Chapter 1 The Silver Spacetime Channel

A faint silver spacetime channel appeared, and the future version of himself emerged once more.

However, this time, it wasn't the white t-shirt and jeans from last time; this time, it was a black shirt and black pants.

Huh, wasn't it the same day?

This time, there was no sign of the crystal shattering, not even close.

But similarly, the Chen Luo who appeared was a phantom, without a physical body.

In a single slice of spacetime, only one version of oneself could exist.

His eyes didn't register the present Chen Luo. With a flick of his finger, an indescribable force shot into the Essence of Death.

The Essence of Death rapidly transformed back into a stone, silent and still.

Big brother, I was wrong.

Is that it?

Pathetic.

The future Chen Luo gazed straight ahead, refusing to look down at Chen Luo below.

Chen Luo flew up, but the future version of himself acted as if he didn't see him.

"You gonna say something or what? Teach me how to use spacetime abilities."

"We're all family here, no need to benefit outsiders."

Having a gun is powerful, but mastering accurate marksmanship is even more so, allowing the gun's power to be maximized.

Similarly, Chen Luo only possessed spacetime abilities; he only knew how to use a seemingly immature spacetime summoning.

Unfortunately, the future Chen Luo seemed unable to see or hear Chen Luo at all.

After experimenting for a while, Chen Luo scratched his head and ended the spacetime summoning.

Why is it like this?

He couldn't figure it out.

Chen Luo looked back at the Essence of Death: small fry, always causing trouble.

The spacetime world didn't contain the Essence of Death. If he let the Essence of Death demonstrate its power, it would likely be greatly beneficial to the spacetime world's improvement.

But Chen Luo didn't dare; the spacetime world was still nascent and unstable, making it prone to collapse.

It lacked factors to stabilize the world.

Chen Luo recalled a saying from Blue Star: metal, wood, water, fire, earth—the five elements are the most stable pillars that support the world.

Fire was provided by Mi Ling, water by Ning Shuang, and earth was being provided by Huang Yao; he was finally being useful.

He hadn't used metal and wood yet.

It wasn't simply a matter of using metal and natural abilities.

Mi Ling and Ning Shuang were able to help Chen Luo give birth to an Essence because they had a fundamental understanding of ice and fire.

Advancing to the God-level meant having considerable knowledge and mastery of abilities, understanding their essence.

Their displays of power revealed a deep understanding of ice and fire, allowing the Essence of Ice and Fire to be born easily.

If Meng Yin came, it might also work, but the time it would take for an Essence to be born might be dozens or hundreds of times longer than for Mi Ling and Ning Shuang.

"Fa Wang is back."

Su Dazhu's joyful voice rang out.

Fa Wang was utterly bewildered, frozen in place, not because of Su Dazhu, nor the changes on Blue Star.

"Father's back."

Several pairs of dog cubs were strolling around, and upon seeing Fa Wang, they ran over excitedly.

"Papa, papa."

The Dog-Head Mother met Fa Wang for the first time and said shyly, "Papa."

Fa Wang was a mess in the wind. More and more dog cubs learned of Fa Wang's return and rushed over with their wives.

Fa Wang stared blankly at the bulging bellies of many of the Dog-Head Mothers.

These are all my daughters-in-law, and many are pregnant?

I'm going to be a grandfather?

I don't understand; this world is developing too fast.

I was only gone for a little while, and I'm already going to be a grandfather.

If I had come a little later, would my grandsons and granddaughters already be born?

Wait, Fa Wang felt he was still young.

After a long while, urged by the Essence of Destruction, Fa Wang said with an embarrassed smile, "Where's your Gan-father?"

At Ma Yu's reminder, Chen Luo walked out of the time zone, laughing, "Little Heizi, you've finally deigned to come back."

Fa Wang said excitedly, "B-Big brother."

This made the Essence of Destruction furious. It had told him that no one was worthy of being his big brother, so why was he still calling him that?

In addition, the Essence of Destruction sensed the aura of the Essence of Death on Chen Luo.

The Essence of Destruction was puzzled. Why was the aura of the Essence of Death so weak? The deaths of so many living beings should have allowed it to recover a bit.

Could it be that it was too badly injured before?

A swirling cyan-black energy body appeared above Fa Wang's head.

A message appeared in Chen Luo's mind: "From today onward, you will call him big brother, understand?"

Chen Luo narrowed his eyes. This must be the Essence of Destruction.

After all, Chen Luo knew there was an Essence of Destruction inside when Fa Wang fell into the abyss.

"Hand over the Essence of Death."

Chen Luo smiled. "Watch your tone."

Chen Luo waved his hand. "Everyone, go away. Fa Wang and I have important matters to discuss."

Fa Wang was startled. Big Dog, we need to be cowards when we need to be. In front of the Essence, it's not shameful to be a little cowardly.

Chen Luo was puzzled. The Essence of Darkness and the Essence of Fate could appear alone. The Essence of Destruction should be able to as well. Why did the Essence of Destruction choose Fa Wang and share its power with him?

The Essence of Destruction was furious. It was already angry that Fa Wang called Chen Luo big brother. Not only was this being not afraid of it, but he even told it to watch its tone.

How could anyone say such a thing?

Destructive energy was about to rush towards Chen Luo, but Fa Wang immediately stood in front of Chen Luo, pointing sternly.

"You better watch it. If you dare to attack again, I'll self-destruct."

The Essence of Destruction was so angry it couldn't speak.

"Make him hand over the Essence of Death."

Chen Luo asked, "Why did you choose to merge with Fa Wang?"

Fa Wang laughed. "It's simple. It has no home and was driven out. If it recovers and appears alone for a long time, it will cause time and space to become unstable and be beaten up by the Essence of Time and Essence of Space."

Complete Essences were too terrifying. Appearing in the outside world for a long time would cause instability in space and time.

Normally, Essences resided in their Essence Lands, but as mentioned before, the Essence of Destruction was not sociable, constantly clamoring to destroy the world.

It was knocked into a slumber by other Essences working together.

If the Essence of Destruction wanted to recover its power, it needed a host to fuse with its power, preventing the power from causing space and time to collapse.

Once a large-scale collapse was triggered, Time and Space would not let it off.

Chen Luo took out the Essence of Death. "You want this?"

To Chen Luo's surprise, the Essence of Death actually sent a message.

"Destruction, apologize to him. You can't afford to offend this person."