The Lord of Ashes

The溯源之石 (Su Yuan Zhi Shi, roughly translated as Source Tracing Stone) of the Demon Tide civilization is said to possess the ability to traverse time and space, peering into the past and future.

Sai'en had previously caught a glimpse of this item in the hands of the Yanxia Demon Ancestor during the early stages of the ultimate battlefield outbreak, when he manipulated the Mechanical God to cooperate with the Yanxia Demon Ancestor to lock onto Aurora, a peak Half-Ninth level powerhouse.

At that time, the Yanxia Demon Ancestor held the Source Tracing Stone in one hand and a Time-Space Crystal Diamond in the other.

The dazzling, colorful power of time and space was enough to blind anyone.

Besides the Demon Tide civilization possessing a Source Tracing Stone, it seemed the Ruin civilization also had one.

The God of Destruction, Zanding, was able to carry out cross-time-space expeditions primarily by utilizing the Source Tracing Stone's ability to traverse time and space.

That colorful time-space channel also left a deep impression on Sai'en.

Perhaps the fact that the Demon Tide civilization and the Ruin civilization were able to conduct this cross-time-space dimensional hegemony competition in the Light Stream Retrospective World was also related to the fact that both ultimate civilizations possessed a Source Tracing Stone.

This kind of time-space power, especially when it involved "time rules," was also a knowledge blind spot for Sai'en and the vast majority of Wizard civilization's true spirit magic scholars.

The Eighth-level space-elemental true spirit, Thales · Canxing, had deep research into space-elemental laws, but when it came to the power of time… this space true spirit probably couldn't talk about too many verified time truths, and more of it was still "theoretical knowledge."

As a truth seeker and the leader of the Wizard civilization, Sai'en naturally had the obligation to make up for this shortcoming in the Wizard civilization.

He himself was indeed not good at space power, and he had not dabbled in the mysteries of time before, but that didn't mean he couldn't start researching it.

Faced with Sai'en's suddenly mentioned request, the Yanxia Demon Ancestor was slightly stunned, and then replied: "The Source Tracing Stone is not in my hands at this time, but has already been returned to the Supreme Youhuang."

"If Master Sai'en is interested in this, you may wish to mention it to the Supreme," the Yanxia Demon Ancestor said.

"I will," Sai'en nodded.

……

The Yanxia Demon Ancestor's visit this time to inquire about the transformation of the Mechanical Dragon Roar Demon Ancestor was actually related to an event recently reported from the dimensional battlefield front lines.

——Many Demon Emperors saw the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor!

Of course, not the living One-Eyed Demon Ancestor.

The One-Eyed Demon Ancestor had already died in the central war zone of the previous dimensional battlefield, and even his corpse and the civilization's treasure, the Xuanhei Axe, were taken away by the Ruin civilization's Dimlight Prophet.

This time, the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor reappearing on the dimensional battlefield front lines was, to be precise, the corpse of the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor!

The Wizard civilization had corpse refining synthetic beast technology, the Minghe Empire had bone spirit demon puppet manufacturing technology, and the Ruin civilization, as an extreme ultimate civilization, naturally had its own means of corpse reuse!

Not only the Ruin civilization, but also the Demon Tide civilization!

However, the Demon Tide civilization was not yet at the point of turning its own fallen Demon Emperors into corpse puppets and other existences, and re-investing them into the dimensional battlefield.

Entrusting the Dragon Roar Demon Ancestor to Sai'en for transformation was a last resort, as the Demon Tide civilization needed the power of an Eighth-level peak Ruler like the Dragon Roar Demon Ancestor.

Furthermore, transforming him into a mechanical Ruler was considered giving the Dragon Roar Demon Ancestor a new life, including in terms of appearance, which was much better than making him into a corpse puppet.

Therefore, the birth of the Mechanical Dragon Roar Demon Ancestor was not too eye-catching, and would not have too deep an impact on the morale of the Demon Tide civilization.

On the Demon Tide civilization's side, the Mechanical Dragon Roar Demon Ancestor had not yet made his appearance, but the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor corpse puppet on the Ruin civilization's side had appeared on the dimensional battlefield first!

The Ruin civilization's corpse puppet refinement was much "simpler" than Sai'en's mechanical Ruler transformation, and it also utilized more of the power inherent in the corpse itself, unlike Sai'en, who almost created a "new life."

The Half-Ninth level power that the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor possessed at the last moment left a deep impression on many Demon Emperors of the Demon Tide civilization.

Even on the dimensional battlefield, there were many existing Seventh and Eighth-level Demon Emperors who were once subordinates of the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor…

Faced with the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor himself, who was re-established on the dimensional battlefield, holding up the Xuanhei Axe high, some Seventh and Eighth-level Demon Emperors inevitably felt a little timid.

The Yanxia Demon Ancestor came to Sai'en this time in the hope that the Mechanical Dragon Roar Demon Ancestor could appear on the dimensional battlefield front lines sooner.

The two fallen high-level powerhouses of the Demon Tide civilization re-confronting on the dimensional battlefield… what the Demon Tide civilization needed now was to boost its confidence and continue to implement a comprehensive advance war against the Ruin civilization on the Light Stream Retrospective World front!

"The Ruin civilization seems to have no other support forces."

"Apart from the few Rulers of the Wanqiong World civilization and the Tianhai Realm civilization that appeared some time ago, no new forces have been seen entering the Light Stream Retrospective World battlefield recently."

"Not only the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor, but the Ruin civilization has even turned Balek, the Echo Lord who had already fallen in their civilization, into a corpse puppet and re-invested him in the dimensional battlefield."

"Echo Lord Balek was once a subordinate of the God of Destruction, Zanding. I wonder what this Ninth-level creature of the Ruin civilization thinks when he sees his former subordinate being made into a corpse puppet and continuing to be used for the Light Stream Retrospective World War?" The Yanxia Demon Ancestor sneered and laughed.

Don't mention what the Ruin civilization thinks, the Demon Tide civilization is not much better.

These two extreme ultimate civilizations are now resorting to all means for the victory of the dimensional hegemony!

Faced with the Yanxia Demon Ancestor's urging inquiries, Sai'en said that it would take at least five hundred years for the Mechanical Dragon Roar Demon Ancestor to enter the first round of testing.

Sai'en didn't want to hastily produce a defective product, which would also be a waste of the corpse of an Eighth-level peak Ruler like the Dragon Roar Demon Ancestor.

Master Niger had a corpse of the Eighth-level peak Only-I Venerable, and Sai'en had also heard that Master Niger had fused and refined the other party into a corpse refining synthetic beast.

In terms of material, the Dragon Roar Demon Ancestor, who followed the path of strength, was obviously much stronger than the Only-I Venerable corpse in Master Niger's hands.

This was directly reflected in the fact that the final experimental product would also have a significant difference in power.

However, regardless of whether it was the Mechanical Dragon Roar Demon Ancestor created by Sai'en or the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor corpse puppet created by the Ruin civilization.

Their combat power was definitely vastly different compared to their lifetime.

More importantly, the One-Eyed Demon Ancestor's corpse puppet did not possess the Ruler's Omnipotent Soul.

As for the Mechanical Dragon Roar Demon Ancestor…

It depends on whether Sai'en can successfully awaken his will and find a massive amount of cutting-edge rare energy comparable to the Ruler's Omnipotent Soul.