Hua Yunfei and Gong Qingyan could not sense the passage of time. It was as if, the instant the Heavenly Secrets Bead trembled, the space here had become an eternity of its own, allowing them to freely glimpse countless pasts and futures.
Gong Qingyan frowned, a thread of scarlet trickling from the corner of her mouth.
Watching Hua Yunfei with his eyes closed, she said nothing, silently enduring the immense backlash that came from the unseen.
Fortunately, the Heavenly Secrets Bead helped her withstand some of it. Though it had yet to fully awaken, it still possessed considerable power.
But if this went on for long, she would still be unable to endure it.
What Hua Yunfei wanted to see was entangled in too much Karma, and it also existed on other timelines. Trying to peer into those places would almost certainly touch the Super Creatures there.
Hua Yunfei was using the Heavenly Secrets Bead to make things as safe as possible. But the bead was no longer what it had once been, and neither he nor Gong Qingyan was powerful enough. In the end, they could never be completely safe.
Hua Yunfei slowly opened his eyes, disappointment in them.
"This world is controlled by the strong. With our strength, we can naturally influence ordinary space-time and the future. But once we touch upon the domain of someone stronger, there's nothing we can do," Gong Qingyan advised.
Hua Yunfei released the Heavenly Secrets Bead. "Sorry. I hurt you."
He waved a hand, and an invisible force erased the backlash within Gong Qingyan.
"This is... Overlord power?!" Gong Qingyan stared at Hua Yunfei's white hair in shock. "You've already..."
"Not yet," Hua Yunfei said. "I'm at a special juncture. I'm neither Overlord Grade nor War Emperor Grade, yet I can freely