103: Chapter 103 The Time Realm, Ten Days of Ascetic Training

The moment they stepped into the light gate, time and space reversed.

Lin Ye felt as if he had been thrown into a turbulent river, his body rolling and spinning uncontrollably within the silver stream of light. It was not darkness surrounding him, but countless fragments of light and shadow flashing past—the rise and fall of some Dynasty, the outbreak of a great war, the rise and fall of some powerful expert... These time fragments streaked by like meteors, leaving fleeting afterimages on his retinas, only to be replaced by new fragments in the next second.

Time was scouring him.

It was not a physical impact, but erosion at the level of Law. Every silver stream of light carried the power of time, attempting to scatter his body, Soul, and memories, blending them into this eternally flowing river of time.

Su Qingyue held his hand tightly, both their palms soaked with sweat. She could feel her Vast Cold Spirit Body trembling violently; the moonlight instinctively resisted the erosion of time, forming a thin, icy-blue light shield around them. However, the shield constantly shattered and reformed within the torrent of time, like a candle flame in a storm, ready to be extinguished at any moment.

"Hold on!" Lin Ye roared, his voice sounding ethereal and distorted in the torrent of time.

He fully activated his Chaos Heavenly Emperor Body, and Chaos Divine Power surged out from his four great divine repositories, forming a gray Chaos Qi shield on his body surface. Chaos encompasses all things, and time is among them. Although the shield also fluctuated under the scouring of time, it was far more stable than Su Qingyue's moonlight shield.

Lin Ye pulled Su Qingyue closer, their shields merging together; Chaos and moonlight intertwined to form a stronger defense.

He did not know how long they tumbled, perhaps an instant, perhaps an eternity.

The moment their feet finally touched solid ground, Lin Ye and Su Qingyue collapsed to the ground simultaneously, gasping for air. They looked around and discovered they were in a completely unfamiliar space.

This was a silver world.

The sky was a flowing river of silver light, with no sun, moon, or stars, only endless streams of light rotating slowly. The ground was also silver, but not with a metallic texture; it was a strange substance between reality and illusion, soft and elastic underfoot. Countless crystal-like pillars stood around them, sealing various scenes inside: some were battle scenes, some were cultivation scenes, others were scenes of daily life... These scenes changed slowly inside the pillars, as if playing back a segment of solidified time.

More strangely, the flow of time here was clearly different.

Lin Ye could clearly feel that his heartbeat, breathing, and speed of thought were ten times faster than in the outside world! No, not faster; it was that time here was flowing at ten times the speed. He raised his hand, watching the minute movements of his fingertips; every detail was incredibly clear, yet the overall speed was shockingly fast.

"One day outside, ten years here..." Su Qingyue murmured, also sensing the time difference. "This ten-fold flow rate is truly real."

Lin Ye tried to circulate the Chaos Scripture; even the simplest circulation cycle took only one-tenth of the time it would outside! And because of the time difference, his efficiency in absorbing Spiritual Qi, circulating Divine Power, and comprehending Laws had increased by more than ten times!

"This place... is a Holy Land for cultivation!" A brilliant light erupted in Lin Ye's eyes.

Ten times the time meant ten times the effect for the same amount of cultivation time! More crucially, he had life spring divine fluid and primordial life stone essence; combined with this time Secret Realm, he could completely break through to the Dao Palace Peak, or even challenge the Four Extremities Realm in a short time!

But he quickly calmed down. Areas with time anomalies were often accompanied by danger; the trials here could not be as simple as just providing a cultivation environment.

"Let's scout the surroundings first." Lin Ye stood up and expanded his Divine Sense.

However, his Divine Sense was greatly restricted here. The silver power of time shrouded everything like fog, and his Divine Sense could only extend ten zhang; beyond that, everything was blurry. He tried to communicate with the earth vein core, wanting to sense the pulse of the earth, only to find the ground beneath his feet was completely different from the outside world—there were no earth veins here, or rather, the earth veins had been completely covered by the power of time.

"Be careful." Su Qingyue suddenly whispered.

