Once the time fragments were pierced by the silk threads, they instantly turned into a large cloud of golden dust.
A distant, floating remnant of an ancient star field, the moment it touched the silk thread, was instantly compressed into a fist-sized golden dot of light, which was then sucked into the Dao core. The entire world began to collapse toward that golden Dao core. Ju Lingyuan stood in the center of the destruction, her long dress fluttering wildly in the violent flow of energy. She truly felt the oppression.
Because she discovered that the power of this Source Flow Guardian was not merely a supernatural ability, but rather a "Return to the Source Rule" from a higher realm, she slowly closed her eyes. Suddenly, all sounds around her fell silent. Her snow-white dress billowed without wind, its hem unfolding layer by layer, like a greyish-white lotus blooming at the end of time. Countless silver-white points of light rose from beneath her feet, slowly rotating around her, and the entire Realm of No Time suddenly began to "flow backward."
The collapsed temporal rifts began to recede, the shattered space was restored, and the fragments of time that had turned into golden particles actually flew back from the Dao Core. Ju Lingyuan slowly opened her eyes; in her pupils, an entire reversed river of fate was now reflected. "It seems..." she spoke softly, her voice so gentle yet overwhelming all the roar in the world, "That you are truly not something from the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain."
She raised her arms. "Today..." A sudden burst of silvery-white ripples of time exploded. "I must erase you, you scourge of the entire Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain!" With Dance of Time, Ju Lingyuan began to slowly spin. Her long dress blossomed layer by layer as she spun, countless silvery-white fragments of time scattering from the hem like billions of stars falling against the current. With each rotation, a vast river of silvery-white light spread out from her body.
This power was no ordinary time-based technique, but a mysterious and profound Fate Reverse Recitation. The primordial patterns flowing around the Source Flow Guardian suddenly surged in reverse, and its three-zhang-tall body trembled violently. It had already realized that its own timeline was being forcibly reversed. The solidified Source Armor on its arms continued to degenerate, and the cosmic phantom within its Dao Core also gradually contracted inward.
Even its golden and silver pupils briefly "became youthful," and a silvery-white river of light swirled around it, like countless rivers flowing against the current forcibly pulling at its life. Source Flow Guardian roared, and the Source Dao Wheel around its body spun wildly, sending large swaths of golden Yuanliu soaring into the sky, colliding head-on with the silvery-white river of light.
Boom!!! In that instant, the entire Realm of No Time completely spiraled out of control, with the golden source stream and the silver-white time colliding wildly. On one side was "Return to Origin," and on the other was "Reversal of Recitation." An indescribable sea of destructive light suddenly exploded in the center of heaven and earth, with the golden vortex frantically devouring time and the silver-white river constantly reversing cause and effect.
Space shattered like glass, with millions of time fractures collapsing simultaneously. The earth was torn open, creating a vast abyss that stretched for thousands of miles. Countless pasts and futures surged out of the abyss. The Source Dao Wheel behind Source Flow Guardian was forcibly cracked by the river of time, creating a huge fissure. The time domain surrounding Ju Lingyuan was also continuously torn apart by the golden power of returning to the source.
The two forces clashed violently in the center of the void—bang!!! A destructive wave of gold and silver swept across the heavens and earth, and Ju Lingyuan and Source Flow Guardian were both thrown back. A thin tear appeared on Ju Lingyuan's shoulder, and a faint golden crack appeared on her snow-white skin. On Source Flow Guardian's chest, a silver-white crack of time appeared, and within that crack, part of its source structure was slowly "rejuvenating".
The world fell silent. The two men stared at each other, neither making a move, for they both now truly realized that the other was capable of annihilating them.
The Realm of No Time has completely spiraled out of control. The past, present, and future, which were originally intertwined and floating, are now being torn apart simultaneously by an invisible giant hand. Billions of time fractures are churning wildly in the sky. The remnant of an ancient divine city that had long been destroyed had just emerged from the fragments of the future when it was instantly swallowed up by the golden source stream. The entire divine city, along with the echoes of the Fate Soul of billions of beings within it, collapsed into a tiny golden dot and was sucked into the Source Dao Wheel behind the Source Flow Guardian.
At this moment, Source Flow Guardian finally slowly raised its hands. For the first time, a cold and ancient "scrutiny" truly appeared in its golden and silver pupils. "You can force me to open the Third Source Dao Unsealing..." it said in a low voice. The instant its voice fell, Boom!!!!!! The entire Realm of No Time suddenly sank, the surrounding airspace surged and became disordered, and the whole world shook. Its essence was a level of existence that transcended the mortal world, and it continued to fall under the supreme power.
