Eden

As night fell, after dinner, everyone continued their research on the ruins.

Zijin discovered another collapsed mural, this time completely destroyed by geological changes.

She summoned Su Ming. "The ' Reverse Object Reversion ' spell seems quite useful." She pointed to this area and said, "I'll teach you how to practice it here."

Su Ming did not refuse.

The structure of the Rewind spell is quite complex, but Su Ming is no longer the naive man he once was; his strength has improved considerably. Under Zijin's hands-on guidance, he tried several times and finally succeeded in constructing a complete spell formula model.

"Very good, now direct your spells at this collapsed wall!" Zijin instructed, as she herself had already gathered the light of her spell and set up a tracing array, ready to record the scene of the past at any time.

Su Ming followed his instructions, raising his hands to the sides and concentrating his mind to guide his Magic Power. However, the condensed magical light did not shoot steadily toward the broken wall in front of him as he had expected. Instead, it rippled and spread out uncontrollably, like a stone thrown into water.

"The spell failed!" He chuckled self-deprecatingly, preparing to ask Zijin for guidance. "It seems I haven't grasped the essence yet. Explain it to me in more detail, and I'll try again..."

But before he could finish speaking, he realized that there was complete silence around him.

Su Ming subconsciously turned his head to look, only to see that Zijin's figure had become blurry and indistinct. Her expression was frozen in shock, as if she wanted to reach out her hand, but in Su Ming's eyes, her movements became extremely slow, as if she were sinking into a quagmire.

Su Ming turned around abruptly, and the scene before him had drastically changed! The collapsed wall instantly returned to its original state, now densely and clearly covered with brightly colored patterns and obscure characters.

The Rift Tribe's writing system has developed considerable complexity and expressive power; it cannot be understood from pictures alone without careful interpretation.

Above the mural, the enormous ouroboros totem, symbolizing the gods, suddenly opened its originally closed eyes without warning!

Those were eyes so deep they seemed capable of devouring souls. In an instant, an irresistible and terrifying suction force forcibly dragged all of Su Ming's spiritual power into them!

The surrounding scenery shattered and disintegrated with a deafening roar! In an instant, a cacophony of voices erupted around me!

Su Ming was shocked to find himself in a completely different time and space: the cave walls were intact, covered with primitive rock paintings, and countless huge torches crackled and burned, illuminating the entire cave as if it were daytime.

Thousands of the Rift Tribe, dressed in ancient attire, were gathered around the ancient altar where he stood, engrossed in a frenzied and primitive collective ritual! Barefoot, they danced and leaped wildly, stomping their feet on the ground with all their might, creating a deafening roar.

Could this be... a replay of a scene from ten thousand years ago?

Su Ming sensed something and suddenly looked up at the extremely high place in the void. He immediately perceived that there seemed to be an indescribable, great being looking down at the tiny altar and crowd below from an unreachable dimension.

Is it a being from the Eden Realm? Such a condescending posture... is it from a higher position?

A clear realization suddenly arose in Su Ming's mind: there are differences in energy levels between spaces!

The Eden Realm's dimensional energy level is significantly higher than that of the Taya Plane!

For objects from the Eden Realm, entering Taya is like falling from a high waterfall into a deep pool. Conversely, objects from the Taya Plane cannot simply compensate for this huge energy level difference by going upstream to enter Eden; the enormous amount of energy required is impossible to compensate for.

This is the fundamental reason why the Rift Tribe's magic array allows for one-way teleportation!

The next moment, a tiny point of light was pushed into the entrance of the spatial passage in the void. Immediately afterwards, on this side of the Taya Plane, a colossal dragon as large as a mountain crashed down like an out-of-control meteorite!

The dragon had clearly suffered unimaginable trauma the moment it passed through the passage. Its enormous size had caused severe damage in many places within the extremely twisted, unstable, and narrow passage; three of its limbs had been completely removed, leaving only a lone, scarred hind paw.

Even so, this dying behemoth still unleashed a frenzied slaughter on the terrified Rift Tribe Clan! In an instant, sharp screams and the sound of bones shattering intertwined, corpses littered the ground, and blood flowed like rivers.

Something even more terrifying appeared at the other end of the passage. Su Ming involuntarily looked up—an indescribably enormous, indifferent eye occupied the entire sky at the other end of the Eden Realm! It was boundless, yet seemed to exist in an infinitely distant dimension, its gaze as cold as Abyss.

Those eyes held an absolute indifference to all things, and an extreme sense of detachment, as if observing dust and ants.

Just from that gaze, Su Ming felt as if his soul was being torn apart, and a violent headache struck like a tsunami! His vision suddenly went black, and he completely lost consciousness.

****

Zijin noticed the anomaly immediately.

"Reverse Object Reversion" is a universal spell. Regardless of the element used to drive it, the effect is largely the same, with only minor differences in the brightness or clarity of the image.

Su Ming's conceptual-level Magic Power is indeed different from pure dark energy, but at most it is just that the color is lighter.

However, this time, his spatial power resonated strangely with some kind of energy remaining in the ruins!

The change came suddenly. The stirred-up energy surged and swept over. Zijin reacted quickly and tried to set up a barrier in front of Su Ming, but was horrified to find that the Magic Power shield was useless and was instantly penetrated.

The energy swept past without even causing a ripple.

What level of power is this?!

Fortunately, the "Dawn and Dusk Bracelet" on Su Ming's wrist suddenly glowed, and a thin but tough energy membrane appeared, barely blocking the strange impact!

However, the impact did not stop! As the price for resisting, the Dawn and Dusk Bracelet was frantically draining the Magic Power from Su Ming's body!

At this rate, he'll be drained dry first!

A sudden inspiration struck Zijin. Since the "Dawn and Dusk Bracelet" could block it, she immediately raised her hand and summoned the Divine Favor Scepter!

A pure white and sacred staff materialized in his palm, and golden light suddenly spread out.

"Holy Protection!"

This time it finally worked; with the scepter's blessing, the all-pervasive attack was finally blocked.

"Ugh!" Zijin groaned, a metallic taste rising in her throat. This energy was not only chilling to the bone, but also possessed a penetrating power that ignored all defenses! Even with the Divine Favor Scepter sharing the impact, the aftershocks still felt like a heavy blow to her.

This energy was unprecedented; could it be from a god-like being? Zijin pondered to herself.

As Saint Rank mage, Zijin's Magic Power reserves far surpassed those of Su Ming. After a short while, the inexplicably surging power finally subsided completely.