# 1487
Chapter 1488: Law of Time
Moon.
Beneath the dead silent void of space, a tall six-winged divine silhouette gripped a golden holy sword, standing motionless in a meteorite crater like a sculpture.
Michael's eyes were tightly closed, divine power flowing through the holy sword and gradually spreading within Moon's interior, inspecting the seal's vulnerabilities. He had been away from Moon for an extended period, and many places showed signs of loosening. Fortunately, he had returned in time and quickly completed the repairs.
Just then, as if sensing something, Michael abruptly opened his eyes. A pair of brilliant golden pupils blazed in the void like scorching suns, fixedly staring toward Earth!
"The Law of Time... has returned to its natural state?" His brow furrowed, eyes full of confusion.
"It's Chronos..."
"How could this happen?"
Michael gazed toward Earth, those burning golden eyes carefully scanning every region. However, most of Earth was shrouded in mist, and even he couldn't see clearly. The only relatively clear area, Great Xia, was completely calm with no traces of divine warfare.
"Could something have gone wrong with Olympus? That shouldn't be the case..."
Michael was well aware of Chronos's strength. Although still inferior to himself, the abilities of time freezing and time travel made Chronos nearly invincible. Even if he encountered an irresistible enemy, he could immediately return to the past and alter history... This was precisely why Michael had dared to leave Chronos in charge of Moon's seal.
Although Chronos's lifespan was limited and he couldn't use time regression many more times, not just anyone could easily kill him.
He had only returned to the divine kingdom... even if Zeus harbored rebellious intentions, there was absolutely no way he could kill Chronos.
Could it be...
Michael thought of something, his expression suddenly grave.
Michael released the holy sword's hilt, his six wings spreading open behind him. He was about to personally head to Earth, but after hesitation, he still halted his form.
Although he desperately wanted to return to Earth to see what had happened, doing so would leave Moon unguarded... If the Black Goat took the opportunity to pry open the seal and caused the Cthulhu Faction gods to fully invade, Earth would be finished.
The Black Goat wasn't undefeatable, but under no circumstances could Michael leave Moon's seal by even a single step!
Michael's gaze shifted from the mist to the territory of Great Xia, worry flickering in his eyes.
Chronos was dead. That meant Olympus had completely tilted toward the Cthulhu Faction mythology. In this case, only Great Xia remained struggling to hold the line within the mist... But precisely at this critical moment, the Gods of Great Xia had been exiled, leaving only the two Heavenly Venerables to guard.
This was going to be troublesome...
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The Mist.
On another side.
In a dead silent city ruin, a Taoist priest stepped on golden flowers, advancing slowly forward.
His eyes were tightly closed, cheeks slightly turned, as if searching for something. His Taoist robe fluttered in the wind, several strands of white hair drifting between the disheveled hairpins...
"Hmm?"
Yuanshi Tianzun's footsteps halted. He suddenly opened his eyes and looked toward a certain direction. "The Law of Time... Chronos is dead?"
Yuanshi Tianzun's brow furrowed tightly. He calculated for a long while, his expression growing graver. After hesitation, his form flickered and vanished.
When he reappeared, he was already above a stretch of sea.
This was where Chronos's Law of Time had returned... If nothing unexpected happened, it should also be his burial place.
But strangely, who Chronos had battled and when the battle occurred—all of this had been scrambled, completely incalculable even for Yuanshi Tianzun.
Yuanshi Tianzun's gaze swept across the surroundings. Mist churned, seawater surged, sunlight filtered through the dim mist, surroundings empty with no异样 at all.
Not even a corpse remained.
"What on earth happened here..." Yuanshi Tianzun murmured to himself.
Yuanshi Tianzun's speculation was similar to Michael's. Although Chronos was advanced in years, killing him was by no means easy. More likely than not, one of the Cthulhu Faction's three pillar gods had intervened.
Yuanshi Tianzun searched the area thoroughly but found no trace of Chronos's body. In the end, he swiftly flew toward Great Xia.
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Ancestral God Temple.
Lin Qiye's consciousness gradually awakened from Chaos. He slowly opened his eyes and found himself lying on a soft, cushioned bed.
A bed?
Wasn't he in the Ancestral God Temple? Where did the bed come from?
Lin Qiye froze for a moment, looking around. He was indeed still at the center platform of the Ancestral God Temple, surrounded by numerous Great Xia deities and Human Apexes who were currently breathing and meditating with closed eyes.
When Lin Qiye's gaze fell on the Lingbao Tianzun beside him, something seemed to click, and complex emotions flickered across his eyes.
"You're awake?" Lingbao Tianzun sensed Lin Qiye's gaze and turned to ask, "Do you feel anything different in your body?"
Lin Qiye paused. He closed his eyes and carefully sensed for a moment. "There's... a point of light appeared in my consciousness?"
Hearing this, Lingbao Tianzun nodded with satisfaction. "Good, it seems the 'anchor' has been planted."
Lin Qiye had already learned about the function of the "anchor" from the Dark Ancestor, so he wasn't particularly surprised. However, what concerned him was that besides the point of light, his body seemed to have undergone other changes.
The first sensation was that his spiritual power had clearly increased substantially.
Originally, Lin Qiye's realm had been at the half-step Human Apex. Unless he broke through the "Heart Gate" and became a Human Apex, his spiritual power development had reached its limit... But now, he clearly had not crossed the "Heart Gate," yet his spiritual power already rivaled that of a Human Apex.
This was undoubtedly extraordinary for him.
Additionally, he could sense that the darkness origin within him had almost completely merged with his physical body, different from when the darkness origin had first entered his body. At that time, he had merely felt his connection to the night growing ever closer, but now, he even felt he had become the master of darkness!
He could clearly sense the existence of the surrounding darkness, even transforming parts of his body into darkness. It was a very profound sensation.
"It seems the Dark Ancestor left you quite a few things?"
Not only did Lin Qiye feel this way, but in Lingbao Tianzun's eyes, his entire aura had changed, leaving even him somewhat unfathomable, quite close to the Dark Ancestor from before.
As Lin Qiye was about to speak, a grunt suddenly sounded from nearby!
Lin Qiye turned to look. He saw that Wang Mian, seated at the edge, had suddenly opened his eyes. A pair of faint circles, head meeting tail, encircled his pupils, and the surrounding time suddenly twisted!