Chapter 1430, The Fracture of Time and Space

Translator:  Ashish

Translation Checker: Silvain

“At this moment…?” A sudden gasp escaped Dream Dragon as she peered at Yu Zi Yu from within the dimensional rift, her eyes widening in disbelief.

Because at that very instant, within that incomparably terrifying torrent of energy, which seemed poised to annihilate all things, time itself began to reverse.

Time was flowing backward, and everything, absolutely everything, was flowing backward.

Visible to the naked eye, the divine tree that had blotted out the Heavens dissolved into countless particles of time, flowing backward.

*Boooooom…* With a sudden reverberating roar, those innumerable particles of time converged within the universe, weaving together into the figure of a man clad in golden imperial robes.

And that figure was none other than the ‘former’ Demon Emperor; he was as he had been before.

The entire scene was indescribable; impossible to put into words. However, Dream Dragon keenly sensed the dissonance between this Demon Emperor and the cosmos itself.

She felt as though he did not belong to the same plane of existence, because that figure was still solidifying at this moment.

And then, as if sensing something, the distant figure suddenly turned his head.

*Boooooom…* That single glance was like being struck by lightning; Dream Dragon instantly froze in place.

At that moment, within her consciousness, the figure in golden imperial robes expanded without limit, completely occupying her mind.

“Eh…?” A soft murmur escaped him, tinged with faint surprise.

Even Yu Zi Yu himself had not expected that Dream Dragon, in his moment of peril, would feel such empathy, so much so that she had even harbored thoughts of avenging him.

Perhaps it was gratitude for having once been saved by him.

Perhaps it was something else.

However, ‘it was enough, enough to give Yu Zi Yu a reason not to erase her.

“Forget this memory,” he murmured softly.

Raising his hand, he took Time as the medium and Space as the conduit, transforming them into a seal of Spacetime, and gently locked away this part of Dream Dragon’s memories.

He was the bearer of Time and Space Principles, and for now, he could not allow such secrets to be divulged.

They were tied to his future plans.

Of course, it was only necessary to hide them for a short while.

There was no need for eternal secrecy.

And so, to avoid unnecessary troubles, he felt no need to silence Dream Dragon.

The present Yu Zi Yu was strong enough to wipe her out with a snap of his fingers; she possessed no Imperial Artifact whatsoever for protection.

However, the Dragon Clan’s foundations ran deep. If they were to trace even the faintest clue, it could easily backfire.

Thus, a temporary sealing of memory was more than sufficient.

As for why Yu Zi Yu could so easily seal part of Dream Dragon’s memories, it was because her mind and spirit had already been seized by him.

With her consciousness captured and mind completely blank, she naturally had no power to resist his seal.

And that was not all…

At this moment, if one were to carefully sense Yu Zi Yu’s aura, they would discover it was rising at a terrifying speed, and in a truly frightening manner.

“Could this be… turning misfortune into fortune?”

After casually sealing part of Dream Dragon’s memories, Yu Zi Yu slowly lifted his gaze toward the Heavens.

*Boooooom…* With a sudden thunderous roar, an indescribable gate manifested above his head.

It was Heaven’s Door.

Ancient and profound, as though it had existed alongside the world itself.

Nothing could destroy it, nothing could break it.

Legend had it that it was born of the profound mysteries of Heaven and Earth, embodying a portion of the world’s Principles, a gateway condensed from the mysteries of Heaven and Earth.

Other legends claimed that the Heaven’s Door was a kind of Artifact, but at the same time, it wasn’t one. It existed eternally, transcending all things, everlasting since time immemorial. It was the foundation and source of everything.

The so-called Heaven’s Door opened by the mortals was merely a faint projection of it.

And why must one open Heaven’s Door?

Because Heaven’s Door exists everywhere, and nowhere.

It can loom across the vast cosmos, and it can also dwell eternally within a being’s heart.

The Heaven’s Door opened by cultivators was precisely that gate within their hearts.

Only by opening Heaven’s Door can one shatter the shackles of life itself, and in the world of mortals, climb to Heaven and begin one’s own journey toward proving one’s Dao.

And now…

*Boooooom…* A power both profound and unfathomable surged through the starry void.

An inexplicable door had already emerged within the cosmos.

It was vast beyond measure.

It was ancient and desolate beyond time.

Standing there in utter stillness, it seemed to suppress all ages.

Before it, even the Eternal Strike unleashed by the Vajra Ring, at the cost of its own shattering, could not stir the slightest ripple.

That was not an existence an Imperial Artifact could shake.

In fact, it was impossible to even gaze upon it.

However, at this moment, that was obviously not the prime focus.

The True Spirit of the Vajra Ring was struck by a sense of utter disbelief. Even as its form began to collapse, the remnants of its humanoid phantom stood rooted, eyes wide with shock.

“How is this possible? How can this be… how can this possibly be?”

Like one driven mad, the Vajra Ring’s True Spirit still could not accept it.

The Demon Emperor he had erased…had reappeared once more.

And what was even more suffocating was that his aura had become even more terrifying, and was still climbing at a dreadful speed. As though the Eternal Strike it had unleashed at the cost of shattering itself had not harmed him in the slightest.

“This… how is this possible?”

It was unable to digest this fact, yet time itself seemed unwilling to allow its existence to continue.

Bit by bit, its entire body dissolved into countless motes of light, slowly dispersing throughout the void.

“Heh… you still haven’t realized it, even now?” Yu Zi Yu’s distant voice echoed through the void, as a faint smile presented itself upon Yu Zi Yu’s lips.

“No, you’ve already realized it, you just refuse to acknowledge that fact.

It’s understandable… who can even imagine that I also bear the Supreme Principle of Spacetime!?””

…

Half whispering, and half declaring, the smile on Yu Zi Yu’s face grew ever deeper.

Spacetime Rift, that was the ability Yu Zi Yu had just executed. By severing the very Time and Space, he had returned to the past, with both his spirit and energy also flowing backward, all the way to the pinnacle of that moment.

It was an extremely terrifying Divine Ability.

If not for the faint rejection Yu Zi Yu was feeling, as though he was subtly rejected by the universe, he might have considered this ability nearly perfect.

“Each use of Spacetime Rift leaves traces upon the body… If used too many times, it could very well cause my True Form to remain forever stranded in the past or even the future… stepping beyond reality itself,” murmuring to himself, Yu Zi Yu fell into deep thought.

This perhaps was the greatest flaw of the Spacetime Rift.

However, it wasn’t that big of a flaw, but it wasn’t small either; it was just well within what Yu Zi Yu could endure.