Supreme Immortal Aperture.
Little Western Desert.
For over a thousand li in every direction, the land was a sheet of white. Fang Yuan's time path clone stepped into this place, bent down, grabbed a handful of sand, and examined it before his eyes.
Every grain of sand was plump, crystalline as ice, exuding a trace of chill.
It was still a clear daytime, and Little Western Desert's temperature was not low, yet this desert made people feel cool and comfortable.
Fang Yuan's clone picked up another small pinch of snow-white sand and placed it in his mouth. Upon meeting saliva, the sand immediately melted, producing a faint salty taste.
This was salt sand.
Salt sand had a story that had circulated for a very long time in human history.
A million years ago, during the Ancient Era, although humans had established Heavenly Court, the otherworldly races of the remaining four regions were still immensely powerful, suppressing and enslaving humanity.
In Western Desert, there had been a human city that suffered exclusion and oppression from the surrounding otherworldly races.
The otherworldly races joined forces and disguised themselves as bandits, intercepting and plundering every merchant caravan heading for the human city. As time passed, the human city lacked daily supplies and gradually became unable to hold on.
For the safety of the entire city, the human city lord had no choice but to compromise with one of the otherworldly race tribes, marrying off his most beloved youngest daughter in exchange for peace.
The city lord's beloved daughter understood the greater picture. For the clansmen of the whole city, she was willing to sacrifice herself.
The marriage delegation was soon assembled and set out from the city, personally escorted by the human city lord.
While crossing the desert, they encountered an elderly man