The archive lay beneath the Siberian permafrost, preserved in ice that had remained unmelted for over thirty thousand years. Marcus and Kirin had discovered it through Alexei's fragmented memories, pieces of knowledge that the Original Void Cultivator had suppressed deliberately, afraid of what revelation might bring.
"This place exists outside the normal flow of time," Kirin said, examining the walls of the cavern with ancient eyes. The cultivator had regained much of his strength since the fragmenting at the Russian fortress, though the process had left him diminished. He was no longer the vastly powerful being he had been. Now he was merely powerful, which was still considerable. "The ancient creators put it here. They wanted information preserved that no one in the current age should