Lin Ye followed her gaze and saw that inside a crystal pillar not far away, the scene had changed. A previously sealed cultivation scene suddenly shattered, and a human-shaped phantom walked out from the pillar.

The phantom was entirely silver, its face unclear, but its outline was distinct, holding a long silver sword. After stepping out of the crystal pillar, it locked onto Lin Ye and lunged with the sword!

The speed was extremely fast, and the sword technique was exquisite, aimed directly at vital points!

Lin Ye dodged sideways, simultaneously bringing out the myriad things mother qi cauldron embryo, smashing it toward the phantom.

Clang!

The cauldron embryo collided with the long silver sword, emitting a crisp metallic clashing sound. The phantom was knocked back three steps, but it immediately steadied itself and attacked again.

"Level 50, Elite template." Lin Ye quickly judged the phantom's strength during the exchange. "But the sword technique is exquisite, not like an ordinary monster."

He stopped holding back and unleashed his Chaos Domain!

Gray mist filled the air, the phantom's attributes were suppressed by 30%, and its movements were noticeably sluggish. Lin Ye seized the opportunity, the cauldron embryo carrying Chaos Divine Power smashed down fiercely, and this time, it shattered the phantom directly.

After the phantom shattered, it turned into dots of silver light, one of which flew into Lin Ye's body.

[Obtained: Time Comprehension Fragment x 1]

[Effect: Law of Time understanding +0.01%, all attributes temporarily +0.1% (duration 1 minute).]

Time Comprehension Fragment!

Lin Ye's eyes lit up. Although the percentage increase of this item was negligible, it would be terrifying when accumulated. More importantly, it directly improved his understanding of the Law of Time—this was a profound Law that only those at the Xiantai Realm and above were qualified to touch!

"Are these phantoms... guards automatically generated by the time Secret Realm?" Su Qingyue guessed. "Can we obtain Time Comprehension by defeating them?"

"That should be it." Lin Ye nodded. "But they can't be farmed infinitely. Look at that crystal pillar."

The two looked at the crystal pillar from which the phantom had just emerged. The inside of the pillar was already empty, the originally sealed scene had completely disappeared, and the luster on the surface of the pillar had dimmed significantly.

"Each pillar can only generate one phantom." Su Qingyue understood. "The trials here are limited. We need to maximize our own improvement under limited resources."

Lin Ye looked around; hundreds of crystal pillars stood in the silver world, each sealing a different scene inside. Some pillars were larger and brighter, while others were smaller and dimmer.

"Let's find a place to rest first and make a cultivation plan." Lin Ye made his decision.

The two explored the silver world for about an hour (about six minutes in external time) and found a relatively safe place—there were three crystal pillars distributed in a triangle, with a small open space in the middle. Most importantly, the scenes sealed inside these three pillars were all cultivation scenes, and one of the pillars even had a blurry figure sitting cross-legged, the figure surrounded by flowing moonlight, creating a faint resonance with Su Qingyue's Vast Cold Spirit Body.

"This place is suitable for Qingyue to Cultivate." Lin Ye pointed to the pillar with the moonlight figure. "The cultivation method of the Vast Cold Spirit Body is sealed inside the pillar; although incomplete, it should be helpful to you."

Su Qingyue approached the pillar and indeed felt her Vast Cold Spirit Body operating autonomously, resonating with the pillar. "I can feel that there are at least three Vast Cold secret techniques inside that I haven't mastered yet."

"Good, you Cultivate here and absorb the Legacy within the pillar." Lin Ye looked at the other two pillars. "I will stand guard here and study the rules of the time Secret Realm."

Su Qingyue sat cross-legged in front of the moonlight pillar, forming seals with her hands, and activated her Vast Cold Spirit Body to its full extent. Icy-blue moonlight surged from her body, connecting with the moonlight figure inside the pillar. Ancient characters and patterns began to appear on the surface of the pillar—that was the Legacy information of the Vast Cold Spirit Body.

Lin Ye set up a simple warning Formation between the other two pillars and then began his own cultivation.

He first took out two bottles of life spring divine fluid. These were the last two bottles refined in the Chaos Valley, originally intended for emergencies, but now that the cultivation efficiency in the time Secret Realm was ten times higher, they had to be used.

