Paragon Of Sin

Chapter 1272 1266: NDAE, Vortex Of Space And Time

”Time?” This statement piqued countless cultivatorsʼ interest. A pellet that could harness time? While not original or convention-shattering, it was still a difficult product to concoct for alchemists. Everybodyʼs focus was concentrated on Tian Xiaochengʼs flawless hands as she delicately removed the lid.

An eerie sound resembling the harsh churning vortex of water and air resounded in the senses of everyone present. Quite a few cultivators were immediately met with mind-clearing dragon roars as they experienced a form of Temporal and Spatial Dissonance. This feeling was extremely intense to those who comprehended time to a greater level, sending Earthly Saints that grasped the Temporal-type or Spatial- type Mystic Runes in a dizzy spiral.

”Wah!” Sky Monarch Bai stumbled drunkenly, needing a nearby prince to holdhim upright. He had just grasped greater insights into time thanks to the Astralis Dawn Mist, and he still hadnʼt completely digested all of it, so he experienced a rare form of destabilizing dissonance.

Yang Chaoyue was holding a hand-seal; her eyes shone with the flow of time in a cycle as she invoked her Temporal Eye; at the center of her pupils was a Temporal-type Mystic Rune. She remained largely unaffected.???Tian Muyang, Tian Lingyu, the other Sky Monarchs, and Imperial Monarchs were all taken aback and felt as if they had entered a world of chaotic time. Some held it together better than most. Tian Shangyang was not one of them. He fell to his kneeswith a heavy thud; his eyes dazed to the maximum. By the time the dragon roar arrived in his Sea of Consciousness, he had already fallen on all fours.

”Do be careful when inspecting the pellet; it has a potent aura of time and space.” Tian Xiaocheng warned with a smile. The pelletʼs unique aura was clearly deliberately not suppressed to inspire awe, so those who felt the effects were met with all sorts of embarrassing situations.???”That witch!” The Titanic Hell-Crushing Queen growled as she lay on her stomach, face-planted on the floor of the World of Eden. She had comprehended both Spatial and Temporal Runes, so her reaction was particularly intense as she lost herself entirely. She tried to rise but found her balance inherently shifted, so she stumbled and face-planted again.

When she turned her little head to the Boundless Martial High King, the scholarly figure was still standing upright without any signs of wobbling or dissonance. Instead, he was observing the pellet with a solemn expression splashed with a hint of surprise.???Tian Lingyu was assisting Tian Muyang, her eyes looking at Yang Chaoyue curiously. ”You were warned?” She pouted unhappily. Yang Chaoyue released her hand-seal and smiled. She didnʼt hide it as she shook her head, ”I wasnʼt.”

”Liar,” Tian Shangyang leaned against an Imperial Prince for support as he spat. If the world knew that the Earthly Saints of the world, these illustrious figures, were being sent into a mess by a pellet, they likely would have no face to go anywhere. Fortunately, all focus was on the pellet. Didnʼt Yang Chaoyue just want them to suffer this humiliation?

Yang Chaoyue sneered, ”Youʼre not worthy enough for me to lie to.”

”You!” Tian Shangyang gnashed his teeth.???Yang Chaoyue scoffed, not even looking at Yang Shangyang, explaining to Tian Lingyu: ”I didnʼt know what product was going to be displayed, so how could I be warned? Or warn others? I only knew of its strange disorientation effect because I felt the aura before and recognized the pelletʼs name.”

”You knew?” Tian Muyang finally righted himself as he took a few deep breaths.

The Empress paused her explanation as she allowed everyone to adjust, digesting the sheer intensity of the pelletʼs aura.

Yang Chaoyue nodded smilingly, ”A few years ago, he allowed me to test the pellet after some convincing.”

