An infinite radiance seemed to rush toward him.
Yet the splendor contained within that blaze of light was far too dazzling, far too blinding. Ji Jue could see nothing. In that fleeting instant, the only thing he could sense was the unique aura of Superior Virtue · Eternal Gate.
So pure, without the slightest flaw.
It was as if he had leapt into the Torrent of Time, allowing it to carry him into a distant, unknown past.
Until the boundless light faded from before his eyes.
A gentle breeze blew in from afar.
Bell sound echoed across the square. Birds took flight, then settled again, lowering their curious gazes from the branches where they landed to look at a visitor who did not belong here.
Ji Jue looked around blankly, only to discover that he seemed to have returned to the surface once more.
But the surface clearly had not looked like this. The ruins were gone, and the collapsed skyscrapers had vanished without a trace. Only slightly weathered buildings stood along the streets.
Pedestrians streamed past, chatting and laughing as they passed through his body, leaving behind only faint ripples.
In the distance, the bells of the cathedral rang out as though in celebration.
"What is this...?"
Ji Jue blankly raised his hands and instinctively tried to touch the things around him, but his palms passed straight through them without resistance, leaving only ripples like those on water.
"Did we travel through time?" He could not suppress his suspicion, yet he was the first to dismiss the thought.
This was not the real world. It was more like a reflection within time, so incomplete... On closer inspection, even some flowerpots by the roadside flickered constantly. The flowers shifted, their colors impossible to pin down.
The drooping branches of the