Xiao Shen was in free fall. The cool night wind fluttered his hair and sent refreshing breezes towards his face.

Truly marvelous, this feeling!

It was a feeling that only very few people who had practiced skydiving or bungee jumping would ever experience. No, even among them, only very, very, very few would ever get to experience this marvelous sensation.

Because, like them, Xiao Shen was being drawn to the surface of the earth at tremendous speed and would surely turn into a splatter of flesh and blood once he hit the ground. But, unlike them, he did not have a parachute, bungee cord, or anything of the sort that would help him to guarantee his safety!

"Ahhhhhhhh~" Xiao Shen could not help but open his mouth and scream. It was a natural impulse for humans, to scream.

His wildly beating pulses of his heart spiked up even more as he got closer and closer to the ground...

Then he frowned.

Wait a minute, I can regress!

Joy and relief washed over him as his body stopped being tense.

Haha! To think I would truly die from a mere fall, naive!

I am Xiao-continously-regressing-Shen!

[Anchor, try to survive!]

[Fairy Wuthering Heavens Heart Master: Anchor, don’t die!]

«[### has gifted you x50 resilience!]»

«[### has gifted you x10 endurance!]»

[Surely this one is going to hurt...]

[Fairy Silver Star Sage: Anchor, try to coordinate and fall on that hateful little Fairy Maiden!]

[Ahaha! Now’s my chance! Anchor, DIE!]

«[### has gifted you x5 acceleration!]

"F*ck!!" Xiao Shen cursed.

He had totally forgotten about the existence of existences like these!

His body suddenly accelerated in speed and he crashed into the ground with a bang, creating a large crater.

Dying by getting splattered into minced meat was extremely painful!

[Fairy Wuthering Heavens Heart Master: ...]

[Why does this scene feel.... so familiar?]

[Is Anchor.... DEAD??]

[Bwahahaha, now that pitiful mortal soul would join us in here and suffer!]

[Bastard, you caused Anchor’s death! See if I don’t obliterate your soul!]

On the other hand, Sister Zheng, Sister Luo, and Brother Fu all looked up at the sky with grave expressions on their faces.

The aura of a realm so unfathomable that they could not even begin to... well, fathom. Anyways, this oppressive and tyrannical aura was suddenly revealed to them, making their knees go soft and their faces pale.

Just how many people knew about this heaven defying treasure item that could make one unparalleled under the heavens?!

Had the Ancestor not said that it was a closely guarded secret?

Why were there so many powerful people coming out all of a sudden?!

***

Xiao Shen opened his eyes in his time spiral realm and sighed. No matter how many times one died, it would always be a novel experience.

One could only die one way once, and such a way could not be repeated.

But him, he had the luxury of dying multiple times in several different ways!

Sighing, he shook his head and touched the closest clock to him.

Simultaneously, time froze in the real world and everything entered into a strange state of rewinding.

Xiao Shen’s body with listless eyes rose from the crater, which then quickly closed itself up, and flew back up into the sky. At the same time, Sister Zheng, Brother Fu and Sister Luo all went back to their previous positions.

A few breaths later...

Xiao Shen opened his eyes back in his body. He was, once again, in free fall, and the night breeze blew against his face as he fell headfirst back into the forest.

"...." Xiao Shen.

What kind of bullsh*t is this?!

The laws of his godly regression skill were not random, and could not be bypassed. It was already a given that he would be regressed to the moment of death by touching the closest clock to his position!

BANG!

He crashed into the ground once more and exploded into minced meat!

"Fuu..." Xiao Shen massaged his inexistent forehead. "This is truly a troublesome matter!"

If he did not regress, he would die. If he did regress, then he would appear back a few seconds prior to his death and die once more.

What kind of development was that?!

Xiao Shen shook his head. "On the bright side, at least I’ve found a flaw in this regression ability."

If he were to encounter a situation where he was immediately KO’d in an instant, then he really would have no way to defend against it and save himself within a few breaths!

"Though, I could always just touch a clock that is a bit farther...." Xiao Shen thought to himself as he looked at the infinite spiral of clocks.

