"So that was it. The Great Being altered the Nether River's history through the World Tree, turning the Nether River into something like a History Secret Realm."
"And the key was the World Tree, which the Great Being had corrupted."
"That was also why I could travel through the World Tree from the Life Sect's History Secret Realm to the Nether River back then."
Understanding dawned on Lin Yuan as he worked out how it all connected.
Now that the World Tree had been reduced to ashes, the portion of its power related to time and history had condensed into this historical sand.
Judging by the amount, this pile of historical sand was even larger than the one in Minglong City.
It was enough to fill the entire Historical Hourglass.
Without hesitation, Lin Yuan willed the Historical Hourglass to fly above the pile of historical sand and draw in every grain imbued with space-time power.
Immediately afterward, the hourglass began to turn over, letting the historical sand fall slowly.
With his current discernment, Lin Yuan could clearly see that the Historical Hourglass was a transcendent item that absorbed space-time power.
Each turn allowed it to absorb the space-time power within the historical sand.
That space-time power was then used to drive the inscriptions on the Historical Hourglass's surface, analyzing the "Salvation Plan" that both existed and did not exist within historical space-time.
"Inscriptions..." Seeing the patterns on the Historical Hourglass's surface, Lin Yuan gained an insight.
The power and operating principles of these inscriptions differed from those of transcendent power.
They did not seem to belong to this world's power system, but rather to have come from beyond it.
The Heavenly Venerable had long since said that there were countless universes like the Primordial Universe and the Endless Sea Universe,