Beast Taming: I can even raise gods and demons!

Chapter 519 The River of Time, the Void Ruler's Scheme! (4136 words)

The ancestral land of the Dutianye clan was filled with jubilation.

The Void Monarch, Chapter Eighteen, was killed earlier.

Later, Chen Fan even devoured the skeleton that contained the power of the Void Ruler...

The gods and demons of the heavens were greatly encouraged!

Upon Chen Fan's return, he transformed into a black hole and hovered above the ancestral land.

Xiao Bai is still fusing with that demonic sword.

Chen Fan, meanwhile, was fusing the power within the skeleton.

According to Ye Hongyan and the others' guesses, the skeleton possessed at least the power of seven laws fused together!

If Chen Fan completely absorbs the power of these skeletons, he might have a chance to fuse with the seven laws!

Seven years have passed in the blink of an eye...

Chen Fan's mind seemed to have completely vanished into the depths of a black hole.

Seven years had passed in the outside world, but to Chen Fan it felt like countless millennia had gone by…

Black holes can even swallow light.

Black holes can also warp time!

The six skeletons had been obliterated into nothingness by Chen Fan.

The power within it was also completely devoured by Chen Fan.

After acquiring this powerful force, although Chen Fan had not yet fully comprehended the fusion of the seven laws, the black hole had already begun to grow rapidly, as if it were extending endlessly in all directions.

From the outside, the black hole that Chen Fan transformed into appeared completely unchanged and did not devour anything around it, just like a black hole from another dimension.

But in Chen Fan's perception, his black hole was extending outwards endlessly...

This change in the black hole piqued Chen Fan's interest.

Chen Fan let the black hole change as it pleased, and then his consciousness rapidly traveled into the depths of the black hole.

Although any of his clones could freely transform into a black hole, Chen Fan still dared not say that he knew much about black holes.

His consciousness seemed to travel faster than the speed of light, traversing the black hole at incredible speed.

In a daze, light suddenly appeared ahead...

Without hesitation, Chen Fan's consciousness flashed and disappeared into the light.

This is a vast and boundless river...

Both sides of the great river were utterly empty.

The flowing points of light resemble universes, each containing countless images.

The images included scenes of babies being born, volcanic eruptions, and cosmic explosions…

It is creative.

There is destruction...

"Where is this place?"

Chen Fan looked around and was astonished to find that his consciousness had actually escaped the black hole!

The black hole vanished without a trace!

"There's no going back..."

Chen Fan's figure appeared in the great river, looking around somewhat blankly.

Just then, a slightly familiar voice rang in his mind...

"This is the river of time."

"The River of Time? Who are you?"

"Seven short years have passed, and you've already forgotten who I am?"

After a moment of silence, Chen Fan's eyes flashed with a sharp light: "A skeleton?!"

"No, to be precise, it should be a wisp of consciousness of the Void Ruler!"

At this moment, Chen Fan finally realized what was happening...

This voice is exactly the same as the voice of the skeleton he had obliterated!

Even though he merged the black hole with the power of the Heavenly Dao, he still couldn't erase the consciousness of the Void Ruler that was residing on the skeleton.

"Do you really think you can easily escape my control and destroy the six skeletons that contain my power?"

Chen Fan's face remained ashen, and he did not speak.

The voice continued, "You already guessed that space was a cage created to capture you."

"Then what makes you think you can easily escape the cage tailor-made for you?"

Chen Fan remained silent.

His consciousness could no longer perceive the black hole.

"You are now lost in this river of time, and before long, your consciousness will be obliterated by it. Do you have anything else to say?"

After a moment of silence, Chen Fan finally asked, "What is the River of Time?"

The voice said, "The River of Time is a river that runs through countless universes, past and future."

"Back then, I only discovered the existence of the River of Time after I had devoured the Heavenly Dao of several universes."

"It was only after discovering the River of Time that I realized that the so-called Heavenly Way is nothing more than consciousness trapped in a box."

"A universe is a box."

"And countless universes are contained within a larger box."

"By covering the real universe with emptiness, I am seeking a realm of transcendence, a realm of transcendence beyond the river of time."

