A Fleeting Blossom, Beauty Grows Old

The Time Secret Cave, like a glittering ocean, abruptly seemed to stagnate. With his naked eye, Shi Xuan could see time nearby slowing bit by bit, solidifying bit by bit, turning into a gigantic amber containing himself and the others—translucent yet substantial.

Not far ahead of Shi Xuan, the bizarre Time Cage around True Lord Six-Eared suddenly became distinct. Like all the Time Vortices, it directly collapsed. Yet after breaking free of the Time Cage, its movements remained unbelievably slow. The Ruyi Heaven-Reaching Staff descended bit by bit, just like the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Magnetic Annihilation Needle advancing before it at a speed so slow the naked eye could scarcely distinguish it.

Farther away, Shi Xuan could no longer sense anything, for his sight and Immortal Awareness had slowed as well. The things he saw and sensed had yet to return to him.

"Roar!" That terrifying howl rang out again. The translucent, substantial, amber-like time abruptly rippled violently, then revealed thread after thread of cracks before shattering with a crash.

As the "amber" of time that had solidified around him shattered, Shi Xuan immediately felt everything return to normal.

True Lord Six-Eared transformed into a Black Tortoise. Its shell rapidly expanded, gleaming with dense black light.

Yet caught off guard, the turtle shell, covered in weathered patterns, had not finished transforming before it was struck by the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Magnetic Annihilation Needle. Most of the needle-like rays perished together with the shell, while a few pierced through and struck True Lord Six-Eared. It let out a miserable scream and could no longer maintain its Black Tortoise transformation, once more revealing its three-headed, six-armed Heavenly Law Manifestation.

One of its heads and one of its arms had been struck squarely by the Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Magnetic Annihilation