"Through the four seasons, tread upon peril; in the eight directions, each has its charge—now know the south."
—Facing Cangwu
Even when time and space stood still, Jiang Wang's thoughts continued to flow, his immortal sense still flickering—this showed that the terrifying transformation underway had not yet reached the point of utterly crushing him. Frozen time could not pin down his thoughts. Thus, he had some expectation of the intensity of what would follow.
With a colleague like Huang Sheli around, he had become exceptionally sensitive to changes in time. When [Reverse Journey] was activated, he could not perceive time flowing backward.
Just as on River Viewing Terrace, when Huang Sheli suddenly conceded defeat, he had still been taken aback, unaware that he had already won again and again.
This citywide freeze of time and space came from the power of some great formation, ingeniously linked to the Yue Kingdom's Nation-Protecting Array... It manifested without form and operated without name. To pry at time and space across such an immense range, it could not be called weak. But it had not reached the point where Jiang Wang could think only of fleeing.
It was precisely because the one controlling the board from behind the scenes lacked the confidence to imprison Jiang Wang point to point that they chose to act upon such a vast expanse of time and space.
Of course, even if he wanted to run, he could not move now.
Time and space had both been halted at this instant.
Jiang Wang waited cautiously for the change.
He needed neither the support of national fortune nor the Nation-Protecting Array to rely on. Though he stood here alone, with only a sword at his side, it was enough to seize the truth of this world.
He attained True Insight