The breath of time!

Lu Lin's face changed dramatically.

"Time... What exactly still exists in my soul!"

Lu Lin clenched his teeth, and his divine consciousness converged into his soul, transforming into a sharp sword that broke free from the constraints of time and the murderous aura, delving deeper and deeper into the depths of his soul.

Deep within his soul, the Killing Intention eventually became extremely strong, turning into a boundless sea of blood! As the breath of time spread throughout the blood sea, his divine consciousness punctured through the oncoming currents, and cracks spread uncontrollably. Lu Lin suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head.

"Break for me!"

As his divine consciousness touched an unseen barrier, he suddenly opened his mouth, and in an instant, his divine consciousness erupted with unparalleled power, piercing through the barrier before him.

-Almost at the moment when the divine consciousness broke through the crimson sea of blood, slight cracks appeared in the space, and a shocking pressure swept across all directions.

The blood sea stopped, divine consciousness was halted, and everything... became still.

Time and the world itself stood still.

Then, a world-destroying force poured into the cracks, annihilating everything in its path.

......

"Uh..."

After walking out of the cave, Lu Lin held his head and groaned in pain.

"What's wrong with you?"

The long-haired girl who was following him ran to his side and asked with concern.

"It's nothing... I just overused my spiritual power." Lu Lin replied casually, not paying too much attention to the girl.

All he could think about was the scene of his divine consciousness collapsing earlier.

Just trying to break through the deepest part of his soul, the breath that came from the cracks had destroyed both the sea of blood and his divine consciousness.

The faint divine consciousness, no matter how weak it was, was still divine, but in the face of that fragment of destructive power, it was insignificant.

"Gray..."

He muttered to himself. It was the only color he saw before his divine consciousness was completely annihilated, coming from the cracks.

But that was not the source of the breath of time.

"Hey!"

Just as he was about to search his memory for any trace of this power, his thoughts were suddenly interrupted.

"I say, you've been acting strange ever since you came out of that cave!"

The voice grew louder, and the fresh, enchanting fragrance enveloped him as he lowered his head. He saw an angry girl standing in front of him.

A pair of crystal-clear sapphire eyes staring at him, filled with discontent. Her gray-pink long hair had turned frizzy due to her excessively emotional response, and her eyebrows were knitted in displeasure.

"Is that so..."

Lu Lin responded with a bitter smile.

"You haven't talked to me ever since we left the cave. Are you made of wood? I finally asked you what's wrong, and you just dismiss me with 'it's nothing'?"

"…Thank you for your concern, your highness."

"Humph, you're not sincere at all."

She turned around and walked a few steps away from him, pouting and looking sullen.

Lu Lin smiled gently and shook his head, not saying anything more.

"But…"

She suddenly turned back, her face flushed a little, and even though her expression seemed reluctant, she said to Lu Lin, "About what happened earlier in the cave... Thank you."

So, in the girl's eyes, his actions had become the use of a soul weapon? It saved him from having to explain.

He had originally planned to erase the girl's memory.

Soul weapons were one-time consumables created by powerful people above the Spirit Realm, imbuing their power into the weapon. Users could access the power within a short period.

They were life-saving tools and quite rare, mostly given by elders to the younger generation as protective amulets. Some were also sold at auctions, but all of them were extremely expensive."It's fine, even if you weren't caught, I would have done the same thing."

"You..." The girl, who had just been calmed down, got agitated again.

"Forget it, considering that you've used a Divine Dominion soul artifact before, this princess won't bother with you anymore... As for your compensation, I'll give it to you when Uncle Randall comes."

The girl was about to explode, but seeing Lu Lin's expressionless face, she suddenly sighed.

"You must be one of those 'face paralyzed' people my second brother talks about. The ones who are desperate to keep up appearances and never show their true emotions. Even though you look so old-fashioned, you still think it's cool... No girl will ever like you like this."

Lu Lin's mouth twitched.

What the hell... He wasn't face paralyzed, he just had a psychological age far beyond his peers and he couldn't smile at the moment!

"I'm not."

"You are."

"I'm really not."

"You are!" The girl insisted, "You're still denying it here, so immature."

"..."

Lu Lin had nothing to say. It seemed like the girl was right no matter what.

"Face paralysis! Immature!"

The girl's mockery kept ringing in Lu Lin's ears, and it was difficult for him to lose his temper.

The two of them continued walking for a long distance.

It wasn't until they reached the waist of the mountain range that they saw a figure faintly appear on the opposite side.

"Uncle Randall!"

The girl finally stopped her infuriating singing and ran towards the bearded man across the way.

"Princess, where have you been..."

Randall looked worried and distressed as they had been searching for the girl for a long time.

"I accidentally fell into the DemonKind cave... It was the face-paralyzed guy behind me who used a Divine Dominion soul artifact to save me."

The girl took Randall's hand and looked back at Lu Lin with a smile, gesturing for him to come over.

"Divine Dominion...soul artifact?" Randall looked at the ordinary-looking young man in front of him and hesitated. It seemed like he was just an ordinary child from a common family...was it possible for him to have a Divine Dominion soul artifact?

But when he saw Lu Lin politely return the courtesy and the temperament he displayed, most of his doubts were dispelled.

This temperament was clearly something only a noble would have. Could it be that some nobleman disguised as a commoner was practicing in the Light Wind Mountain Range? Some major families had such traditions.

"Uncle, let him have a look at the treasures from the auction. I don't think it's right to let him waste his Divine Dominion soul artifact for nothing..."

The girl whispered to Randall.

Randall nodded. The Divine Dominion soul artifact was not only precious but also showing gratitude was a quality that a member of the royal family must have.

"May I have your name, sir?" Randall kindly asked Lu Lin.

"Just call me Lu Lin, there's no need for formalities."

"Today, not only did the 'Dark Crow Soaring' happen, but the dark crow also closed its eyes, causing illusion and reality to overlap, Princess fell into the suddenly real bottomless pit. Thank you for bringing her back safely, Lu Lin."

As a soldier, Randall naturally didn't insist on formalities after hearing Lu Lin's response, and gave him a slight bow.

The 'Dark Crow Soaring'...closed eyes...

It seemed that all these had something to do with him...

"It was just a small effort."

Putting aside his inner doubts, Lu Lin answered Randall.

"You were willing to use the precious Divine Dominion soul artifact for the princess, so we naturally cannot let you lose it for nothing. Repaying kindness is a rule that has been followed by our Chixiao Empire for generations. Please pick one item from the purchases we just made at the imperial auction, Lu Lin."

"This...is not necessary.""Young friend, no need for such formalities." Randal advised.

"Don't be so polite, just choose one." The girl said to him.

A huge metal transport vehicle slowly moved in front of him, with the hatch facing him. After the magic circuit flowed, it slowly opened towards him.

What to choose? He had his own cultivation methods, which were much stronger than theirs.

Elixirs? He could make any kind of medicine himself.

Weapons? With the inheritance of the War God, the weapons he created were at least at the level of spiritual tools.

Never mind, just pick something casually to show the meaning, after all, it's just a brief encounter with the girl.

— He had always thought so.

— Until that figure appeared in a split second.

The waist-length pale golden hair danced in the breeze that swept across the mountains, with a few strands falling by her pointed ears.

Sunlight fell into her eyes, illuminating the blue sky as if the night had just begun.

As if the sunlight stung her eyes, she squinted in a daze; yet it was because she felt the breath of nature that she raised her head and slowly looked towards the hatch.

— So, their gazes met at that moment.

— So, in that moment, he forgot about time and space.

— So, in that moment, it became his eternity.