Opening the cap, he drank the golden liquid in one gulp.

Boundless life energy and Law fragments surged into his body, combined with the ten-fold time flow rate, the effect was amplified by at least twenty times!

Lin Ye fully circulated the Chaos Scripture, and the four great divine repositories roared simultaneously.

In the Heart Divine Palace (Fire), Chaos Fire burned ragingly, the color of the flames transforming from golden-red to pure gold, and the temperature increased once again.

The Spleen Divine Palace (Earth), nourished by both the earth vein core and the life spring divine fluid, evolved phantom mountains and rivers, and there were even dragon veins vaguely swimming within.

The Lung Divine Palace (Metal) became even sharper, with Sword Qi condensing in his lungs as he breathed; Lin Ye felt that the breath he exhaled carried a metallic sharpness.

The Liver Divine Palace (Wood), under the direct infusion of the life spring divine fluid, saw its opening progress rapidly increase: 92%... 93%... 94%...

In just one hour (six minutes external time), the opening progress of the Liver Divine Palace reached 95%!

And his level broke through from the Peak of Level 44 to Level 45!

But this was just the beginning.

Lin Ye did not stop; he took out a primordial life stone essence, held it in his palm, and absorbed it directly.

Pale golden life energy surged into the Liver Divine Palace, combined with the residual medicinal power of the life spring divine fluid, and continued to push forward.

Time flew by during cultivation.

One hour of external time (ten hours in the Secret Realm), Lin Ye consumed five primordial life stone essences, and the opening progress of the Liver Divine Palace reached 99%!

He was only one step away from Perfection.

But this last step was also the most difficult one.

The liver belongs to Wood, governs vitality, and manages the smooth flow of Qi. For the Liver Divine Palace to reach Perfection, it not only required sufficient life energy but also a sufficient understanding of the Law of Life, allowing the Chaos Wood inside the divine palace to evolve a complete life cycle.

Lin Ye did not force the Breakthrough but stopped temporarily to start comprehending.

He closed his eyes and used his Divine Sense to inspect the Liver Divine Palace internally.

It was a space full of vitality, with green Chaos Qi as dense as a forest. But there were no animals, no flowing water, and no complete ecosystem in the forest—this was the manifestation of imperfection.

What is life?

Lin Ye pondered in the time Secret Realm.

Is it growth? Is it reproduction? Is it Legacy? Is it death and rebirth?

He thought of the skeletons of those ancient miners in the Ancient Mine, thought of the guards kneeling before the stone tablet, thought of the sacrificial victims turned into jade around the altar... They had all died, but their obsessions, their beliefs, and their stories were preserved in some form.

This, too, was a form of the continuation of life.

"Life is not just the existence of the physical body, but the inheritance of will, the transmission of information, it is..." Lin Ye muttered to himself, "It is existence and memory in time."

The moment he realized this point, the green Chaos Qi inside the Liver Divine Palace suddenly boiled!

From the Chaos Qi, the first ray of the light of life was born. That light was pale golden, warm and sacred; where it shone, the Chaos Wood began to grow, bloom, and bear fruit. The fruit fell to the ground, giving birth to new trees. Streams appeared among the trees, and fish and shrimp swam in the streams. Birds and beasts were born in the forest, and as they reproduced, a complete ecosystem was formed.

The Liver Divine Palace, Perfection!

[System Prompt: Liver Divine Palace opening completed!]

[Effect: Life recovery speed +500%, toxin resistance +200%, Wood-element affinity +150%.]

[Unlock new ability: Chaos Wood · Breath of Life (Can release life energy, healing all friendly targets within range, effect is 60% of single-target healing, range: 30-meter radius).]

[The Fourth Layer of the Dao Palace is completely perfected, four of the Five Elements divine repositories are obtained, and the Chaos cycle is initially stabilized.]

His level broke through accordingly: Level 45 → Level 46!

But this was not over yet.

The Liver Divine Palace was perfected, and four of the Five Elements were obtained (Heart Fire, Spleen Earth, Lung Metal, Liver Wood), only Kidney Water was missing. The four-element cycle was initially established, and the overall improvement to Lin Ye far exceeded that of a single divine repository reaching Perfection.

