417: Messenger of Time

Titan nodded gently; though simple, this action was enough to count as a response to Xun Xiuyuan's words.

Just as Xun Xiuyuan had turned around and was preparing to leave the area, a thoughtful expression suddenly flashed across Titan's face, as if he had abruptly remembered something important.

He quickly turned his head and shouted loudly at Xun Xiuyuan's back, "Wait a moment, there's one more thing I almost forgot to mention."

Hearing this, Xun Xiuyuan immediately stopped in his tracks, turned around, and looked at Titan with eyes full of doubt, asking in confusion, "What else do you think you need to tell me?"

Titan appeared somewhat embarrassed as he scratched his head and said with a slight hesitation, "When I first took him as my master, my mentor once left me a Communication Token. However, speaking of which, it's truly strange; so many years have passed since he gave me that token that I can't even remember exactly how long ago it was, yet this Communication Token has never rung. I didn't pay it much mind either, because I tried calling out to my mentor through the token before, but there was never any response."

Hearing this, Xun Xiuyuan's heart stirred. He knew that the mentor Titan spoke of was precisely Senior Star Swallower, who had set up the apprenticeship trial within the Time Secret Realm.

Although he was technically a Named Disciple of Senior Star Swallower in name, his treatment was far inferior to Titan's by comparison; he hadn't even received a similar Communication Token.

While Xun Xiuyuan was inwardly lamenting, Titan's voice rang out again: "However, just Ten Days ago, this long-silent Communication Token actually sent a message. Mentor said in the message that he has awakened from his long slumber, and he even casually asked about you."

Hearing this, Xun Xiuyuan couldn't help but be stunned. Regarding Senior Star Swallower, he only knew a name; he hadn't even seen the other party's face. When that colossal figure appeared back then, Xun Xiuyuan truly didn't see his face.

Thus, with a trace of indifference, he spoke up and asked, "Asked about me? He actually still remembers a Disciple like me?"

Titan nodded and said seriously, "I thought the same at the time, so I told Mentor about your general situation. Unexpectedly, after hearing it, Mentor actually said you were quite an interesting kid."

Xun Xiuyuan was listening intently for Titan to continue, only to find that Titan suddenly stopped; his words just came to an abrupt halt.

Xun Xiuyuan couldn't help but ask in confusion, "That's it? Is there anything else you haven't finished saying?"

Titan spread his hands and replied helplessly, "That's it. Mentor only said that much."

Looking at Titan's behavior, Xun Xiuyuan gave him an annoyed look and said with some dissatisfaction, "You called me back just to tell me such a nonsensical thing?"

Titan laughed somewhat awkwardly and explained, "I thought Mentor had contacted you as well, so I wanted to talk to you about it."

Hearing this, Xun Xiuyuan couldn't help but laugh out of anger. He waved his hand and said, "Contact my foot! He didn't even give me a Communication Token, how would he contact me?"

After saying this, Xun Xiuyuan spoke no more. With a flash of his figure, he disappeared from the spot, leaving Titan standing there alone, looking thoughtfully in the direction where Xun Xiuyuan had departed.

In the Void Realm where General Wu and Xun Xiuyuan had engaged in their fierce duel, the state of space remained extremely unstable. The self-destruction tactic General Wu employed during the battle had caused severe damage and trauma to this Void Realm.

Within this area filled with intricate spatial cracks, a mysterious figure was holding a strange device similar to a Compass, fully focused on performing some kind of sensing and detection.

This figure was the person who had previously volunteered to Bai Lang, strongly requesting to come to this dangerous place to perform a mission. His purpose was to backtrack time to deeply explore and uncover the truth behind General Wu's unfortunate fall.

He belonged to the Combat Department and held a special status as a Time Messenger proficient in the Law of Time.

Although his strength level had only reached the Seven-System Saint King Realm, he could still achieve time backtracking to a certain extent by relying on the secret treasure Compass in his hand.

Of course, this ability to backtrack time was not as effortless as that of those eight-system Realm Saint Kings who had mastered the Law of Time to perfection.

The Time Messenger carefully operated the Compass in his hand while whispering to himself, his tone revealing a bit of gravity: "The space-time fluctuations here are exceptionally chaotic. It seems that successfully backtracking space-time to recreate the battle scene will likely face immense difficulties and challenges."

After a period of meticulous and arduous detection and positioning, the Time Messenger finally locked onto the exact location where General Wu self-destructed, which was also the area with the most intense degree of space-time disorder.

As the Time Messenger continuously performed a series of complex operations, the scenes within the small area surrounding him began to change quietly.

Even those spatial cracks that were originally spreading rapidly and tearing through space wantonly now seemed to be suppressed by some mysterious force, slowing down.

This obvious change undoubtedly indicated that within this specific range, the flow of time was gradually slowing down—a significant result achieved by the Time Messenger through his ability to manipulate the Law of Time.

After a long wait, within this extremely narrow spatial range, the passage of time actually began to reverse, as if the river of time were flowing backward, until Xun Xiuyuan's figure appeared out of thin air without any warning.

Shortly after Xun Xiuyuan's sudden appearance came the sight of a massive explosion. It felt as if the entire space shook, yet it was like a silent film; no sound emerged.

Being able to see the imagery through time backtracking was already the Time Messenger's limit; he could not do any better.

"No wonder this place fell into such a chaotic mess. It turns out General Wu actually ended his life through self-destruction. If that's the case, then how exactly did this young man survive such a devastating explosion?"

The Time Messenger stood in place with his brow furrowed, muttering to himself as he tried to untangle these complex clues.

Because it was a backtracking of time, events that should have happened later met his eyes first. It was obvious that Xun Xiuyuan had not perished in this explosion.

To thoroughly understand the sequence of events, the Time Messenger did not dare to be the least bit slack or relaxed. He focused all his attention on continuing to manipulate the flow of time, backtracking deeper.

Soon, his vision pierced through the smoke of the explosion and saw the scene before it occurred: Xun Xiuyuan's figure abruptly vanished at that moment, just as elusive as when he had first appeared out of thin air.