Perfect World: Bones of an Emperor
Chapter 288

Nonlinear Time

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"For some beings, the concept of 'time' is not a line that extends endlessly." Di Yi did not explain in depth, merely mentioning it briefly.

"Not a line that extends endlessly..." Chi Wuxia murmured, seeming to understand, yet also seeming not to.

"There's no need to delve into it. Without reaching that realm, no one can distinguish past from present. Thinking too much about it is meaningless." Di Yi indicated that Chi Wuxia should not overthink it, but simply remember it as a piece of knowledge.

"Then, to us, are they in the past, the future, or the present?" Chi Wuxia asked.

"You can understand it however you like. A place transcending the world can no longer be explained through simple concepts of time and space," Di Yi said. "All right, we should leave this place. Having lost those three artifacts, the world behind this inexplicable thing can no longer hold on."

Indeed, just as he said, the world behind this inexplicable thing was collapsing faster and faster. Inexplicable runes of the Great Dao filled the sky, swirling like a sea of stars in revolt, punching through the entire world.

If this had been the destruction of an ordinary world, Di Yi would still have had a way to stabilize it. But this place had already borne as much as it could bear, and beings had disturbed the past, present, and future here. With cause and effect piling upon one another, even he could not reverse anything.

"Leaving this place... will we get lost? Will we be unable to return to the place and time we came from?" Chi Wuxia was somewhat worried. Through this journey, she had already come to understand Di Yi's strength, but the current circumstances were very unusual.

"That's a good question." Hearing Chi Wuxia's question,

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