Sui Xiong was no longer bound by the barrier of the Ancient Elf Temple. He turned into a streak of light and shot out in a flash.
Just as the Lord of Supreme Good had said, a barrier that transcended divine portfolios and domains, one with rules of its own, enveloped this Ancient Elf Temple. With a single glance, he understood its purpose.
It was a barrier that distorted time, slowing the passage of time within it to an extreme degree—so slow it was nearly frozen.
Chinese folklore spoke of "seven days in the mountains, a thousand years in the world," and in anime Sui Xiong had watched, there were wondrous places where one day outside equaled one year within. But let alone that "slow" rate of one day to one year, even seven days to a thousand years was merely a firefly before the moon compared to this barrier.
Never mind the three days Sui Xiong had slept within the temple—even the roughly one minute he had spent speaking with the Lord of Supreme Good might have meant an unknown span of time had passed outside!
What had happened outside during that time? The Lord of Order had beaten him to the brink of death and sent him here, hoping he could comprehend a truly complete "great divine power" that transcended alignments, attributes, and rules. Yet the Lord of Order had chosen to remain behind and face the Lord of Glory. What had become of Him?
He was most likely no match for the Lord of Glory. Had He been killed? Or sealed away? And after defeating Him, what else had the Lord of Glory done?
Given the Lord of Glory's temperament, none of the races would likely have come to a good end. The gods of the Void