Fang Xiu sat on the hour hand of a huge silver clock. Behind him were intricate gears imprinted with the laws of the origin of time and space. They were densely packed, and each one seemed to represent time and space itself.
Even in this shadow world, various tools representing time continue to float out from above the clock. This is the embodiment of time in the eyes of endless space-time life. After all, time is an abstract concept. When people think of time, the first thing that comes to mind is clocks, tree rings, hourglasses and the like.
At this moment, the embodiment of countless time concepts floated beside Fang Xiu and the huge clock, constantly rotating back and forth.
It feels like being in the deep sea, with all kinds of marine creatures surrounding you. Combined with the silence and darkness of the shadow world, it really makes people feel like they are traveling through the ocean.
"Hey! Your Majesty, the Great Ruler of Space and Time, I know that this divine weapon of yours is very cool and powerful, but can you please turn off the special effects? It has been shaking for more than half a month, and I am almost going crazy!"
The wind crow that looked like a paper-cut painting stood on Fang Xiu's shoulder. At this moment, its two anthropomorphic wings were hugging its little head and twisting around wildly.
“I can’t turn it off!”
"Just make do with it!"
"Who told you to fly so slowly!"
Fang Xiu's three consecutive attacks immediately put the Wind Crow to rest.
The flat and twisted clock shuttled through the shadow world. Fang Xiu and Wind Crow Rost Joel were like two tiny parts pressed into the clock and became part of it.
However, after switching to the main god's artifact, the Clock of Time and Space, the speed became much faster. Fang Xiu should be able to save a lot of time and arrive at the Clock City earlier.
In the upper layer of the shadow world, images of time and space kept flowing by, looking like countless bubbles constantly spreading out.
However, as Fang Xiu and Feng Ya approached the origin of endless time and space, Clock City, they could see that these bubbles were becoming fewer and fewer, and more and more dense. The upper-dimensional projections that Fang Xiu could see were also becoming increasingly sparse.
It feels as if endless time and space all come from the origin of that time and space. These time and space and crystal wall systems are born from there, and then keep moving farther away, expanding, and spreading more and more.
In this case, the more distant the time and space are, the earlier they should have been born, and the time and space and crystal wall systems that are closer to the clock city should have been born more recently.
"So counting like this! My original space-time is still an old-fashioned space-time and crystal wall system. It turns out that I am not a newly born ruler!" Fang Xiu thought to himself at this time, but immediately thought of those ancient space-time and crystal wall systems farther away. In the endless space-time and bubbles, there must be more ancient existences.
As the projections of the upper dimensions around him became fewer and fewer, Fang Xiu's mood gradually improved. His anticipation for Clock City overwhelmed his bad mood. "You seem to have bought a lot of good things in the shops and auctions of the Star Realm merchants in the floating city. Didn't you borrow money from me because you had no money?"
Rostjoel the Wind Crow tilted his head and laughed: "Haha! The Wind Crows have friends all over the world. Wherever we go, we will meet kind people who will sponsor us!"
Fang Xiu looked at its precious mailbag, and the wind crow immediately used the black feathers on its wings to cover its mailbag tightly as if to prevent thieves.
"Don't try to take my things!"
"Most of those scraps you have are from me. Is there anything worth my attention? Let's see if we have strayed from the route and how far we are from Clock City!"
Fang Xiu looked at Feng Ya suspiciously: "You didn't really find something good in the floating city? Why are you so cautious?"
"Oh! So that's it. No, no, I just bought some antiques, some useless antiques." The Wind Crow's actions seemed to be a bit obvious, but Fang Xiu didn't quite believe that this crow could really find any treasures on it. Among so many eighth-level true gods, mythical wizards and arcane masters, and hundreds of upper and middle gods who came forward, it was impossible for it to really pick up any big bargains.
"Let me see!" Rost immediately let go of the mailbag, took out his own Clock City Mark, and projected the time and space coordinates.
"We should be in..."
However, Feng Ya had not yet finished his words when a roar like the dusk of doomsday suddenly came from the shadow world ahead. The sound was caused by the vibration of the soul, rumbling along the shadow world and continuously transmitted towards the distance.
The two people sitting on the huge clock immediately looked into the distance, only to see a huge mouth that could swallow the world. It opened and closed, constantly drawing powerful forces from the origin of time and space.
The huge mouth swept in with a strong shadow storm, and the storm spread for unknown miles.
And this terrifying storm was not emitted intentionally by it, but was simply created by its breathing.
Then there was another roar, and it came closer. The flat shadow turned, revealing the scene on the other side. Fang Xiu saw that it was an unimaginably huge beast, or perhaps a worm.
Within its body, a silver vortex is rotating with enough power to destroy the world, and it seems like a galaxy is flowing within its body.
It passed through Fang Xiu and time and space, and the two sides seemed to overlap. If it were an ordinary true god or an eighth-level existence, it would probably be swallowed up by it in an instant.
But at this moment, as the clock turned, Fang Xiu seemed to not exist in time and space, overlapping with the worms that devoured the world.
"Chaos Worm?" Sitting on the Clock of Time and Space, Fang Xiu immediately thought of what this thing was. Although it had been mentioned many times, this was the first time Fang Xiu actually saw this thing.
The source of all planes and matter, an existence that devours and destroys the world.
"The larvae of the Chaos Worm? No need to look. We must be not far from the Clock City. It should be just ahead!" After seeing the Chaos Worm, Wind Crow Rost Joel immediately put down the Clock City seal in his hand and said affirmatively.
Fang Xiu asked: "Is this just a larva?"
Rost Joel the Wind Crow said as a matter of course: "Of course, once the Chaos Worm matures, it will turn into a real plane. You can imagine how big it is."
"Some Chaos Worms that are deformed or mutated due to special reasons can even become unimaginably large and give birth to special planes of existence."
"These chaos worms were born from the origin of time and space behind the Clock City, then sneaked into the distance along this shadow world, and finally entered the time and space of the upper dimension. After death, they became a plane world."
"This young Chaos Worm should have just been born from the origin of time and space. Once we enter the Shadow Realm, the Clock City must be right in front of us. We just need to keep moving forward along the trail it left. We won't go wrong."
Fang Xiu looked at the Chaos Worm going away and couldn't help but sigh and said, "What does Clock City look like?"
Rost Joel the Wind Crow should be arriving home soon too. He was extremely excited: "It will be here soon! You can see for yourself when the time comes!"
"We should hurry up and move forward now! Forward!"
Following the traces of the Chaos Worm, they finally reached the source or end of the Shadow Realm. They didn't know how much time and space they had passed through, or how far they had traveled, but they finally arrived at their destination.
Looking up, you can see that at the end of the shadow world, there is a door that looks like it was painted on. There is only an extremely simple yet grand symbol on the door.
It was a horizontal 8, and also looked like two giant snakes entwined together in an eternal cycle.
Fang Xiu didn’t know what this symbol meant in the Endless Time and Space and the Clock City, but he knew that as long as he pushed it open, the Clock City would be behind it.