"I believe there is such a realm..."

"Once I reach that level, I will be able to freely enter and exit the river of time, no longer afraid of being erased by time!"

"Eraseed by time?" Chen Fan paused for a moment before saying, "As the ruler of the void, you were originally a cosmic Dao, and later devoured many other Daos. Theoretically, you should be indestructible..."

"It's just theory, not reality," the voice said. "As I just said, even the Heavenly Dao is still bound in a small box."

"Only by stepping outside the box will you discover the truth!"

Even the Heavenly Dao will be eroded by endless time...

"This river of time is bizarre and strange. Even beings who have mastered the laws, even the Heavenly Dao, are powerless here... because the laws are completely ineffective within the river of time!"

Chen Fan's face darkened.

He was indeed trying to activate the laws of space to find the coordinates to return.

But he discovered that the laws of space showed no signs of being activated!

"To survive in this river of time, one can only rely on one's own divine power to resist the pressure of the spacetime storm and the erosion of time."

The voice rang out again, saying, "Unfortunately, divine power is ultimately limited."

"Besides, your consciousness is currently out of your body!"

"Your consciousness cannot withstand the erosion of time!"

Chen Fan said calmly, "My consciousness will be erased, and won't yours be too?"

The voice immediately laughed and said, "It's different..."

"My consciousness is just a tiny, remnant of awareness."

"And your consciousness is the consciousness of the original self!"

Chen Fan frowned: "So, this was also part of your plan?"

"Yes," the voice said. "If the six skeletons can hunt you down to the Seventh Universe, they can easily destroy it."

"If those six skeletons can't defeat you, and instead you defeat them, then this is my backup plan..."

"Using the consciousness within the skeleton, I will draw your consciousness into the river of time, and then easily erase your consciousness through that river!"

Chen Fan rolled his eyes: "You really think highly of me, scheming like this."

"Because you are truly terrifying..." the voice said. "Millions of years ago, you, a mere Ancestral God, were able to invade the void, ultimately annihilating thirteen Void Monarchs and sealing a Void Overlord."

"With an opponent like you, it's only right that I be cautious no matter what."

Chen Fan fell silent again.

He certainly hadn't anticipated this kind of calculation.

The Void Lord's treachery and cunning far exceeded his expectations.

"In just the short time we've been talking, you, standing in this river of time, have actually traversed tens of millions of years of time, perhaps experiencing the rise and fall of countless worlds. Haven't you felt that?"

The voice rang out again, saying, "Even if you master and merge with the Six Paths Laws, you still cannot absorb the chaotic energy in this River of Time. Without absorbing the chaotic energy in this River of Time, the divine power remaining in your consciousness will continuously dissipate with the passage of time."

"When your power is completely extinguished, that is when your consciousness will vanish into nothingness."

"Even if you manage to transform into a law at that time, this law will be isolated and without support, without a source, without destination, and without reliance. In the end, it will only be annihilated in the river of time!"

"Perhaps you have a one in a billion chance of escaping this river of time, but your consciousness cannot return to the original world... The place where you appear may be another universe, another plane, or billions of years in the past, or billions of years in the future."

Even if the outside world provides you with spatial coordinates, it's impossible for you to escape the river of time!

"Gods and demons are not eternal, nor is the way of Heaven."

"Only time is eternal!"

Chen Fan laughed: "You're saying so much to a consciousness that's about to be erased... Stop beating around the bush and just state your purpose."

"As expected of the Demon King..." the voice said, "Talking to you is much easier than communicating with those Heavenly Dao beings."

"My goal is very simple..."

"We are one!"

"What?" Chen Fan was stunned.

Before this, he had made many guesses.

But to his utter surprise, the purpose of this void sovereign's consciousness was to merge with him!

"As I just said, the so-called Heavenly Way is nothing more than consciousness trapped in a small box..."

The voice said, "Countless universes are merely placed inside a larger box."

"I want to jump out of this box."

"But even now, no matter how many cosmic laws I merge with, I still cannot escape the river of time."

"I can't even find the past or see the future in the river of time."

"The Demon King..."

