A clear breeze blows by, the spring breeze caresses the face, infinitely gentle.

Bai Hao slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was blue sky and white clouds. The bright sunshine shone on him, making him feel warm and comfortable.

"Where...is this place?" Bai Hao hadn't felt such warm sunshine in a long time, and for a moment he thought he was dreaming.

All around is a vast grassland, with only rolling hills as far as the eye can see. The wind rustles the grass, and the air is filled with the refreshing fragrance of fresh grass.

Just as Bai Hao sat up and looked around, he suddenly noticed a woman lying next to him—the very woman who had fought with him for the hourglass in the palace!

It seems she was also teleported to this place, just like Bai Hao.

"Hmm..." Seemingly noticing Bai Hao's gaze, the woman murmured softly, then suddenly sat up, quickly took a few steps back, pointed at Bai Hao, and shouted, "You... what do you want to do?"

Bai Hao: “…”

He ignored her, got up and looked around at the pleasant scenery, but it made him frown.

Noticing Bai Hao's movements, the woman began to "survey" her surroundings. However, since she was blind, Bai Hao didn't know if she could truly sense the changes in her environment.

"Success?!"

After a while, the woman suddenly let out an excited cheer, which startled Bai Hao.

"I've finally gone back in time!"

The woman was overjoyed and opened her arms to embrace nature.

"In the past... could the hourglass left by the sun god really change the laws of time?"

Muttering to himself, Bai Hao took out the hourglass and discovered that the gold sand that was originally in the upper glass sphere had all flowed into the lower glass sphere. But now, the gold sand was actually flowing upwards from the lower glass sphere into the upper glass sphere!

The hourglass has started counting down again!

At this moment, the woman also walked over, and Bai Hao immediately gripped the hourglass tightly.

The woman couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle, saying, "Don't worry, I don't need this hourglass anymore, so I won't try to take it from you."

Bai Hao carefully examined the woman with a discreet gaze, then asked in a deep voice, "You seem to know quite a bit about the Divine Origin Dynasty. Tell me about it."

"Don't use that tone. We're in the same boat now, smile." Perhaps because she had finally arrived, her mood improved considerably.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Su Jiaojiao. What's your name?"

Bai Hao stared at the woman's face, but because her face was covered by a cloth, he couldn't tell what she meant from her expression.

"Bai Hao." After a long silence, Bai Hao finally spoke slowly.

"However, I still hope you can answer my questions from earlier: what is your relationship with Shen Yu in Dynasty? And why did you come here?"

His tone was serious, and he was not joking at all. If Su Jiaojiao could not give him a convincing answer, Bai Hao would not show any mercy.

Bai Hao could not tolerate someone of unknown origin lurking around him—especially someone who was capable and ambitious.

Hearing Bai Hao's solemn tone, Su Jiaojiao pouted and said rather uninterestedly, "We've finally come all this way, why do we have to talk about such heavy topics?"

However, after realizing that Bai Hao was not joking, Su Jiaojiao explained.

“I am Su Jiaojiao. I have nothing to do with the Divine Source Dynasty or the Sun God. I am just a survivor who survived the curse. The hourglass of time in your hand is actually the power left behind by the Sun God that can change the cycle of time. It is also the only power that can take us back to five thousand years ago—that is, to the present.”

Bai Hao frowned: "You mean this is the Divine Origin Dynasty from five thousand years ago? But I remember that five thousand years ago, the Divine Origin Dynasty should not have been established yet. At that time, it should still be the era when the three divine beasts dominated."

Although he didn't know much about the history of the Divine Origin Dynasty, he knew a little bit about it.

The beautiful scenery before us doesn't seem like the chaotic era ruled by the three mythical beasts.

"Who said that? The Divine Origin Dynasty was founded 6,344 years ago. It's been over a thousand years since then," Su Jiaojiao retorted.

"However, since going back to the past already violates the laws of time, it is normal for some time distortions and historical discrepancies to occur. This way, we don't have to be so careful, afraid of changing the past or even affecting the future."

"The Divine Origin Dynasty from five thousand years ago..."

Looking at the beautiful scenery before him—blue sky, white clouds, bright sunshine, and a gentle breeze—Bai Hao found it hard to connect what he saw with the Divine Origin Dynasty he knew.

Was the Divine Origin Dynasty this beautiful before it was cursed?

"Then how can we get back?" Bai Hao turned to look at Su Jiaojiao and asked.

"Go back? Go back for what?" Su Jiaojiao looked at him in surprise. "We finally made it here, why would we go back? Do you like that decadent world from before? I didn't expect you to have such strange tastes..."

She immediately wrinkled her nose, expressing her disdain for Bai Hao.

The latter ignored her pointless words and looked at the hourglass in his hand again, watching the golden sand inside flow with time, and murmured, "We came here because of this hourglass, so the only way to go back is through this hourglass."

"Stop thinking about it. Do you know how long it will take for this hourglass to run out? Five thousand years, a full five thousand years! Are you going to sit here doing nothing and wait for five thousand years?" Su Jiaojiao's tone was tinged with helplessness, expressing her incomprehension of Bai Hao's persistence.

"Why would you want to go back? What's there to miss about that world? It's all decay and decay, and one day you'll even become a soul separated from your body. You might as well live a good life here. Maybe we can start from here and change the course of history, stop the curse from coming, and allow the Divine Source Dynasty to continue. If that happens, we'll be heroes!"

By the end, she couldn't help but get excited, expressing admiration for her own brilliant idea and wishing she could start making changes right now.

"I don't care if you want to stay here, but I have to go back. There are still people in that world I can't abandon, and I have to go back!" Bai Hao's gaze gradually became resolute.

He doesn't care whether the world is beautiful or corrupt; as long as the people he cherishes stay by his side, he doesn't care where they are.

“Yes, yes, you must go back, but you can’t make the hourglass of time complete a time loop right now. You’ll still have to wait patiently for five thousand years. Rather than waiting here, you might as well live well here first. Maybe you won’t want to go back later,” Su Jiaojiao said warmly.

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