While the Transdimensional Creator Alliance's supreme council was fiercely discussing countermeasures, spacetime at the edge of the multiverse underwent another violent disturbance.
This disturbance was completely different from when Aristothos had arrived. It carried not the imposing aura of judgment, but a sense of urgency and panic. Chaotic fragments of spacetime were mixed within the fluctuations, each glimmering with the light of a different timeline.
Lin Ye immediately sensed the change. The Perfect Creation Scepter automatically released probing waves. He looked toward the Temporal Rift, a trace of surprise flashing through his eyes.
"Someone else is coming?" Asteria tightened her grip on the Cosmic Balance Scepter, ready to face a new threat.
"No." Lin Ye shook his head. "This isn't a deliberate invasion. It's some kind of escape."
What burst from the new rift was not Alliance reinforcements, but a wounded female figure covered in scars. She had long silver-white hair and wore a tattered robe patterned with stars. Her beautiful face was filled with exhaustion and fear. Most striking were her eyes—eyes that held the secrets of countless times and spaces, as though they could see through every possibility of the past, present, and future.
"Help... help me..." The woman's voice was weak and urgent. The moment she appeared, she lost the ability to fly and plummeted straight down.
Lin Ye did not hesitate. He instantly moved to her side and caught her with gentle creation power. Golden light surrounded the woman and began healing her injuries.
The instant Aristothos saw the woman, his expression changed drastically. "Time Wanderer Mephistopheles! Why are you here? Aren't you on the Alliance's wanted list?"
It turned out that the woman named Mephistopheles was a wanted criminal in Transdimensional Space. She possessed the extremely rare ability to manipulate time and space, allowing her