30: This mother is really something; she'll step up when needed.
Destruction, Life, Decay, Time, Death, Wind, Lightning, Space... This is simply a giant hodgepodge!
For a normal living being, mastering one or two of these would be enough to dominate a region and become a Venerable or a Saint.
But Su Jue was different; he refused nothing, 'eating' whatever he could get his hands on!
If this continued, would things really not go wrong?
For the first time, Elizabeth began to doubt her own 'Iron-Blooded Elite Education' policy.
That brute Ao Yuan's 'random raising' style of education... actually seemed to make some sense?
"Ahem..."
Beside her, Ao Yuan seemed to notice his wife's inner conflict and carefully leaned in.
"Wife, don't think too much about it."
"Our son is gifted with extraordinary talent; that's a good thing!"
"In our Dragon Clan, we believe that absolute strength can overcome all laws! As long as the power is strong enough, who cares about laws or whatever? Just crush it with one claw and be done with it!"
"Look at him now, so healthy, so lively!"
Ao Yuan had a look of smug pride on his face.
Elizabeth swept a cold glance over him.
"Brute."
"You would only teach him to be an idiot who only knows how to use brute force."
"Power needs control."
"The powers within his body are too mixed; it's like a powder keg. It looks stable now, but the moment a single trace goes out of control, it will trigger a chain reaction of explosions, blowing him to smithereens!"
Ao Yuan's dragon face stiffened as he also realized the severity of the problem.
"Then... then what should we do?"
Elizabeth fell silent.
Within her golden dragon pupils, countless runes were circulating rapidly, as if she were performing some unimaginable deduction.
After a moment, she seemed to have made up her mind.
"Follow me."
She said to Su Jue, then turned her dragon body and walked deeper into the Life Temple.
Ao Yuan wanted to follow, but was stopped by a cold look from Elizabeth.
"You stay here."
"You cannot enter this place."
After saying that, she took Su Jue and disappeared behind a doorway made of light.
Ao Yuan's dragon shadow floated alone in place, looking aggrieved... Passing through the gate of light, Su Jue felt the scene before him suddenly open up.
He had arrived in a wonderful world.
This place looked like a garden.
But what grew in the garden were not ordinary flowers, grass, or trees.
Crystal-clear plants, as if carved from crystal, grew quietly here.
Su Jue saw with his own eyes a crystal orchid beside him undergo a complete cycle of Life in just a few seconds.
It went from a budding blossom to a brilliant bloom, then to withering and fading, turning into specks of light, and finally, a new bud condensed in its place.
A cycle that repeated without end.
Butterflies flew in the air; their wings were not made of flesh but of countless constantly turning gears. With every flap, they scattered golden sands of time.
A clear stream meandered through the garden; what flowed in the stream was not water, but liquid 'Time'.
This was Elizabeth's absolute domain, a forbidden land where even Ao Yuan had never set foot—
The [Time Garden].
"The flow of time here is different from the outside world."
Elizabeth's voice rang out above Su Jue's head.
"Here, time is visible, touchable, and also... the most lethal weapon."
She brought Su Jue to the very center of the garden.
There was a huge pond, and in the pond, a giant lotus flower made of pure light was in full bloom.
The [Time Lotus Platform].
"Your problem right now isn't a lack of power, but that your control is too poor."
Elizabeth looked down at him from above.
"Your first task is to sit upon this lotus platform and stabilize the energy within your body, remaining undisturbed by the temporal turbulence of this place."
"If you sit firmly, you can achieve a cultivation efficiency a hundred times faster than the outside world."
"If you cannot sit firmly..."
Elizabeth's gaze turned cold.
"Your Life will be completely washed away by the temporal turbulence here."
After she finished speaking, she waved her dragon claw, and Su Jue flew up involuntarily, landing on that giant lotus of light.
The moment he sat down, Su Jue's expression changed!
*Hum—*
An incredibly terrifying power instantly enveloped his entire body!
He felt his body being pulled apart frantically!
One second, he felt his bones aging rapidly, his skin covered in wrinkles, turning into a dying old man.
The next second, he felt his body rapidly 'rejuvenating,' his strength draining away as he turned into a truly fragile Infant who couldn't even sit upright!
[Warning! Extremely chaotic Time Laws detected!]
[Host's cell activity is fluctuating violently!]
[Vital signs are rapidly declining!]
[The structure of 'Intermediate Chaos Dragon Body' is being dismantled!]
The system's warning sounds were frantically spamming his mind!
Damn it!
Is this something a human can practice?!
She really is a classic stepmother!
Su Jue cursed inwardly.
He desperately circulated the True Essence in his body, trying to resist this bizarre power.
But he found it was completely useless!
The moment his True Essence touched this temporal turbulence, it was decomposed and scattered, unable to form any effective defense at all!
If this continued, in less than ten seconds, he would really be played to Death!
What to do?!
Brute-forcing it definitely wouldn't work!
He had to think of another way!
Control... Mom said to learn to control!
But how the hell do I control this thing?!
In a moment between Life and Death, a flash of inspiration struck Su Jue's mind!
He remembered how that [Power of Creation and Destruction] within him had suppressed the two conflicting laws of 'Life' and 'Destruction' before!
It wasn't suppression!
It was balance!
It was like an absolute center, an eternal singularity!
No matter how the two laws conflicted or collided, they couldn't shake its existence!
Instead, their power became the fuel that maintained this 'balance' during their conflict!
Yes!
Balance!
Su Jue had a sudden epiphany; he no longer tried to resist that temporal turbulence.
Instead, he did the opposite!
He gave up control over all the power in his body!
He let the newly born Wind and Lightning power, along with the original Power of Decay, Power of Life, and Power of Destruction, run wild and collide frantically within him!
*Boom! Boom! Boom!*
His body instantly became a battlefield!
Four completely different powers of law, like four armies, launched a tragic and fierce slaughter within his meridians and dantian!
His body frantically switched back and forth between shattering and restructuring!
Pain!
Unimaginable pain!
But Su Jue held onto that single point of clarity in his Spiritual Terrace with a Death grip!
He was waiting!
Waiting for the awakening of that 'Sovereign'!
Finally!
Just a moment before he was about to be completely torn apart by this violent force!
*Hum—*
That gray current that had been dormant in the deepest part of his body slowly emerged once again!