The somewhat dilapidated buildings, streets paved with broad, irregular stones, and the people walking through Chengzhong all looked different. Some were as massive as giants, while others had savage faces, like hybrid bloodlines of exotic beasts.
Shen Qian stood on the street in slight confusion. Looking around, he realized this place did not belong to any era within his understanding.
The city's architecture was enormous, clearly not a place where humans were the dominant race. Yet there were many humans in the city, though their features were rougher than those of later generations.
Moreover, the status of humans in this era was clearly extremely low.
He saw the humans walking along the edges of the streets. Whenever other powerful alien races passed before them, they had to lower their heads, even kneeling on the ground and waiting until those powerful aliens had gone by before they dared raise their heads submissively.
"Is this King Zhouyi's past life? Or the unknown origin of his fate?"
Shen Qian gradually came to his senses and understood his situation.
Put plainly, the Sky-Peering Mirror was fundamentally a spiritual artifact designed specifically for the Dao of fate. It could not directly kill King Zhouyi, but once it took effect, it could help Shen Qian find the weakest point in King Zhouyi's fate.
King Zhouyi had established his Dao through "fate." As long as his Dao Foundation collapsed, he would no longer pose any threat.
The Dao of fate was strange and unpredictable, almost impossible to target. But once its weakness was seized, it would be far more fragile than an ordinary Wang Hou. That was the balance hidden in the unseen order of things.
Just as Big Shot Gao had said, if King Zhouyi were truly invincible, there would have been no need for him