Chapter 716 402: Space Reigns, Time Rules_2

"Splash!"

The sound of illusory tides rose once more, but at this moment, it was not merely from the external world; it resonated within his Sea of Consciousness.

No one knew when it began.

A river, both mysterious in its origins and undefined in its endpoint, appeared in his Sea of Consciousness.

It was almost identical to the river outside the world.

And at this moment, whether it was Thunder, Frost, Death, or one of the four Supreme Laws, Life—all of them lay flat upon the river.

Allowing the river to continuously wash over them.

Such a scene.

If anyone were to perceive it, it would be enough to shock everyone.

Even those ranked among the Main Gods would be amazed.

Death, Frost, Thunder are fine.

Even though Death and Thunder can be considered Upper-Rank Laws, they are not among the four Supreme Laws; Life, however, is.

The Law of Life was actually included among them.

This outcome would be enough to astonish countless people and deities.

Of course, at this moment, no one knew.

Even Thor himself hadn't realized.

His consciousness was entirely immersed in the insights that had surged forth at some unknown time.

Even as the surrounding space continued to collapse.

It seemed not to affect him.

And just as Steve, Pelos, and Marshall felt bewildered.

"Splash!"

The illusory tides swept once more.

This time, directly beneath their feet.

Instantly supporting their bodies.

"Boom!"

"Rumble!"

And in the instant their bodies were supported, the entire surrounding space rapidly collapsed.

The void shattered completely.

Seeing the chaotic spatial turbulence.

Everyone felt their brows twitch involuntarily.

"What is this?"

Steve murmured to himself, his body inadvertently stepping back.

Almost causing him to fall off the illusory river.

Fortunately, Pelos grabbed him.

"Don't move rashly."

"This seems to be the power of the lord."

Marshall spoke softly, with a trace of shock in his expression, his gaze involuntarily turning towards Thor in the distance.

"Yes, yes!"

Steve quickly responded.

At this moment, everyone tread cautiously.

Although they still didn't know what exactly lay within the shattered space.

The feeling in the inexplicable made them understand that falling in would definitely not be a good thing.

Amidst the illusory river.

Figures stood tall.

Each one felt a wave of unease and tension spreading.

And at the center, Thor remained with closed eyes, as strands of realization constantly entwined in his mind.

Not only from the insights brought by the Moon-Gazing Fruit.

But also from the knowledge of his past life.

"What is time?"

Murmuring, Thor couldn't help but fall into contemplation.

In past lives, time actually wasn't something that truly existed.

Time reflects the perpetual movement, change, continuity, and sequentiality of substances, encompassing the concepts of moment and duration.

It is a parameter humans use to describe the process of material movement or the occurrence of events, determined by the rules of material periodic change unaffected by external forces.

The time measurement system based on Earth's rotation is called the Universal Time system. Time measurement in terms of hour, day, month, year, century belongs to the calendar realm in astronomy, and is one of the seven basic physical quantities in physics.

In this world, time seems to be simply time, without involving anything else.

No one truly masters time.

Even though wind, fire, thunder, electricity, space, life, light, darkness—all these intangible existences have transformed into tangible laws and rules, time nonetheless appears to stand independently above all.

Almost as if it doesn't exist.

But it does truly exist.

Everyone can perceive the existence of time.

You pass one day, that is one day's time.

A year, that is a year's time.

Moreover, deities can almost return from time.

Even if they haven't mastered time, they can return from the past to the present.

For them, for everyone in this world, time exists completely.

All this undoubtedly creates an extremely contradictory feeling.

This was the main reason why Thor fell into confusion inexplicably.

Insights clashing with past life knowledge, and the understanding of this world constantly cause conflicts.

Increasing his doubts.

Even the illusory river began to sweep in layers of waves.

Becoming increasingly illusory.

"This is bad!"

In the distance, Marshall and others' expressions changed, as they naturally sensed the changes in the illusory river first.

Their expressions invariably showed a hint of anxiety.

"What should we do? The lord seems to be in trouble."

Steve instinctively spoke, casting his gaze towards Marshall and Pelos.

"This is probably not something we can interfere with."

Pelos smiled wryly, looking both at the illusory river beneath and the distant figure.

Even if he wasn't clear about what the present represented, he knew there was nothing they could do at the moment.

"Let's wait!"

"The lord should be fine."

Marshall nodded, speaking softly.

Steve opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

The group resumed their wait.

Time gradually moved forward.

With the passage of time.

The turbulence of the illusory river became increasingly evident.

Several times knights nearly fell.

And as everyone grew more anxious.

"Splash!"

The sound of illusory tides rose once more.

The originally flickering illusory river suddenly expanded, its previously vague scope spreading further.

And compared to before, it now really seemed to become a grand river.

"Time!"

"So this is it!"

"Is this what time is?"

The soft-spoken voice uttered, as the realization flickered within Thor's expression at the center.

As this realization spread.

The river of time beneath his feet almost shifted from illusory to real.

And even greater changes occurred within his Sea of Consciousness.

"Boom!!"

"Rumble!"

The giant rumbling echoed, and the illusory river within the Sea of Consciousness was continuously spreading.

The Power of Life, Death, Frost, and Thunder intertwined, gradually merging into the river of time.

Simultaneously, with the fusion of these four laws.

The entire Sea of Consciousness was expanding continuously.

Indeed, it was expanding continuously.

Initially, Thor's Sea of Consciousness was already vast enough.

But at this moment, it showed no sign of stopping.

The entire Sea of Consciousness seemed to undergo creation.

The sound of rumbling was endless.

Accompanied by these sounds, the Sea of Consciousness extended infinitely far, and the illusory river spread endlessly.

As the river continuously extended, new realizations spread forth.

Countless novel and inexplicable laws intertwined around him.

At this moment, Thor seemed to stand upon the endless distant horizon.

"Whoosh!"

In the Sea of Consciousness, flames rose once more.

Flames surged, burning everything.

And unlike before.

The flames formed by the previous Death Law were only the size of a bean, flickering unstably.

But now the flames spread across most of the Sea of Consciousness, seeming to have turned into the Fire Domain, with a feeling of burning everything.

At this moment Thor had an epiphany.

That was, if he wished, he might advance to the Divine Level in one leap.

Even this feeling was stronger than what it was when he was inside the Divine Ruins of the God of Death.

The feeling spread.

Thor's eyes suddenly opened.

An aura rose instantly at this moment.

"Boom!"

"Rumble!"

The gigantic rumbling echoed continuously.

This time, he hesitated no longer, nor did he suppress himself, instead directly stirring the Divine Fire and the illusory river.

Previously in the Divine Ruins of the God of Death he did not breakthrough, because if he advanced with the Death Law, then his greatest achievement in the future would only be as the God of Death.

That was not his goal.

Nor was it what he wanted to see.

Now it was completely different, as the unparalleled laws from beyond the four Supreme Laws converged, he no longer needed to consider so much.