The lightning pool that had obstructed Qin Shi earlier had already become pitifully shriveled at this moment. Only a few small lightning snakes were left. When they saw Qin Shi, they trembled and emitted trembling sounds as they hurriedly curled up into the cracks on the ground. At this moment, the corner of Qin Shi's mouth lifted in a pleased manner. He raised his eyes and looked towards the palace on the island in the middle. At this moment, a faint calling could still be transmitted from the palace. It seemed to be resonating with something within his body.
"According to the words of the Sky-Devouring Sea Python, the palace should be the Chaos Stubborn Rock. Let me see what it is that can make the Chaos Stubborn Rock resonate with me." Qin Shi pursed his lips as he leapt onto the island.
After passing through the lightning pool, there were no more obstructions in the palace.
Qin Shi very easily walked into the palace. The interior of the palace was not as large as Qin Shi had imagined. Instead, it was an extremely spacious corridor. At the end of the corridor, there was a platform. On the platform, there was an exquisite wooden box. An extremely powerful seal was placed on the four corners of the wooden box. Qin Shi walked along the corridor and arrived in front of the wooden box. His large hand gently lifted the wooden box.
"Buzz!"
As the wooden box rose into the air, a soft trembling sound came from within.
"Let me see what kind of treasure this Chaos Stubborn Rock is." Qin Shi undid the four seals and slowly opened the wooden box.
Boom!
In an instant, the corridor was enveloped in black light as the wooden box emitted an extremely powerful Primal Chaos Light. That light was clearly black, but it was extremely dazzling. It was even more intense than the sun at noon, causing Qin Shi to furrow his brows as he endured the piercing pain and looked at the Chaos Stubborn Rock.
"What terrifying Spiritual Energy … This Spiritual Energy is actually comparable to one of the four profound zones in the deep sea abyss?
The Sky-Devouring Sea Serpent didn't lie to me. With this thing, not to mention transforming a snake into a dragon, anyone who is baptized by this thing, even a mortal can reach the World Realm, right? "Qin Shi clicked his tongue. This Chaos Stubborn Rock was really terrifying.
After a long while, Qin Shi regretfully shook his head. Although the Chaos Stubborn Rock was precious and filled with Spiritual Energy, it was a pity that the Chaos Stubborn Rock wasn't pure Spiritual Energy. It was extremely difficult for ordinary people to absorb it, or else it would cause chaos in their bodies and cause them to go berserk. That also meant that the Chaos Stubborn Rock had no other use for Qin Shi other than being a spiritual stone filled with Spiritual Energy.
This made Qin Shi slightly disappointed.
Liiii!
All of a sudden, a dull stone jumped out from Qin Shi 'Interspatial Ring and excitedly landed before the Chaos Stubborn Rock.
Qin Shi frowned when he saw the Spirit Stone. It was the Origin Stone's Core that Qin Shi had inadvertently obtained at the Talisman Demon Conference in the crack of the Beast World?
Back then, Donkey Ruhua had said that the strength of the Origin Stone's Core was beyond imagination. Unfortunately, in order to break Taoist Ghost Shadow's Soul Destruction Reincarnation Formation, the Spiritual Energy in the Origin Stone's Core had completely dissipated and become dull. He didn't expect that the Origin Stone's Core would jump out on its own upon seeing the Chaos Stubborn Rock. Qin Shi couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Could it be that the Chaos Stubborn Rock can restore the Origin Stone's Core?"
"Kid, the Chaos Stubborn Rock and the Origin Stone's Core have a unique tacit understanding. Furthermore, the Chaos Stubborn Rock isn't any weaker than the Origin Stone's Core. It shouldn't be as simple as restoring the Origin Stone's Core. They might be … fusing."
"Fusing?"
Qin Shi exclaimed. Then, he looked strangely at the two rocks on the platform.
The Origin Stone's Core and the Chaos Stubborn Rock had completely different natures. Qin Shi remembered that the Origin Stone's Core was a Spirit Stone with extremely pure Spiritual Energy, while the Chaos Stubborn Rock was the exact opposite. It was a Spirit Stone with chaotic Spiritual Energy, but it could devour all Spiritual Energy. If the two were to fuse, what would it be?
"There's no such thing as purity in Spiritual Energy. However, due to the different elements of Spiritual Energy, each person can only control a portion of it. The portion that can be controlled is known as pure Spiritual Energy, while the portion that cannot be controlled is known as Chaotic Energy. However, all of this originates from the space and time of this world. I can vaguely sense an extremely profound power within the power of these two rocks. That power … is it … is it time?" The Nefarious Demon asked.
"Time?"
Qin Shi clicked his tongue. To cultivators, time was the same as heaven and earth. It was a profound mystery that could not be explored. The power of space could be broken, but no one could control time. This was also why the world was endless, and there was no end of the world. In the long river of history, there were countless experts, and some of them were as strong as the clouds. However, there had never been anyone who could escape the power of time and the power of heaven and earth.
