"And also, young friend, this small gift is for you."
Without a word, Xianhua shoved a silver-colored jade bottle into Jiang Mo's hand, inside which was the essence and blood of the Great Life Dao Body.
The old man knew that he had recently been collecting blood from various innate physiques to study and comprehend them, so he was willing to lend a helping hand.
"Okay, thank you, senior."
Jiang Mo lowered his eyes, glanced at it, smiled slightly, and without hesitation, accepted it generously.
Goodbye. Please keep in touch if anything happens.
"Ah."
As Jiang Mo watched them go, two white streaks of light tore through the sea of clouds and disappeared into the horizon in an instant.
Such divine power should have been the pinnacle of human strength, but there are always higher realms to conquer, and this is still not considered particularly formidable.
Jiang Mo stood before the mountain gate, gazing at this scene, remaining silent for a long time, lost in thought.
After a moment, he withdrew his gaze, turned around, and disappeared.
The entire sect was sparsely populated and somewhat deserted.
Most of the disciples went out to gain experience under the guidance of the older generation of disciples, while Si Chong and Cheng Zhen went into seclusion and did not concern themselves with worldly affairs.
Now, only Xian Shu and Lin Qi, who are retired and enjoying their old age, and the remnants of the elf clan who live here remain, cleaning the courtyard and pruning the branches of the flowers and trees.
The rising sun casts its rays upon the earth, casting a long, slender shadow that is reflected on the golden wall.
Jiang Mo walked slowly toward the pavilion. The sound of his footsteps attracted everyone's attention, and they all looked up to see that familiar yet unfamiliar figure.
In his second true form, he was tall and strong, with skin the color of cold iron and eyes shaped like black suns. His appearance had not changed. Although the crowd was surprised, they were not afraid and greeted him warmly as always.
"Good morning, Uncle-Master!"
"Uncle Master!"
"Mysterious Venerable, good morning, it's been a long time."
Jiang Mo smiled and responded to each of his disciples. Before he knew it, he had climbed to the fourth floor of the Sutra Repository. Xian Shu accompanied him all the way and relayed the recent events.
"Senior Brother Yu Huai and Senior Brother Zhuge took some of the younger ones to help out at the Baotian Pavilion, which was founded by the two protectors."
"The progress is going very well, business is booming, and we are trading rare materials from all over the world."
“Guardian Will has recruited several top hackers to help us open up numerous trading channels on the dark web. Our clients are not limited to humans, but also include other races.”
"The prospects are good, but we are getting busier and busier, and we are short-staffed."
"Initially, there were even troublesome demon kings who wanted to collect protection money and grab a share of the profits, but they were later beheaded and their heads displayed to the public by the guardians..."
Xian Shu shared his thoughts at length, but when they reached the fourth floor, he suddenly remembered something and said:
"Oh, by the way, Uncle-Master, two days ago, Ning He and Elder Xu, old friends from the Ninth Department, sent over a confidential document."
"They say what you want is inside."
"In addition, a progress report on your cooperation with them has also been sent to your communication software. Please check it at any time."
Xian Shu pointed to the two metal safes placed on the table, then quickly took out a tea set, turned on the computer for Jiang Mo, and set up the office environment.
"The kitchen also has some pastries prepared in the morning, which taste quite good. I remember Master said that you like red bean cakes. Shall I go and get them for you?"
"Yes, thank you for your help, Xianshu."
Jiang Mo revealed a gentle smile.
He sat down on the ground, stretched out his hand, and the metal safe turned to ashes like burning cotton wool, revealing a yellowed, old piece of paper.
At a glance, the identical material and the mysterious patterns imprinted on it convinced Jiang Mo that this was another fragment of a historical record.
The Nine Departments' ability to search for resources nationwide was even more impressive than he had anticipated, yielding results in the past three weeks, and he began refining them.
Xian Shu returned after leaving, bringing red bean cakes. Seeing that her uncle was busy, she dared not disturb him, quietly put down the cakes, and then left silently.
The sunlight streaming in from the window seemed to come alive, like the shadowy figures of snakes, darting between the floor and the bookshelves. By the time it completely disappeared, a day had passed, the setting sun had sunk below the horizon, and night had fallen.
"Wow!"
The history book floating in Jiang Mo's palm emitted a faint light, and another fragment was refined by him.
The access to the River of Time this time covers 170 years of the Northern Song Dynasty, from its beginning to its end. Countless messages flooded into his mind like a tide, only to be casually filtered and ignored by Jiang Mo.
"..."
After a long while, he put away the fragments. It was winter, and the cold wind was howling outside. The pastries on the table had long since gone cold.
Jiang Mo picked up a piece of food without a care and turned his gaze to the computer screen.
He moved the mouse to check the report, which displayed a dynamic data map that constantly updated the physical fitness test results of people from all over Kyushu.
According to the plan of the nine departments, after excluding the elderly and infants who need care, the remaining 800 million citizens will be gradually and completely screened over a three-year period.
This is already the fastest efficiency; it's even more exaggerated than the less than 20 million people that major religious sects screened in half a year.
