Outside Of Time

Chapter 1836: The Completion of Desolate (1)Editor: Atlas Studios

The morning glow descended from the heavens, spilling over the ruins of Peerless City, enveloping this corner of the mortal world.

Within this radiance, the young Xu Qing stood motionless, as though time itself had frozen around him.

Before him, the adult Xu Qing from the future gradually materialized amidst the dazzling morning light.

Clad in a black robe that fluttered in the wind, its edges snapping sharply, his purple hair swayed as if each strand contained the primordial power of the starry rings.

With each step he took, the land of Wanggu trembled.

The earth quaked, the heavens roiled—as if all of Wanggu had awakened in that instant, radiating a sense of welcome.

Not just Wanggu, but even Brilliant Heaven beneath it resonated in the same way!

It was as though... the figure emerging from the light had become the very source of Wanggu, the origin of Brilliant Heaven!

Thus, auspicious signs manifested in all directions, and rainbows formed within the dawn light—all to greet him!

When the figure fully emerged, the heavens and earth trembled in unison!

A power that shook the cosmos erupted from him, resonating with both Wanggu and Brilliant Heaven, surpassing even the aura of the ancient Summer Immortals...

This was... an Immortal Lord!

And not just any Immortal Lord—this was the pinnacle of that realm!

Even more astonishingly, behind Xu Qing, the faint silhouette of another adult version of himself could be glimpsed.

Just like the twin Primordial Home Planets!

Standing there, he glanced back at his frozen childhood self before turning his gaze toward Zi Qing in the distance.

After a long pause, he stepped forward, walking toward Zi Qing.

Step by step, he traversed the frozen river of time, strode through the viscous sea of blood, and arrived before Zi Qing amidst the bloody rain within the light.

Facing Zi Qing, Xu Qing spoke calmly.

”Why didn’t Desolate interfere with my ascension?”

Zi Qing was smiling.

At this moment, he had only just awakened. He possessed neither the cultivation of his past life nor the divine realm he would later attain in the Sky Devouring Region.

All that filled him now was an overwhelming divinity.

Before Xu Qing, he was fragile.

Yet he didn’t care.

With a smile, he looked at Xu Qing, his eyes filled with admiration, relief, and an unmistakable anticipation.

”Before I answer that, little brother, let me ask you—do you know who you are?”

Xu Qing fell silent, his cold gaze fixed on Zi Qing as he refused to respond.

Zi Qing’s smile deepened.

”You don’t know...”

”And you can’t possibly know!”

Zi Qing’s eyes burned with intensity as he stared at Xu Qing.

”Little brother, I’ve searched for you for so many years... and I never once believed it could be you...”

”Until I walked through the threads of fate in this lifetime, experiencing countless outcomes—including this very day when Peerless City was sacrificed. In some threads, I ignored you. In others, I took you away. And in others still... I erased you.”

”That’s why your memories of Peerless City are fragmented!”

”But through this, I finally glimpsed the truth...”

”Even then, I wasn’t certain. So I let you live or die by your own strength, allowed you to grow... I witnessed every step of your journey—your killings, your apprenticeship, every choice you made, every path you took, and the countless fates that branched from them. I saw them all, scrutinizing each frame.”

”My original plan was to retrieve you after the return of the Purple Green Kingdom and offer you as a sacrifice.”

”But then, at the human imperial capital, I finally saw the throne deep within your soul...”

”Little brother, do you know? At that moment, I saw your true fate. I unraveled the doubts that had plagued me for so long, and I glimpsed the true turning point in the fate I sought...”

Zi Qing laughed as he laid everything bare.

”So of course I did everything in my power to influence Desolate’s fragmented-face, ensuring it wouldn’t interfere with your devouring of the Primordial Home Planets.”

”I wanted your success even more than you did.”

Zi Qing threw his head back in laughter, the anticipation in his eyes blazing brighter.

Xu Qing listened in silence. After a long pause, he met Zi Qing’s expectant gaze and spoke slowly.

”Who are you, really?”

At this, Zi Qing laughed even louder.

”Who am I...”

His laughter gradually faded, replaced by an indescribable complexity.

”I’ve had many identities. I was the Crown Prince Purple Green in history. I was humanity’s fortune struggling to survive. I was Wanggu’s hope. I was even a reincarnation of a wisp of Brilliant Heaven’s will!”

”But there’s one more identity—one I only learned after sacrificing myself...”

”Desolate’s fragmented-face... is also me!”

His voice echoed, shaking the heavens and earth.

Though Xu Qing had suspected this answer, hearing it confirmed still deepened the abyss in his gaze.

Zi Qing continued.

”Or to be precise, little brother, I am a possibility—one that Desolate released when It entered the Umbilical Cord of the Divine God and reached the half-step to Divine God realm!

”It cast this possibility beyond the umbilical cord, merging it with the star ring of Its birth—the Primordial Home Planet of Brilliant Heaven. This was the hope It left for Itself!

”If It perished during Its ascent to Divine God, this possibility would replace It, becoming the new Desolate!”

”But then... an accident occurred.”

Zi Qing raised a hand, pointing to the sky.

”After Its failure, It didn’t truly die. Instead, It came here searching!”

”And I—born from the Primordial Home Planet’s struggle for survival, fused with fortune—became Its counterpart!”

”So It could be me, and I could be It!”

Xu Qing suddenly spoke.

”It didn’t come here for you.”

Zi Qing’s eyes gleamed even brighter as he looked at Xu Qing.

”Of course It wasn’t here for me. It—just like me—was searching for you, little brother!”