Just as Ye Qingzhou was about to glimpse the core secrets of the Time Worm, the surrounding environment suddenly underwent a dramatic change.

"This isn't right..."

Ye Qingzhou quickly realized that it wasn't the environment that had changed, but rather his perception had altered. His Divine Thought had detached from his physical shell, entering into a strange time dimension.

"This feeling is very similar to when I first entered the Spiritual Realm with the help of the Five-Colored Divine Stone."

All things return to one, the heavens and earth are without form.

Ye Qingzhou's mind was compressed into a single point, no up, no down, boundless, without beginning or end, as if caught in a void.

Just like a single tree seed.

Time's flow was no longer perceptible, only endless emptiness remained. This feeling was enough to drive any normal person insane.

Because with no flow of time, this void would be an eternal prison for the consciousness, with endless solitude unbearable to ordinary people.

Fortunately, Ye Qingzhou's Sword Heart was already as solid as a rock, steadfast and unwavering despite any stormy conditions.

In chaos that knows no years, the tree seed tore through the chaos, broke open the universe, and as the matter shattered into a sky full of stars, under the brilliant starlight, a sprout of green bud emerged, beginning to grow roots, plunging deep into the void to absorb nutrients.

With star shifts, the sapling took root and soon grew robust and strong.

Ye Qingzhou's consciousness also transformed accordingly.

If in the state of a tree seed, Ye Qingzhou was twisted into a zero-dimensional creature by the laws of the Divine Hall of Time, then with the sapling's growth, he felt himself become a one-dimensional creature.

His roots plunged into the void, and he could only grow upwards, from a 'point' to a 'line', as if walking on a one-way street with no option to reverse.

Apart from moving straight forward, there was no other choice.

Ye Qingzhou fell into deep thought, various ideas flashing in his mind: "This transition from zero-dimensional to one-dimensional... how much it resembles humanity's perception of time?"

Humans are three-dimensional creatures in space, capable of perceiving a world with length, width, and height, but regarding the perception of time, humans are merely two-dimensional creatures.

For example, a person can recall a past moment, extract it from the timeline they have experienced, for observation.

But this observation can only be retrospective, not forward-looking—unable to glimpse the future.

Of course, a few strong individuals can break through this physiological limit of humans and, through special means, observe, albeit limitedly, the upper reaches of the flow of time, evolving from one-dimensional creatures of time into two-dimensional creatures of time.

If a one-dimensional existence is formed by countless 'points' into a 'long line', then a two-dimensional existence is a 'plane' composed of countless 'long lines'.

And on this 'plane of time', two-dimensional time beings can not only observe the upper and lower reaches of the 'long line', but can even project their perception onto other timelines, seeing different outcomes caused by different choices in different times and spaces, achieving a certain degree of 'omniscience'.

"I see, this is the true essence of the 'Time Worm'..."

The tree seed represents zero-dimension, a point.

The sapling represents one-dimension, a line, humans are situated at the time node called 'now', able to continuously move towards 'future', but can only observe their own 'past'.

The worm, in contrast, represents a two-dimensional life form, no longer only passively accepting the 'linear forward' movement and perception, not only able to glimpse different timelines, pierce through the fog of fate, but even leap from one timeline to another.

Time Worm, the Worm of Timelines!

Boom~

A thunderclap resounded in Ye Qingzhou's inner world, with countless sparks and lightning bursting forth, propelling his spirit and will to transcend and transform once more.

After a long while, the transformation ceased, and Ye Qingzhou was surprised to notice that not only had his spirit and thoughts been elevated, but his understanding of Qimen Dunjia also advanced from Mastery to Great Success, able to penetrate the 'forms' of all things in the world!

Not only tangible objects in the material world, but even intangible things like 'time' and 'thought', Ye Qingzhou could directly perceive and observe.

The 'forms' of all things were within his grasp.

Ye Qingzhou watched as time, like water, flowed smoothly before him, not only representing the 'upper stream' symbolizing the past, Ye Qingzhou directly observed the 'lower stream' representing the future, and even extended his perception to parallel timelines, witnessing various possibilities.

"This feeling is truly wonderful."

Evolving from a one-dimensional to a two-dimensional time being, this transformation is immensely significant.

"In the past, I could use the power of Thought Ability, deducing and locking onto a possible future with Xiangshu Thinking, achieving a hundred percent success with Divine Techniques... Now, I can do this on my own, and even accomplish much more..."

Ye Qingzhou attempted to guide the river of time, summoning different versions of himself from the past and the future simultaneously to the present timeline. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The Shadow of the Past, the Shadow of the Future, appeared in unison at the present!

"The Brahma Emperor's Three-Body Technique Divine Technique, with the past unchanging and the future ever-changing, now I also possess this Divine Technique, mastering the power of time on a two-dimensional scale."

Ye Qingzhou contemplated his transformation, feeling as if he glimpsed the deeper secrets of the cosmos: "If I can breakthrough my perception of time to the three-dimensional, I estimate I could see the fate of the entire universe, and the fourth dimension should be the consciousness breaking through this universe, transcending to other universes..."