Traversing countless worlds from the primordial era

Chapter 75 The Time Laws of the Microcosm

Lei Ming told the Third Ancestor about what had happened over the years. When the Third Ancestor heard that the demon race had eaten so many people, he was furious.

"How dare you be so arrogant, you mere demon? We killed more than a dozen demon kings back then!" Suirenshi shouted. He was the strongest attacker among the three ancestors. His Sui Fire was neither innate nor acquired. It was extremely powerful and mysterious, and had killed many demon kings.

"Let's clear out the demons near our ancestral land first!" said Ziyi.

The three ancestors joined forces and quickly killed the demons approaching the ancestral land. However, not long after, more demons approached, and this time they were powerful demons at the Profound Immortal realm. If the three ancestors had not all reached the Golden Immortal realm, the human race would have been in serious trouble.

Taking advantage of the Third Ancestor's emergence from seclusion, Lei Ming returned to Qingyu Mountain and broke through to the Celestial Immortal realm. His speed increased several times over, and he arrived at Rainbow City in just a few days. Seeing that Rainbow City was unharmed, Lei Ming was finally relieved.

"In the past six months, several powerful demons have appeared near Rainbow City, but fortunately, their cultivation levels were not high, and we killed them all," Ku Yuan said to Lei Ming.

"Great Demon" is a collective term for several realms of demon races, corresponding to demon races from the Earth Immortal realm to the Profound Immortal realm.

"I don't know what changes have occurred in the world, but the strength of the demon race has greatly increased. We must be more careful in the future," Lei Ming said. "We also need to make plans so that if we encounter a powerful demon race, we can evacuate Rainbow City."

"We have to retreat again?" Ku Yuan looked unwilling. Rainbow City was built with a lot of hard work, and no one wanted to give it up.

"If we can build one Rainbow City, we can build a second one. Don't be reluctant; the primordial world is so vast, there are plenty of good places to go," Lei Ming advised.

Considering the upcoming war between the Lich King and the Demon King, Lei Ming decided to move the tribe further away from Buzhou Mountain. He sent Ku Yuan with his people eastward to prepare for a migration to the coast of the East Sea, after which Lei Ming returned to the ancestral land. He had barely returned when he was approached by people sent by the Three Ancestors.

"What happened?" Lei Ming asked. A local immortal named Zhu Yang from the ancestral land replied, "Two months ago, a demon king descended upon the ancestral land, demanding that we offer our young clansmen as tribute. The three ancestors were furious, and the ancestor Sui personally intervened, using his fire to obliterate the demon king, body and soul. Before dying, the demon king claimed to be a subordinate of the demon saint Yingzhao, and said that the demon saint Yingzhao would soon descend. The clansmen were terrified upon hearing this news."

Lei Ming was also surprised. Ying Zhao was one of the legendary Ten Great Demon Saints of the Demon Clan, holding a very high position in the Heavenly Court. His strength was at least that of a Taiyi Golden Immortal, and more likely a Daluo Golden Immortal.

Such a powerful figure is someone the human race cannot afford to offend. Thinking of this, Lei Ming hurriedly went to see the Third Ancestor.

"Leiming, you're back." Upon seeing Leiming, Suirenshi relaxed somewhat. Although Leiming was not as strong as them, he was resourceful and had a deeper understanding of the primordial world.

Lei Ming nodded, his expression also very serious.

"I've heard about Yingzhao's situation. In my opinion, we should prepare to leave here immediately and go elsewhere!" Lei Ming said bluntly.

"No!" Arisu refused resolutely. "This is our ancestral land. How can we abandon it?"

Lei Ming looked at Suirenshi and Ziyishi, whose attitudes were the same as Youchaoshi's.

Lei Ming had a headache. In fact, it was inevitable for the human race to leave Buzhou Mountain. You must know that Buzhou Mountain was the main battlefield of the war between the Lich King and the Demon King. If Buzhou Mountain collapsed, the Milky Way would overflow... If the human race stayed on Buzhou Mountain, even with the protection of a sage, they would suffer heavy losses.

However, these thunderclaps could not be told to the Third Ancestor.

"Then let's wait a bit longer." Lei Ming said helplessly. His status in the human race was not as high as that of the Three Ancestors. Without the Three Ancestors' approval, the human race would definitely not leave the ancestral land.

After entrusting the affairs of the ancestral land to the Third Ancestor, Lei Ming went into seclusion to prepare for refining the Kunlun Mirror. Only those at the Celestial Immortal Realm or above were qualified to refine such a top-grade innate spiritual treasure as the Kunlun Mirror.

The Kunlun Mirror has 48 innate restrictions, each of which is an insurmountable obstacle for Lei Ming. To refine these restrictions, one must comprehend the fragments of laws contained within them; therefore, refining an innate spiritual treasure is itself a process of comprehending the laws.

