CHAPTER 757: CHAPTER 180 POWER OF TIME_2

The Lei Yan King fell, and in the next life, he had grown up to this day. How much time had passed in between? What was used to determine this?

Initially, Zhou Yan had found it odd that Liu Jin and Fang Hong, after so many years, would still come to a place like the Ancient Ice Glacier. Now, their casual words made Zhou Yan suddenly understand many things.

Zhou Yan remembered the words his brother Lee Ran once left him, among which there was a sentence saying, "From the time I left that world to the current time development of that world, it is probably no more than twenty years, or even shorter..."

If this was to be judged, plus the ten years of life the Lei Yan King had lived through, it would be just over thirty years.

All at once, everything clicked.

Zhou Yan knew that people like Liu Jin and Fang Hong were not deceiving him, nor were they likely to be Venerables sent to continue scheming against him, because they all came from the ancient Taichu Hidden Land.

In the True God Plane and the other Star River Planes, many ancient Taichu hereditary families existed, which generally did not emerge in the world but instead secluded themselves for arduous cultivation.

The Liu and Fang families belonged to such families, which, although not particularly close to the Lei Yan King, were still quite good.

"Can you confirm that it’s thirty years?"

Zhou Yan’s expression suddenly became very serious as he asked.

"You don’t know? Lei Yan King, didn’t you regain your memory and live out your next life—you, could it be that you still have the True Void Heavenly Prohibition within you? Have you been deceiving yourself? Or have you been hit by the Killing Spirit Divine Dao, with a Demon Heart not yet extinguished? Not good! Wait, let me help you check!"

Next to Liu Jin, the thin and tall yellow-robed youth Fang Hong was also shocked, and his expression immediately grew solemn. He then took out a special black chess piece.

This black chess piece, heavy as a mountain in his hands, was very difficult to bring out, but both Qing Lan and Qing Feng retreated several steps in fear upon seeing it, clearing a sizable space.

The black chess was crystal clear, as if it contained a powerful and invincible world within, piercing straight to one’s heart.

"This is the ’Qiankun Life and Death Chess,’ capable of setting the ’True Void’ and breaking the ’Soul Killing.’"

Fang Hong explained, and then a bright light suddenly shot out of the black chess, illuminating Zhou Yan. Zhou Yan felt as if his soul had been struck by a sudden blast of cold ice, causing him to shiver violently.

The power of this black chess was unique, but it held no harm, and it moved so quickly that Zhou Yan couldn’t even respond, let alone resist.

"Eh? You..."

Fang Hong glanced at the black chess in his hand, and his expression also changed dramatically, but before he could speak, he froze.

"The black chess turning white indicates a true and pure soul, worthy of being called an Immortal Soul, but... who exactly are you? You are definitely not the Lei Yan King we know!"

After observing the change in the black chess, Liu Jin suddenly became very wary of Zhou Yan.

"When you guys peeped at the Heavenly Demon Clan’s Swan Holy Daughter bathing and were suppressed in the latrines, wasn’t it I who saved you? I lived out my next life and executed a Soul Slash on myself, changed my own blood, refined my soul with blood, and at the same time refined the brand of Sword Burial Ancestor Star’s prison plane. I am the Lei Yan King, no doubt about it."

Seeing them like this, Zhou Yan relaxed and thus explained.

"What sort of method can elevate the soul level like this? It is as if an ordinary person’s soul had achieved Immortal Ascension, an enormous opportunity! Perhaps it has something to do with the mysterious Divine Fist Li, he indeed spared no effort for you."

After carefully observing the black chess again, Liu Jin finally started to believe Zhou Yan.

Fang Hong did not say anything, but there was always a hint of shock and uncertainty, as if he had witnessed a terrifying scene, feeling fear towards Zhou Yan.

