He might've overdone it with collapsing a universe then recreating it.

The stress of the actions he did while in quasi-rank 9 took effect as soon as he became regular again.

Since he lacked any full comprehension of the laws, his body literally couldn't withstand the stress.

So he died as a result.

'Reload 2'.

"Save Point 2".

'Save Point 2'.

The emperor spoke:

"Save Point 2?"

"Don't worry about it... I'm going to farm TE."

"Why are you speaking nonsense?"

Zero rolled his eyes.

'Reload 0'.

Zero was once more in constant time.

"Here we go again."

Zero needed to grind TE for about 417 days to get back up to full capacity.

Zero decided to use his ability 'Time Skip'.

But without his focus, his efficiency was worse.

So he had to manually do it.

No time skips for him.

After over a year.

He had replenished his energy.

"Alright... that is slightly annoying. A years work for less then two minutes of omnipotence? There has to be some way I can abuse this."

But try it as he may.

He was unable to find a loophole...maybe if his artifact didn't overclock or become unstable upon use.

If he could find a way to keep his artifact stable permanently.

He could potentially stay forever as a quasi rank 9.

But doing such a thing was just borrowing power from his main body.

It wouldn't help him breakthrough to rank 10.

He needed to progress his true strength, not rely on a phantom from his main body.

"I should avoid using my 'transformation' for now."

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Zero then thought he would check the development of Projekt Paradox.

'Reload 0'.

He went to the river of time that was his initial spawn.

He then saw something disturbing.

The river was blocked and had stopped flowing.

"It seems my time isolator cut off the stream of time? My presence must have been a negative. This is probably why the observer tried to kill me..."

What did it mean to have cut off the stream of time?

It meant he couldn't go further then the moment he used his time isolator in this time stream.

This didn't just apply to him.

It applied to all entities that could manipulate time.

This was good since his origin was hidden in this time stream...

If someone wished to stop him from being created.

They could do so by going up the time stream and stopping his 'birth'.

But that was impossible once he became a rock in the river of time.

But that didn't mean a sufficiently powerful entity couldn't erase the entire river.

But that wouldn't effect him now.

Since his existence was tied to his sublime artifact.

It was as if he had existed for all time.

A reliance beyond his time stream.

Zero wished to check on Projekt Paradox.

But the question was 'when' should he check on it.

He couldn't go further back then when he used his emergency protocol.

But if he appeared a few seconds after having left...

Wouldn't that be a little awkward?

He had made it seem like he would never be coming back...

Zero also wished to see how the world wills supernatural power had developed.

Ten years is a fair amount of time.

Zero jumped back into his original time stream.

10 years after he had left.

This is when he appeared.

He was in his office.

Somebody was occupying it.

It was Johnathan.

"Welcome back boss!"

"Thanks, it's good to be back."

Zero felt his connection with the nanites across the world go back online.

He also felt this worlds technology.

He had missed this.

There wasn't really technology he could manipulate in the cultivation world.

He immediately connected to the internet to check the changes to the world.

Super heroes had become mainstream now.

People were constantly awakening powers.

These powers were unique and had nothing to do with their DNA.

It was just based on the world's subconscious.

Zero didn't awaken any abilities due to the world will.

But he also wasn't really here to have a chance.

He told his servant to gather everyone.

Within an hour every worker was in his office.

"Greetings everyone. I am back briefly to check the progress of Projekt Paradox."

It was then that a worker spoke:

"Somebody awakened the power to walk through time. They call themselves 'Paradox'. They have visited our company and have said that they wish to spe-"

Out of nowhere a man in a lab coat appeared.

"Hello! It is nice to finally meet you! I am Leo."

"I saw your battle against the gods... I also awakened a special ability. I can manipulate time."

Zero then spoke:

"Good for you... but you are not a Paradox."

"What do you mean?"

"A paradox isn't something that can merely be acquired due to an awakened ability. It is a quality you must unlock. It only is for those that do the impossible!"

Zero's employees had no idea what he was talking about.

They whispered to themselves.

"Paradox?"

Leo then spoke:

"I have been acting as a super hero, Paradox is just my name. I was inspired by you."

Zero then said:

"Hmm... you can keep using the name, I don't really care. Why did you wish to see me?"

"I have unlocked the ability to step outside of the river of time. But I lose all my senses and am unable to see..."

"I see... you wish to learn how to keep your senses in constant time?"

"Yes."

Zero spoke:

"You would need to get the authority of a Paradox."

Zero thought about it.

He could use his sublime artifact to slowly change this persons soul into an abyssal paradox.

But his connection with his main body would weaken from this.

He didn't feel like it was worth it.

"How do I acquire the authority of a Paradox?"

"Truthfully... to become a Paradox, you need to have always been one. You need to have given birth to yourself in multiple different ways. If you were destined to explore constant time... you would open up the pathway yourself."