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Even under the influence of time paused, part of the scales of the mighty Green Flood Dragon had already been frozen in time.

This means that such power can kill an entity at the level of Heaven’s Authority’s Extreme!

Moreover, it’s a Heaven’s Authority’s Extreme capable of transformation into heaven!

Although the Five Layers World, under the rule of the Karma Venerable, does not rely on strength for such transformation, it’s undeniable that every Heaven’s Authority’s Extreme capable of transformation possesses remarkably formidable combat capabilities.

The first demon of the Fifth Layer World was so, and so was the Yin Yun Immortal Master of the third layer. Despite losing to Ancestor of the Dao Shi Xin, the twice-achieved Heaven’s Authority’s Extreme Daoist Shi Xin represents the ceiling of power among those at that level.

To contend with Daoist Shi Xin without falling short, the Yin Yun Immortal Master, even if relying on the half-finished Banhu Treasure bestowed by the Karma Venerable, had the strength to oppressively confront Shuchang, the Ancient Immortal Ancestor.

And that the Green Flood Dragon could transform into the heaven of this quadruple layer world itself already reflects the intensity of its power.

Yet at present, the mighty Green Flood Dragon seemed unaware of even a fraction of suspicion that part of itself was under the effect of time paused, which is both terrifying and bizarre.

When Mysterious Realm Heaven, the land of cultivation, appeared, the Karma Venerable felt not the slightest sensation. Only upon the emergence of that door did the Karma Venerable feel a flicker of perturbation in his heart.

"What could be happening?" the Karma Venerable furrowed his brows, then raised his hand to calculate with his fingers. After confirming that everything in the fourth layer was as usual, he relaxed and no longer paid attention.

For a being of his realm, his calculations could not be wrong.

The Banhu Realm is already the end of the path of cultivation; although he had met other Banhu Realm beings, with one or two surpassing him in power, their strength wasn’t overwhelming either.

He was trapped in Mysterious Realm Heaven, yet this did not mean his power had weakened.

Thus, to the Karma Venerable, even if some Banhu Realm being stronger than him made a covert move, if it didn’t trigger his sensation, so be it; but if it did... then he certainly wouldn’t miscalculate!

In fact, the Karma Venerable had not miscalculated; right now, everything in the fourth layer was indeed normal.

And it was not just the fourth layer; even the first, second, third, and fifth layers were all as usual.

The same applied to the Heavenly Realm.

For the paused time did not just affect the fourth layer.

It wasn’t that time in a single place was paused; when the land of cultivation appeared, the entire timeline here was suspended.

Such is the horror of the origin of all the Ghostly Paths!

The land of cultivation comes from the source of all the Ghostly Paths.

At this moment, in the Land of the Four Pillars, the Primordial Heavenly Realm, the Mortal Realm, and the Land of Netherworld—all these regions within this timeline—had their time paused as well.

The only one unaffected by the pause in time was Daoist Shi Xin.

However, although Ancestor of the Dao Shi Xin wasn’t trapped in frozen time due to his Heaven’s Authority’s Extreme cultivation, Tan Shuchang, Daoist Shi Xin, like the Green Flood Dragon, remained completely unaware from beginning to end.

And so it was in the Land of the Four Pillars, as well as in the Ten Desolation Realm within this same timeline, where time naturally was paused as well.

The six Ancient Immortal Ancestors within, just like Daoist Shi Xin and the Green Flood Dragon, despite not being frozen with the paused time, lost their perception of time at the very onset.

Apart from the Ten Desolation Realm, there were two other great worlds.

Of course, including each as one, these two great worlds could not escape the frozen time.

Nevertheless, while no world escaped unscathed, there existed one strange place exempt from the pause in time, where everything proceeded as usual. However, this one strange place—it was called the Land of Primordial Slumber.

It’s the most peculiar place in this timeline.

The Land of Primordial Slumber is a valley evolved from the void. The valley isn’t engulfed in darkness, it’s quite luminous; however, any being venturing in would feel as if they couldn’t see their own hands in front of them.

