In the Divine Realm, Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun could not sense any changes in their surroundings. Day after day passed, and in the blink of an eye, they had already been here for many years.
Over those years, neither of their appearances changed in the slightest. Although advances in Alliance technology meant that one's appearance would not change much before the age of four hundred—
Differences between age groups could still be found.
Yet time seemed to have come to a standstill.
They were now both in their fifties, yet their appearances seemed frozen at the moment the explosion occurred.
Krell and the others had no explanation for this. It was also their first time dealing with outsiders.
In truth, they did not know what it was like for other living beings to reside here.
Since they had no concept of physical appearance themselves, they had never paid attention to such things.
Every day, the two used the forest's dawns and dusks to keep records, calculating how much time had passed since their arrival.
They did not know how much real time had passed, and Krell and the others did not know whether time in the Divine Realm matched that outside.
In the Alliance, time passed differently in every star system, so Xi Xiu guessed that time in the Divine Realm must differ from the outside as well.
In their fifth year living in the Divine Realm, Xi Xiu conceived their first child.
Judging from the length of the pregnancy, time in the Divine Realm did not seem any different.
So neither of them gave it much further thought.
The birth of the little one delighted the energy beings beyond measure. They had never expected human babies to be this adorable!
The tiny pink bundle was soft, with especially