Time returned to ten seconds on the countdown, to the instant when Guangming Assassin Martha activated the item "The Truth of True Love" to seek her answer. After ten full seconds of "Time Corrector," Zhou Heng finally discovered the Secret Realm core within "Sakas Emperor's Glorious."
[12° forward-right, then 32° upward. Grab it with all your strength.]
Without hesitation, Zhou Heng reached toward the indicated direction. The next second, he felt himself grasp something and immediately pulled with all his strength. Then he vanished from the "Sakas Emperor's Glorious" Secret Realm...
"What is glory? What is grandeur?" A majestic, authoritative voice sounded beside his ear. Zhou Heng opened his eyes and looked toward its source. He saw Emperor Sarendo Sakas dressed in golden robes, seated upon the Sakas Imperial Throne, scrutinizing him from above.
[Countdown: 9s]
Zhou Heng raised his brows slightly and voiced his thoughts in a low tone. "There is no glory in this world, nor any grandeur. They are merely the products of living beings' narrow horizons."
Seated upon the Sakas Imperial Throne, Emperor Sarendo Sakas rested both hands flat on the armrests, his eyes cold and merciless. "Why have you come?"
[Countdown: 7s]
Zhou Heng drew a deep breath. "To save you, to save her, and to save myself as well."
Emperor Sarendo Sakas slammed his hands down and leaned forward from the Sakas Imperial Throne. His golden imperial eyes fixed on Zhou Heng like the gaze of the god of death. Suddenly, he chuckled. "You? A level 400 piece of trash who has only just begun third-tier refinement transcendence? Do you know that the first-tier refinement that begins at level 101 has already been destroyed?"
Zhou Heng's pupils contracted slightly. He had long since noticed that there was one