Chapter 441: Sands of Time

Shen Qing exhaled a mouthful of turbid qi, his Dharma Aspect dissipated, and Shen Qing's true form stepped out.

And just then, suddenly, a figure descended from the sky—one could say it fell from the sky—and was still squealing wildly.

Shen Qing fixed his gaze and saw: that isn't Anna, is it?

Shen Qing raised his hand and pointed; a spotless white cloud appeared beneath Anna, supporting her.

Anna seemed not to have realized she had already left that space, so even being supported by the cloud she was still screaming.

Shen Qing furrowed his brow and directly used primordial qi to cover her mouth.

"Don't scream, it's me."

Anna, upon hearing the familiar voice, opened her eyes, then looked at Shen Qing with eyes full of grievance; seeing this, Shen Qing also released his primordial qi.

Shen Qing glanced at Anna a few times: "How did you end up here?"

Shen Qing pursued Kong Wudao, crossing at least half the distance of the Broken Realm Region; one must know that Shen Qing and Kong Wudao's speeds are extremely terrifying, while Anna absolutely could not cross that distance in such a short time.

Anna thought of something, speaking with a sobbing tone: "Master! I thought I would never come back!"

Afterwards Anna rambled through the whole story, which was fragmented, but Shen Qing still managed to organize it.

"So you mean, earlier on the battlefield you were blown away by my lotus, then inexplicably entered a mysterious space, and then inexplicably came out, right?"

Anna vigorously nodded her head, then shook it hard: "Yes! That space also inexplicably trembled, and then I came out."

Shen Qing fell silent, his eyes turned pitch-black, the starry sea above reflected, the Primordial Source Eye activated, and Shen Qing scanned the surrounding darkness from head to toe, yet saw nothing.

At this moment Anna thought of something, somewhat moved she said: "Hey, right, it's been three or four days—why are you still here, are you looking for Anna?"

Shen Qing snapped his head back, seizing the point in Anna's words: "You said three or four days? You spent three or four days in that space?"

Shen Qing slew Misty Cloud, then pursued and defeated Kong Wudao; altogether it should have been just a moment, how could it be five days?

Anna stared for a moment: "Maybe it's not three or four days, maybe two days? Or five days? I don't know, but it's definitely been a long time!"

After a moment of silence, Shen Qing could be certain of one thing: the place Anna went to has time flowing slower than the Third Layer World.

And the only thing that can control the flow of time is Time Power, which indicates that the space Anna is in definitely contains Time Power.

In that case.

Energy surged, green light covered Shen Qing's eyes—this is Time Power—and afterward Shen Qing scanned the dark space again.

Not long after, Shen Qing truly discovered something different.

In the darkness there was a faint emerald point of light, something even the Primordial Source had not detected, and it moved at extremely high speed.

Shen Qing took a step, his body turned into white clouds, his whole person became flowing light, quickly catching up to that green point of light; only then did Shen Qing see what the point was: an extremely tiny grain of sand.

Shen Qing reached out, Chaos Power surged forth to bind it, but the next moment the sand grain violently vibrated, trying to break free from the Chaos Power's restraint.

This is rarely seen; up to now, nothing or any power has been able to break free from Chaos Power's restraint.

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes, withdrew the Chaos Power, switched to Time Power, and the sand grain then calmed down.

Shen Qing opened his palm, the sand grain slowly rotated in his palm; looking closely, within the sand grain seemed to flow stars and also gleam with constellations, the sand grain seemed like a miniature universe!

Shen Qing pondered for a while and discovered that neither the Initiation Origin Dao Hall nor the Mountain Sea Dao Hall had any description of this thing.

Since that's the case, the only recourse is to seek help.

Shen Qing connected to Ziyin's consciousness network; just as he linked up, he heard from that side the anguished wails of Kong Wudao—it seemed Ziyin was brutally tormenting Kong Wudao.

Shen Qing spoke: "Ziyin, I know you're taking revenge, but I have something I want to ask you."

Ziyin spoke, voice resounding, full of loyalty: "Great Creator God! Your word!"

Shen Qing described this thing once over; Ziyin first fell silent for a moment, then spoke, his tone unusually excited.

"Great Creator God! I've thought of something! According to your description, this thing is very likely the Sands of Time!!"

"Sands of Time?"

"Yes!" Ziyin's voice was full of certainty.

"When chaos first opened, besides the birth of innate living beings, there were also some inanimate objects born; these objects are extraordinarily powerful, and we call them Innate Supreme Treasures!"

"Among the innate living beings, the first to be born were the Creator God and that terrifying creature, while the Sands of Time were born a little later than those two!"

"Back when the Creator God once told me about the Sands of Time! When the Creator God was just beginning to gestate, he had also seen the Sands of Time, an extraordinarily powerful Innate Supreme Treasure!"

"But he only saw it that once; after that, the Sands of Time never appeared again, and the Primordial Elder once spent a full five hundred thousand years searching for the Sands of Time—yet came up empty-handed!"

"But who would have thought! Actually, Great Creator God, you found it! You are truly fortunate!!"

Shen Qing fell silent for a moment, cut off the communication, and wondered: "Me? Fortunate?"

Shen Qing turned his head and glanced at Anna, who was still on the continent.

Anna was still dazed on the continent, pondering how she had come out, calculating how long she had stayed in that space; feeling Shen Qing's gaze, she hurriedly lifted her head and revealed a silly smile.

Shen Qing came to his senses: this must be the legendary "the foolish have foolish blessings."

However, Shen Qing credited this merit to Anna, and in the future her compensation will be even greater.