Beyond the Timescape

What Xu Qing saw on his way out of the Daoforge Universe was a little interlude and nothing more. Sir Star Ring showed up, and thus, Xu Qing didn’t end up revealing himself. Hordeslayer, Rampart, and even Sir Star Ring himself, were merely passing travelers to him. At the very most, he might end up taking the two swords if the need arose one day.

However, the three evil cultivators Hordeslayer and Rampart had run into were of note to Xu Qing. Two were Imperial Sovereigns, and one was a Quasi-Immortal. It was obvious how greedy and domineering they were.

Xu Qing had never been under the illusion that everyone with a high cultivation base had some sort of transcendent personality. In the chiliocosm of worlds, there was no end to the cultivators that existed. Powerful experts were as numerous as clouds in the sky, and it was only natural that they would have all sorts of personalities.

And of course, they would act differently and hold themselves to different standards. Some people were sinister, some were extraordinary. There were broad-minded people like Grand Emperor Swordsage, and of course, there would be greedy and evil people like those he had just seen.

It was the same even in the Quasi-Immortal level. People were people, and they all had different personalities. There were many Quasi-Immortals in the Fifth Star Ring, largely because of the different environment.

It wasn’t like the Revered Ancient mainland, where life was tough and the resources were scarce. In Revered Ancient, Quasi-Immortals and even Imperial Sovereigns were as rare as phoenix feathers or qilin horns. The higher you climbed, the more mountains you encountered. The further you traveled, the more scenery you saw.

It was just how things worked. When all was said and done, personality was largely the result of one’s experiences. There were some people who lived for thousands or tens of thousands of years, and who experienced all the joy and sorrow of life, that eventually became numb, blank, and returned to their primal state. Otherwise, it would be hard to escape the colorful reality of human nature.

Of course, in some cases, one couldn’t just take things at face value. In the end, Xu Qing wasn’t surprised at all to find some powerful experts, and even a Quasi-Immortal, who would try to rob others in public. But what he did find surprising was who those three people were.

Acquisitioners... for some war...?

Xu Qing was lost in thought as he left. What was especially noteworthy was the mention of war.

They acquire resources for war...? What war is the Fifth Star Ring fighting? Maybe with another star ring?

Xu Qing thought about it for a moment. There were some things that you wouldn’t be able to see clearly until you reached the proper vantage point and had a wide view. Up to this point, Xu Qing had not been aware of any war being fought by or in the Fifth Star Ring. However, listening to the conversations of the other cultivators had given him an idea of what was going on.