164: Is the fun just beginning? No...it's over.

Xu Tianluo's heart was filled with doubts, the three unresolved questions coiling like venomous snakes.

He never liked to guess, so since he had doubts, he might as well ask directly.

Just as he raised his eyes to look at Qin Wangchuan, he saw the other party's fingertips move almost imperceptibly, and the Spiritual Qi around his body was quietly circulating in some profound trajectory.

Xu Tianluo couldn't help but let out a light chuckle, a laugh that carried a sense of understanding and a hint of playfulness, as if he had long seen through all the tricks.

"Why bother trying to hide it?" His voice was steady, yet it carried a sense of being in control.

Each word, clear and distinct, echoed through this shattered world:

"You have two swords, one is solitary phoenix, and the other is scarlet firmament. The former is ordinary, while the latter carries the aura of Chaos and is extremely destructive."

"You also have Supreme Dao techniques, Heavenly Sword, Sword Seal, Furnace, paper figures, and another sacred technique, all stronger than ordinary methods."

"And..." Xu Tianluo's gaze seemed to pierce through Qin Wangchuan's Physical Body, directly seeing his deepest secret, "Your greatest and strongest reliance is the small sword pendant hanging on your chest, which conceals a powerful Senior."

"If she were to act, even my current self would be temporarily annihilated."

"But..."

He tilted his head slightly, the arc of pity and mockery on his face becoming increasingly apparent.

"Why not try to communicate with her and see if you can get a response?"

Qin Wangchuan tried, but indeed couldn't contact Senior Yu Niang.

Understanding this, a mocking arc appeared at the corner of his mouth: "It seems you're quite well-prepared."

"Not just that, my preparations are far more extensive than they appear to you." Xu Tianluo slowly shook his head, his face still bearing that expression of being in control and looking down from above: "Even your seemingly invincible Dragon armor must be feeling heavier and heavier, right?"

"It's useless, Qin Wangchuan. Your struggles, your trump cards, every card you thought was deeply hidden... in my eyes, they have already been replayed countless times."

As he spoke, a trace of impatience appeared between Xu Tianluo's brows.

"To be honest, I have killed you several times, and you have killed me several times. We have fought for too long."

"Let's exchange some information. You just need to answer a few questions, and I'll leave immediately."

This was, of course, a lie. As soon as he obtained the information, Xu Tianluo would directly commit suicide.

There were too many variables in this life; the subsequent plans could no longer be implemented, so it was better to start over.

However, he wasn't the only one who could see through everything.

"Leave?" This time it was Qin Wangchuan who shook his head, directly speaking Xu Tianluo's thoughts: "You're planning to start over, aren't you?"

This sentence itself was extremely valuable information.

But Xu Tianluo's face showed no joy, only solemnity.

"You are a future self?"

This sentence slipped out subconsciously, but after saying it, he shook his head again:

"No, that's not right. You don't have that kind of aura, but why..."

Xu Tianluo said, then directly found a place to sit down and began to ponder.

Even now, he still didn't put Qin Wangchuan in his eyes.

Not even a tiny bit.

However, Xu Tianluo inadvertently looked back, and his pupils suddenly constricted like pinpricks!

Behind Qin Wangchuan, a colossal wheel of fate silently appeared.

The wheel of fate slowly rotated, light and shadow intertwined, its dividing lines like the eternal trajectories of the Heavenly Dao.

The moment the wheel of fate settled—

The two dark figures within it simultaneously opened their eyes.

On the left, a pair of golden eyes, their gaze indifferent and distant, as if they had long seen through the destined end of all things.

On the right, a pair of Phoenix eyes, their gaze like a cold pond reflecting the moon, with a deep, almost obsessive sorrow, tempered by time, surging within them.

Two Peak gazes from different times and spaces, transcending the endless river of time, piercing through layers of spatial barriers, suddenly descended, instantly locking onto Xu Tianluo!

Run!

A strange and primal thought of fear, like an ice pick, fiercely stabbed into Xu Tianluo's mind.

It was a tremor he had never experienced in his myriad Reincarnations, even when overseeing Destiny!

However, the arrogance rooted in his heart firmly anchored Xu Tianluo's feet.

A moment of hesitation, and when he truly wanted to leave, he couldn't.

"It's useless! No method will work!"

Xu Tianluo was already confined in place by these two gazes, so he could only shriek, trying to dispel the unprecedented palpitation with his voice.

"My current self is an eternal existence! Undying, indestructible, invincible!"

His words still carried absolute pronouncements, yet his slightly trembling fingertips betrayed a hint of wavering deep within his heart that he himself was unwilling to admit.

This scene before him was very wrong!

The dark figure with Phoenix eyes on the right moved first; she extended a slender finger, passing through the wheel of fate to this world.

