The power of time reversal was exclusively confined to Shi, forcing all the energy it had previously absorbed and merged to erupt forth again, causing the essence of heaven and earth it had refined from the Ancient Devil Continent to—flow out anew. This was an ultimate profound mystery that induced absolute terror!
The crowd watched from a distance and noticed ethereal figures manifesting near the Ancient Devil Continent. These were beings already dead and dispersed, but under the influence of the Time Profundity, they reappeared devoid of soul or intelligence—they were condensations of pure energy!
Shi Yan, who was closest to that area and skilled in the Devouring Profundity, had his eyes suddenly gleam. He shouted to Mandis, "Thank you!" He then unceremoniously claimed the energy for himself.
The pure energy bodies, like clusters of crystal-clear orbs of light, rushed into the pitch-black cavern, being swallowed by him. "No need for politeness; this energy is enough for you to awaken those two from the White Bone Clan.
Consider it a favor returned." Mandis giggled coquettishly, flitting like a phantom near the dark abyss. Behind her, the torrent of time continued to surge, twisting the world's temporal laws.
Xuan He, Chilit, Dicarot, and the others watched these spectacular wonders from afar, their scalps tingling, utterly shocked by the girl-like Mandis. "The power of Time, this is the true power of Time!
The true power of Time that Master sought for so long without finding—I never expected to be so fortunate as to witness it..." Dicarot, whose cultivation of the Space Profundity had reached the Second Heaven of Immortality, shuddered violently. He suddenly recalled something.
"No wonder, no wonder this girl’s eyes lit up with such strangeness when she first arrived on the Divine Favor Continent and looked at Xia Xinyan. So that’s why, so that’s why." When Mandis first arrived on the Divine Favor Continent, Xia Xinyan was nearby.
At that time, Mandis’s gaze toward Xia Xinyan was exceptionally peculiar, as if a devoted admirer had encountered a peerless treasure—her eyes had glittered brilliantly. However, Mandis had concealed it well, revealing nothing then.
She probably planned to settle matters after the general trend in the Barren Domain stabilized. Dicarot had noticed it back then.
He had secretly aided Xia Xinyan, helping her break through to the Primordial God realm and gifting her pure energy. He held certain intentions of his own...
But he did not know why Mandis placed such high value on Xia Xinyan. Although his mastery of the Second Heaven of Immortality was profound, he couldn't peer into the profound mysteries of Mandis's realm, so he couldn't figure it out.
Now, he finally understood completely. Among the vast starry rivers, those who cultivate the Time Profundity are even rarer than those who cultivate the Space Profundity; sometimes, not even one appears in an entire star domain.
This is because the Time Profundity is incredibly subtle; one cannot grasp its entry point through any classic text or secret manual. Every person who comprehends the Time Profundity has a very complex and uncertain trajectory of experience.
Those who can fathom Time are rare; those who can cultivate it to an extremely high realm are even rarer than phoenix feathers and unicorn horns. Mandis, as a supreme noble of the Phantom Race, had not encountered anyone with a talent for cultivating the Time Profundity within her clan.
For years, she had wandered across various domains searching fruitlessly for a successor. Unexpectedly, upon setting foot in the Divine Favor Continent during this trip to the Barren Domain, she discovered a Time Profundity cultivator who had reached the Primordial God realm—and she was a beautiful little girl.
There could be no more perfect outcome. Mandis had resolved then that even if she had to snatch her, she would take Xia Xinyan away!
She felt that even if she gained nothing else on this trip to the Barren Domain, taking Xia Xinyan with her would make the journey worthwhile. "The succession must endure, precisely so the succession endures.
I should have realized this earlier," Dicarot looked at Mandis, his expression bitter, shaking his head. "It seems I cannot fulfill Master's wish from back then.
How can I compare to Mandis? Ah, forget it, forget it..." Dicarot's Master had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Bloodthirst shortly before his demise.
Before dying, his Master comprehended a secret art, believing that if a person could merge the Space and Time Profoundities, they could completely lock down heaven and earth—a complete sealing! Such a technique could seal all living beings.
He passed that secret method down, hoping Dicarot could verify it. Unfortunately, Dicarot did not understand the Time Profundity and could never test the validity of that secret art, unsure if it was feasible.
Upon discovering Xia Xinyan, he had intended to pass on his Master's secret art. Since he couldn't cultivate the Time Profundity, he had a way to make Xia Xinyan cultivate the Space Profundity.
He hoped Xia Xinyan might one day cultivate both Time and Space Profoundities, thereby verifying the truth of that secret art to fulfill his Master's dying wish. But now, seeing Mandis appear and treat Xia Xinyan as her designated successor, he immediately realized he would never become Xia Xinyan's teacher.
"Shiro!" Mandis, reversing time, shouted sweetly within the dark abyss. She sustained the temporal mystery, causing the energy of the Primal Life Form, Shi, to gradually weaken.
She intended to use the Time Profundity to drag Shi back to the heavily wounded stage before its slumber, and then let Shiro, renowned for his skill with the Metal Sharpness energy, shred Shi to pieces! Shiro of the White Bone Clan, his small, bone-white body shimmering with crystalline light within the dark abyss, radiated streams of light, each containing the ultimate destructive power of primal metal sharpness—capable of shattering everything, piercing the celestial void, and obliterating Primal Life Forms.
That crystalline light was condensed from soul energy and divine power. Truly pure soul energy, amplified by divine power, could destroy a domain!
