Beyond the Timescape

Blue sand dunes flickered radiantly, almost as if each individual grain of sand was a gemstone. The dunes stretched endlessly, like massive, solid, and silent waves.

Within the silence, the intense heat caused everything to blur. The sand glittered like starlight, like countless timelines, converging into a dream. A dream like an illusion. As one gazed at it, it was a beautiful illusion.

The boat was currently gliding toward the edge of the Desert of Time.

Yunmen Qianfan sat next to Xu Qing peeling fruit for him as he read a book. Looking over at him, she said, “Senior, this is the Desert of Time. After we cross it, we’ll be at that ancient teleportation portal. And we can use that portal to get very close to Darkcloud City.”

To her, this journey had been like the constantly fluctuating heat waves out on the desert. Her heart had trembled, and her mind felt like it was in a dream. Thinking back to what happened left her with an incomparably marvelous sensation. Sir Firedark had killed a seven-world Smoldering God by making him cry to death. He had slaughtered four elders in a few breaths of time. He had crushed a god with the wave of his hand.

Because of all of that, she was now convinced that Sir Firedark was actually an Imperial Sovereign! She had dealt with Imperial Sovereign cultivators before, be they the patriarch of her clan, or clan chosen. She had also seen quite a few foreign Imperial Sovereigns from a distance. All of them were profoundly above her station.

But never had she been so close to one, let alone gone on a journey with them. She had never in her life experienced the sensation of being completely protected from all danger. It moved her down to her soul.

Over the past few days, she had occasionally taken advantage of moments in which she served him alcohol to ask some questions about cultivation. He had never been stingy, and had always taken time to give her pointers.

All of the pointers had been beneficial, and had helped her resolve confusing aspects of cultivation that had been blocking her progress. In fact, from what she could tell, Sir Firedark seemed more knowledgeable than her own clan’s patriarch.

As for why an Imperial Sovereign would choose to serve as a vassal in her clan, and hide his cultivation base in the process, was something she didn’t bother thinking about. Nor did she care. Clan matters like that didn’t have anything to do with her personally.

Sir Firedark has his own difficulties to deal with. I doubt he wants his secrets made public.