The complexity and incomprehensibility of the Extreme Universe Finger had always been something that Long Chen struggled with.
From the first level of the Extreme Universe Finger until now, he had only broken through two levels because of great opportunities.
The difficulty of Time Reversal and the Wordless Art were not on the same level.
The Wordless Art was only the entry level of the God Slaying Art, while the Extreme Universe Finger was the entry level of the Time Dao. The God Slaying Art was a killing sword art, and the Time Dao was rare in the mortal world. Killing was easy, but catching the tail of time was much more difficult.
Ever since he started cultivating the Extreme Universe Finger, Long Chen had been pondering about this invisible and intangible thing called time.
It was something that flowed through the entire world, but no one could catch it. Long Chen could only sense the existence of time through the claw left behind by the Void Universe Dragon in his hand. From there, he could disturb time and form Time Disorder. He could even catch the flow of time and stop time.
The most profound thing about the Extreme Universe Finger was to reverse time and form Time Reversal.
The Void Dragon Talisman had this ability, but it was not complete.
The Time Dao was broad and profound. Disorder, Stillness, and Time Reversal all had infinite possibilities. When the attribute of Time Disorder was gradually cultivated to the highest level, it was even possible to cause Time Disorder in the entire world. As for Time Stop, it was rumored that it could cause the entire world to become eternal for a moment and stop the entire world. When Time Reversal was cultivated to the highest level, it was not impossible to reverse time and travel through history.
Of course, these were all legends.
What Long Chen wanted to do now was to use the Extreme Universe Finger to explore the entry level of Time Reversal.
Relatively speaking, to achieve Time Reversal was much more difficult than Time Stillness and Time Disorder.
After returning to the Shattered Star River, Long Chen temporarily stored everything that had happened in the Sword God Palace in the depths of his heart, turning it into his fuel and motivation. He put all his attention on hard work, hoping that he could achieve Time Reversal and Martial Path Great Circle in the next two months.
In fact, both of them lacked the final step.
He had succeeded in the Wordless Formula. If he succeeded in both, he would definitely make great progress. On the 15th of August, he had to be more confident to win his own dignity and victory.
Lingxiao's fear, Bai Youyun's heartache, and Lingxi's pain and entanglement made it impossible for Long Chen to relax and give up for even a moment.
As he stood in front of the Sword Spirit Emperor Palace, Long Chen finally knew how much pressure he was under.
After returning to the Shattered Star River, he focused all his attention on cultivation.
The scripture of Time Reversal clearly appeared in his mind.
As he pondered, he used the fingers of his left hand, which were the claws of the Void Infinity Dragon. Long Chen felt the trajectory of time. He could already stop time. To reverse the flow, he only needed one step.
However, this step had become an insurmountable chasm for Long Chen.
As he drifted in the Shattered Star River, he was constantly immersed in the scripture and feeling the trajectory of time.
After about a day, Long Chen realized that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't make any progress with his current talent. This made him a little anxious. In the face of danger, he also began to doubt his own ability.
"If I can't complete it on the 15th of August …"
There was no doubt that this would become his lifelong regret. In fact, he had allowed himself to fail in every battle, but he definitely couldn't allow it this time. If he failed, it would mean that he had lost the most important part of his life.
This failure would cause his life to lose all color.
Hence, he placed great importance on this.
It was this importance that caused him to feel anxious and other negative emotions. This would have been impossible for him in the past.
If there was really no other way, Long Chen could only look for inspiration from the things around him.
As he wandered in the Shattered Star River, there would be Shattered Stars whizzing past him from time to time.
The Shattered Stars disappeared into the distance with the whistling sound of the wind.
Another gigantic Fragmentary Star with a diameter of nearly one hundred meters flew over. This kind of Fragmentary Star was extremely hard and extremely terrifying. If others encountered it, they would naturally have to run away immediately. However, Long Chen didn't feel any pressure at all. He flipped onto the Fragmentary Star and followed the gigantic Fragmentary Star on its endless journey. He sat cross-legged on the Fragmentary Star and watched the other Fragmentary Stars fly by on both sides. These Fragmentary Stars were like time itself, rushing forward without any hesitation. Not to mention making them stop, even making them slightly deviate from their trajectory was extremely difficult.
It was even more difficult to make them go back.
Long Chen realized that the journey of the Shattered Stars was almost like the passage of time.
He traveled in the boundless sea of stars, silently searching for the true meaning of time.
At the same time, in the Beast God Palace of the Desolate Imperial Palace, a grand banquet was being held.
The true higher-ups of the Desolate Imperial Palace, the six extremely powerful Demon Emperors, and the chiefs of the top 100 clans of the Demon Clan had all come to this grand banquet.
The main character of this banquet was none other than the Thearch's Son who had just returned from the Thunder Wasteland.
Everyone was silently welcoming the Thearch's Son into the hall.
The six Demon Emperors and the chiefs of the 100 clans sat on the left and right sides of the Beast God Hall. In the most luxurious seat of the Beast God Hall, there was a bronze mirror. The reflection of the mirror was chaotic, but everyone looked at the bronze mirror in awe.
Under the bronze mirror, there was a small seat, but it was the seat closest to the highest point.
