Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 1641

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Chapter 1641: Quarantine Darkness

"While this is a good idea, it’s not something we should be focusing on right now," Qiyuan said.

"What makes you say that?"

"Our enemy is used to timeline invasion. They have probably perfected a war system for it, but we have not," Qiyuan explained. "I’m willing to bet they are closely monitoring this timeline and will notice anyone who leaves or enters. If we were to try this, the chances of them discovering us are high, so it’s not worth the risk.

"However, after a while, once we know them better and understand their systems and what they are capable of, we can take the risk to start a second battlefield in other timelines for resources. We may even lure a group of them for a decisive victory."

"That sounds reasonable to me," Maitreya nodded before looking at Wang Wei. "Anything else you want to add?"

"No," Wang Wei replied. He predicted this outcome before he suggested that tactic. He was the one who captured the Time Boat from Time Eaters, so he was fully aware of the military capabilities of the Land of Exile. However, their world also needed to start preparing to extend the battlefield to the other timelines, and he just used this opportunity to remind everybody ahead of time so they can prepare.

’However,’ Wang Wei thought. ’The rejection of Paragons to navigate the Infinite Trichiliocosm is more intense than I thought. Something tells me this information might be valuable.’

Maitreya nodded before continuing: "You can start the early preparation for a Timeline Conquest Battlefield." Qiyuan nodded, and the meeting continued. After a few more minutes of discussion, Wang Wei had another thought, but he did not state it out loud. Instead, he secretly contacted Maitreya through divine sense.

’Why don’t you use extreme time acceleration, just like you did when we created the Universal Soul Quintessence Method? Well, maybe not as extreme as that, but you could provide everybody with a lot more time to train and prepare for the war.’

’You should know the concept of true time?’ Maitreya asked instead of answering.

’Of course.’ As a person who has mastered the Time Dao, Wang Wei was aware of the various types of time. True Time is a common concept in the cultivator world, referring to time in the real world in comparison to time spent inside a formation or dimension with accelerated time.

’Have you ever wondered why, as a Saint who can break the limit of the Time Rule, I didn’t seal myself inside a dimension with exaggerated acceleration and use all the time to complete my transcendent path or any other issues I have? And not just me, but all other Saints as well?’

’Now that you mention it,’ Wang Wei said. This was a reasonable question: why not use the unlimited time available to solve all issues? Now, unlimited time may not necessarily mean a Saint was guaranteed to create a method from the Primordial to the Grand Dao Saint. After all, there is such a thing as the limit of talents and other factors that will determine a cultivator’s Transcendent Path.

But if she, or people like Trinity Venerable or Erudite Duchess, could use such an absurd time difference, their cultivation should have long reached the third step, and maybe even already transcended. So, why wasn’t that the case? 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

’Grand Dao is not stupid,’ Maitreya explained. ’Forget how challenging the Transcendent Path is on its own, but according to the Chaos Universe’s fundamental rules, once the difference between manipulated time inside a formation or area and true time in the world is too vast, a Saint will find themselves isolated from the Chaos Universe.

’I can tell you that isolation is a nasty experience. You can’t sense anything besides yourself: no energy, no matter, no space, no time, no karma, no Dao, and not even reality — only a bottomless darkness. At first, you might be able to resist, but after a while, your own deprived senses will become your enemy. You will yearn to detect these things, and once you cannot, your mind will start to turn on you.

’The most basic of thoughts will become so slow that a single word will feel like a second stretch into infinity. How can someone possibly think or achieve anything in such a state? And that’s just the beginning. I didn’t stay too long in that state, but I imagine there are other consequences; I just didn’t want to find out.’

’Damn.’ That’s the first thing Wang Wei thought of. Her words reminded him of the terror of sensory deprivation, only for higher beings like cultivators. He wondered whether Grand Dao had thought of this on her own, or if it was another thing inspired by Earth and the Prehistoric World.

’I had the same response,’ Maitreya chuckled. Because of this phenomenon that Saints call Quanrantine Darkness, they usually search for time-based Heaven and Earth Wonders or create their own if they know enough to establish their own cultivation dojos, as this allows them to increase the amount of manipulated time they can use before triggering the darkness mechanism.