Chapter 1076: Chapter 486 Everything is ready! That last step restriction!_2 Chapter 1076: Chapter 486 Everything is ready! That last step restriction!_2 It carried within it the vast Time Power and The Power of the Long River.

Once swept by the grains of time, even a true immortal would be ground to nothingness in an instant, resulting in death and the dissipation of their Dao.

This is the greatest threat of counter-current travel through the Time River.

During the journey against the current of the Time River, one would face the erosion of countless grains of time.

Only an Immortal Venerable could withstand this extremely powerful force of erosion from the grains of time.

Birdy Huang had said that even in her first life, when she was the youngest daughter of the Ancestor of the Phoenix and stood at the peak of the True Immortal Realm, she couldn’t resist the impact of the grains of time and ascend against the Time River.

So she had seriously warned Jiang Yuan never to touch the grains of time, and not to try challenging the might of the Time River.

The grains of time, that is the most terrifying substance in the world.

Jiang Yuan watched the Time River before him as various thoughts rapidly flashed through his mind.

Afterward.

He began observing the Time River, feeling its vast Time Power.

[You are observing and comprehending the Time River, you have gained an insight into the Time Great Dao, your mastery of the Time Great Dao has increased from 45.77% to 45.78%.]
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[You are observing and comprehending the Time River, you have gained an insight into the Time Great Dao, your mastery of the Time Great Dao has increased from 45.79% to 45.79%.]
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[You are observing and comprehending the Time River, you have gained an insight into the Time Great Dao, your mastery of the Time Great Dao has increased from 45.79% to 45.80%.]
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As time passed, Jiang Yuan’s mastery over the Time Great Dao gradually deepened.

The next day.

The sun rose high.

The orange glow of sunrise poured into Jiang Yuan’s courtyard, where Jiang Yuan’s brows were slightly furrowed.

[You are observing and comprehending the Time River, you have gained an insight into the Time Great Dao, your accumulation has deepened…]
[You are observing and comprehending the Time River, you have gained an insight into the Time Great Dao, your accumulation has deepened…]
[You are observing and comprehending the Time River, you have gained an insight into the Time Great Dao, your accumulation has deepened…]
[…]
This notification had been flashing before him for half an hour now.

Jiang Yuan could feel his understanding and accumulation of the Time Great Dao deepen, but his mastery of it hadn’t changed in the slightest.

After a long while.

“Sigh,” Jiang Yuan let out a long sigh, stopping his contemplation of the Time Power.

Then he slowly opened his eyes.

The next moment.

His panel instantly appeared in front of him.

Great Dao: Time Great Dao (49.99%)…

He was just one step away from reaching fifty percent mastery, yet he had been stuck on this step for over half an hour.

After over half an hour of trying, Jiang Yuan understood that this was not a problem that could be solved by effort alone.

There must be something he didn’t know that was hindering his progress.

The next moment.

He raised his hand and grabbed through layers of space to reach another room within the Mansion.

Together with his hand movement.

“Chirp chirp–” Birdy Huang let out a clear chirp, struggling mightily within Jiang Yuan’s palm while saying, “Master! No! Control yourself, I’m just a bird!”

Jiang Yuan: “…”

He immediately revealed an expression of speechlessness; ever since this little phoenix had fully awakened her memories of her previous life, she often uttered astonishing words, leaving him quite helpless.

“Thud–”
With a flick of Jiang Yuan’s fingers.

Birdy Huang immediately covered her head with her wings, looking pitifully at Jiang Yuan.

“Ouch!”

Jiang Yuan couldn’t help but hold his forehead.

“What do you need, Master?” Birdy Huang then asked.

Jiang Yuan smiled, “You are quite clever!”

Hearing this praise from Jiang Yuan, Birdy Huang immediately raised her head with pride and a smug expression.

“Of course!”

“I am the clever and witty Birdy Huang!”

“A princess of the Phoenix Clan as well!”

Jiang Yuan chuckled again, “Yes, yes, yes, you are very smart! So I have a question for you, I don’t know if you can answer it!”

“Please ask, Master!” Birdy Huang said, raising her head.

Jiang Yuan said, “I am now just one final step away from grasping the power to reverse time, yet I’ve been unable to take this final step for a long time. Why is that?”

Hearing Jiang Yuan’s confusion, Birdy Huang’s eyes widened in disbelief.

“Master, you… you’re just one final step away from mastering time reversal??”

Her voice was filled with incredible emotion.

Jiang Yuan nodded affirmatively, “That’s right, just one final step! Normally, I would be able to cross over quickly, but now I simply cannot make it past, like an indestructible door keeping me out.”

Birdy Huang listened to Jiang Yuan’s words and also blinked, seemingly calming the thoughts in her heart.

After a good while, she started to speak.

“Chirp chirp–”
“Master, this is normal!”

“Because your cultivation realm is too low, your position level cannot bear the addition of Time Power.”

“You are currently at the Cave Realm, whereas the ability to reverse time is a means available to the strong ones in the True Immortal Realm.”

“That’s also why only by reaching the Pinnacle of the Human Path and obtaining the Supreme Dao Fruits can one enter the True Immortal Realm.”

“If one transcends to become an Immortal at the Saint level, then their position level cannot withstand the Time Great Dao, nor can it withstand the vast Time Power, and as such becoming an Immortal at the Saint level, they can only reach up to the Nine Heavens as an Immortal!”

Jiang Yuan listened quietly to Birdy Huang’s explanation, his expression suddenly becoming clear.