Crimson King, Leap Through Time!

"My second spirit ring is already thirty thousand years old. Can my third spirit ring make another small breakthrough...?"

Qin Moyu said with a faint smile, secretly filled with anticipation.

He then picked up the most valuable item on the table: the five-thousand-year Whale Rubber.

After the first two rounds of God-bestowed Spirit Rings had tempered his martial soul, the Herrscher of Reason Divine Core had nourished his body in return. His physical constitution had improved enormously, and in theory, he had more than enough strength to withstand the scorching medicinal power of the five-thousand-year Whale Rubber.

"Herrscher of Reason, first spirit skill, Particle Control!"

This time, Qin Moyu pushed his martial soul to its limits.

In an instant, icy gear-shaped patterns appeared deep within his pitch-black eyes.

The Herrscher of Reason Divine Core spun at full speed. As his first spirit skill activated, the microscopic particles within the five-thousand-year Whale Rubber in his palm instantly became restless!

Qin Moyu then swallowed the Whale Rubber and began another round of absorbing a God-bestowed Spirit Ring.

Soul Land One Dugu Yan: "A seven-thousand-year first spirit ring, followed directly by a thirty-thousand-year second spirit ring... is he even human?"

Soul Land Three Dai Yuner: "Mm~ Even in our era, only heirs of top-tier families could receive such a spirit ring configuration."

Soul Land Three Xu Xiaoyan: "Huh? Why didn't Qin Moyu show off a new spirit skill this time? And what did he mean earlier by, 'So I still have to fight for it myself'?"

Soul Land Two Xiao Xiao: "I'm curious too. It all sounded so confusing that I couldn't make heads or tails of it."

Soul Land Two Meng Hongchen: "I think the second spirit ring's skill made him realize some crucial point."

Soul Land Two Meng Hongchen: "Or rather, it let him see the true nature of his martial soul, which was why he made that remark..."

The moment she said this, the Diary Copy's comment section fell silent. Meng Hongchen's message seemed to be uncovering the secret of Qin Moyu's martial soul...

Only after a long while did Xue Ke's well-organized messages slowly appear.

Soul Land One Xue Ke: "My guess is that all of Brother Mo Yu's spirit skills are fundamentally innate abilities of his martial soul."

Soul Land One Xue Ke: "After all, a power like microscopic particle manipulation doesn't sound like an ability a martial soul could possess. It sounds more like a technological method."

Soul Land One Xue Ke: "And as a four-dimensional technological creation, the Herrscher of Reason Divine Core sounds like some extremely advanced dimensional technology. Yet from what we've seen so far, the Divine Core hasn't displayed that overwhelming sense of despair that crushes everything."

Soul Land One Xue Ke: "It wasn't until Brother Mo Yu stabilized his second spirit ring and carefully analyzed its skill that he finally figured out the key."

Soul Land One Xue Ke: "Every spirit ring he absorbs merely breaks through another layer of seals, gradually restoring the inherent abilities of the four-dimensional technological Divine Core."

Soul Land One Xue Ke: "Unlike us, he doesn't need spirit rings to grant his martial soul entirely new abilities..."

This lucid analysis instantly enlightened everyone in the Diary Copy.

Soul Land One Ning Rongrong: "Holy crap, sis! Xue Ke, your reasoning makes so much sense. It feels like it all fits perfectly!"

Soul Land One Ning Rongrong: "I'm starting to wonder if you're a worm in his stomach or something!"

Soul Land One Xue Ke: "I merely followed the clues. I might not be right, but Brother Mo Yu's martial soul system is indeed different from everyone else's."

Soul Land One Ye Lingling: "Are two hearts beating as one? Her Highness the Princess and Lord Qin Moyu really are a perfect match~"

Soul Land One Ning Rongrong: "I think so too! You're already calling him Brother Mo Yu, Xue Ke. Come on, hurry up and tie your Brother Mo Yu up and bring him home!"

Soul Land One Xue Ke: "..."

With two flowers blooming, each branch had its own tale.

The absorption of the God-bestowed Spirit Ring gradually came to an end, and the patterns etched across the surface of the Herrscher of Reason Divine Core martial soul were complete.

At last, the third spirit ring floating around Qin Moyu settled into a deep black color.

Unlike absorbing the spirit ring of a ten-thousand-year spirit beast, a God-bestowed Spirit Ring itself did not cause a mental shock. As long as a spirit master's physical constitution was strong enough, the age of the spirit ring could rise without limit...

[Martial Soul: Herrscher of Reason Divine Core]

[Third Spirit Ring Age: Seventy Thousand Years]

[Spirit Skill: Crimson King (King Crimson)]

[Permanent Passive · Epitaph: Predicts a future death for a short period of time, with a one hundred percent accuracy rate!]

[Active Release ①: Erases the time trajectory in which "Epitaph" suffers an attack, removes all unfavorable timeline branches, and reduces all damage inflicted upon oneself to nothingness.

[Active Release ②: Deletes the process of time and directly reaches the result.]

"Crimson King?!"

Qin Moyu held the diary, his fingertips trembling slightly as he blurted it out in shock.

He flipped through the diary repeatedly, carefully sensing the strength of his martial soul and spirit ring, and quickly found the answer.

