Time passes without care, but this is not necessarily true for everyone.
Time won't wait for mortals; this much is clear. However, for cultivators, it depends. For example, perfection cultivators can stop time and even travel back in time. The catch is that it takes so much energy that it is practically useless.
In addition, if one perfection cultivator travels back in time, it can create a paradox. After all, it could cause two of them to exist at the same time. All perfection cultivators would notice such a paradox immediately, so traveling back in time without being detected is far harder than actually traveling back in time.
Rank 10s, however, can easily travel back in time within a world, but even they cannot really affect the universal time of the universe itself.
The only beings who can truly travel back and forth in the universal time are rank 14s, although it is actually more complicated. Time is relative; time in this charge of reality may be entirely different from time in another, which can cause many strange and illogical paradoxes. Worlds and universes hate paradoxes, but the creation itself loves them; after all, the creation itself is a paradox.
There are mechanisms by which universes and worlds prevent paradoxes, but the story is different regarding paradoxes between different charges of reality. Paradoxes are welcome there and are not prevented at all.
This lack of any mechanism to prevent paradoxes among different charges of reality is why no one has ever been able to solve the first paradox.
One would go insane if one dug too deep into paradoxes. For example, it is actually a mystery when exactly Rachel first came to being. She usually spreads her incarnations among different universes and charges of reality. However, there is no 'First.'
Imagine Rachel number 1, living in world number 1, and Rachel number 2, living in world number 2. Rachel number 1 creates an incarnation named Rachel number 2 and sends it to world number 2. Rachel number 2 develops in world number 2 and creates incarnations to spread her influence. So, she creates an incarnation named Rachel number 1 and sends it to world number 1. Rachel number 1 is the same one who created Rachel number 2, but Rachel number 2 was the one who created Rachel number 1.
That is a paradox; none of the Rachels above is the 'real' one. Both are both real and fake; they are built on a paradox. All rank 14 beings are actually paradoxes.
This is all possible because creation itself is also a paradox. It can be said that it's doubtful whether the creation actually exists or if everything is just an imagination and doesn't really exist.
Playing with time is dangerous; for example, if someone travels back in time and kills their own father, it would create a paradox that might force the world, which has mechanisms to deal with paradoxes, to reset. Because of these paradoxes, most worlds prohibit traveling back in time beyond a few seconds.
This world was the same; it played too much with time. So, time passed for mortals and cultivators the same.
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Soon, 10,000 years passed in the blink of an eye. During the last 10,000 years, Jack was completely consumed with calculating the soul transformation chapter of Heaven's Way.
He succeeded just a few months ago. By now, it had become very clear that there was no way for him to calculate the perfection realm of Heaven's Way unless he invaded the Top Ten Council.
By now, he has 13 Perfection Realm grandpas and grandmas. Using them, it would be possible to defeat the Top Ten Council. Still, he decided against it and postponed it until after he reached the peak of the Soul Transformation Realm.
Name: Jack (Peak Void Soul Realm)
Main Mission: Conquer the World
Side Missions: (list)
Temporary Task: (list)
Grandpa Count: 14 (+)
Current Grandpas: (Soul Transformation Realm 10th stage) (Perfection Realm 10th stage) x13
Points: 105,567,050
Jack didn’t hesitate and ordered, "Advance to Soul Transformation using Heaven's Way!"
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"It costs 14,680,064 points to reach the peak of the Soul Transformation Realm—Confirm?"
Jack didn’t hesitate at all and tapped 'Confirm.'
Immediately after, he felt great changes happening in his soul. The Soul Transformation Realm is the realm that prepares the soul for perfection; by the peak of Soul Transformation, the soul would be like a cake ready to be baked. In the Soul Transformation Realm, the soul is far better than the physical body. Most still wear a body as an extra defense, but there wouldn’t be the slightest issue without it.
Even after reaching the peak of Soul Transformation, Jack still felt no power surge; his power remained suppressed by the inheritance ground.
Name: Jack (Peak of Soul Transformation Realm)
Main Mission: Conquer the World
Side Missions: (list)
Temporary Task: (list)
Grandpa Count: 14 (+)
Current Grandpas: (Soul Transformation Realm 10th stage) (Perfection Realm 10th stage) x13
Points: 90,886,986
After reaching Soul Transformation, he also received many new spells, which he would examine later. For now, he closed his eyes and felt his new soul; it was much more 'fitting' than his void soul from a few moments ago. It was a strange and indescribable feeling.
