Ye Ling nodded as Wang Liren agreed, saying, "Follow me, and be careful."
Although Wang Liren's current strength would offer no help in rescuing Xue Sha and Li Xiaoxiao, and would even be a hindrance, Ye Ling had realized after this incident that the opponent was not a simple force.
He and Shen Bing naturally had no fear of their adversaries, but the other members of the Demon Palace were different.
Currently, the Demon Palace was being targeted by countless gods and Buddhas. If the Demon Palace relied solely on Ye Ling to support it, even a slight oversight on his part would lead to its complete collapse.
Therefore, it was best for every member of the Demon Palace to possess the ability to protect themselves, so as not to be completely defenseless when a crisis struck.
While Wang Liren's innate talent was slightly lacking, if he were to directly interact with the laws of the Great Dao, his progress would be far faster than that of ordinary extraordinary individuals, and reaching the pinnacle of the Three Realms would not be difficult.
In the current situation, Ye Ling had no time to slowly cultivate his wings, so he could only resort to other methods to make his wings full.
Dealing with that mysterious person, Ye Ling did not believe he couldn't even protect a single Wang Liren.
Seeing that Ye Ling was truly going to take him, Wang Liren also became serious. He said to Ye Ling, "Your Majesty, I will be careful. If I truly become a burden, Your Majesty, you don't need to mind me. My life and death are my own responsibility."
Ye Ling chuckled upon hearing Wang Liren's serious demeanor, "Are you looking down on me? With your abilities, can you possibly be a burden to me?"
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Wang Liren faltered for a moment, then could only force an awkward laugh, "S-sorry, I was being presumptuous. A pendant should know its place as a pendant..."
"Enough, time is pressing. Keep up with me quickly." Ye Ling did not waste any more words with Wang Liren and immediately stepped into the spatial rift. Wang Liren followed closely.
Within the spatial rift was a tunnel constructed from time.
The semi-transparent little bird was chasing after the temporal fragments that Xue Sha had painstakingly left behind, with Ye Ling and Wang Liren following closely.
Wang Liren looked at the tunnel with countless fragmented scenes flashing by, his eyes filled with shock.
The scenes on both sides of this tunnel were all his past!
Wang Liren exclaimed in shock upon seeing the scenes in the tunnel, "What exactly is going on? Why can this tunnel see my past?"
Ye Ling explained, "This is a space I forcefully assembled within the currents of time. The scenes you are seeing are merely the disordered time here reflecting your past. If someone else were to come here, it would reflect their past."
Wang Liren asked, puzzled, "Then why can't I see Your Majesty's past?"
Ye Ling replied, "I have mastered the laws of time and am not bound by it, so it naturally cannot be reflected here."
"Alright..."
Wang Liren did not know how to refute Ye Ling's explanation, but he still had other questions and continued to ask, "Since this is not memory, but a reflection of time, then there should be both the past and the future. Why can't I see my future?"
Ye Ling said, "It's the same. I am not bound by time. After you met me, your future became uncontrollable. The time here naturally cannot reflect your future."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Wang Liren's mouth twitched, "S-so that's how it is..."
Just by interacting with Ye Ling, his fate and karma had been altered... Wang Liren could no longer imagine what kind of existence Ye Ling truly was in this world.
"God" seemed insufficient to describe him.
With Ye Ling's patient explanations, Wang Liren gained an abstract concept of the laws of time and gradually began to have some enlightenment.
His spiritual energy, which was originally as calm as still water, began to stir.
"I'm about to break through?"
Wang Liren was immensely shocked, never expecting that merely following Ye Ling through a tunnel would already show signs of a breakthrough!
Ye Ling, on the other hand, was not surprised by Wang Liren's change and did not comment further.
Everything here was an experience only those who had mastered the laws of time could undergo.
What Wang Liren was experiencing now was an opportunity that countless sages would have sought in vain.
If Wang Liren couldn't break through in such a place, then he might as well be considered useless and start anew.
There was no concept of time in this temporal tunnel. Ye Ling led Wang Liren through the tunnel, and although it seemed to take a long time, in reality, only an instant had passed in the outside world, giving Ye Ling ample time to enlighten Wang Liren.
Thus, as Ye Ling searched for Xue Sha's trail and personally taught Wang Liren along the way, the bird flying from the River of the Great Dao finally sensed Xue Sha's residual temporal signature at a tunnel exit.
"It's here..."
Seeing the bird disappear into the tunnel exit, Ye Ling also stopped and said to Wang Liren, who was still digesting the knowledge he had just gained, "From now on, this is my business. You just watch from behind."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Wang Liren immediately snapped back to attention and excitedly said to Ye Ling, "U-understood... Thank you, Your Majesty, for bestowing this fortune upon me!"
At this moment, Wang Liren's gaze towards Ye Ling was filled with gratitude.
The experiences Ye Ling had guided him through were beyond his imagination in terms of their magnitude of fortune!
After what had just happened, Wang Liren even felt that he had no regrets even if he were to die.
"To hear the Dao in the morning, and die in the evening..."
Perhaps this was what the ancient sages had sought.
However, Ye Ling could no longer listen to Wang Liren's words. Upon finding Xue Sha's trail, he had completely focused his attention on her.
After all, rescuing her was the key this time.
Tearing open the spatial tunnel, Ye Ling and Wang Liren arrived at a Gobi Desert.
This was still Earth. There were several cities around the Gobi Desert, which seemed quite prosperous.
However, the Gobi Desert itself was desolate, with nothing there.
This place was filled with craters, indicating severe damage. It was clear that a fierce battle had just taken place here.
"There's the aura of Xue Sha's battle here, and it hasn't been long since it was left. The opponent shouldn't have gone far."
Ye Ling scanned the entire Gobi Desert with his divine soul, locking onto Xue Sha's departure direction. Just as he was about to pursue Xue Sha, the entire Gobi Desert began to shake violently.
"What happened?"
Wang Liren fell to the ground, shocked to see a large formation light up from beneath the ground.
Blinding blue light shot up into the sky.
"Is this a teleportation formation?" Ye Ling's eyes slightly changed as he saw the rising formation, and he instinctively moved to destroy it.
However, Ye Ling stopped himself at the moment he was about to destroy the formation, allowing the teleportation formation to transport them away!
Realizing what the opponent intended to do, Ye Ling's eyes flashed with endless coldness as he disappeared, "This guy truly has some cunning methods!"
The teleportation formation was connected to the entire Gobi Desert. If he had truly destroyed the formation, the space where the Gobi Desert was located would have completely collapsed!
In that case, with the spatial chaos, he would not only lose the trace of Xue Sha that he had finally captured, but the cities surrounding the desert would also turn to dust in an instant!
The opponent was threatening him with the lives of hundreds of thousands of mortals!