Lei Ming spent ten years trying to comprehend the first restriction, but without any success. Lei Ming cultivated the Five Elements Laws and knew nothing about the Time Law, making it extremely difficult to even begin to understand it. In fact, even a typical Grand Luo Golden Immortal would need countless years to refine a Primordial Spiritual Treasure like the Kunlun Mirror, which contained the Time Law.

Lei Ming couldn't wait that long. After failing to comprehend the restriction, he began to consider other methods.

"Time...time..." Lei Ming pondered deeply, "Time and space are inseparable laws. Could I comprehend time through space?"

Lei Ming suddenly had an idea. He used the Five Elements Laws to evolve the Five Elements Space. Although the Five Elements Space was still weak, it already possessed the essence of a world due to the existence of the Five Elements Imperial Seal. A complete world must be supported by the laws of time and space. The more powerful the world, the more complete the laws of time and space become.

According to the world's hierarchy, the Heavenly Dao Great World is the most powerful, containing a complete set of 3000 laws, including the laws of time and space. Next is the Great Thousand World; although its laws are incomplete, it is possible to cultivate to the level of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal. If a cultivator could control the entire Great Thousand World, they would possess the strength of a Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal. The Primordial World lies between the Heavenly Dao Great World and the Great Thousand World; some of its laws are still incomplete, but it can accommodate multiple Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortals.

Below the Great Thousand Worlds are the Middle Thousand Worlds and the Small Thousand Worlds. Weaker than the Small Thousand Worlds are the Microscopic Worlds, followed by the Grotto-Heavens. Grotto-Heavens can only exist by depending on the world and cannot exist independently.

"The Five Elements Space can only be considered a microscopic world at present, but it has already touched upon the laws of time and space."

Lei Ming's heart stirred; the Five Elements Space was now under his control. The laws within the Five Elements Space unfolded before him, revealing not only the laws of the Five Elements but also the laws of space. Of the laws governing the entire Five Elements Space, the laws of the Five Elements accounted for 99%, and of the remaining 10%, the laws of space again comprised 99%, with the last remaining element being the law of time.

Lei Ming carefully separated the Five Elements Laws, using the Space Law to activate the Time Law, allowing the Time Law to manifest within the Five Elements Space. Lei Ming saw a phantom, almost imperceptible river flowing above the Five Elements Space, its other end extending to an unknown destination.

"The River of Time!"

Among the 3000 laws, the Law of Time is supreme for a reason. Only the Law of Time exists eternally in all the heavens and myriad realms, and all worlds are connected to the river of time, whether it is the primordial world or the thunderous Five Elements Space.

The River of Time is an extremely terrifying existence. Only Great Luo Golden Immortals can transcend it, merging the past, present, and future into one, existing eternally and eternally. However, even Great Luo Golden Immortals cannot freely traverse the River of Time. Only Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortals can do so. The saying "A sage can travel through countless worlds with a single thought" refers to this. In other words, while Lei Ming can travel to other worlds through the Kunlun Mirror, a sage can do the same with just their primordial spirit.

Lei Ming looked up at the river of time, his consciousness filled with nothingness. Fortunately, the Kunlun Mirror took the initiative to protect its master and pulled his primordial spirit out of the river of time.

Lei Ming was terrified.

"The River of Time is terrifying; without the strength of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, one doesn't even have the right to look up to it!"

Lei Ming was very fortunate to have obtained the Kunlun Mirror; otherwise, his primordial spirit would have been lost in the river of time and would have eventually dissipated.

"The more terrifying the River of Time is, the more powerful the Law of Time is. I must master the Law of Time!" Lei Ming's fighting spirit was ignited by his previous encounter. He immersed all his energy in the Kunlun Mirror, using the Law of Time in the Five Elements Space to verify the restrictions in the Kunlun Mirror.

A thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye. Humanity has developed cultivation techniques and has grown rapidly. Now, there are over a hundred billion humans within a radius of tens of millions of miles around Buzhou Mountain. Some are as powerful as the Three Ancestors, whose strength has reached the peak of the Golden Immortal realm. Some humans with exceptional talent, such as Chisongzi, have comprehended their own cultivation techniques through their own comprehension and have reached the True Immortal realm in just a thousand years.

Humanity's strength is largely due to the techniques passed down by Lei Ming, who thus gained astonishing fortune. For the past thousand years, Lei Ming has been immersed in comprehending the laws of time, without engaging in any cultivation, yet his cultivation has still reached the peak of the Celestial Immortal realm, just one step away from becoming a True Immortal.

Of course, Lei Ming's greatest gain over the past thousand years was not his cultivation level.

(End of this chapter)