Outside Of Time

At this moment, the green sand desert trembled intensely.

It was as though the captain's words had opened some taboo, causing the terrifying power hidden in this desert to erupt at this instant.

Grains of sand rose into the air, floating between heaven and earth.

Every grain was shaking and a sinister face even appeared on it, roaring angrily at the sky.

This roar turned into thunder that rumbled in the sky.

There was also wind that blew from everywhere, sweeping through everything.

The world turned into a sea of sand at this instant.

Looking around, endless grains of sand kept rising, and gradually, the surface of the desert lowered.

The sand that danced in the sky was swept up by the wind and kept colliding with each other amidst rumbling sounds. Each of them shattered and turned into dust, forming a huge sandstorm.

Faces roared in pain from within, ultimately converging into a gigantic visage vaguely resembling that of a woman.

She was laughing and crying, and her visage shrouded the entire green sand desert.

The anomalous substances erupted and the world became blurry.

The god had descended!

In an instant, the entire green sand desert became dim, and divine consciousness couldn't expand even a bit in this place. The naked eye struggled to see anything in front.

Only endless rumbling sounds erupted into the sky. As for the cultivators here, they were all hiding in their respective cave abodes and watching everything in horror.

It was unknown who started it but they knelt down in front of the huge face formed by the green sand desert.

"White Goddess!"

At the entrance of the small world Xu Qing and the others were in, those clansmen of the Wind Guard Race were even more excited. All the clansmen knelt down and chanted an ancient chant.

"White Goddess awakens, serene by the blazing river."

"Divine child descends, to save the suffering below."

"Countless souls agitated, our hearts remain aglow."

"I'm willing to become the earth, nurturing all we know."

The chanting echoed in the sandstorm and was carried by the wind, drifting in all directions. Although the storm was astonishing, it didn't seem to have malice toward the people who lived here.

However… the figures of the Red Moon Shrine cultivators who had locked onto the green sand desert and were rushing over from all directions to punish the source of the ancient scene had no choice but to retreat in the sandstorm.

This sandstorm seemed to have focused all its malice on these outsiders.

In an instant, a large number of Red Moon cultivators retreated with horrified expressions. Some were even directly drowned in the sandstorm. Their bodies were torn apart and their souls were disintegrated, and their wails were drowned out by the howling wind.

Even the expression of the high priest who had arrived changed drastically.

"Everyone, leave this place!"

He immediately gave the order. Soon, the cultivators of the temple fled rapidly and retreated outside the desert, not daring to enter at all.

The high priest and some Nihility divine envoys forcefully barged in. Amidst the sandstorm, they were like spears that tore through the void, heading straight for the entrance where Xu Qing and the others were.

Closer and closer.

However, while they were moving forward, the abnormal change in the green sand desert was still ongoing. The horizon of the desert also rose with boundless sand. As the face formed by the desert became more and more majestic, the desert started to sink.

100 feet, 800 feet, 1,500 feet…

In the end, the entire green sand desert sank by ten thousand feet!

The sea of sand was roaring in the green sand desert, but it was empty below.

A gigantic crater, akin to a sinkhole, and the ancient land before the formation of the desert, were revealed.

There were also mountain peaks of different heights.

Some peaks were once completely buried beneath the desert and were now revealed for the first time after countless years.

Others were partially exposed outside, similar to the Bitter Life Mountain Range, with parts that would be buried now coming to light.

Compared to the entire crater, these mountain ranges resembled sharp thorns.

The ground inside was pitch black, emitting a decaying odor, with numerous pits and ravines, as if an astonishing battle had once taken place here.

This change in the ground exceeded the imagination of the cultivators. The native cultivators of the green sand desert were all shocked, and their hearts were filled with tremendous waves of emotion. Their worship of White Goddess became even more devout.

Meanwhile, the sand sea between heaven and earth continued to shatter with the ongoing collisions, turning into dust that mingled with the wind.

Vaguely, its form seemed to be changing…

Gradually, everyone who witnessed this couldn't help but recall a legend.

Legend had it that the entire green sand desert was originally a sinkhole. Many years ago, a strand of hair fell from the sky and turned into sand here, filling up the sinkhole and turning it into a desert.

Today, this legend… was verified.

This was because the shape of the endless sea of sand in the air was constantly changing. Finally, it gathered together and formed… a green hair!

As soon as this hair appeared, the hearts of the Red Moon Shrine's high priest and the others trembled and they were in a daze.

The entire green sand desert seemed as though time had stopped, the laws had stopped and frozen. Everything fell silent.

The wind no longer blew and time no longer circulated. All life and things were motionless.

The divine might descended.

