Rumble--!!! Large swathes of space continued to collapse. Shen Qingchen and Su Qingyuan stumbled and fell as they rushed out of the edge of the Desert of Forgetting. Their Daoist robes were already tattered, and their Fate Soul energy was extremely chaotic. Blood kept spilling from Shen Qingchen's chest.
On the Blank Dao Scroll, large sections of the string patterns had dimmed, and Su Qingyuan's right hand, gripping the Sheathless Blade, trembled incessantly, her thumb even splitting open. Blood dripped continuously from the hilt, but the two dared not stop, for the extremely cold aura of returning to the source behind them was still closing in.
Boom! Just as the two rushed out of the last stretch of gray-white sand, the world before them suddenly changed. It was eerily quiet. There was no wind, no sound, not even the concept of "flow". Above the sky, one half was a burning twilight, while the other half was filled with billions of stars. In the distance, a long-dried-up ocean stood still in mid-air.
The waves froze, and on the surface of the sea, the sky of another era was reflected. Fragments of broken time floated between heaven and earth. In some fragments, a child could be seen crying; in others, an old man sat alone in death; and in still others, there were even scenes of the future that had not yet happened. The entire area looked like countless timelines that had been forcibly scattered and then haphazardly pieced together.
This place is one of the famous forbidden zones in the Fourth Multidimensional Universe. It is the Realm of No Time, a region where time has died, and the past, present, and future coexist. If those who enter cannot stabilize their own time structure, they will be completely lost in the chaotic torrent of time. Shen Qingchen and Su Qingyuan have just stepped into this place.
Numerous temporal rifts began to appear in the surrounding space. In an instant, Shen Qingchen simultaneously saw his younger self, a future version of himself covered in blood, and even a long-dead corpse silently gazing at him from another time dimension. Su Qingyuan's timeline also began to become chaotic.
Images of her constantly appeared around her: scenes of her childhood cultivation, scenes of her future standing atop mountains of corpses and seas of blood, wielding Sheathless Blade, and even a white-haired phantom slowly dissipating.
Boom!!! The Fate Soul structures within both of them trembled violently simultaneously. Numerous temporal cracks began to spread, and Shen Qingchen suddenly knelt on the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood. "Cough--!!!" He was almost at his Limit, while Su Qingyuan's face was also pale, her Fate Soul origin constantly vibrating, but she still managed to support Shen Qingchen.
The two staggered forward, but just then, the space behind them suddenly exploded. Boom! A golden primordial stream that pierced through heaven and earth was frantically approaching, smashing large fragments of time into pieces. The Source Flow Guardian had caught up, and its oppressive aura of returning to the source had even spread into the Realm of No Time.
The entire area began to collapse. Shen Qingchen gritted his teeth, then suddenly stopped and turned to look at Su Qingyuan, his voice hoarse, "Qingyuan..." "That damned thing is catching up..." "You take the Fate String Mystic Liquid and leave..." "I'll hold it off." Su Qingyuan's body jolted, and the next instant, she shouted angrily, "Shut up!!!"
Her eyes were already red, and she gripped Shen Qingchen tightly. "Do you want me to watch you die?! Do you want me to suffer endless grief and despair for the rest of my life?!" Her voice trembled. "Deacon Chi Jun and my fellow disciples have already Silent Void for us!!!"
Tears streamed down her face, but she stubbornly held on. "Don't say such things again!!! Hold on!!! We'll be in the tribe's territory soon after we cross this forbidden zone!!! Just another hundred miles ahead—" But the moment her words fell, the entire Realm of No Time.
Suddenly, silence fell in the distance. In a sea of time-flowers floating in mid-air, petals slowly rose, a pink and white rain of flowers dancing gently in the deathly stillness of the Realm of No Time. Then, a figure slowly emerged from the depths of the time fragments, her bare feet traversing the void.
With each step she took, a ripple of pale pink spread out beneath her feet. The chaotic fragments of time around her began to calm down slowly. Her soft white dress fluttered in the wind, with numerous pink petals swirling on the hem. Her long, black hair cascaded down to her waist, her skin was as white as jade, and her eyes were clear and serene. She seemed to have stepped out of a long-forgotten era.
The strangest thing was that the moment she appeared, all the chaotic time rifts in the Realm of No Time began to retreat. Even the approaching Origin Aura paused for a moment. Su Qingyuan and Shen Qingchen were stunned at the same time because they could not sense each other's cultivation level at all. The woman slowly raised her eyes and looked at the two of them quietly.
Finally, her gaze fell upon their Daoist robes. Petals drifted down, and she softly spoke, "You..." "Are you disciples of the Chi Lineage?"
In the Realm of No Time, large fragments of time still float slowly. In some fragments, an endless snow is falling, while in others, a long-gone twilight is burning.
Past and future constantly overlapped, the entire world was like a time graveyard that had been completely shattered. At this moment, Su Qingyuan was supporting Shen Qingchen, who was seriously injured and almost unconscious. She looked at the woman in white in front of her and her vigilance finally relaxed slightly, because after the other party appeared, the chaotic time rifts around her began to actively avoid her.
