Seeing that river flowing like time itself, Shi Xuan nodded gently. There was more than a fifty-percent chance that this was Sīmìng Star Lord's hidden estate. Added to the fact that it had been opened in haste, that the Restriction's power was concentrated on the Grotto-heaven Barrier, and that concealment rather than defense had been the priority, it could basically be confirmed.
Time flowed exceedingly slowly throughout the entire Grotto-Heaven. Not only did it surpass the lowest normal ratio between the flow of time in a Lesser Thousand World and a Great Thousand World, it had nearly reached the utmost limit of the slow time flow within a Fourth Tribulation Heavenly Sovereign's Grotto-Heaven. Thus, aside from that time-like river, everything around it was still evolving amid chaos.
The force maintaining such a slow flow of time should gradually have dissipated following Sīmìng Star Lord's death, allowing time to return to a normal range. Yet these residual forces had combined and operated in a wondrous fashion, existing in a subtle balance. Without outside interference, they could endure for a very, very long time.
"Time gives rise to fate, and fate slows time. There is a hint of the profundity of Tai Chi here. This Sīmìng Star Lord was indeed extraordinary." As Shi Xuan entered, that subtle balance was broken. Fate returned to nothingness, time gradually resumed its normal flow, chaos began to evolve, and things both mysterious and unfathomable emerged.
As Shi Xuan comprehended the subtle balance that was beginning to shatter, his Immortal Awareness swept outward, preparing to inspect what remained beside that long river.
The instant his Immortal Awareness reached out, Shi Xuan abruptly discovered that everything around him had become void. Then, without warning, his Primordial Spirit went blank for an instant!
Dark and profound, without the slightest