A Guide to Conquering the Heavens Starting with Dragon Ball

Chapter 178 Crossing Time, Stepping into the Mythical Era

The Ophiuchus Palace disappeared into the Sanctuary. Alex and the others searched for it as much as they could, but it seemed as if the Ophiuchus Palace had vanished completely, leaving no trace whatsoever.

In the end, they had no choice but to give up.

In the end, only Aiolos, Shaka, and Saga continued to search for the location of the Ophiuchus Palace, hoping to discover something.

Unfortunately, a year has passed.

There was still no trace.

It's as if the Ophiuchus Palace never existed.

One year later.

The golden palaces of Capricorn and Scorpio shone with dazzling brilliance.

Then a month later.

Aquarius also shone brightly.

The twelve Gold Saints have now been assembled, including seven Gold Saints: Aries, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Aquarius.

That leaves Leo, Pisces, Taurus, Cancer, and Libra, who is still in the early stages of the process.

This is just the Gold Saints; the Silver Saints and Bronze Saints have also gradually increased in number over the past year or so.

Twenty-four Silver Saints and forty-eight Bronze Saints have already taken their places, almost a third of them.

This time, the number of Saints in the entire Sanctuary has undoubtedly reached an unprecedented level.

Even if we only consider the number of Saints, it is already comparable to the Sanctuary at the beginning of the Holy War two hundred years ago.

At this moment, there are still more than ten years before the next holy war.

It is only in the development of the Holy Land.

Beneath the sacred realm, the suppressed darkness was also quietly growing.

A wisp of darkness continued to spread.

It spread towards Gemini.

Darkness spread.

It spreads throughout Gemini.

"Hahaha, I never imagined that Athena's most loyal warrior would have such a dark heart."

Unrestrained laughter rose from the void, and darkness spread throughout the Gemini Palace.

Saga and Kanon, who were in the middle of their training, were almost completely unaware that the dark energy was gradually merging into their bodies.

Their inner universe inevitably began to be affected.

A tiny seed sprouted deep within Saga's heart.

But at that moment, no one noticed the change.

Saga and Kanon are still in Gemini, continuing their training.

Whether it's the Gemini Palace or the Gemini Gold Cloth, the enhancement of their cosmos is clearly visible.

A year ago, Saga sent his younger brother to the Gemini Palace for training.

Alex did not stop this.

Although Saga ultimately became the Gemini Gold Saint, it is undeniable that Kanon also possessed incredibly powerful talent.

This kind of talent, even if it doesn't make one a Gold Saint, is enough to make one the strongest among the Silver Saints.

Nature cannot interfere with anything.

At this moment, even Alex was unaware that wisps of dark energy were seeping into Gemini and into the Gemini uterus.

The darkness continued to spread.

Saga's expression, which had been focused on his training, began to change.

Half of his hair began to turn white, and at the same time, a dark and violent aura rose from his body.

However, a powerful cosmos quickly spread, and Saga's aura gradually returned to normal.

"What happened?"

"That aura?"

Saga looked puzzled. He sensed something was amiss, but when he spread his cosmos to investigate, he didn't detect anything unusual.

Doubts spread.

Saga glanced at his younger brother, thought for a moment, and finally shook his head. He did not continue to investigate, but instead closed his eyes and continued his training.

However, for some reason, this time the cultivation was much smoother.

Originally, his inner universe was clearly still quite far from breaking through to the seventh sense.

But now, he is embarking on another period of cultivation.

Just a moment.

Saga involuntarily opened his eyes.

And this time, Galon also opened his eyes.

"Brother, my inner universe?"

Kanon instinctively opened his mouth, but before he could finish speaking, he noticed that Saga was equally surprised.

The two brothers exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with disbelief.

However, it was clear that even they could not perceive the changes in their bodies.

In the end, we had no choice but to accept it.

After accepting the offer, their inner potential began to explode rapidly.

In just a few months, their inner universe had already reached the limit of the sixth sense, and they were only one step away from the seventh sense.

"boom!"

An aura swept through.

