Chapter 1144: Chapter 1163: Time Slowed Down
It must be said that these final nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine restrictions are extremely profound; even the first restriction has stumped Ye Xuan.
"Eight displacements, staggered overlaps, how to break this array?"
Ye Xuan’s brows were tightly furrowed, his mind constantly deducing the path of the array, but the heaviness in his eyes was extremely dense, clearly indicating that the array before him was giving him a headache.
Bang!
Suddenly, just as Ye Xuan was striving to comprehend the first restriction, Gai Tianyuan once again stepped forward, having already broken through another array.
"What a Gai Tianyuan, truly has some tricks."
Ye Xuan gazed at Gai Tianyuan’s back, a hint of ferocity flashing in his eyes. The fact that the other could comprehend the array so quickly was indeed surprising to him, especially since he hadn’t even understood the first restriction yet.
Of course, despite his shock, Ye Xuan didn’t feel disheartened because he clearly knew that Gai Tianyuan was extremely familiar with the Chaos Trial, so it was within expectations that he could comprehend these restrictions so swiftly.
Time was rapidly passing, with a full hundred thousand years already gone by. Gai Tianyuan had already broken through a hundred arrays and was advancing like a hot knife through butter.
In contrast, Ye Xuan had only comprehended ten restriction arrays, trailing Gai Tianyuan by ten times the distance.
"No, although this man is only a wisp of residual soul, he still possesses the cultivation of the Creation Realm. Moreover, he inherently understands the Chaos Trial deeply due to being the Heavenly Origin Battle Body, and his comprehension definitely isn’t below mine. If this continues, the Chaos Star Master’s legacy will certainly go to him," Ye Xuan muttered heavily.
Ye Xuan was very self-aware. In terms of comprehension, he wasn’t considered stupid and was, in fact, quite clever, but at the rate he was comprehending, he simply couldn’t catch up to Gai Tianyuan.
At this moment, Ye Xuan really envied one person, and that person was Liu Baiyi. He firmly believed that if Liu Baiyi were here, he would surely surpass Gai Tianyuan in the shortest time, given Liu Baiyi’s unparalleled talent.
Unfortunately, Ye Xuan knew he wasn’t Liu Baiyi; he didn’t have that kind of natural talent and brilliance. He could only rely on his own efforts to catch up to Gai Tianyuan.
"No, these final nine thousand or so restrictions, each one is different and cannot be compared to the previous restriction arrays. If I want to comprehend all these nine thousand or so restriction arrays, it would take at least tens of millions of years."
"And Gai Tianyuan has been trapped here for at least hundreds of millions of years, studying the Chaos Trial every day. Such terrifying accumulation absolutely cannot be caught up to."
Ye Xuan’s heart was constantly considering, and he realized a fact he had to accept.
Foundation.
Yes, it’s his foundation, Gai Tianyuan’s foundation.
Gai Tianyuan, a peerless prodigy from the same era as the Lord of All Spirits, and being himself the Heavenly Origin Battle Body, had superb cultivation aptitude and comprehension.
Moreover, having lived extremely long, his knowledge and cultivation both surpassed Ye Xuan’s by far. With all these combined, Ye Xuan simply couldn’t hope to catch up to this person in the Chaos Trial.
What to do?
Ye Xuan’s brows furrowed tightly, his mind growing heavier as he contemplated various strategies.
Should I give up?
Ye Xuan asked himself, then quickly rejected the idea.
An exceedingly great opportunity was right in front of him; he wouldn’t be satisfied if he simply gave up. No matter what, he had to try, as they say, ’Fortune favors the brave.’
But Ye Xuan had ambitions yet lacked the strength to catch up with Gai Tianyuan, causing his brows to remain knitted in deep thought over what other methods he might have.
"Time, I need time. If I have enough time, even if my aptitude isn’t as great as Brother Baiyi’s, diligence can make up for lack of talent, and I can surely catch up to Gai Tianyuan," Ye Xuan murmured in a dreamy whisper.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Ye Xuan’s expression froze, a spark of Spiritual Light flashing in his eyes, as though he remembered something at this moment.
"Time?"
"Yes, time?"
"I have already cultivated the Power of Space-Time. If I can shorten the time spent comprehending the arrays, wouldn’t I be able to catch up to Gai Tianyuan?" Ye Xuan slapped his forehead, excitement gleaming in his eyes.
But before Ye Xuan could celebrate prematurely, he calmed down instantly, his brows furrowing once again.
"But the Power of Space-Time, I have only rudimentarily mastered it. This Chaos Trial forms its own array, and I’m afraid the Power of Space-Time can’t interfere; this road is simply unfeasible," Ye Xuan shook his head in disappointment.
Though Ye Xuan had dismissed this method, he hadn’t given up. Associating it with the Power of Space-Time, he continued to think along this line, and after several breaths, his eyes lit up with an extremely daring idea.
"With my current cultivation, I can’t stop the Chaos Trial, but I can freeze myself," Ye Xuan murmured in a low voice.
Ye Xuan’s idea was simple: if he couldn’t stop the external flow of time and space, then he’d halt his own, similar to how a year passes externally while only a day elapses for him.’
Thus, in that day, he’d have a year’s worth of time to comprehend the Chaos Trial ahead.
The thing was, Ye Xuan had never used this method before, and he didn’t know if it would actually work.
However, Ye Xuan was someone who dared to think and act decisively. Right now, this was the only method that might allow him to quickly comprehend the Chaos Trial, so he had no choice but to take a risk and try.
Rumble!
Ye Xuan acted as he thought; the small tree of space-time oscillated and emerged, directly hovering above his Heavenly Spirit, with threads of the Power of Space-Time cascading downward, as if isolating him within an extremely narrow space-time, where the flow was extraordinarily slow, completely disparate from the outside world.
"It actually works!"
Ye Xuan excitedly roared within, except his body couldn’t move, only his thoughts could operate normally because, under the effect of time stasis, he had slowed himself down hundreds of times.
A day as long as a year’s time flow, this was enough for Ye Xuan to comprehend the Chaos Trial; though his body was immobilized, his thoughts faced no impediment, providing unimaginable assistance in comprehending the Chaos Trial.
Comprehension, frenzied comprehension, at a time flow of one to a year, Ye Xuan swiftly began to comprehend the restriction arrays before him.
Actually, Ye Xuan didn’t know that this method of his was the cultivation method of the Space-Time Divine Palace, where there was a Time House with a time flow of one to ten thousand, greatly related to how formidable the Space-Time Divine Palace was.
Of course, this time-slowed cultivation method wasn’t flawless and only allowed for the comprehension of cultivation techniques, with no actual increase in one’s cultivation.
Moreover, this time-slowing technique immensely taxed the mind, and many found the monotonous and dull cultivation style unbearable, going mad within the Time House.
Still, this cultivation method was exceedingly terrifying and universally envied.
To put it simply.
If two people were cultivating the same cultivation technique simultaneously, and one used a day as if it were ten thousand years, their understanding and application of that technique would reach an extreme, incomparable to the other’s.