Douluo Continent, a world-sharing system, but only one.

Chapter 60 "Shi Yu's" Metamorphosis, "Timeline"

Feeling the faint warmth emanating from the girl's lower abdomen through a layer of fabric in his palm, Jiang Ci'an's gaze turned serious. He channeled his soul power, slowly enveloping the strange golden pattern that was beginning to heat up, and then adjusted its shape.

This was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune, as he could, to some extent, customize the shape of the contractual mark left by signing the contract.

Otherwise, it would be too strange to let Wang Dong'er have this tattoo on her lower abdomen every day... even if it's gold in color.

Wang Dong'er remained motionless.

She looked down at the hand pressed against her lower abdomen, her blue-pink eyes reflecting the boy's earnest expression.

I don't know if it's just my imagination.

Perhaps it was this guy's soul power, or perhaps it was simply the fact that his hand was touching her; in any case, she felt...

Is your body feeling warm?

It wasn't the warmth of being washed by soul power, but a kind of heat that emanated from the very bones, indescribable and inexplicable.

It's not hot, it's not uncomfortable, you could even say it's quite comfortable, but something just doesn't feel right.

She didn't say a word, her breathing became slightly heavier, and she stared intently at the face of the boy so close to her, remaining motionless and inexplicably obedient.

In the distance, in the center of the training field.

As Xiao Xiao was diligently training her physique, her peripheral vision inadvertently swept over this side.

There she was, her childhood sweetheart's hand was placed on her best friend's lower abdomen, and her best friend was staring intently at her childhood sweetheart, her eyes practically drooling.

Two figures were standing extremely close, their posture intimate, completely crossing the line...

"???"

Xiao Xiao's training movements suddenly paused slightly without her noticing.

no...

How do I feel?

Something's really wrong!

Xiao Xiao immediately lost all interest in cultivation.

My best friend broke into my house!

……

A moment later, in Jiang Ci'an's room.

Watching his little darling pat her belly contentedly before forcefully dragging a certain white goose away, Jiang Ci'an sighed with a hint of helplessness.

Yes, that's right, he also signed a contract with Xiao Xiao.

There was nothing I could do; my childhood sweetheart was jealous.

Although he didn't say anything, his sour and pitiful look was so irresistible that he couldn't help but sign the contract with Xiao Xiao again.

Of course, signing with Xiao Xiao wasn't without its benefits.

Xiao Xiao's cultivation will also give him a share, which, when converted into a boost to his cultivation efficiency, is also a considerable number.

Besides that, he made another very interesting discovery.

Jiang Ci'an raised his hand, and a wisp of black soul power condensed at his fingertips.

The soul power was as black as ink, trembling slightly, yet carrying a heavy and solid aura. This was the soul power shared from Xiao Xiao's Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron through the contract, accompanied by a suppressive power.

With a thought, a wisp of black soul power surged from his fingertips.

Although this strand is the same black as the previous one, its texture is completely different.

The previous wisp was solid and heavy, trembling slightly, while this wisp was thicker and carried a powerful sense of strength.

This is the soul power shared from Wang Dong'er's Haotian Hammer.

Two kinds of black soul power converged at his fingertips, probing and colliding with each other, subtly conflicting, neither giving way to the other.

Jiang Ci'an's gaze remained calm. He did not forcibly suppress the two conflicting soul forces, but instead guided them little by little.

In a short while, the two strands of soul power that were originally locked in a fierce battle slowly merged in his palm, forming a deeper and more restrained black soul power.

Looking at the wisp of black soul power in his hand, which combined the characteristics of the Clear Sky Hammer and the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, Jiang Ci'an seemed to be deep in thought.

Although the Clear Sky Hammer and the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron are not closely related in terms of martial souls, they share some similarities in terms of the nature of their soul power.

Both are heavy soul powers, both centered on strength and weight, but with different emphases.

If the connection is forcibly strengthened through a contract, and given that soul power has certain similarities and complementary characteristics, it might allow Xiao Xiao and Dong'er to cooperate at a deeper level, or even... try a martial soul fusion technique?

Jiang Ci'an silently made a mental note of this idea, planning to have Xiao Xiao and Dong'er try it out at some later.

As for now,

He has more important things to do.

Jiang Ci'an sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and prepared to communicate with his martial spirit.

The tests of my various abilities in reality are almost complete. Now, it's time to see how much my many soul skills have been enhanced in the virtual world.

Especially the newly acquired "contract".

In reality, it is only roughly developed so far, yet it can be divided into other people's cultivation results and shared with other people's martial soul talents and soul power properties. He is very much looking forward to seeing what the "contract" will be like in the virtual world.

He adjusted his breathing, and with a thought, the familiar feeling of falling surged from the depths of his consciousness.

It felt like falling from a towering platform into an abyss, with the wind howling around you, but the next moment...

The feeling of falling stopped abruptly.

As if suddenly frozen in mid-air, Jiang Ci'an opened his eyes in surprise, only to find that there was no familiar blue silver grass lawn under his feet, nor the gray walls of Notting Academy in front of him.

Instead, there was an endless void and darkness.

With no up, down, left, or right directions around him, he floated in this void, enveloped only by pure darkness.

The only thing that existed was a thin thread flowing with golden light in front of him.

What is this?

Jiang Ci'an was a little puzzled. His gaze lingered on the silk thread for a moment, but he did not rush to test it. Instead, he turned his head to look at his side.

There, his deep purple soul ring, representing "Time Control," appeared out of nowhere and began to operate on its own.

This is the enhanced effect of "Time Control".

Jiang Ci'an drew a conclusion immediately.

At this moment, the surrounding dark and void space was constructed by his "Time Control" domain.

The enhancement was not a simple boost like he had envisioned, such as time acceleration or doubling the upper limit of rewind, but rather a deeper change.

Jiang Ci'an stared at the spirit ring for a moment, then turned his gaze to the golden thread flowing in front of him.

He reached out and gently touched the silk thread with his fingertips.

In an instant, a series of flowing images flooded into his mind like a tide.

In the scene, he sits on a sofa in the Crown Prince's residence, fiddling with the torso of the angelic divine armor.

Meanwhile, Qian Renxue, dressed in a golden silk nightgown, nestled at the other end of the sofa, hugging a cushion, sleeping peacefully in a languid and relaxed posture.

Jiang Ci'an's gaze narrowed slightly.

This is the scene from when he last entered the virtual world.

He tentatively let his fingertips glide lightly across the silk thread, and the scene before his eyes changed accordingly.

Swipe forward to advance the screen, and swipe backward to rewind the screen.

It's like dragging a video progress bar, with every frame at every point in time within reach.

Just as his fingertips reached the end of the thread, his figure flashed in the video, exiting the virtual world, as if the video had ended, and everything came to a sudden halt.

Jiang Ci'an slowly withdrew his hand.

He looked at the golden thread in front of him and couldn't help but take a deep breath to calm himself down from the chaotic images.

It took him a while to calm his thoughts, his gaze fixed on the golden threads in front of him.

He understood what this meant.

This is,

"Timeline".