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The familiar voice echoed in my ears.

He Li couldn't help but smile to himself upon hearing this.

He knew that Ku Rong had arrived!

As expected, as the sound faded, the withered and flourishing figures appeared before He Li and Yu Ji.

The reason he arrived so timely was that, just as He Li had guessed, he had been secretly watching He Li shortly after returning to this era.

Of course, it's not just about what matters.

All beings affected by his power, who were thus transported across time to this ancient era...

Both flourishing and decay are observed.

He just paid special attention to He Li and the others.

After all, most of the other beings that have come from across time have been futilely thinking about how to change history and how to benefit themselves, without touching on anything deeper.

But He Li and the others are different.

First, He Li was noticed by Hou Tu, and then they braved the darkness to find the descendants of the Fire Ancestor.

He then successfully contacted Nuwa, and even those who were traveling with him all made contact with those top beings. For example, Yu Qingge went with the Lord of the Great Abyss.

Li Shang was given certain powers by Nuwa.

Mu Lan gained the attention of Fei Lian and Zhu Long.

Yu Ji had an extremely deep relationship with the divine tree and even received its blessings...

And He Li himself... is even more outrageous.

Because Kurong discovered that he vaguely sensed a power similar to the Heavenly Dao in He Li, even when He Li came into contact with the Divine Tree and gained some benefits...

In a daze, Ku Rong also discovered that He Li gave him the feeling of watching over a whole world.

These feelings are outrageous.

Faced with these circumstances, even if Ku Rong knew nothing, he could not possibly disregard He Li.

Not to mention, he, Ku Rong, had also explored various secrets and realized many things, so... Ku Rong had seen everything He Li and the others did.

Regarding He Li and the others' thoughts...

One can know more or less about the cycle of life and death.

That's why he showed up directly when He Li and Yu Ji mentioned him earlier.

And the cycle of flourishing and decay occurs on its own...

The reason for this is that Ku Rong has realized the cause and effect of the future changes in the world and his own existence, and there are some things he must show up and assist He Li in completing.

But aside from this reason, there is another important reason why Ku Rong took the initiative to appear.

But that important reason...

Ku Rong doesn't want to say it directly right now.

After revealing himself, he looked at He Li and said, "I will help you investigate the extremely evil thoughts."

"At the same time, I also have something to say..."

"I want to ask you something!"

He Li was not surprised to hear this, because he knew that although Ku Rong had broken free from the "chessboard" of history, he was still trapped in the constraints of other rules and forces.

This also means that he himself may not understand many things as well as He Li, who is an insider.

I have a question about the cycle of growth and decay...

He Li had anticipated this long ago.

So he nodded: "What do you want to ask?"

Seeing that He Li didn't seem surprised, Ku Rong frowned almost imperceptibly and pondered for a couple of seconds...

Only then did he speak, asking, "Now you should know many secrets and understand things about me now, me in the future, and me who will soon disappear."

"Your power over time..."

"We should also have some thoughts and judgments."

"Now... what I want to ask is, what is the change in history and the memories of all living beings, and my disappearance..."

He was interrupted by He Li before he could finish speaking.

"I know what you're going to ask!" He Li interrupted Ku Rong, and under Ku Rong's furrowed brows and suspicious expression, said, "I can only tell you two things..."

"Putting the cause in the opposite order of cause and effect!"

"The present is real; everything before and after is false!"

Upon hearing this, Ku Rong fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he seemed to have figured something out.

"I see!" He nodded, then asked, "Can I break free from the rules?"

"I don't know!" He Li shrugged.

"But you might want to give it a try."

"However, I must warn you that while leaving this world may indeed allow you to escape its limitations, it will also cause you to lose the power of time and the conceptual power of immortality."

"After all, the void is vast, and your power of time only affects this world."

"If it rises to the entire void..."

"Your power is insignificant; even the Heavenly Dao is minuscule in the infinite void."

"So you'd better think this through..."

"After all, the price of freedom is not low."

