Outside Of Time

Chapter 1495: The Face Beside the Red Candle

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Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

In the World Source Secret Realm, in the middle area of the range of the red candle’s glow, as Xu Qing arrived, the collapsing star suddenly descended like midwinter.

Awhile ago, in his perception, Xu Qing could see flames flowing in the sky and the surroundings incomparably hot.

However, at the next instant, frost appeared on the ground and the coldness in the surroundings suddenly intensified.

Accompanying the coldness was endless killing intent.

It went for Xu Qing from all directions.

A cold ghnt appeared in Xu Qing’s eyes. He took a step forward and landed on the ground. The instant lie stepped on the ground, the frosty ground in the surroundings rumbled and cracks appeared with Xu Qing as the center.

These cracks spread in the blink of an eye, shattering like a mirror and forming a web that covered a vast area.

They simultaneously surged and exploded, intertwining in the air, causing convection and forming a storm.

Amidst the flying soil, the storm grew larger, dispersing countless icy chills.

It swept in all directions.

At the same time, with the help of the power of this storm, Xu Qing leaped up and sped into the distance.

However, the killing intent from the invisible existences didn’t decrease with the shattering of this place. Instead, it intensified and fused into the storm.

The storm emitted cracking sounds and was directly frozen, turning into an incredibly huge ice pillar that seemed to connect the sky and earth.

The edge of it was still spreading in the direction Xu Qing was in.

It seemed to be chasing him.

Xu Qing frowned. In Xue Chenzi’s memories, although he had unintentionally arrived on this star to avoid danger back then, he didn’t encounter much danger here.

Instead, he entered the canyon relatively smoothly.

However, Xu Qing was experiencing a different thing.

“Did something happen here during this time, or… is it because of my arrival that it’s different?”

As Xu Qing pondered, his speed became even faster, while the coldness behind him became even more intense. Wherever it passed, the ground and even the wind would be frozen, turning into ice cones.

Some landed on the ground, while others gathered together, forming claws and fangs that extended into the sky.

This caused the sky to show signs of freezing.

It was as though this killing intent that was provoked by those strange existences was chasing after Xu Qing from the sky, the ground, the storm, the void, and everywhere.

“If this continues, I’ll be in a passive state.”

When he passed by a lake, as the lake froze, Xu Qing’s body paused in mid-air.

He spread his perception and after confirming that there were no other cultivators here, the divine source in his body suddenly erupted and endless golden light shot out from Xu Qing’s body.

The divine authority of sound and the divine authority of the Purple Moon formed lethal force at this moment, sweeping through everything.

Wherever it passed, any place where the sound of ice appeared would instantly shatter.

The ice sealing the sky turned purple, and a Purple Moon rose within this recording.

It dyed the collapsing stars.

A large number of soul threads from the Variant Immortal School flew out of Xu Qing’s body, transforming into a torrent that replaced the storm. They gathered into a vast vortex, wanting to tear everything apart.

Even five or six worlds Soul Accumulation cultivators would feel waves in their hearts if they encountered such a power. However, here… even if the sky and the earth collapsed under Xu Qing’s divine authorities, the cold and gloomy aura didn’t disappear at all. At most, it was swept away. However, very soon, it gathered from all directions with Xu Qing as the center. The killing intent didn’t weaken at all.

In fact, because of the fluctuations here, strange existences from nearby stars seemed to be attracted as well, rushing toward here.

Although he couldn’t see these strange existences, the ice that appeared outside the starry sky made Xu Qing realize this.

“Can’t be destroyed?”

A sharp ghnt flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes. He no longer used the divine authorities but took a deep breath. Immediately, a large sun rose in his sea of consciousness.

It was the Profound Sun Immortal Light.

This light erupted from Xu Qing’s body, forming light and heat that shone in all directions.

However, the effect… was still ordinary.

Even though Xu Qing had temporarily escaped, these invisible strange existences soon chased after him again.

“If this continues, even if I reach the location of the canyon, it will be very difficult for me to wholeheartedly search for the source of the white dust that appeared in Xue Chenzi’s fate threads.”

Xu Qing pondered. Through the many times he had fought with these strange existences here, he had a rough judgment.

These existences that had lost their bodies because of assimilation and were transformed by the red candle indeed possessed the attribute of immortality. However, this attribute was definitely relative.

According to everything Xu Qing had seen on his journey, from all living beings to the gods, none could truly be considered immortal and indestructible.

Even True Gods were no exception.

Otherwise, why would Jade Flowing Dust scheme against a True God?

“So, whether it’s immortality or indestructibility, both can only be achieved under certain conditions.”

“Then, for these strange beings here that I can clearly crush with ease, what are the conditions for their immortality and indestructibility?”

Xu Qing moved forward and pondered while being chased by those invisible existences.

A few breaths later, Xu Qing abruptly turned his head. His expression revealed sharpness as he mumbled.

“It’s obvious that the condition for these strange creatures to be immortal and indestructible is invisibility!”

“Because they are invisible, they cannot be killed!”

“In other words, to kill them, one must first see them!”

Almost at the instant Xu Qing realized this, Little Shadow’s emotions fluctuated in his mind.

“Master… right… fuse… can see…”

Xu Qing frowned. The timing of Little Shadow’s message was as if it had been waiting for him to realize this.

