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--- Chapter 429 ---
"That is correct," said Snow Empress. No, Ye Ziyun responded with full acknowledgement. "In the most desperate timeline where I didn't get to become the City Lord, the Glory City was destroyed completely by the Small Demon Grotto Plane."
"However, that is when I discovered a divinity had been eyeing the Key of Providence from the shadows, waiting for the city to get destroyed before playing hero."
"I tracked everything down from the very beginning of the Glory City to its end and discovered the black-armored man, also referred to as the Slaughter God, is coming from a place called Slaughter City."
"I tried to attack the Slaughter City and prevented the Slaughter God from setting his eyes on Glory City, but ended up perishing on my first step against that crimson sword."
"That crimson sword was beyond what the Star of Glory could release."
"I also tried to gather aid from the outside world, but the outside world is just as chaotic as my Glory City. Let alone helping us, they are barely surviving against the Fallen ones."
"So, it's not only Glory City, as the whole continent was 'unfortunately' plunged into darkness."
Ye Ziyun gazed at Han Yuan solemnly and continued, "After the Ice God's Heart accepted me as the potential successor of the Ice God, I knew my time was short."
"Slowly but surely, I become something that I myself found unfamiliar with."
"That's why, before that happens, I become desperate and use my last resort to change the future."
"Yet, deep down, I know it's futile." Ye Ziyun stated calmly. "I have done this more than a thousand times, changing things from little to little to get the best outcome of survival."
"But as you said, I was too weak to change everything."
"I was trapped, constantly moving back and forth from past to future."
"I need a helper."
"I need someone stronger."
"I need someone who isn't bound by these disgusting rules."
"Someone who can punish gods as a mortal!"
Everyone who knew Han Yuan instinctively glanced at him upon hearing this and then glanced back at Ye Ziyun, weirdly.
"Wait a second..." Xiao Wu raised her finger one by one. "Need a helper, someone strong, someone unbound by rules, and can punish gods as a mortal."
"Master, isn't this just you?"
Han Yuan's mouth twitched, "What do you mean, isn't this just you, Xiao Wu?"
"Although you might think of me as a lawless individual, I haven't done anything that is out of the rules."
"If I did that, wouldn't my role as the Son of Destiny be useless?"
"Thirteen would howl at me if I did something that ruined the Douluo Plane permanently, and I could already imagine him doing so."
"But you won't!" Xiao Wu's eyes are still as bright as ever. "Don't that god fellow break the rule first by meddling with the mortal affairs?"
"No, he didn't." White-Eyed Phoenix Lord bluntly commented. "While this might sound annoying, don't forget that the 2nd Class God appeared at the end."
"There might be some connections between him and the plane invasion, we don't have the evidence to prove that, which means we can't also meddle into this troubled water."
"Of course, that's unless the Young Lord uses his own authority."
"The Son of Destiny is not merely the hope of a plane."
"As the Son of Destiny, Young Lord possesses a portion of the Lord of Plane's authority, which was to sever and fight the invasion of another plane as a way of self-defense."
"The Slaughter God was in the dark. He knew he couldn't interfere much with mortal affairs, even if someone backed him up in the Divine Realm."
"We, on the other hand, are in the light. We can solve the matter of Plane Invasion in the most justified way."
"However..." White-Eyed Phoenix Lord gazed at Han Yuan with some difficulty. "That would mean that the Young Lord's identity as the Son of Destiny would get exposed."
Xiao Wu immediately became quiet. She understood that her master had been hiding or trying to be as lowkey as possible to hide from the gazes of the gods above.
She never knew why he was so fixated on this, but realized attention was not a good thing either.
Thirteen and the God of Destruction have been shielding Han Yuan from the eyes of the gods exactly because they knew Han Yuan's potential was too threatening for some gods.
The dangers Han Yuan could face will be manifold if that ever happens.
Of course, that is the Han Yuan of the past. Back then, although he had some methods to fight gods above his cultivation realm, he wasn't confident enough to take them on a life and death battle.
But now? Han Yuan wasn't afraid in the slightest, but he still needed to think of the consequences.
"I still won't take my words back," Han Yuan firmly said. "If I said I will deal with your problem myself, then I will do it."
"Young Lord..." White-Eyed Phoenix Lord and Jade Phoenix Lord gave Han Yuan a conflicted look. They very much wanted Han Yuan to calm down, but deep down knew they didn't have much position to advise him.
Not only is Han Yuan way stronger than they are, but his mind also is not something they could guess based on their prior knowledge. At the end of the day, they have just known this 'Young Lord' for a short time.
"Alright, don't worry much." Han Yuan waved his hand casually.
"Everything is under control."
"As for someone who wasn't bound by the rules of this universe, I could get someone like that here."
"Eh? You could get someone here?" The Ice Empress immediately gave Han Yuan a look of confusion because they were in space-time confinement.
Let alone moving, they couldn't even interact with the past freely.
Han Yuan smiled faintly, "You will see it soon."
"For now, let's just watch."
"Ah, before that, can you lend me the tool you used to travel into the future?" He glanced at Ye Ziyun.
Ye Ziyun was bewildered as well. She couldn't understand where Han Yuan got his source of confidence from.
Not to mention, he even deduced her identity as Ye Ziyun and the fact that she possessed the tool to bring them back and forth between past and present.
Simply put, Ye Ziyun didn't know what Han Yuan would do with the tool and was worried about something. Yes, she was worried that her last option might be wrong.
"You don't have enough time, aren't you..." White-Eyed Phoenix Lord noticed Ye Ziyun's hesitation.
Ye Ziyun froze on the spot. "Sigh, as expected of a divine power house from the legendary Phoenix Clan."
White-Eyed Phoenix Lord shook her head and lamented, "You're moving back and forth through time, possessing and unpossessing a vessel that wasn't completely yours."
"Even though the Snow Empress is your future self, the damage done to your very will is too much."
"Eventually, the paradox that is yourself will be gone, absorbed by the Snow Empress as her origins."
"By then, let alone your name, there would be no record of your existence in space and time."
"Heaven is fair and cruel."
"There must be a price for every action."
"I am afraid this is your last time jump, right? If not, it would be very close to your last time jump."
"Very close, I still have one last time jump before I cease to exist from the past, present, and future." Ye Ziyun replied with melancholy and a burning spirit. "But my will shall not perish here."
"My will, I must use it to protect the Glory City."
"That is my last will."