"Time to start!" he thought. He planned to steal Heaven Dao data when he reached the Soul Transformation Realm. At the moment, Jack has 13 grandpas and grandmas; with them, he can defeat the Top Ten Council quite easily. Perfection Realm cultivators are stronger than wizards.
Of course, there are a few twists; wizards who reach the Detachment Realm are basically impossible to kill by anyone below rank 10. So, at best, Jack can seal them but not completely eliminate them.
Jack took out a lot of items from his pocket: six rings, three lamps, two mysterious beads, a necklace, a book, and a small knife. These were items in which his grandpas resided. He stroked them individually, and the grandpas and grandmas came out one by one.
Daoist Snow was not in her ring; she was responsible for the protection of Penland, so in all, 12 grandpas and grandmas appeared. Ironically, none of them looked old; all were energetic, young-looking people.
"Okay, everyone, it’s time to implement the plan," said Jack.
Chief Contractor, the 2nd Perfection Realm grandpa he ever bought, coughed and said cautiously, "Jack, what you want us to do is too dangerous! We should not…"
In the middle of his talk, Jack stroked the lamp and sealed Chief Contractor inside it again. "I give orders, you follow them; no need for any advice," he said. Jack has been very strict with his grandpas and grandmas; he would punish them if they dared to question his orders.
"No, please! I am sorry!" Chief Contractor started begging.
Jack paid no heed and instead took a sticky, stinky, disgusting-looking liquid and poured it into the lamp.
"Nooooooo," Chief Contractor screamed. This is called 'Anti-Grandpa Liquid.' Jack invented it specifically for punishing his grandpas and grandmas; it can penetrate their soul bodies and cause them a lot of suffering. Still, it cannot really damage them; it only makes them feel terrible pain.
After a few hours of terrifying screams, Jack finally ended Chief Contractor's punishment. This time, nobody dared to say anything else; they all obediently teleported to the headquarters of the Top Ten Council.
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Firepower has been concentrating on upgrading his system to the 'Extremely Advanced Level.' He just succeeded a few days ago!
Name: Firepower
Cultivation Level: Perfection Realm 10th Stage
Law: Complete Fire (0.2683%) +
Points: 1,744,007,090
System Skills: Deactivator – Detector – Glance
Deactivator: By activating this skill, the user can deactivate another transmigrator's system if the system has a lower rank.
Detector: The user can detect other transmigrators if they live in the same world and if their systems have a lower level than the user's.
Glance: The user can take glances outside the world.
He got a few system skills after upgrading it to 'Extremely Advanced.'
Aside from the skills, the most amazing thing is that his progress in comprehending the Complete Fire law sped up by 10 times!
"I have a real chance of actually reaching rank 10!" thought Firepower, who still felt unbelievable. He never thought he would really reach rank 10, but with the system, it seems more possible than ever.
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Name: Immortal Master Extreme Demon
Cultivation: Perfection Realm, 10th Stage
Do Good Points: 95,910,082,546,887 - System Store
System Skill: Anonymous
Anonymous: Nobody can know your true identity – successfully blocked a detection attempt – 1 minute ago
"Detection attempt? It can only be that murderer, Firepower!" Albert immediately discovered the culprit. Firepower has been killing transmigrators for over 10,000 years. Albert has been acting extremely carefully in front of him.
"I have to do something about him! He is getting too powerful!" thought Albert. By now, he knows a thing or two about the systems and how to upgrade them. Basically, the only way to upgrade a system is to absorb other transmigrators' systems. This is very evil because the only way to do it is to kill other transmigrators.
As the holder of the Good Deeds system, Albert never even thought about it; it just feels very incompatible with his style.
However, Fire Power has been killing transmigrators for thousands of years, so his system is getting stronger and stronger; Albert cannot allow it to go on like this.
Over the years, he has been helping mortals live in peace in this chaotic world. He is now one of the most pro-mortal cultivators in the world. He even formed an alliance named 'Life Alliance.' There are six perfection cultivators as members.
The Life Alliance aims to improve mortals' lives and protect them. In general, perfection cultivators wouldn’t care about this, but some still care about mortals for various reasons.
One of the members, for example, is studying the complete law of 'Mortal Life.' His joining the alliance is the most logical thing because his work on his complete law depends on it.