Swallowing the Stars: Level 1, One Talent, Invincible Chaos Origin

Chapter 154, Changes Occurring in the Thousand-Layer Abyss
Within the ring world of Jiangming Castle, in the quiet room.

Time seems to stand still here, yet it also seems to flow at a speed beyond the imagination of the outside world.

The illusory image of the Wheel of Time on Jiang Ming's chest became increasingly solid, and the time law patterns flowing on it were no longer simple outlines, but transformed into countless intricate, constantly arising and ceasing microscopic spacetime vortices.

Each grain of flowing golden sand seems to carry the rise and fall of a miniature world.

"Acceleration, deceleration, stillness. The essence of the flow of time lies in 'fluctuation'."

Jiang Ming's consciousness was completely immersed in the ocean of the laws of time. The guidance of the Chaos City Lord, the profound meaning of the "Chronicle of Time" and his own insights over tens of millions of years all became his resources.

He saw it!

Time is not a uniform river, but rather composed of countless fluctuating "ripples of time".

The so-called acceleration is to push the ripples to a higher frequency, make the interval between the peaks and troughs shorter, and increase the number of "time scales" experienced per unit of time.

Slowing down involves smoothing out the ripples, reducing the frequency, and lengthening the intervals.

Stillness completely "freezes" the temporal ripples in a certain area, keeping them constant at a certain moment.

The essence of the Wheel of Time is to directly interfere with and manipulate the "temporal ripples" in these fundamental cosmic structures!
"Om~~~"

A buzzing sound, seemingly originating from the very source of the universe, resounded.

The dark golden wheel of time on Jiang Ming's chest suddenly dimmed, all the strange phenomena shrank, and finally transformed into a seemingly simple, palm-sized dark golden wheel, which floated quietly.

There were no more intricate patterns on the wheel, only a thin pointer and a faint light inside that seemed to contain endless stardust.

The second level of the Wheel of Time!
become!
It's not just a simple increase in power, but a fundamental leap!
If the first level of the Wheel of Time merely invokes the power of the laws of time, then the second level of the Wheel of Time truly begins to influence the "pulse" of time.

Thoughts moved slightly.

hum!
The dark golden wheel of time turned gently.

Within the ring world, centered on Jiang Ming, the original time acceleration zone began to accelerate wildly!
Rumble!
The endless energy drawn by the 'Source Crystal' was frantically devoured by the Wheel of Time, and countless cosmic energies were violently 'sucked out' from the special channels opened by the 'Source Crystal'.

It formed a terrifying river of energy!

Within the long river, spatial layers are being eliminated.

It was as if the space itself could not withstand such a surge of energy.

"Oh no! The spatial layers within the ring world can't withstand this energy surge; the ring world is about to collapse!"

Jiang Ming immediately realized the reason, and with a thought, his figure appeared in the outside world.

The moment it appeared, Jiang Ming noticed that the spatial fluctuations around the world ring placed on the ground were becoming unstable.

"After a 100,000-fold time acceleration, each acceleration leap results in a leap in energy consumption."

I could sense that the energy channel we just encountered wasn't enough to truly accelerate the Wheel of Time a million times; it could only achieve a time flow rate of about 300,000 to 600,000 times.

Previously, the highest acceleration time could only reach was 100,000 times, and Jiang Ming was not sure what kind of leap the energy loss rate would reach after 100,000 times acceleration.

Upon seeing it now, even Jiang Ming was shocked.

"I am not surprised that the energy consumption has increased exponentially."

But this leap in growth is not just an exponential one.

Such a leap in growth is almost exaggerated and illogical.

Jiang Ming frowned in thought, gazing at the Time Wheel floating before him. He continuously moved the hands on it, influencing the surrounding time flow.

We continuously experimented at time flows of 100,000 times and even more than 100,000 times.

"So that's how it is. It violated the rules of the universe?" Through repeated fluctuations in the flow of time, Jiang Ming, the Lord of the Universe, combined with his immense mental power, finally discovered the key reason.

The reason for the explosive increase in energy consumption is that after accelerating to more than 100,000 times, additional consumption occurs.

The immense energy negates the constant and ubiquitous rules governing the universe, which is why energy consumption has increased exponentially.

"It seems that the original universe was indeed biased towards me. Before the Wheel of Time was accelerated by 100,000 times, it did not touch the rules of the universe's operation."

After figuring out the reason, Jiang Ming immediately understood.

Jiang Ming was aware that the time acceleration of the Wheel of Time had been consumed at a very low rate.

He had already researched the treasures that could accelerate time and their costs before the Genius Battle.

At that time, he could accelerate time by a thousand times with a single 'Flame Crystal' worth 180 Mixed Yuan Units. Normally, to accelerate time by a thousand times, one would have to burn a massive amount of 'Flame Crystals' in just one hour.

It was from that time that he truly understood just how extraordinary the Time Wheel talent was.

However, the universe's favoritism has its limits, and the current flow rate of the Wheel of Time, exceeding 100,000 times, has already surpassed this limit.

"With the 'Source Crystal' providing energy, I can now maintain a time flow rate of 670,000 times. Although it hasn't reached the expected million-time flow rate, it's still pretty good."

After learning the reason, Jiang Ming stopped worrying about it and started researching the maximum acceleration time.

Theoretically, the Primal Treasure can provide unlimited energy, but it also has limitations, namely the speed at which energy is absorbed.

Just as Jiang Ming's Earth-based self was getting familiar with the Time Wheel, whose acceleration efficiency was skyrocketing, the flow rate of the Illusionary Realm, controlled by 360 Illusionary Light Clones, was also increasing dramatically at the same time.

All the clones share the same consciousness, although due to the innate secret technique, it only affects the original body.

If the other clones want to use it, they will have to wait until Jiang Ming fully understands the innate secret technique and turns it into an ordinary secret technique that he can use at will.

However, the higher Jiang Ming's understanding of the innate secret technique, the more power his other clones can unleash will be.

Just like now, Jiang Ming's true form can unleash the second form of the Wheel of Time, greatly enhancing his understanding of the Wheel of Time.

The effects of the Time Wheel cast by the other clones were also significantly enhanced.

Three hundred and sixty illusory light clones, like three hundred and sixty silent observers, their wills shrouded the planets of various shapes.

On a planet, civilization is going through its seventeenth cycle of war.

On another planet, sinners wrestle against each other in the deep mines.

Further afield, the desperate cries of the slave market merged into an invisible torrent.

A vast amount of thoughts, despair, greed, and twisted emotions were extracted one by one, transcended time and space, and injected into the ever-thickening 'Abyss of Calamity,' transforming into layers of abyss.

As time goes by, the number of layers in the abyss will soon reach thousands.

When the first thousandth layer of the abyss was opened up.

A soft ringing sound resonated in Jiang Ming's consciousness, causing the entire 'Abyss of Calamity' to tremble slightly.

The moment the entire 'Abyss of Calamity' was completed in the Thousand-Layer Abyss, it resonated with Jiang Ming's inner world on a deeper level.

The structure of the entire inner world is constantly changing, and the land spanning 1.296 billion square kilometers seems to have formed a unique spacetime node.

At the same time, a thousand slightly transparent and illusory dark nodes also appeared.

While changes were occurring within Jiang Ming's inner world, the Lord of Bilong, located in a distant territory, also noticed them.

(End of this chapter)