"Here."
The Nine Extremes Heavenly King spoke softly, then took the lead in stepping across the boundary pass and walking toward the star covered in golden threads.
Xu Changqing took a deep breath and followed.
The two passed through the boundary defenses of the Shining Star. Every checkpoint sensed the Nine Extremes Heavenly King's aura and automatically moved aside; there was no need for inspection.
Following the exclusive passage of the Heavenly Pivot Star inward, time barriers swallowed and spat them out like layers of transparent water membranes. At last, the view suddenly opened up.
Beneath their feet lay a plain blanketed in golden threads.
Every thread squirmed faintly as if alive, converging toward the same direction.
At the end of that direction, a palace condensed from pure Time Law floated above the plain.
The Nine Extremes Heavenly King stopped at the edge of the plain and stepped aside. He did not take another step forward, merely giving Xu Changqing a slight nod. "Go."
Xu Changqing glanced at him, then stepped alone onto the path paved with golden threads.
With every step he took, the threads beneath his feet trembled faintly, and an extremely subtle ripple of time spread from the soles of his feet in every direction.
The closer he came, the clearer the outline of the floating palace became.
It was not built from bricks and stone, nor condensed from spiritual power. It was the embodiment of Time Law itself.
A light Xu Changqing had never seen before flowed across the palace. Colder than starlight and purer than the sun and moon, it was like the cold radiance naturally emitted after the three dimensions of past, present, and future had been folded onto the same plane.
The entire palace was like an open eye, watching him.
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