The green sand desert was directly isolated and seemed to be separated from the entire Moon Worship Region, hiding in the gaps of time and space.

The green hair rapidly shrunk until it transformed into an ordinary person's hair and disappeared from the world. When it appeared… it was in the sealed area in front of the captain.

It floated down and landed on the captain's palm.

The ends of hair swayed slightly and slowly drooped down.

The captain turned his head and looked at Xu Qing with a spurious smile.

"Little Qing, are you surprised?"

Xu Qing gazed at the hair. Everything that happened outside earlier was reflected in his mind the instant his gaze met the hair.

He saw the changes in the external world and the appearance of the sinkhole.

This scene caused Xu Qing's heart to fluctuate intensely.

He knew that every major event the captain did was extremely exciting, but he was still shocked by this scene.

"Senior Brother, is this the hair of the high god you collaborated with in your previous life?"

Xu Qing took a deep breath prior to asking.

Seeing Xu Qing like this, the captain was satisfied, and at this moment, he felt that the rhythm was back in his hands, contemplating that this was in line with the usual pattern of doing big things in the past.

"That's right. Although this person doesn't have a good temper, Her status is extremely high."

The captain was smug as he shook the hair in his hand.

"Regardless of whether it's the hiding place in my previous life or the seal here, they were all completed with Her help. As for the green sand desert, it was formed by Her hair."

"At the same time, this is also a token left for me."

"When the time is ripe, I can borrow the power of faith of all living beings to transform the green sand desert into Her hair again. With this… I can open a door to Her."

As the captain spoke, he looked at the heir and the others. He felt comfortable as he saw their solemn expressions.

The heir's gaze was deep as he looked at the hair in Erniu's hand and suddenly spoke.

"The one working with you is the High God Flame Moon from among the three gods of the sun, moon, and star of the Flame Moon Mystic Heaven Race!"

The captain chuckled and nodded proudly.

"The three high gods of the Flame Moon Mystic Heaven Race originally wanted to give me face, but in the end, I thought of the life-and-death feud between their race and our human race, so I rejected them."

"In the end, Little Yue[1] shamelessly insisted on helping. I had no choice but to reluctantly agree."

"Seeing that She was putting in so much effort, I agreed to let Her eat a few more pieces of Crimson Goddess' meat when the time comes."

The heir was expressionless. He pretended not to hear Erniu's nonsense. As for Princess Mingmei, she sneered and similarly ignored him.

Even though the hearts of Ning Yan and the others continued to fluctuate, when they heard this, their first reaction was that Erniu's bragging was too fake.

Xu Qing was already used to it and directly ignored it.

Seeing that no one believed him, the captain sighed.

"Forget it, forget it. What I stated is true. One day, you'll know that what I said was all true. They were really the ones who begged me."

The captain gave a dry cough, shook his head with an expression of helplessness, and then raised his hand, waving the strand of hair into the vortex formed by the power of faith in front.

This strand of hair fluttered in the wind. The instant it landed, the vortex of power of faith suddenly stopped spinning.

The hair inside grew longer and continued to spread, growing longer and larger until it formed a path.

This path meandered deep into the void.

At the end of the void, a door could be dimly seen.

This was an ancient wooden door that gave off an ominous feeling.

It was made of black wood and there were numerous scratches on it. Every scratch was deep and there were even some with minced meat.

Black blood seeped out from the gaps in the door.

A sense of decay rose from the black blood, and the eerie feeling permeated everything.

The god's aura surged within, causing Ning Yan and others to wail in agony as the anomalous substances erupted within their bodies with just a glance.

Xu Qing's vision also turned blurry and his heart trembled intensely.

The expressions of the heir and the other three were solemn as they stared at the black wooden door, as though they were facing a great enemy.

Only the captain had a relaxed expression. He took a few steps forward and stepped into the vortex, stepping on the path formed by the hair. He then turned his head and glanced at Xu Qing prior to laughing.

"Little Qing, do you want to come with me to take a look?"

Just as Xu Qing was about to speak, the blood that spread out from the gap in the black wooden door suddenly became denser. There was also a hurried series of knocks on the door.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sound was intense and so loud that it shook one's soul.

It was as though someone beyond the door had sensed the presence outside, so they attacked with all their might, wanting to break through the door. In fact, because the force was too great, the wooden door trembled violently and more scratches appeared on it.

The sudden knocks on the door shocked the captain as well. He blinked and tried his best to maintain his composure, sighing.

"Really, why do those who are locked up always like to knock on the door so rudely?"

Old Eighth, who was beside the heir, glared at the captain and suddenly spoke.

"She's cursing you."

[1] Yue(月) means moon.