He felt that a subtle energy cycle had formed between the four great divine repositories. Heart Fire generates Spleen Earth, Spleen Earth generates Lung Metal, Lung Metal generates Liver Wood; although Wood cannot directly generate Fire (lacking Water as an intermediary), the power of the four elements generating each other increased the circulation speed of his Chaos Divine Power by three times and his recovery speed by five times!

More surprisingly, with the establishment of the four-element cycle, his understanding of the Chaos Law was also deepening.

Chaos encompasses all things and derives all things. The four elements generating each other is a manifestation of Chaos derivation.

Lin Ye continued to Cultivate.

Two hours of external time passed (twenty hours in the Secret Realm), he consumed the remaining five primordial life stone essences and the last bottle of life spring divine fluid, and his level increased from Level 46 to Level 47.

Next, he began to challenge the phantoms inside the crystal pillars.

The first pillar sealed a sword technique cultivation scene. The phantom emerged with a sword, its sword technique exquisite and peerless. Lin Ye fought it for a hundred rounds, finally defeating it with Chaos Heaven Opening, obtaining Time Comprehension Fragment x 1, and a little sword technique comprehension.

The second pillar contained fist technique cultivation. The phantom's fist momentum was rigid, fierce, and unparalleled. Lin Ye clashed head-on with it, using Chaos Earth for protection and Chaos Wood for healing, finally wearing the phantom down, obtaining Time Comprehension Fragment x 1, and a little fist technique comprehension.

The third pillar contained movement technique cultivation. The phantom was elusive, like a ghost. Lin Ye could not catch it, so he simply unleashed his Chaos Domain to suppress it, then forced it to appear with area-of-effect attacks, and finally defeated it, obtaining Time Comprehension Fragment x 1, and a little movement technique comprehension.

Every time he defeated a phantom, Lin Ye could feel his understanding of time deepening. Although those fragments were tiny, accumulating them allowed him to start touching the threshold of the Law of Time.

What is time?

It is the passage, it is change, it is memory, it is the scale of existence.

Cultivating in the Time Secret Realm, Lin Ye's insight into time far exceeded that of the outside world.

He could see his own exhaled breath slowly dissipating in the air, see every detail of sweat seeping from his skin until it dripped, and could even feel his own cells slowly aging—though this aging was greatly delayed by his Chaos Heavenly Emperor Body, it was indeed happening.

On the fourth day (about ten hours in the outside world, four days in the Secret Realm), Lin Ye challenged a particularly tall crystal pillar.

Inside this pillar was not a cultivation scene, but a battle recording: a swordsman in white fighting a black dragon in the firmament, sword light interweaving with dragon breath, space shattering, and time twisting.

The battle lasted for three days and three nights, ending with the swordsman beheading the dragon, but he himself exhausted and falling.

When the phantom walked out of the pillar, it was no longer simple silver, but carried a faint golden light.

It held a phantom longsword, with ripples of time power on the blade.

[Name: Time Swordsman Phantom (Leader)]

[Rank: 58]

[Type: Special Guard / Legacy Guardian]

[Characteristics: 1. Time Sword Intent (Attacks carry time acceleration or deceleration effects); 2. Sword Technique Mastery (Mastery of thirteen top-tier sword techniques); 3. Combat Experience (Possesses partial combat memories of the original owner); 4. Time Reversal (Can briefly reverse time when receiving fatal damage to recover some status).]

[Remark: This phantom originates from the residual image of an expert proficient in the time sword dao, defeating it grants part of its Legacy.]

A level 58 Leader phantom!

Lin Ye's expression was solemn.

Although the phantom's level was not as high as the Ancient Mine's Scorpion King, its combat techniques and experience were likely far superior to any Yao Beast.

Moreover, the two characteristics of Time Sword Intent and Time Reversal made it extremely difficult to deal with.

The battle began.

The Time Swordsman Phantom's first sword strike caught Lin Ye off guard.

That strike looked slow, but in reality, the sword speed was incredibly fast under time acceleration.