Even a Transcendent Realm expert, or even someone at the peak of the world, would be helpless against the ruthlessness of heaven and earth because their lifespans were about to end. In the end, they would fall into a pile of white ash. They could only grind their bones and scatter their ashes in this world, turning into dust. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
However, these two rocks actually had the power of time?
Wasn't that amazing?
Qin Shi was curious. At that moment, the two rocks let out a cry and jumped into Qin Shi's left and right hands.
In each of his hands, the two rocks kept emitting ethereal sounds. It was like a cool breeze in a valley gently blowing the beautiful music at the mouth of the gorge. It was as clear as the sound of orioles flying out of the valley. At this time, the two rocks were actually fighting for favor?
All of them wanted to curry favor with Qin Shi by displaying their abilities.
When Qin Shi saw this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. "These two guys are really intelligent."
"Yes. These two spirit stones contain some of the origin energy of the world. They should have existed since the beginning of time. Furthermore, it's also because of this that they possess some of the power of time within them," said the nefarious spirit.
Qin Shi nodded his head. Soon after, he did not say anything. Since these two stones possessed intelligence and had chosen him as their master, there was no need for him to do anything. All he needed to do was to cooperate with these two Spiritual Stones. He was also curious as to what exactly these two Spiritual Stones wanted to do.
And as if it was because of the Chaos Stubborn Stones, the cores of the Origin Stones also gradually glowed and began to recover bit by bit. The pure spiritual energy within them caused people's hearts to ripple.
When the cores of the two Origin Stones were restored, the two Spirit Stones suddenly flashed with a strange light. The strange light intertwined between Qin Shi's left and right hands, and finally connected to form a beautiful star path. When the star path connected, Qin Shi could feel a strange power burrowing into his body like a spirit snake. It circulated through his body at an extremely fast speed, and finally gathered at the Niwan acupoint in his mind, forming an ancient mark.
When he saw that mark, Qin Shi's body trembled, as if he was frozen in place by that mark.
At that moment, Qin Shi actually felt that time around him had stopped flowing.
"Hum!"
Crack!
Suddenly, there was a clear cracking sound. The two spiritual stones in Qin Shi's left and right hands suddenly shattered.
Qin Shi was shocked. "Shattered?"
Qin Shi smacked his lips. The treasure that he had spent so much effort to find had shattered just like that?
Not only had it shattered, but it had also shattered the cores of the Origin Stones?
Qin Shi couldn't help feeling annoyed. But at this time, the evil spirit suddenly said, "Boy, don't worry. Look carefully, these two spiritual stones seem to be fusing!"
Qin Shi suddenly calmed himself down. Only then did he realize that after the two spirit stones shattered, they had turned into crystal clear powder that filled the sky. This powder actually flowed into his body as he breathed. The powder of the two spirit stones circulated in his body, and in the end, actually gathered at the Niwan acupoint in his sea of consciousness. In the Niwan acupoint, the two spirit stones fused with each other, and in the end, they became one spirit stone. That spirit stone just happened to fall in the center of the ancient mark.
Boom!
When the two fused, Qin Shi was shocked. For a short moment, he could actually feel the flow of time around him?
This was a fluctuation that he had never felt in the past.
"When these two spiritual stones fused in my body, I can actually feel the flow of time?"
Qin Shi was stunned. Soon after, he shut his black eyes. Only then did he discover to his surprise that an ancient array had formed within his body. The eye of the array was the ancient seal in his Niwan. As the array flowed, two similar ancient totems appeared on his left and right palms. The totem on his left hand was a golden swirl that flowed with the flow, while the totem on his right hand was the exact opposite. It was a half-moon shape that flowed in reverse. It was as though one hand was holding the sun, while the other was holding the moon, causing Qin Shi to feel as though he was holding the sun, moon, and stars in his hands.
"What, what a magical formation …"
Qin Shi exclaimed. At this time, he calmed down and saw that there was a line of small words below the ancient formation.
"Ancient Star Reversal Formation!"
"Is this the name of this formation?" Qin Shi whispered. At this time, he suddenly had a bold idea.
He licked his dry lips and suddenly waved his hand. A ray of light fiercely smashed the seat into pieces.
Boom!
The platform was destroyed, instantly exploding into countless pieces of powder. Pieces of boulders shot towards him under the inertia.
At the same time, he activated the Star Reversal Formation with his black eyes. The violent speed of the huge rocks suddenly slowed down. Not only the huge rocks, but everything within a hundred meter radius of Qin Shi slowed down. Even the wind was the same. It was as if time had slowed down in this hundred meter radius. This made Qin Shi even more certain of his idea.
He turned his right hand and the formation flowed in reverse.
Immediately, a shocking scene appeared. Qin Shi, who was originally shooting towards Qin Shi, quickly turned back according to his original trajectory. The seat that had been smashed into dust by Qin Shi returned to its original appearance in a few short breaths. Even the spiritual light that Qin Shi had released condensed again and flew back into Qin Shi's body.
When he saw this, Qin Shi's heart jumped.
"This formation can control time?"
Qin Shi exclaimed. This was the only thing that made sense to him. But to be able to control time … how terrifying would it be?