Location: Thunder Realm - Ice Soul Realm Observatory
Emergency: Ice Soul Realm's time collapse crisis
Through the newly established Trinity Network connection, Jin Ho could sense the Ice Soul Realm's status with alarming clarity. What he perceived made his blood run cold with horror.
"This can't be right," he whispered, his consciousness extending through the electrical pathways that now linked all three realms. "The corruption in the Ice Soul Realm... it's not just affecting space. It's attacking time itself."
Through the dimensional observatory created by the Trinity Network, Jin Ho could observe the Ice Soul Realm's condition in real-time. What he saw defied comprehension. The realm's beautiful crystal palaces were trapped in temporal loops, constantly building and collapsing in cycles that made no chronological sense. Aurora streams of time were tangled like knotted strings, creating paradoxes that threatened the stability of causality itself.
"By the ancient laws," Blood Heaven Great Emperor breathed in shock. "The void corruption has learned to attack temporal dimensions. This is far worse than simple spatial damage."
Through the network connection, Jin Ho could sense the trapped inhabitants of the Ice Soul Realm—34,000 ice spirits and temporal scholars, all caught in chaotic time loops that prevented them from aging, dying, or even properly existing in any single moment.
"Look at this," Jin Ho said grimly, pointing through the dimensional viewing portal. "That crystal city there—it's experiencing the same hour over and over again, but each loop is slightly different. The void corruption is forcing the timeline to branch and merge chaotically."
In another section of the realm, Jin Ho could see ice palaces that existed in multiple time periods simultaneously—past, present, and future versions overlapping in impossible configurations that hurt to look at directly.
"The temporal distortions are spreading," Ice Soul Demon Emperor's voice suddenly joined the conversation, transmitted through the Trinity Network from within Seol Hwa-rin's consciousness. "Each corrupted zone creates paradoxes that infect adjacent timelines. If this continues, the time distortions could cascade into the other connected realms."
The implications hit Jin Ho like a thunderbolt. The Trinity Network, which was supposed to be their greatest advantage, could actually become a vector for the Ice Soul Realm's temporal corruption to spread into the Blood Realm and Thunder Realm.
"How long do we have?" Jin Ho asked urgently.
"Based on the current rate of temporal cascade failure," Ice Soul Demon Emperor calculated with frightening precision, "approximately eighteen hours before the time distortions begin affecting the Thunder Realm through your network connection. Once that happens, the electrical systems you just repaired will begin experiencing chronological failures—circuits that fire before being activated, lightning that travels backward through time, cause and effect completely reversed."
Jin Ho felt the weight of the crisis settling on him. The Thunder Realm was restored, the Trinity Network was operational, but now he faced a completely different type of challenge. How do you fight an enemy that attacks time itself?
"The 3x amplification in the Ice Soul Realm won't be enough," Thunder Lightning King said soberly. "Temporal distortions require more than raw power—they require perfect understanding of causality and the ability to exist in multiple timestreams simultaneously."
"Which means," Blood Heaven Great Emperor added grimly, "Jin Ho will need to access the Ice Soul Demon Emperor's full consciousness directly. No partial cooperation, no gradual power sharing. Complete integration, at least temporarily."
Jin Ho stared through the dimensional portal at the Ice Soul Realm's chaotic timestreams, watching past and future versions of crystal cities phase in and out of existence like ghosts. The challenge before him was unlike anything he'd faced so far—not just overwhelming enemies with superior power, but unraveling paradoxes that threatened the basic structure of reality.
"Then that's what we'll do," he said with determination. "We've come too far to let time itself become our enemy."
Through the Trinity Network, he could feel Ice Soul Demon Emperor's consciousness responding with cold approval. "Prepare yourself, Jin Ho. Fighting in the Ice Soul Realm will require you to think and act in multiple timelines simultaneously. One mistake, and you could become trapped in a temporal paradox forever."
Jin Ho took a deep breath and stepped toward the Ice Soul Realm portal, the Blood Thunder God Spear-Sword crackling with anticipation. Behind him, the Thunder Realm hummed with perfectly restored electrical harmony. Ahead of him lay a realm where past, present, and future had become hopelessly tangled.
"Time for the ultimate test," he murmured, crossing the dimensional threshold into a realm where time itself had become the battlefield.