Beyond the Timescape

The Desert of Time was fundamentally a very old place. But the network of teleportation portals in the west was even older. The western region was a sprawling place. Without the teleportation portals, traveling within it would have been taxing even for top experts. Because of that, after the starry sky was converted into land, and the western region was compacted, the Immortal Capital ordered the Dao Immortal Sect to set up a system of 108 teleportation portals in various locations. That was why no clans or organizations in the west would dare to damage the ancient teleportation portals.

Xu Qing was currently looking at one of those 108 portals, which was made of 36 enormous stone gates that stood tall in the wilderness plain.

The complex magical symbols carved into the gates were dark. But when Yunmen Qianfan took out some pieces of immortal jade and fed them into the proper place, the symbols glowed and the portal powered up. Fluctuations began rolling, not outward, but into the portal!

The ground trembled as an ancient power seemed to wake up. It was almost as if the lands had opened their mouth to devour the world. Deep rumbling sounds then emanated from the portal. The sound wasn’t loud at first. But soon it became thunderous.

And then it mixed with a piercing sound coming from the horizon. The air pressure built up.

Xu Qing looked off toward the horizon. Someone was about to arrive at their destination.

Yunmen Qianfan didn’t seem to notice what was happening. She inserted the final piece of immortal jade, and the symbols flared with bright blue light. The light seemed to distort Xu Qing’s perceptions. Even the aurora overhead was affected, as it began to twist and ripple.... It was as if the area where the teleportation portal was located had become a depression in the land that dragged everything toward it. Anything in the area was being distorted in the same way. The five elements, space, time, and even light. None were exceptions. Nature itself was standing aside for this mysterious ceremony.

This portal surpassed any portal Xu Qing had seen in Revered Ancient. That said, when comparing it to the vortex in the Primeval Sea, it was a case of a minor magician pales into insignificance in the presence of a great one.

They work the same, though, Xu Qing thought. He was no amateur when it came to these things, as he already had a much deeper understanding of space and time than before. And right now, he could tell that this portal was emanating the power of both space and time. He was gradually able to see the substructure.

These so-called long-distance teleportations rely on the overlapping of space to shorten the distance to the destination. It’s like putting two holes in a piece of paper and then folding the paper so the holes touch. In that manner, it’s a simple thing to cross through the holes.

If I have sufficient enlightenment of space and time, then doesn’t it mean that I could easily teleport anywhere in this heaven and earth. In fact... I could go anywhere in the planetary system or the star ring.