The Star River Era! The Dimensional Freedom Demon

"As for Lu Dongsheng, this cheap master, I really can't do anything about it."

As one of the Baiyang Sect experts who marched north to blockade the capital, Lu Dongsheng was more than 3,000 li away from him. Given his speed, it was hard to say whether he could even make it in time.

They didn't even mention the potential for ambushes on the way.

Even if he could get there in time, how could he possibly break through the Jingtai Camp's troops that had surrounded Tieling Mountain like an iron barrel, along with Qingting's many experts?

The Jingtai Camp is equivalent to the Imperial Guard, the most elite force in the entire Qing Dynasty. It also has a luxurious team of martial arts masters, with at least two True Strength Grandmasters as the foundation. Going there would be nothing more than suicide.

The kind that can't even cause a ripple.

"Hey... farewell."

Ji Chen sighed.

Clearing his mind of distractions, he began to focus on his own tasks.

"Each time I return, I can see the future after I have been affected. This shows that the dimensional space or panel has at least the ability to observe or even control one of the three factors: time, fate, and causality."

"Furthermore, after the return of consciousness, the time flow rate between the main world and the 001 world is almost 1:1.5. I'm sure that dimensional space or panels definitely have some significance in terms of time."

"Also, that accelerated cultivation mode that benefited me greatly, if I'm not mistaken, should also be a variant application of the time-related techniques. Therefore, there's only one truth..."

If he had a pair of glasses, Ji Chen felt that his lenses would definitely be reflecting light right now.

"I am the juvenile form of a dimensional demon. This dimensional space was created with me as its origin and is dependent on me. I must have the ability to manipulate this space. You blockhead, use your astonishing wisdom!"

Amazing wisdom! Get moving!

A flash of inspiration struck, and one after another, wild ideas arose. Countless brilliant thoughts appeared like shooting stars, only to vanish in an instant, rejected by Ji Chen.

Until he used "Lu Xiao" from the 001 world, his own dimensional space, as the endpoint, with the surging information interaction within it as the bridge.

Ji Chen finally saw it.

In the dimensional space, he saw a long river.

Magnificent, dazzling, dreamlike, wondrous...

In the boundless void, a dazzling galaxy stretches across the heavens and earth. It is not a star, but a vast river formed by countless fragments of time.

Then Ji Chen understood.

As we all know, motion, as an inherent property of matter, is absolute and eternal.

From a one-dimensional perspective of time, the river of time can only flow from top to bottom, from the past to the future, and so on.

Therefore, from the perspective of life forms that can observe the river of time, you were here in the past, you are here now, you are here in the future, and you are here even in the future without you.

He is objective and continuous.

In a sense, a person's fate is already predetermined in the long river of time.

But Ji Chen's appearance changed this fixed fate.

His dimensional demonic space locked onto a certain section of this river of time. Every time 'Lu Xiao', who was in this section, took an unexpected step, the river of time would generate a new tributary.

But before it reaches a certain point, the tributaries will eventually merge with the mainstream.

The Heavenly Demon Interference Degree is the degree of deviation of the tributary. Once it reaches its maximum value, the tributary can no longer merge with the main stream, but is instead accepted by Ji Chen's dimensional Heavenly Demon Space.

As for the flow of time, once one understands that the river of time is a continuous whole, it becomes completely meaningless.

That is entirely determined by the speed at which Ji Chen of the dimensional space receives information from the tributary where the variable 'Lu Xiao' is located.

Just like watching a movie or TV show, he can choose 0.5x speed, 1x speed, or 2.5x speed.

The only limitation is that when adjusting the speed, it can only be increased little by little or decreased little by little, and the speed at which the speed can be adjusted is determined by his mental attribute.

Ji Chen calls the above patterns the observer theory.

As for how he adjusted the speed...

Ji Chen tried it out and found that it would decrease by one gear every hour, which is equivalent to double speed.

It would take fifteen hours to reduce the time flow in the 001 world to the same level as the main world.

In the main world, 15 hours is equivalent to 15 hours in the 001 world. Ji Chen calculated it using the arithmetic sequence formula...

That's 120 hours, five days.

Ji Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

"Not bad. There are still 11 days until Lu Xiao's death, which is more than enough."

[Dimensional Points: 497]

After glancing at the existing dimensional points, Ji Chen made up his mind.

"In this way, the business that Lu Xiao worked so hard to build will be able to be taken over after his death."

He didn't want the fruits of his labor to fall into the hands of others for nothing.

Therefore, in the dimensional space surrounded by dazzling nebulae and glowing purple light, Ji Chen mobilized his mental power to slow down the flow of time in the 001 world.

During this period, Lu Xiao, located in the 001 world, continued to act according to the original plan.

He practiced his skills, familiarized himself with the new technique, the Flowing Sand Without Trace Step, consolidated his previous Luo Sect techniques, and searched far and wide for powerful qi and blood tonics, as well as other medicinal materials that could be used for nourishment and martial arts training.

After three days of this, once Lu Xiao entered the realm of quicksand without leaving a trace, his bottleneck in the second transformation of Qi and blood was easily broken.

[Human host profile being generated...]

Name: Lu Xiao

[Identity: Core disciple of the White Sun Sect, leader of a minor warlord, and major rebel]

[Talent: Lakers (better swimming ability than average)]

[Skills: Qingyang Solidifying Stance - Divine Lv3, Zhentian Wuji Palm - Divine Lv2, Liusha Wuhen Step Lv1, Archery Lv3, Horsemanship Lv3...]

【HP: 286】

[Attributes: Strength 26, Constitution 26, Agility 25, Perception 23 (11), Spirit 25 (12), Energy 27]

Because he split off a part of his consciousness, his human form, 'Lu Xiao,' experienced a decline in perception and mental attributes.

This may also explain why even in accelerated practice mode, the Quicksand Step is so difficult to master.

However, as the aftereffects of the Jingzhou Incident continue to unfold, his perception and mental attributes have increased in total.

Still the Heavenly Demon.

Of course, in addition to practicing martial arts, Ji Chen also did many other important things.

For example, reorganizing the army and thoroughly improving its structure.

Because he was not good at leading troops, he abandoned all other levels in the organization and construction of the army, and only had a four-level system: general - battalion commander (500 people) - colonel (100 people) - squad leader (10 people).

He made a fortune from the war, and during this period he expanded his army at any cost.

During the expansion of the army, his troops attracted a large number of homeless refugees and defeated soldiers from the Green Standard Army due to their generous treatment and reputation for not abusing their subordinates without reason. The registration points were lined up almost every day, which put Ji Chen in a happy predicament.

This also made countless leaders of the Baiyang Sect so envious that they couldn't sleep.

Therefore, he could only select the best of the best, choosing applicants who were physically strong and had few bad records.

In just four days, Ji Chen's original elite army of 10,000 men was half full.

Ji Chen didn't want to continue the other half because he didn't want to, but because he was worried that he would overeat and have indigestion.

Therefore, the initial plan was to deploy 5,000 troops.

This also relieved many of the envious leaders of the Baiyang Sect.

(Actually, given the protagonist's current mental attributes, this time adjustment rate is still too excessive, but if it's not excessive, the apostle won't be able to keep up with Lu Xiao's death date. The apostle must be created before Lu Xiao dies and then receive Lu Xiao's legacy.)

(Let's just assume that it was only possible to do this with the help of a control panel (¬_¬))