Nie Li obtained the Temporal Demon Spirit Book just as he had in the original storyline. The moment he emerged from the light, he lunged for the waterskins and drained a dozen or so before stopping.
"Ugh, I nearly died of thirst."
Nie Li gasped for breath, but he was still delighted. After all, this was the Temporal Demon Spirit Book, a treasure that could traverse time and space and reverse life and death. Spending a little water on it had been an absolute steal.
Yun Tian watched Nie Li. He had just sensed a trace of time and space, and although it was so weak as to be negligible to him, he was curious. He opened his eyes, pierced straight through the curtain of light, and entered the flow of time and space.
"Sure enough, this is a separate space-time realm."
Yun Tian's eyes suddenly took on the appearance of the cosmos, as though he himself were the primordial chaos of the universe. He was now looking back through time.
"Just as I thought. It was Great Emperor Kongming."
After seeing Nie Li finish, Yun Tian went over to the coffin. Only a necklace and some lingering traces of time and space remained inside, though anyone below Legend rank would be unable to sense those traces. Yun Tian took out the necklace.
"Hmm, it has its uses. It can focus the mind, calm the heart, and speed up soul force cultivation."
I'll keep it in my collection. After all, everyone needed a hobby, just as people often took up fishing in middle age. Though returning empty-handed was the norm, that never diminished their love of fishing.
Nie Li said nothing when he saw Yun Tian take the necklace. They had discovered this place together, so Yun Tian deserved a