Time Reversal

"An anchor? What anchor?" Ye Chuan had heard the word anchor several times just now, but he didn't quite understand what it meant.

"It's a token that serves as a time coordinate," Lilith said, leaning backward. She plopped down, floating in mid-air, and twirled a strand of hair around her finger. Seeing Ye Chuan's clueless expression, she elaborated.

"Did you think you could just steer time in whatever direction you want? Without an item deeply bound to your destination's specific point in time to act as a locator, stepping in could leave you drifting into literally any parallel universe."

After saying this, Lilith added with a hint of reproach, "I don't want to have to fish you out of the turbulent currents of space-time."

Although Lilith said that, if Ye Chuan actually did end up in such a situation, she would probably still dive into the turbulence to fish him out.

After all, their relationship, part mentor and part friend, was indeed quite delicate.

At the very least, Ye Chuan occupied a rather significant place in Lilith's heart.

"An anchor," Ye Chuan pondered.

"It has to be at least something left behind from the era you want to travel to. Ideally, it should be something worn close to the body, tainted with a strong personal aura," Lilith said.

Ye Chuan rubbed his chin and rummaged through his spatial backpack.

He dug out a few Hill Empire gold coins from the Aether Continent and held them out to Lilith.

"Will these work? They're currency."

Lilith shook her head. "There's not even a decent trace of temporal aura on them, and you want to use them as an anchor? The moment you initiate the regression, these things will instantly crumble to dust."

"These won't work either?" Ye Chuan scratched his head.

He hadn't spent much time on the Aether Continent in this timeline, so where was he supposed to find a token?

Wait.

Princess Irena?

He suddenly remembered that when he helped escort Irena before, she had given him her pendant.

[Item: Irena's Pendant, Gold]

[Blessed by the Elf King, grants immunity to most abnormal status effects]

Ye Chuan remembered this pendant. At the time, thinking it was beautiful, he had directly given it to Xi Xi.

"I've got it!" Ye Chuan immediately took out his phone and called Luo Xi.

The phone rang only once before it was picked up. Luo Xi's voice came through the receiver, "Chuan Chuan, why did you call me all of a sudden?"

"The pendant I gave you before, the one that grants immunity to abnormal status effects, do you still have it?"

Pendant?

Luo Xi thought for a moment, then glanced at her spatial ring.

Inside were many various good things that Ye Chuan had brought her.

Ye Chuan was just like that; he would always bring treasures over and say he was saving them for his own Xi Xi.

"Mhm, if it's the pendant, of course I kept it. I've always had it in my jewelry box," Luo Xi quickly said. "Do you need to use it right now?"

"Yes."

"I'm still out grocery shopping, I'll come back right now."

Soon, Luo Xi returned carrying a grocery basket.

"Here." She handed the box to Ye Chuan. "Does this pendant have some special use?"

Because Ye Chuan rarely asked for things back, there was usually a specific use for it.

"It's somewhat useful," Ye Chuan smiled as he took the box. Opening it, he saw the beautiful pendant lying quietly on the velvet cloth.

It was originally something worn close to Princess Irena's body, after all.

Ye Chuan handed the pendant to Lilith. "What about this? The personal pendant of a princess from the Aether Continent. Is it qualified?"

Lilith took the pendant, her eyes glowing with a faint purple light.

A dense layer of magic arrays immediately surfaced on the pendant, and it began emitting a soft blue glow.

"Hmm, it's barely usable," Lilith nodded.

As she spoke, a complex purple magical imprint slowly merged into the pendant.

"I've added a layer of space-time protection for you. If you really encounter turbulent currents that you can't handle, just crush the pendant, and I'll pull you back," Lilith said, then added another sentence.

"If you die in there, I'll find it very troublesome too, hear me?"

"I hear you, I hear you," Ye Chuan laughed.

Lilith curled her lips, clearly not believing his nonsense.

However, she didn't say anything more, just waved her hand. "I'm heading back."

...

That night, on the Aether Continent, in the Holy Mountain's Sanctuary.

Pope Gregory had already been waiting in front of the altar for a long time with a group of holy knights.

Kalisia stood beside the Pope.

When Ye Chuan's figure appeared at the doorway, the little girl immediately ran over and tugged at the corner of his clothes.

"Lord Xi Xi!"

"Mhm." Ye Chuan rubbed her head, then noticed the Pope. "Is everything ready?"

"Everything is ready, Your Excellency Xi Xi," the Pope bowed and said. "As per your instructions, all the time runes have been inscribed, and all the magic power of the Holy Mountain has been gathered beneath the altar."

Ye Chuan nodded and took out that pendant from his spatial backpack, along with that entirely silver-white Hero's Sword.

"Lord Xi Xi," Kalisia bit her lower lip and whispered, "Can you really, really not take me with you? I'll be good, I absolutely won't cause any trouble! I can even help you carry things!"

"No." Ye Chuan patted Kalisia's head. "It's too dangerous. We'll meet again if there's a chance in the future."

"Really?" Kalisia's eyes lit up, but then she nodded with some disappointment. "Alright then, Lord Xi Xi, you must come back early!"

"Don't worry."

Ye Chuan smiled, took a deep breath, and directly activated the Authority of Time!

"Om!"

The pendant instantly erupted with a dazzling blue light, shining in harmony with the time runes on the altar.

An invisible temporal fluctuation spread out from the center of the altar, and the entire Holy Mountain began to tremble slightly.

In the sky, the originally pitch-black night was torn open with a massive rift, and a swirling silver vortex of time slowly took shape.

Within the vortex, countless fragments of light and shadow circulated rapidly. There was the bustling capital of the Golden Empire from a thousand years ago, and the battlefield where ancient heroes swung their swords to slay demons. The past times seemed to begin emerging scene by scene.

Is this the power of the Authority of Time?

To be honest, even Ye Chuan couldn't help but feel a little nervous when coming into contact with the power of time.

His magic power was currently being extracted in massive amounts, but fortunately, the Holy Grail replenished this portion.

Thinking about his journey so far, Lilith's help had been immense. With the existence of the Holy Grail, he could accomplish many things.

Ye Chuan flew over, then glanced back at the Pope and Kalisia below the altar, revealing a smile.

"Catch you later."

As his words fell, he leaped up and jumped into the massive time vortex.

The silver light instantly surged, swallowing his figure!

The time vortex slowly contracted, ultimately turning into a speck of starlight that disappeared into the night sky.

The Holy Mountain returned to tranquility.

Kalisia gazed at the empty sky, clenching her small fists tightly.

"Lord Xi Xi, I will definitely train hard! When you return, I want to fight the Demon King alongside you!"