A wound deep to the bone was carved into Lin Ye's left arm, and the flow of time at the wound was abnormal, significantly slowing down the healing speed.

"Chaos Wood!"

Lin Ye released healing, but the effect was only half of usual—the power of time interfered with the flow of life energy.

Must end this quickly!

Lin Ye expanded his Chaos Domain while urging the earth vein core to communicate with the ground beneath his feet.

Although there was no real earth vein here, the earth vein core could still mobilize a portion of earth-element power.

"Chaos Earth · Earth Protection!"

An earthy-yellow shield formed, but when the Time Swordsman's second strike pierced, cracks appeared on the surface of the shield—that strike had actually accelerated the "time" of the shield, causing its durability to rapidly deplete.

"Troublesome."

Lin Ye frowned.

The power of time was too bizarre; conventional defensive methods had greatly reduced effectiveness.

He changed tactics, no longer resisting head-on, but maneuvering.

With the myriad things mother qi cauldron embryo in hand, every strike carried Chaos Divine Power, attempting to disrupt the phantom's Time Sword Intent.

The battle lasted for half an hour (Secret Realm time).

Lin Ye had added three more wounds, but the Time Swordsman Phantom had also used Time Reversal twice.

Both sides were consuming energy, but Lin Ye had Chaos Wood for continuous healing, while the phantom consumed its own energy every time it used Time Reversal.

Finally, after the phantom's third Time Reversal, its energy was clearly unstable, and its silver body began to become transparent.

"Now!"

A sharp glint flashed in Lin Ye's eyes, and all his Chaos Divine Power poured into the cauldron embryo.

"Chaos Heaven Opening!"

A gray beam pierced the phantom's chest.

This time, the phantom did not use Time Reversal and was directly blasted away!

Golden light overflowed, and a particularly thick stream of golden light flew into Lin Ye's body.

[Defeated Time Swordsman Phantom!]

[Obtained: Time Insight Fragment x5, Time Sword Intent Seed x1, Sword Technique Legacy 'Thirteen Streams of Light' (Incomplete Manual).]

[Time Law Comprehension: 0.08% → 0.15%!]

[All attributes temporarily increased by 5% (lasts for one hour)!]

A huge harvest!

Especially the Time Sword Intent Seed, which was equivalent to an introductory credential for the Law of Time.

Lin Ye integrated it into his Chaos Divine Power and immediately felt that his perception of time was much sharper.

He could even vaguely "see" the trajectory of time flowing around him; although it was still very blurry, he had already taken a crucial step.

The Incomplete Manual of Thirteen Streams of Light was also very valuable.

This was a set of sword techniques containing the power of time.

If he could complete it and integrate it into his own combat System, his combat power would greatly increase.

After this battle, Lin Ye had a deeper understanding of the Law of Time, and his Rank also broke through to level 48.

He looked towards Su Qingyue's direction.

For four days (Secret Realm time), Su Qingyue had been sitting cross-legged in front of the Moon Pillar.

At this moment, the moonlight around her had become so dense that it formed a tangible cocoon of light, with ancient runes flowing on its surface—that was the Vast Cold Spirit Body evolving.

The figure inside the pillar had completely merged into her body, and the pillar itself had developed cracks; clearly, the Legacy was about to end.

Lin Ye did not disturb her and continued his own cultivation and challenges.

On the fifth day, he challenged seven crystal pillars, obtaining Time Insight Fragments x7, and his Rank rose to level 49.

On the sixth day, he challenged nine, obtaining fragments x9, and his Rank reached the Peak of level 49.

On the seventh day, he began to impact the final Bottleneck of the Dao Palace Peak.

The Dao Palace Fifth Layer required opening the Kidney Divine Palace (Water).

The Five Elements lacked water, so the cycle was incomplete.

The kidney belongs to water, stores essence, governs growth, development, and reproduction; it is the root of life and a key link in the Chaos cycle.

Lin Ye sat cross-legged and began to comprehend water.

He had no water-element cultivation resources, no water-attribute Heaven And Earth Treasure.

But he had Chaos; Chaos derives all things, so it could naturally derive water.

