Heaven and earth are the inn of all things, time is the traveler from ancient to modern times. The difference between life and death is like the distinction between dream and wakefulness, chaotic and ever-changing, impossible to fathom. What awaits us beyond life and death, beyond heaven and earth, outside of time?

This is Er Gen’s sixth long novel, The Outside of Time, following his previous works, Immortal Netherworld, Seeking Demons, I Wish to Seal Heaven, Eternal One Thought, and Three Inches of Humanity.