The Longevity Family: Starting from the Foundation Establishment Ancestor

"The three teams with the character 'Heaven' in their names, Heavenly Fiends. You have three breaths to commit suicide, leaving your corpses intact."

Tian Sha's icy voice echoed in the cramped cabin, carrying the absolute pressure of a peak Golden Immortal, like an invisible mountain pressing down on Han Mu and Zhou Meng. The two late-stage Golden Immortal cultivators behind him wore cruel smiles, like cats toying with mice, each locking onto their targets.

Han Mu's expression was serious, but he remained calm. He quickly glanced at the system panel, assessing the current situation and available cards.

Name: Han Mu

[True Realm: Peak Golden Immortal (Minor Injury, nearly half of power depleted, essence stabilized)]

[Time Rule: 60% of the Beginner Level]

[Status: The "Time Reversal" incantation has just been cast, consuming a significant amount of resources. The "Source Coffin Mark" is active due to resonance. The fragments of the "Coffin of Origin" exert a strong attraction and desire on the core targets of the Abyss.]

[Celestial Aura: -9000 points]

[Available trump cards: Temporary buff "Time Guardian's Guidance"; "Hourglass of Time" projection core (damaged, can be detonated); "Coffin of Origin" fragment resonance (uncontrollable, high risk).]

A direct confrontation would almost certainly result in certain death, but the opponent's attention seems to be somewhat distracted due to the changes at the Abyss Core and the eruption of the "Time Lord's" will. This presents an opportunity.

"Three." Tian Sha began to count down, raising his hand as a dark golden energy ball filled with destructive energy condensed in his palm.

"Two." The two late-stage Golden Immortals behind him also summoned their magical treasures: a gray bone sword and a shield covered with spikes.

"One..." The killing intent in Tian Sha's eyes surged.

However, just as the word "one" was about to be uttered—

Rumble, rumble, rumble—!!!

A deafening roar, even more terrifying than before and resembling the shattering of stars, suddenly erupted from the core area of ​​the "Abyss of Silence"! An indescribable storm of violent energy, a mixture of "origin" and "end," "order" and "chaos," burst forth from the dark vortex at the very center of the abyss, instantly engulfing most of the "Abyss of Silence"! The dark golden "Hourglass of Time" phantom suspended above the abyss trembled violently, and several clear cracks appeared on its surface! Countless energy chains connecting the cages snapped, more cages lost their light, and the prisoners inside cried out in terror or relief.

"What's going on?! The core experimental field has gone out of control?!" Tian Sha's expression changed drastically, and he abruptly turned to look in the direction of the abyss, even the energy ball in his hand fluctuated. The two late-stage Golden Immortals behind him also subconsciously looked over.

It's now!

"Zhou Meng, lower your head!" Han Mu shouted sharply. In the instant the other party was distracted, he channeled all the remaining, but sufficiently pure, power of the Time Law within his body, combined with the "Source Coffin Mark," into his eyes, and unleashed one of his strongest time-based divine abilities upon Tian Sha and the other two—

"Time—frozen!"

*Whoosh!* An invisible yet vast power of time erupted from Han Mu's center. It wasn't a wide-ranging influence, but rather highly concentrated, precisely enveloping the small area where Tian Sha and his companions were located! Under Han Mu's all-out effort, the flow of time in that area suddenly slowed to an extreme, almost stopping! The astonishment on Tian Sha's face, his raised hand as if to attack, and the way the two late-stage Golden Immortal cultivators turned to look around—all seemed to be frozen in time. Although they were still moving extremely slowly, they had completely lost the initiative!

"Die!" Han Mu's figure shot out like a ghost, a gray-white longsword formed entirely from the power of time appearing in his hand without him even realizing it. He first appeared in front of the two late-stage Golden Immortal cultivators whose movements were almost frozen, his sword flashing like lightning!

puff!puff!

Two heads flew up with expressions of disbelief and horror. Their spirits, attempting to escape, were instantly eroded and annihilated by the time-corroding power contained within the sword light. Instant kill!

"Damn it!" Tian Sha was, after all, a peak Golden Immortal, and his resistance to the laws of time far surpassed that of others of the same level. While Han Mu was instantly killing two of his subordinates, he actually managed to break free from part of the "Time Freeze" restraints. His eyes blazed with fury, and he recklessly hurled the dark gold energy ball in his hand at Han Mu, who was right in front of him! Although the speed and power of this attack were greatly reduced due to the time slowdown, the furious attack of a peak Golden Immortal was still terrifying!