However, finding someone with the right physique is not easy. Over the past three weeks, with the assistance of the Security Council, nine departments have tested 15 million people, but not a single one has met the criteria.
However, faced with such results and speed, Jiang Mo was extremely calm, as his innate physique was not indispensable to him.
Let alone a seed that hasn't even grown up yet, even if it were a master of various physiques, a Dao Lord or a Supreme Ruler, if anyone dared to fight him to the death, Jiang Mo would have the conviction to kill them with a single punch.
After briefly reviewing the report, Jiang Mo opened the quantum encrypted communication channel.
The message from Xu Qiuyu and Ning He, which was posted a few days ago, essentially said that they had tried their best to find the fragment, but only had one piece. They believed that there would be no more in the short term, so they earnestly requested to exchange it for some of the ancient demon king's essence blood.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Mo made a decision and, relying on his near-supernatural perception, instantly locked onto Xu Qiuyu's precise location. The pendant on his chest swayed, releasing a blood vial that shattered into countless shimmering white particles, which were then used for teleportation.
After fulfilling his promise, Jiang Mo shut down his computer and sat quietly alone in the attic, finishing off the remaining pastries.
After a long while, an invisible vortex unfolded, and Jiang Mo's figure disappeared, only to reappear a dozen seconds later with a somewhat surprised expression. The flow of time within the Heavenly Kingdom had no effect on him or on the history books of time!
This sudden scene did not discourage Jiang Mo; cultivation in the real world is the same.
He planned to familiarize himself with the thousand supernatural powers of the Time Reversal System in the limited time available, and to replicate his third avatar—the Longevity Dao Body.
Chapter 488 Cultivating Supernatural Powers, Reaching the Seventh Rank, Becoming an Immortal
Before going into seclusion, Jiang Mo used his supernatural powers to send his thoughts across distant mountains and rivers to the headquarters of Baotian Pavilion in the Central China region, summoning two guardians to come and pay their respects.
Soon, two familiar figures arrived, dressed in suits. Mingku briefly recounted his recent deeds and presented Jiang Mo with all the rare resources he had recently acquired, including a fist-sized piece of Wan Cui Wu Jin.
“Mystic Lord, of the things you instructed us to find, we only found this one. Please do not be offended.”
“Baotiange has only been established for a short time, and there are many forces that are not familiar with us and have not established a deep relationship with us. They are only willing to trade some materials that they do not need.”
"However, the hackers employed by us are among the world's top-tier."
"They have been working hard to investigate the fragment you are looking for, but the global internet is too vast, and many dark web firewalls are extremely powerful. It will take some time to break through them."
"We have made contact with the secret realms and racial forces overseas and have established friendly relations with them. I believe we will receive some assistance in the near future."
"Also, do you remember the people from 'Deep Sea'?"
“An old friend of Will’s once said that he had seen the fragments you were looking for in the possession of a wandering mage abroad.”
“We recently investigated his whereabouts. He participated in the upheaval caused by the group of Level 4 Awakened in Northern Europe, which released a host of false gods, on the eve of the spiritual resurgence. However, he disappeared afterward. I have sent several elites to Europe and they will find his traces as soon as possible and give you a satisfactory answer.”
Jiang Mo's distant memories suddenly became much clearer. How could he not remember the 'Deep Sea', a group of aliens who had defected overseas or were being hunted down, who had been living on the mainland since the 19th century, banding together to make fire.
Not to mention those far away, but right before our eyes, his two protectors, Weir and You Sha, are both members of this organization.
"The matter of the fragments is of utmost importance. Since there are traces of their existence, I would like to trouble you to go there in person."
"Leave Baotiange to Weir for safekeeping."
"Yes," they both said in unison.
Considering that there are also mysterious creatures emerging in Northern Europe, and that they are quite powerful, Jiang Mo also bestowed three talismans upon Mingku for protection and arranged for it to set off immediately.
After the two protectors left, Jiang Mo flashed and walked to the pool behind the mountain.
The moon was bright and the stars were few, and the forest was exceptionally quiet. He found a cool spot to sit cross-legged, holding a book of history in his hand, his fingertips touching the strange patterns, trying to understand the supernatural powers within.
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the silver moon undulates in the depths of the sky, and time flows slowly by.
Jiang Mo closed his eyes and meditated. In his sea of consciousness, the history of time was a broken stone wall, and the greatness of nature was carved with a thousand kinds of supernatural powers, all of which were dim and concave patterns.
A long, slender, iron-colored hand gently stroked his face, and soon, corresponding ancient messages naturally surfaced in Jiang Mo's mind.
The obscure and mysterious text conveys the meaning of 'the origin of time'.
One of the killer moves of the Rewind system is to use the power of time to converge at a single point and strike the target, forming a vortex of time that rapidly rewinds time. No matter what kind of matter it is, whether it has a physical form or not, it will collapse and be destroyed instantly.
A glimpse into the basics, 100 years have passed.
It's getting better and better, 200 years have passed.
Masterful skill, 400 years of history.
The ultimate realm, 700 years of history.