For this is the state of mind of the master of this place of slumber, before they succumbed to it.

Complete despair, endless despondency.

And now, in this Land of Primordial Slumber, a voice suddenly resounded, "It’s the Innate Geng Jin Qi from within the All Ghostly Paths..."

"Has someone else initiated the land of cultivation and stepped through that door?"

"The third time..."

"Why can others initiate it, but I cannot?" At the drop of this voice, an extremely oppressive and ferocious aura erupted from the thoughts of boundless despair.

But once this ferocious aura burst out of the Land of Primordial Slumber, it vanished without a trace.

And naturally, this was because time had paused.

One could sense it but that did not mean one had the ability to intervene.

...

Tan Shuchang stepped through that door, and in an instant, he transformed from a Heavenly Gang Orthodox True Immortal into a mere mortal. However, the maggot-like chain on his ankle bone also dissipated along with it.

This was the power of that door.

While it washed away Tan Shuchang’s cultivation, it also returned his state to his best moment.

That is to say, the Tan Shuchang at this moment, was a bit small.

Atop the cliff, a woman of breathtaking beauty and a cool demeanor suddenly put down the boy in her arms. Then, the woman spoke without emotion, "I have endured nine lives, given birth to nine sons, and killed nine sons, all to practice the Nine Child Mother Heavenly Ghost technique. I never expected to reap what I have sown, to live an extra life, to give birth to one more son. So, I shall leave you behind!"

These words sounded very familiar.

The stunning, cool-tempered woman in front of him was naturally even more familiar.

And this scene was something Tan Shuchang knew all too well.

In his past memories, this woman was calm as water, gentle in her deeds and speech, and never displayed anger.

But now, her temperament was continuously changing, losing even its coolness, and her beautiful face wore an expression of extreme indifference.

As if "Heaven and Earth are heartless, treating all beings as straw dogs", devoid of any emotional ripples.

Afterward, the woman rolled down the cliff.

Seeing this, Tan Shuchang immediately looked up, and as expected, the breathtakingly beautiful woman who had just rolled down was now standing in the void, looking at him with some uncertain astonishment.

Seeing this, Tan Shuchang thought for a moment, then reached out his hand and waved, "Farewell, mother! Your son will not see you off!"

In an instant, a look of astonishment appeared on the indifferent woman’s face.

However, she quickly gave Tan Shuchang a deep look and then disappeared from the sky.

Because that band of mountain bandits had arrived.

These bandits had a fierce and malevolent appearance, each brandishing a large knife and radiating murderous intent. Yet, in their actions, there was order and no chaos.

Obviously, they were not a disorganized mob.

But considering they had turned to banditry, how could they be anything but a mob?

Unless they were not true bandits at all.

These bandits reached for Tan Shuchang at once, but naturally, they grabbed nothing. Tan Shuchang’s cultivation might have vanished, but it wasn’t as if he had no strength left.

His self-created Only Easy Not Easy Immortal Technique was still with him.

And he was still able to use it!

However, Tan Shuchang had no intention of using his Immortal Technique, because in a few years, these men would die along with the others.

When the Tan family was exterminated, hundreds of thousands died.

Naturally, this included this group of confidants.

"Noble warriors, there’s no need for such fuss just for scraping a living. I’ll come quietly," Tan Shuchang said with a smile.

Hearing this, the disguised bandits were taken aback. Yet they understood the identity of the child before them and thus, without a word, took Tan Shuchang down the mountain.

Then, a troop of imperial soldiers attacked, and the bandits scattered at once. The soldiers, however, took Tan Shuchang straight to Jingzhou!

Upon arriving in Jingzhou, Tan Shuchang was delivered to a luxurious mansion.

This residence had nine entrances and nine exits and by standard, it was no longer simply a manor, but rather a small imperial palace.

Naturally, this was the Tan Mansion.

At this time, there were as many as thirty thousand people living in the Tan Mansion.

Then, Tan Shuchang naturally met the Tan Minister, who should have perished many years ago.