Chapter 1 What Does Time Travel Feel Like?

If it were a powerhouse sealed from other universes within the multiverse, they might stare blankly at the person asking them this question.

As everyone knows, within this multiverse, aside from clumsy methods, there is no possibility of reversing time.

Either you sit in a black hole time machine, or locally and holistically reverse entropy, or reverse-restore each fundamental particle... otherwise, it is impossible to achieve time reversal by any other means.

And these clumsy methods, as the name implies, you can tell what they feel like just by looking at them.

—Surely no one actually thinks it's fun to sit in a black hole time machine?

However, just as there is no certainty in the multiverse, there are always exceptions and miracles... the Lezhang Great Universe is such an exception, such a miracle, within the Sealed Multiverse.

The powerhouses who grow up in this universe have the possibility of cultivating Time Divine Powers. If they are willing to pay the price, they can even forcibly spread this ability to other universes in the Sealed Multiverse.

Just like the Azure Sky God-King now.

At this moment, He is burning the Eternal Elements He has collected over seven complete kalpas, forcibly breaking through the source of the Zhuzhou Dao, and tracing back along the cause and effect to the time before time.

This process will encounter many difficulties and obstacles.

Once, when Deus first obtained a portion of the Eternal Elements and tried its power, he reversed time for a period.

At that time, he felt like he was resisting the crushing force of the entire universe, not only having to resist the suppression of the world itself, but also having to face the cause and effect of his own existence... it felt like an elephant trying to squeeze into a sewer pipe that was only big enough for a mouse to enter, which was unbelievable.

Reversing time, arriving in the past, the entire universe washes over the reverser. If one is not careful, even a Hedao powerhouse will suffer heavy damage, or even have their very existence eroded, completely ceasing to exist before they can harm the enemy.

In the final analysis, even if it can bypass the multiverse's ban, the Time Divine Power is the most difficult and dangerous of all divine powers. No being can wantonly manipulate time and space. The greater the power, the greater the crisis, because the existence of a powerhouse itself can change too many things, even enough to subvert the future existence of many universes.

This time, Deus really couldn't find a chance to win, so he took a dangerous gamble—that Primordial Zhuzhou was rushing like a torrent, and he could only go against the current, otherwise what awaited him was probably more terrifying than death.

Boom!!

The violent tide of time transformed into a huge wave, crashing against Deus. Although his entire body was a giant array, a hazy, colorless halo rose up. It had no color, yet it seemed to contain all colors. The firelight transformed into a hazy halo, protecting his mind.

And breaking through this wave, he arrived at his destination.

——Sealed Universe·Thirty Million Years Ago——

Protected by the hazy firelight, the Azure Sky God-King arrived in the vacuum of space.

And behind him, all the gathering and dissipating scenes shattered, like a castle made of sand. The terrifying figure of the Primordial Zhuzhou had disappeared, the Lezhang Great Universe could no longer be sensed, and the surrounding curved space was rapidly flattening and restoring, becoming like the surrounding vacuum.

Finally, all the turbulent Rivers of Time ceased to surge, and the river of the past, stirred up by the reverser, gradually calmed down.

The stranger from a foreign universe gazed at this sealed universe from thirty million years ago. He exhaled a long breath: [Empty, cold, like the void of my hometown... and such cold void occupies most of this universe].

[The home of the Primordial Zhuzhou is actually such a cold and dead wasteland universe? I thought He came from those meddlesome high-energy Order universes, but I didn't expect it to be like this, not much different from the abyss hell].

The gods and god-kings of the Lezhang Great Universe rarely explore the void. Occasionally, when they go out, they only go to some similar continent-plane worlds, so naturally they feel that the universe is empty.

But the problem is not here.

He can't sense Zhuzhou's aura here?

[Why?]

Scanning the surrounding universe and time-space, Deus can only see a few planets. There are signs of primitive intelligent life on one of the planets, but he doesn't dare to touch it at all.

He came following the cause and effect of the Primordial Zhuzhou, and can only change the cause and effect of the Primordial Zhuzhou. Apart from that, whether he touches, communicates with, or changes things other than the Primordial Zhuzhou, the subsequent causal backlash and the energy required for time-space changes will all be borne by him.

Not to mention that he is not eternal, even if he really is eternal, with infinite power, if he acts recklessly too much, he will probably only be eternally suppressed by the iron rules of the multiverse, using himself to fill the hole.

In the final analysis, the reason why the multiverse prohibits Time Divine Powers is precisely because of all these changes—when powerhouses can freely change the past, present, and future, and regard everything as toys, then what is the meaning of everything?

Empty, unreal toys. Therefore, there are such strict constraints.

[Thirty million years, for a Hedao, should also be considered a very long time. Even for a Hedao peak like the Primordial Zhuzhou, thirty million years ago, he was probably just entering Hedao, or even just a mere Main God, a god].

