"Sky-Roof Leap · East and West Palaces" remained as enormous as ever, tainted and corroded by countless masses of black substance. Inside "Sky-Roof Leap · East and West Palaces · Mining Area B9999 Control Room," the White River Purifying Bottle glimmered with white light, holding back the "Abyss Giant Python · Wisdom · Wrath" that had come from the depths of the Abyss. Its eyes were blood-red, and it flicked its tongue incessantly, attempting to swallow and carry away the entire "Sky-Roof Leap · East and West Palaces."
Zhou Heng saw it, but he could not use "Ultimate Spell: Heaven and Earth's Touch" to send "Eternity Star Fortress · Starry Sky Barrier (Fragmented)" over. Layer upon layer of obstructions stopped him, like an elastic wall formed from countless membranes gathered together. He could exert force against it, but he could not break through.
Realizing something, Zhou Heng lowered his eyes slightly and looked at his skill panel. Perhaps the skill "Time's Passerby" could help him. Without hesitation, Zhou Heng activated his only "Heavenly Tome"-grade skill and triggered its "Scroll of the Years" effect. Instantly, an illusory fissure tore open in the space before him. He reached out, grasped "Eternity Star Fortress · Starry Sky Barrier (Fragmented)," and reached into "Sky-Roof Leap · East and West Palaces · Mining Area 9999 Control Room."
[You activated the Scroll of the Years effect of "Time's Passerby." You reached into the Abyss Outskirts.] [Lifespan -100,000]
The instant the notification sounded, Zhou Heng left "Eternity Star Fortress · Starry Sky Barrier (Fragmented)" behind and grabbed the White River Purifying Bottle. That split-second movement alerted "Abyss Giant Python · Wisdom · Wrath," which let out a deafening roar and tried to charge into the spacetime fissure created by "Scroll of the Years" to pursue