Faint ripples of light wafted from deep within the flesh of the blood peach. Countless Dao Patterns scattered, then gathered again, gathered, then scattered once more, like dazzling stars condensed into the Milky Way, stirring the water, raising ripples, and bringing with them ancient desolation and the passage of years sharp as a blade.
Meng Qi's mind sank within, comprehending Eastern Emperor Taiyi's understanding and mastery of time while making up for his own shortcomings in this regard. After all, the Immortal Slaying Sword Scripture emphasized termination, while the Limitless Seal focused on the contraction of time, with neither past nor future. Both differed from the normal Dao of time. Although the three thousand Great Daos ultimately led to the same destination by different paths, before reaching consummate Creation, they offered little help in tracing the past or glimpsing the future.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi had taken time as the foundation of his Achieve Dao, and the little peach was part of his Dao Fruit in this path. Even if the changes and profound mysteries triggered by a wisp of aura were still crude, they were more than enough for Meng Qi to digest for a long while, and he had benefited immensely!
Gu Xiaosang, who had been watching from the side, also closed her starry eyes and sensed with her mind. She felt only a broad, boundless river of shimmering water surrounding her, with neither beginning nor end. Sometimes it flowed swiftly, sometimes slowly. It showed neither mottling nor exuberance, but acted out the various flavors of the passage of time.
After who knew how long, Meng Qi opened his eyes. His gaze was ancient and weathered, with ripples of light that seemed never to stop flowing deep within. The little peach, drunk as could be, was already snoring away,