Today Er Gen began his new xianxia novel called Outside of Time《光阴之外》. You could also translate it as Beyond Time. The description of the novel, such as it is, is this:

Heaven and Earth is the guesthouse for all living things. Time is the sojourner of since time immemorial.

The difference between life and death is like the difference between waking and dreaming, diverse and confused and changing.

So then transcending life and death, transcending heaven and earth, what awaits us beyond time?

I also took the liberty to translate the first chapter, just so people can get an idea what it’s like. I don’t plan to translate any more of this novel, but who knows when (if?) anyone will translate it, so I thought I’d translate the first chapter anyway as a short teaser. Pretty interesting so far, actually.

Anyway, here it is: