Projection of the Heavens: I prove my immortality through slaughter.

Absolute darkness, deathly cold silence.

This undercurrent of time resembled a graveyard of the universe, where even time itself seemed exceptionally viscous and heavy. The miniature cycle domain that Lin Xuan had created became the only source of light in this place, like a solitary lamp flickering in an endless sea of ​​ink.

However, this utter stillness did not terrify him. The intense resonance between the spacetime Dao patterns at his brow and the Samsara mark within his body acted like a compass, guiding him in the right direction. Deep within that darkness, there must lie something astonishing related to spacetime or Samsara!

He maintained a fragile balance between aging and rebirth, carefully manipulating the projection as if wading through a swamp, slowly moving towards the direction from which the resonance emanated. The viscous power of time around him constantly eroded his domain, yet he also absorbed and transformed it little by little, turning it into nourishment to sustain its operation. His understanding of the fusion of time and reincarnation was rapidly solidified in this extreme environment.

Just as he was focused on what was ahead, a familiar, chilling, and violent aura, like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows, suddenly erupted from the darkness behind him!

It's that beast of time!

It didn't give up, and somehow managed to track down this undercurrent of time! Perhaps it was attracted by the increasingly pure aura of time and reincarnation emanating from Lin Xuan, which was an irresistible temptation for it.

This time, it didn't roar or make any noise. Like the most experienced hunter, it silently approached, then suddenly opened its black hole-like mouth. A devouring force that was far more concentrated and insidious than before, like an invisible spike, precisely pierced the weak point of Lin Xuan's Samsara Domain!

It has become smarter and no longer engages in large-scale devouring. Instead, it concentrates its power to break through the tortoise shell that Lin Xuan relies on for survival!

"Hmph! You vile creature, your ghost will never leave!"

Although Lin Xuan was startled, he remained calm. Having experienced life-or-death crises and enlightenment before, his mindset was different. Faced with this sudden attack, a cold glint flashed in his eyes. Far from retreating, a sharp killing intent rose within him!

Having been chased like a stray dog ​​and even forced to cut off his own arm to survive, he had been harboring this grudge for a long time! Now that he had a preliminary understanding of the method to resist time, he was ready to test his skills on this beast!

"Good timing!"

Instead of retreating, Lin Xuan advanced. The tattered projection suddenly turned around, and facing the rapidly approaching swallowing spikes, he slammed his hands together in front of him!

"Reincarnation is a prison, time is a lock—sealed!"

He didn't directly confront the devouring power. Instead, using his own domain as the core, he drew upon the surrounding viscous, heavy currents of time, combining them with the runes of reincarnation to instantly weave an invisible net before him. This net wasn't meant to block, but rather... to entangle and imprison!

The condensed devouring spikes crashed into the net, as if sinking into a quagmire, their speed suddenly decreasing. The power of time on them was actually stripped away and absorbed by the net, strand by strand, and fed back into Lin Xuan's domain!

This is the new method he has come to understand—no longer passively resisting, but actively guiding, dividing, and even stealing the opponent's power of time!

The Beast of Time let out a startled and furious roar, sensing its power being neutralized and absorbed by the opponent's strange methods. Its simple consciousness could not comprehend this change, but it instinctively felt a tremendous threat and wanted to withdraw its attack.

"Trying to leave? Too late!"

How could Lin Xuan allow it to come and go as it pleased again? This was the opportunity he had been waiting for!

"Mysterious Heavenly Sword Intent, severing the order of time!"

With a cold shout, he pointed his fingers like a sword. Although the Xuan Tian Demon-Slaying Sword was not physically present within him, the supreme sword intent that had been nurtured for countless years erupted through the projection! A phantom sword shadow, condensed to its extreme and containing the resolute will to sever all laws and even the causal order of time, flowed upstream along the temporarily imprisoned devouring channel, directly slashing at the core of the Time Beast!

This sword strike was so fast that it transcended the perception of time!

puff!

A sound, as if something invisible had been cleaved, rang out.

The enormous beast of time let out a mournful howl that distorted space and time! A huge, unhealable crack appeared on its blurry body made of fragments of time, from which countless streams of light were frantically escaping!

That is the origin of its existence, the source of time, and it is slipping away!

It struggled frantically, trying to escape, but Lin Xuan tightly bound it with a vast net woven from reincarnation and the undercurrent of time, while the Xuan Tian sword intent severely damaged its core, making it weaker than ever before.

"You tried to devour my time before, now it's my turn!"

