Six Months

Aldrian slowly opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was the stone tablet of the Heavenly Demon's Flower Scripture. He felt new knowledge settle into his mind, and he finally understood the Being's essence more deeply. The concepts that had previously eluded him vanished as if they had never existed, thanks to his comprehension of the Heavenly Demon's Flower Scripture.

He had received the crucial information he needed, all thanks to the woman—the wife of the Heavenly Demon. He bowed to the stone tablet before turning around to look for the sect master and Baek Ji-Min, but neither of them was there.

"Don't tell me I've been here for a year?" he thought, hoping that nothing had gone wrong while he was in that space.