Master Tongtian looked at this disciple with a complicated expression. He understood the moment Zhou Chen explained: having integrated the power of time and space, Zhou Chen could condense it into his own personal domain of time and space. This allowed him to merge seamlessly into spacetime when he wished, yet remain entirely independent of it. When Zhou Chen wanted to blend into spacetime, the shared nature of the power made it effortless. When he did not, because that power had been refined into his own, he could repel the surrounding spacetime and exist completely outside of it. If Zhou Chen could even repel spacetime itself, how could any karma or karmic retribution ever attach to him?
Furthermore, because Zhou Chen had been scoured by the River of Time, he had also absorbed the power of the River of Time, refining it into his own being just like the power of spacetime. Therefore, when Zhou Chen was within the River of Time, he could merge into it just as he did with spacetime. In other words, when Zhou Chen took action inside the River of Time, there was no karma or retribution to speak of, and the River of Time would not even react. However, if an opponent retaliated, it would be a different story: karmic retribution would descend. Yet, because of Zhou Chen's unique constitution, that retribution could not land on him; it had no choice but to fall upon his enemies. Even if the Heavenly Dao perceived Zhou Chen's existence, it was useless. Zhou Chen was blended into the …
Chapter 23