My System Is Three Thousand Years Early

Zhou Qingxu felt that everything about him was not right.

At the same time.

Zhou Qingxu only felt that at this moment, the air was permeated with a sour scent.

That scent made Zhou Qingxu himself envious to the point of madness, of craziness.

Always amiable and indifferent, his face usually wore a look of laziness, but upon hearing the Great Tang Emperor speak those words, even he couldn’t keep it together.

His hands involuntarily reached out from the sleeves of his robe in a stunned, statue-like manner.

The Great Tang Emperor noticed the abnormality in Zhou Qingxu’s demeanor, but he had no mood to concern himself with what Zhou Qingxu was thinking, and waved his hand.

“Go.”

No sooner had the Great Tang Emperor spoken.

Than Zhou Qingxu could feel that the surrounding scenery was repelling him.

He hastily paid his respects to the Great Tang Emperor, then turned to Cheng Guang and said, “Princely Heir, this way.”

Cheng Guang nodded slightly in agreement, exchanged a look with the Great Tang Emperor, and, after a slight nod and showing his respects, followed in Zhou Qingxu’s footsteps towards the distance.

Cheng Guang did not fear the Great Tang Emperor as much.

Although respectful, he did not exhibit the same caution as Zhou Qingxu.

Regarding the Great Tang Emperor’s mysterious and very powerful presence, Cheng Guang believed that showing respect was no big issue.

And the Great Tang Emperor seemed to treat him quite well, too.

Having just joined the Great Tang, he had become the right-hand man to the Great Tang Emperor, this great boss.

In the whole Great Tang, there probably weren’t many whose status and position were higher than his.

Cheng Guang pondered this as he slowly followed Zhou Qingxu into the distance.

With every step the scenery changed.

In just a short time.

Cheng Guang felt as if the world around him was receding.

At the same time.

The surroundings started to thin out.

He could vaguely make out Duke Zhen’s Mansion, Million Specie Garden.

At that moment, there was no longer any sound by Cheng Guang’s ear.

When the last step was taken.

Cheng Guang’s body suddenly trembled, his eyes snapped open, and he surveyed his surroundings.

He was still in his bedroom, the very spot where he had closed his eyes.

If it wasn’t for Cheng Guang’s knowledge that he had just left Duke Zhen’s Mansion, had left Million Specie Garden, and had visited the Mirror World where the Great Tang Emperor resided, he might still think that everything had just been a dream.

“What exactly is this Mirror World?”

Cheng Guang muttered to himself.

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Zhou Qingxu, not far from Cheng Guang, also suddenly opened his eyes, gasping for breath as if startled by the force with which the Great Tang Emperor had sent them away.

He steadied his breathing, and looked at Cheng Guang, who still had a calm face but was clearly shocked by the fact that his body’s position hadn’t changed from when he had first closed his eyes.

He could somewhat understand the shock Cheng Guang was feeling at the moment.

Recalling the time when he had first been invited by his superior to enter the Mirror World, he was shocked for quite some time, much more so than Cheng Guang’s current reaction.

After hearing Cheng Guang’s murmured words, Zhou Qingxu explained with a smile,

“Princely Heir, the Mirror World is the residence of our superior, as well as his Divine Power. That world truly exists within this mortal realm, but it can change according to our superior’s will.”

“We can also enter or leave the Mirror World at our superior’s invitation, but unlike the Princely Heir, we do not have the permission to come and go as we please.”

Cheng Guang nodded slightly, then looked out the window at the sky.

“After entering the Mirror World, does time still pass normally?”

Zhou Qingxu was taken aback by the question, as he hadn’t expected the Town-Nation Duke’s Heir to think of time in this context.

The variation in the flow of time was something he only noticed after having stayed in the Mirror World for quite a while.

That the Town-Nation Duke’s Heir, only having entered the Mirror World once, had noticed something off about the flow of time was no small feat.

Zhou Qingxu was inwardly astonished and muttered admiringly, then gave a slight nod, “Princely Heir, time within the Mirror World is different from outside.”

