As the parallel spacetime of the Shi Xu Realm shattered, the Primal Time King, having vented his rage, calmed down.
"No, all the remaining light stones from the parallel spacetimes must be retrieved, lest that scoundrel Wang Liren steal them again!"
After calming down, the Primal Time King was still wary of being stolen from. He immediately dispatched countless clones to collect all the light stones he had placed in the various parallel spacetimes.
Deprived of their light stones, those parallel spacetimes lost their stability and eventually annihilated into the void.
Although those were the Primal Time King's life's work, he could no longer afford to care about them at this moment.
He could only cut his losses in time before catching the thief.
Having retrieved all the light stones, the Primal Time King breathed a sigh of relief. Then, his gaze fell upon the seven large characters at the bottom of the time pit, and a cold smile curved his lips!
"Hmph! Wang Liren, you think leaving these words is a provocation to this King, and that I can do nothing to you... Unfortunately, you have underestimated my methods!"
"Next, this King will show you what it means to be a Time King!"
Boom!
As his words fell, a vast expanse of time rivers appeared around the Primal Time King, the waters of time flowing ceaselessly, connecting the past, present, and future.
A dense spacetime force materialized around the Primal Time King.
"What pure spacetime power!" Bai Lan exclaimed involuntarily upon sensing the Primal Time King's spacetime power.
Even though she had absorbed a massive amount of light stones, enabling her to create a new spacetime in an instant, the spacetime power she wielded was still too nascent and vulnerable compared to the Primal Time King's!
Ye Ling, standing beside her, also sensed the power unleashed by the Primal Time King, his brow furrowing slightly.
In his opinion, the spacetime power Bai Lan currently wielded was already sufficient. However, from the current situation, it was far from enough for Bai Lan to deal with the Primal Time King.
"It seems I still need to weaken the Primal Time King myself. Bai Lan is not yet qualified to confront the Primal Time King."
After refreshing his understanding of the Primal Time King, Ye Ling decided to keep Bai Lan hidden, treating her as his ultimate trump card.
When Bai Lan acts, it must be a fatal blow!
Under the powerful concealment of the source text, the Primal Time King was unaware that two pairs of eyes were staring at him right under his nose.
At this moment, all his attention was captured by the name "Wang Liren."
"This King will find everyone named 'Wang Liren' since the birth of the Primal Chaos... No matter how well you hide, scoundrel, once this King locks onto you, you will have nowhere to escape!"
The Primal Time King gritted his teeth and said, plunging his massive palm into the river of time, stirring it incessantly.
Within the Primal Chaos, all beings named "Wang Liren," whether human or dog, god or demon... any being that existed in the history of the Primal Chaos, at this moment, came into the Primal Time King's sight.
"Not this one... nor this one."
"Too weak, this one is also weak... This one's strength is decent, but he was annihilated billions of years ago, so it's not him either."
The Primal Time King rapidly sifted through all the Wang Liren, trying to find the one most likely to have stolen the light stones from the Shi Xu Realm.
However, after examining all the Wang Liren in the Primal Chaos, the Primal Time King found no one who fit his criteria!
Those who were sufficiently powerful had already perished, and those still alive were all weaklings. Let alone coming to the Shi Xu Realm, they couldn't even travel within the Primal Chaos!
"Not a single one meets the criteria... Could it be that this is a false name?"
Failing to find his target, the Primal Time King gradually realized that the person who stole the light stones might have left a false name!
"Hmph! Despicable thief, you think leaving a false name can fool this King? You are too naive!"
Upon realizing the name at the bottom of the time pit was a false one, the Primal Time King was not angered but rather a hint of amusement appeared in his eyes.
A false name was troublesome, but it wasn't as if he couldn't find the truth!
The Primal Time King waved his large hand, pouring a vast amount of spacetime power into the source text at the bottom of the time pit, beginning to trace back time.
Seeing this, Bai Lan couldn't help but worry, "Master, will the Primal Time King find us through his spacetime power?"
Having mastered spacetime power, Bai Lan had also learned some time-related techniques. She knew that the Primal Time King could use some method to locate Ye Ling through the words Ye Ling had written.
"Don't worry... I want him to use his spacetime power to influence my source text," Ye Ling said with a confident smile, seemingly unconcerned about the Primal Time King finding him.
However, Ye Ling's complexion turned unusually pale, and even the source text used to conceal his aura became somewhat illusory.
"Is it my imagination? Master, your complexion doesn't look very good."
Seeing Ye Ling's pale face, Bai Lan's worry deepened.
Although Ye Ling appeared confident at the moment, his complexion and state did not inspire confidence.
"It's nothing, your master just used a small trick earlier, and the consumption was quite significant," Ye Ling chuckled.
Within the source text he had left at the bottom of the time pit, he had also used even smaller source texts to customize the future.
Because the Primal Time King was likely to foresee future events, the future customized by Ye Ling would not take effect immediately but would require certain conditions to be met.
Now that Ye Ling had preemptively set a trap and consumed enough energy... when he recovered his strength and battled the Primal Time King again, the future he had customized with source text would play a significant role!
Seeing that his source text had quietly infiltrated the Primal Time King's spacetime power, Ye Ling then began to use his creation power to replenish his depleted spiritual energy, saying to Bai Lan, "Let's go, Lan'er. All the time pits in the parallel spacetimes have been destroyed, and your cultivation should be able to continue to improve. Let's return to the Shi Xu Realm now."
"Aren't we watching anymore?" Bai Lan was surprised when Ye Ling suddenly wanted to leave. "Master, aren't you afraid the Primal Time King will find us through the source text?"
"You underestimate the source text too much; he won't find us," Ye Ling chuckled. "Let's go. The information I've left for him is enough to mislead him for a while. We'll use this time to continue accumulating strength."
"When your strength is sufficient, the Primal Time King's death knell will sound."
Ye Ling smiled and, taking Bai Lan with him, left the shattered parallel spacetime and returned to the Shi Xu Realm.
Meanwhile, the Primal Time King, completely unaware of Ye Ling's plan, had successfully extracted a false illusion from Ye Ling's source text, believing he had caught the thief.
"Finally, this King has caught you! No matter who you are or where you flee... this King will bring you back!"
Seeing the false illusion and locating the false aura, the Primal Time King immediately vanished from his spot and pursued out of the Shi Xu Realm!
On the other side, within the Shi Xu Realm, everything unfolded as Ye Ling had predicted.
As the Primal Time King retrieved all the light stones and all the time pits shattered, Bai Lan's cultivation lock finally disappeared, and her cultivation realm surged once more!