On this day, the Gemini uterus radiated a dazzling light.

Above the sky, Gemini shone even brighter.

But amidst this brightness, no one noticed that darkness was quietly spreading across Gemini.

The seed of darkness that had been planted had quietly begun to sprout.

A new personality is quietly being born.

"Hurry up!"

"Enhance your inner potential as soon as possible."

"Those damned traitors, I'll make them pay the price."

A thick, dark fog rolled in, and from within it, a voice filled with excitement and triumph could be heard spreading.

(The anime *Saint Seiya G*, a direct sequel to *Saint Seiya*, explains Saga's corruption. Six years prior in the anime, the sealed ancient god Chronos discovered darkness within Saga's heart. Chronos then appeared before Saga with his cosmos, bewitching him and calling him a god-slayer. He gave Saga a golden short sword for this purpose and urged him to assassinate Athena, who had transformed into a human infant, to aid the Titans' resurrection.)

The silent night sky was still dazzling.

The stars swayed.

Ophiuchus Palace.

Illusion and reality intertwine.

The power of time seems to have been etched into this.

It's as if it's etched into the past.

It was etched into the mythological era.

"Splash!"

The illusory tide swept over him, and Jiang Chen's consciousness seemed to transcend layers of time and space at this moment.

As consciousness gradually returned.

An urgent voice rang in my ears.

"Asclepius, something terrible has happened! Merkaba is badly injured! You must go and see him right away!"

An urgent voice rang out.

Jiang Chen snapped out of his daze.

"Who are you?"

Still somewhat dazed, Jiang Chen subconsciously looked at the speaker, a burly young man.

"Great, Asclepius, you've finally woken up."

"Come with me quickly!"

As soon as he regained consciousness, Jiang Chen was pulled up by the burly young man's hand.

The figure was dragged directly outside.

Outside, the blinding sunlight shone on him, and Jiang Chen's dazed feeling finally subsided.

At the same time, streams of memories began to appear in his mind.

That was a boy's memory.

A memory that shouldn't exist within him has appeared now, and it has perfectly merged into his memories, becoming a part of him.

That was a boy named Asclepius.

The boy lived in the sacred realm under Athena's protection from a very young age.

In the past few years, the boy was different from the other Saints. Instead of learning to master or enhance his Cosmo, he began to study medicine.

Several years passed, and the boy's medical skills became increasingly refined.

Even now, some official Saint Seiya warriors who are injured in the God Wars will seek out the young man for treatment.

The boy's reputation grew increasingly prominent in the Holy Land, and he even received a personal audience with Athena, the goddess of wisdom.

"Asclepius?"

"Athena, the goddess of wisdom?" "A war of the gods!"

As Jiang Chen sorted through the memories in his mind, a look of shock appeared on his face.

Although the boy only had fragmented memories, Jiang Chen seemed to understand what was going on at this moment.

At this moment, it seems that he is no longer in the previous timeline.

Instead, it exists in a mythical time and space of a distant era.

In this era, the world's authority has not yet been fully established.

Zeus was the ruler of the entire world, yet under Zeus, various pantheons still stood.

Divine battles between them would erupt from time to time.

Athena was not the goddess of the earth or the goddess of war that she would become later; she was simply the goddess of wisdom who succeeded her mother.

As for him...

At this moment, he became Asclepius, the first Gold Saint of the Ophiuchus Temple.

"What's wrong with me?"

Jiang Chen muttered to himself, somewhat bewildered.

He could feel that this body of his was the same body he had been in before.

But how did he become Asclepius?

He was just as bewildered as he was.

The burly young man had already dragged him to a room.

"Make way!"

"Make way, Asclepius is coming!"

The burly young man's urgent voice rang out.

The crowd gradually dispersed.

Jiang Chen finally saw a boy lying on the bed.

The boy was pale, and a huge hole had appeared in his chest.

"Damn Oneiros, he actually ambushed Merkaba!"

"That's outrageous!"

"I'm going to beat him to death!"

A cacophony of sounds arose from all around.