After hearing He Li's words, Ku Rong remained silent for a long time before raising his head to look at He Li: "I understand. Also... you don't need to worry about the matter of extreme evil thoughts."

"It will be resolved."

"Although it will come at a considerable cost, history will not deviate from your expectations..."

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As soon as he finished speaking, the cycle of life and death vanished.

Seeing that he seemed to have really left, Yu Ji looked at He Li with some suspicion and asked, "What exactly did you mean by the truth you just told him?"

"Are you saying... that the present can influence both the future and the past?"

"Almost there!" He Li nodded.

"I've explained this to you before."

"But that's too general..."

"Now, when we talk about history... or rather time, there is a fixed 'point' that moves forward and never changes, and this point is naturally the most authentic point in time, the present."

"At this point in time, let's jump into the unknown future and change those historical events..."

"It will create branching paths in the future."

"But the original future still exists."

"Of course, that time will gradually fade away."

"It's the same if we jump to the past."

"However, only those who transcend the cycle of life and death within time know these things, so they are the ones most affected. We ourselves cannot look down upon time, so we are forever in the present."

Yu Ji understood by this point.

After all, He Li had told her about it before, although his explanation back then wasn't as easy to understand as it is now...

But considering the logic at this point...

It's not difficult for her to understand.

He Li continued, "Although we are in this situation now, it doesn't mean we haven't been affected."

"Because the present remains unchanged yet is progressing, and future changes will cause the past and present to no longer correspond, thus giving rise to the situation of reversing cause and effect..."

"Because there is a present, there is a past."

The present came first, then the past.

What He Li just told Kurong was actually this meaning, and Kurong could understand it.

And He Li continued...

"Because the present remains unchanged, beings like the Demon Emperor of the future, although they have memories of the past, have experienced abnormalities due to changes in the past."

"This anomaly will fully integrate with the established history of the past and present..."

"Once the connection is established, his memory will return to normal."

"But at this point, his memories..."

"It is no longer the past that was unchanged, but a past memory that has changed."

"In other words... there must have been a situation where we didn't come to the ancient era. This is the past that the later Demon Emperor couldn't remember."

"Now, it's a new past!"

"When he returns to the future, all that will remain in his mind is the memory of our appearance in the ancient wilderness."

"The vanished past will be forgotten..."

Not only the later Demon Court Heavenly Emperor.

The cycle of growth and decay is also affected.

When He Li returns to the future and faces the rise and fall of the world, the memories of He Li will appear in his mind. He Li had already encountered He Li's memories in the ancient times.

Before that... for example, before He Li went to the Middle Realm, Ku Rong had no such memory.

As for the current state of prosperity and decline of this era?

He will die, he will disappear, he will be forgotten.

Similarly, this theory can also be used to explain why the future Ku Rong would exhibit various abnormal situations and even try to kill He Li and the others.

Because it's difficult to say which timeline of rise and fall it refers to, which line is actually disappearing.

After all, the development of each line of history is influenced by the rise and fall of later generations, so the results are naturally different.

After saying all that...

The topic then shifted.

"Finally, let's talk about extremely evil thoughts!"

"An extremely evil thought?" Yu Ji asked in confusion, "Hasn't the investigation into an extremely evil thought not been completed yet?"

"What's there to say..."

"Wait!" As if she had thought of something, Yu Ji's beautiful eyes flickered with some surprise as she looked at He Li: "That extremely evil thought... could it be related to the cycle of life and death?"

"Absolutely!" He Li uttered two words.

"I didn't think much of it before, but what Ku Rong said before leaving just now made me suspicious."

"His words... clearly show that he has some understanding of that extremely evil thought, or even knows it inside and out, otherwise he wouldn't have said so confidently that it could be resolved with just a small price to pay."

"Furthermore, the thought of extreme evil is so peculiar..."

"I thought about it again and again..."

"If it is deeply connected to the cycle of growth and decay, then its special nature becomes completely understandable!"