"First, you need sufficient comprehension of time yourself. Then, with the help of the opening of the God Realm, spread your comprehension as widely as possible. Using this as a medium, you can then gather the imagery of time."
"The deeper your comprehension and the wider your influence, the more imagery you will gather. The stronger the God of Time divine seat will be, and the higher the level of its authority."
The Dragon God looked at Su Ming and asked, "Are you that confident in your comprehension of time?"
Su Ming did not answer.
The Dragon God's heart sank.
This Su Ming's attainment in time was indeed not shallow.
Being able to change history and achieve transcendence in the future has already proved Su Ming's attainment in time.
The Dragon God quickly recalled all of Su Ming's cultivation history.
When had he come to comprehend time?
Last time, Su Ming had appeared too ignorant yet had still transcended on his own. The Dragon God had been greatly impacted at the time and thought Su Ming had stumbled into it. But after returning, the more he thought about it, the more something was wrong it seemed. He had examined the history of Su Ming's rise and studied it carefully.
"These borrowed powers – I previously thought he was borrowing power he had left behind himself, because I considered him the reincarnation of an old schemer who had left behind self-defense measures before reincarnation. Now, it seems that is not the case."
The Dragon God's gaze towards Su Ming grew deep.
"This Su Ming has indeed comprehended time. He is able to borrow power from the past and future."
At the same time, looking again at the two Martial Souls that could no longer have Spirit Rings attached, the Dragon God drew in a sharp breath.
"This is using two Martial Souls to carry power from the past and future."
"Hiss~"
The Dragon God once again realized that there were always greater heights beyond.
"The current performance of this Su Ming is definitely not his full power."
Feeling he had discovered some of Su Ming's little secrets, the Dragon God grew more cautious. He streamlined the information he revealed to Su Ming as much as possible, only solving his immediate problems and giving him no room for further association. He definitely would not give the other party the chance to push back his own foundation!
After teaching time, the topic turned to tribulations.
The Dragon God considered carefully and said to Su Ming, "The transfer of tribulations is also based on the God Realm's God of Time divine seat. The God of Time divine seat is derived from all living beings, so naturally, it can also feed back to all living beings..."
Su Ming listened to the Dragon God's method, the corner of his mouth twitching.
This was truly the means of a capitalist.
Using the power of all living beings to gather the God of Time divine seat, he himself merely occupied a bit more control, a few more shares. Using this divine seat, he reverse exploited all living beings.
Beast!
"From this perspective, I instead can't do it," Su Ming thought to himself.
He had obtained the information he wanted. He bid farewell to the Dragon God and returned to the Reincarnation Realm to further contemplate.
"I only need to transfer the tribulations of forgers – specifically, the tribulations triggered at the moment of successful Super Refinement, for those forgers with hope of achieving it."
Precisely specifying whose tribulation to affect within the God of Time divine seat was very difficult.
Harder than finding a needle in a haystack.
Finding one or two specific individuals among the vast sea of living beings was too difficult.
The Dragon God had chosen to seal off the path to godhood for the entire Spirit Beast clan, probably because the Spirit Beast clan was a sufficiently large group to encompass.
"Why not directly use the forging divine seat to locate them?"
The Dragon God could only use the God of Time divine seat to locate them because he also needed to use the authority of that divine seat, utilizing the law of conservation of tribulations to tribulations across time.
"But I don't need that," Su Ming said with a smile. "Yes, the forging divine seat itself doesn't possess time properties. Even if it located a forger performing Super Refinement, it couldn't transfer their tribulation. But what if the forging divine seat came from the past and future?"
In Su Ming's mind, a plan had already taken shape.
"For the God Realm opened in Douluo 2, the forging authority used won't be mine. Instead, we'll use the Douluo 3 main body's."
"Then for the Douluo 1 side, we'll use mine."
"For the Douluo 3 side, we'll use the Douluo 1 side's."
This would confuse the tribulation's perception, thereby creating a so-called 'glimmer of hope' within the tribulation.
"The trigger condition is the divine seat. Whoever holds the forging divine seat can enjoy this glimmer of hope!"
As for one person monopolizing the forging divine seat?
Hadn't he seen the law of conservation of tribulations?
The tribulation is only transferred, not crossed.
The moment you anger the Universe's Will and are targetted by the tribulation, you are already destined to die.
This is the nature of the tribulation.
Thus, there would be no situation where a deity permanently controls the forging divine seat.
Su Ming deduced: if his plan worked, the final outcome might be that the God of Forging would have to perform Super Refinement periodically, with a mortality rate...
Even if, as a result, the forging divine seat became one that everyone avoided, a glimmer of hope would still have been created.
Su Ming's goal was not to promote the forging system.
"Now, I have a path for forging and a direction for time. These eight authorities are all on the right track."
Su Ming revealed a relieved smile.
"From now on, it's a matter of time – elevating these eight authorities to the God King level as quickly as possible, then opening up the God Realm!"
Although having a plan and a goal made him much more relaxed, Su Ming knew that his subsequent cultivation would not be easy.
"Time... my comprehension of time is still insufficient."
"The cohesion of the time authority is key. It affects the advancement of the forging authority and whether the conditions for opening the God Realm are met."
Su Ming's behavior of getting on the bus first and buying a ticket later was already reluctant. If he couldn't buy the ticket later, the consequences would be absolutely embarrassing.
Therefore, he had to ensure that his time authority could be condensed successfully.
And that it was as powerful as possible.
"I also have to deal with the Dragon God. That guy definitely didn't help me for no reason."
"The God Realm we open will inevitably be his prey."
"Even if it's just two God King-level authorities, I can't slack off."
Hence, the time authority was very important.
This would be the eighth God King authority, beyond the seven that the Dragon God believed Su Ming himself was gathering.
"Cultivate to level ninety! Obtain the ninth Spirit Ring!"
To enhance his comprehension of time, obtain the River of Time Spirit Ring!
This was what Su Ming had set long ago.
The eighth Spirit Ring would be a World Spirit Ring, the ninth would be a Time Spirit Ring.
In practice, the eighth rings of Su Ming's three main bodies all touched on time, but they work independently, only corresponding to the past, present, and future respectively.
"The ninth ring must be continuous time."
With this thought, Su Ming entered the River of Time perspective.
Looking at the surging torrent below him, Su Ming only felt his own insignificance.
Especially as his suspicion about the origin of the River of Time once again surfaced in his mind.
Such great power – was it innate existing, or created by some powerful being?
The boundless river churned with infinite water of time. Each droplet was a world, a spacetime. The droplets flowing and changing along the river symbolized the fate of countless beings.
After a long time.
Su Ming slowly snapped out of his shocked state.
"The ninth ring of time..."
Time passed.
Seven months had passed since Su Ming had confirmed the cultivation direction for all eight authorities.
"All three main bodies have finally reached level ninety."
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