Eternal Time and Space

Chapter 12: The Clan's Initial Formation Encounters a Ferocious Bird; The Time Chapter Traverse

The innate deities are formed from the origin of heaven and earth, and each one carries a part of the Great Dao of heaven and earth; the innate spiritual treasures are the essence condensed at the time of the creation of heaven and earth, and each one contains innate energy and the laws of the Great Dao. To devour them is to devour the origin of heaven and earth and the laws of the Great Dao.

Once the thought took hold, it could no longer be suppressed.

Zi Chen stood in the void, closed his eyes and began to calculate. The river of time unfolded in his consciousness as he tried to find traces of other innate deities.

However, the secrets of heaven are chaotic. As innate deities born from the heavenly way, the Four Heavens and Four Darkness are protected by the heavenly way, and ordinary methods of deduction cannot detect their location.

Even with the power of time, Zi Chen could only see some blurry light and shadow, making it difficult to pinpoint the exact location.

"Very well." Zi Chen opened his eyes: "If the Heavenly Dao is obscured, then we will not rely on fate. We will eventually encounter it as we continue on our journey."

Zi Chen put the Milky Way Axis back into his sleeve, took a step, and disappeared into the shattered world.

For the next several thousand years, Zi Chen wandered aimlessly across the primordial land like a fallen leaf in the wind.

Zi Chen traversed the vast expanse of the East China Sea, witnessed the boundless blue waves of the South China Sea, crossed the icy and snowy plains of the North, and waded through the miasma-filled forests of the South.

Zi Chen did not use the power of time to travel, but walked step by step, measuring this growing and desolate land with his own two feet.

Along the way, Zi Chen witnessed the transformation of the primordial world from barren to lush. The restlessness at the beginning of creation gradually subsided, the outlines of mountains and rivers gradually took shape, and the movement of the sun, moon, and stars gradually became regular.

The spiritual energy between heaven and earth became increasingly abundant, and countless races thrived on this land. Some were born strong and occupied their own territory; some were weak and humble, struggling to survive in the cracks; some were gentle by nature and did not contend with the world; and some were bloodthirsty and warlike, waging war everywhere.

The primordial tribes were beginning to take shape.

On this day, Zi Chen arrived at a desolate wasteland. The wasteland was barren, the earth was cracked, and dark red evil energy surged from the cracks, turning the sky dark.

The moment Zi Chen stepped into the wasteland, he sensed an extremely violent aura emanating from the depths of the wasteland.

Then, darkness fell, the light of day blocked out by a giant wing.

A giant bird took flight from the depths of the wasteland, its wingspan spanning tens of thousands of miles, blotting out the sun and casting shadows over the entire sky.

The giant bird has nine heads, each one ferocious and terrifying, with a long, thin neck like a snake. All nine heads emit a piercing cry at the same time.

The cry was sharp and mournful, like the wailing of ten thousand ghosts or the night cries of an infant. Wherever the sound waves passed, the earth cracked, rocks crumbled, and even the void was shaken into ripples.

The spacetime barrier around Zi Chen was hit by the sound waves and actually trembled slightly.

Ghost train.

This is a ferocious beast, and one of the oldest and most powerful of them all. Its aura is many times stronger than the ferocious beasts that Zi Chen killed in the Western Regions, and it has already faintly touched the threshold of the Great Luo realm.

The nine heads of the Ghost Chariot each possess unique supernatural powers. Some spew poisonous flames, some spew ice, some spew thunder, and some spew malevolent energy. The nine powers intertwine, almost equivalent to the combined efforts of nine Taiyi Golden Immortals.

Zi Chen stopped and looked up at the giant bird that blotted out the sky.

The nine heads of the ghost chariot turned towards Zi Chen at the same time, their eighteen eyes flashing with a violent and bloodthirsty light. Sensing Zi Chen's aura, they knew that this was a powerful being, and a powerful being meant a powerful prey.

The nine heads of the ghost carriage simultaneously emitted excited cries, the sound waves rolling and shaking the clouds for thousands of miles around.

Without further ado, Zi Chen raised his right hand, and the Hundred-Year Ruler flew out from his sleeve.

The amber-colored ruler spun gently in the void, and all one hundred markings lit up simultaneously. Rings of golden light rippled out from the ruler, and time began to fly by.

The poisonous flames spewed by the ghost chariot quickly dimmed and extinguished within the halo of light, and the malevolent energy that supported the flames dissipated completely under the erosion of time.

The ice spewed out by the ghost carriage melted and evaporated in the halo of light, and the chill that froze everything was completely consumed by the erosion of time.

The lightning spewed out by the ghost chariot weakened and disappeared within the halo of light, and the power driving the lightning diminished to nothing under the erosion of time.

The Hundred-Year Ruler can shorten a person's lifespan and determine their age. If a single ruler falls, time can be reversed and the past can be revisited.

Zi Chen held the Hundred-Year Ruler and drew it downwards.

A golden beam of light shot out from the ruler and struck the head of the ghost chariot at its very center.

Wherever the blade passed, the head aged at a visible speed, its flesh withered, its feathers fell away, and its bones weathered away. In just a few breaths, the hideous head turned into a skeleton.

The other eight heads of the Ghost Cart simultaneously let out a shrill scream. It felt fear, the first time it had felt fear since its birth. It flapped its huge wings, trying to escape, but Zi Chen did not give it the chance.

The centenarian ruler fell once again.

The second beam of light struck the ghost chariot. The giant bird's massive body began to age rapidly within the beam of light; its feathers turned gray and brittle, its flesh became withered and dry, and its bones became loose and fragile.

The ghost car's flight speed slowed down more and more, and the flapping of its wings became smaller and smaller, like an oil lamp about to burn out, making its last struggle.

The third foot fell.

The nine heads of the ghost car simultaneously transformed into skulls, and its enormous body plummeted from the sky, crashing onto the wasteland and kicking up clouds of dust.

After landing, Guiche's body continued to age and disintegrate, its flesh turning into dust and its bones into fragments, eventually disappearing completely into the world.

Where the ghost car disappeared, a giant egg was left behind.

The giant egg was taller than a person, and was completely black. Nine lines could be faintly seen on the eggshell, each corresponding to one of the nine heads of the Ghost Chariot. An extremely powerful life force surged within the egg, a life force completely different from the Ghost Chariot's violence, and was an extremely pure source of life.

Zi Chen looked at the giant egg and understood something.

The ghost carriage was not born a ferocious beast. It may have originally been a primordial being, or even the prototype of a primordial deity. It was only after being corrupted by evil energy that it became that violent and bloodthirsty creature.

Zi Chen used the Hundred-Year Ruler to sever the Ghost Chariot's body and soul, which had been corrupted by evil energy. Instead, he forced out the purest life essence within the Ghost Chariot, which then reformed into this giant egg.

The true self of the ghost train is conceived within this giant egg.

Zi Chen put the giant egg into his Purple Mansion and placed it together with the two phoenix eggs he had collected earlier.

After carefully storing the giant egg, Zi Chen continued on his journey.

Thousands of years have passed.

As more and more creatures appeared in the primordial world, the hundred races began to truly flourish.

The Dragon Clan established a vast power across the four seas, the Phoenix Clan occupied the Wutong Forest in the south, the Qilin Clan dominated the Central Plains, the White Tiger Clan occupied the far west, and the Black Tortoise Clan reigned supreme in the Northern Sea.

Besides these, there were countless races, large and small. Some were affiliated with the five major races, some lived alone in a corner, some formed alliances with each other, and some fought each other. The prehistoric world entered its first period of prosperity.