Chapter 53: System Reboot!

Chapter 53: System Reboot!

After both departed, the space-time that had nearly frozen resumed its normal flow.

During this period, Jiang Zhe's dual souls remained in a state of suspended consciousness, unaware of anything happening around them.

But when a secret technique titled Primordial Evolution suddenly appeared in his mind, he knew his plans had succeeded.

With the "Administrator's" intervention, the issue with his Secondary Divine Spirit had been resolved.

As for this secret art—it must have come from Supreme Rule. The Primordial Universe's essence could only bestow techniques up to the True God tier.

According to the description, the Secondary Divine Spirit possessed a fixed lifespan spanning three cycles of reincarnation from the moment of its birth.

Within these three cycles, he had to master Primordial Evolution to transform his "Internal Cosmos" into a tangible "Primordial Universe."

Well... a smaller-scale Primordial Universe, a "youth edition" so to speak, equivalent to the Chaos Sovereign realm of cultivation.

—Which meant fully comprehending all ten great laws and fusing them into the Chaos Law.

Otherwise, when its lifespan expired, even if the body remained youthful, the soul would decay like a Domain Lord's, ultimately perishing.

Only the Life Core—the Divine Core—would remain. This would become the seed for a new Primordial Universe, cultivated by Supreme Rule itself.

Jiang Zhe was so engrossed in Primordial Evolution that he didn't notice the two Administrators leaving. It was Orianna who finally roused him.

Looking down at the Chaos-colored Divine Core in his hands, now threaded with dark golden secret patterns... no, it should now be called the Life Core.

A warm, intimate sensation surged through him—it was a part of himself!

If his main body ever faced a fatal calamity, his primary consciousness would be reborn within this Life Core, replacing the secondary consciousness to continue living.

"First, cultivate. Elevate my life's hierarchy."

With a thought, the Life Core flew upward, hovering midair as it spun rapidly.

Primordial Energy from the universe was drawn toward it.

Jiang Zhe stared in astonishment as the surrounding Primordial Energy thickened, condensing into a mist-like state. It became so dense that a single handful could solidify into Cosmic Crystals.

How was this possible?

Within the Life Core, a special space was opened—a region akin to a martial artist's Dantian located in the lower abdomen.

As the universe's Primordial Energy entered the Life Core, it was refined into Genetic Primordial Energy. Within this space, it coalesced into a miniature planet—then two, three, four... up to nine!

Then, each of the nine planets exploded in succession!

A storm of Genetic Primordial Energy erupted within the space, eventually collapsing into a singular, dense mass that formed a miniature star.

Stellar Class, first stage!

From this point onward, the cultivation speed dropped drastically. The Life Core gradually ceased spinning, no longer absorbing Primordial Energy to advance its cultivation.

Unlike the Doppelgänger, the Secondary Divine Spirit's cultivation wasn't restricted by the main body—it could ascend all the way to the Cosmic Level, though it would take time.

However, even after reaching that level, its combat power would still be the weakest Cosmic Level imaginable, far below standard expectations.

"Manifest!"

Jiang Zhe commanded in a low voice.

Streams of Chaos Energy surged from the Life Core, rapidly solidifying into form—a muscular, bare-chested youth with black hair and yellow skin.

It was Jiang Zhe himself.

Identical to the Jiang Zhe meditating on the cabin floor!

"Tsk tsk, my assets are truly substantial!"

After admiring his own form, the Chaos Energy swirled again, condensing into a silver robe that draped over the Secondary Divine Spirit.

The Secondary Divine Spirit had a fixed life form.

But as an energy-based lifeform, it could disintegrate its body at will, reorganizing its energy into other forms—such as transforming into its master's appearance.

For instance:

A ferocious tiger brimming with bloodlust in its eyes;

A Thunder Dragon crackling with arcs of lightning, its vertical pupils exuding coldness and authority;

A mundane stone, unremarkable and easily overlooked;

...

Controlling the Secondary Divine Spirit to shift through countless forms, Jiang Zhe played with it endlessly.

After a while.

"It's time to see its true life form!"

Jiang Zhe's eyes gleamed with curiosity. "Anna, pilot the ship out of the asteroid belt into open space."

The ship launched, stopping minutes later as the cabin door opened.

At the Stellar Class, one could survive briefly in space. Both the main body and Secondary Divine Spirit exited the ship, hovering in the cosmic void using their own techniques.

"Begin!"

At Jiang Zhe's command, the Secondary Divine Spirit shot forward, its silver-robed form disintegrating.

Only the Life Core remained, spinning rapidly.

In an instant, torrents of Chaos Energy erupted from the Life Core, swirling like smoke, weaving together to form segments of silver-white scaled serpent body.

Within a few breaths, a colossal figure loomed before Jiang Zhe.

The Titan Serpent recorded in Earth's history was but a child compared to this being. Even the Thunder Dragon King in the Pacific Ocean would appear smaller in comparison.

The Secondary Divine Spirit's true form was a silver-white serpent over a thousand meters long, with a waist nearly thirty meters thick.

Each scale, the size of a washbasin, bore countless intricate, illusory patterns and symbols resembling the infinity symbol "∞."

Its eyes were crimson and cold.

Most astonishingly, the serpent's head and tail connected, forming an eternal cycle of rebirth—the iconic "Ouroboros" image.

"Eternal Serpent, Eternal Ouroboros!"

Though mentally prepared, Jiang Zhe still felt his breath catch as the silver-white serpent appeared.

Though he hadn't yet crossed the threshold into Time Law mastery, he could see the space around the serpent's body was viscous, as if rivers of time flowed there, reverently circling the silver-white giant.

A bold hypothesis formed in Jiang Zhe's mind.

That must be the manifestation of flowing time itself!

The silver-white serpent's body disintegrated, and the Secondary Divine Spirit resumed its white-robed youth form, returning to hover beside its master.

Back inside the ship's cabin, Jiang Zhe's heart still raced.

The sight of that viscous, flowing void had led to his hypothesis—entirely due to the Secondary Divine Spirit's newly acquired innate secret art.

The first innate secret art: System Reboot!

—Marks the state of a target or area at a specific moment. Later, this target or area can be individually or broadly "rebooted" using this stored state.

—This isn't time reversal; it's overwriting the current state with a previously recorded "save file."

After reading the detailed explanation of System Reboot, Jiang Zhe desperately wanted to ask the two "Administrators": Were you two deliberately allowing this "bug" to exist?

Or was its effect simply not impressive enough to move you?

System Reboot sounded similar to a Cosmic Sovereign's space-time control in terms of effects.

But it paled in comparison.

However, in certain aspects, it surpassed even "space-time control" in sheer power.

For example, if a genius were enslaved and killed by an alien race, even a Cosmic Sovereign of humanity couldn't resurrect them.

But with System Reboot, it was different.

As long as the state of that genius before enslavement was recorded, Jiang Zhe could reboot them back to that saved state.

Besides external applications, it could also be used on oneself.

For instance, marking one's healthy state before battle. If a fatal wound occurred during combat, one could seize an opportunity to "reboot", gaining a second life.

These were just two simple examples.

System Reboot had countless other potential uses—this innate secret art had an extremely high ceiling!

This book's title wasn't just hype.

The chapter title "Reboot" was set from the beginning as the protagonist's core ability.

It doesn't fully belong to the space-time lineage. There's a unique path exclusive to the protagonist, inspired by the "Illusionary Realm" from another work.

As for the rest... cough cough, [silver-white serpent], [head connected to tail], [System Reboot]... it should be easy to guess now?

Besides the core concepts and some settings.

(End of Chapter)

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