Jiang Mo could clearly perceive the evolutionary path of the 'Origin of Time'. The reason why the limit was 700 years was because the time authority he controlled on this page of the history book was at its peak of 700 years, not including the extra 170 years of the fragment.
This is quite different from what he previously understood as time erosion caused by accelerating the changes in matter.
The origin of time has no power to decay all things, but only the power to bring things back to their very beginning.
For example, there was a sect leader with the cultivation level of a Dao Lord who had not yet refined the secret realm and became a Master, at the age of 300.
If Jiang Mo were to unleash his divine power 'Origin of Time', and cultivate it to a level of perfection, directly reversing 400 years of time, it would cause a certain point within that sect leader's body to be severed back to its original state, causing and completing the overall collapse within an unobservable gap in time.
If the sect leader is over 400 years old, he cannot be killed; instead, all his cultivation for the next 400 years will be permanently and forcibly stripped away.
After only a brief understanding, Jiang Mo knew the power of this killing move. It was similar to the Falling Moon Glow of the Flying Immortal Sect, but even more domineering and almost unsolvable.
Either dodge before the spell is cast, or possess a timeline to reverse time and withstand the fatal damage.
"..."
Even Jiang Mo had to admit the terror of the origin of time.
Neither his Mirage Gu nor his future cultivation technique, "Boundless Realms," which he will master to perfection and possess a physique comparable to the Void Body, can escape the effect of this timeline, which involves penetrating all spaces beyond the real space.
In theory, the only supernatural abilities that Jiang Mo knows of that could be directly confronted without being affected are the past incarnations of the Flying Immortal Sect and the seven or eight reincarnations of the Reincarnation Palace.
The former is unselectable, while the latter is significantly weakened.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but marvel at the extraordinary talent of the Immortal Daoist who lived more than 5,300 years ago. No wonder he was vaguely regarded by the major sects of later generations as the strongest master in the past 5,000 years.
The supernatural powers he created have reached the point where they can withstand the killing moves of innate magical artifacts. To be honest, it is no exaggeration to say that he deserves the title of number one.
Gathering his thoughts, Jiang Mo did not rush to cultivate this supernatural power. Instead, he continued to slowly explore and move forward along the Time Stone Wall in the Sea of Consciousness.
Soon, as he touched the second indented pattern, ancient and complex information flooded his mind, which he gradually sorted out into four words: "Nirvana in the Sea of Suffering".
A supernatural power that removes the aging of the physical body and soul, which can be activated when life is at its weakest and allows one to live a new life. It allows the caster to choose the age state to be restored. It can only be used once in a lifetime, and the advancement process is similar to the 'Origin of Time'. The strongest regression is within 700 years.
However, there is a limitation: this supernatural power cannot be grafted onto any other species or living beings besides itself.
Jiang Mo pondered for a moment. He currently had a lifespan of six or seven hundred years, and even with the time he had spent cultivating in the Heavenly Kingdom, it was only a little over two hundred years. There was no need to extend his lifespan. His main thought was to regard this supernatural power as a life-extending talisman to be used in critical moments.
It's settled!
It is one of the must-have options.
Then, Jiang Mo lowered his right hand and continued to walk forward. The entire stone wall, which was like a history book, had countless recessed patterns, some high and some low, and he explored it all the way.
'Eternal Moment': Slows down the flow of time within a certain range by countless times, creating an effect that is almost like freezing time and space, restricting powerful enemies, while the caster is not restricted during this period.
Jiang Mo frowned slightly, feeling that it was unnecessary. With all five senses activated, his second true body could clearly see the trajectory of the vibration of all particles. Moreover, his speed was vastly different from that of other masters, which could also create a time-stopping effect.
However, in certain situations where it is necessary to save lives or delay injuries, the 'Eternal Moment' can be surprisingly effective. But if it can save lives, why doesn't he use the Heavenly Kingdom and the True Method of Reversing Life?
Jiang Mo didn't linger there for long. He shifted his gaze to the adjacent pattern, and his right hand followed suit.
'Contradictory': Reverses the enemy's supernatural power against oneself. At the moment of completing the spell, the effect of the supernatural power is eliminated in the current time and space, and locked onto the enemy at any time before the spell is cast, using the enemy's own spear to attack the enemy's own shield.
'Aloof from the world': Become an outcast of time, not bound by the normal flow of time. Covered in a membrane of light and time, the world is normal, but the caster is abnormal. This is an opportunity to cultivate and increase one's cultivation. After casting the spell, the ratio of the difference between one's own time flow and that of the world is determined according to the caster's thoughts, similar to heaven.
'Amber Cage': A sealing technique that seals and banishes the target's body and soul to any fragment of time under their control.
.......
There are a thousand kinds of supernatural powers, each with its own strengths. It took Jiang Mo two months just to sense them, let alone cultivate them.
Ultimately, he chose only three supernatural powers: the Origin of Time, Nirvana in the Sea of Suffering, and Seclusion from the World. The former served as one of the ultimate moves to deal with situations that could not be dealt with by common sense, while the latter two assisted his cultivation, forming the steps for him to reach higher levels.
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