It was a suppression that bordered on the primal. Su Qingyuan slowly lowered her head, her voice filled with weariness and respect. "Reporting to Senior... we are indeed disciples of the Chi Lineage. My name is Chi Qingyuan. This is my senior brother Chi Qingchen. Several days ago... we followed Deacon Chi Jun and nine other senior brothers into the Desert of Forgetting to retrieve the Fate String Mystic Liquid..."
Her voice trembled slightly as she spoke, the image of Chi Jun and the others facing their deaths flashing through her mind again. Her eyes instantly reddened, but she held back her tears and continued, "Later... we encountered a mysterious expert at the Wuji Realm who blocked our path. Now... only the two of us have escaped. We want to use the shortcut through the Realm of No Time to return to our clan as quickly as possible..."
The entire Realm of No Time suddenly fell silent. The woman in the white dress watched the two quietly. Especially when she heard the words "Fate String Mystic Liquid," a slight ripple finally appeared in her clear eyes. The next moment, she slowly walked over, petals gently floating around her. With each step she took, pale pink ripples of time appeared beneath her feet.
The previously turbulent flow of time subsided on its own. She approached the two, without any haughty attitude, and simply reached out her hand to help Su Qingyuan and Shen Qingchen, who were almost kneeling, to their feet. A cool, extremely gentle primal energy from her palm slowly flowed into their bodies.
Then she waved her hand, and two elixirs slowly emerged. The elixir was translucent and light golden in color, and a slowly flowing river of time was sealed inside. On the surface of the elixir, an ancient character "Ju" slowly rotated, and with every rotation, the cracks in the surrounding time would gently vibrate, as if even time itself was making way for the elixir.
Countless illusory petals continuously appeared around the pill, and one could even vaguely see some future scenes that had not yet occurred flickering within them. It was none other than the Ju Lineage's supreme treasure-level recovery pill, the Temporal Sequence Life Restoring Pill.
Able to forcibly stabilize the structure of the Fate Soul and the origin of time, even if severely injured in the Wuji Realm, she could recover a large amount of her origin in a short time. The woman slowly spoke. Her voice was gentle and calm, "My name is--" "Ju Lingyuan, originally here to comprehend the logic of deconstruction and the origin of annihilation. Since you are disciples of the Chi Lineage, then first take this pill to heal your injuries." Boom--!!!
The moment the name "Ju Lingyuan" was uttered, Shen Qingchen and Su Qingyuan were completely stunned. They even forgot to breathe for a moment. Ju Lingyuan was the top of the Five Great Heavenly Prodigies of the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain, the strongest prodigy of the Ju Lineage, with the cultivation of the Wuji Realm, and one of the most dazzling existences in the entire Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain.
They never expected to meet her here. Su Qingyuan finally couldn't hold back her tears any longer and they streamed down her face. It was the emotion of finally seeing a glimmer of hope in a desperate situation. Shen Qingchen gritted his teeth, his eyes reddening. The two of them lowered their heads at the same time. "Thank you, Senior Sister Ju--!!!" Ju Lingyuan gently shook her head. Her eyes remained calm. "Take it first. Then leave quickly." She slowly turned her gaze to the end of the space that was constantly collapsing in the distance.
An extremely terrifying aura of origin was rapidly approaching, causing the entire Realm of No Time to tremble and countless fragments of time to explode. Ju Lingyuan's gaze gradually turned cold. "The powerful figure you mentioned has already caught up." Shen Qingchen and Su Qingyuan didn't hesitate at all, immediately swallowing the pills. Boom!!!
The moment the pill entered their bodies, the almost shattered Fate Soul structures of the two began to recover frantically. A large number of temporal cracks were quickly repaired, and an Ultimate gentle primordial aura slowly flowed through their bodies. Even the nearly depleted Limitless Evolving True Flow within their bodies began to recover. Shen Qingchen gripped the Blank Dao Scroll tightly.
Then, Su Qingyuan bowed deeply to Ju Lingyuan at the same time. "Thank you, Senior Sister Ju! After we return to our clan, we will definitely report to the clan leader the truthfully about Senior Sister Ju's life-saving grace!" Ju Lingyuan simply nodded, and petals slowly drifted down from beside her. "Go quickly." In the next instant, Shen Qingchen and Su Qingyuan did not linger. The two tore through space at the same time and left at high speed in the direction of the Chi Lineage.
Just moments after they left, a deafening boom erupted in the distance! A massive torrent of golden source energy crashed down, causing the entire Realm of No Time to tremble violently. The Source Flow Guardian —finally catching up—slowly emerged from the golden torrent, its Origin-Returning Domain expanding continuously. A large number of time fragments were forcibly returned to their source the moment they came into contact with it.
On the other side, Ju Lingyuan stood quietly, her white dress fluttering gently. The temporal turbulence around her could not get close. The two looked at each other from a distance. The entire Realm of No Time suddenly became completely silent. Not a word was spoken, but the killing intent in the world was already Ultimate intense. The next moment Ju Lingyuan slowly raised her hand, and Source Flow Guardian also raised the Source Dao Wheel at the same time. A great battle was about to break out.