Outside of Time [Webnovel]

The stars remained as they were, tranquil and unchanging.

The vast cloud formation, born from the final exhalation of a dying star, drifted silently through the cosmos.

Nearby, Xu Qing and his group descended, their gazes fixed upon the cloud.

To the naked eye, it was a mass of swirling energy, crackling with lightning and obscured by dense fog.

Deep within the cloud, the old god sat with a calm expression.

Although His cultivation was in a state of fragmentation, leaving Him barely able to maintain His status as a True God,

He was confident in Their concealment and didn’t think Quasi Immortals could sense Them.

Hence, from what He knew, these cultivators were only randomly searching here.

If it was any other time, He would kill them immediately. But now… He ignored them.

The old god said in a low voice.

However, the instant He spoke, the eyes of the Starry Eye Goddess who was sitting cross-legged and meditating beside Him flickered intensely with golden light. Her expression instantly turned solemn.

A hint of confusion flashed across Her expression before She suddenly spoke.

“Kill them!”

The old god frowned slightly and turned to look at the goddess.

From what He knew, there was no need for Them to make a move now as it would expose them and attract danger.

Facing the old god’s gaze, the goddess’ solemnity became even more intense.

She naturally understood that concealment was a better choice. However, for some reason, after seeing the cultivators who appeared outside the cloud, She actually felt a sense of foreboding.

It was as though if She couldn’t kill those cultivators, a calamity would descend on Her.

This feeling was strange but extremely intense.

Hence, after seeing that the old god beside Her didn’t attack, the Starry Eye Goddess looked at the old god with a cold gaze.

“Now!”

The old god sensed that something was wrong. Hence, He raised His right hand and grabbed forward.

With this grab, the vast cloud They were hiding in suddenly rumbled and churned intensely.

This cloud seemed to be controlled and at this instant, it seemed to have turned into a sea of fog.

It suddenly erupted.

The waves of dust stirred up a collapsing wind that roared toward Xu Qing’s team, wanting to drown them all in an instant.

Its strength was world-shaking and its might was monstrous. Even the laws and rules couldn’t shake its level!

Ripples spread across the void and the starry sky distorted!

At the same time that the cloud erupted, Xu Qing and the others moved.

On Star Ring’s body, Heaven’s Law shone. Thousands of iron chains of order surrounded him and the Balance Ordinance erupted from his body, enveloping everyone.

He enhanced everyone with all his might!

Above Zhou Zhengli’s head, a strange eye opened, connecting to everyone’s souls, causing everyone to seem to have fused into one at this moment.

Xie Lingzi raised his hand, and the bloodthirsty demon sword shone with a red light as it blocked in front.

There was also Li Mengtu’s poison that formed a mist and settled in the layers of mountains of Yuanshan Su…

All the ascenders used their trump cards at this moment to resist the bombardment of the clouds.

At the same time, their strength combined under the power of Zhou Zhengli’s bizarre eye.

Their cultivation levels had long broken through to the Quasi Immortal realm with all kinds of training and the abundance of origin essence. At this moment, they gathered together again.

Now, gathered together, they formed a massive, immovable reef.

Outside this reef was Xu Qing’s terrifying and boundless immortal embryo!

The Space-Time Ordinance appeared and enveloped the surroundings, forming layers!

After that, the cloud waves approached with a destructive force and landed on the reef everyone had transformed into.

Boom!

A deafening sound rang out!

The power of a True God was incomparably terrifying. Even though He had weakened, the attack that controlled the cloud still brought extreme pressure to everyone.

The reef they formed didn’t last long before it collapsed.

Everyone’s bodies trembled, and injuries of varying degrees instantly formed. Some even spat out blood and retreated.

However, in the end, they still successfully blocked this weakened True God’s attack!

As they retreated, although they were all in a sorry state and their cultivation bases were in chaos, their movements were incomparably skilled as they used different life-saving methods.

However, the shock in their minds was unavoidable.

What shocked them wasn’t that they had suddenly suffered this attack, but that… they had really encountered the goddess!

Even though Xu Qing had said that he might be able to find Her, in reality, everyone, including Zhou Zhengli, was still skeptical.

It wasn’t that they didn’t trust Xu Qing.

But it was really difficult to completely believe such a thing.

It could even be said that if this claim was made by someone else and not Xu Qing, they wouldn’t have believed the person at all.

After all, the range of the frontline war zone was too large. Logically speaking, the possibility of encountering the goddess was extremely low.

But now…

As their hearts churned, they looked at the clouds in front of them.

As the clouds had spread out, their vision cleared up.

Vaguely, two figures appeared!

One in front and one behind!

The one in front appeared elderly, His visage bearing a striking resemblance to the human race. Dressed in a golden robe, His entire being exuded a terrifying aura of authority. His expression was cold and indifferent.

As He stepped forward, a mournful wind howled around Him, filled with eerie wails, as though countless tormented souls were crying out in anguish.

The pressure emanating from Him was almost tangible, weighing heavily on the surroundings, distorting the very fabric of the starry sky and enveloping it in an oppressive gloom.

