I'm a male god in Liyue

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"Evolution successful. The [Hourglass of Time] has been upgraded to diamond quality."

Xia Zhi was stunned for a moment, then a look of relief appeared on his face.

It's been almost two months since he obtained the [Hourglass of Time] during the Lunar Festival. He has strengthened it at least five or six times a day, totaling three or four hundred times, and finally succeeded in evolving.

However, his successful evolution this time is probably due to a significant increase in his luck.

Luck and charm are indeed worth investing in.

Chapter 226 Time Rules

The hourglass in front of me has become more exquisite, more antique, and more compact.

Xia Zhi put it into his inventory and checked its new item attributes.

The Hourglass of Time

Quality: Diamond.

Type: Special Equipment.

Characteristics: time delay, time retracement, time speed.

Effects: Can cause a surrounding area to freeze in time or reverse time; can control a surrounding area to accelerate or decelerate time.

Hidden effect: Comprehend the rules of time and become immune to the erosion of time.

Xia Zhi discovered that its type had changed.

The original [Hourglass of Time] was a rule-based item, but now it has become a special equipment.

In terms of features, a new [Speed] attribute has been added, which allows him to freely manipulate the acceleration and deceleration of time.

As for the original time delay and time return effects, they are no longer limited by the inverted hourglass.

The most obvious enhancement should be its hidden effect, which has changed from eternal youth to understanding the rules of time and becoming immune to the erosion of time.

After Xia Zhi finished reading it, he immediately equipped it to his character panel.

Then, just like when he became a god, a new rule symbol was automatically comprehended in his mind, and he mastered the power of the rule related to time.

At the same time, a system notification sounded in his mind.

"The host already possesses the characteristic: Time Travel."

"The cooldown period for the Shadow Hand's stealing ability has been removed, and it can be activated at any time."

This is the second time that features have been combined with other features.

Last time, the ability [Sky Piercing] was combined with the ability [Stealing Skills], allowing [Stealing Skills] to be activated remotely without contact restrictions.

This time, the traits [Time Return] and [Steal] are combined, allowing [Steal] to be removed from cooldown and activated at any time.

From now on, I won't have to worry about missing the opportunity to learn skills by stealing them.

The characteristic of "Time Return" already exists in the platinum-quality "Hourglass of Time". Why weren't these two characteristics combined before?

Xia Zhi was lost in thought.

Is it because the item must be of diamond quality to meet the minimum requirement for the "characteristic combination"?

However, the [Illusory Mirror] obtained from opening the diamond treasure chest yesterday did not trigger any notification.

Is it that the synergy between the traits isn't good enough? Or, in addition to diamond quality, must there be an item of type "special equipment" that he wears on his character panel in order to trigger this set-like combination effect?

Xia Zhi pondered for a while, but still couldn't come to a precise conclusion.

The answer to this question will only be known when he acquires more extraordinary items of diamond quality or higher.

Xia Zhi picked up a dried flower petal from the table; it was a spice from Sumeru.

He activated [Time Reversal] on it.

Time begins to flow backwards at your fingertips.

The dried petals instantly became vibrant and dewy.

Xia Zhi brought it to his nose, took a light sniff, and could still smell a fragrant aroma.

The rules of time are even more incredible than the rules of light.

Xia Zhi put down the flowers in her hand and traced a strange and complex symbol in the air with her fingers.

This is a symbol representing the rules of time.

It is more complex than the symbols that represent the rules of light.

He then used his finger to trace another strange and simple symbol next to this strange one.

These are divine words representing time.

Xia Zhi observed carefully and found that there were many similarities between the symbols representing the rules of time and the divine words representing time.

This situation seems to confirm his previous conjecture: the words in the divine language all originated from the symbols of rules.

"I don't know who created the divine language... Perhaps it was created by gods who mastered different rules together... or perhaps it was created by a god who mastered the power of all rules..."

Xia Zhi couldn't help but think of that supreme god in the void.

How much power of rules does He possess?

Or is there an even more fundamental power above the power of rules?

Xia Zhi thought for a while, then took out the [Blazing Incense Burner] and put a prepared batch of spices inside.

Close the stove lid and align the patterns on it.

The blazing incense burner has begun operation.

Under normal circumstances, this incense making process should take about ten minutes to complete.

Xia Zhi reached out and accelerated time on the [Blazing Incense Burner].

A few seconds later, a familiar and strange fragrance wafted from the [Blazing Incense Burner].

The incense is ready.

Xia Zhi opened the stove lid and poured out a perfect piece of incense.

Items crafted using accelerated time are indistinguishable from those crafted normally.

Xia Zhi threw the incense into the air, causing it to slow down in time.

The incense seemed to lose its original weight, drifting down slowly like a feather.

Xia Zhi looked at it for a while, then reached out and took it.

The greatest use of [Time Slowdown] should still be in combat.

When he fought Oser before, if he applied [Time Slowdown] to Oser, putting it into a slow state, he could easily pierce its eyeballs with the light gun in his hand.

Xia Zhi tested the effect of the [Hourglass of Time] for a while, glanced at his depleted mental and divine power, and tried to cast [Time Reversal] on himself to see if he could restore his mental and divine power.

No effect.

Perhaps it's because he's immune to the erosion of time, or perhaps the system is unaffected by rules.

Xia Zhi felt a little regretful, tidied up the things on the table, and went to bed.

Upon arriving in the dream world, they met Shen He, played games together for a while, and then went outside to pick mushrooms.

The next afternoon, after closing time, Ms. Ningguang came to the store with her personal assistant.

Xia Zhi gave her a massage.

Miss Ningguang lay on the small bed, looking quite pleased.

"Mr. Xia's cooking is still the best."

"Miss Ningguang, you must be very tired from work these past few days."

"Yes, there are a lot of things left behind by Guyun Pavilion, and we need to deal with them carefully."

"Thanks for your hard work."

"Thanks to Miss Shen He, otherwise the losses of the Qianyan Army would have been much greater."

"Shen He is that good?"

"Yes, Miss Shen He froze a section of the tsunami at the time, otherwise..."

"We really need to thank you."

"I'm also a little worried, I don't know how to thank you properly. Mr. Xia, do you know what Miss Shen He likes?"

"She...likes to eat sweets."

"sugar?"

"Ah."

“Well… I could prepare a portion of all types of candy from Liyue for her, but just a few candies doesn’t seem like enough.”

"Shen He doesn't care about these things; it's enough that the sentiment of gratitude has been conveyed."

"That's true, but we can't do it that way. Let me think about it some more... By the way, I'll be hosting a banquet at Qunyu Pavilion next week. I hope Mr. Xia will do me the honor of attending."