# 1488
Chapter 1488: Wang Mian Ascends to Godhood
This sudden turn of events startled the numerous Great Xia gods present. They turned to look at Wang Mian, shock evident in their eyes!
"Time Law?!" Lingbao Tianzun quickly rose from the ground.
"What's wrong?"
Lin Qiye asked, puzzled.
Lingbao Tianzun gazed at Wang Mian, opened his mouth, then slowly spoke:
"He... is about to ascend to godhood."
Lin Qiye stood frozen in place.
At this moment, Wang Mian was equally bewildered. He had merely been breathing in and absorbing Earth's "anchor," but suddenly, a time law descended upon him, propelling his realm toward that level beyond the Human Apex!
"Kronos..." Wang Mian quickly came to his senses, and the image of that old man in black robes flashed through his mind.
This time law was all too familiar to him—it was the very time law from which the Chrono Outlaw had originated. It had always been in Kronos's possession, but now it appeared here with him out of nowhere. Didn't that mean...
The time god Kronos, whose proxy he was, had died?
Toward Kronos, Wang Mian harbored no ill will; if anything, he felt grateful. After all, had it not been for Kronos, he would have died in that car accident long ago. And the only condition Kronos had set for taking him as a proxy was to help find an item—he had never forced him to do anything else.
A god who treated his proxy this way was indeed rare indeed.
Just as Wang Mian's mind raced with thoughts of Kronos, Lingbao Tianzun's voice reached him:
"Wang Mian, rest assured as you absorb the time law. We will guard you."
Upon hearing these words, a resolute gleam flashed in Wang Mian's eyes. He immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, slowly integrating the drifting time law into his body.
His lifespan was nearly exhausted, and the Chrono Outlaw could no longer traverse time. Ascending to godhood was his goal—and the only way to save the Mask Squad. He absolutely could not miss this opportunity!
But not long after, the law flowing from the temporal rift suddenly seemed to be grabbed by the tail, beginning to slowly pull away from his body. Terrifying divine power fluctuations emanated from the other end of the law!
Wang Mian's expression immediately darkened.
"Another god wants to snatch this time law." Lingbao Tianzun, upon seeing this, coldly hmphed. A Primordial Infinite Void rapidly expanded beneath his feet!
Time law was one of the most powerful laws among all the laws in the world. The moment Supreme God Kronos died, there were already gods who set their sights on his remaining law. Although Wang Mian carried a气息 within him very similar to Kronos's, which could attract this time law, he was, after all, merely human. In a contest over law power, he was inherently weaker than the gods.
But the god competing with Wang Mian for the law would never have imagined that seated beside Wang Mian was an entire Great Xia divine pantheon!
As Lingbao Tianzun and the numerous Great Xia gods made their move, the divine power attempting to draw away the time law was shattered by force. A startled cry passed through the time law and entered Wang Mian's ears.
Wang Mian kept his eyes tightly shut, seemingly oblivious to that cry, continuously absorbing the law into his body.
As time passed, Wang Mian's aura grew stronger and stronger. The instant the final thread of time law was absorbed, Wang Mian's eyes abruptly flew open. A pair of time rings, head connected to tail, slowly flowed within his pupils, emanating a mysterious aura.
At the same time, a divine might erupted from within him!
Feeling this aura, Lin Qiye finally exhaled in relief, joy appearing in his eyes.
Wang Mian had ascended to godhood.
"Don't celebrate too early." Lingbao Tianzun spoke slowly. "The most difficult trial has just begun..."
Bang—!
Before Lingbao Tianzun could finish, a burst of blood mist exploded from Wang Mian's body. Several white strands drifted out from within him, dissipating into the void.
Wang Mian's face turned ashen. He lowered his head and coughed violently!
Bang bang bang—!!
Successive bursts of blood mist erupted. Wang Mian's back was immediately riddled with holes, and even his form grew translucent.
"Transmutation?" Lin Qiye's brow furrowed tightly.
Zhou Ping, upon witnessing this, anxiously reached out a hand, but could only set it down helplessly in the end.
He knew full well the terror of Transmutation, but there was simply no remedy. This trial, others could not help with—one could only stand by and worry.
Back when Zhou Ping had ascended to godhood, it was precisely because his physical body could not bear the law's power that he had died once. Had Ye Fan not traded his own life to bring him back, the world would have lost its Sword Immortal forever. When Si Xiaonan ascended, she had eaten the 【Eternity】 pill, so her body was immortal and she came through unscathed...
But what about Wang Mian?
"You know he can make it through this trial, don't you?" Lin Qiye turned to look at Lingbao Tianzun. "When we first encountered the elderly Wang Mian at sea, he had already endured Transmutation..."
Lingbao Tianzun gazed at the agonized Wang Mian, saying nothing.
Enduring the Transmutation's power, Wang Mian took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. The time rings in his eyes slowly reversed!
The time law rippled. Time around him began to flow backward. Those white strands that had already transmuted and disappeared drifted back to his side, coalescing into blood mist, returning to his body...
Bang bang—!
The moment the time reversal disappeared, another burst of blood mist exploded. Helplessly, Wang Mian reversed time once more, restoring the flesh and blood.
Bang bang bang...
The Transmutation's progression did not cease. Wang Mian had no choice but to repeatedly动用 the time law, reversing time again and again. But after several consecutive attempts, his face began to pale.
"Your time reversal's range is too large, and the duration is too long. You must precisely grasp the location of Transmutation while minimizing the consumption of your time reversal. Otherwise, once your divine power is exhausted, you will never be able to recover." Lingbao Tianzun spoke郑重ly.
Hearing these words, Wang Mian clenched his teeth tightly. While enduring the agony of Transmutation, he began to sense the location and changes of Transmutation, slowly narrowing the area of time reversal.
Although it sounded simple, actually achieving it was no easy feat. Not only did he have to remain clear-headed amidst the pain, but he also had to compress his own consumption to the extreme. If he made even a slight misstep, large amounts of flesh and blood would undergo Transmutation, causing even greater consumption.
Compounding this, Wang Mian had only just obtained the time law. To master time reversal to such a precise degree in such a short time was undoubtedly an immense challenge.
This process lasted a full twenty-plus minutes.
During this period, everyone stared at Wang Mian, their hearts filled with extreme tension. But Wang Mian's talent in the time law far exceeded their expectations. The range of time reversal gradually shrunk from the original one meter around him, to the surface of his skin, then to an area the size of a fist...
In the end, although he could not guarantee every instance would precisely cover the Transmutation area, Wang Mian had already managed to ensure his consumption remained within an acceptable range.
He sat weakly on the ground. His silver-white hair was soaked with sweat, and that aged face of his appeared especially haggard...