Chapter 778 - 353: Essence of Time_2
"No, among the people from Double-Headed Mountain, there should be two more Five-Colored Profound Immortals."
Li An pondered, while in the hall, he took special note of people from Double-Headed Mountain and Celestial Pearl Sacred Land. There were three Five-Colored Profound Immortals in the Double-Headed Mountain!
Now, only one has appeared!
Where did the other two go?
No answers, and for now, there’s no need for answers. Li An grasped the array and headed directly toward the star.
The closer he got, the stronger the chaotic time force in the surrounding void became.
This dead star contains time essence, hence the space-time of its past years has ripples, but they are chaotic and destructive to current living beings.
Cultivating the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill can use current worldly power to resist, but if the chaotic time force is too strong, it’s still in vain.
At this moment, the green energy within the array plate continuously dissipated, allowing Li An to safely enter.
The closer he got to Ghost Flame Star, the faster the power of the array plate dissipated. Fortunately, Li An perceived the void and avoided several dangerous whirlpools of chaotic force, otherwise even the array plate couldn’t hold, and he would mostly have to rely on himself.
Finally, after passing the last barrier of chaotic time force, Li An penetrated a layer of invisible green barrier and began to descend into the dead star.
The surrounding green flames did not burn him; these green flames were merely illusions left from this civilization’s most glorious period, no longer existing in reality.
The desolate star surface looked no different than floating dust, but there were some special traces among the dust and rocks. The marks and shapes within the stones seemed to belong to some powerful and terrible ancient beings, the yellow-brown soil resembling blood-stained earth...
Occasionally, one or two gray-white bone fragments could be found, concealed in stones, turned to amber, containing a trace of spirit but no trace of life remains.
Li An operated the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill to its fullest, vaguely sensing the power of time. Following this trace, he soon discovered a decayed grand palace.
The decayed palace occupied a large area; despite the collapse and shrinkage of civilization, its former grandeur was faintly visible. In front of the palace were two broken giant beast statues, their original appearances indistinguishable.
Li An stepped into the decayed palace, where the power of time grew stronger and stronger. At this moment, it felt as if he was viewing prehistoric scenes across countless spaces and times.
He clearly saw a magnificent giant palace standing above all beings, where supreme beings clad in flames sat inside teaching the world, true flames burning, strong beings like clouds, and a vast force of faith gathered from all directions in the grand hall, enabling an extremely powerful being to break through to an unimaginable realm, leaving a name in time...
This was the glorious moment of this civilization.
But soon, everything collapsed. Li An vaguely heard wails and cries for help from the annals of time, gray mist enveloped this civilization, the giant palace collapsed, faith crumbled... the entire world was destroyed.
In front of Li An’s eyes, finally appeared a cluster of white brilliance!
The brilliance appeared at the center of the grand palace, surrounded by waves of time, which were the time essence condensed by this civilization, containing time power far surpassing the Dao Fruit Fire of the Purple Cloud Mountain’s divine descent.
But as Li An merely approached, the power emitted by the time essence caused the array he carried to crack. This was a mark of an era, naturally repellent to someone like Li An of the later generations.
"Break for me!"
The Life Seed power within Li An burst forth furiously, wrapping him in a layer of cyan-green covering. With present-day power, he resisted the past power, struggling to approach, with sweat already covering his forehead.
His hand was almost touching the time essence, while the Life Seed energy on him was nearly pierced through, the threads of time power falling onto his skin like silver needles, causing corpse spots to appear on his Profound Immortal Realm-nurtured perfect body where the time power touched, as though it aged directly, no longer belonging to him.
The time power here was even more terrifying compared to the void outside!
When Li An’s hand touched the time essence, his whole arm almost withered to just skin and bones, and even the bones appeared somewhat decayed. Gray-white bone ashes continuously fell off; his face also gained many age spots, a truly dreadful scene.
One must know Li An’s Life Nourishing Immortal Skill was considered the best of the present age, yet it was still so difficult against this time power.
"Come!"
With a loud shout, finally, the time essence was clasped in his hand. At this moment, he had an illusion, as if he was gripping the throat of an era, the heart of a civilization!
The Life Nourishing Immortal Skill operated madly, the Life Seed spontaneously blossomed like a thirsty beast, turning into many green vines, tightly locking the white brilliance, absorbing the time power like tree roots.
Li An plopped down on the ground, his body rapidly decaying, then rejuvenating, repeating endlessly. With every breath, the Life Seed absorbed decades worth of time power, and each transformation through shedding and rebirth was a gift of a millennium.
He sat there motionlessly, like a stone statue!