Lin Xuan's eyes were icy cold, revealing his decisive and ruthless nature. He flashed forward and actually pounced on the injured Time Beast! As the broken projection pounced, its hands formed an even more complex and profound hand seal.

The mark of reincarnation appeared on his chest, slowly rotating and emitting a deep, all-consuming light. But this time, it devoured not souls, but... time itself!

"Reincarnation Devouring Heaven Technique - Devouring Time!"

boom!

A gigantic, seemingly all-encompassing vortex of reincarnation expanded outwards from Lin Xuan, instantly engulfing the struggling Beast of Time!

"Waaaaah—!!"

The Beast of Time let out a desperate and unwilling wail. It desperately mobilized the fragments of time around it, trying to resist, but the suction force from the vortex of reincarnation was specifically targeting its source of time! Its enormous body, like ice and snow under the sun, began to melt rapidly, transforming into the purest source power, flowing with silver light. Like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, it was frantically devoured by the vortex of reincarnation, and finally, through the mysterious connection between the projection and the original body, it was continuously poured into Lin Xuan's original body located deep in the Netherworld of the main world!

Lin Xuan's true form, who was sitting cross-legged in the Hall of Reincarnation, suddenly trembled!

A vast, pure, yet ancient energy, imbued with the aura of time, surged into his limbs and bones, rushing straight into his consciousness!

His nascent soul suddenly opened its eyes, and those eyes, identical to Lin Xuan's but containing the vision of the universe's birth and death, burst forth with an unprecedented silver light!

The runes and the true meaning of reincarnation that originally surrounded the nascent soul seemed to be stimulated, and began to flicker and recombine violently. The newly surging source of time, like the most skillful craftsman, began to shuttle and imprint itself among these runes and true meanings, attempting to merge with them.

An indescribable throbbing pain came from the depths of the nascent soul, as if something was being forcibly broken and then reconstructed in a new way.

On the surface of the nascent soul's body, some subtle, flowing silver patterns began to appear. These patterns echoed the spacetime Dao patterns between the eyebrows, emitting a mysterious rhythm of time.

His understanding of "time" surged at an unprecedented speed! Before, it was like looking at something through a veil, blurry and unclear. Now, that veil was suddenly torn away, and countless mysteries about the flow of time, time discontinuities, time cycles, and even the origin of time flooded into his consciousness like a tide.

He "saw" the smallest "time particles" that make up time, and he "felt" the vast "riverbed" and surging "momentum" of the river of time...

With the infusion of the Origin of Time, the principles governing the construction of the miniature cycle of reincarnation within his body became clearer and more complete. He even began to understand how to transform this domain from a projected form into a divine power that his true self could also utilize!

After an unknown amount of time, as the influx of the source of time gradually subsided, the enormous beast of time had completely disappeared, transforming into resources for Lin Xuan's growth.

The projection still stands amidst the undercurrents of time, but its aura is entirely different from before. Although it remains dilapidated, the sense of weakness originating from the realm of time has vanished, replaced by a profound, ancient harmony, as if it has merged with the surrounding time.

He gently raised his only remaining arm, and with a slight thought, a wisp of silvery time power coiled and flowed around his fingertips like a gentle sprite. It was no longer the unruly and difficult-to-guided force it had been before, but rather as easy to control as his own arm, perfectly harmonious and effortless.

He has finally truly crossed the threshold of the laws of time! It's no longer a preliminary understanding, but a profound mastery!

At that moment, perhaps because he had absorbed enough of the essence of time, or perhaps because his own breakthrough in the laws of time had triggered something, the resonance that had been attracting him from the depths of darkness ahead suddenly became incredibly clear and intense!

Om-!

A deep hum, seemingly from eternity ago, pierced through the viscous currents of time and resounded directly deep within his soul.

The darkness ahead slowly receded to the sides like a curtain, revealing the scene at its core.

There were no earth-shattering treasures there, nor any enormous and terrifying creatures.

Only one drop... teardrop-shaped, crystal clear, with what seemed to contain a miniature, eternally flowing silver river inside—a drop of water.

It floated there quietly, exuding an aura of time's origin that was both extremely pure and extremely ancient.

Lin Xuan's pupils suddenly contracted, and his breathing (if the projection needed to breathe) faltered.

He felt that the entire essence of the enormous Time Beast he had just devoured was like a firefly compared to the bright moon, or a stream compared to the vast ocean, compared to this drop of "water" before him!

This is one of the true core opportunities in this undercurrent of time, and even in the entire temporal realm!