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The power of forgetting?

Yu Ji frowned, as if deep in thought.

After all, compared to He Li, she didn't know as much detail about the situation of the True Lord of Sun and Moon Myriad Laws, so she was not familiar with He Li's explanation of the power of oblivion...

She couldn't figure it out completely either.

He Li was aware of this, so he added, "You should still remember that gold leaf from later generations, right?"

"I remember!" Yu Ji nodded.

Upon seeing this, He Li explained: "What we know now is the history of the rise and fall of the True Lord of the Sun and Moon... or rather, he is not on the same level as us."

"While all his actions may indeed influence history, for him personally..."

"Actually, nothing has changed."

Huh? Yu Ji was getting more and more confused as she listened.

He Li said helplessly, "Simply put... changing history will lead to the decay and... disappearance of oneself, as well as the past and future that have already changed."

"So theoretically speaking, even if history is successfully changed, the person who changed it will die."

"Including his past timeline..."

"The altered timeline can be seen as a parallel world that originally had another Kuru, and this Kuru naturally does not have memories of other timelines."

Hearing He Li say this, Yu Ji's brows gradually relaxed, and she began to understand clearly.

She seemed to be starting to understand.

He Licai continued to explain...

"It is precisely because of this situation that there are so many inexplicable strange things about Ku Rong."

"And the withering and flourishing we know... the True Lord of the Sun and Moon's Myriad Laws we've heard of, from a certain perspective, may not be a single individual but countless versions of him."

"Of course, problematic individuals..."

"Information about him will be erased from our minds as the world and history change."

"It's like the memories of the Demon Emperor of the Heavenly Court in later generations."

He Li paused slightly at this point.

He looked up at the red sun on the horizon: "The future Heavenly Emperor of the Demon Court must have experienced the events of this era."

"They may have even seen us long ago, but the rise and fall that changed history has vanished with the changes of the past, and the past... has become a broken, new past."

"The status quo is now..."

"It is an extension of 'original'."

"What has been changed is the unknown future."

"Now... let's jump back to the past, to the future, to the Demon Emperor of the Heavenly Court, to see his original, unchanged past memories and the altered past..."

Will there be conflict? It's inevitable, and the result of conflict will be the replacement of the old with the new, and the forgetting of the past!

He Li shook his head as he spoke.

"What exactly is being forgotten...?"

"The new replaces the old, and what has changed...?"

"We of later generations have no way of knowing, not even the Heavenly Emperor of the Demon Court in later generations."

"The power of time... is inherently complex, at least in this world. It's not as simple as the simple paradoxes we knew before."

"The power of rules is involved here."

"And this involves theology, things that... you can never understand until you reach that level."

After saying this, he changed the subject: "In short, the memories of the Heavenly Emperor of the Demon Court in later generations are vague, a kind of consciousness change that even he himself couldn't explain, so there's no need to say more."

"There's no point in continuing."

"Compared to the memories of the Demon Emperor of later generations..."

"This sudden turn of events..."

"That's what deserves more attention!"

He Li's expression turned serious. Yu Ji absorbed the information He Li provided in her mind. After a while, she recovered and nodded as if she understood, without asking any further questions.

However, regarding this change, she said, "This change was caused by a collection of evil thoughts."

"Do you think... it's possible that... because we obtained the tree branch, those aggregates of evil sensed something, which triggered this reaction and caused them to rebel?"

"Possibly!" He Li agreed.

He then said, "The aggregate of evil thoughts is something that is constantly growing."

"They are not entirely devoid of intelligence."

"Moreover, there are far too many aggregates of evil thoughts."

"Furthermore, since the source of the evil aggregate is the evil in the hearts of all living beings in this world, it is not impossible that the evil in the hearts of those gods will also give rise to the evil aggregate."

"Furthermore, could a collection of evil thoughts originating from the gods gain some divine power...?"

"Or perhaps there's something special about it..."

"It's hard to say."