”...” The Earthly Saints knew that this was Yang Chaoyueʼs indirect admission to receiving insane benefits from her association with Wei Wuyin. Her ʼassociationʼ with Wei Wuyin.???”Whatʼs the effect?” Seeing that the Empress would delay the explanation until everyone regained themselves, Tian Muyangʼs curiosity could not wait any longer. While the intensity was the highest for Earthly Saints who grasped Temporal and Spatial Runes, he could already see that those in the Mortal Realms were in a daze of various intensities. Just exposure had sent many of them into profound states of enlightenment.

For example, Tian Guyan, the Second Son of the Divine Emperor, and a Demi-Mortal Lord, was currently in an epiphany as his Temporal Eye and Innate Spatial Energies were being stimulated. This might be indicative of at least comprehending the two Mystic Runes during his Earthly Ascension. This was incredible because of how difficult those two Ways of Mysticism were to comprehend!???Even Lin Xianxian was currently standing lifeless as her Temporal Eye was hyperactive. She was grasping insights into the fragmented Mystic Seeds relating to the Temporal and Spatial Runes. Lin Ming was also in a state of enlightenment. With his degree of talent, his insights into time and space were rising rapidly, establishing a firm foundation for his future potential heights of Rune Ascension.

”The fourth good fortune,” Yang Chaoyue said emotionally.???”Fourth?” Tian Muyang looked about with the Proximity Link and confirmed that several cultivators were affected by a strange emulated flow of time and spatial energies from the World of Eden. This wasnʼt directly from the pellet, but the pellet helped stimulate a state where the time and spatial energies could easily flow into them. Those younger had experienced the greatest effects as their affinities tothese two powers elevated at varying levels.

This was indeed the fourth good fortune!

Wei Wuyin was truly not stopping!

Tian Lingyu eyed Yang Chaoyue, ”But what does it do?” At this point, they isolated themselves in order to communicate so they would not disturb the ones in a state of enlightenment by accident.???Yang Chaoyue sighed, ”The pellet isnʼt like normal pellets. He told me that while it might be ninth-grade, it is one of the few multi-graded products.”

”Multi-graded? Like the Essence Pill?” Tian Shangyang interrupted as he was slightly shaken. There were a few products that were multi-graded, meaning they ranged from first to ninth grade, and their primary effects were their only effect, regardless of their qualities. It was a divergent product like ʼpinnacle-tierʼ products, but often very difficult to fail due to how it could simply be ʼdegradedʼ during the concoction process. While failure was subjective, in this case, it meant destruction mid- concoction.

Yang Chaoyue ignored him, ”The pellet can formulate a zone of isolated space and time. Within this area, the rate of time moves considerably faster.”???”Thatʼs it?” Sky Monarch Bai regained himself completely as he questioned. That effect wasnʼt too unique. With sufficient power and effort, any one of them could create something similar. However, there were certain drawbacks to doing so.

Yang Chaoyue shook her head. ”Itʼs not ʼitʼ. While the pellet only has one effect, that effect is the production of the zone, not the manipulation of time and space. This zone itself has countless effects! For example,” she gestured toward Tian Guyan, ”gaining insights and enlightenment into time and space. The quality of spatial and time energies within is also abnormally pure, yet the zone doesnʼt disrupt the foundation of energies, essence, and mana, unlike our self-created zones, where those inside simply canʼt cultivate effectively.”???The Earthly Saints all had varying degrees of disbelief in their eyes, even Tian Lingyu.

”The rate of time changes based on grade. From what I know, a first-grade pellet has a 1 to 1.1 ratio-for every ten minutes we experience, those in the zone experience eleven minutes. While the ninth-grade pellet has a 1 to 10 ratio-for every minute we experience, those inside experience ten minutes. More importantly, the zone draws power from the ambient energies of space and time, so effectively...”

When Yang Chaoyue began her last sentence, the expressions of everyone began to change. They instantly grasped the implication!???”...itʼs everlasting until canceled or destroyed. There are certain limitations, however. I know it needs an anchor of Spiritual Aura to exist. If the one who uses the pellet leaves the zoneʼs area, the zone dissipates instantly. But this adds another layer to the zone and a failsafe.”...Yang Chaoyue, however, wasnʼt done. ”The zone interacts negatively to all foreign Spiritual Auras, and essentially restricts them, imposing the reverse effects, and forming a type of Spatial Cage.”

