Chapter 1100: Blade Of The Abyss (1)
For tens of thousands of years, Wu Yuan tended the Flower of Sin within the Abyss's depths. Guided by his early insights into the Primordial Rules, his qi refiner self had reached the eighth-level Dao Field stage of Spacetime. Though progressing slower than his body refiner self, Wu Yuan still outpaced Zhu Shan considerably.
Over these thousand years, as Wu Yuan's body refiner self contemplated the Flower of Sin and gained profound insights into the Abyss's essence, his qi refiner self reaped about 30% of those benefits. This tremendous opportunity finally allowed his qi refiner self to break through, advancing directly to the ninth-level Dao Field stage of Spacetime.
The path of cultivating a Great Dao grew steeper with each level. The leap from eighth to ninth-level Dao Field stage represented a qualitative change. Only with ninth-level Dao Field comprehension could one truly be called an Overlord of Spacetime.
Ninth-level Dao Field stage. Wu Yuan's qi refiner self sat cross-legged atop a jade platform within the Spacetime Sword Hall.
Through his eyes, reality had fundamentally changed. Countless arrays and worlds overlapped, warping his vision into something both beautiful and unsettling. His body and the surroundings seemed to exist in parallel spacetimes—two distinct tracks that sometimes merged, sometimes diverged.
So this is how spacetime appears to an Overlord. Wu Yuan reflected calmly, as countless insights crystallized into unified understanding.
An Overlord of Spacetime could enter the Spacetime Intersection Layer with a mere thought and reach light speed without expending mana.
To ordinary Sovereigns and even other Overlords, spacetime existed in distinct layers, and they struggled to advance while trapped within it. But to an Overlord of Spacetime, the entire continuum resembled a thick book. They could flip to any page—any space—at will, jumping effortlessly between locations.
If one can truly step outside the book, transcending the river of space and time, that would be eternal existence. Wu Yuan realized with sudden clarity.
Without that step, one remained merely sempiternal. Overlords of Spacetime had perhaps the greatest hope of transcendence among all Overlords.
No wonder most Overlords of Spacetime I've encountered were at the third-stage Overlord level. Wu Yuan reflected as insights flooded his mind, rapidly transforming his understanding.