"The highest good is like water; water benefits all things without contention..."

Lin Ye recalled his understanding of the Dao of Water from his previous life.

Water is extremely soft, yet invincible; water is formless, yet can take any shape; water flows downward, yet can evaporate into clouds, turn into rain and snow, and spread across the world.

Water is the source of life, the beginning of change, it is...

"Time?"

Lin Ye suddenly had an epiphany.

Water flows, time flows.

Water has a source and a destination; time has a past and a future.

Water can freeze into ice or turn into steam; time can accelerate, decelerate, and stop...

Water and time have some internal connection.

When he connected the Dao of Water with the Dao of Time, a dormant area in his body began to vibrate.

That was the location of the kidneys.

Strands of Chaos Qi gathered there, not absorbed from the outside world, but derived from the Chaos Divine Storehouse itself.

The gray Chaos Qi gradually changed color, from gray to black, from black to blue, and finally transformed into pale blue Chaos Water.

The Kidney Divine Palace began to open on its own!

Although slow, although small, it had indeed begun.

This was the terrifying aspect of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Body—when the understanding of Laws reaches a certain level, the body will evolve on its own without the need for external aids!

Of course, if there were water-element resources, this process would be much faster.

But right now in the Time Secret Realm, under ten times the time flow, self-evolution was enough.

Time continued to pass.

On the eighth day, the Kidney Divine Palace opening progress: 10%.

On the ninth day, 20%.

On the tenth day, 30%.

Although only 30% was opened, it had already made the Five Elements cycle more complete.

Heart Fire generates Spleen Earth, Spleen Earth generates Lung Metal, Lung Metal generates Liver Wood, Liver Wood generates Kidney Water, and Kidney Water generates Heart Fire—the Five Elements generate each other, and the cycle is perfect!

The moment the cycle was complete, a terrifying aura erupted from Lin Ye's body.

His Rank directly broke through the Bottleneck from the Peak of level 49 to level 50!

Dao Palace Fifth Layer, Peak!

[System Prompt: Rank increased to level 50!]

[Realm: Dao Palace Peak (All five viscera divine storehouses opened, Heart, Spleen, Lung, Liver perfect, Kidney 30%)]

[All attributes +100% (Realm Breakthrough bonus)]

[Chaos Heavenly Emperor Body development: 15% → 18%]

[Unlocked new ability: Five Elements Chaos Wheel (Passive, Five Elements mutual generation cycle runs automatically, Divine Power recovery speed +300%, All attributes +20%, Resistance to Five Elements attacks +50%)]

[Unlocked new skill: Chaos Water · Silent Moistening (Can condense Chaos Water, purify negative status, enhance target's affinity for water and ice-type skills)]

Powerful energy surged within him!

Lin Ye opened his eyes, Chaos radiance flowing within them, and the scene of the Five Elements rotating seemed to exist deep within his pupils.

He clenched his fist, the air was squeezed and exploded, making a sonic boom.

He was at least three times stronger than before entering the Time Secret Realm!

If he faced the Dark Feather Thunder Eagle now, he would be confident in killing it within thirty moves, rather than fighting bitterly like last time.

And all this had only been one day in the outside world (ten days in the Secret Realm).

Lin Ye looked at Su Qingyue.

On the tenth day, Su Qingyue's light cocoon finally shattered.

Moonlight poured out like a tide, condensing into ice lotuses in the air.

As the ice lotuses bloomed, a tiny moon rotated in the center of each flower.

Su Qingyue walked out of the light cocoon, her temperament completely changed.

She was originally cold and ethereal, but now she added a bit of the majesty and mystery of a Moon God.

The ice jade staff hovered in front of her, the ice crystal at the top of the staff had turned into the shape of a crescent moon, emitting a soft and cold radiance.

Her Rank had actually reached level 49!

The Vast Cold Spirit Body had broken through from the second stage to the third stage!

"Qingyue, congratulations."

Lin Ye smiled.

Su Qingyue's eyes flashed with moonlight, her voice ethereal: "The pillar contained part of the ancient 'Vast Cold Palace' Legacy.

