Bai Hao stared blankly at the scattered skeletons in front of him. The Sun God Liuli, who once led humanity to fight against the divine beasts and obtained the Primal Sun Thunder, had long since turned into a skeleton and had been dead for countless years.

Even the sun god could not survive in this decaying world...

The fact that the sun god had already fallen indirectly left Bai Hao unsure of what path to take next.

He had thought he could find the path to the Divine Radiance Continent here, but this royal city, once guarded by the Sun God, was long dead, and there was no one to guide him.

A heavy weariness washed over Bai Hao, making it hard for him to breathe.

Looking up at the scattered armor on the ground, Bai Hao suddenly remembered what the Sun God Liuli had said earlier: that he had left behind a power behind the throne that could alter the laws of time.

He quickly went around to the back of the throne, where there was a stone platform. On the platform was an hourglass, filled with countable grains of gold sand, which were now falling one by one through a narrow opening.

The glass sphere above is almost empty of gold sand, and it won't be long before it all falls into the lower half of the sphere.

Bai Hao had no idea what would happen if all the gold sand flowed down.

"Is this the power that Liuli spoke of that can alter the laws of time?"

He sensed the power of the sun's lightning in the golden sand within the hourglass, which basically confirmed that this must be the power that Liuli had mentioned.

"Perhaps we can use this to return to the Divine Radiance Continent." Muttering to himself, Bai Hao reached out to pick up the hourglass.

Just then, a shadow flashed past him, carrying a faint scent like grass. Before Bai Hao could react, the hourglass on the stone platform had disappeared.

A beautiful figure landed in front of Bai Hao.

"who?!"

Bai Hao immediately drew Qianjing and looked over.

"I never expected the Hourglass of Time to be right here. It's made me search for so long without finding it. But this time, thanks to you, the door was able to open and I was able to get the Hourglass of Time." The clear voice carried a hint of excitement. The person turned around and was actually a woman, but her eyes were covered with a cloth.

"It's you?!"

Bai Hao was somewhat surprised after seeing the woman clearly.

He had seen this woman once before, back in the town when she had bid on a sword belonging to the third prince of the Divine Source Dynasty during a weapons auction. She had also appeared in front of Bai Hao later.

Because her eyes were covered by a cloth and she was blind, and she was one of the few living people, Bai Hao had a deep impression of her.

"You are... your scent is familiar, haven't we met before?" The female soccer player was obviously blind, but she still felt that she should have met Bai Hao before based on her scent.

"Mm." Bai Hao nodded, but she probably couldn't see it.

"I saw the hourglass in your hand first, and I need it, so could you give it back to me?"

Upon hearing that Bai Hao wanted the hourglass, the woman immediately hugged it tightly, looking at Bai Hao warily, and said matter-of-factly, "Now that this hourglass is in my hands, it belongs to me. Why should I give it to you?"

"You stole it from me," Bai Hao said in a low voice, suppressing his anger.

"Now you're trying to steal my hourglass, and I haven't even said anything to you yet!" The woman retorted, not to be outdone.

Seeing her so unreasonable and domineering, Bai Hao's lips twitched involuntarily, and he said:

"Since you've put it that way, don't blame me for actually taking action!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Bai Hao made his move, stomping his foot and reaching out to grab the hourglass.

Although the woman was blind, her other senses were extremely sharp. She nimbly dodged to the side, flitting about in the palace like a sparrow.

He glanced at the main gate, which was still tightly closed, and the side doors on both sides were also not open. Bai Hao felt a little relieved. After confirming that the woman would not have a way to leave the palace directly, he immediately flew towards the woman at full speed, determined to snatch the hourglass.

"Hey, how could you really be so cruel to me?!"

The woman was startled by Bai Hao's sudden increase in speed, and her steps became somewhat flustered as she hurriedly darted around the palace.

But the palace was only so big, and Bai Hao was clearly faster than her. Several times she was almost caught, and only managed to dodge by luck.

"Let me tell you, if you anger me, believe me, I'll smash this hourglass, and none of us will be able to use it!" Seeing Bai Hao's relentless pursuit, the woman's anger flared up. She pouted and held the hourglass in her hand, "threatening" him.

Seeing her actions, Bai Hao immediately stopped, looked at the woman calmly, and said indifferently, "To me, that's just a tool, not indispensable. If you're willing to give it up, then smash it. Ye Hao will cut off all our hopes."

"You..." The woman seemed surprised that Bai Hao would say that, and she was stunned for a moment, pondering what to do next.

But just as she hesitated, Bai Hao suddenly unleashed an extreme speed, his body transforming into a blur as he snatched the hourglass from the woman's hand.

The woman belatedly realized what had happened, saw that her hands were empty, and shouted angrily, "Hey, how could you do this? I clearly got the hourglass first, why did you snatch it from me?!"

As she was about to walk over and snatch it back, Bai Hao drew Qianye from behind him, the tip of the sword pointing directly at her, and said calmly, "Leave here, or die."

He had no interest in getting entangled with her here, nor did he want to waste any more words.

But the woman was not intimidated. Instead, when she saw Bai Hao take out his weapon, she also drew her Dark Sun Sword from behind her and pointed it at him, saying, "Don't think you're so great just because you have a Thousand Leaves Sword. The Dark Sun Sword in my hand is also one of the royal swords of the Divine Source Dynasty. I'm not afraid of you!"

"Looks like you know quite a bit, but you're not getting this hourglass today." With that, Bai Hao started to put the hourglass away.

"Hey, wait!" Upon seeing this, the woman immediately rushed forward to snatch it.

Just as the battle between the two was about to break out, neither of them noticed that the last grain of gold sand in the upper half of the hourglass had fallen down, and the hourglass had run out completely.

"Buzz!"

A dazzling light suddenly burst forth from the hourglass, so bright that Bai Hao couldn't open his eyes. Even the blind woman felt the brilliance of the light at that moment and was forced to stop.

The light in the hourglass grew brighter and brighter, until finally, like the vastest expanse of the universe, it enveloped the two of them and they suddenly vanished...