Dimensional Keeper: All My Skills Are at Level 100

As Max held it, a delicate chill surged into his palm, immediately biting through his flesh and crawling into his bones. It wasn’t painful, just powerful—pure sword energy mixed with natural cold, a phenomenon unique to this kind of spiritual flower.

But despite its beauty and potency, Max’s excitement dulled slightly when he realized it hadn’t yet reached the fabled thousand-year mark. A true Millennium Sword Energy Snow Lotus was a rare seventh-rank treasure that could cause sword comprehension to skyrocket, sometimes even pushing to the next level.

This one, while valuable, was likely still a few decades short of that legendary age. Even so, Max was far from disappointed. He knew that with his Dimension of Time and his understanding of sword concept, even this slightly younger lotus could help refine and possibly push his level 2 Severing Sword Concept from intermediate to the advanced stage.

That alone made the trip worth it.

Just as Max was about to store the lotus carefully, a sharp, primal sense of danger erupted through his body like lightning. His Three Dimensional Body instantly went on high alert, and his perception scanned the area in every direction.

That’s when he noticed it—the cold air, already dense and bone-chilling, suddenly surged like an incoming tide, no longer passive but violent, as if it were alive. Max’s expression darkened. He lightly stepped back, shifting his weight just in time.

Then—

"Swish, swish, swish."

The entire canyon erupted. A violent storm of icy wind roared upward, and the cold air condensed so rapidly that frozen mist turned into solid frost in an instant. Below his feet, the energy he’d been using to keep himself light and mobile solidified, froze, and cracked like thin glass, sending him momentarily plunging before he leapt back.

"Bang!"