"Soul Slash Venerable Dao, Xingyi Divine Tao, these, aside from Divine Fist Li and Lei Yan King, who else knows them? And even if they do, it’s only superficial. Therefore, you really shouldn’t doubt my identity. If you still don’t trust me, then there’s nothing more I can say. With the power I hold in this place, killing you would be easy; there’s no need for me to deceive you, right?"

Zhou Yan, seeing their reaction, found it inappropriate to ask further, and his voice grew subtly colder.

"You, you’re right, we were too presumptuous. Lei Yan King, perhaps there are indeed some things you have mistaken! Our brotherhood with you should be better than you think. Concerning the fall of Lei Yan King, while others may be ignorant, we are aware that it all happened within the True Void Heavenly Prohibition, where many Venerables joined forces to plan and fight against Lei Yan King. Time within the True Void Heavenly Prohibition is different from reality.

The passage of time is also different in lower-class planes when compared to our upper-class planes.

In a Seed’s world, time flies swiftly. The saying ’one day in heaven, one year on Earth’ originates from this. In the true upper planes, time is connected with the Immortal Supreme Dao, allowing it to be accelerated or decelerated, only possible within the ’True Illusion Realm.’

Once a Cultivator leaves the ’True Illusion Realm,’ there is no change; the passage of time outside will be exactly as should be.

Many Cultivators perhaps cannot discern this, and the affairs of Lei Yan King seem more like legends. That’s because the Cultivators who have these feelings are those who have emerged from the True Void Battlefield, feeling as if time has crossed thousands, even tens of thousands, of years.

In truth, as per the Black Chess judgment of our ’Qiankun Sect Fang Family,’ only thirty-one years have truly passed.

This, all Cultivators in the upper planes clearly understand in their hearts.

Similarly, the Netherworld Goddess has lived out her next life, and this year, she has just turned twenty-one."

"Lei Yan King living out his next life, which is you, Zhou Yan, should normally be the same age—twenty-one."

"As for time discontinuities—only time in this world can discern the difference between decay and immortality."

"If you don’t believe this, then the Tianji Mountain you established with the ’Qiankun Heavenly Mechanism Skill’ taken from our Qiankun Sect and the Innate Body of Destiny you cultivated with our family’s ’Luck Path’ can all enlighten you," Fang Hong said solemnly.

He discovered that Lei Yan King was still in a state of ’confusion,’ having escaped others’ schemes, but it seemed he had yet to recognize reality and fully recover his self.

"So, it is like this!"

Zhou Yan’s mind stirred, and the fragments of lost memories began to sprout, breaking through some invisible suppression, gradually being restored.

Immediately, Zhou Yan remembered entering the Fang Family’s Qiankun door, recalled their crown prince and princess, remembered the disfavored Fang Hong, and other past events.

All of this coincided exactly with what Fang Hong had described.

By this moment, Zhou Yan was completely certain that if Xuanyuan Ancestor hadn’t broken that particular arrangement, he, Zhou Yan, would still be living another life under someone else’s calculation of the Power of Time! Even going to Earth, he would likely be unable to escape.

"Then why use the Power of Time to confuse?"

Zhou Yan, recalling all this, noticed the Memory Crystal within his Soul Sea shrink slightly, but he masked his reaction and asked with curiosity.

"The Power of Time, the Immortality Dao. Time is the most fearful Dao of all Ten Thousand Realms Plane. Beneath immortality, even the Supreme will decay with time. Isn’t it normal to use time to wash away hatred, to nurture souls with the Power of Time across three lives?"

"The concept of time was put forth by Wannian Sky Spirit, an extraordinary man named Gles, but unexpectedly, you’ve forgotten even this!"

"Lei Yan King, best you cease Cultivation for now and focus on retrieving your memory, else the path ahead is perilously unpredictable. You... you haven’t forgotten your daughter Yanyan too, have you?"

Liu Jin looked at Zhou Yan with a peculiar expression, almost closing in on Zhou Yan’s face, as if he wanted to scrutinize whether Lei Yan King truly had forgotten everything.