First was the passive effect, Epitaph. Supported by the power of a seventy-thousand-year spirit ring, as long as any event within the next day could cause Qin Moyu's death, Epitaph would automatically issue a warning.

This was a passive ability that observed the future. Epitaph could foresee the future, but it did not possess the ability to change it.

That meant if Qin Moyu observed a future where he died, then that future had already been anchored by Epitaph. If he was meant to die, he would still die.

The future was destined to happen and could not be changed!

But Crimson King's active effect happened to perfectly resolve this restriction!

When Epitaph observed an unavoidable future death, Crimson King could actively delete time and erase that already observed future.

This meant that the future he had previously observed would be rendered void. Only Qin Moyu alone would retain the complete memory of that death.

This was the observer effect. The act of observation interfered with the observed result.

The future Qin Moyu observed was merely a future that would happen if he did not perform the act of observation. It could only be considered one possibility.

"With this ability, unless my enemy is vastly stronger than me, I'll basically be impossible to kill!"

Qin Moyu's emotions churned before finally settling. He spoke in a low voice.

Unless he chose death himself...

"Herrscher of Reason, third spirit skill."

"Leap through time! Crimson King!"

Qin Moyu shouted softly as the Herrscher of Reason Divine Core spun rapidly...

It was as though an invisible edit button had been pressed across the entire space, and the process of time was completely deleted.

At the same time, at a small stall near the Rose Hotel, an old man was making flower tea for a customer when his vision suddenly blurred. The prepared flower tea in his hand vanished, while several brand-new copper soul coins appeared in his palm.

The old man looked up blankly. The customer who had been standing before the stall, preparing to buy flower tea, had already vanished without a trace. From beginning to end, it seemed that this mysterious customer had never existed...

Meanwhile, the view returned to a guest room in the Rose Hotel.

In the blink of an eye, Qin Moyu had not moved in the slightest and had never stepped out of the room, yet a cup of flower tea giving off a faint warmth had appeared in his hand out of thin air.

This inconceivable scene stunned the women in the Diary Copy once more, leaving them all frozen.

This time, they had seen it clearly. Qin Moyu had never left the Rose Hotel, yet as if it had appeared from nowhere, a cup of flower tea was now in his hand...

[Crimson King's second active ability is quite useful. First Effect, Then Cause—directly delete the process and reach the future result in one step.]

Soul Land One Ning Rongrong: "???"

Soul Land Two Ning Tian: "???"

Soul Land Three Dai Yuner: "???"

Soul Land One Dugu Yan: "What just happened? Something appeared from nothing again, out of thin air! Is this science too? @Soul Land Two Ning Tian"

Soul Land Two Ning Tian: "I don't know! Is that even reasonable?"

Soul Land Three Xu Xiaoyan: "What kind of ability is this Crimson King? What does deleting the process and directly reaching the result mean? Isn't that a little too absurd?!"

Soul Land Two Meng Hongchen: "I think I understand now what 'First Effect, Then Cause' means."

Soul Land Two Meng Hongchen: "The normal chain of cause and effect is this: Qin Moyu leaves the Rose Hotel, goes to the flower tea vendor's stall to buy tea, then returns to the Rose Hotel. That is the complete process by which Qin Moyu ends up holding flower tea."

Soul Land Two Meng Hongchen: "But his third spirit skill, Crimson King, deletes that process from time, leaving behind only the result of Qin Moyu holding flower tea in the Rose Hotel."

Soul Land Two Meng Hongchen: "This ability is simply... unbelievable!"

Soul Land Two Xu Jiujiu: "That's ridiculous! It was better before you explained it. Now that you have, it feels even more mind-bending. So this is Qin Moyu's martial soul's true ability?"

Soul Land Two Xu Jiujiu: "Doesn't that mean that as long as he wants to leave, he can simply delete the process and no one can stop him?"

Soul Land Two Meng Hongchen: "Theoretically, yes. But... it's hard to believe that this is an ability a spirit master could control."

Just as everyone was immersed in the shock of Crimson King's time deletion, Ye Lingling suddenly said something...

Soul Land One Ye Lingling: "Come to think of it, I understand the ability, but there's one question. Did Qin Moyu pay for the flower tea?"

Soul Land One Dugu Yan: "???"

Soul Land One Ning Rongrong: "???"

Soul Land Two Xu Jiujiu: "???"

Soul Land Two Meng Hongchen: "Your focus is really something else!"

Inside the Rose Hotel, the atmosphere suddenly tightened as a deathly silence spread soundlessly.

Qin Moyu's expression suddenly darkened.

"Bzz—"

The next moment, an eerie crimson slit suddenly split open between his brows, winding blood-red patterns spreading like living creatures!

A deep crimson demonic eye slowly opened on his forehead.

The Herrscher of Reason Divine Core's third spirit skill, Epitaph, had been forcibly triggered!

And that meant someone had fulfilled the conditions in secret to trigger Qin Moyu's future death within the next twenty-four hours!

The air in the room suddenly turned bitterly cold.

Qin Moyu's eyes were dark and profound, a flash of icy killing intent passing through them.

"Interesting. Let me see..."

He murmured in a low voice, "Just who caused my death in the future..."

"Herrscher of Reason, third spirit skill."

"Crimson King, leap through time!"

In an instant, time rewound without end as Crimson King's authority erupted forth...