Outside the Segment of Time.
Time moved forward again.
In the darkness.
It was still the wilderness.
Qi Canghai frowned, looking from the Eight-Armed Yaksha to Na Muluo.
"Well done, Old Qi."
Na Muluo gave him a thumbs-up.
"Are you Xu Yuan?" Qi Canghai asked uncertainly.
"It's me. Thanks to you holding him steady, I finally completed my coronation in that little window of time," Na Muluo said.
"...What's going on now?" Qi Canghai asked.
"I'm not sure either, but we should be back in the future," Na Muluo said.
Qi Canghai looked at Na Muluo, then at the bodies of the Eight-Armed Yaksha and Yaseline. He couldn't help asking:
"What about these identities of yours? Are you using their bodies?"
"They'll go back to an earlier time... and finish what needs to be done..." Na Muluo said.
"What exactly is going on?"
"Let's go back first. My true body is in the future. He'll explain it to you."
"...All right. Coming here has nearly exhausted the organization's reserves of Life Force."
As soon as Qi Canghai finished speaking, his figure flickered and vanished.
Only a few of Xu Yuan's avatars remained where they stood.
Together, they looked into Emptiness.
Faint lines of text had long since appeared there, motionless:
``` "You have obtained a crown."
"With this as its catalyst, the Dark Crown Ritual will unfold in the Mortal Realm. Everyone may participate, but they must enter through Yanmen."
"Furthermore."
"Your coronation is as follows:"
"Lord of the Time Cage."
"First Crown."
"Ability: Nibelung."
"Description: Fix a stretch of time into a line segment, allowing it to exist alone and repeat without end. Only with your permission can those within that segment leave."
"Note:"
"Your strength is too low. Setting a single span of Nibelung Time has already exhausted