Han Mu's old strength had just dissipated and new strength had not yet been generated; he was about to be hit by the energy ball.

"Senior Han, be careful!" Zhou Meng roared and rushed over without regard for anything else, trying to block him with his body, but he was too far away and his speed was not fast enough.

At the critical moment, the fragment of the "Coffin of Origin" in Han Mu's arms seemed to be completely ignited by the more intense anomalies and primordial aura from the core of the abyss, bursting out with unprecedented heat and light! An incomparably powerful force of attraction and guidance emanated from the fragment, not targeting the enemy, but... targeting Han Mu himself, forcibly pulling him towards the core of the abyss!

The force came suddenly and violently, and Han Mu's body was involuntarily pulled backward, narrowly avoiding the greatly weakened energy ball attack from Tian Sha! The energy ball flew past the hem of Han Mu's clothes and slammed into the cabin wall, blasting a large hole.

"Trying to run?!" Tian Sha broke free from the time freeze and saw Han Mu being pulled backward by a strange force. Thinking that Han Mu was trying to escape, he immediately chased after him. At the same time, he formed a hand seal and a dark golden spatial chain shot towards Han Mu to bind him.

However, the pull of the fragment of the "Coffin of Origin" was too strong, and its speed was unbelievably fast. Han Mu's figure was as if grasped by an invisible giant hand, turning into a gray-white stream of light, instantly rushing out of the cabin hole, and shooting towards the core of the "Abyss of Silence," the dark vortex, and the direction where a terrifying energy storm was erupting! Tian Sha's spatial chains only managed to touch the tail of the stream of light before drooping helplessly.

"Damn it! How could he... be attracted to the core? Could it be..." Tian Sha chased to the edge of the hole, looking in the direction Han Mu disappeared, his expression shifting uncertainly. He seemed to have realized something, a hint of surprise and greed flashing in his eyes, which then turned into ruthlessness. "Chase! Notify all 'Tian' squads and guards that an intruder carrying a 'Source Coffin Fragment' has been drawn to the core, suspected to be related to the core's unusual activity! Kill without mercy, seize the fragment!"

He glanced at Zhou Meng, who stood frozen in place, then at the chaotic and alarm-sounding outer perimeter of the "Abyss of Return to Silence." Temporarily disregarding this "minor character," he blurred into a streak of dark golden light and raced after Han Mu in the direction he had vanished. More "Heaven" level cultivators and powerful auras began to rise from various parts of the "Abyss of Return to Silence," surging towards its core.

Inside the cabin, only a shaken Zhou Meng remained, along with the increasingly chaotic scene outside.

"Senior Han..." Zhou Meng stared at the direction Han Mu had disappeared in, gritted his teeth, and turned to rush outside. He had to tell Han Li and Liu Ruyan immediately! Han Mu had been forcibly taken to the most dangerous core; he had to find a way to rescue him!

At this moment, Han Li, at the rendezvous point in the canyon, also sensed the earth-shattering change in the core of the "Abyss of Return to Silence" and the countless terrifying auras rising up through the formation, and his expression turned extremely ugly.

"Brother Han... what exactly did you trigger?" Han Li murmured, his hands rapidly calculating, trying to find a trace of Han Mu and his life force amidst the chaotic celestial secrets. He vaguely sensed that the main fragment of the "Coffin of Origin" that had been refined at the core of the abyss seemed to have violently resisted due to some excessive action or accident by the "Time Lord," and the resonance of the fragment on Han Mu's body had inadvertently become a "catalyst" or a "key"?

Whether it's a blessing or a curse is hard to predict. But one thing is certain: the true eye of the storm is right now at the core of the "Abyss of Silence," and Han Mu has already been swept into the very center of the storm!

Meanwhile, at the deepest part of the "Abyss of Silence," at the core of the dark vortex, a colossal, grayish-white ancient coffin, its surface covered in cracks and adorned with dark gold chains, trembled violently, as if trying to break free from endless suppression and refining. From within the coffin, a faint, ancient, weary sigh, now tinged with surprise and resolve, echoed.

"A shared aura... the last carrier of the fragment... has the time finally come...?"