139: Release the speed of time, the rise of the dragon clan

Long Aotian felt a bit troubled during his next closed-door Cultivation session.

He felt that his Family members’ growth rate was still too slow, and he really wanted to take all of them into the third-level spatial world of the Treasure Pagoda for closed-door Cultivation, but he truly didn't want to expose the Treasure Pagoda to so many people.

Did this make him selfish?

But sometimes, human nature truly couldn't withstand temptation.

“Can the time flow rate in the Treasure Pagoda’s third-level spatial world be extended to the outside?”

Long Aotian suddenly thought of this.

If he didn't want to expose the Treasure Pagoda to too many people, then could he release the time flow rate to the outside?

He decided to act on his thought!

Long Aotian decided to test it out first to see if it would work.

“How can I release the time flow rate from within the Treasure Pagoda to the outside?”

Soon, Long Aotian encountered a tricky problem.

As the saying goes, all things are difficult at the start; he only had this idea, but as for how to implement it, he had no clue or experience, and no one else had experience he could draw upon.

Not even in Ao Zhan’s memories.

What should he do?

“The Treasure Pagoda is stored in my Sea of Consciousness world. Can I draw the time flow rate from within the Treasure Pagoda into my Sea of Consciousness world, merge it into my Sea of Consciousness world, and then release the time flow rate by releasing my Divine Sense?”

Thinking of this, Long Aotian’s eyes lit up. If this worked, it would be perfect.

But then, he was dumbfounded again.

How could he make the time flow rate from within the Treasure Pagoda merge into his Sea of Consciousness world?

This also seemed to be impossible to start?

“Direct Fusion seems impossible. I need a medium—a Time Spiritual Root?!”

Long Aotian immediately thought of something again. If a medium was needed, then his Time Spiritual Root was undoubtedly the most time-related item. Moreover, the Time Spiritual Root was his, the Sea of Consciousness world was his, and the Treasure Pagoda was also his. He could perfectly combine these three.

Long Aotian felt a little excited, believing this would surely work, and immediately entered into a continuous cycle of experimentation and exploration.

First failure, second failure... one thousand and first failure, but this time he successfully drew the time flow rate from within the Treasure Pagoda into his Sea of Consciousness world.

This meant that although this experiment was still a failure, it confirmed that his idea was correct and could be further experimented with and explored.

One thousand and second, ten thousand and third... “Is it a problem with insufficient Divine Sense strength?”

Through continuous experimentation and exploration, Long Aotian quickly discovered the problem.

He could draw the time flow rate from within the Treasure Pagoda into his Sea of Consciousness world and merge it with his Sea of Consciousness world, but it seemed to be due to insufficient Divine Sense strength or some other reason he didn't quite understand, the Divine Sense coverage range in the Sea of Consciousness world, after Fusion with the time flow rate from within the Treasure Pagoda, directly shrunk by a hundredfold.

In other words, Long Aotian’s original Divine Sense coverage, which could cover 290 million li, would only be 2.9 million li if it merged with the time flow rate from within the Treasure Pagoda.

And it was far from just this.

Long Aotian also discovered that after the time flow rate of the Treasure Pagoda’s third-level spatial world was introduced into the Sea of Consciousness world for Fusion, the time flow rate in the Sea of Consciousness world was not nine times the time flow rate of the Treasure Pagoda’s third-level spatial world, but eight times.

Long Aotian also didn't know what exactly was happening.

Could the time flow rate also be affected by the environment?

Would the time flow rate decrease if it wasn't in the Treasure Pagoda’s third-level spatial world?

“Although I don’t understand why the time flow rate decreased, it was successful nonetheless!

Next, I will release my Divine Sense to see if I can project the time flow rate outwards.”

At this point, Long Aotian’s heart couldn't help but stir with excitement again.

He could vaguely sense that success was within reach.

Unbeknownst to him, he had been toiling day and night in the Treasure Pagoda’s third-level spatial world for nearly a month, experimenting over ten thousand times. It was time to check the results.

“It works!”

As he released his Divine Sense, Long Aotian immediately felt that the time flow rate in the area enveloped by his Divine Sense had changed.

“The time flow rate changed again, dropping from an eightfold flow rate to a sevenfold flow rate.

Does this mean that the time flow rate will decrease with each change of environment?

Inside the Treasure Pagoda is the first environment, the Sea of Consciousness world is the second environment, and the outside is the third environment?”

Long Aotian vaguely understood the operating rules and no longer dwelled on the reasons for the change and slowing of the time flow rate.

“The Divine Sense coverage range was also compressed again, and this time it was directly compressed by a thousand times.

In other words, the original Divine Sense with a coverage of 290 million li without an attached time flow rate, after having a time flow rate attached in the Sea of Consciousness world, shrunk by a hundred times, meaning the Divine Sense with an attached time flow rate in the Sea of Consciousness world could only cover an area of 2.9 million li. Now, this 2.9 million li coverage of Divine Sense with an attached time flow rate, after being released from the Sea of Consciousness world, had its coverage range compressed by another thousand times, only able to cover 2,900 li!”

Long Aotian couldn't help but gasp in amazement.

The Divine Sense with an attached time flow rate was compressed too severely; it was directly compressed by a hundred times in the Sea of Consciousness world, and then compressed by another thousand times when released to the outside, which was terrifying.

“However, I finally did it!”

A distance of 2,900 li, even without notifying the Family Disciples in Dragon Peak’s outer and inner sects to enter the core sect, his Divine Sense coverage was more than enough to cover the entire Dragon Peak.

However!

To avoid causing panic among the Dragon Clan people and confusion among his Family members regarding time, Long Aotian still had to explain it to them.

He then transmitted his voice to everyone on Dragon Peak:

“Family members, please pause your Cultivation for a moment. I have something to announce to everyone.

Everyone knows that I was previously detected with twelve attribute Spiritual Roots, making me a waste unable to Cultivate. However, what everyone doesn't know is what those two extra attribute Spiritual Roots truly are—we have never heard of them, nor seen them.

Perhaps, the entire Cultivation world of the Sky Ruins Continent has made a mistake in its understanding; Spiritual Roots are not limited to ten attributes, but twelve, with the last two attributes being attribute Spiritual Roots rarely seen in billions of years.

Now, I will tell everyone what these two extra attribute Spiritual Roots are. They are the Time Spiritual Root and the Space Spiritual Root!

Of course, I interrupted my Family members’ Cultivation not to tell them this answer, but to give them a surprise.

That is, my Time Spiritual Root can now initially function, allowing me to control the time flow rate. Currently, as long as I am on Dragon Peak, the time flow rate on Dragon Peak will be seven times that of the outside.

In other words, seven days spent on Dragon Peak is equivalent to only one day outside. And because this time flow rate is artificially controlled, it has not been found to cause aging or accelerated growth; it only applies to Cultivation, effectively serving as a cheat for Cultivation time... The Centennial Grand Competition is approaching. Others only have two years to prepare, while my Family members on Dragon Peak, with the sevenfold time flow rate, effectively have fourteen years to prepare.

In these fourteen years, with such rich Spiritual Qi and powerful Cultivation Techniques, I hope the Dragon Clan can produce several Mahayana Realm powerhouses, and all other Family members’ cultivation must not be lower than the Nascent Soul Realm!

Our Dragon Clan must become the true Dragon Clan among the Human Race, truly rising on the Sky Ruins Continent to become a continent-level Cultivation Family capable of rivaling the Ye, Xiao, Chu, and Qin Families...”