394: Daoist Shihen

"Hum—"

Deep within the Time Temple, in the "Moment Eternity" cultivation room, the phantom of the River of Time seemed to freeze for an instant.

Time Without Trace, sitting cross-legged before the "River of Time Retrospective Image Scroll," slowly opened his eyes.

Deep within those silver pupils, it was no longer just flowing galaxies, but rather as if they reflected the vast, unceasingly surging river that spanned the past and the future itself.

An indescribable majestic dao rhyme permeated from his body, and the flow of time in the surrounding space unconsciously became viscous and orderly, as if surrendering to the extension of his will.

Myriad Dao Realm!

After undergoing a series of rigorous trials arranged by Time Venerable and enduring time-accelerated seclusion within this miraculous space, he finally completely fused with that incredibly precious "time origin dao seed," pushed his comprehension of the Great Dao of Time to the Realm of Perfection, successfully stepped into the Myriad Dao Realm, and became the one who wields the authority over time—Dao Lord Shi Hen!

His mind stirred slightly, and his own state was clearly reflected in his heart:

[Name]: Time Without Trace (Dao Lord Shi Hen)

[Realm]: Myriad Dao Realm

Time Sequence dao embryo: 300 Yuan Power

Moment Eternity Dao Heart: 100 Yuan Power

Time Trace Sacred Body: 300 Yuan Power

Great Dao of Time Supreme Dao Fruit: 300 Yuan Power

Supreme Dao Technique · Grasp of Time: Manipulates local River of Time, accelerates, decelerates, reverses, solidifies; deprives or bestows time in a single thought, power is five times the base combat power of the Dao Fruit!

Supreme Dao Technique · Time Lag Gravestone: Draws on the power of time extinction, condenses an invisible tombstone to suppress the target, causing their time flow to fall into a quagmire of near-absolute stagnation, possessing powerful confinement and control abilities.

Time-Space Aeon Tribulation Indestructible Dao Bone: 500 Yuan Power

Passing Years Crown (Acquired Spirit Treasure · Sealed): 50 Yuan Power

Time Sequence Tribulation Blade (Acquired Spirit Treasure · Sealed): 50 Yuan Power

Special Title: Son of the Primordial (Time) (Myriad Dao Realm Unseal Bonus: 1000 Yuan Power! Time-type Dao techniques receive an additional five times Dao Fruit combat power bonus!)

Total combat power: 2600 Yuan Power

2600 Yuan Power!

At the level of the Myriad Dao Realm, this was already a combat power sufficient to shock the heavens! For ordinary Hunyuan Realm Martial Artists whose inner worlds were not primordial chaos universe prototypes, their Peak combat power was only around a thousand Yuan Power.

Relying on the supreme title bestowed by Heavenly Dao, "Son of the Primordial," Time Without Trace gained a terrifying bonus of 1000 Yuan Power while in the Myriad Dao Realm. Combined with his perfected Great Dao of Time dao fruit, powerful Time Sequence dao embryo, Time Trace Sacred Body, and the Time-Space Aeon Tribulation Indestructible Dao Bone tempered by the Tribulation Fire of Aeon Light, he already stood at the absolute Peak of the Myriad Dao Realm!

His combat power was so tyrannical that it was enough to look down upon the vast majority of Hunyuan Realm existences who did not possess a primordial chaos universe prototype, and he even possessed the terrifying capital to maneuver under and even retreat unscathed from ordinary Sages (those who possess a primary-stage primordial chaos universe prototype)!

This was the glorious crystallization forged by the supreme resources poured in by Time Venerable, combined with his own Heaven-Defying Aptitude and the favor of Heavenly Dao.

"Myriad Dao Realm... Is this the feeling of wielding the authority over time, of being near to the Dao?" Time Without Trace spread his palm; the silver radiance lingering on his fingertips was no longer simple light of the Great Dao, but a great power containing the ability to "define," "cut," and "weave" time itself.

