Comprehending time law was no simple process.
Qi Wu's breathing slowed, and so did his heartbeat. His body temperature dropped from thirty-seven degrees to thirty-six, then from thirty-six to thirty-five, and from thirty-five to thirty-four.
A thin layer of frost formed on his skin, and frost crystals covered his white hair. He sat motionless in the center of the Training Ground, like an ice sculpture.
Yet his consciousness roamed freely through the ocean of time law. He saw the passage of time.
A second, a minute, an hour, a day, a month, a year, ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years, ten thousand years.
He saw Great Xia rise and fall, observed the end of the Mythological Era, and witnessed the birth of the Human Emperor.
He also saw the invasion of the Outer Heavenly Demons, and the cultivators fighting them to the death. They fell one after another, until their blood stained the Divine Land red.
Time gradually passed.
At last, Qi Wu opened his eyes.
Something indescribable now lingered in his mismatched eyes.
It was a deep, complex emotion.
He lowered his head and looked at his hands.
The frost was slowly receding, his body temperature gradually rising, and his heartbeat returning to normal.
But something had changed forever.
Qi Wu stood and flexed his fingers.
Ice-blue light danced at his fingertips, and the temperature of the surrounding air plummeted.
He raised his right hand, spreading his fingers with his palm facing the wall.
A wisp of ice-blue light shot from his palm and struck the wall. The wall froze instantly, a thick layer of ice spreading outward from the point of impact until it covered the entire wall in the blink of an eye.
The ice was crystal clear, shimmering with a deep blue glow beneath