Outside of Time

However, those counterattacks earlier were within his expectations.

He took a step forward and instantly stepped into the air. Facing the incoming blood-red meteor, he grabbed at the pitch-black sky.

The sun couldn't be seen in the night sky.

However, this didn't mean that the sun didn't exist. It was just that the sun in this area had left. There were suns shining in various areas of Wanggu at all times.

The Profound Sun Immortal Light Technique didn't just snatch the sunlight above the cultivator.

At the next instant, wisps of light that were drifting in the night seeped out of the endless void and gathered on Xu Qing's body.

The night sky suddenly lit up.

Xu Qing was like a sun that stood between heaven and earth. The moment the light from him illuminated the world, he lifted his palm and pressed it toward the incoming blood-red meteor.

A piercing light erupted from Xu Qing's body. Wherever it passed, everything was torn apart, including the night and the blood-red meteor.

It was erased.

Xu Qing seemed to have devoured both the night and the blood light, becoming increasingly resplendent. He transformed into a bright star that rumbled toward the Forbidden Sea.

When the cultivators on Dongyou Island saw this scene from afar, their hearts were in turmoil.

In their eyes, this looked like the great sun descending to the sea.

It was as though a legend had manifested in the world!

"After the Golden Crow died, a hundred sounds turned into yin. Both of us know that there's a high chance that this really happened. From the looks of it now… it seems to be even more certain. As for Xu Qing… I don't know what level he will reach in the future."

Esteemed Master Dongyou mumbled.

Xue Lianzi coughed.

"Who cares what level he will reach? What will never change is that he is… my grand-disciple!"

Dongyou fell silent. Her gaze landed on Yanyan, who was staring infatuatedly at the spot where Xu Qing had disappeared.

"You meet your grand-disciple too few times. Next time you come to my place, you can bring him along more often…"

While the Dongyou Island cultivators were shocked and Esteemed Master Dongyou was conversing with Xue Lianzi, the sky of the Forbidden Sea turned pitch-black again, with only the faint moonlight shining. The light emanating from the sea surface rapidly dimmed as well.

Finally, the world turned pitch-black again.

However, in the depths of the sea, the sun that Xu Qing had transformed into illuminated the surroundings as he moved forward.

He was chasing after the severed hand!

All the sounds on the way became his speed.

The weak moon in the sky was unknowingly affected and revealed a purple color. The purple moonlight landed on the sea and seeped in.

A large number of ferocious sea beasts couldn't evade in time and their bodies collapsed. Their blood also enhanced Xu Qing's speed.

For the sea beasts that perished, today was a day of misfortune.

Similarly, for the severed hand and the parade of a hundred ghosts being pursued by Xu Qing, today was also a day of misfortune.

Their misfortune translated into good fortune for Xu Qing, enhancing his speed once again.

Just like that, after about fifteen minutes, above an area of the seabed covered with dense, black seaweed, the quickly fleeing severed hand encountered the fall of the great sun.

The light shone, illuminating the surroundings.

Amidst the rumbling sound, the scattering of the immortal light, the diffusion of good luck, and the guidance of the blood, Xu Qing took a step out.

He blocked the path of the severed hand and the thousands of malicious ghosts.

He punched out!

The Indestructible Emperor's Fist instantly stirred up a storm at the seabed, sweeping through everything. The sound was peeled off and transformed into a bizarre killing power that augmented it. At the same time, purple moonlight descended, trying to seal the severed hand.

However, this severed hand was extremely extraordinary. In this incomparably dangerous situation, its eyes displayed cruelty and coldness. The next instant, its fingers plucked the invisible strings.

The thousands of malicious ghosts in the surroundings instantly went crazy and consumed each other.

In the blink of an eye, the number of the malicious ghosts decreased drastically under this madness and only a hundred were left!

These hundred ghosts, with their altered appearances, grew even more ghastly. Intertwining with each other, they formed a score of sorts, accompanied by a series of mournful wails, creating a melody that Xu Qing had never heard before.

It was the same tune as the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts, but what appeared at this moment was even more complete!

The moment it spread out, the sea in all directions instantly turned cold. Xu Qing's Purple Moon divine authority actually trembled as though it was being guided. It was as though this tune had an inexplicable might against the power of the moon.

Vaguely, as these ghost sounds echoed, an illusory scene appeared.

A decaying moon actually manifested at the seabed and rose.

On the decaying moon, a huge face could be seen.

It was the face of a young girl. It was somewhat similar to the youth Xu Qing had seen when he inherited the Golden Crow's cultivation art. They were like siblings.

At that moment, this face was rotting. One could see the nether chains formed by the dense aura of death piercing through the face. At the same time, a terrifying divine might rose from it.

It was as though it wanted to walk from illusion into reality.

It affected the main world and affected Xu Qing.

This divine might was different from all the gods' auras Xu Qing had felt!

It was also different from the surrounding anomalous substances!

It was as though… it had nothing to do with the fragmented-

face.

One had to understand that in the current Wanggu, all gods were related to the fragmented-face. They were either born due to It or had followed It here. More or less, their bodies had the aura of fragmented face.

They belonged to the same lineage.

However… this moon was different.

With Its appearance, Xu Qing could clearly sense that regardless of whether it was the seawater here, the soil at the seabed, or this world, there seemed to be waves at this instant.

This was because the divine aura from this decayed moon… came from the same source as Wanggu!

Or to be precise, it came from the same source as the former Wanggu.