In an unknown place, a palace of solidified space shattered apart. A colossal dragon claw descended with invincible force; before it, the solidified palace was scarcely any different from papier-mâché.
"Too fierce!"
"If I could wield this kind of power, I'd fucking defy the heavens..."
Lin Xuan stood there with his mouth agape, his face full of disbelief.
But before that thought could fully settle, he immediately felt endless palpitations and hurriedly cut off his train of thought.
Without even turning around, Lin Xuan knew that the Divine Dragon Shadow's sidelong gaze had fallen upon him, seemingly greatly displeased.
Cold sweat broke out across Lin Xuan's back, filling his heart with terror.
But at that moment, endless shimmering water surged from the shattered palace, sweeping through the void in a perfect arc.
"The River of Time?"
Lin Xuan looked at the gleaming water and voiced his question. Though he had never seen the River of Time in its entirety, he almost instinctively felt that the arc of water was its miniature reflection.
As Lin Xuan's thoughts churned, a wheel gradually appeared where the River of Time lay, and the River of Time actually flowed above it.
Lin Xuan's pupils contracted slightly. He clearly saw the River of Time circling into a ring, as if its flowing path would ultimately join its point of origin, forming a perfect closed loop.
Dense spatial fluctuations emanated from the wheel; it was also solidified Spatial Power.
"The Wheel of Time!"
This term surfaced in Lin Xuan's mind of its own accord.
"Could the place I was in earlier have been the Time-Space Divine Hall? But that can't be right—it was a force that had already vanished..."
Countless questions filled Lin Xuan's mind, but unfortunately, no one was there to answer them.
At that moment,