# Chapter 2463: Understanding Time
Lin Feng looked at the long river of time before him, smiled, and said, "Senior Ox, I've been fooled by you."
At some point, the old ox had appeared behind Lin Feng. His expression was indifferent as he looked at Lin Feng and spoke: "You've understood?"
"I've understood." Lin Feng nodded.
"That's right. If I had directly told you, you would have already known it, and then trying to comprehend it again wouldn't necessarily allow you to gain insight. But you yourself, realizing that your own deeply ingrained thoughts and ideas were wrong, even daring to be certain that you were deceived—deceived by yourself—that in itself is a great awakening. Isn't that right?" The old ox murmured.
"I understand. Time, it doesn't belong to the power system. It has no offensive capability. It doesn't change anything, nor does it kill people. It only makes people grow old." Lin Feng smiled slightly. "Time, in fact, can't change anything. It is simply a form of existence, just like flame, water, and earth power, all existing between heaven and earth. However, other powers all have traces that can be followed, but time seems to be predetermined, impossible to grasp."
As he spoke, Lin Feng pointed at the flowing river of time ahead and said, "But here, there is the flow of time, because the Ganges River of Time itself is the origin of time. This one of the seven forbidden lands, the Ganges River of Time, is itself a kind of origin, filled with the power of time origin."
Meng Qing, standing beside Lin Feng, trembled slightly. The forbidden land, the Ganges River of Time, was woven together from origin itself. It was the origin of time.
"Time is not formed by fusion; it is the ultimate evolution of years. Years are the time origin that people comprehend. The time here is the origin time of heaven and earth. Just like the other origin powers here, they are also stronger than the origin powers we comprehend—they are formed naturally by heaven and earth." Lin Feng continued in a low voice. Behind him, the old ox rarely showed a hint of a smile and spoke: "You come here every day, standing here watching the flow of time outside. Is it to comprehend time?"
"No. Time cannot change anything. What I need to comprehend should be fused time, incorporating fast and slow into it." Lin Feng turned to look at the old ox. The smile in the old ox's eyes grew richer, and he squinted: "It seems you really do understand."
"Senior Ox, you can change the flow of time because you have fused 'fast' with time origin. So you can accelerate the flow of time, just like how the origin of 'fast' accelerates other origin powers. Similarly, it can accelerate time. Of course, 'slow' can also decelerate the flow of time. Moreover, this acceleration and deceleration cannot be reversed. No matter how strong the opponent is, they cannot reverse time unless they are also skilled in time power."
"This Ganges River of Time, because it itself is the purest time origin nurtured by heaven and earth, and because it contains various pure origin powers of heaven and earth, over a long period, some origin powers have undergone a kind of fusion within the passage of time. Among them, fast, slow, and time have also fused, resulting in different time differences in various places, and the differences can be enormous. I am now thinking, how exactly was this Ganges River of Time formed?"
Lin Feng sighed. A forbidden land, completely made of time origin, also filled with origin powers of various systems.
"That, I wouldn't know." The old ox smiled slightly and said, "What do you plan to do next?"
"Of course, I'm going to experience it." Lin Feng took Meng Qing's hand and said, "Meng Qing, go to Zhetian's place. I'll go out for a walk."
With that, Lin Feng strolled forward and actually stepped into the flowing river of time.
"Lin Feng." Meng Qing's expression trembled, but she heard the old ox say, "Trust him. It took me several thousand years to comprehend. He's much better than I am. Trust him."
"En." Meng Qing revealed a smile. Of course, she trusted Lin Feng. He would definitely succeed.
Outside the time corridor, on the grass, Old Man Shi sat there. In front of him were Zhetian and Qiongsheng, the two boys.
"That father of yours is quite capable." Old Man Shi seemed to see through everything as he spoke with a smile, causing the two to be stunned. They asked, "Old Man Shi, what happened to my father?"
"He went drifting in time." Old Man Shi said with a smile. "That feeling must be wonderful. You two come with me as well. I'll take you to a new place."
In fact, Lin Feng didn't feel wonderful at all. After stepping into the river of time, he simply lay there in the river of time, closed his eyes, and drifted quietly. The world around him disappeared, leaving only him alone—peaceful, yet also lonely.
Lin Feng couldn't feel the existence of fast or slow power. The fused origin power made it impossible to perceive at all. They seemed to be a whole in themselves, and their form of existence was primarily based on time. But the time he felt was actually accelerated time.
"Fast, and slow." Lin Feng murmured to himself. To fuse origin powers, first, all the fused origins must reach great perfection. He felt that the fast and slow origin powers were not far off.