“I am not exactly clear on the specifics, only that it feels as if a long time has passed in the Mirror World, while in the real world, only a few moments have gone by.”

“Since the place where we enter the Mirror World and where we come back are exactly the same.”

“I even began to doubt whether the Mirror World is just a dream.”

Toward the end,

Zhou Qingxu couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

His tone was half teasing, half self-mocking.

Cheng Guang, listening to Zhou Qingxu’s words, frowned thoughtfully.

Speaking of which,

he did indeed feel as if the Mirror World was just a dream.

But,

this dream was too real.

So much so that…

the things brought back from the dream could possibly come into reality.

Upon thinking of this, Cheng Guang reached out and pulled out a somewhat cold token.

He looked at the Thousand-Character Token lying quietly in the palm of his hand.

A strange feeling arose in Cheng Guang’s heart.

It was like a dream, but then again, not like a dream.

What kind of dream could bring everything from the dream into reality?

Could such a dream still be considered a proper dream?

Cheng Guang only felt things becoming absurd.

After Zhou Qingxu finished speaking, he paused, fell silent for a while, and then began to introduce the Great Tang to Cheng Guang.

“Princely Heir, the adult has asked me to give you a brief introduction to the Great Tang, so I shall,” he said.

“The Great Tang was created by the adult himself, and we are all personally recruited by the adult to join the Great Tang.”

“The cultivation we possess, too, stems entirely from the Saintly Dao Fruits rewarded by the adult.”

At this point, Zhou Qingxu seemed to think of something, his gaze lifted slightly, and with hands clasped inside his sleeves, he curiously looked at Cheng Guang, “But speaking of which, Princely Heir, after you entered the Library and caused such a commotion, didn’t you select a suitable Fruits of Path to Divinity?”

“Obtaining a Saintly Dao Fruit, even though there might be certain risks in cultivation, you could advance much faster.”

Cheng Guang just smiled in response to Zhou Qingxu’s words and said, “I haven’t found anything suitable yet, don’t worry about me, please continue.”

Cheng Guang had no intention of explaining further.

He already possessed Tang Sanzang’s Saintly Dao Fruit, which was incomparable to the ordinary ones.

For Zhou Qingxu, the “Saint Dao Fruits” within the second layer were something he yearned for in his dreams, not even daring to think about, but they were rather unremarkable to Cheng Guang.

There was nothing worth mentioning.

Zhou Qingxu, hearing Cheng Guang’s words, also tactfully refrained from asking more, and after a brief ponder, he slowly continued:

“After establishing the Great Tang, the adult did not explicitly tell us what we were doing, but mentioned that it was to vie for the Fate of the Heavenly Dao.”

“Previously, when I helped Great Yuan attack Great Zhou, it was a part of the layout for competing for the Fate of the Heavenly Dao.”

“…”

Zhou Qingxu spoke slowly and deliberately.

Cheng Guang, listening to Zhou Qingxu’s exposition, had a general understanding of the origins of the Great Tang – it was entirely built by the Great Tang Emperor.

The people within it were also personally cultivated by the Great Tang Emperor.

The goal was to compete for the Fate of the Heavenly Dao.

Although the Great Tang Emperor had made many preparations, Cheng Guang knew that the Fate of the Heavenly Dao was not so easily contested.

As far as Cheng Guang knew, in addition to the Great Tang, the Heavenly Court mentioned in the system task hints was also coveting the Fate of the Heavenly Dao, to say nothing of other forces that may exist.

Cheng Guang did not know about them at this point.

Many ancient figures are at this time either reincarnated, in the cycle of rebirth or revived.

Perhaps all are related to the impending reboot of the Heavenly Dao and the contest for its fate.

In the future, the struggle for the Fate of the Heavenly Dao might relate to the entire world’s structure, and its impact could last for tens of thousands of years.

Cheng Guang could foresee that all sides would covet the Fate of the Heavenly Dao, and a bloody storm was inevitable.

He wondered how many people would die because of it.

But leaving that aside,

the mere appearance of the Heavenly Court

would be enough to chill the hearts of the people of the world and fill them with dread.

…