NOVEL NEXT Chapter 334
When the disturbances within Lu Jun's spiritual world finally calmed down—
As the dim, gloomy tide of time-space light receded like a flood, the star rivers of Water, Metal, and Curse bloomed inch by inch with brilliance. Pitch-black, platinum, and black-red radiance shot into the heavens. The time-space seal had actually been completely undone.
His thoughts began to stir again, somewhat like thawing from a frozen state. Ecstasy surged in his heart. No matter how his Space element had changed, at the very least, his high-level cultivation in all six elements had returned to its peak state at this moment.
Naturally, the ancient royal armor robe within the Curse star river could also be used again, showing a restless posture—just the slightest provocation would cause boundless might to rise up, tearing apart this fragile illusion of time and space.
Lu Jun's expression was complicated as he suppressed the impulse. With his trump card once more in hand, his confidence naturally grew.
Next, he turned his focus to the Space element that had undergone violent changes.
At this moment, all of the time-space energy had fused completely with the Space element's magic power. Its radiance had shifted from bright silver to a kind of dark-silver hue, with silver light occasionally glinting from within its transparent gloom.
Overall, it resembled oxidized silver, exuding an ancient, weathered aura, like the weight of history and years gone by—just like the long river of time and space, flowing slowly through the dark cosmos, neither fast nor slow.
Deep within the dark-silver Space star river, the imprint of a ring-shaped vertical pupil emerged, surprisingly similar in pattern and form to that of the Eye of Time and Space.
He could sense that an astonishing transformation was brewing inside the Space element. The low-, mid-, and high-level spells could not be used for the time being, yet every subtle adjustment taking place at each moment was extremely clear to him.
"This is… the Time-Space Element!"
A wave of realization rose in Lu Jun's mind. Theories from his previous life stated that time and space are inseparable, bound closely together—master space, and you control time; master time, and you control space.
Only in the world of magic were the two concepts split apart. There existed only the Space element, and no Time element.
But the infusion of the Eye of Time and Space's energy had allowed the Space element to be supplemented with the concept of time, completely sublimating it into the unprecedented [Time-Space Element], uniting the powers of both time and space into one.
"I've struck it rich! Absolutely struck it rich!"
Lu Jun's heart raced with excitement, almost to the point of frenzy.
From now on, his Space element—no, his Time-Space element—would rise, capable of standing on its own. Forbidden curses would no longer be an issue, and its potential might even surpass that of the Curse element that bore the throne of the Underworld King!
This was the power of years themselves! Just the ability to twist the flow of time, to briefly travel back hundreds of years—who in the world's top ranks could achieve such a feat?
What's more, think about it—even slightly meddling with time could tie directly into immortality. If friends or family were to die, could he not reverse the heavens, return to the past to alter the ending, or even interfere with the future?
In the face of the Time-Space Element, even the resurrection arts of the Parthenon Temple would seem petty.
Of course, this was all mere imagination for now. Lu Jun's Time-Space Element had only just been born and was still immature; his cultivation had not even reached the forbidden curse level, still far too lacking.
To be honest, with such an easy success, he suspected it was thanks to the aid of the Eye of Time and Space. An ordinary Space-element mage refining time-space energy would only receive a diluted trace, without such strange pupil-like patterns.
But because his spiritual world had been contaminated by the eruption of the Eye of Time and Space, it carried the supreme laws within the unseen, changing the very essence of his magical element.
Then, another thought occurred to him—perhaps his own peculiar origins also played a part. In a sense, his familiarity with the original work meant he could see the future of the magic dimension, and every alteration he made was an act of destroying the established timeline.
In any case, Lu Jun's Space element had taken flight.
Unbeknownst to him, the Space Institute priests and the father-daughter pair of Mina were also overjoyed.
On the stone altar platform, Lu Jun's entire body shone with dark-silver brilliance. Within his spiritual world, the operations of the Space element were stable, which meant that the Time-Space method had succeeded.
Lu Jun awoke, clear-headed and refreshed. He had just tried initial applications of the Time-Space Element, and on a sudden inspiration, used time-space magic power to coat the Curse element's ancient royal armor robe with a layer of dim sealing.
Although he had kept the magic infusion minimal—so as not to let too much time-space energy cause the Curse star river to freeze—this was enough to calm the ancient royal armor robe greatly, vastly reducing the death aura it emitted.
At the very least, this extended his limit by several years; reaching the rank of forbidden curse mage before the age of thirty would no longer be a problem.
Moreover, he now had a bit more leeway—after fully unleashing the ancient royal armor robe once, he would no longer be left on the verge of death; at worst, it would merely shorten the limit back to what it originally was.
Seeing him deep in thought, Mina asked with concern, "How are you feeling?"
"Not bad." Pulling himself out from his study of the Time-Space Element, he said with delight, "My Space element is now completely immune to the side effects of time-space power, and can serve as a vessel for the Eye of Time and Space's energy."
"Hahaha, excellent! The grand strategy of the entire empire has finally seen the dawn of hope."
Mina's heavy mood eased. He patted Lu Jun on the shoulder and said, "Rest and adapt first. In a few days, we'll proceed with the cultivation of the Psychic element method."
He continued, "If all goes well, on the upcoming day of the sacrificial ceremony, you will come into contact with the Eye of Time and Space, to aid in channeling energy for our great project."
Hearing this, Lu Jun nodded. After a month of immersion, he already knew that the Incas regarded magic as divine, and that the very moment they obtained the Eye of Time and Space had been made into a dedicated sacrificial festival.
This great project, barring any surprises, was none other than the Summoning Element's infinite duplication—the Nazca geoglyph plan—an attempt to summon an endless army to resist the invasion of the Amazon Empire.
Lu Jun also knew that Nazca was merely one of the many plans of the Elder Council. It was said that the neighboring Wind Institute, Thunder Institute, and Water Institute intended to join forces to twist the power of the heavens and uproot the imperial capital, transforming it into a [Sky City] floating in the firmament.
In their vision, it could follow the world's meteorological currents, drifting freely across the lands.
When necessary, they could manipulate the heavens to unleash slaughter; no extraordinary force could withstand it.
Coincidentally, the tropical rainforest climate of South America's Amazon region was storm-prone with abundant rainfall, making it perfectly suited for this great project.
"Wait—could this be the Storm Eye restriction within Peru's Gobi Valley? No wonder a random lightning strike here has power comparable to a super-tier spell—the energy source is the inexhaustible power of nature."
Lu Jun was astonished, impressed by the imagination and creativity of the ancients. Truly, life-and-death crises could ignite potential—let alone in such an ancient civilization.
He immediately realized the value of this concept. If it could be learned and improved, wouldn't that mean the first Sky City in the magic dimension would rise? How magnificent would that be?
Thus, Lu Jun did not hesitate to use his special privileges to view the earliest design blueprints of the Storm City.
Even though he did not understand Wind or Thunder elements and found the reading difficult, the advantage of the Psychic element was here—he could memorize it word-for-word and pass it on later to professionals for analysis.
Not only that, Lu Jun also took the opportunity to memorize the Chaos element's duplication method, which would be highly useful whether he taught it to Professor Yuan or Mo Fan.
This time-travel to the realm of time and space, aside from the sublimation of his three elements, had also yielded him an exceptionally rich harvest.
Lu Jun spent several days settling down, frantically recording various ceremonial techniques of the Inca civilization, until at last the strengthening of the psychic element method arrived once again.
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