The river of time beneath Ju Lingyuan's feet began to crumble inch by inch. For the first time, she felt a sense of oppression from a higher level. This oppression was not power, but rather a kind of "return to the source from above." A golden vertical crack suddenly appeared in the center of Source Flow Guardian's chest.
Crack--crack--a series of crisp sounds rang out, and all the source patterns on his body shone brightly. Countless golden and silver light traces crisscrossed and extended along his body, as if a mysterious creation from the beginning of the world had broken free from its restraints. The Source Dao Wheel behind him grew wildly in size, expanding from a hundred feet in length all the way to finally transforming into a colossal shadow that blotted out the sky, occupying half of the sky.
At the core of the Source Dao Wheel, the Eye of Return to the Source slowly opened, and golden light spread out from the bottom of the eye, revealing a vast universe, with the stars in the sky slowly rotating with it.
Within the universe, countless civilizations are being born, destroyed, reorganized, and Return to the Ruins. Billions of Fate Soul are compressed into a flowing torrent of golden light, and the entire world begins to resonate with a deep and ancient Daoist chant.
"Return to the Source--" "Return to the Source--" "Return to the Source--" The voice seemed to come from the deepest part of the heavens. In the next instant, countless enormous phantoms suddenly appeared behind Source Flow Guardian.
That was a legion, a terrifying legion spanning billions of universes. Countless Source Flow Guardian stood at the edge of the universe, with layers upon layers of Source Dao Wheel behind them. The entire spacetime seemed to be covered by an indescribable "Return to the Source Heavenly Court".
Deep within that legion, a colossal, indistinct silhouette slowly opened its eyes. With just that single glance, the entire Realm of No Time began to crumble; time died, and space began to lose its boundaries. The Source Flow Guardian slowly raised his hand, "The Third Source Dao Unsealing— " "The Source Court Descends into the World." Boom!!!!!
The Eye of Return to the Source behind it suddenly opened, and a golden torrent of origin that spanned the heavens and earth directly pierced through the Realm of No Time. The earth was forcibly torn open with cracks spanning billions of miles, and the River of Time began to flow backward, with countless past and futures simultaneously collapsing into ashes.
Ju Lingyuan finally changed her expression, because she realized that the Source Flow Guardian at this moment was no longer just "Wuji Realm". It was borrowing some kind of power that transcended the rules of the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain. She slowly closed her eyes, and her long hair began to scatter without wind. The next moment, a silver-white ancient mark suddenly appeared in the center of her brow.
A whoosh—the flow of time in the universe paused for a moment. Then, the void in front of her slowly cracked open, and an "umbrella" slowly emerged from the crack.
The moment that umbrella appeared, the entire Realm of No Time briefly returned to calm; it was too beautiful.
The umbrella is translucent grayish-white, as if cast from frozen time. The ribs are slender like the strings of a galaxy, and each rib contains a complete river of time. On the surface of the umbrella, countless silver-white patterns flow slowly, like billions of civilizations blooming and withering over the years.
The most terrifying thing is that time ceases to flow around that umbrella; everything seems to be "frozen in eternity"—the Primordial Artifact: The Primordial Time Umbrella.
Legend has it that the ancestors of the Ju Lineage once witnessed the first snowfall in the universe in the "Land Before Time Was Born". That snow lasted for an entire era, and each snowflake sealed a future that had not yet happened. The ancestors of the Ju Lineage used their own Fate Soul to refine it for countless years, and finally condensed that "snow of the future that has not yet happened" into an umbrella.
The umbrella opens, reversing the passage of time; the umbrella closes, burying time. At this moment, Ju Lingyuan slowly grasps the umbrella handle, and boom—the billions of time fragments around her simultaneously freeze.
She slowly raised her head, looking at the descending phantom of the Source Court in the distance. For the first time, a true killing intent surfaced in her greyish-white pupils. "So that's how it is..."
Her voice was soft, yet snow began to fall across the entire world. Silvery-white snowflakes slowly descended from the Realm of No Time, and with each snowflake that landed, time on the ground froze, forcibly pressing the shattered rivers of time back into place. Source Flow Guardian stared intently at the Primordial Time Umbrella in her hand.
For the first time, a solemn look appeared in its eyes. "Primordial Time Artifact..." "You, the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain, actually possess such a thing." Ju Lingyuan slowly opened the Time Umbrella.
With a snap, the moment the umbrella opened, the entire Realm of No Time suddenly fell completely silent. The wind stopped, time stopped, and even the ever-rotating Eye of Return to the Source behind Source Flow Guardian paused for a moment.
Ju Lingyuan stood in the center of a vast sea of snow-covered time, her long dress billowing gently, greyish-white time flowing slowly around her. She slowly raised the Primordial Time Umbrella in her hand, its tip pointing towards the Source Flow Guardian. "Today," she said, "You will not leave this place."