Bai Xiaochun’s eyes lit up. Although he hadn’t detected the Essence aura, his cultivation base had surged, and his Time Immemorial Codex had automatically become active.

Clearly, this world was to him like sweet dew to a parched traveler, and it instantly caused his heart to begin pounding.

However, after what had developed with the old ghost woman, he was completely on guard against any type of danger, and would definitely not act rashly. The first thing he did was send out his divine sense to simply observe the hourglasses that made up the world!

As he did, his expression flickered, and eventually, a look of dumbstruck awe filled his face.

“Hey, little automaton, look at that world… can you see… that one particularly strange area?!?!”

By this point, Bai Xiaochi had mostly recovered from his earlier shock. After...