Grand Finale! There Are No Perfect Stories, Only Sudden, Regrettable Endings. (Continued)

"I think I'm about to leave. It feels like something is going to happen!" A faint smile forced its way onto Jiang Siming's sorrowful face.

This continent seemed to reject him more and more, filling Jiang Siming with growing unease, as if once he left, he would never be able to return.

The Snow Empress said nothing. She only buried her head deep in Jiang Siming's arms and held him tightly with both hands, terrified that the man before her would suddenly vanish and never come back.

"Drip!"

"Drip!"

"Drip!"

As the final drop of water fell, it was as though the entire world stopped along with the motionless hourglass.

Inside the Demon Cave, Shen Ming and the Taoist Elder looked at the hourglass before them, their expressions carrying an unprecedented mix of relief and tension.

"The convergence point! Brother, I really am going to miss you a little!" Shen Ming hugged the Taoist Elder beside him hard and spoke with emotion.

Shen Ming, who had always been calm and unruffled, rarely revealed such genuine feeling.

"Oh, knock it off!" The Taoist Elder laughed and pushed Shen Ming away. He glanced at his increasingly illusory hand, then shook his head with a bitter smile.

At the same time, beneath the imperial palace of the Sun Moon Empire, the Bizarre Lake suddenly began to boil violently. A terrifying bronze gate covered in Demon Patterns slowly rose from the lake.

And yet, faced with this bizarre scene, there were no cries of alarm, no onlookers.

Because at this very moment, the entire world had frozen still!

What kind of mighty power was this, to toy with time in the palm of one's hand!

Inside Shrek Academy's secret chamber, Jiang Siming suddenly opened his eyes.

A powerful sense of emptiness spread from the