Most importantly, there were several Upper Rank Gods as well.

During the thirty-plus years Zorn had spent in secluded cultivation,

the Black Star Divine Kingdom had been feverishly constructing its Divine Kingdom war fortress.

And beyond the Divine Kingdom fortress,

the faint outline of the Jade Realm’s Tree of the Magic Ring was already visible.

The Jade Realm’s offensive had arrived.

Although the war had not yet officially begun,

there was no doubt that the Black Star Divine Kingdom was about to become a critical war zone.

For the past year or two, at regular intervals, Lower Rank Gods or even Middle Rank Gods would engage in life-or-death battles in the area between the projections of the two Trees of the Magic Ring.

Although the Calamity Court Divine Kingdom had many experts,

they suffered more losses than victories.

At this moment,

amidst the standoff between the two Trees of the Magic Ring,

a contest between two Middle Rank Gods was unfolding.

The two were fighting with incredible ferocity.

Waves of Divine Power could be felt even from a great distance.

After sensing it for a moment,

Zorn slowly composed himself.

’The construction of the Divine Artifact is mostly complete, though it’s only at the level of an ordinary Lower Rank Divine Artifact.’

’But it’s enough to support my journey into ancient times.’

’Next up... is to imprison an Ancient God.’

He let out a soft breath.

He began using the Cosmic Time Magic Net to infiltrate the ancient veins of time,

while simultaneously searching for the paths of the Ancient Gods he remembered.

The three powerful Ancient Gods.

One was from one hundred and thirty million years ago in ancient times, at Level 34.

One was from ninety million years ago in ancient times, at Level 32.

And one was from thirty million years ago in ancient times, also at Level 32.

At the same time, the coordinates of these three Ancient Gods were extremely secret.

Even if one knew their temporal coordinates, their exact position within that specific Time Wave was difficult to pinpoint.

This was one of the difficulties in locating the coordinates of Ancient Gods.

But Zorn knew the temporal coordinates of these three Ancient Gods, as well as their general locations.

By using his Time Watcher Talent, Zorn could effectively locate the positions of those three Ancient Gods.

Once he had imprisoned these Ancient Gods,

Zorn could then slowly digest them as resources, converting them into his own nourishment.

「Two or three days later.」

The fully prepared Legendary Demigod Zorn began his journey through time.

Within the Calamity Divine Kingdom,

the Cosmic Time Magic Net had already formed a sunken, swirling portal.

A constant stream of ancient temporal power flowed out from it.

Taking a deep breath, Zorn raised his Divine Artifact, Sikes’ Magic Wand, and jumped directly into the temporal vortex.

Ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years!

Following the veins of past time, Zorn continuously journeyed backward.

Everything around him became illusory and hazy. The only constant was the billions of stars in the Cosmic Star Realm.

As time rewound,

Zorn could see the vast Cosmic Star Realm also regressing within the river of time.

Even though he had experienced this sensation many times as a Player, being physically immersed in it still gave Zorn a strange feeling.

Within the first 10,000 years,

the difficulty of advancing was extremely high.

Zorn’s life force was draining away at a frantic rate, several times faster than normal.

Fortunately, as a Legendary Demigod, he possessed a nearly eternal lifespan and didn’t have to worry about his life force draining away.

This was the source of his confidence in daring to travel so far back into ancient times.

After passing through the most recent 10,000 years of ancient time,

the speed of the time flow slowed down rapidly.

The veins of ancient time became increasingly clear before Zorn’s eyes.

Zorn gazed into the distance.

He saw that in ancient times, the ripples and waves of different eras constantly rose and fell, intertwining with one another to compose endless epic and mythical sagas.

This was also why those powerful Ancient Gods loved to return to the eras of ancient times.

Here, they could harvest a much richer Time Essence.

Within the wave of each different era were the geniuses of that time’s trajectory, the pioneers of different ages, and the powerhouses of different epochs.

They had all carved their own Sacred Marks into their respective Chapters of ancient time.

While admiring the scenery of the waves from different eras,

Zorn continued to advance.

Twenty thousand years.

Fifty thousand years.

One hundred thousand years.

With the path woven by the Cosmic Time Magic Net,

Zorn advanced steadily toward the ancient past, without getting stuck going in circles or trapped in one place.

Moreover, using his Time Watcher Talent, Zorn could easily gain Insight into the dangerous vortexes within the waves of different time eras, as well as the "Time Giant Beasts" that were a great threat to Time Travelers.

Whenever he encountered these dangers, Zorn would avoid them as quickly as possible.

Continuing his advance,

Zorn arrived at the first million-year era.

This was an era of immense disaster.

It was like a towering city wall, a barrier.

Faintly, he could see it was filled with numerous temporal vortexes, and even more Time Giant Beasts roamed within.

Not to mention Zorn, with his current strength at the level of a Middle Rank God,

even a normal Level 27 or Level 28 Upper Rank God

would not dare claim they could pass through the million-year era’s Time Barrier.

But since Zorn dared to come here, he was naturally prepared.

Manipulating the Divine Artifact Sikes’ Magic Wand, Zorn channeled the Ritual Fire along the veins of the Cosmic Time Magic Net.

HISS...

Wherever the Ritual Fire burned, both the vortexes and the roaming Time Giant Beasts actively avoided it.

One must know,

the flames of the Cosmic Altar were a terrifying substance capable of burning the entire Star Realm Cosmic.

Using the Ritual Fire to clear the way,

Zorn quickly used his Cosmic Time Magic Net to pass through the first million-year era’s Time Barrier.

’Onward!’

Zorn took a deep breath.

The hiding place of the nearest Ancient God was deep in the ancient times of thirty million years ago.

He would need to cross numerous million-year Time Barriers, and even more ten-million-year era Time Barriers.

The furthest one was at one hundred and thirty million years, which would require crossing a hundred-million-year ancient Time Barrier.

The Time Traveler began his journey through ancient times.

Five million years.

Ten million years.

Twenty million years.

Thirty million years.

When he arrived in the ancient time of roughly thirty-two million years past,

Zorn began to search for the hidden stellar coordinates within this ancient era.

If Zorn were to search for it slowly on his own, it would be far too inefficient.

But with his Cosmic Time Magic Net and his Time Watcher Talent—two great abilities—his search capabilities were absolutely second to none.

After exploring the depths of time for a long while,

’Found it!’

Zorn’s heart leaped with joy as he felt a familiar aura within the Time Magic Net.

Following the Time Magic Net, Zorn arrived near a dormant, white Material Plane.

It seemed this white Material Plane contained a number of Ancient Heroic Spirits.

Just an ordinary Material Plane of Ancient Heroic Spirits.

But in reality, this was the incarnation of that slumbering Ancient God.

Even other Ancient Gods would find it difficult to detect anything amiss if they came here.

The methods of that powerful Ancient God were quite formidable.

Even if this Material Plane were to be shattered,

it would slowly recover.

It was impossible to kill it completely.

Its incarnation as a Material Plane was a perfect means of concealment.

But it was precisely because of this perfect concealment that Zorn had an opportunity.

Because the Cosmic Altar could digest any substance.

And a Material Plane was no exception!

’You’re the one!’

Zorn looked at the white Material Plane of Ancient Heroic Spirits before him.

’And this is the Eternal Altar Cage built just for you!’

With this thought, Zorn borrowed the power of the Cosmic Altar to open his Divine Kingdom Passage.

The Cosmic Altar then projected the pre-woven altar cage directly into the ancient era, thirty million years in the past.