Evolution Begins With A Big Tree

Chapter 1258, Temporal Formation

Translator:  Ashish

Translation Checker: Silvain

Nine Tails and Ling Er, hearing Yu Zi Yu’s instructions, looked shocked, their expressions shifting again and again.

[Sealing off space, and accelerating time within it? Isn’t that…?]

As if realizing something, Nine Tails’ beautiful eyes widened. “Master, could this be the long-lost Temporal Formation?”

The Temporal Formation was an ancient and near-mythical Formation, and was often regarded as second only to the Ten Great Forbidden Formations.

And all of that was because the Temporal Formation was simply too Heaven-defying.

Within it, one day of cultivation could be equal to a year outside. If accelerated by a hundredfold, or even a thousandfold, it would become even more Heaven-defying.

Of course, for truly powerful beings, such a Formation did not have much use. After all, true cultivation relied on comprehension and Principles, not just bitter cultivation.

Thus, Temporal Formations were mostly used to nurture Spirit Plants or train Juniors.

Be that as it may, it still remained a Heaven-defying Formation.

For great powers, possessing a Temporal Formation was the epitome of deep foundations, a hidden trump card.

If Yu Zi Yu truly could set up such a Formation, it would mean that the number of strong cultivators in the Demon Court, along with its Spirit Plants, could experience explosive growth…

Thus, along with astonishment, a hint of disbelief filled their gazes.

Even Nine Tails found it hard to believe that her Master could construct such a Heaven-defying Formation.

“Temporal Formation, huh…” Yu Zi Yu just chuckled in response, and offered no explanation.

He believed it would be meaningless to explain it. After all, this could indeed be considered a Temporal Formation.

However, only a true expert would understand that what he had created was ten times, even a hundred times more terrifying than the Temporal Formation most people imagined.

And that was because Yu Zi Yu had harnessed the Principles of Space and Time themselves to create a space governed by its own rules.

To put it simply: this place was no longer bound by the rules of the starry sky.

And what did it mean to transcend the bounds of the starry sky? It needed no further explanation.

Just the mere notion of it alone was enough to make one’s blood run cold.

From this, it became evident that the Principles of Time and Space were unimaginably fearsome, truly worthy of being the most enigmatic and unfathomable of all Superior Principles.

However, now wasn’t the time to dwell on such things.

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“Master, then we shall begin cultivating.” With a single sentence, Nine Tails and Ling Er exchanged a look and promptly sat down cross-legged.

Then…

*Hoo…* Taking deep breaths, both closed their eyes.

Moments later…

*Boooooom… Booooom…* Accompanied by thunderous roars, Spiritual Energy within a ten thousand meter radius surged, taking the shape of two massive whirlwinds that spiralled above Nine Tails and Ling Er.

“The commotion caused by Tier-6s during cultivation… really is extraordinary…” With a faint smile, Yu Zi Yu squinted at the towering vortexes of Spiritual Energy.

Of course, his own cultivation would cause movements a thousand times greater than this, but he rarely observed himself.

Watching Tier-6s cultivate was a first for him, and it was quite impressive.

With a light smile in his heart, Yu Zi Yu silently affirmed Ling Er and Nine Tails’ progress.

Just from observing their cultivation, he was already confident in their strength.

They truly were remarkable.

Even among Tier-6s, Nine Tails and Ling Er could be considered elites. They were no weaker than Seraphim of the Angel Clan.

…

Not long after, as if sensing something, Yu Zi Yu’s brows slightly furrowed.

Then, with a sudden wave of his hand…

*Booooom…* A thunderous boom rocked the world as all the strange phenomena in the sky began to gradually dissipate.

The first to vanish was the illusory, colossal clock looming behind Yu Zi Yu. Next followed the kaleidoscopic, constantly shifting space until the surrounding blurred scenery began to gradually clear.

[The Spiritual Energy consumption is truly terrifying.] Sighing in his heart, Yu Zi Yu couldn’t help but shake his head.

This was one of the drawbacks of the Principles of Time and Space, they were terrifying indeed, but the Spiritual Energy consumption when they were used was simply too great.

Yu Zi Yu’s reserves of Spiritual Energy were vast, almost on par with a Hegemon, yet even with such tremendous reserves, he still found it difficult to sustain both Time and Space Principles simultaneously.

However, the fault did not entirely lie with the Principles themselves. The issue stemmed from him trying to wield both Principles at once, which exponentially increased the drain on his Spiritual Energy.

Not to mention, he had just accelerated time by a factor of two hundred.

That level of acceleration was utterly outrageous.

Were it not for the fragile nature of this time barrier, which rendered it unsuitable for combat, Yu Zi Yu might have already started treading the path to invincibility…

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[If I were only wielding one Principle, my Spiritual Energy would be more than enough…] Letting out a soft sigh, Yu Zi Yu understood clearly that this was a side effect of incomplete fusion of the Principles of Time and Space.

If he could perfectly merge them into the Principle of Spacetime, then the energy drain would likely drop significantly.

After all, Yu Zi Yu had already noticed more than half of his energy was spent simply maintaining balance between the two Principles.

The repulsion between these two Superior Principles was far too intense. To control both simultaneously, Yu Zi Yu had to burn through a massive amount of Spiritual Energy to counteract that repulsion.

*Haaaa…* With a weary sigh, Yu Zi Yu pushed aside these thoughts and turned his gaze toward the slowly awakening Ling Er and Nine Tails.

“How do you feel?” Asked Yu Zi Yu in a gentle voice, a glimmer of anticipation in his eyes.

This was the first time he had wielded both Time and Space Principles at once. He genuinely wanted to see what kind of effects it produced.

“We cultivated for three months… My Spiritual Energy has increased significantly, but my mastery of Principle is just as before. In this sealed space, I couldn’t sense the Principle of Sealing at all… and I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but now, even the Nine Realms also feel unfamiliar…”

As Nine Tails murmured, a trace of confusion surfaced deep in her eyes.

She indeed found the Nine Realms a bit unfamiliar, and she didn’t like that feeling.

Just then, a light chuckle echoed beside them, “Did you know that while you cultivated for three months… in reality, only half a day passed?”

“Eh…?” Hearing Yu Zi Yu’s words, both Nine Tails and Ling Er appeared stunned.

They simultaneously looked toward the sky.

“It’s true! Only half a day has passed!” With a gasp of disbelief, Nine Tails was struck speechless.

She had cultivated for a full hundred days, yet in the Nine Realms, only half a day had gone by.

At that moment, the confusion in her heart faded, replaced by a surge of uncontainable excitement.

[This means… This means the Demon Court has just gained an extremely fearsome foundation. All we needs is to setup a single Formation.]

[True, it can’t produce extremely powerful experts… but it could definitely mass-produce mid-tier combatants. And even more frightening, it can be used for cultivating Spirit Plants…]