I obtained three Cultivation Techniques and awakened a new ability 'Moon Palace Projection'—I can summon the phantom of the Moon Palace for a short time to form a Domain.

Inside the Domain, friendly units get +20% to all attributes, and enemies get -20% to all attributes."

"Very strong."

Lin Ye praised, "It's about time, we should go back."

One day outside, ten days in the Secret Realm.

They had cultivated for ten full days in the Secret Realm, and about twelve hours should have passed outside.

The Ten Thousand Races Covenant meeting was in two days, and the Shi Clan's ceremony was also approaching a critical moment; they had to go back.

The two arrived at the entrance of the Secret Realm—that was the space-time rift they came through, still slowly rotating.

Lin Ye took out the abyss key, the key flew towards the rift automatically, and the silver light gate opened again.

Passing through the light gate, there was another brief space-time distortion.

When his feet stepped on the black stone slab of the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Land cave again, Lin Ye felt like a lifetime had passed.

Everything in the cave was as usual, the jade-like skeletons were still chanting softly, and the blue crystals emitted a soft light.

Shi Potian had his back to the entrance, his giant axe planted on the ground, guarding there like a stone statue.

Hearing the movement, Shi Potian turned around abruptly, and seeing Lin Ye and Su Qingyue, joy erupted in his eyes: "Boss! Sister Yue! You're back!"

"Thank you for your hard work."

Lin Ye patted his shoulder, "How long has it been outside?"

"Exactly one day."

Shi Potian said, "From the moment you went in until now, exactly twelve hours. By the way, I haven't been idle outside either; I challenged several stone statue guards in the cave, and my Rank has risen to level 49!"

Lin Ye looked at Shi Potian.

Indeed, his aura was much stronger than before, his Tyrant Body Bloodline was more solid, and the dark golden patterns under his skin were clearer.

"Very good."

Lin Ye nodded, "All three of us have broken through. This trip to the Time Secret Realm has yielded results far exceeding expectations."

He looked at the abyss key in his hand; the key had returned to the form of a bronze finger ring, but there were golden patterns on the surface, clearly having completed the transformation.

[abyss key (Legendary)]

[Remaining uses: 2/3]

[Currently bound to: Lin Ye]

[Special status: Time Resonance (Due to staying in the time anomaly zone for ten days, the key has generated a weak resonance with the Law of Time; the wearer can perceive time fluctuations more clearly).]

It could still be used twice.

Lin Ye put away the key and looked into the depths of the cave.

The Time Secret Realm had been explored, but the secrets of this Ancient Desolate Forbidden Land were likely more than just this.

"Let's leave here first."

Lin Ye said, "The Ten Thousand Races Covenant meeting is in two days, we need to rush back to Chaos Valley to prepare."

The three left the cave, crossed the canyon, and walked out of the mist.

When he saw the sky outside the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Land again, Lin Ye felt like he had been reborn.

Spending ten days in the Time Secret Realm, although only one day had passed outside, the sense of time difference still remained.

His thinking speed and reaction speed were much faster, and everything outside looked like slow motion.

"Is this the influence of the Law of Time..."

Lin Ye thought thoughtfully.

He vaguely felt that there was something more in his body—not a physical object, but a brand of some Law.

It was a gift from the Time Secret Realm and a change in the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Body under the scouring of time.

These changes were still weak, but as his understanding of the Law of Time deepened, they would one day reveal their true power.

"Time to go back."

Lin Ye looked to the west, the direction of Chaos Valley.

The three turned into three streams of light and broke through the air.

Not long after they left, deep in the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Land, the bronze altar vibrated again.

In the groove in the center of the altar, the residual space-time power condensed to form a tiny silver crystal.

Inside the crystal, fragments of the scene of Lin Ye and the others cultivating in the Time Secret Realm could be vaguely seen.

These fragments rotated, reorganized, and finally turned into a line of ancient text:

"The Child of Time has appeared, and the Wheel of Fate begins to turn."

"Sleeping Supreme, the key you have been waiting for has found a suitable owner..."

The text flickered a few times and slowly dissipated.

The cave returned to silence.

Only the chanting of the jade skeletons echoed in the darkness for a long time.