But before he could go far, something gripped him tightly, stopping his motion through time. It grabbed him with so much force, his eyes nearly popped out of his skull.
One moment he was escaping freely. The next, he was in danger of being crushed to death.
Fortunately, whatever stopped him let him go. In fact, the whole interference didn't last a second. It only felt longer because of how powerful the force was.
He soon resumed his trip, but fear gripped his heart tightly because of what he had just experienced. Apparently, even without being held directly, the influence of that invisible force never left him. The fear seemed to increase because something was watching him.
He felt the Divine Spirit of an unknown being scanning him back and forth even as he traveled into the past. He had only ever experienced it once before, thousands of years ago, around the time he ascended to the upper realm.
