Yun Lintian's body erupted with silver light as the Seed of Time awakened fully within him. The Heaven Sunderer trembled violently in his grasp, its blade glowing like molten moonlight.
"Break."
A single word, carrying the weight of temporal law itself.
BOOOOOOM!
The silver light detonated outward, shattering the blackened walls like glass. The corrosive liquid evaporated instantly, the very fabric of the trap unraveling under the Seed's supreme authority.
For a moment, everything turned white—
Then—
Silence.
Long Chen blinked rapidly as his vision cleared. His jaw dropped.
They stood at the palace entrance, the massive gates looming before them as if they'd never entered. The ruins stretched behind them, unchanged. Even the sky held the same eerie glow as when they'd first arrived.
"What...?" Xiong Ba stumbled back, his face pale.
Nie Tong's frost energy flickered erratically. "We've been... returned to the beginning?"