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?!”

Xu Qing asked coldly.

Master… I… can’t… this place… candle… shadow… restriction… can’t speak…”

Little Shadow nervously and quickly transmitted its emotions.

Xu Qing understood its meaning. Due to the restrictions of the candle here, it couldn’t tell him. Xu Qing had to react before it could say it.

If it was any other time, Xu Qing would definitely study this issue. However, now was clearly not the time.

Hence, he suppressed this matter and gave Little Shadow the order.

At the next instant, the aura on Little Shadow’s body erupted and enveloped Xu Qing’s entire body.

In the early years, when Xu Qing and Little Shadow encountered danger, they would choose to fuse. After fusing, Xu Qing’s cultivation strength would be suppressed and only some special divine powers could be used as usual.

All of this was exchanged for a great increase in the might of his body.

After that, as Xu Qing’s cultivation base increased, he gradually stopped fusing with Little Shadow. At this moment, this fusion appeared again.

In the blink of an eye, the shadow transformed into a black dress that enveloped Xu Qing. It also formed a black cloak on his back. As his purple hair fluttered, a terrifying physical strength rose from Xu Qing’s body.

Storms appeared just because of this physical strength.

What was even more astonishing was that Xu Qing’s eyes were pitch-black.

Immediately after, he used his shadow eyes to see the world…

The world seemed to have its veil lifted, revealing its true appearance!

The sky was empty.

The starry sky was nothingness.

Its end was like jade.

The dust and stars in the surroundings became scenes of paintings. The mountain ranges and the ground in the stars were all a part of the paintings.

Only the red candle was still burning strangely.

Next was… those strange existences that he couldn’t see previously. This time… Xu Qing saw them.

They were black shadows that appeared outside the glow of the candle!

Their shapes varied, sometimes human, sometimes beast, sometimes irregular, and sometimes thread-like—strange and diverse. However, their color was uniformly pitch-black, and their essence was always that of shadows!

For countless years, the bodies of the cultivators who had been assimilated in this secret realm had disappeared, leaving only… shadows.

And this secret realm was, in fact, a world within a painting that belonged to the shadows!

This discovery caused a huge commotion in Xu Qing’s heart.

Little Shadow’s origin was an enigma that he couldn’t find an answer to.

However, today… he seemed to have found a clue.

Xu Qing raised his head and stared at the red candle in the distance. At the same time, the countless shadows in the surroundings pounced toward Xu Qing.

At the next instant, as the Profound Sun Immortal Light on Xu Qing’s body erupted again, light and heat spread in all directions from his body. Mournful wails suddenly echoed.

The immortal light was one of the few special divine abilities that could be displayed under the fusion form.

Those shadows that couldn’t be killed previously quickly blurred under the illumination of the immortal light and disappeared.

The temperature in the surroundings instantly rose.

Xu Qing’s body swayed and he quickly moved forward. Immortal light illuminated the way as he flew past the drawn lakes and mountain ranges. Wherever he passed, the shadows in all directions would be destroyed. After fifteen minutes, a huge canyon appeared in Xu Qing’s eyes.

However, in Xu Qing’s opinion, this canyon… was the same as the lakes and mountain range. It was all drawn.

It looked realistic but in reality, he couldn’t step in.

He stood at the edge of the drawn canyon. After pondering for a while, the immortal light on his body flickered again. Xu Qing guided it into the canyon and it continued to sweep.

After a few times, the black color in Xu Qing’s eyes faded as he canceled his fusion with Little Shadow.

In Xu Qing’s eyes, the world returned to its original appearance. The canyon in front of him was no longer drawn but truly formed.

It was pitch-black inside and he couldn’t see the details.

Xu Qing stood at the edge of the canyon. After his gaze swept over, he took a step forward and directly walked into the canyon.

His divine sense spread out and enveloped all the areas in the canyon as he began his search.

He wanted to find the source of the white dust that appeared in Xue Chenzi’s fate.

However… time flowed by and Xu Qing flew out of the canyon two hours later. He stood in the air above the canyon and frowned.

Although this canyon was deep, it wasn’t very large overall.

Hence, in two hours, not only did Xu Qing explore it completely with his divine consciousness, but he also walked through all the places in the canyon and probed with his naked eye. However, he found nothing in the end.

He didn’t find any place where there might be white dust, nor did he sense any traces.

It was as though he had come to the wrong place.

“It’s not here?”

“However, from Xue Chenzi’s memories, the dust in his fate threads clearly appeared after entering this place.”

Xu Qing fell silent. A long time later, he suddenly rushed up and instantly arrived in the sky. After looking down at the ground, everything he saw was normal.

Hence, he flew up again. Even after he left this planet and circled it to observe, he still didn’t find any clues.

“Then…”

Xu Qing sent out a thought. At the next instant, the Little Shadow fused with him again. As his eyes turned pitch-black again, Xu Qing stood at this height and looked at the star below again.

With this glance, Xu Qing’s eyes abruptly widened.

In the shadow eyes, the star that was drawn… the fissure and the canyon resembled an open mouth.

The distant mountain range was like a nose.

The two lakes further away were like eyes.

How was this drawing a star? It was a face!