling the continent itself. This is the best time to snatch food from the tiger's mouth!"

Having made up his mind, Song Chi no longer hesitated.

However, he knew that this operation was like playing with fire, taking action right under the nose of a suspected transcendent being. The slightest mistake could lead to utter ruin, so he had to make thorough preparations to minimize the risks.

"First and foremost, we must not go there in the main body of the Sky Ruins Sky. Even the commonly used mirror warships may be marked. We need a completely 'clean' 'enslaved creature' with sufficient strength."

"Secondly, and most importantly, we must be prepared to guard against the hidden cards of the detached one who intervenes from behind the scenes."

After all, the other party is likely to be a top-tier being among the Transcendent Ones. If we don't take precautions in advance, even if we successfully snatch the Four Swords of Zhuxian and the array diagram from the several Mythical Gray Mist Energy Bodies, we may not be able to send them back to the Zhutianxu Market. After all, the methods of Transcendent Ones are unpredictable, and even with the existence of a transit artifact like the Zhutianxu Market, we cannot guarantee that we can successfully send them back.

This second point is also the most difficult one.

As for the projection of the Heavenly Market?

It was rejected by Song Chi immediately.

With the current peak eleventh-tier mythical status of the Zhutianxu Market, coupled with the [Great Dao Origin Totem Pole], the market projection can indeed temporarily gain half-step transcendence combat power. However, the Zhutianxu Market projection is no longer a secret, and the market's purple mist projection is already very easy to identify. In addition, the deep dealings between the Xinhuo Civilization and the Zhutianxu Market have already spread throughout the Shattered Star Sea. Once the Zhutianxu Market is targeted by the force behind the scenes, the Xinhuo Human Civilization is also very likely to be affected.

Although it was only a possibility, it concerned the life and death of the entire civilization, and Song Chi would never allow himself to gamble on this matter.

(End of this chapter)