Douluo Continent: The Ruler of Time, Reigning Supreme

Chapter 121 Heavenly Dragon Douluo, Jade Tower
Just as they were locked in fierce combat, in the distance, the massive figure of Titan Snow Demon King, as large as a mountain, and the ferocious roar of Ice Bear King Xiaobai could be faintly heard. However, they were also intercepted by other Title Douluo-level Nirvana Corpses from the Hall of Rebirth, and a new battle broke out.

The entire far north core area has been transformed into a chaotic and brutal super battlefield.

Dragon City, atop its majestic city walls.

Yu Chonglou, the Heavenly Dragon Douluo, stood with his hands behind his back, his brocade robe embroidered with the blue lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex emblem fluttering in the biting north wind.

His face was resolute, his eyes sharp as lightning, but now his brows were furrowed as he gazed into the depths of the far north.

There, where there was originally only eternal cold and silence, now faintly emanated a kind of fluctuation that made even a level 95 Super Douluo feel a chill in his heart.

It was not a clear sound, but a kind of "frenzy" and "lament" that permeated the elements of heaven and earth.

The subtle tremors in the space and the abnormally disordered flow of soul power were like pebbles thrown into an ancient well, creating ripples in the calm lake of his heart.

"A troubled autumn..."

He muttered to himself, his voice low and tinged with a barely perceptible worry.

He could sense that one or more battles, far beyond his imagination, were taking place in the distant north.

The level of that energy had already reached the limit of his understanding, and even... surpassed it.

Should I go and find out? This thought was fleeting and quickly extinguished.

The far north was already a forbidden zone for humans, and now it has become the center of an unknown and terrifying vortex.

As the sect leader of the Heavenly Dragon Sect, he bears the weight of the sect's rise and fall. How could he risk his life for mere curiosity? That would not be courage, but foolishness.

If you rush in rashly, you might really never return.

"Pass the order."

Yu Chonglou said in a deep voice without turning his head.

"Effective immediately, Dragon City is under martial law. Defense and patrols on the northern city wall will be strengthened. All disciples are not allowed to leave the city without orders, especially not to approach the far north."

"Yes, Master."

A respectful response came from the shadows.

Yu Chonglou took one last deep look at the gloomy sky that seemed to be brewing a storm, then turned around and walked steadily down the city wall.

All he could do was hold on.

...

Meanwhile, in the far north, hundreds of miles from the storm's center.

"boom--!!!"

Another deep, thunderous roar rolled in from afar. Even from such a great distance, it still made people's eardrums ache, and the ice beneath their feet trembled slightly.

The air was thick with the raging ice element and another lingering aura of sacred majesty, making it suffocating.

The color drained from Zhang Lexuan's beautiful face, leaving only utter solemnity and horror.

She grabbed Yin Chen's wrist, her voice urgent: "Let's go, get out of here right now."

At this moment, all the academy missions and the investigation of the Nirvana Corpse seemed so insignificant.

The battle fluctuations emanating from afar sent shivers down her spine with each collision; they were destructive energies powerful enough to easily tear apart her, a Soul Douluo.

She couldn't even imagine what kind of beings the two sides in the battle were. Title Douluo? Probably far more than that.

Her only thought at that moment was to get Yin Chen away from this area that had been turned into a hellish place as quickly as possible. Yin Chen was being pulled along by her, moving at high speed involuntarily between the white snow and broken ice.

Zhang Lexuan pushed the speed of Contra to its limit, her figure transforming into a blurry streak of light, flying almost close to the ground, trying her best to avoid the ice cliffs that were constantly collapsing due to the energy impact and the huge ice fissures that had opened up.

The wind and snow swept in, carrying a biting chill and chaotic fragments of energy.

Despite the bumps and rapid speed, Yin Chen's gaze remained unusually calm as he focused on Zhang Lexuan's profile, which appeared even more supple and beautiful due to her tense posture.

He could feel the slight dampness and pressure from her palm, a sign of intense tension and worry.

"I'm sorry, Senior Sister."

Yin Chen silently uttered a sentence in his heart.

He couldn't just leave like that; he still had things to do.

Having made up his mind, Yin Chen quietly took action.

His control over his soul power had long since reached a state of perfection, especially after he created the exquisite Qi-flow technique, his micro-manipulation of his own energy far surpassed that of his peers.

While Zhang Lexuan was focused on sensing the possible disturbed and ferocious soul beasts ahead, one of Yin Chen's four extraordinary soul rings—the deep black ten-thousand-year soul ring—flickered extremely discreetly. Its light was as faint as a candle in the wind, and it was instantly annihilated by the protective soul power and the surrounding violent energy environment.

Fourth Soul Skill: This Moment and That Moment.

At that moment, only Yin Chen himself, and the Time Ruler Ishtar in his mental space, could feel an invisible "anchor" that transcended ordinary cause and effect being quietly thrown into the downstream of the river of time.

The "result" he set his sights on was very simple.

On the subsequent evacuation route, they encountered a large-scale horde of spirit beasts from the far north, which was difficult to break through quickly, severely hindering their journey.

The result comes before the cause.

The threads of world rules begin to silently converge and weave, ensuring that this anchored "future" will inevitably occur.

The moment the soul skill was activated, Yin Chen clearly felt that the soul power in his body suddenly decreased by a bit, and even felt a slight fatigue in his spirit.

Interfering with fate, even by just prying open a tiny crack, will never come at a light price.

Almost at the same time, just as Zhang Lexuan and Yin Chen had just bypassed a huge ice peak that was constantly sliding down due to the tremors, the ice valley in front of them, which had been relatively calm, suddenly changed.

"Ouch——!"

"Roar!!!"

"Hiss—!"

Suddenly, all sorts of shrill, terrified, and furious roars of beasts rang out from all directions.

The northern spirit beasts, which had been hiding in ice crevices, snow caves, or trembling with fear from the battle's fluctuations, seemed to have simultaneously received some kind of wrong signal, or were driven by some kind of "inevitable" rule in the dark, and frantically poured out of their hiding places.

Icefield wolves, snow demon leopards, ice giant pythons, frost-winged demons... tens of thousands.

Most of them are thousand-year-old soul beasts, but there are also a few ten-thousand-year-old beings with fierce auras and huge bodies.

Their eyes were bloodshot, filled with fear and aggression, and like a flood bursting its banks, they instantly blocked the smoothest evacuation routes in Zhang Lexuan's plan.

These soul beasts weren't specifically targeting them; they were more like headless flies, scrambling around, colliding and biting each other. But their sheer number and indiscriminate chaos created the most dangerous obstacle.

Zhang Lexuan abruptly stopped, shielding Yin Chen behind her, her face turning extremely grim.

She looked around and saw nothing but swarms of beasts and swirling snow dust, completely obscuring the once clear path.

(End of this chapter)