"You are the strongest prodigy throughout history!"

"Even the Heavenly Dao of those universes places its hopes on you."

"If we become one, we will have the hope of breaking out of this box and seeing a wider world!"

Chen Fan remained silent.

Jump out of this box?

I'll dance to your ass.

To put it nicely, a day is about merging into one.

To put it bluntly, isn't it just that they want to devour my consciousness directly?

After devouring my consciousness, the next step is to devour the seventh universe.

After devouring the seventh universe, it will use the power of the Heavenly Dao on the Heaven-Severing Demon Blade to destroy the more than forty universes that have already been opened up, and devour the Heavenly Dao within them one by one!

Then the voice said again, "You're still worried about the safety of the beings in the Seventh Universe."

"You even think that after I devour the Seventh Universe, I will follow the power of the Heavenly Dao on the Heaven-Severing Demon Blade to find those universes and integrate them into the void."

"The thoughts of mortals..."

"Demon King, although you have comprehended the Six Paths Laws and even fused with them, you will never understand the meaning of the laws."

"Laws are entities that transcend all living beings; they are the order of heaven and earth!"

"Order has no need for emotion."

"After we merge, we will be the greatest beings in the world, transcending the river of time and even controlling it, becoming the true and sole rulers of heaven and earth!"

Chen Fan blinked and said, "The Void...it seems there are two Void Rulers, right?"

"Didn't you try to merge with another Void Overlord?"

"Hmph!" the voice scoffed. "A short-sighted piece of trash like you isn't worthy to be compared to me!"

Oh?

So it turns out that the two remaining Void Overlords are not as united as an ironclad unit after all.

Chen Fan's expression shifted slightly, and he asked again, "As the ruler of the void, how many laws have you fused with?"

The Way of Heaven is the collection of all rules and laws.

However, Chen Fan could not determine exactly how many laws the Heavenly Dao had integrated.

He had asked the same question to the more than forty cosmic deities.

Unfortunately, all the Heavenly Principles chose to remain silent.

At this moment, the Void Sovereign did not choose to remain silent. He said calmly, "When our consciousnesses merge, you will naturally know how many laws I have merged with."

Chen Fan gave a mocking smile and said, "What if I refuse?"

"You have no right to refuse," the Void Sovereign said. "In order to obliterate the power of the six skeletons, you merged the power of all your clones into your main body."

"If you refuse now, there will be no more Demon King in this world!"

Chen Fan grinned: "Void Sovereign, you really have impressed me... Your calculations, from heaven to earth, are so precise!"

The Void Ruler remained silent.

"pity……"

Chen Fan said calmly, "You think you can calculate everything without fail, but you didn't foresee the special nature of my Void Divine Body."

"What's so special about it?" the Void Sovereign asked hesitantly.

Chen Fan said, "I did indeed gather all my clones into my main body."

"but……"

"Who told you that after the clone merges with the original, their consciousness will be completely merged?"

The Void Overlord was stunned for a moment.

When the clone merges with the original, only the consciousness of the original remains.

Isn't this common sense?

Even if the Heavenly Dao can manifest in countless forms, once the manifestation merges into the main body, it certainly cannot exist simultaneously within the main body.

Chen Fan smiled and said, "In the black hole, you found that I only had one consciousness because the consciousness of all my clones was connected to the consciousness of the main body. However, not all my clones were merged with the main body."

The Void Ruler remained silent.

Chen Fan continued, "Within a black hole, I can easily create an endless number of clones if I so choose."

"The endless clones are both independent and shared consciousness."

"Do you understand?"

The Void Overlord fell completely silent.

Chen Fan continued, "So, what's the point of all that scheming to pull a tiny fraction of my consciousness into the river of time?"

The Void Overlord couldn't hold back any longer: "I don't believe it..."

"Believe it or not." Chen Fan's condensed consciousness flew rapidly downstream along the river of time.

"Demon King, where are you going?!"

The Void Overlord was clearly getting a little anxious.

"Where to? That's a stupid question," Chen Fan said. "Since we're here at the River of Time, we should naturally wander around and enjoy the scenery."

(End of this chapter)