"This is... the River of Time?"
Li Qi remained still, seated cross-legged within the Heavenly Dao Space as usual.
Around him was nothing, just as it always was.
Yet, within Li Qi's eyes, a vast River of Time was reflected.
The river surged ceaselessly.
Every moment, countless waves were stirred into existence, only to dissipate in the next instant, transforming into water columns.
From this, Li Qi could feel an immense sense of antiquity, and a flicker of astonishment appeared in his gaze.
Vaguely, Li Qi's heart seemed to experience some inexplicable enlightenment.
Gazing at the magnificent River of Time, Li Qi at this moment did not wish to avert his eyes, wanting only to continue watching.
To watch for ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years, a million years, even until the heavens and earth collapsed.
But in the next moment.
Suddenly, Li Qi's vision blurred for an instant.
The vast River of Time reflected in his eyes had completely vanished.
He looked around.
It had returned to the familiar, empty Heavenly Dao Space.
"Was that because I lived for a thousand years, and the system allowed me to see the River of Time for the first time?"
Li Qi murmured to himself.
He admitted that he had been shocked when he saw the River of Time just now.
He even felt that if his thousand years of existence were truly cast into that River of Time, it wouldn't even amount to a single drop of water.
Just then, the voice from the system sounded again.
[Notification: Because the host has observed the River of Time for the first time.]
[The host has gained some insight into time, and is now extracting a time-element innate talent!]
[Ding, Congratulations to the host, you have obtained the time-element innate talent "Reset."]
In an instant, a large block of information surged into Li Qi's mind.
This was an introduction to the effects of the new talent, "Reset."
[Time is not incomprehensible; the River of Time is not merely a single torrent. Beneath it lie countless complex river branches. Even great cultivators have the qualification to reach into the River of Time and extract fragments of the past.]
[Reset Effect: Set a time node pertaining to oneself. Upon death, or when voluntarily activated, the host's physical and spiritual soul state can return to the set node. Cooldown: 365 days.]
[Note: Time is not to be trifled with by everyone, and setting one's own nodes is no exception. Once the node is set, you will be unable to change it to a new node within 365 days.]
After thoroughly reading the introduction to "Reset," Li Qi's eyes lit up.
Resetting his own time node? This effect... is too incredible!
This wasn't just resetting a node; it was giving him a chance to be reborn.
Death or voluntary activation would allow his physical and spiritual soul state to return to the set node.
Doesn't that mean that if he wanted to, he could activate all sorts of secret techniques with his main body, and then, after he perished, the "Reset" talent would activate, allowing him to be reborn?
Although there was a 365-day cooldown, for Li Qi, this was more than enough.
At his level of cultivation, 365 days would pass with just a nap.
And the effect of Reset went far beyond this. Even if he later suffered from qi deviation during cultivation, or was afflicted by some curse.
As long as he activated the Reset talent, everything would return to the state at the time node he had set.
Those instances of qi deviation or curses would naturally disappear.
Because when he set his time node, he had likely not encountered such things.
However, Li Qi's brows furrowed slightly.
"If I set my time reset node to the peak of the sixth heaven of Dao Harmonization, and then I break through to the seventh heaven, but don't have time to change it, and then reset directly, wouldn't that mean I'd have to cultivate all over again in the future?"
But in the next moment, Li Qi immediately relaxed.
This minor side effect was not a big problem.
The cooldown for setting the node was also 365 days.
365 days, unless he was truly bored and decided to set his reset point during a breakthrough, it wouldn't have much impact for him.
In other words, if he were in a truly dangerous situation, he wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice a year of hard cultivation for a chance at rebirth.
"From now on, I'll change the time node once the cooldown is up, trying to choose a time node that reflects my normal state."
Li Qi muttered to himself. Setting a new time node once a year, although a bit troublesome, the insurance it provided was far superior to the inconvenience.
With a thought, Li Qi prepared to set the time node.
The next moment.
A profound and ethereal sensation appeared in Li Qi's mind.
Following that, in Li Qi's eyes, a River of Time appeared again.
However, the River of Time reflected in his eyes at this moment was incredibly small, not even a trickle.
Compared to the vast and magnificent river he had seen before, the two were worlds apart.
But Li Qi's eyes shifted slightly.
If the vast and magnificent River of Time before was the unified River of Time for all beings, for the entire universe,
Then this small reflection of the River of Time appearing before him now seemed to be none other than his own.
Another thought.
At the current flow's end of the incredibly tiny River of Time in his eyes, a phantom coordinate was etched.
This was Li Qi's current... or rather, his state just a few seconds ago.
As long as he activated the Reset talent, everything about him would be reset to the state at the location where the coordinate was etched.
The time node coordinate had been easily etched.
A smile appeared on Li Qi's face.
The system had been dormant for a long time, and now it had given him such a powerful new talent.
Indeed, your system daddy is still your system daddy.