Brahma-Sound Womb-Treasure Wheel-Turning Wisdom King

What was certain was that, due to the Sky Ruins Firmament's active intervention, this Shizu Clan Venerable who had returned early through reincarnation had most likely not regained his peak strength.

Precisely because of this, he was especially cautious.

At the peak of the ninth tier, he would never have feared Song Chi. But now, his own strength remained at the limit of the eighth tier, while the Sky Ruins Firmament's Mirror Battleship had demonstrated a sufficiently great threat. Out of caution, he was unwilling to become entangled with Song Chi any further.

Even as a great ninth-tier Overlord, he had no desire to repeat his previous experience—not even if there was only the slightest possibility.

Hundreds of thousands of years of suffering—only he himself knew the torment involved.

In truth, this Shizu Clan Venerable was indeed decisive enough. As the void trembled, Divine Footstep activated once more.

But Song Chi had clearly been prepared. He had long recognized Divine Footstep as one of the Shizu Clan's supreme divine abilities. How could he possibly have made no countermeasures?

Bzzzzz!

A sudden tremor came from the depths of the sky overhead. The eighth-tier limit Shizu Clan member, who had silently vanished moments ago, stumbled out of the void. Above his head, violent ripples spread across an invisible curtain of space.

Facing the impact of an eighth-tier limit lifeform—one practically blessed by the full origin will of an entire level-seven floating land—the lv80 Frost Void Prison was clearly insufficient.

But Song Chi had never placed his hopes on that alone. As the Frost Void Prison briefly restricted the Shizu Clan Venerable, the replicated Time Chessboard component aboard the Mirror Battleship had already activated.

Vast temporal power descended, enveloping not only the eighth-tier Shizu Clan member, but the Mirror Battleship as well.

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