Time Lines and Descent

After the dizzy spell passed, the solid sensation of ground beneath his feet returned.

Benjamin steadied himself and swiftly scanned his surroundings.

The light was dim, the air dry, carrying the faint chill unique to ancient stone.

Towering stone pillars supported an arched dome, and the walls were covered in carved... Wait?

His gaze abruptly sharpened as memories surged forth like a tide.

He had seen this place before!

In the Recording Crystal footage from the second Samsara, this was the temple where the Level 8 Sickle-Skull Race chieftain had hidden an ambush!

It was here that he had been forced to use the Light Transformation Escape Art of the Five-Skandha Rainbow Mirror, barely managing to escape.

The intelligence of that ambush, buried in his memories, instantly sent Benjamin's vigilance soaring to its peak!

Spiritual Power and mental power circulated through Benjamin's body at once. Detection sorcery and divine-sense perception spread outward simultaneously, searching for any enemies that might be lurking nearby.

Yet the anticipated ambush never appeared. The temple was deathly silent.

Something was wrong.

He forced himself to calm down and observe more closely.

Yes, the overall structure was very similar. That crude, inhuman architectural style was exactly the same.

But the details... were completely different.

According to the information provided by the Recording Crystal, the walls of that temple in the second Samsara had been covered in twisted, bizarre symbols that could not be deciphered, steeped in a primitive, barbaric air.

But before him, those "symbols" had become intricate, precise energy conduits flowing with faint blue light.

Like integrated circuits, those conduits were embedded neatly into the stone walls, exuding a cold sense of order.

More importantly, the central altar of the temple, which had been empty in his memories, now held an energy sphere the size