"Test, test, test! What kind of test is this?!"

"This damn trial keeps me under control for over six months every time, and even then, I can only exchange a few words with people!"

"And this strategy mode is actually the fastest way to clear the levels!"

[You started shouting and cursing outside the Temple of Time, preparing to escalate the situation and summon He Yuan out.]

"He Yuan, you big bastard, you're so... (refined and easygoing)!"

[Your shouting attracted a swarm of pursuers. You originally intended to wreak havoc in this future scenario and force He Yuan out.]

Unfortunately, those who cherish the past are too powerful, and many of them have protected their souls with the Myriad Transformations Dao Principle.

"What second uncle?"

[You eliminated 3 billion people with a single act of reward and punishment, but that's just a drop in the ocean, because the influx of people is worth trillions!]

However, the maximum output of a single reward or punishment can only be 3 billion times.

The Old Ones are furious with you for daring to slander their most revered Lord of the Old Ones!

"Go tell He Yuan, does that old man have the power to kill you?!"

You interrupted the future.

"..."

"I'm not trying anymore, I'm getting so angry."

You decide to take a break and deal with other things later.

[Regarding the old man's refusal to take you back to the past, you guess the reason is that he couldn't find you in person, thus harboring resentment towards you.]

They will only give in once you return to your original body and hand over the authority.

"The real reason is the flow of time!"

Yun Shou thought of it.

He Yuan knew that time flowed in sync between him and the fifteenth!

If it's true that Fifteen really endured ninety years of hardship before going to find him and telling him that she couldn't take it anymore...

Then He Yuan should also have felt the passage of ninety years (end of chapter 973).

But in his view, the fifteen had actually disappeared for more than four years!

What does this tell us?

Fifteen was lying to him, stretching four years into ninety!

“This wasn’t originally a problem… because even if I openly admit that I can time jump, by jumping repeatedly, although I only experienced four years, I actually jumped to ninety years in the future.”

"This argument makes sense."

"It also allows me to gain He Yuan's trust."

"If he were to be completely open and honest, there is a very high probability that he could easily travel back to 100,000 years ago."

"But Fifteen didn't notice this, and naturally began each subsequent conversation with the phrase 'I've endured ninety years.'"

"Because he wanted to make his reasons more convincing. He couldn't just say, 'Oh, I can't stand it after only four years and I've decided to compromise,' could he?"

"But this subconscious 'more compelling reason' has actually become a loophole!"

Yun Shou shook his head.

He silently calculated the time.

With less than two seconds to go, his original form, unable to enter the future, will also have to face He Yuan directly.

At that time... he would be under Old Deng's watchful eye.

Even entering the simulation wouldn't help, because He Yuan could perceive that it was a future within the simulation.

They won't give him a chance to struggle or escape, and they'll keep a close eye on him in the simulation!

Like in Chapter 971, when Fifteen, who was already hiding, met He Yuan in the future and expressed his desire to go back to Guangchenyuantang for a look. This was not a big problem.

Because he was already in an undetectable state at the time, in order to make Fifteen's true form come out and no longer hide himself, He Yuan took his future self to see other times. This is called sincerity.

but!

His physical body would be under He Yuan's control in two seconds, and the power of time on his body would be clearly detected... But then he suddenly entered an undetectable future, a simulation, in which He Yuan took him to other times in the future.

In the past, only a complete idiot would agree to that!

Even someone with a small head can figure out that there must be some conspiracy involved!

He would only let Yun Shou enter the exit command for that future/simulation, and that any issues should be discussed in reality.

Yun Shou let out a soft sigh of relief.

Okay, the problem isn't too big now.

After living for thousands or tens of thousands of years, and experiencing the passage of time, one will naturally no longer care about the tests that occur every few months.

After he tried dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of times, he eventually found the real problem and, based on his experience in the small village, deduced that the two of them had the same flu-like timing.

If that still doesn't work... we can just wait, for fifty or sixty time spans.

He Yuan has been unable to find anyone. Could he really have kept the Boundless Sea sealed off from that point in time?

What he's afraid of now is that Fifteen will do something reckless...

You've decided to try something unconventional.

"???"

"Holy crap, no way!"

"You're my last hope, don't recklessly court death!"

It wasn't really anything special; it was mainly a preliminary step for a future possibility.

[Assuming you arrived in the Boundless Sea in the year 100 AD, then the Boundless Sea is now in the year 200, and your future Boundless Sea is also in the year 200, but one second faster.]

Four years have passed. It is now year 204 in the Boundless Sea, and you are currently in year 190.

[However, He Yuan's ancient Dao principles seal did not rigidly adhere to the previous 100 years of the Boundless Sea, but was completely severed after that point in time.]

[During this period of time within the black hole, no one can return to the past. You can only travel further and further away from the year 191, 192, and so on, until the time when the seal is broken.]

This situation can be resolved.

"But that method is too dangerous."

Because your return to your true nature has also allowed "time shift" to return to its proper place.

Although the other Dao Lords of the past could not return to the past, He Yuan could.

[You've already memorized his image in your mind. You can use him as a frame of reference at any time to return to your true self. If he jumps ten thousand years into the future, you can return to your true self and face "time shift" by jumping ten thousand years into the past!]

But that is also the most dangerous point.

[If He Yuan is jumping to the future, that's fine. But what if he happens to be going to the past while you're returning to your true self?]

[Therefore, after you return to your true self, your current point in time will move towards the future, and may even exceed the upper limit of the ancient Boundless Sea!]

That timeline will neither belong to the old Boundless Sea, nor to the present Boundless Sea!

[Unknowable, unthinkable.]

That would be a time and space that shouldn't exist, where even the concept of time would be lost.

That is the unknown, it is "nothingness".

"So you shouldn't go out and have fun. Take my advice."

But that will also be the "future."

[As it happens, you hold the power over the future.]

So you decided to test the waters a little first. You didn't dare to do anything too extreme with the time shift. You planned to jump back just 0.001 seconds at the very end of time in the ancient Boundless Sea, at the very bottom of the long river!

[While probing, also take a look to see what's there!]