The Primordial Record

Chapter 1198: New Arrivals



Repeatedly destroying the shell of the Eye of Time was the first step, because it might not look like it but the Eye was losing energy, and before long it would not be able to maintain its presence inside this domain.

The method Rowan was using to achieve this effect was ingenious, but it was also a loophole that the Eye had left open, in case Rowan followed this path.

Before long the body of the mortal was a shell of itself, and it was on the edge of dissipation, but Rowan did not let up his assault, he knew that even if he dispersed the shell of the Eye of Time, it would still consider it a victory. It would most likely wait a few months to even centuries before it contacted Rowan once more, and it would be assured that by that time the seeds of greed and doubt it had planted inside his mind would have germinated and festered.

What it did not know was that Rowan did not plan to remain inside this realm for long, and with the knowledge he knew of Bloodline Sources, he could access it from anywhere, in fact, it would be better if he did not access it inside a realm such as Doom Star but in the lower realms.

Finally, the mortal shell of the Primordial was at the edge of dissipation, shattering it one more time would lead to its end, and inside the minds of both the Eye of Time and Rowan there was satisfaction, but none of them showed it on the surface.

The rage emanating from the Eye had never abated but was steadily growing stronger to the extent that Rowan's soul had long begun to suffer damage as vast swatches of it were wilting and perishing under the influence of this power.

Such an injury would cripple most immortals, but with access to Soul Energy Rowan could always make up for the lack. However, this mounting injury only seemed to fuel the flame of madness in his eyes as the speed of his invisible attacks grew more heated.

The final strokes were made, and the shell of the Eye of Time began to dissipate. The body began to collapse to ashes that vanished into nothingness from the feet upwards, and the Eye of Time was silent, and Rowan was also silent as they watched the body collapse.

The collapse was quick and it reached the chest of the Eye, traveling quickly to its neck, then its mouth and nose, but when it reached those cold eyes, something changed...n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Rowan knew that he had given no sign of his deception, he had played his part perfectly, yet it was not enough, he did not know how, but in the end, the Eye of Time had known it had been deceived, it might not have understood to what degree, but it perfectly laid out trap had been seen through, and its prey was aware of his lies.

The scream that it gave could have collapsed most of Rowan's soul if it had not vanished a moment later. Despite that, Rowan nearly collapsed. His gambit may have worked but clearly, he did not know much about Primordials or how all their senses worked, and the fact that he could deceive the Eye to such an extent was all reliant on the fact that his status was unknown to it.

In the end, he had not truly succeeded, neither had he failed, he had gotten the time he needed to pursue the final portion of his agenda, and Rowan did not delay his next move, his mouth opened on the verge of summoning the final portion of his dimension when he felt another stream of danger heading towards him and he cursed in annoyance.

His soul was damaged but was quickly healing, with his Ascendant Body, alongside his Will of Time at the fourth-dimensional level, his powers were enough that he could fight against fifth-dimensional beings and kill them, if he added Shisu into the mix, even though he did not have full control of the power of this Ascendant, even sixth-dimensional beings would have to fear for their life.

After all this while and the damage his soul had suffered, holding on to the frozen time was beginning to take its toll.

The continent of Trion was almost a thousand miles in diameter and it held tens of millions of people, in addition to his city of golden giants he had brought along, he was holding a sizable number of people in his domain of time. The sheer scope of what he was doing would be unimaginable to nearly anyone who would witness it, a shame that it was the Eye of Time who was unleashing the Time Blight on a scale that was a million times worse than this one who came along.

His soul was powerful, but after his failed Tribulation, the damages from the Eye, and holding his time domain for so long, it was beginning to fray a little, but he judged that he had not yet reached his limit, he could hold on for a while longer and sustain twice as much damage to his soul before he would think of dispersing his domain of time. If only he had his body then this weakness would be a thing of the past.

The sensation his soul was feeding him about this incoming danger was odd, unlike with the Eye of Time, what he was sensing was both a mixture of opportunity and danger, and since Rowan was still exploring his instincts, this conflicting information was intriguing.

Looking at his side, he noticed a small patch of darkness that began to rapidly coalesce as the Shiik emerged from it.

The arrival of the Eye of Time had been sudden, but with the connection she had with Rowan, she had quickly hidden herself and lay in wait, she was supposed to be one of his hidden aces. Her powers weren't what Rowan valued, it was her connection to this realm.

With the death of the Ascendant Sun, the power of Calamity was greater than before, and its reach was growing deeper, the time of daylight had shrunk, and darkness mostly prevailed.

Inside Trion there was sunlight, but that was because when Rowan had frozen time in the entire continent, he had frozen the light that had fallen inside as well, in the world outside was darkness, for although time had stopped inside Rowan's domain, the rest of the world still moved along, and Calamity held sway.

If Rowan had no option, the Shiik would summon Calamity in this area, and underneath the gaze of the Calamity Suns, even the Eye of Time would have to flee.

Rowan wanted to move the city, but there was not much time, this new danger heading towards him was not a coincidence, they were unerringly focused on his direction, so he figured out they might know who he was, and his mind whirled around as he brought out the list of those who might know him and could track him in this realm, and top of the list was...

"Rowannnn! Where are you!"

...Speak of the devil, Labaletai, the Chaos Door.