"If I can fuse the fast and slow origins into time, and add the great perfection of earth, void, and water origins I've comprehended, then going to the agreed battle should give me a chance of victory. However, over all these years, how much time has passed outside? What is the multiplier of this accelerated time?" Lin Feng knew none of this. Moreover, he still couldn't leave the Ganges River of Time.
The Nine Heavens Celestial Court was already in turmoil. The agreed battle between the Hall of All Gods and the Fate Temple had stirred up a great storm. People realized that this might be a meeting that would change the structure of the Nine Heavens. Now, too many powerful figures had already begun to gather around the City of Fate.
Various worlds that had appeared, the Tai Yao Realm, and the various domains of the Nine Heavens—powerful figures had all appeared around the City of Fate, looking up at the temple fortress suspended in the void. After this agreed meeting, would this temple fortress still stand eternally as before?
However, at this critical moment, rumors spread that Lin Feng had disappeared and might not appear at the agreed battlefield. There were also rumors from the Tai Yao Realm that Lin Feng had entered the Ganges River of Time and might have died inside. But the Fate Temple gave no response to any of these rumors, sparking much speculation from the outside world.
Inside the Fate Temple, a group of core figures gathered together. Someone looked at the Temple Lord and asked, "Has Mo Tian not returned yet?"
"He's still in the Tai Yao Realm." The Fate Temple Lord replied.
"Still no news of Lin Feng?"
"En. He's in the Ganges River of Time, likely trapped." The Fate Temple Lord said again, causing everyone's expressions to turn grave. Now that the situation was changing, the Hall of All Gods had already begun sending powerful figures to observe. If Lin Feng didn't appear on the agreed battle day, it would be fatal for the Fate Temple. The Hall of All Gods would have a direct excuse to destroy them. And at that time, the people around Lin Feng would not stand with the Fate Temple either.
The Fate Temple was waiting for Lin Feng. Meng Qing was also waiting. Standing at the end of the time corridor, Meng Qing stared blankly at the flowing time ahead. Behind her, Tang Youyou walked over and said, "All these years, that guy really is heartless. He still hasn't returned."
"En." Meng Qing turned around, pouted, and smiled: "That guy is always like this. He clearly knows it's dangerous, yet he leaves so carefreely. Isn't it just to keep us from worrying?"
"He carries pressure on his shoulders. He's always like this." Tang Youyou shook her head. "But now those two children have grown up. I hope they can share some of the burden in the future."
"What are you two talking about?" At that moment, a voice came, causing Meng Qing and Tang Youyou to freeze. They looked up and saw a figure with a gentle smile appearing before them. Standing in the river of time, he stood there steadily, smiling as he stood.
A smile then appeared in Meng Qing and Tang Youyou's beautiful eyes. They said, "You finally know to come back."
"Someone misses me every day. How could I bear not to come back?" Lin Feng strolled forward, stepping into the corridor, and wrapped his arms around both women.
"Who misses you every day? Is it Youyou?" Meng Qing blinked her eyes. But Tang Youyou snorted coquettishly: "It must be you, Meng Qing."
"Is that so?" Lin Feng smiled and reached his hands around their waists, gently rubbing. Immediately, both women's bodies trembled, and they fiercely pinched Lin Feng's flesh, causing him to inhale sharply.
Lin Feng found the old ox and said to him: "Senior Ox, I want to leave the Ganges River of Time."
"How do you leave?" The old ox looked at him and said: "Old Man Shi won't help."
"Drift out. I believe there will be a day when I can leave." Lin Feng said with a smile. The old ox nodded slightly: "Good. It seems you have truly comprehended, confident enough to drift out."
Lin Feng smiled noncommittally. He then found Old Man Shi, as well as Zhetian and Qiongsheng. Walking up to Old Man Shi, Lin Feng said: "Old Man Shi, I want to take my two children away."
"No." Old Man Shi looked at Lin Feng and shook his head, causing Lin Feng's expression to freeze. He asked: "Why?"
"No reason. I just don't want them to leave." Old Man Shi's reason left Lin Feng speechless.
"Lin Feng, since Old Man Shi says so, let them stay here." The old ox spoke up, causing Lin Feng to fall silent for a moment. He then nodded slightly and looked at Zhetian and Qiongsheng: "You two stay here well."
"Father." Zhetian and Qiongsheng looked at Old Man Shi with pleading expressions.
"I won't be soft-hearted." Old Man Shi looked at the two and said with a smile.
"Stay here peacefully. There will be a chance to leave later." Lin Feng knew that Old Man Shi was no ordinary person. He bowed slightly to him and said: "I'll trouble Old Man Shi to take care of the two boys."
With that, Lin Feng turned and left. Zhetian and the others followed, walking together toward the time corridor.