The Longevity Family: Starting from the Foundation Establishment Ancestor

The palpitations were persistent and only subsided slowly after several breaths.

Han Mu knew that it wasn't an illusion. The commotion caused by the gray-white ancient coffin's autonomous awakening and annihilation of the "Reverse Time Alliance" inspector had likely already attracted the attention of that mysterious organization. Although the two gray phantoms that appeared last hadn't met face to face, the cold "gaze" cast from the distant void still sent chills down his spine.

"We must leave the depths of the Chaos Sea as soon as possible, find a completely secluded place to heal, and find out the details of this ancient coffin and the 'Reverse Time Alliance'." Han Mu felt urgent. The lingering chilling power of time erosion from the wound on his forehead constantly stung his nerves, reminding him that his injury was not optimistic. He took a deep breath and pushed his escape speed to the limit, pulling Yun Li through the chaotic void currents and meteorite belts, constantly changing direction and setting up layers of false spacetime disturbances to try to confuse any possible pursuers.

He fled for three full days, until he felt he had completely left the area where the ancient battlefield ruins were located, and entered a more desolate asteroid belt on the outer edge of the Chaos Sea, where even a few scattered luminous celestial bodies were rare. Only then did Han Mu reluctantly slow down. He selected a huge, jet-black meteorite with a diameter of over a hundred miles, and deep within a natural crack on its shady side, he set up the strongest concealment and defense formation he could currently deploy. The formation was based on his own power of time, combined with several of his most treasured formation plates. When fully activated, it was enough to block the detection of divine sense below the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, and had a strong effect on confusing fluctuations in time.

Having done all this, Han Mu could no longer hold on. He sat cross-legged and spat out a mouthful of black blood mixed with icy shards. The chilling, time-corroding power left by the "Reverse Time Alliance" inspector's finger was extremely troublesome, like a bone-deep ailment, constantly destroying his life force, freezing his immortal power, and even subtly eroding his understanding of the laws of time. If it weren't for his own resistance to the power of time, and the slight neutralization from the last emanation of the ancient coffin, he would probably have frozen to death long ago.

"Senior!" Yun Li was shocked upon seeing this and rushed forward to help, but she didn't know where to start. That level of time power was far beyond her reach.

Han Mu waved his hand to indicate that it was alright, took a deep breath, and summoned the system panel. The most urgent task was to expel this corrosive force and stabilize his injuries.

Name: Han Mu

[True Realm: Late Golden Immortal (Severely injured, unstable realm, slipping to the edge of mid-Golden Immortal)]

[Surface Realm: Mid-stage True Immortal]

[The Law of Time: 8% of the Beginner Level (Erosion Influenced, Understanding Vague)]

[Status: Severe Dao injury (time erosion), multiple meridians frozen, depleted essence and blood, damaged soul, and remnants of the backlash from the Bursting Yuan Pill.]

[Celestial Aura: -4502 points (Overdrafted, needs to be replenished within two months)]

[Temporary Mission: Expel the "Power of Reversal" and stabilize injuries. Recommended Exchange: Grade 5 elixir "Time Reversal Pill (Fragment)," requires prepayment of cultivation earnings over the next three months. Exchange now?]

A Time Reversal Pill? The name alone suggests its extraordinary nature, but the price is high—it directly advances the next three months. However, there's no other choice at the moment. Han Mu decisively confirmed the exchange.

A pill the size of a longan, with pale silver ripples of light flowing across its surface, appeared in his hand. The light around him distorted slightly upon receiving the pill. Han Mu swallowed it without hesitation.

The elixir dissolved, not to provide overwhelming medicinal power, but to transform into a strange, cool torrent of time, washing over the parts of the body that had been eroded and frozen by the chilling power. This torrent of time seemed to possess the properties of "repair" and "restoration." Wherever it passed, the eroded meridians, flesh, and even the soul seemed to flow backward in time, slowly returning to their pre-injury state. Although slow, the effect was remarkable; the bone-chilling chill was being forced out and dissolved little by little.

Taking this opportunity, Han Mu also took out a large amount of immortal crystals and healing pills to assist him in fully circulating his cultivation technique to repair other injuries and stabilize his realm, which was on the verge of falling.

Yun Li stood silently by, protecting the formation while vigilantly sensing the situation outside.

Time passed slowly. The meteorite belt was deathly silent, save for the occasional meteorite fragment streaking across the distance and subtle ripples in space. Han Mu's aura gradually stabilized, and a trace of color returned to his face. The wound on his forehead had completely healed, leaving only a faint gray mark—a remnant of the time-eroding power being removed, which would require more time to fade.

Just as Han Mu's injuries had healed by nearly half and he was preparing to make a final attempt to refine the shrunken ancient coffin in his arms and explore its mysteries—

A sensing jade talisman that had been quietly suspended at the entrance of the crack, acting as a watchdog, shattered without warning.

It wasn't an attack, nor an energy shock, but rather it seemed to have been "erased" by some invisible force, instantly turning into dust without even issuing a warning.

Then, the second, the third... the outer warning barrier set up by Han Mu collapsed one after another like dominoes, starting from the outermost edge, with extremely fast speed and clear direction, pointing directly to the depths of the crack where they were!

"Someone's here! Breaking the warning barrier! They're moving very fast, and their methods... are very strange. I can't sense any immortal power or law fluctuations at all!" Yun Li's expression changed drastically, and she urgently transmitted her voice.

Han Mu suddenly opened his eyes, a flash of silver light disappearing within them. His injuries hadn't healed, but his senses had largely returned. He could "hear" an extremely subtle "rustling" sound, like grains of sand flowing through time, penetrating layers of rock and arrays, rapidly spreading from afar. It wasn't a sound, but rather the traces of time being slightly disturbed, "flipped through," and "examined"!

It's the "Reverse Time Alliance"! How did they manage to catch up here so quickly? And with such precision!

Han Mu's heart sank. The methods the other party used to track him far exceeded his expectations. Was it the aura of the gray-white ancient coffin that was leaking out? Or was he marked when he killed the patrol envoy? Or perhaps, the other party possessed some kind of heaven-defying method to track the traces of time?

There was no time to think. The rustling sound had reached the entrance of the crack. The strongest concealment and defense array he had set up began to flicker violently, its array patterns glowing and dimming. It was unable to withstand the erosion of that invisible and intangible power that seemed to penetrate time itself, and was being rapidly analyzed and disintegrated!

"Go!" Han Mu made a decisive move, quickly putting away the not-yet-fully-stabilized array core, grabbing Yun Li, and rushing towards the deeper part of the crack and the interior of the meteorite! At the same time, he unleashed a temporal turbulence, disrupting the remaining aura and time trajectory behind him.

However, the rustling sound was like a leech, relentlessly pursuing them, and even faster! Moreover, this time, it was no longer a single sound, but split into three, flanking them from different directions and blocking all possible escape routes!

A cold, rigid, and emotionless mental fluctuation, like a chilling spiderweb, descended simultaneously from three directions, completely locking down the area:

"Those who steal time, hand over the fragments of the Source Coffin, and may have their bodies preserved intact."