He had done so before, when the fellow from the Desolate Yin sect, Fang He, had killed Tian Hua. He was desperate and in a rage, allowing him to ignore the sensation that felt like dozens of sharp knives were being stabbed into his head, while white hot metal rods burnt through his body and were then being vigorously stirred in order to achieve the maximum amount of pain and agony that could be brought about.

At that time, he had been too concerned about Tian Hua and did not pay attention to the intense agony that directly assaulted his very soul. But, now that he thought about it, he absolutely did not want to go through such a terrifyingly horrifying... or was it horrifyingly terrifying....

Bah! The crux of the matter was that he absolutely did not want to experience such a thing again!

What do I do...

Xiao Shen fell into a dilemma. He could come out and die in an instant, continuing a neverending loop of death and rebirth, or he could grit his teeth and try to endure the agony of having his soul sliced apart and gain a few breaths more time.

"Fuu..." Xiao Shen had already determined the answer in his heart a very long time ago. Thus, he stretched out his hand and touched the clock closest to him.

Yes, he touched the one closest to him!

What, did you think that he would grit his teeth and endure the pain, heroically marching forward and going back by a full day to give himself ample prep time?

Naive!

Who liked to suffer?

You? Me?

Ha! The answer was nobody!

Nobody liked to suffer!

Similarly, no one enjoyed being in pain either.

Xiao Shen was obviously not a masochist, and the kind of pain that would make shivers run down his spine whenever he thought about it was a very red flag that he had to avoid.

Pain was painful and painful things were unpleasant. It was only natural that he would try to avoid unpleasant things!

Once again, time flowed in reverse and Xiao Shen opened his eyes to find himself half a second away from impact. In a flash, he bent his hands and held them up above his head, while exerting strength that would help him balance his weight and the pull of gravity. This would, theoretically, generate a cushion of sorts that would stop his body from turning into minced meat!

BANG!

Xiao Shen crashed into the ground headfirst; no, it was more like hands first as his hands had touched the ground.

Most of the existences watching him also saw what he was trying to do and began to cooperate.

[Support Anchor with strength!]

«[### has gifted you +100 strength!]» 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

[Don’t die yet, Anchor!]

«[### has gifted you +

200 strength!]

[Aye, I hate listening to bad news!]

[Fairy Wuthering Heavens Heart Master!: Anchor, try your best!!]

[Fairy Wuthering Heavens Heart Master has gifted you x50 strength!]

Ahaha, I’m doing it!

With all these buffs and boosts, his arms and body became much stronger and he would be able to, very easily, get past this tribulation!

Sister Zheng, Brother Fu and Sister Luo did not understand what was going on, but they did know that, at this particular moment, Xiao Shen looked really cool!

He had been drawn up to the sky by an unfanthomable figure and thrown down, yet he managed to make a smooth landing in a handstand position.

It was very cool!

CRACK!

Suddenly, Xiao Shen spurted blood from his mouth and nose. His back was bent in an unusual manner as all the built up pressure, being unable to make his hands budge even a tiny little bit, backed up and destroyed his chest and other internal organs!

Painful! Painful! F*cking hell, why the heck is it so painful!

Xiao Shen winced in extreme pain and agony.

This pain was comparable to that of moving in the spiral clock realm, only much lighter!

Life was not an anime series where people would fight for three episodes and only have some blood trickling down the corner of their mouth. In real life, pressure, force and gravity were a thing.

He had buffed his physical strength, but did not buff his endurance or resilience.

It was only natural that his body would pay the price.

"Fuu..." Xiao Shen opened his eyes and looked around. Sure enough, he was in the clock spiral realm once more. He frowned and looked forward into the spiral void. "Is such agony really the last option..."

If he could go back by a day or two, then there was no way that he would ever agree to come to this damned cocktail party!

Xiao Shen sighed and endured a heart rending pain as he reached out for a clock that was a bit farther from his location. In a few breaths, he had opened his eyes back in his body and was falling through the air once more.

Ha! I did it!

Joy spread on his face as, upon looking down, there was still a long way to go before he hit the ground!

Now, he had to save himself before he reached the ground!