With the power of a God-King, observing the universe, Deus can't find even a trace of Zhuzhou's aura, and he immediately becomes confused: [Could it be that, at this time, Zhuzhou has not yet attained enlightenment?]

[Or is it that He has not yet embarked on the path of later generations, but is an existence walking on another path?]

Thinking about it this way, it's not surprising—although Zhuzhou's reputation has spread in the later multiverse, upon careful reflection, it's not a very ancient thing. It should be a certain ancient existence from the past who, in order to break through the Flood realm, changed his path, changed his name and past, and then took a completely new path.

If that's the case, it can be explained. Deus immediately begins to search for those powerhouses in the sealed universe who are related to 'Dragon'.

He remembers very clearly that the 'Divine Dragon Zhuzhou' and 'Giant Dragon Zhuzhou' who beat him up in the Lezhang Great Universe were obviously more skilled and powerful than the 'Divine Bird Zhuzhou'. And the humanoid Zhuzhou should be the fundamental Dao Body of the Zhuzhou Dao, with a Grand Dao Divine Weapon accompanying him.

Since it's thirty million years ago, then the current Zhuzhou should still be a Dragon!

Soon, Deus senses that there is a trace of existence in this universe time-space that has a slight similarity to the aura of that Primordial Zhuzhou—without any hesitation, he immediately sets off, and flies towards the center of those endless stars in the distance, towards that grand Hedao aura.

At this moment, in the accretion disk of the central black hole in the ancient Andromeda Galaxy.

The Primordial Aether Dragon, still half-asleep and taking a nap in the surging flow of matter, suddenly opens its six pairs of pupils, and looks around in some surprise and uncertainty.

[Who?]

The Aether Ancestral Dragon wonders: [Who is spying on me?]

[Since that group of lunatics from the ancient era left, there shouldn't be many of the new races in this universe who know of my existence... Could it be that, besides me, there are other old antiques who are too lazy to leave right away?]

There are some, such as that Void Phoenix that I met in the void tens of thousands of years ago... but that guy also ran away tens of thousands of years ago, right? Everyone knows how dangerous the Sealed Universe is. The stronger you are, the more you can feel the oppression.

Thinking of this, the dragon's tone becomes serious: [Or... traitors who want to violate the contract, who want to fight for the universe fragments?]

That's indeed very possible!

The Aether Ancestral Dragon was originally not a powerhouse from the Sealed Universe. It and several other Aether Ancestral Dragons came from an ancient Aether Universe that was on the verge of destruction. They were ultimate powerhouses who still existed after the end of the universe.

The destruction of the Aether Universe was due to the war between the Aether Dragon Kings. They destroyed their home, turning their race into rootless wanderers in the void of the multiverse.

This Aether Ancestral Dragon and its companions also participated in the battle for the universe fragments in the ancient era of the Sealed Multiverse, with rather unfortunate results—the Sealed Universe was also split by them into second and third fragments, the universe's will was also awakening, and the multiverse was even generating rejection.

Realizing their mistakes, and not wanting their second home to be destroyed because of them, many powerhouses and civilizations joined hands to sign a contract, deciding to seal the three major fragments and leave this universe.

And as the first to stop fighting, the Aether Ancestral Dragons were regarded as arbitrators and witnesses who did not belong to any side, witnessing all the other Dao-Establishing existences leave the Sealed Universe.

Now, a Hedao powerhouse of unknown origin is coming towards it?

[Interesting]

Thinking this way, the huge Star Ancestral Dragon, located above the black hole, opens its mouth, aiming at the direction where the unknown visitor is.

The accretion disk, the black hole, and even the space-time around the black hole, begin to collapse, not with the black hole as the source, but with the dragon god's giant mouth.

Incredible light, energy, and space-time, all of which are enough to resist the collapse of the universe and the silence of all things, are condensed and gathered in the dragon god's mouth. This incredibly terrifying energy, which is even enough to create a small universe, has now been transformed into a pure divine light that is enough to destroy all things.

—Even the descendants of later generations, the Aether Giant Dragons who have not yet grown to their peak, their breath can break through the laws of physics, convert vectors, destroy all shields and defenses, and annihilate all obstacles... even Zhuzhou admired it, and turned it into his own weapon.

And what is the power of the breath of the original Dragon Ancestor?

[What the hell?!]

This can be seen from the Azure Sky God-King Deus's performance—in an instant, the cloud giant's whole body of mist suddenly rippled. His face was almost pale, and he exclaimed: [This is not Zhuzhou—but this breath?!]

[The end of cause and effect... collapsed! This is a dragon breath that can devour and annihilate even cause and effect and time! What immortality and eternal existence, all must have their source destroyed by this attack, reaching the other shore of 'nothingness'!]