Indeed, the collective of evil thoughts is an extremely strange thing that is difficult to deduce using common sense.

It's not hard to understand why individuals born from the evil thoughts of gods would possess special characteristics; the reason He Li hasn't encountered any is simply because he hasn't been here long enough.

If he had stayed a little longer...

You might encounter something like that.

That's why he felt that Yu Ji was right and that there might be a very powerful individual within the collective of evil thoughts who could vaguely sense the future outcome.

"Perhaps it sensed something, which is why it launched the catastrophe in an attempt to reverse the final outcome."

He Li frowned as he spoke.

Upon hearing this, Yu Ji frowned again, clearly worried about the situation He Li had guessed.

After expressing his speculation, He Li let out a long sigh and laughed, "Forget it, don't think too much about it. No matter what, the established historical outcome will not change."

"At most, the process is a bit troublesome."

"But no matter what, there's no point in worrying about these things here now."

"Instead of worrying about these things, we should find the Fire Ancestor Suirenshi as soon as possible and come up with a solution..."

He Li paused before he could finish speaking.

Yu Ji noticed something was amiss and looked at He Li with suspicion.

But she discovered that He Li was frowning and staring at something in the southeast direction.

"A collection of evil thoughts?"

Thinking about the current situation, Yu Ji almost instinctively asked a question while secretly becoming wary, but He Li shook his head: "It doesn't seem to be a collection of evil thoughts, it looks like a person..."

"But something's not quite right."

"Given the current situation, people in this era should all be holed up in their settlements."

"After all, the outside world is full of evil entities. If you don't want to die, you can only hide in the settlement and rely on the fire and the power of the group to fight against the evil entities."

"But over there, someone's gone out!"

"And there are quite a few!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Ji's beautiful eyes widened slightly, clearly surprised by the matter.

"Well...should we go take a look?"

Yu Ji asked tentatively, and He Li nodded: "Since those people over there dare to come out at this time, they must have enough strength to deal with the collective evil thoughts."

"Either there's something extremely important, so much so that even though it's a collection of evil thoughts everywhere..."

"They also have to come out and do it."

"But no matter what, these people are definitely suspicious. Going over to check them out might reveal something. If we can get any information about the Fire Ancestor, that would be the best outcome."

As he spoke, He Li activated his spiritual senses, quickly leading Yu Ji towards the crowd he sensed.

Meanwhile, in the dark valley in the distance...

"How far are we from here to the altar?"

A sound could be heard coming from the valley.

The voice was deep and resonant, yet it seemed to carry a faint, weak quality, as if the person speaking was unwell. Following the sound, and aided by the firelight, one could see...

In the valley, dozens of powerful human warriors, wielding torches that burned with special flames and clad in rattan armor, were escorting two wizards and a pale-faced middle-aged man.

And the person who spoke just now...

He was the middle-aged man who was suspected of being the leader.

Upon hearing his words, the wizard beside him, relying on the light emanating from the pupils of the Candle Dragon in the sky, briefly surveyed the surroundings and pondered for a moment before responding...

"This must be Jianshan!"

"It's at most half a day's journey to the altar."

"But..." the wizard paused, then said, "that altar has been abandoned for a long time."

"We can't guarantee whether that altar still has the same effects as the legends say. If... if it doesn't work, then I'm afraid..."

The wizard didn't continue.

The others around also lowered their heads and remained silent.

The middle-aged man waved his hand and said, "It's alright. Even if it's ineffective, I can still hold on for a while longer."

"Moreover... that altar is related to the Fire Ancestor. Although it has been abandoned for many years, the Fire Ancestor cares about the human race. This trip may not necessarily fail to yield the desired result."

"Try to look on the bright side of everything..."

"Cough cough cough..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man began to cough uncontrollably, and as he opened his mouth, he exhaled some strange black mist, which emitted an extremely uncomfortable and chilling aura.

Just as he was coughing, He Li had already arrived and was observing these people from a distance...