438 Icesoul Coffin (2/2)
When she thought about it, they were both observers in this memory world. Yet, the other person could freely change the flow of time to show her specific events within the history of the memory world.
At this moment, the other Aria was also displaying the usage of Spatial Laws. Aria was amazed that this person could freely control the Spatial and Temporal Laws despite not being an Awakener.
'Divine Kings were amazing.' Aria thought.
However, she was wrong.
Aria did not know that even among Divine Kings, no one is able to control the Temporal Law as well as Aria White had shown.
”Time moves in a linear path. The first step is to speed up the flow of time, achieving Temporal Acceleration.”
The other Aria reappeared in another location and lectured Aria while showing a demonstration.
”The second step is to slow down time, achieving Temporal Stagnation…”
”The third step is to stop time, achieving Temporal Suspension…”
”The fourth step is to reverse time, achieving Temporal Reversal…”
”This is what I have comprehended. If there is a fifth step, allowing you to reverse time back to the beginning of time... Well, I suppose you would have the same power as the Creator—if there's one, of course.”
The other Aria flickered and disappeared again, reappearing and launching a surprise hug from behind, wrapping her arms around Aria.
”That's about it. You should understand the rest once you absorb my knowledge. Alas, I do not know how useless this knowledge will be in your world. However, I pray that you make the most of it.”
”Stop it, Aria! Let go of me! You're disappearing!” Aria struggled, but she could not great free from Aria White's embrace.
Aria White's body gradually turned more transparent. Parts of her body faded into nothing, but a smile hung on her face while her eyes appeared clouded and unfocused.
Her mind was preoccupied with something else.
”I see… he was reborn into that world. You were a lot braver than I was… I hope you can take care of him well for me… my other self.” The other Aria spoke before the last trace of her being completely vanished into Aria's body.
”Noooo!” Aria cried.
The invisible force restricting her movements were lifted, along with Aria White's disappearance. Aria tried to catch the final fading particles of light, but they just vanished into her hands.
Two streaks of tears ran down Aria's cheeks while an endless stream of information entered her mind.
They were absorbed directly into her soul core and grew increasingly like a patch of snows being added to a rolling snowball. It was not like a growing balloon; there was no stress on her mind.
Shortly after, cracks began to form on the distant edges of the memory world. It broke down in parts as large pieces of the sky fell to the ground one after the other and shatter like glasses until everything disappeared.
The world outside the memory world was not the infinite void of darkness but a great grey expanse. Aria only managed to catch a few glimpses of it before she felt an invisible tug on her mind and brought her back into her sea of consciousness.
Everything had disappeared in an instant and gave Aria the surreal feeling that everything she had witnessed was nothing more than an illusion.
'What kind of spiritual world was that?' She mused quietly with a forlorn expression.
…
Meanwhile, somewhere in the Divine Realm.
A man wearing a traditional silk robe with luxurious dragon patterns was seen inside a dark but spacious underground tomb with dimly lit candle fire.
The temperature of the underground tomb was below freezing point, and the soft billows of cold mists could be seen filling the place. Any ordinary person who touches this cold mist would freeze in an instant.
Nevertheless, the man in dragon-patterned silk robes did not seem bothered by this coldness. A faint layer of Divine Energy shielded his body.
His cultivation was not very high, only within the middle stages of the Divine Transformation Realm. Even so, it was more than enough to protect him against the cold.
He was seated by an ice coffin made of something called 'Icesoul Crystals,' something used to preserve the body of the dead in their most pristine state.
Legend had it that when someone is preserved in the Icesoul Crystal Coffin for 100 thousand years, their soul fragments would slowly gather in that timespan until the person is finally revived.
However, at this moment, the Icesoul Crystal Coffin suddenly cracked. Extreme frosty air began to spill from inside immediately as the coffin walls gain translucency, revealing the person of a fairy-like woman with otherworldly beauty inside.
”No!”
The man cried with desolation and misery immediately.
He shot to his feet and tried to quickly seal the crack in the Icesoul Coffin before roaring with anguish, ”Why did this happen?!”