Dim light... no, there is no light. In Deus's eyes, all matter and space-time begin to shrink, as if they are all rapidly moving away from him, falling into the dragon's mouth in the distance. And this, on the contrary, condenses a light, a light that guides the direction of the breath, destroying the enemy!

And this light is locked on the very center of the Azure Sky God-King's head!

The Aether Ancestral Dragon's breath can fold the universe's time-space, destroy all matter, spirit, concepts, and even the most basic existence... how to put it? If the universe is an empty cup, and the water inside is all things and sentient beings, then when all things and sentient beings disappear, the cup is empty, and the most primitive 'void vacuum' appears.

However, the power of the Aether Ancestral Dragon can destroy the boundary between 'existence and non-existence', completely destroying and annihilating the cup itself, reaching the second-level 'void vacuum'! Destroying even the cup and the table on which the cup is placed.

It is said that if this power goes further, it can destroy the multiverse void itself, annihilate many universes and time-spaces, and reach the third-level 'void vacuum' that can also cause irreversible damage to the multiverse, completely destroying even the house where the table and cup are stored... but that is considered a legend even in the Aether Giant Dragon civilization.

There have always been few people who can demolish houses.

This second-level void vacuum breath can transcend space-time, ignore all distance and defense, and hit the target the moment it is launched, achieving the result of destruction.

Sensing this completely unreasonable divine power, what can the Azure Sky God-King do?

Of course, run away directly!

[I can't beat it! At least, I can't beat it in this universe!]

Decisively activating his divine power, Deus immediately reverses time—it's not that he can't block this breath, but he has already realized that the other party is not the past of the Primordial Zhuzhou. If he is really hit by this attack, then he will have to bear not only the opponent's divine might, but also the backlash of the time-space change.

Burning the Eternal Elements, he returns to the flow of time and disappears.

[Hmm?]

Sensing that the enemy suddenly disappeared, just like how he suddenly appeared before, the Aether Ancestral Dragon, who was brewing its breath, closes its mouth in confusion. It wags its tail and shakes its head in confusion: [What a freak...]

Detecting the surrounding time-space, and confirming that there are no traces of the other party left in the entire Sealed Universe, the Aether Ancestral Dragon, unable to figure it out, returns to its lair with doubts: [Is it an illusion? Or is someone testing me?]

[Forget it, this place is getting harder and harder to stay. I'll sleep for a while longer. After confirming that there are no other Dao-Establishers, I'll leave too... It's time to find a new universe to settle down].

——Time-Space Stream——

[What's going on?]

At this moment, Deus, still a little shaken, finds it hard to understand: [That giant dragon does have a similar aura to the Primordial Zhuzhou... but there is no relationship at all!]

[Could it be that thirty million years ago, the Primordial Zhuzhou had already left his homeland and gone to the multiverse... and that giant dragon is a descendant that he left behind in his homeland, whose bloodline has been diluted a lot?]

Although he guessed in completely the opposite direction, the God-King still came to his own conclusion.

After all, the Aether Giant Dragon is a dragon and not a dragon, and Zhuzhou is a dragon and not a dragon. The two do have some similarities, so it's not wrong for him to misunderstand.

And in Deus's view, the power of the Primordial Zhuzhou far surpasses that of the Aether Ancestral Dragon. Not to mention anything else, the slash of that divine blade can already affect the multiverse void itself, cutting the universe into four parallel time-spaces, which is much more difficult than destroying the universe itself.

If the Lezhang Great Universe wasn't special, being directly shattered would be a good ending. Powerful God-Kings and Hedaos would die from shattered Great Daos.

[Earlier!]

Thinking this way, Deus is determined: [Thirty million years ago, the bloodline of his descendants was already so diluted... It seems that the history of the Primordial Zhuzhou is much longer than I imagined, and he is an ancient powerhouse who can be considered ancient even in the multiverse!]

[No wonder, he is only one step away from reaching the Flood realm!]

[Although these Hedaos from the outside world are difficult to achieve, once they are achieved, their lifespans are truly endless, almost eternal... Forget it, with my qualifications, it's basically impossible to reach infinity through the Hedao path. I can only take the local path of eternal existence].

Shaking his head, shaking off the temporary wavering, the Azure Sky God-King calms his mind. He begins to focus on reversing time-space, heading towards an even more ancient, even more ancient past.

However, he does not know...

That invisible seeds are falling, engraving their own marks along the path he is tracing back.

The cause and effect of Zhuzhou is spreading.

The long, yet short, traceback ended.

Accompanied by hazy flickering, and a colorless initial halo, the Azure Sky God-King arrived at his planned, even more ancient destination.

——Sealed Universe·Five Hundred Million Years Ago——