March 12, 2025, early morning. Su Mo suddenly woke up from the bed and found himself lying in the ICU ward of a modern hospital. The green light of the ECG monitor was beating on the wall, and the Tai Chi silver bracelet on his right wrist was emitting a soft light - this was the token left by Yunshuang to him. "You are finally awake!" The nurse rushed in in surprise, "You have been in a coma for three days, and the CT scan shows blood stasis in your brain..." Before he finished speaking, Su Mo suddenly felt dizzy. The white walls of the ward gradually became empty. He saw Chen Li repairing a bronze compass in Taiqing Palace. Aman prayed for him at the altar of the barbarians, while Yun Shuang was standing by the Luoshui and staring at the reflection of the modern world. "I have to go back." Su Mo whispered. He took off the infusion tube and put the ancient coins on his chest. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself standing in the ruins of Luoshui Town, holding the unconscious Yunshuang in his arms - this was the scene before the trial of the Four Symbol Temple. "The Paradox of Time?" Chen Li''s voice came from behind, "It seems that the cracks in time and space sent you back three days ago." She raised the broken bronze compass, and two overlapping world lines appeared on the plate, "We are trapped in the closed loop of time." Su Mo was surprised to find that her modern clothes had become ancient costumes, and the Tai Chi silver bracelet on her left wrist resonated with the Qinglong jade pendant on her right. Yun Shuang in his arms suddenly coughed, blood stained his clothes red, and the black spell of Xuanming Palace was wrapped around the wound - this was exactly the same as the injuries before the decisive battle in Chapter 5. "Every time the closed loop restarts, Yun Shuang will be stabbed by the Xuanming Sword at midnight." Aman walked out of the shadow, her Suzaku hairpin was burning, "We have tried all the methods, but the power of the Palace Master is constantly reborn in the crack of time."Su Mo held the ancient coins tightly and felt the memories of the two worlds colliding in his mind. He saw that modern self was recovering, while ancient Yunshuang was slowly dying. When he touched Yun Shuang''s wound, the "River Map" fragment suddenly flew out of his arms and floated in the air to unfold the complete healing runes. "So... I am the key to connecting two time and space." Su Mo whispered. He stabbed the ancient coins into the ground, and the power of the four symbols tear opens cracks in the void, and the equipment of modern hospitals appeared at the same time as the ancient barbarian altar. "Take Yunshuang to Modern!" Chen Li stuffed him the bronze compass, "The medical equipment there may be able to save her!" Su Mo nodded and walked into the crack with Yunshuang in his arms. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself standing in the corridor of the hospital, and the girl in his ancient costume was being carried away by the nurses on a stretcher. The doctor looked at Yun Shuang''s wound in surprise: "This compound trauma...how could there be ice and fire burns at the same time?" Su Mo took the opportunity to stuff the "River Map" into Yun Shuang''s palm, and the residual scroll turned into a ray of light in the modern world and merged into her body. He saw Yunshuang''s injuries begin to improve, and the nurses were confused to find that the vital signs displayed by the medical equipment were miraculously recovering. "She needs to rest." Su Mo said to the doctor, "I am her brother." He took out his ID card from his wallet, but found that the photo on the ID card became a costume-like self. "Mr. Su Mo?" The head nurse looked at him in confusion, "You woke up yesterday, why..." Su Mo had no time to explain, so he hid in the stairwell and used the ancient coins again. When he returned to ancient times, he found that Chen Li and Aman were fighting against the remnants of Xuanming Palace. He threw out the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant, and the phantom of the Four Elephants instantly defeated the enemy. "Modern medical technology saved Yun Shuang." Su Mo returned the jade pendant to Chen Li, "but the black fog of the palace master is eroding the two worlds." He showed the weather forecast on his phone and found that there were abnormal blood-colored clouds in the modern world. "The source of the crack in time and space must be found." Aman stabbed the Vermilion Bird''s hairpin into the ground, and the flames flowed along the spiritual veins to the Taiqing Palace of Bianjing. The three of them followed the guidance to the old man Tianji''s room and found that the old man was divining with tortoise shell. "The foreshadowing I laid three hundred years ago is finally revealed." The old man coughed at the bronze tripod pointing to the corner of the wall, "This is the anchor point connecting the two time and space, and it is also the container for the rebirth of the Lord of Xuanming Palace."Su Mo saw the star pattern of the tripod carved with "Yuanyou Tongbao", which was exactly the same as his ancient coins. When he put the ancient coins into the heart of the tripod, two overlapping worlds suddenly appeared in the tripod - in modern times, he was using ancient coins in the ward, and in ancient times, he was starting the cauldron in Taiqing Palace. "It turns out that I have been working with myself." Su Mo was amazed. He looked at himself in another time and space, and at the same time stabbed the long halberd into the cauldron. The power of the four symbols explodes in two worlds, and the cracks in time and space begin to heal. "Go away!" Chen Li threw the bronze compass into the crack, "It will teleport us to a safe space-time gap!" The three of them fell in the light and found themselves standing on a rainbow bridge connecting ancient and modern times. On one end of the bridge is the modern Panjiayuan fritter market, and on the other end is the ancient Bianjing street market. Su Mo saw another person who was buying ancient coins in the fresh market, while the ancient Yunshuang, Chenli and Aman were waiting at the other end of the Hongqiao Bridge. "This is... the starting point of the closed loop of time." Yun Shuang gently stroked the Tai Chi silver bracelet on his wrist, "Now we can freely travel through the two realms." Su Mo put the ancient coin between Yun Shuang''s neck, returned the Qinglong jade pendant to Chen Li, and inserted the Vermillion Bird hairpin between Aman''s hair. He took out his phone and opened the navigation and found that the location of Hongqiao is an ordinary alley in modern times, but the map is marked "Sixiang Road". "This will be our secret base in the future." Aman smiled and held his arm, "I want to go to Modern Hotpot!" Chen Li shook his head helplessly: "Go to repair the time and space anchor point first, I am worried that Xuanming Palace will have a backup plan." Yun Shuang suddenly pointed to the sky, and saw a phantom of the Hydra appearing in the blood-colored clouds, but this time the phantom was quickly dispelled by the power of the four symbols. Su Mo held her hand tightly and felt the spiritual power of the two worlds blending in his body. "No matter which time and space, we will be together." Su Mo said softly. He saw that the modern self was sleeping with the ancient coins, while the ancient self was making an appointment with the three girls on the rainbow bridge.


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