Within the Chaotic Region, in the pitch-black void of space where energy and matter were thin and scattered, a streak of golden-black light tore across the emptiness. Each flicker spanned tens of thousands of kilometers, resembling a curvature-drive[1] battleship speeding through the stars.0

This stretch of space spanned more than ten million kilometers, and apart from drifting meteoroids, it was a desolate vacuum. Only the occasional flash of an explosion lit up the darkness.  They were remnants of massive meteoroids spanning thousands to tens of thousands of kilometers in diameter, shattered by the Destructive Dragon Emperor’s breath as it passed through.0

Since its breakthrough to the ancient titan level, the Dragon Emperor had gained the ability to forcibly control nearby space through principle power, overriding the laws of heaven and earth to perform spatial leaps. As a result, it took the Dragon Emperor only a few hours to cross more than ten million kilometers, arriving at the region where the river of time had once manifested. However, aside from the violent spatial turbulence that stretched for thousands of kilometers, the river had already vanished.0

In the pitch-dark void, the Dragon Emperor spread its wings. Its gold-like vertical pupils swept coldly over the surroundings, tinged with faint regret. Not here anymore.0

Last time, the time-based true...0