Chapter 183 : Has the National Preceptor Broken Through Again?
Chapter 183: Has the National Preceptor Broken Through Again?
“You have comprehended the Law of Time.”
“Your Yang Spirit has been tempered and nourished by the Pure Yin Law and the Law of Time, completely transforming into a Primordial Spirit.”
“Immortal Technique: Wheel of Time (Initiated 0/30000) Traits: Ethereal as Clouds and Mist, Nirvana Flame.”
“Law of Time: Initiated (1%).”
“Yang Spirit → Primordial Spirit: Initiated (1%).”
“Immortal Technique? Wheel of Time? Law of Time?”
“Primordial Spirit?”
Looking at the text appearing before her, Li Yunqing felt both enlightened and puzzled.
Over the past year, under her deliberate all-around cultivation, her Pure Yin Intent had long reached perfection and transformed into the Pure Yin Law.
Her strength had greatly increased.
Yet her Yang Spirit had remained stuck at a bottleneck.
Even though she had pushed the Yuan Qing Spirit Refinement Technique to Proficient, without generating any traits, it still could not complete its transformation.
Now, with the combined force of the Law of Time and the Pure Yin Law—like the circulation of Yin and Yang—it had finally transformed into a Primordial Spirit.
“Buzz!”
At that moment, her consciousness trembled slightly, instantly leaving her body and arriving in the void.
“So this is the Primordial Spirit?”
Li Yunqing lowered her head, looking at her own Primordial Spirit body.
It was identical to her physical body—a purple dress, crystal-clear skin—already possessing substance, no different from flesh.
The only difference was that her physical body was formed of flesh and blood, while the Primordial Spirit was formed from laws, with the Yang Spirit as its soul.
As a result, her entire being now emitted the aura of time and boundless vitality.
That was the fluctuation of the Pure Yin Law and the Law of Time.
At this moment, they circulated like Yin and Yang, sustaining her Primordial Spirit.
“The Law of Time… isn’t time itself?”
Confusion arose in her heart.
Contradictory thoughts surfaced in her mind.
If a person could live for a hundred years and comprehend the Law of Time—
and slow those hundred years infinitely, stretching them into a thousand, ten thousand, or even a hundred thousand years—
would that not, in some sense, be immortality?
If one accelerated a single year into a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand years—
would that not mean instant death?
“If that were the case, wouldn’t one be able to live forever—or even manipulate time to destroy the world with a gesture?”
“But reality…”
Li Yunqing fell silent.
Reality was not like that.
Even Supreme Beings, who touched the Law of Time, using life-extending methods and sealing techniques, could not live beyond a hundred thousand years.
Ordinary Ninth Realm experts, even with all methods exhausted, lived at most ten thousand years.
Only by becoming immortal could lifespan truly extend.
Mortals could not surpass the limit of a hundred thousand years.
Eventually, all entered death.
“Let’s test it.”
Suppressing her thoughts, Li Yunqing looked down at the National Preceptor Residence and soared into the sky.
In the blink of an eye, she stood atop the divine mountain.
“Wheel of Time!”
With a thought, a bright moon appeared behind her.
At that moment, faint fluctuations of time spread outward.
Within a hundred zhang, flowers, grass, and trees grew wildly.
Sprouting, branching, flourishing, blooming, and bearing fruit—
as if several years had passed in an instant.
Then, just as quickly, they entered death and destruction.
All vegetation withered and decayed, turning into dead wood.
Even rocks and the earth began to erode.
A light breeze blew, and countless decayed stones crumbled into dust.
“So there is the power of time…”
“But more of life and death, creation and destruction!”
“So time gives rise to years, but its essence is the process from life to death, from creation to destruction?”
At that moment, Li Yunqing understood.
Time itself did not kill, heal, revive, or resurrect.
It did not stop for anyone.
Like flowing water—it could be fast or slow, but it never stopped.
More like a silent recorder.
Even if someone could trace time backward, they would only see past images.
Unless one transcended time itself, breaking free from its record and restraint—
only then might it be possible to truly step into the past.
But the truth could only be known at that level.
Time was not the killer.
But years were.
Or rather, years were the process of life moving from birth to death, from creation to destruction.
From the moment life began, this process could not be reversed.
All life was destined to move toward death.
Time left no trace.
But years carved marks like a blade.
Time could not kill you—but years could leave irreversible marks upon you.
Even without time, under the operation of years, all life would still end in destruction.
“The Wheel of Time governs the power of years…”
“It cuts away the entire process from birth to death, forcing instant destruction!”
“If there is no strength to resist, wouldn’t that mean certain death?”
“So this is an Immortal Technique?”
“How terrifying…”
“But can the Wheel of Time cut me?”
Thinking of her infinite lifespan, a strange thought arose.
But she did not act.
What if she didn’t die—but turned into an old woman?
That would be unacceptable.
Even if appearance was superficial, seeing such beauty in the mirror was still pleasant.
The process from life to death could not be reversed—
unless one possessed the power to break the Immortal Technique itself.
“I wonder… is this a True Immortal Technique or an Immortal King Technique?”
With that thought, Pure Yin Law surged across the moon behind her.
The withered vegetation instantly regained vitality.
Like dead wood in spring, new buds sprouted.
A new cycle began.
But the decayed rocks could not recover.
“Hiss… the consumption of this Immortal Technique!”
Only now did Li Yunqing realize—
her once radiant Primordial Spirit had become withered.
Even her physical body felt extreme weakness.
Using the Wheel of Time and Pure Yin power had nearly drained her dry.
“My strength is still too low…”
“Even with an Immortal Technique, I cannot use it freely.”
Her Primordial Spirit returned to her body.
A terrifying weakness spread through her.
Even her inner world nearly collapsed.
“Hiss… without the inner world, would I have killed myself?”
“Not good!”
With a thought, she entered her inner world.
All her divine abilities and Immortal Technique manifested within it, stabilizing the collapsing world.
“Boom!”
Thunder roared.
The power of time transformed into a blazing sun, rising into the sky.
Dragon roars, tiger howls, phoenix cries, and Black Tortoise roars echoed.
Countless stars appeared, surrounding the sun.
In an instant, the inner world stabilized.
Spiritual energy poured in like rain after drought.
“Those are the constellations of Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Phoenix, and Black Tortoise!”
Li Yunqing looked up, gaining insight.
Without hesitation, Pure Yin Law gathered into a bright moon.
Sun and moon stood opposite.
“Boom!”
The inner world trembled.
The Law of Time became the sun—governing life, death, creation, and destruction.
Pure Yin nourished all things, granting vitality.
Like Yin and Yang, they circulated.
“The Law of Time is formed from the four Sacred Spirit divine abilities…”
“The Pure Yin Law contains all—Five Elements, life and death, growth…”
“Then can Pure Yin also form an Immortal Technique?”
“One opposing time?”
At that moment, inspiration flashed—
and she entered deep comprehension.
Unbeknownst to her—
Above the capital, a vast phenomenon appeared.
Sun and moon hung together, stars filled the sky.
Life, death, creation, destruction, Five Elements—all manifested.
The power of time and Pure Yin spread across the divine mountain.
Vegetation cycled rapidly through life and decay.
It was as if time flowed faster here.
“What’s happening?”
Countless people looked toward the National Preceptor Residence.
There, a vast illusion of a world merged with reality.
An invisible pressure weighed upon all.
Fear arose.
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
Eight figures rose into the sky—
those who had reached the Dao Realm within the past year.
Bai Yunting, Meng Sanchuan, Chen Mengsheng, and Emperor Di Qing among them.
They looked toward the residence.
“The National Preceptor… broke through again?”
“How long has it even been?”