Swallowed Star: Top Comprehension

Chapter 91 Time Realm
Chen Yue left Chi Yongyuan, feeling a little heavy-hearted.

In his hand he held a booklet entitled Notes on Time.

It was left by Luo.

He slowly opened it, his eyes falling on those vigorous and powerful handwriting:
time--

The rotating hourglass is not only the most mysterious creator of the universe, but also weaves the fate of life and death with invisible power.

It is like an epic poem that never ends, silently depicting the interweaving movement of existence and nothingness.

time--

It is like the root sound of the universe, rhythmically moving between concealment and revelation, contained in every beating heart, every spreading dust, and every breath of life.

We are often silently carried away by the long river of time, wandering between the echoes of the past and the whispers of the future.

time--

It is tenacious, indifferent to emotion and unaffected by will.

Life is but a moment, and all things dance with time, rising and falling like bright stars, or fading and disappearing like falling meteors.

No event can avoid the touch of time, and no object can escape the soft yet firm grasp of time.

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It records all of Luo's insights into the perception of time during his tenure as Realm Lord.

Chen Yue read it carefully.

Chen Yue was watching intently.

Suddenly, Chen Yue felt dizzy.

Suddenly—his consciousness was drawn into an invisible vortex.

When he opened his eyes again, he was no longer the mortal body he was familiar with, but a speck of dust that was almost imperceptible to the naked eye, suspended in a strange and grand world.

In this infinitely mysterious space, colorful lights interweave into a gorgeous picture, and the distance between stars seems to be just a thought away.

Chen Yue's consciousness merged with this tiny speck of dust.

He can float in this space at will, cross rivers of light, dive into cracks so small that they are almost unobservable, or rest quietly beside huge stars.

The time here is not static; it is like a plastic thing, passing very quickly in some places and almost standing still in others.

When he first entered this world, he just drifted aimlessly following the fluctuations of space. But as his consciousness gradually adapted, he began to consciously explore the mysterious corners of this world.

Chen Yue first came to a brilliant star field. The stars were dazzling and they were rotating, exploding, and reborn at different trajectories and speeds.

He noticed that around certain planets, time passed at different rates.

Around some planets, time flows in slow motion, and the geographical changes and life processes on the planet's surface can be seen at a glance.

Some planets are different. Time rushes by around them, and the cycle of life and the rise and fall of civilization unfold rapidly as if it were a fast-playing movie as far as Chen Yue's sight can reach.

In an area composed of time dislocations, Chen Yue saw a suspended water droplet, hanging in an almost static space and time. Each tiny water droplet shone brilliantly under the refraction of light.

Chen Yue observed the scene closely and found that time was layered here. The outer layer of the water droplet was almost motionless, while time passed a little faster in the inner layer, and subtle vibrations of the water molecules could be seen.

Then, Chen Yue came to a seemingly chaotic area, where the flow pattern of time was even more bizarre. In some areas, time flowed forward, while in others, it flowed backwards.

Chen Yue saw the birth and death of galaxies and observed the evolution of life from single cells to complex organisms.

He saw another big tree. Under the influence of time, it kept withering and reviving, and then reviving and withering, over and over again.

In a seemingly still bubble of time, he witnessed the entire process of a flower from budding to withering. Every moment was infinitely stretched, allowing him to appreciate every detail of the change.

Although the scenes are repeated, each time is subtly different, as if time here is both fixed and changeable.

Chen Yue was as tiny as a speck of dust. He felt every tiny movement of himself in this strange world, as if it were a light dance in the universe. Passing through countless strange space-time structures, Chen Yue's consciousness became more and more integrated with the dust he had transformed into.

He began to understand that every drift was an interaction between time and space, and that time here was not a linear measurement, but an existence that could be perceived and experienced.

He began to try to touch the essence of time, to feel its flow and pulsation.

Chen Yue's consciousness traveled in this world for an unknown amount of time, perhaps a second, perhaps an eternity.

Finally, in a deep meditation of consciousness, Chen Yue broke through his established concept of time.

He realized that time was like an infinite canvas, and he and everything else were the colors and lines painted on this canvas.

Time is not just a backdrop, it is also the way in which this multidimensional picture of the universe is created and experienced.

As time went by, he gradually understood.

Time is not an absolute measure, but a relative sign of the development and change of all things. It can be extended, compressed, and even reversed under certain conditions.

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Chen Yue suddenly came back to reality and noticed that he was sweating profusely.

He felt as if he had woken up from a dream, with virtuality and reality difficult to distinguish.

When he tried to continue looking through Luo's notes, he found that it had disappeared without a trace.

Just as he was confused, a powerful and vague force began to surround him.

This all happens in an instant.

Then, this vague force suddenly became clear, and it was the power of time at work.

This sudden attack of unexpected power made Chen Yue feel dizzy.

His consciousness was constantly stretching, compressing, and stretching again, as if time itself was being distorted.

"Is it possible?" Chen Yue suddenly realized, and great joy surged in his heart.

Quickly, Chen Yue unfolded his light field. Under this field, he found that his perception of time became extremely sensitive.

Not only could he see the movement of light in the field, he could also feel the resulting changes in time.

As the field of light fluctuates, light and time begin to intertwine and merge, triggering a novel phenomenon.

"Fusion!" Chen Yue shouted loudly.

He began to struggle for control, trying to combine the power of time with the field of light.

After countless times of practice, Chen Yue made the light field more stable.

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Three months later.

Chen Yue's eyes revealed determination, and his figure was bathed in a hazy light.

"Past? Future?" he whispered to himself.

With the light tap of his finger, a point in the space began to change.

Any light that passes through this point appears distorted.

This distortion is different from the light field that Chen Yue has used in the past. He changes the speed of light at that point after sensing the light trajectories of the past and future.

"Success." Chen Yue seemed a little excited.

(End of this chapter)