This was the seat of the Thearch's Son.
There was only one Thearch's Son in the Desolate Imperial Realm, and that was Mo Xiaolang.
In the Desolate Imperial Realm, Mo Xiaolang was still a mythical figure.
The position of the six Monster Emperors was even lower than Mo Xiaolang.
The four Sword Masters of the Sword Spirit Imperial Palace, the three Martial Honorables of the True Martial Imperial Palace, and the six Demon Emperors of the Desolate Imperial Palace were all at the same level — the fourth stage of the Nirvana Tribulation.
A few days ago, there was news that the Thearch's Son had swallowed the Thunderfire Emperor's Dragon Fire that had ravaged the Thunder Wasteland for millions of years and successfully passed the third stage of the Nirvana Tribulation.
Within a year, he had consecutively passed the third stage of the Nirvana Tribulation.
The most terrifying genius in the history of the Desolate Imperial Realm was born.
Basically, most people would forcefully welcome the Nirvana Tribulation when the time limit of a thousand years was up.
However, Mo Xiaolang had consecutively made breakthroughs within a year and successfully passed the third stage of the Nirvana Tribulation. This was a young junior that caused the entire Desolate Imperial Realm to be in an uproar. The enthusiasm that all the young disciples had for Mo Xiaolang surpassed the enthusiasm that the youths of the True Martial Imperial Realm had for Long Chen.
There was no one in the younger generation who could compete with Mo Xiaolang for the position of the Desolate Imperial Emperor in the future.
Only Mo Xiaolang himself knew how dangerous it was to pass the third stage of the Nirvana Tribulation.
When the first stage of the Nirvana True Lightning descended, it only destroyed one-third of Mo Xiaolang's body. He had exhausted all the strength in his body, but he still couldn't block the Nirvana True Lightning.
The second stage of the Nirvana True Lightning was a type of extreme Yin and cold gas. It should be the 'Three Yin Cold Current' that would only appear at the fourth stage of the Nirvana Tribulation. Mo Xiaolang had only faced the third stage of the Nirvana Tribulation, but the Three Yin Cold Current had already appeared.
The Three Yin Cold Current had entangled Mo Xiaolang to the brink of death.
This was only the second attack of the Nirvana Tribulation. In that instant, Mo Xiaolang had already lost all hope.
However, his luck was too good.
There were still two attacks left. One was a flame, and the other was a gale.
The flame was the Heart Eroding Demon Fire. This was also a terrifying flame that specialized in corroding the physical body. If an ordinary person faced this kind of Nirvana Tribulation, their physical body would be completely corroded. However, Mo Xiaolang had swallowed the Heart Eroding Demon Fire. The injuries he had suffered in the first two stages of the Nirvana Tribulation were completely healed by the Heart Eroding Demon Fire.
Then, he safely passed the fourth stage of the Annihilation Black Wind.
If the Annihilation Black Wind was before the Heart Eroding Demon Fire, Mo Xiaolang knew that he would definitely die.
The third stage of the Nirvana Tribulation had actually surpassed the power of the fourth stage of the Nirvana Tribulation.
Other people's third stage of the Nirvana Tribulation would only have three types of attacks, but Mo Xiaolang had four.
This was the Heavens being jealous of him. The Heavens were trying to kill him. The moment Mo Xiaolang escaped death, he deeply understood this.
He was lucky to survive, and his strength had greatly increased.
When the Desolation Imperial Palace received the news, they arranged the highest level banquet. All the upper echelons attended to welcome Mo Xiaolang's return.
After a few days of recuperation, Mo Xiaolang had fully recovered. When he arrived at the Beast God Main Hall with a majestic aura, everyone was shouting his name. Even the six demonic beast emperors were satisfied with Mo Xiaolang's performance. Mo Xiaolang was impeccable.
The Wolf Race's supreme expert, Moon Devourer, was also one of the six demonic emperors.
Under the admiring eyes of the crowd, Mo Xiaolang sat below the Desolation Imperial Emperor, closest to the Desolation Imperial Emperor.
Normally, the Desolation Imperial Emperor wouldn't easily show his face.
When Mo Xiaolang arrived, everyone started to ask him about the situation. Everyone was talking at once, and Mo Xiaolang could only give a simple explanation. Hearing the power of the Nirvana Tribulation, even the six demonic emperors were moved.
"Imperial Prince, to be able to pass such a Nirvana Tribulation is truly admirable. In just a year, Imperial Prince's fighting strength is comparable to us six demonic emperors." One of the demonic emperors laughed, his voice like a bell.
Mo Xiaolang wasn't used to such a lively scene.
He shook his head, "Xiao Lang naturally can't compare to the six demonic emperors. I still have much to learn."
"Haha, Imperial Prince is too humble."
The crowd roared with laughter.
At this moment, the bronze mirror at the top of the hall started to change.
"The Emperor is here."
Everyone quickly left their seats and knelt on the ground.
In the bronze mirror, a blurry black figure appeared.
Mo Xiaolang followed suit and knelt down.
He had returned to find the Desolation Imperial Emperor, who had coincidentally appeared.
"This time, I will ask the Emperor for permission to go to the Sword Spirit Imperial Palace."
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