The dragon pulled Bao Chen out of the system storage, revealing his torn and battered form.

  From the void, a clock appeared—its face obsidian black, with numbers and hands in pure white. She reversed time on Bao Chen’s soul until it halted. “Oh, right—the time and destiny thing. It's still so annoying, even if he is weak,” she said, channeling even more strength into the process.

  Slowly and surely, Bao Chen’s soul was restored; missing limbs and injured body parts were healed, and the spiritual world around them began to stabilize. "All right, I've finished my business. I have no further responsibility," she declared as she broke through the void. The white dragon entered into an unknown space-time.

  Suddenly, the system reappeared, cursing under its breath, "What kind of lousy job did you do?" Staring at Bao Chen’s soul, it continued, "Dammit, you're even more stingy than I am! You should have given him healing medicine at your first opportunity. His soul would have become stronger." Finally, the system exhaled a breath of defeat. "So many accidents have already happened, and the worst part is ### ####### how did this even occur?"

  At that moment, divine sense connected with the system. It was the white dragon, Yuxiang.

  Yuxiang: "What is our plan now?"

  The system grimaced. "Thanks to you, the host is injured and nearly died."

  "Don't worry about that—even if he did die, we can just reverse time and bring him back," Yuxiang retorted.

  The system was speechless. "I paid you to protect him, not to revive him."

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  "Don't say 'I'—you didn't pay me; that person did."

  "And that person ordered you to follow my lead."

  They began quarreling, and as the conversation went nowhere, Yuxiang said, "You should focus on the host; you don't have all the time in the world."

  "Fine, I will deal with you later. I need to fix this mess and keep everything in check." It then released a cleansing red drop, like blood, falling onto Bao Chen's forehead. Unbeknownst to him, his spiritual world changed as if struck by a shot of vitality.

  After an unknown amount of time and amidst changes in the spiritual world, Bao Chen finally stopped. He opened his eyes, seeing nothing familiar around him. "What happened? Did I time travel again?" he wondered.

  A system screen appeared before him: "Thankfully, you are not, you will just be unconscious."

  "What? Why am I here? And what happened to that man?" Bao Chen asked.

  The system explained the situation.

  His eyes narrowed. "System, why can't I remember the specifics? I just remember meeting someone and almost dying, but nothing about what exactly happened."

  "The system had sealed the host's memories. Experiencing life-and-death on the soul level would give the host PTSD, so it was sealed for his mental health."

  "So, what do I do now?" Bao Chen asked.

  From the sky, a gate fell black as ink "Originally, you shouldn't have been here. This will teleport your soul and body to the right place," the system explained.

  hear that bao chen had an idea "Hear that, Bao Chen? An accident happened, as the person involved shouldn't i have some compensation?" he muttered.

  If the system had a face, it would have twitched. "Fine, I will give you this." A white ball entered Bao Chen.

  "This is another system tool you can use in both simulation and reality. It controls your soul. For example, you can seal your left arm so that you cannot control it, or seal your memories. Since the soul is the nexus of knowledge and control, you can even make yourself an idiot if you wish."

  He used it on his left arm, which went limp. "I really can't control it anymore. But, like the previous tool, it doesn't have much use."

  Looking back at the system, Bao Chen complained, "This does not help at all. Can you give me something that will help me grow stronger or at least keep me alive?"

  "You are already asking too much," replied the system.

  "What do you mean? This is a very small price to pay i almost died! The least you could do is keep me alive."

  "Fine, I will give you something," said the system in a mysterious tone, its voice filled with an unknown snugness.

  Bao Chen was confused. "Snugness? Why is it snug? I'm taking advantage of it—why is it snug?"

  A golden armor appeared, and Bao Chen's soul absorbed it.

  [ Ding! ]

  [The host earned a legendary achievement.]

  [Legendary Achievement: 'Kill me, I dare you to.']