Behind Him, a phantom temple materialized—a broken and desolate structure, its ruins crumbling, with shattered walls and toppled pillars. Within the temple’s shadows, indistinct forms loomed. They resembled monstrous beasts lying dormant or grotesque entities clawing at the darkness with twisted limbs.

In the center of the dilapidated temple, a god was enshrined.

This god floated eerily in midair, its appearance deeply unsettling. Thin, spindly arms extended outward like gnarled branches, twisting in unpredictable directions. Each finger resembled a writhing worm, unnervingly elongated, and tapered to needle-like points that gleamed coldly in the shadows.

Its body seemed ravaged by some unfathomable trauma, its upper torso contorted and bent at impossible angles, forming an unnatural junction with its lower half. It looked as if it might shatter under the strain at any moment.

Its face was covered with black scales that shimmered faintly, each scale resembling a chilling, unblinking eye that seemed to scrutinize everything in existence.

Its mouth stretched grotesquely wide, the corners reaching all the way to its ears. Within, sharp fangs lined its maw, gleaming like the edge of a blade.

Between the teeth wriggled a vivid, blood-red tongue, sinuous and serpentine, as though it were a living creature poised to lash out and taste the essence of life itself.

Atop its head was a massive, glowing crystal. The crystal was irregular in shape, with countless streams of light flowing and weaving within, exuding a sense of mystery and power.

Surrounding it was a faint purple halo, within which countless twisted human faces could be seen, their expressions filled with despair and agony.

This was the divine aspect of a True God!

It contained a divine intent that surpassed all laws!

As for the figure behind the old god, it was a woman of breathtaking beauty.

She slowly appeared in the thin fog.

She appeared humanoid, Her figure tall and willowy.

She was draped in a gown that seemed woven from the deepest threads of night itself. The hem of Her dress shimmered faintly with an eerie blue glow, as if countless anguished souls were sealed within its intricate patterns. With every step She took, the glow flickered like ghostly flames, wavering between presence and absence.

Her skin was paler than freshly fallen snow, yet it carried a cold, bluish undertone, like frost that never thaws. It exuded an icy chill, giving anyone who laid eyes on Her the sense of plunging into a frozen abyss.

Her face, indescribably exquisite, seemed like a masterpiece carved by the hands of fate. Her delicate features were perfection itself, yet Her eyebrows, long and dark like distant ink strokes, bore a faint, imperceptible distortion—a fusion of sorrow and grievance condensed into an otherworldly allure.

When Her brows furrowed ever so slightly, it was as though they could draw forth the most primal fears lurking within one’s heart.

Her eyes, however, were the most striking of all—two bottomless pools of darkness, like deep, still wells that hid unfathomable mysteries. Yet within those irises shone an unnatural, blood-red light, glowing with a beauty that was both enchanting and perilous.

Her lips, vivid and crimson, were as striking as fresh blood spilled on pristine snow. They seemed to promise no words of comfort, only curses that could drag souls into an eternity of torment.

Her silvery-white hair flowed down like a waterfall, devoid of life, its luster cold and ethereal. Around Her, a faint mist swirled, giving off an unearthly aura.

Within the fog, fleeting ghostly faces could occasionally be glimpsed—twisted and feral, mouths wide open in silent screams. Yet, though they circled Her constantly, they dared not approach too closely, as if both bound to Her and wary of Her. This transformed Her unmatched beauty into something haunting.

She became a perfect fusion of allure and terror, a figure whose elegance seemed birthed from the depths of nightmares and fantasies intertwined.

Such a mystical sight was reflected in the eyes of Xu Qing and the others, causing waves of turmoil that shook their very souls!

However, at the same time, battle intent erupted in their hearts.

Star Ring’s eyes gleamed. Zhou Zhengli narrowed his eyes. Xie Lingzi’s murderous aura was intense, and most of the others were the same.

Only Qianjun and Piyi’s thoughts were filled with horror and their minds were in turmoil.

“We really found Her?”

The souls of these two brothers were trembling.

As for Xu Qing, his expression was calm from the start to the end. He looked at the figure walking over from the cloud and at… the goddess who was a fusion of beauty and bizarre!

The Starry Eye Goddess’ eyes swept over and landed on Xu Qing.

Their gazes were not blocked by the clouds. The instant they met, intense palpitations rose in the goddess’s heart.

A bloody glint appeared in Her eyes as She raised Her hand and pointed at Xu Qing.

“Kill this person!”

“At all costs!”

The divine voice of the Starry Eyes echoed, containing a rare persistence. This scene caused the old god in front of Her to have a strange look in His eyes.

He had guarded Luan for many years and had never seen such a thing happen!

Even though She had fled after being defeated previously, Luan was only confused.

However, He didn’t ask further. Since He had chosen to attack already, what He had to do now was to destroy all traces and everyone…

He was going to kill them all!

He had to do it as soon as possible!

Immediately, the human-like old god closed His eyes.

The instant He closed His eyes, the temple behind Him rumbled. The god floating in the temple erupted with all its might.

This caused the starry sky to be in chaos and the clouds to tear apart. The temple also moved and appeared in the starry sky.

It descended from an illusory state and materialized, emitting terrifying anomalous substances.

It also formed an isolation force that enveloped everything.

After that, the temple opened and the god inside walked out!

The starry sky changed drastically.