Chapter 859
Past, Present, Future: Three Pieces of the Time Puzzle
Not long after.
Sagat, the demigod who wielded the power of time and commanded immense influence, had entered his final, dying state.
The power of the ancient god's remains to extract energy never ceased, like an invisible black hole, frantically devouring everything about Him.
Sagat's mastery of the powerful laws of time, the immense life force supporting his demigod body, and the soul essence that kept his spirit intact were all mercilessly extracted by more than 90%.
Only a faint, almost transparent remnant remained, drifting in the shattered space.
This is a completely fatal wound.
Even if the ancient gods themselves descended and used a heaven-defying resurrection technique, they could not save Sagat's life.
This demigod of time, who had slaughtered countless civilizations and committed countless bloody sins, finally reached the end of his life.
Yang Fan stood quietly, his gaze calmly fixed on the dying Sagat. A complex emotion and a hint of pity flashed in his eyes.
He asked softly, "Your Majesty, you've been in pain all these years, haven't you?"
At this moment, Sagat had become a blurry, indistinct phantom, and even maintaining his physical form had become extremely difficult.
Upon hearing these words, He struggled to turn His nearly broken head, His vertical pupils flashing with a deep-seated hatred and a trace of fear: "Godslayer... the shackles of fate will not let you go!"
His tone was filled with endless resentment and bitterness.
Yang Fan remained calm: "No, I will definitely break free from these shackles."
Although the other party did not answer the question directly, he could tell that the demigod's heart was constantly shrouded in pain.
The demigod Sagat remained silent.
Yang Fan suddenly remembered an interesting incident and smiled, "When I first faced the demigod Saru of the Shadow Temple, he called me an ant, but now you call me the Godslayer."
The demigod Sagat immediately closed his vertical pupils, clearly unwilling to deal with the enemy any longer.
Yang Fan didn't care and just waited quietly.
Including Sagat, who is about to fall, he has personally killed five demigods.
Looking at the vast and boundless primordial world, it is already astonishing that a Venerable Realm expert can slay a god.
There is probably no other Venerable One who could kill five demigods in a row.
A few more seconds passed.
Sagat's final phantom image completely dissipated, and his remaining aura vanished completely.
He finally fell.
"Click! Click! Click!"
The intense cracking sounds suddenly resounded throughout the heavens and earth, like thousands of panes of glass shattering at the same time.
The solidified space constructed by Sagat's original artifact "Frozen" completely lost its support and vanished into countless particles of light.
The surrounding scenery was instantly reset.
The gale of the Black Sand Sea of Death howled once more, the giant vortex continued to spin slowly, and the black sand that blotted out the sky flew everywhere, as if the bizarre demigod sacrifice had never happened.
Looking down at the vast black sand sea, Yang Fan felt a sense of joy at slaying a formidable enemy and eliminating a hidden danger, but he was also filled with emotion and sighs.
With his current perspective and level of understanding, he can easily imagine how triumphant and domineering Sagat must have been when he successfully built the Mind Palace and ascended to demigod status.
When He learned the truth about the "cage," and realized that the power He had pursued all his life was nothing but a deception and that He would eventually become a prisoner, what despair and collapse He felt.
It was this long-suppressed despair that completely twisted Sagat's mind, turning this demigod into an extremely tyrannical, cruel, and bloodthirsty man.
Having traveled to various circles for many years, Yang Fan had already heard countless tales of Sagat's infamous reputation.
This demigod of time orchestrated the extermination of civilizations numbering at least 80,000, if not 100,000.
Most appallingly, Sagat had an extremely perverse hobby.
Whenever he leads his demon army to conquer a civilized world, he orders all the living beings of that civilization to be forged into monuments of eternal suffering.
Here's the key point—it's alive and well.
These individuals of civilization, when cast into the monument, were still alive.
They would wail in endless pain for years until their life force and soul power were gradually drained, eventually turning them into a giant skeletal monument.
Even the most cruel demons would feel uneasy upon seeing these monuments of eternal torment, radiating an intense negative aura. The sheer volume of pain, despair, and other negative forces concentrated within them was simply overwhelming.
"Ding--"
A clear, ethereal, and strangely soft sound suddenly rang out.
Immediately afterwards, a crystal-clear object slowly appeared before him.
This crystal is extremely peculiar; at first glance, it appears to be hanging right in front of you.
Upon closer inspection, it seems to be merely a phantom projected across time and space, existing both in the present and detached from time and space.
This is the crystallization of the divine power of time.
It is also the only item left behind after Sagat's soul and body were destroyed.
The ancient god's remains drew away Sagat's soul and purified the pollution originating from the "cage".
This divine crystal is completely free of impurities and contains the purest divine power of time, making it a rare treasure.
Even ordinary Venerables, after trying for several years, cannot touch the crystallized divine power.
Because it exists simultaneously in the three dimensions of time and space—past, present, and future—if one does not master the laws of time, one can only watch helplessly.
Yang Fan, however, felt no pressure about it.
He slowly extended his right hand, and with a gentle pinch of two fingers, he firmly held the crystal.
Yang Fan let out a satisfied sigh.
The powerful law of time that he himself possesses is—the past.
Sagat's mastery of the powerful law of time is—instantaneous.
Immediately, that is, right now.
The reason Sagat can freeze everything and lock down time is essentially by relying on the "instant" law to create an infinitely looping time cycle.
In the time loop, the entire world is constantly cycling through the "present," thus achieving the magical effect of freezing everything.
For Yang Fan, as long as he fully comprehends the Instant Law and integrates the two powerful time laws of the same origin, his strength will surely take another leap forward.
Yang Fan didn't linger, turned around and took a step straight out.
The void ahead suddenly twisted, and an indescribably dark and deep rift appeared out of thin air.
It stands upright between heaven and earth, with a fissure only a few hundred meters wide, yet it seems almost endless from top to bottom.
Like a sharp blade, it split the world in two, exuding an ancient and dangerous aura.
Yang Fan flashed and entered the black rift.
next moment.
He appeared in a dark, desolate, and eerie place.
The sky was a dark, gloomy yellow, like an eternal twilight.
The land beneath our feet is cracked and barren, with broken walls and shattered stone pillars everywhere, revealing the vicissitudes of time and clearly having experienced a cataclysmic disaster.
This is the site of an ancient oasis civilization.
It was a relic that was accidentally discovered when the Azure Civilization first began exploring the Black Sand Sea.
The danger of this ruin far exceeded Yang Fan's expectations.
He originally thought that he could completely explore the ruins in ten years at most.
But it wasn't until a year ago that he explored every corner of the ruins.
Deep within the ruins, Yang Fan found a truly terrifying item—the remains of an ancient god.
To be precise, it was the remains of the ancient god of time that had just mercilessly devoured the demigod Sagat.
The powerful law involved in this divine remains happens to be the law of future time.
Past, present, and future—Yang Fan has pieced together the three crucial pieces of the time puzzle. (End of Chapter)