Chapter 485

In the vast and boundless starry sky.

A distorted eggplant-shaped sun floated in the silent space, and to the left of this shriveled eggplant-shaped sun, Feng Ye quietly floated there with his eyes closed, beginning to adapt to his new strength.

Under normal circumstances, it was naturally difficult for the shriveled eggplant-shaped sun to maintain this form, but because of Feng Ye's existence, it didn't collapse, and instead revolved around Feng Ye.

This was no longer the case of the Earth revolving around Feng Ye, but rather — — the real sun revolving around Feng Ye!

Since the current Feng Ye possessed far too much power, it would take a long time for him to adapt to his new power.

Fortunately, the Illusory Clock's ability was still effective against the current him, and it wasn't any weaker than before!

Feng Ye couldn't help but be shocked by its power.

If it was in the past, it would have been fine, but the current him was comparable to a black hole in a celestial body. Time and space would distort around him, and he could bend them as he pleased.

However, the Illusory Clock's ability to control time didn't seem to be affected at all, and it was still the same as before, to the point where Feng Ye found it hard to resist this power.

Its power seemed to be above a higher dimension.

"It's at least a Universe level power."

After using the Illusory Clock to accelerate time for himself, Feng Ye judged the level of its power and muttered in his heart.

Although the current him was unable to destroy a galaxy made up of hundreds of billions of stars, nor was he able to destroy star clusters and superstar clusters, the power he possessed was more than enough for him to rampage through a galaxy. Wherever he went, almost all celestial bodies would be destroyed by his own power.

Compared to a large galaxy like the Milky Way, the current him was probably equivalent to Uchiha Madara compared to Earth, where Naruto's world was located. Although he couldn't destroy Earth, he was already close to the strongest power on the surface of the planet, and he was able to flatten the entire surface of the planet.

And even with this level of power, he was still unable to shake the power of the Illusory Clock. Without a doubt, it was something of a higher level.

And the only thing that was above him was the Universe level.

Although the difference between him and the Universe level seemed to be that of a Star Cluster and a Super Star Cluster, in reality, there was no difference in level within this range.

As long as he could further improve his mind and control, he would be able to continue devouring stars and continue to strengthen himself.

In other words …

From this step to the Universe level, there would be no bottleneck. The only difference was the number of stars he devoured.

Even if he had devoured hundreds of billions of stars, which was far more than the total amount of energy he currently possessed, it was not to the point where his power was completely unable to shake the clock.

Completely unable to shake it meant that it was a power of another level. It was like the difference between an ordinary ninjutsu and a Truth-Seeking Ball, or the difference between an ordinary Shinigami and Getsuga Tensho.

Feng Ye suddenly thought of something.

Could the existence of the Illusory Clock be the source of the concept of time in this universe?

Because of it, there was time. That was why this universe wasn't in a state of chaos. Instead, it was constantly changing with the passage of time.

Its power affected the changes of time in the entire universe. In that case, the power that he currently possessed was indeed too insignificant compared to it, so it was normal for it to be unable to shake it.

"Looks like I'm indeed lucky to be able to obtain it."

"However …"

"Being able to possess the power I have today isn't entirely due to its power. I've also put in a lot of effort and persevered in my cultivation in every world."

Feng Ye thought to himself.

But then again, relying on the Illusory Clock's power to reach where he was today was not a big deal. This was because he firmly believed that he would cultivate to the peak of the universe sooner or later and completely control its power.

Then, when the day came when he completely controlled its power, it would belong to him. This meant that he had never relied on external forces from the very beginning. Everything he had today was obtained through his own hard work.

One year …

Two years …

Three years …

Under the effect of the time acceleration, Feng Ye only managed to reduce the size of his body by half after five years of cultivation. Then, after five years, his body shrank by half again.

After repeating this process for 50 years, his body had shrunk to less than one-tenth the size of a planet. However, this size was still very large, and it was about the same size as the entire Spirit King Palace.

As his body had shrunk to a certain extent, it became more difficult for him to continue cultivating. After ten years, Feng Ye finally shrunk his body by half again.

Ten years …

Twenty years …

Thirty years …

Time passed quickly, and 70 years passed by like flowing water.

Compared to the entire starry sky and the vast universe, 70 years was like a drop in the ocean, insignificant and insignificant.

Feng Ye's enormous power, the energy of 28 stars in his body, was enough to make him invincible in a galaxy. However, compared to the vast and vast universe, it was abnormally insignificant. He would need to increase his power by a million times to be able to cause a slight ripple in the universe.

In 70 years, Feng Ye's body shrunk even further, and it was about one-thousandth the size of the moon. Although his body was still very large, it was no longer as large as before. When he stood up, he was about 3,000 meters tall.

"Still too big," Feng Ye muttered.

Feng Ye muttered to himself before closing his eyes and continuing his cultivation.

Another 20 years passed in the blink of an eye, and he shrunk his body to about 1,000 meters tall.

From a body that was comparable to a star to a size of 1,000 meters tall, it took him close to 150 years. Even if time was accelerated by 100 times, one and a half years had passed in the outside world.

It had also been close to seven years since he left the Soul Society.

"It's time to go back."

Feng Ye opened his eyes again.

He could sense that by shrinking his body to this size, he was already close to a limit. If he continued to shrink, it would no longer be several hundred meters. Instead, he would be able to freely control the size of his body.

Once he crossed this limit, he would be able to shrink his body to a size smaller than a sperm, or even comparable to atomic particles, with a single thought. He would also be able to enlarge his body to the size of a star with a single thought.

However, it would not be easy to cross this limit.

A short ten or twenty years would not be enough. At the very least, he would need to cultivate for several hundred years. Feng Ye planned to return to the Soul Society first and completely settle the matters there before starting his cultivation.

He stretched his body and stood up in the starry sky. He tilted his head and looked into the distance. He could see that the sun, which was like a shriveled eggplant, had returned to its spherical shape in the past 100 years. However, it was still revolving around him, just like before he had shrunk his body.

"Maintaining this state will result in a slight loss of energy. Although I can recover by reversing time, it's still better to achieve a balance."

Feng Ye pondered for a short while and raised his hand toward the star.

Hum!!!

The movement of the entire star stopped in an instant. One could see that the nearby space seemed to have transformed into an invisible hand that grabbed the entire star and compressed it inwardly.

As space shrank, the star began to shrink rapidly.

It was difficult for Feng Ye to use the power of space to shrink his own body. However, he could easily compress other matter in the outside world. He could even easily compress a star.

After a short while.

The enormous star turned into a ball of light with a diameter of only ten meters. It landed on Feng Ye's fingertip and bobbed up and down.

Feng Ye looked at the star on his fingertip and thought for a moment. Then, he stroked it with both hands.

Hum!!

The entire star changed rapidly and turned into a light golden ball-shaped snuff bottle. It looked incredibly exquisite, as if it was constructed from gold and red gems.

Feng Ye picked up the snuff bottle and took a light puff. A wisp of the star's energy flowed into his body, causing him to smile.

"Not bad."

There was a faint smile on Feng Ye's face. Then, he put away the snuff bottle. Through his soul connection with Lilith, he sensed the location of the Soul Society and began to return.

This snuff bottle was a small world that he had created with his own power. It could contain at least three stars. On the way back, Feng Ye also took three stars and placed them into the world of the snuff bottle, filling it up. However, these were all minor details that he didn't need to pay special attention to.