Shi Yan, who was devouring the energy bodies, felt the piercing strike of Shiro’s crystalline light. He realized the Ancient Devil Star Domain was riddled with holes, like a piece of cloth pierced by countless sharp swords.
This extremely sharp Metal Sharpness energy from Shiro was terrifyingly potent. Mandis and Shiro were both among the Ten Great Ancestors of the Void Sea; they were peak existences even there, towering figures surveying heaven and earth.
With the two of them joining forces, even the Primal Life Form "Shi" was suppressed. "If the Progenitor hadn't been severely wounded fighting the Desolate over so many years, how could you two possibly be the Progenitor's match?
Dammit, Ega didn't even come, damn it!" Lapito of the Shi race, being desperately entangled by Gai, felt his soul about to explode from anxiety as he watched Shi being jointly dealt with by Mandis and Shiro. He knew that if Shi managed to refine the Ancient Devil Continent and the Divine Marsh Continent, Shi would recover half its strength.
If Shi could then refine and absorb the Divine Favor Continent and the Desolate Continent, it could reach its peak! It might even surpass it!
At that time, Shi could dominate the entire Void Sea, forcing all races and living beings to submit! Even the other six races would struggle to resist that Shi, becoming servants to Shi, becoming servants of the Shi race!
It was a pity that the audacious Shi Yan colluded with the outsiders Mandis and Shiro to enter the Barren Domain and disrupt the Shi race's painstaking plan of ten thousand years—this drove Lapito into an extreme frenzy. He secretly resolved to risk his life to destroy Shi Yan, to allow Putai to break free, so that Putai could use soul power to communicate with the Shi Clan's forbidden ground and summon Ega.
Just as he was about to act, Meiji and the Sea Shark Emperor, who had seen through his intention, finally ceased their observation! They joined the fray, uniting with Gai of the White Bone Clan to suppress Lapito, leaving him no opportunity to self-destruct his soul altar to kill Shi Yan.
Above the Ancient Devil Continent, the dark abyss looked like a sea of black clouds, gradually shrinking. Threads of energy essence descended from that inky cloud sea, like rain lines flowing into the depths of the Ancient Devil Continent.
The withered old trees on the continent regreened with tender shoots, and on the cold, desolate ground, vibrant green grass began to grow tenaciously... All things seemed on the verge of revival; the Ancient Devil Continent, which was about to be refined and swallowed, was being salvaged like an ancient creature on the brink of extinction.
The dark abyss evolved from Shi was actually contracting, as if its consciousness was slowly sinking into dormancy. At this moment, Putai's soul altar was finally extracted by Shi Yan!
Putai’s soul altar was also marvelous. Below his main soul was the Primordial Realm, which was strikingly similar to the dark abyss but much clearer.
Within, a thick, boundless sea of blood was visible, upon which sat nine islands. On the islands were several altars, corresponding respectively to the Eight Great Evil Powers and the Devouring Profundity.
Below the Primordial Realm was the Profundity Layer, which was even more intricate, consisting of nine blurred masses of Qi, each corresponding to a major Profundity. Further down was the Sea of Consciousness Layer, which also contained a Soul Pond storing dark energy.
This Soul Pond was slightly larger than Shi Yan's own! "Enter!" Putai's soul altar, encompassing everything, violently plunged into Shi Yan's Devouring Profundity.
Shi Yan's expression turned cold as he reached out a hand. Putai, who had turned into a mass of blurry flesh, yielded a ring—the Blood Pattern Ring—which flew out and returned to Shi Yan's hand!
"Roar!" In the void, a strange beast's roar echoed. From Putai's corpse, a large-headed fierce beast suddenly materialized, ferocious as a flood dragon, hundreds of meters long, covered in dense, whale-like armor, emanating an overwhelmingly immense life fluctuation!
It appeared suddenly, as if tearing through the void, and with one gulp, swallowed Putai's physical body. The beast fixed its pair of eerie green eyes directly onto Shi Yan.
Then, under Shi Yan's gaze, it slowly faded back into the void. Its sudden arrival, its swift consumption of Putai's body, and its abrupt departure left this gathering of warriors utterly bewildered.
Putai's body was the vessel of Viderson, which had integrated the bone essence of Bloodthirst, bearing Bloodthirst's aura—it was the very essence of power. Shi Yan hadn't even managed to absorb it before the sudden beast swallowed it down, a reality the crowd could barely accept.
Shi Yan stared blankly in the direction the beast vanished, feeling a profound sense of familiarity. The scent emanating from this beast felt incredibly intimate to him!
"Ghost Fang! That is Ghost Fang!
He has changed immensely, but that aura is absolutely correct!" At this moment, the Sacred Beast Azure Dragon, watching from afar, suddenly shrieked. "Ghost Fang vanished for a hundred years.
He devoured Cang Hong and obtained the origin of the Ancient Devil Continent. Why has he suddenly appeared?" "His aura is incredibly strong—stronger than ours!
What happened? What exactly happened to him?" Xuan He also cried out in alarm.
Besides cultivating the Death Profundity, Xuan He was also versed in the Life Profundity. The sudden manifestation of Ghost Fang carried a terrifyingly immense life fluctuation, surpassing even his and Filit's, and even exceeding that of the Sacred Beast Azure Dragon, which had lived for a hundred thousand years!
What transpired in the hundred years Ghost Fang was missing to make him so powerful? P.S.: Second update!!
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