The Longevity Family: Starting from the Foundation Establishment Ancestor

"Warm-up complete."

Han Mu stood beneath the phantom of the "Coffin of Origin," his voice calm yet carrying an undeniable majesty. The coffin shadow, now fused with the sixth fragment (the coffin tail), was even more solid than before, its "Origin" Daoist aura washing away the surrounding chaos and deathly aura like ripples of water, completely erasing the residual effects of the "Bone Burial Time-Eroding Array."

Shi Shi stood atop the bone altar, his face deathly pale, his eyes filled with horror and resentment. His prized array had been broken, his strongest divine power easily neutralized, and even "Shadow Time," a being of the same rank, couldn't withstand more than a few moves from Han Mu. This was completely beyond his comprehension.

"Impossible... This is impossible..." Shi Shi muttered to himself, his body subconsciously taking a step back.

"Nothing is impossible." Han Mu turned his gaze to Shi Shi, his eyes icy. "Your reliance is worthless in front of me."

Before he finished speaking, Han Mu moved. He didn't use the "Coffin of Origin" phantom again; he simply took a step, and his figure appeared in front of Eclipse as if by teleportation. He raised his hand and struck out with a palm. This palm strike seemed slow, but it actually contained the dual mysteries of "time acceleration" and "time decay." Wherever the palm wind passed, space aged and collapsed silently.

As the eclipse occurred, the ghosts were thrown into chaos. He desperately urged the remaining "rebellious" immortal power within his body to condense a dark golden shield covered in cracks in front of him, while his figure retreated rapidly.

boom!

Han Mu's palm lightly landed on the dark gold shield. Without a loud bang, the shield, like a sand sculpture weathered over millions of years, instantly turned into dust and scattered. The remaining force of his palm struck Shi Shi's hastily crossed arms in defense.

Crack! A clear sound of bone breaking rang out. Shi Shi screamed in agony as his arms bent at an eerie angle, and he flew backward like a rag doll, crashing heavily into a small mountain of bones behind him. The impact caused the mountain to collapse, burying him in the shattered bones. His life force instantly weakened to the extreme, and his fate was unknown.

After easily dealing with the Eclipse, Han Mu didn't even glance at it again. His gaze fell once more on the twisted, writhing shadow on the ground in the distance—the "Shadow Time" that he had severely injured with a single finger, barely maintaining its form, and trying to sneak away.

"Trying to run?" Han Mu raised his hand and clenched it in the void of the dark shadow.

"Time—Imprisonment".

Buzz! The space within ten feet of that shadow instantly froze, and the flow of time was forcibly reduced to zero. The shadow that Shadow Time had transformed into was like an insect frozen in amber, unable to move an inch, and even its thoughts seemed to be frozen.

Han Mu stepped forward and walked to the imprisoned shadow. He stretched out two fingers and easily probed into that frozen space-time, grasping the core of the shadow—a shadow core that was constantly changing shape.

"Ugh..." Shadow let out a painful, hoarse sound. The shadow fluctuated violently as it tried to struggle, but it was useless under the time confinement.

"Tell me, where is Shi Zun now? What is his next plan? Besides you and Shi Shi, who else is searching for the fragments and the key?" Han Mu's tone was calm, but he exerted a little force with his fingertips, and a trace of "time decay" power seeped into the core of the shadow, causing Ying Shi to let out an even more shrill scream.

"Kill...kill me! I won't say anything!" Shadow roared, his shadow core erupting with its final madness as it attempted to self-destruct.

"In front of me, you'd need my permission to die." Han Mu's eyes turned cold. He raised his other hand and pointed it at Ying Shi's shadow core. "Reincarnation—Soul Search!"

Buzz! A strange power containing the Daoist principles of "Reincarnation" surged into the core of the shadow through Han Mu's fingers. Ying Shi's scream abruptly stopped, the core of the shadow trembled violently, and the memory fragments stored inside were like pages forcibly turned in a book, with Han Mu rapidly browsing and absorbing scenes and information.

However, just as Han Mu was about to touch the core of Shadow Time's memory, the fragment about the "Time Lord's" most secret plan, a dark golden seal of extreme complexity suddenly lit up from the deepest part of Shadow Time's shadow core, bursting out with destructive power!

It's a soul restriction placed by "Time Lord"! Once someone attempts to forcibly search the soul and touch the core secret, the restriction will instantly detonate, destroying all memories and severely injuring the soul searcher!

"I was prepared for this move." Han Mu sneered, having anticipated it. A flash of light appeared on the "Origin Coffin Mark" between his brows, and an even more vast and ancient "Origin" power arrived first, transforming into a thin layer of grayish-white light membrane that instantly enveloped the dark gold seal that was about to erupt.

laugh--!

The destructive power of the dark gold seal struck the gray-white light membrane, but was easily swallowed, purified, and disintegrated, like a mud ox sinking into the sea. Han Mu's "Reincarnation Soul Search" power seized the opportunity to penetrate, breaking through the last line of defense and plundering the most valuable information in Ying Shi's memory that did not involve the core restrictions of "Time Lord".

"So that's how it is... 'Myriad Heavenly City'... 'Shadow Guild'... Refining Master Ou Yezi... The third 'Key of Time'..." A realization flashed in Han Mu's eyes. He casually tossed the Shadow Core of Shadow Time, which had lost consciousness, suffered severe damage to its soul, and become an idiot, onto the ground as if it were a piece of trash.

The entire process, though seemingly complex, actually happened in the blink of an eye. From Han Mu's attack that severely injured Shi Shi to the imprisonment and soul-searching of Shi Shi, only a few breaths passed.

In the distance, Zhou Meng, Luo Feng, Bai Ling, and Han Li, who had just joined forces to eliminate the last few stubborn "Reverse Time Alliance" Golden Immortal cultivators, were all staring at this side in a daze.

"This...this is it?" Luo Feng blinked, looking at the Eclipse in the pile of bones, then at the shadowy mass of dead dogs on the ground. "I haven't even had my fill of hacking away here, and Senior Han has already taken care of the two biggest bosses?"

"Brother Han's strength... is becoming increasingly unfathomable." Han Li took a deep breath, his eyes filled with shock. He could sense that Han Mu's application of the laws of time had reached a level that he could hardly comprehend, not to mention the supreme power originating from the "Origin".

Liu Ruyan, Li Qingzhu, and others also gathered around, their eyes filled with awe as they looked at Han Mu.

Han Mu brought up the system panel and quickly scanned it.

Name: Han Mu

[True Realm: Mid-stage Taiyi Jade Immortal (Peak state, slightly depleted)]

[The Law of Time: 87% (Deepened understanding of the application of "time acceleration," "stillness," and "separation" in practical situations)]

[Status: Good. Slight depletion. "Coffin of Origin" fragment fusion rate 25% (sixth fragment fused).]

[Celestial Aura: -6000 points]

[System Notification: Successfully defeated "Eclipse" (Late-stage Taiyi Jade Immortal) and "Shadow Time" (Mid-stage Taiyi Jade Immortal). Gained combat experience. Obtained key information from the remnant soul of "Shadow Time": The clue to the third "Key of Time" fragment points to the Shadow Guild of "Myriad Realms Heavenly City".]

"My lord, what do we do next..." Liu Ruyan asked.

Han Mu closed the panel and turned his gaze to the depths of the "Eternal Star Tomb," where the core area of ​​the "Star Tomb" was hidden, and where more dangers and opportunities were also concealed.

"Let's leave this area first, find a safe place to rest, interrogate Eclipse, and see what information we can extract from him," Han Mu said. "Then... we'll go to 'Myriad Manifestations Heavenly City'."