The entire world suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

As the slender fingertip lightly traced, an ancient character for "Fa" (Law/Technique) was branded into the Void Realm, its edges burning with a ghostly blue Reincarnation flame.

Then... "Fa" (Law/Technique)

—had manifested.

After completing all this, the dark figure gazed deeply at Qin Wangchuan, then slowly closed her eyes.

Qin Wangchuan was also stunned.

He had indeed summoned the wheel of fate, and he could clearly feel two gazes whose grandeur and majesty were beyond description.

But the problem was, among these two figures, he could tell the one on the left was himself, but the one on the right was... "Li Qingluan?"

It was her, yet it wasn't her.

Those Phoenix eyes surged with emotions Qin Wangchuan had never seen before.

It was like attachment, like reluctance, and also like anger.

"I remember..."

Suddenly, a woman's voice, filled with realization and urgency, rang out from Qin Wangchuan's chest, as if a memory that had slept for eons had suddenly awakened at this moment!

"That's right, I still have a mission!"

The small sword pendant, formed by Yu Niang's true body, vibrated violently with an unprecedented amplitude!

Looking down, a "Fa" (Law/Technique) character clearly appeared on the sword's surface.

The character dissipated, the Seal was lifted, instantly connecting to a forgotten time and space.

"Om—!"

A clear sword cry tore through the sky!

The small sword, transformed from Yu Niang, violently broke free from the red string, and its blade erupted with an unprecedented brilliant light.

That light was not a murderous Qi, but a resolute power, as if it wanted to burn away all bonds and Karma!

Without the slightest hesitation, it slashed through the air—

Rip!

Space was easily torn open like thin silk, revealing a deep, dark rift. The other end of the rift was a chaotic, incomprehensible temporal turbulence.

Yu Niang transformed into a streak of light, instantly plunging into the rift and disappearing.

Only a sentence, as if spanning eons of time and space, filled with endless tenderness and resolve, clearly echoed in Qin Wangchuan's ears.

It didn't come from Yu Niang, but from—

Li Qingluan.

"Go... trace back through time, return to the Primeval. At the end of countless Reincarnations, cut it down from the Sea of Chaos, place it in the Immortal Court, return to the beginning of his sword-wielding... let everything, start anew."

The woman's lingering voice lingered, that deep-seated obsession, not diminished in the slightest by eons of time.

Even now, it sounded as clear as if she were whispering in his ear.

The spatial rift torn open by Yu Niang's departure rapidly closed, as if it had never appeared.

Only a stunned Qin Wangchuan remained, the System's prompt sounding in his ear:

【You have received a special simulation: "Enemy of This World"】

Ignoring the System, Qin Wangchuan looked up as if sensing something, his gaze meeting the indifferent, distant golden eyes in the wheel of fate for a moment.

That was his future self, yet not his self from this timeline.

A resonance surged in his heart.

"So that's how it is... this game was set long ago, just waiting for me..."

Qin Wangchuan murmured, the corner of his mouth beneath the Dragon Gauze mask slowly curving upwards, "Now, the time has come."

The dark figure slowly closed her eyes, and the wheel of fate stopped rotating, gradually fading away.

But the real show had just begun, or rather... it had already ended.

The past where Yu Niang went, the present where Qin Wangchuan stood, and the future represented by that dark figure.

Different times, different worlds, different nodes.

Past, Present, Future—

Under the influence of the wheel of fate, the three arrived before the same enemy at this moment.

Without a word, Qin Wangchuan directly activated the Sword Intent Furnace: "Third Gear!"

The Sword Intent Furnace instantly operated at its limit; endless Spiritual Qi was absorbed into his body, then transformed into tangible Sword Intent that swept across the world!

Then he raised his hand and pressed it down, unleashing that sword again:

"Heavenly Sword • Hundred Tribulations!"

A colossal illusory sword, spanning heaven and earth, descended from the scarlet firmament. Its blade, carrying a hundred tribulations and ultimate Sword Intent, crashed down upon the already stunned Xu Tianluo!

"Ten Killing Sword Seal • Heavenly Sword."

In the distant past, the Heavenly Sword, transformed from Yu Niang, tore through eons, fiercely cleaving the endless Sea of Chaos! Where the sword light passed, clear and turbid were separated.

The sword tip pierced through myriad worlds, precisely slaying the foreign race known as Xu Tianluo! Finally, it fell into a certain world.

From then on—

Heaven and earth first opened, the Dao first manifested.

Later generations called this realm: Ten Directions Immortal Court.

At the unknowable end of the future, those indifferent golden eyes opened again, and a giant sword transcending time and space crossed the river, descending upon the newly born Xu Tianluo's head.

"Ten Direction Marvelous Law Sword."