# 1493
Chapter 1494: Time and Space Return
Ancestral God Temple.
Wang Mian recuperated in place for a long time before slowly standing up with Lin Qiye's support.
Bang—!
The process of Taoization had not stopped. It was the first time Lin Qiye had witnessed so closely how a human body was crushed by the laws of creation, then restored to its original state through time reversal.
"Are you alright?" Lin Qiye asked with concern.
"...I'm fine. It just hurts a bit." Wang Mian's expression was haggard. He took a deep breath and gave a bitter smile. "So this is what the God of Time feels like..."
In Wang Mian's pupils, a pair of time rings, head to tail connected, flowed slowly. Just one glance at him made Lin Qiye feel slightly dizzy.
"Your lifespan? Was it extended?"
"More or less..." Wang Mian closed his eyes to感知 briefly. "Achieving godhood does bring some changes to the physical body. I can feel that my lifespan has been extended by nearly thirty years. However..."
"However what?"
"Suppressing this also comes with a price."
Wang Mian pointed at the blood mist dispersing from his Taoization and said bitterly, "Using such high-frequency time reversal, I can feel my lifespan draining much faster than before... If I don't use [Chrono Outlaw] to change history, I should be able to live another seven or eight years."
"Seven or eight years?"
Lin Qiye was slightly stunned.
After Wang Mian broke through to Human Apex, his remaining lifespan was only two years. He had thought that advancing to godhood would greatly increase his lifespan, and indeed it did... but Taoization had significantly reduced his lifespan again. Compared to before, it was only extended by five or six years.
Moreover, within these few years, Wang Mian would have to endure the pain of Taoization at all times... He hadn't defeated Taoization. He was simply using the law of time to forcibly extend his life.
"If we can return, this palace will gift you a Pan Tao fruit, which should add another thirty years to your lifespan." The Queen Mother of the West beside them heard their conversation and said to Wang Mian.
Thirty years of lifespan, under the acceleration of Taoization, could roughly be converted to seven or eight years for Wang Mian. Combined, he could live fifteen more years... Of course, this was assuming he didn't use his abilities to change history.
Wang Mian respectfully bowed to the Queen Mother of the West. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for this precious gift."
"One Pan Tao fruit is nothing. It's just that you've suffered... having to endure this pain constantly." Lingbao Tianzun sighed. "There is no second Ye Fan in this world anymore. Even this贫道 cannot replace your body for you. After this贫道 returns, this贫道 will immediately begin refining medicine for you, to help ease your pain and extend your lifespan as much as possible."
"Thank you, Heavenly Lord."
The breathing exercises of the Gods of Great Xia had essentially concluded. They had all planted "anchors" of Earth's Source within their bodies. The Ancestral God Temple had also been explored. The group waited on the platform, cultivating or resting. Relying on the Ancestral God Temple's own forward speed, they gradually moved toward the other side of the wall.
At this moment, Zuo Qing seemed to think of something and asked:
"Wang Mian, can you reverse time and go back to before Zeus and the others invaded Great Xia, alerting us in advance about that gray mist light sphere?"
Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up simultaneously, and they turned to look at Wang Mian.
Wang Mian's [Chrono Outlaw] possessed the ability to traverse time, change history, and ignore time paradoxes. Since he had become the God of Time, reversing a few days should not be difficult. If they could make their past selves avoid being exiled by Zeus, they could directly return to Earth.
The only flaw was that they would no longer be able to absorb the Earth's Source "anchors." However, compared to waiting here until they died of old age, they would rather return directly to Earth.
Wang Mian shook his head helplessly. "We are on the other side of the spacetime wall. Between here and when Zeus exiled us, the difference is not a few days, but tens of thousands of years of spacetime. With my current lifespan, I simply cannot reverse tens of thousands of years..."
Hearing this, the flame of hope that had just ignited in everyone's eyes was extinguished once more.
Lingbao Tianzun opened his mouth, about to say something, when a temporal ripple suddenly rippled across the space above everyone!
It was as if a massive boulder had been thrown into a stagnant pond. On this very spacetime wall, on the other side of the wall, a terrifying force was pounding against spacetime, as if waiting for their response.
Lingbao Tianzun froze, then abruptly stood up, his eyes bursting with joyful surprise.
"Someone is making a move on the other side of the wall!" After becoming the God of Time, Wang Mian was extremely sensitive to the perception of time. He narrowed his eyes and continued, "It's our original spacetime."
"Did the other two Heavenly Lords make their move?"
"They found us!"
The others, who had been meditating and recuperating, immediately stood up and said joyfully.
Without a word, Lingbao Tianzun surged with divine power. A vast Primordial Infinite Void opened beneath his feet, and terrifying Supreme God might rolled up a raging wind,肆虐ing every corner of the Ancestral God Temple.
His Taoist robe fluttered wildly in the wind. Lingbao Tianzun raised the Jade Ruyi, formed a hand seal with one hand, softly chanted something, then pointed at the sky.
SsssslASH—!!!
A primordial thunderbolt burst from the cave beneath his feet, instantly shattering the ripple in the sky. Dense cracks spread across the surface of the spacetime wall, and turbulent temporal currents rushed out!
Lingbao Tianzun waved his hand, and the Primordial Dao Boat appeared once more. It expanded dramatically within the temporal currents against the storm.
"Board the boat!" Lingbao Tianzun said. "Follow this贫道... home."
Everyone immediately transformed into streams of light and landed on the Primordial Dao Boat. After confirming everyone was on board, the Dao Boat charged directly into the raging temporal currents.
As that ripple gradually dissipated, the group's forms completely vanished from the Ancestral God Temple.
After they left, a sigh echoed幽幽through the silent Ancestral God Temple...
"These juniors... what a ruckus they caused." A deep, masculine voice rang out from the Wind Ancestor Stone Formation.
"Should we take this opportunity to follow them back to Earth's spacetime?" A soft, feminine voice came from the Water Ancestor Stone Formation.
"Return? With our current state, we're barely surviving. What can we even do if we go back?" This voice came from the Fire Ancestor Stone Formation.
"It's not time to return yet." The Dark Ancestor's voice followed immediately. "That One said for us to stay here and recuperate. When the time is right, He will come to bring us back..."
"That One? Did He really say that?"
"Mm."
"Very well... I wonder what that One is thinking."
"The thoughts of that One—how can we possibly fathom them?"
"In any case, with Him there, Earth should not be easily destroyed... We shall安心wait."
"I wonder how the Hunt Ancestor is doing on Earth..."