He could clearly perceive the "timeline" of his own existence, tough as chains of Dao Laws, the past as stable as a rock, and the future branches clearly visible. This power was vast and subtle, enough to intoxicate him.

Just as he was carefully comprehending the supreme sense of control brought by this brand-new Realm, an extremely faint link, yet one originating from the very essence of life, was gently plucked deep within his Divine Soul, like a string spanning endless time and space.

It was the Divine Soul link of his original body, Lin Yuan!

The torrent of information transmitted by this link was vast and complex, instantly overwhelming Time Without Trace's perception:

The blood-colored firmament was like congealed filth, shattered stars like the remains of giant beasts, the remains of a Hunyuan Realm expert with a Tier 10 origin universe prototype being swallowed and transformed by the original body were rapidly dissolving, as well as that dense Dark Abyss aura permeating the entire battlefield, causing Souls to freeze... That was the destruction Origin capable of corroding the heavens and myriad worlds!

Tier 4 primordial chaos universe prototype! Hunyuan Realm! Peak combat power converted to as high as 50 million Yuan Power! That was a great power truly capable of crushing galaxies and shaking the Foundations of planes! Compared to the original body, his own 2600 Yuan Power was as small as dust, the gap like the chasm between heaven and earth.

And there was the infinite pity, bone-deep longing, and unforgettable promise for that cold, moonlit figure—Bai Li! That crying-blood shout outside the Law Pagoda pierced through time and space, that profile waiting in loneliness beneath the ice-crystal crown.

That whisper of "coronation ceremony... waiting for you," like the hottest brand of Dao Law, deeply imprinted on the core of the original body's Divine Soul, was now transmitted over with extreme clarity and heavy emotional weight.

"Bai Li..." Time Without Trace whispered subconsciously; deep within his silver pupils, a trace of a subtle ripple, which even he had not expected and was extremely difficult to detect, quietly spread out.

As Lin Yuan's Clone, he possessed an independent personality and will, and even under Time Venerable's strict decree of "cultivation above all, Dao is supreme, protect the Temple," he had almost completely severed worldly romantic desires.

But at the deepest level of his Soul, he was of the same Origin as the original body. At this moment, the original body's torrent of intense emotion, like a tide originating from the Chaos Mother Sea, violently washed against the barrier of near-absolute rationality built by his independent consciousness.

Possessing the Supreme Time Dao Fruit, he vaguely "saw" the silhouette of Bai Li gazing alone from Yuqing Palace on a certain timeline, and felt even more clearly the burning emotion in the original body's heart, mixed with deep pity, endless guilt, and steel-like determination.

This emotion was so intense, so pure, and so unquestionable, that Time Without Trace's heart lake, which had been tempered to near-coldness by Time Venerable's philosophy, could not help but produce a subtle resonance and disturbance.

It was a special attention and... a trace of an indescribable palpitation, unfamiliar even to himself, that arose naturally for that cold and peerless musical Fairy, not originating from his own experiences, but due to their shared Soul Origin.

It was as if that waiting figure had invisibly tugged at a crucial node in his own timeline, causing the concept of "love," which had been deliberately frozen, to have a tiny, minute loosening.

"Is this... the reason why his heart never sank while facing endless enemies in the God Realm?" Time Without Trace's fingertips unconsciously swept across the void, creating a faint time ripple sufficient to cause space to momentarily freeze.

He completely understood why the original body, in such a tragic and time-critical plane war, still spent mental energy to link with him, his Clone—not just to transmit war information, but to solemnly entrust that mountain-heavy promise to himself, who could take a step ahead!

A heavy sense of responsibility, mixed with that trace of strange palpitation, weighed on Time Without Trace's heart. He was not Lin Yuan's original body, nor was he a person trapped by love, but at this moment, he felt it empathetically. Time Venerable's teachings echoed in his ears, yet they could not completely suppress this resonance originating from the depths of his Soul.