Upon arriving here, Jiang Chen's brows furrowed involuntarily, for the people present here were all at the level of the Seventh Sense.

The powerful aura emanating from them was astonishing, even to him now that he had recovered his strength.

And most of them weren't even wearing their Saint Cloths yet.

Despite his surprise, Jiang Chen couldn't help but look at the figure on the bed.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Chen's brows furrowed involuntarily.

His chest was pierced.

Almost half of the heart has disappeared.

Its aura was only maintained by its vast microcosm.

Such an injury is almost impossible to repair.

Even those present were beings who had attained the Seventh Sense.

With injuries like this, let alone the seventh sense, even the eighth sense is useless, unless one can reach the ninth sense.

However, after thinking for a moment, Jiang Chen took a deep breath and stepped forward.

The crowd parted again.

Jiang Chen touched it with his right hand.

The power of time began to be mobilized.

"Buzz!"

A ripple spread out, instantly enveloping Merkaba.

"It really works!"

As the power of time rapidly enveloped the boy's body, Jiang Chen's eyes lit up.

The only solution he could think of was the power of time.

I originally just wanted to try it out, but I never expected it would actually work.

But in the eyes of others.

All that could be seen was the silver-gray power in Jiang Chen's hand spreading, and then the terrifying wounds on Merkaba's body began to heal rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Everyone's eyes widened in surprise.

Even the burly young man who had just dragged Jiang Chen here couldn't help but show a hint of shock on his face.

Although he brought Jiang Chen with him, even the burly young man knew very well that even Asclepius might not be able to handle such injuries.

But surprisingly, it worked.

Everyone was shocked.

Jiang Chen withdrew his hand.

"here it is?"

Merkaba slowly opened his eyes, his expression blank.

"Merkaba, you're awake!"

"This is the sacred ground; Asclepius has saved you!"

The burly young man quickly spoke, his expression filled with excitement.

The others quickly chimed in with their own opinions.

"Asclepius!"

Hearing the surrounding conversation, the blond boy seemed to realize what was happening and quickly got up.

He bowed to Jiang Chen.

Thank you!

Merkaba looked serious.

"Need not!"

"You should get some rest!"

Jiang Chen nodded slightly and waved his hand.

Then, amidst a chorus of praise, he left the area.

Only now did he have the mind to examine the Holy Land of this era.

Compared to the previous Holy Land, this place is much more prosperous and not as dilapidated. The entire Holy Land is filled with buildings.

Everywhere you look, there are countless figures.

And it's the same as before.

Here, almost everyone is someone who has comprehended the microcosm, and the seventh sense is extremely common.

However, it's just the seventh sense.

Jiang Chen was unaware of the existence of an eighth sense.

Clearly, even in the mythological era, only a minority of people were able to sense the eighth sense.

His figure strode through the sacred realm.

Jiang Chen soon arrived at a pool of water.

Soon the scene in the pool came into view.

His appearance was almost exactly the same as when he first transmigrated into Saint Seiya.

Clearly, he did not travel through time with other people, but rather his physical body arrived in this mythical era.

It was probably the power of time in Ophiuchus that allowed him to step from the future into the past.

The only thing that puzzled him was why he was called Asclepius.

His appearance has clearly not changed.

But everyone's perception seems to have changed.

Moreover, this was during the mythological era.

This is incredible.

Their gaze turned toward the sacred mountain.

There, twelve golden palaces gleamed.

At the highest point is the temple of Athena, the goddess of wisdom.

A sacred aura continuously emanated from the sacred mountain, spreading throughout the entire holy domain and creating a unique, independent space.

"Should we go up?"

Jiang Chen hesitated, unsure whether he should go see Athena now.

His current situation is clearly not right. Even though Athena is not one of the twelve Olympian gods now, and does not hold the power over the earth, it is undeniable that Athena's strength is definitely above his full strength.

Even if you include the Saiyan God, it's still the same.

If you rashly go to see him, you might be purged as a heretic.

If things go wrong, he might not only fail to log into the world this time, but he might also forget about ever entering the Saint Seiya world again.

(End of this chapter)