Ch. 236 - Time Emperor

“So you figured it out,” the God Emperor said with a smile from the side.

“Time Emperor,” Xu Zimo spoke each word clearly.

The only one on the Primordial Heartlands Xu Zimo could think of who wielded a time-based Dao so powerfully that even the God Emperor was helpless against it, was the Time Emperor.

He was the second Grand Emperor of the Imperial Era.

He wasn’t of human origin. Rumor had it he came from a very ancient race knows as Greensky.

In those days, he ascended to Grand Emperor through the Dao of Time and Space. His identity and whereabouts remained an enigma.

Very few people had seen his true face. To most, he was the most mysterious of all the Grand Emperors of that era.

“What does he want?” Xu Zimo asked, puzzled.

“No idea,” the God Emperor replied, shaking his head.

Before their eyes, the scenery began to shift. Sunlight poured over the land.

The darkness vanished, and what emerged before Xu Zimo was a vast and desolate plain.

The ground was empty, completely barren.

Then, everything changed.

One day, a group of people arrived on this barren plain.

Their clothing was wildly diverse, some wore animal hides, others garments crudely woven from leaves and branches.

After arriving, they began building shelters and bamboo huts.

Their cultivation levels weren’t high, but as martial cultivators, constructing homes wasn’t difficult for them.

Soon, neatly arranged houses dotted the plains.

What started as a village of a dozen homes gradually evolved into a small town as more people arrived and settled.

They lived in peace.

Until one day, a beast's roar echoed across the horizon.

People rushed from their homes in panic, only to see a massive nine-headed lion slowly approaching from the distance.

The lion was terrifying. With a single inhale, its devouring power swept the area, dozens were sucked into its gaping jaws.

Eventually, the humans of the settlement rose up and fought the beast.

That battle saw countless homes destroyed and nearly half the population slaughtered, but in the end, they defeated the nine-headed lion.

…

The survivors mourned their dead with sorrow and reverence.

They began rebuilding what had been destroyed and constructed larger traps and more elaborate formations, determined to turn their town into an impenetrable fortress.

Those who survived the battle gathered and formed a new tribe.

They named it Greensky.

…

At this point in the evolving scene, Xu Zimo watched, wide-eyed.

What unfolded before him didn’t feel like a mere illusion, it was so real that it was as though he were part of it.

“This… is the origin of the Greensky Tribe,” he murmured in awe.

“Yes. The Time Emperor reversed time to show it,” the God Emperor confirmed.

…

Once the tribe was named Greensky, its strength steadily grew.

As the people cultivated over the years, more powerful warriors emerged, some opening even seven or eight meridian gates.

Their territory expanded. Eventually, they became powerful enough to slay the primal beasts that once terrorized them.

Then disaster struck.

The sky turned gray, and a fine rain began to fall.

Countless monsters united, gathering tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, to form a tidal wave of destruction.

The people of the Greensky Tribe fought valiantly to defend themselves, but it was futile.

There were simply too many monsters, and they were too strong.

In the end, the Greensky Tribe was annihilated.

Over time, as the ruins of their once-great tribe settled into history, the land came to be known as the Elden Lands.

…

“So that’s the origin of the Elden Lands,” Xu Zimo murmured.

After the vision finished, it began again, starting once more from the first moment the humans arrived on the plain.

Like a film looping endlessly, the events repeated.

Except unlike a movie, this scene truly existed within the Elden Lands.

The road they had come from had vanished. To leave now, one would have to pass through the reenactment itself.

…

Xu Zimo and the God Emperor returned to the Divine Gate.

Once pulled into the reenactment, escaping was incredibly difficult.

People called this phenomenon the Curse of the Ancient Remnants.

Those caught in the re-enactment usually never made it out alive.

Only Grand Emperors could escape it unscathed, and even then, most Grand Emperors were helpless against the Dao of Time behind it.

“The curse only lasts half a year,” the God Emperor said. “You can leave when it ends.”

“Prepare a sealed chamber for me,” Xu Zimo replied after a moment of thought.

…

Inside the sealed chamber, Xu Zimo sat cross-legged as the Power of Creation surged around him.

At this point, his True Fate World was completely stabilized.

Now, with Xu Zimo’s permission, Chaos appeared inside his True Fate World, his enormous body taking form in the new land.

Gazing at this fresh new world, Chaos exclaimed, “Master, is this the world you created?”

“I promised you once,” Xu Zimo said, “that the beast race would have its chance. At the beginning of this new epoch, you are the first living being of the Primordial Genesis Era.”

“But Master,” Chaos asked, puzzled, “how will we grow with just one demon beast, me?”

“Be patient. You think creating a world is easy?” Xu Zimo replied flatly.

Chaos chuckled sheepishly. “Sorry, I’m just a little impatient.”

Xu Zimo waved his hand, and nine drops of blood appeared in the air over the new world.

These were the essence blood drops he’d acquired in the Blood Demon Hidden Realm, later purified through the Pure Moon Altar.

Now, their bloodlines were incredibly pure.

As the nine blood drops hovered, the spiritual energy of the God World surged around them.

Each drop was enveloped by energy, slowly rotating under the glow of the Pure Moon Altar.

The altar’s child-temple had grown strong, almost equal to the main altar.

Life force descended from the heavens, nurturing each drop of blood.

For Empyrean Meridian Realm cultivators, they could already regenerate severed limbs. As long as their souls remained, they could recover from almost anything.

And beyond that, those in the God Meridian Realm, who had ignited their God-Flames, could even achieve rebirth from a single drop of blood.

Even if only a droplet of blood remained, they could be reborn.

That was exactly what Xu Zimo intended now.

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