”I thought you said it had only one effect!” Tian Shangyang exclaimed. Wasnʼt this a trapping pellet with temporal effects? He knew that Yang Chaoyue was describing slowing down an opponent while trapping them, so this was more than one effect.???

”Are you deaf? Or do you have something wrong with your comprehension? I said the ʼZoneʼ is the only effect of the pellet. Everything the zone can perform is an aspect of the zone itself. Haaa! Itʼll be impossible to give you the entire rundown of the zone without experiencing it yourself. Just know this: the pellet creates the Vortex-Zone, which has varying qualities. Thereʼs nothing else to it.” Yang Chaoyue gave up trying to explain.

”Regardless of whether it has multiple effects or not, the product is suitable for changing the landscape and concept of time. After all, those with it and those without it born in the same generation will certainly not be on the same level.” Tian Muyang didnʼt harp on the semantics of the Neo-Dawn Vortex-Zone Pelletʼs effect or effects, simply awed by yet another astonishing product by the youngalchemist.???”Itʼs not like thatʼs anything new, no?” Tian Shangyang couldnʼt accept that praise.

The Radiant Wave Alchemic Sovereign glared at Tian Shangyang, ”Do you not understand? Really?! While Earthly Saints can create something similar, it costs lifespan and precious Mystic Power, right? A ninth-grade product that can not only sustain itself and exist perpetually but also has a ratio of 1 to 10! There are only two years left before the Chosen King Competition; this could effectively give each Chosen twenty additional years of preparation!”

”...” Yang Shangyang was taken aback. He hadnʼt thought about that!

Tian Lingyu said from the side, ”It can also be used to trap your enemies, stronger or weaker. That shouldnʼt be forgotten.”???”It can do more than that,” Yang Chaoyue added.

Eventually, everyoneʼs profound state ended after three hours.

The Neo-Dawn Vortex-Zone Pellet was situated in the center of the jade box, exuding a faint dark grey and light grey radiance that melded together perfectly, forming a spherical vortex within. It was soul-snatching, and if it wasnʼt for the given time to acclimate, few could gaze upon it casually.???”I hope the fortune of enlightenment was beneficial to everyone that could grasp it,” Tian Xiaocheng made sure that everyone knew that this was the fourth fortune, a fortune that everyone had the opportunity to grasp and participate in. She knew that Wei Wuyin had not only infused a strange power of Time and Space into the pellet to erupt upon opening but allowed spatial and time energies to flow into those cultivators fortunate enough to enter a state of enlightenment.

”The Neo-Dawn Vortex-Zone is a multi- graded pellet that...” Tian Xiaocheng essentially explained what Yang Chaoyue had, allowing everyone to be awed. The question of multiple effects was explained as well.???”The effect of the pellet is to create a Vortex-Zone of Space-Time, and the zone itself has all the additional effects. Strictly speaking, it doesnʼt go against alchemyʼs labeling system at all. As for the zone itself, if youʼre fortunate enough, you may be able to grasp the Spiritual Art that the pellet contains.”

pαndα`noν?1--сoМ ”WHAT?!” Instantly the confusion of the countless experts was alleviated, this pellet emulated a Spiritual Art! No wonder it only has one effect!

”The pellet has an embedded Spiritual Art? The zone can be comprehended and replicated?!” Tian Shangyang was reeling in disbelief. Despite his earlier attempts to lower the zoneʼs greatness, in his heart of hearts, he envied its power.???Yang Chaoyue disdainfully sneered with contempt in her eyes. However, in her heart, the pride she felt was skyrocketing to the moon. That brazen decision she made that day was the best decision of her entire life.

Tian Xiaocheng continued with a brilliant smile, ”Weʼll be moving to the next segment of the Neo-Dawn Alchemic Expo toshowcase the productʼs effect! I present to you...”