750: I want to go with you

The middle-aged Su Chen's body stiffened, his eyes reddening slightly.

"Correct."

"Unfortunately, the Great Dao of Time is too difficult—as difficult as ascending to the heavens. I tried countless times and created Small Time, but alas, it was never the true Time."

"I couldn't do it. I couldn't go back!"

His voice was low and hoarse.

The middle-aged Su Chen walked with staggering steps: "In the end, I still failed."

*Cough, cough, cough!*

Blood sprayed from his mouth. His body was already in the worst possible state. This world's only True Demon actually had tears flowing in his eyes at this moment. He seemed to recall something worth remembering, and a smile actually appeared at the corners of his mouth.

"I remember back then when the two of us had just taken human form. The one who controlled Yin Qi was a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, while the one who controlled Yang Qi was a mature woman in her early twenties."

"That boy's personality was very cowardly and he was quite clumsy. He was often scolded, and whenever he was scolded, he'd feel wronged and then cry."

"Later, the two grew up, but that man was still afraid of her. Every time she was even slightly fierce, the man would be terrified."

He forced back the tears in his eyes and reached out toward the air in front of him, as if trying to grab something, but there was nothing there.

However, his footsteps became increasingly heavy. With a faint smile on his face, the middle-aged Su Chen's voice rang out:

"You are me, and I am you... Let me go back and see her."

"Tell her that the clumsy man from back then is now a man who can hold up the heavens."

After saying that.

He collapsed completely to the ground. The Qi on his body dissipated rapidly, but the smile remained at the corners of his mouth.

"Su Chen... have you forgotten your own name? Actually, your name is Chen Tian. And I didn't lose; I won."

Su Chen's eyes were filled with emotion, and he remained speechless for a long time. Scheming across eternity, all just to obtain the Great Dao of Time to return to the past and resurrect her.

The surrounding space began to collapse, and everything started returning to its original state.

Su Chen gradually opened his eyes. The Demon Spirit had disappeared, and he had regained control of his Physical Body.

Su Chen took a deep breath, and the River of Time appeared before his eyes.

He suddenly surged upward. The surrounding scenery began to change rapidly. The Great Dao of Time possessed the power to change everything because time exists everywhere.

Time is an abstract concept. You might not feel time in a void of deathly silence, but it indeed exists.

Su Chen walked all the way upward and arrived at the true beginning of heaven and earth. He saw countless Gods and Demons. Among these Gods and Demons, those in the Dao Lord Realm were so numerous they were a nuisance; almost any God or Demon who controlled a single Dao was considered a Dao Lord level expert.

His figure appeared in this point in space-time. For the current Su Chen, he could appear at any point in time, even before the world was born.

Su Chen looked from a distance and saw an exquisite back standing there. She was dressed very simply in a long green dress without any other ornaments.

Just this back alone was enough to make all living beings fall for her.

At that moment.

The figure slowly turned her head. That face was perfect to the extreme; the entire world seemed to pale in comparison before her.

The woman saw Su Chen dazed on the spot and couldn't help but put her hands on her hips, pretending to be angry as she said, "Su Chen, what are you doing? Didn't I tell you to properly comprehend the Dao? How are you supposed to become a Dao Lord quickly like this?"

"You really are stupid to death."

Her huffing appearance was extremely cute.

However, Su Chen was stunned.

How can she see me?

Although Su Chen had appeared in this world, he was enveloped by the Great Dao of Time. People in this timeline absolutely shouldn't be able to see him—not just Dao Lord level experts, but even Rule Level or Ancestral God level experts shouldn't be able to see him.

Why?

Su Chen suddenly thought of a possibility.

Unless the Su Chen of this timeline was already dead, and... he had become that Su Chen.

Su Chen froze for a moment, then he couldn't help but laugh.

"So... I'm the one who lost."

"Your goal from the beginning wasn't to devour me, but to fuse us together."

"You are me, and I am you."

"Even if I died, you wouldn't be able to fully control the Great Dao of Time. Furthermore, after I control the Great Dao of Time, I won't be assimilated by you, because I am Time itself."

"Was everything within your calculations?"

"No wonder you said you didn't lose."

Su Chen's eyes held a hint of shock. He had actually been played twice in a row. The first time was when he returned from the Immortal Realm to the upper reaches of time; the plan had already begun from that moment.

Or rather, it had started long ago.

Every step was arranged by him.

The ultimate goal was for this very moment.

To have him return to the past.

From this moment on, there was no longer any difference between the two of them.

*Smack!*

Seeing Su Chen still looking dazed, the woman couldn't help but step forward and give him a light smack on the head: "Idiot, what are you doing? Why are you just standing there?"

Su Chen just watched her silently. For some reason, the woman suddenly stopped her hand. She stared straight at Su Chen, and a terrifying power began to rise from her.

"Who are you? You aren't Su Chen."

Su Chen hesitated for a moment, but eventually nodded.

The woman instantly stumbled back two steps, then spoke in a sharp voice: "Who exactly are you? If you don't speak, I will kill you today."

Su Chen's expression remained unchanged. He raised his hand and lightly tapped toward the woman, pouring the memories from his mind into hers.

The woman was slightly stunned, but her expression soon changed drastically. Then, tears fell like raindrops as she sobbed uncontrollably.

At this moment, she knew everything.

A long time passed before the woman stopped. She sat on the ground, her face full of blankness and confusion.

Su Chen came to her side and said in a calm voice: "Strictly speaking, I am indeed Su Chen. My Soul is his Soul, and my Physical Body is his Physical Body. But the memories don't belong to him. In the end, I am not him—not that clumsy boy."

"I will protect you. You won't die in the war between Gods and Demons."

The woman still didn't say a word. Su Chen stood there calmly.

"Of course, you can also choose to leave with me."

After Su Chen finished speaking, he waited quietly. These were two endings, ones that the former Su Chen seemed to have faced as well.

Mu Xin!

Looking at it this way, the 'him' from back then was testing how he would choose.

He knew that he wouldn't mind becoming the 'true' him.

This time, Su Chen also gave two choices. If she stayed here, Su Chen would protect her safety and let her live forever, but the two of them would have no relationship from then on.

If she was willing to leave with him, it would be equivalent to choosing to accept him, and Su Chen would also accept her.

This continued for a long time as the breeze between heaven and earth blew continuously.

Su Chen sighed and prepared to turn and leave.

But after just one step, the woman grabbed the corner of his clothes. Su Chen turned his head and saw a pair of reddened eyes.

"You put in so much effort just to return to my side, so... you are him."

As she spoke, she stood up and threw herself into Su Chen's arms, hugging him tightly.

"I want to go with you."

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