"Hao..."
The faint, indistinct call still echoed within the vast white space.
Su Ming looked at the slumbering Tang Hao, and a bold idea burst forth in his mind.
As if guided by an unseen force, he conjured a giant hammer and smashed it down hard.
The sound of the hammer seemed to be detected by A Yin.
"It's good that you're alright."
Deep within the Will of the Plane, the green light receded, as if it had never bloomed there.
"This Douluo Continent has really become their family's backyard."
Su Ming felt a toothache coming on.
In this dimension, accessible only to the Will of the Plane, the three forces were all from the Tang family.
Did they leave any chance for the normal Spirit Masters within the plane?
After absorbing a bit more Sea God Faith, Su Ming felt the Will of the Plane urging him.
"Not enough force?"
Su Ming was speechless.
I'm just a mere Spirit Elder; it's normal for my force to be insufficient.
Even if you're feeling the pressure, you can't demand so much from a Spirit Elder.
"Favor?"
Su Ming felt it became easier to absorb the Sea God Faith.
"Hmm... It's not like it can't be done."
After agreeing to the Will of the Plane, Su Ming withdrew from this vast white space.
"The Sea God's accumulated faith is too dense. The portion I can absorb is too small to have any real effect. On the contrary, absorbing too much might affect me."
So the best way to repay the Will of the Plane was to shake the Sea God Faith.
To shake the Sea God Faith, there were two directions: one was to speak ill of the Sea God and gain resonance, the other was to uproot the pillars of the Sea God Faith.
"Neither is easy. Maybe I should wait until I break through my limits."
Su Ming rubbed his chin, feeling he didn't need to take the risk.
The next moment, the Favor of the Plane increased even more.
"..."
Su Ming's face showed his worry.
He regretted entering that space now; the Will of the Plane had actually become dependent on him.
I'm not as powerful as you think I am.
While worrying, he also remained vigilant.
Could this be A Yin detecting something and going along with the plan?
Was it the Will of the Plane urging him, or was it A Yin?
Not rushing to a decision, Su Ming first continued his daily cultivation.
"There's still a year until Shrek Academy's enrollment. Plenty of time to consider."
He wasn't in a hurry to make a choice.
Indeed, the so-called pillars of the Sea God Faith were Shrek Academy, or more strictly, the Vast Sea Cosmic Crest within the Sea God Pavilion.
Having entered the dimension where the Will of the Plane resided twice now, Su Ming felt his overall realm had been elevated. Using his techniques, he gained the ability to freely enter and leave that space.
Not only that, he also tried and found he could even freely enter the River of Time.
He had entered the perspective of the River of Time a few times before, but each time required a certain level of insight as a condition.
He thought that was the requirement.
But after gaining free access to the space where the Will of the Plane resided, Su Ming had an epiphany, feeling he should also be able to reside permanently within the River of Time.
In fact, he succeeded on his first attempt.
Along with success came a series of realizations.
"My Trinity has only truly succeeded now."
The Douluo 2 Su Ming, rooted in the present; the Douluo 1 Su Ming, who dug into the past and derived an illusory history; and the Douluo 3 Su Ming, who solidified the future.
Trinity!
"Both involve creating new possibilities above the River. The Douluo 1 side derives an illusory history because the real history has already happened, it is real.
But my side is different. The future I inhabit is illusory, so I solidified this illusory future. In this sense, the history I separated is evolving towards reality."
The illusory history of the past needs to extend towards the Douluo 2 node and find a way to connect with reality.
How does the future achieve unity?
"Just like my initial worry, the greatest fear for the future is a wave in the River of Time capsizing me. So I need to make this future more real, more stable, and then wait for my Douluo 2 self to salvage it."
"The three entities unifying does not mean complete fusion, just a form of unification. The Douluo 2 me can connect to Douluo 1 and salvage Douluo 3, but the illusory history remains illusory, requiring my guidance, and the real future always remains in the future, with me presiding over it."
Upon realizing this, Su Ming suddenly thought of an example.
The Dragon God!
"This old schemer, wasn't he doing something similar?"
The same story, different readers can give different answers.
But when the stories told by different readers cannot be pieced together into one, perhaps the histories they experienced are all different...
Su Ming's expression changed slightly.
Did the Dragon God also change history or something similar to transcend beyond the God King?
His eyes flickered constantly, feeling this possibility was extremely high.
"If that's the case, with my Trinity, I'm naturally walking a path ahead of the God King."
After achieving God King, he might rapidly advance towards the supreme realm.
"Calm down, calm down. I'm only a Spirit Elder now. I still need to keep my feet on the ground."
Su Ming took a deep breath and looked from the downstream towards the upstream of the River of Time.
Vaguely, he seemed to see countless pasts.
The future holds infinite possibilities, and the history of the past might have been rewritten time and time again.
Returning from the perspective of the River of Time, Su Ming summoned the Light Sphere.
The Light Sphere was confused.
"Stop developing the Elemental Domain for now. I think your task should be to develop the Time attribute."
Su Ming took a deep breath, feeling he hadn't utilized the Light Sphere to its full potential.
This Time-attribute Spirit Soul might be crucial for him, key for his Douluo 2 self to salvage the future.
The Time attribute is actually superficial.
The true core lies in the Light Sphere's Time attribute ability to traverse the past and future of the River of Time.
"I'll find a way to help you collect some Time-attribute treasures."
The Light Sphere was overjoyed.
Did he not want to develop the Time attribute before? It was because the Time attribute was too difficult to develop.
Now that Su Ming promised to help collect Time-attribute treasures, he was naturally happy.
"Activate Borrowed Power when I start meditating later."
After instructing the Light Sphere, Su Ming returned to the perspective of the River of Time.
Seeing Su Ming enter meditation, the Light Sphere counted to three and then activated Su Ming's Borrowed Power Spirit Skill.
"It's here."
In the River of Time, Su Ming's eyes shone brightly.
The Spirit Power from the upstream and midstream Su Mings merged into the River of Time.
Simultaneously, at the downstream node, the power within the River transformed into corresponding Spirit Power.
Su Ming did not integrate this Spirit Power into his body. Instead, he controlled it, letting it remain within the dimension of the River.
At the same time, the Douluo 2 Su Ming activated Borrowed Power.
Among it, the Douluo 3 Su Ming's Spirit Power also entered the River, intending to merge with the river water, but Su Ming intercepted it.
Thus, the Douluo 3 Su Ming gathered the Spirit Power of the Trinity.
Fusing the three streams of Spirit Power, he condensed them into a large hand and slowly reached into the River.
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