The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

Meanwhile, countless light-years away from the Star Council headquarters, City of Stars.

This is a prosperous divine realm called [Blazing Radiance].

Compared to the grim atmosphere of constant warfare on the border, this place still maintains its decadent and bustling atmosphere.

On the man-made star, which resembles a giant gemstone, towering buildings constructed of holographic neon lights pierce the sky, and countless dazzling flying machines shuttle between the buildings, weaving a magnificent net of light.

On the edge of the rooftop of the tallest building on this star, a slightly slender figure sat quietly.

She was a white-haired girl with a side ponytail.

Her toes dangled tens of thousands of meters in the air, idly swaying gently. The wind at high altitude blew through her silvery-white hair, causing it to flutter lightly.

If Gu Xu were here right now, he would definitely recognize this figure at a glance.

This was the white-haired girl who had casually tossed him that mysterious Seed of Time not long ago.

Just as the girl was leisurely looking down at the bustling night view below.

Sizzle—

The space around her suddenly seemed to be torn apart by a hand, like a tattered rag.

A spatial rift appeared out of nowhere.

Immediately afterwards, a tall man clad in light gold full-body armor slowly emerged from the depths of the rift.

The armor's surface shimmered with countless rays of light, subtly distorting the surrounding space.

The man stopped and his gaze fell on the slender figure at the edge of the rooftop.

"Miss Fool."

The next moment, the man spoke, his voice tinged with surprise: "I thought that, given your personality, you should have left this boring, impoverished place long ago."

Hearing the man's call, the white-haired girl did not turn around.

Still swinging her legs, she reached out and flicked her wind-blown ponytail, chuckling softly, "What's the rush?"

"Now that the old powers have reappeared in the world, this is a momentous event that will make the entire universe tremble."

"To stand by that boy's side and witness this vast universe gradually move towards its final destruction and end... isn't this the very principle that our Fool's Court has always upheld?"

Hearing the girl's high-sounding words, the man in golden armor snorted disdainfully.

"Alright, stop with your stupid tricks."

He walked to the edge of the rooftop and stood beside the girl, his tone full of sarcasm: "Others may not know your background, but do you think I don't?"

"You bunch of guys, you keep talking about the Lord of the Old One all day long, claiming to be His most fanatical believers and followers."

"But what's the reality?"

"You covet that supreme power from the past more than anyone else, deliberately getting close to that kid named Gu Xu, even generously giving away the Seed of Time. Essentially, you're planting a thorn in his side. You're not acting out of any good intentions, are you?"

The girl did not get angry despite the man's merciless exposure.

She simply turned her head slowly, looking into the man's eyes: "Perhaps, whatever you say."

Having said that, she shrugged slightly and spread her hands: "After all, in your eyes, when that terrifying power capable of reshaping all rules is placed before us, who in this world can truly remain calm and unmoved?"

"But let me tell you, did you really think that boy named Gu Xu was my first bet?"

"You're wrong! In dimensions you can't see, I've already traversed countless timelines."

"I've seen far too many embers of the past like him."

"I placed the Seeds of Time into their hands, watched them rise from nothing, watched them sweep across the universe, and even..."

At this point, the girl paused, a trace of sadness flashing in her eyes.

"In fact, a few exceptionally talented individuals actually pushed open that dusty gate of twilight and grasped the power that belonged to the ruler in their own hands."

Upon hearing this, the man's previously mocking expression changed slightly.

Has the door of the past been opened?

This is an absolute secret, unheard of in the entire universe, let alone the fact that anyone has ever actually inherited that forbidden power.

"and then?"

For a moment, he instinctively pressed for an answer.

"Then?"

The girl chuckled softly, but there was no trace of pleasure in her laughter: "Then they faced true despair. Before the monster that Outer God, Udrih, their pride and joy were as fragile as paper."

"No one can win that ultimate war, and no one can successfully initiate the re-creation ritual."

"They lost, and the price was...their entire timeline vanished into chaos like a bubble."

Upon hearing this, the man fell silent.

The wind on the rooftop seemed to grow colder because of this conversation.

"Since you know everything."

After a long silence, the man spoke in a deep voice, his tone tinged with confusion and questioning: "Since you have seen so many failed endings, and even witnessed the collapse of the timeline."

"Then what's the point of all this? Knowing it's a dead end, you keep pushing people into the abyss. Isn't that just futile torture?"

The white-haired girl did not refute.

"Why……"

He simply looked up at the dazzling artificial neon lights in the night sky and let out a long sigh: "Do you think I wanted to be this funeral director?"

"That power that does not belong to this era is constantly eroding me."

"It's like a millstone that never stops, forcing me to wake up again and again in this endless cycle, to search for that hope of breaking the deadlock that I don't even know if it exists."

At this point, she suddenly tilted her head, the seriousness on her face instantly disappearing, and she returned to her nonchalant demeanor.

"How about we play a game?"

She pointed at the man, then at herself: "You might as well guess how many times we've had this kind of conversation, with you standing here questioning me and me sitting here answering you?"

The man's brows were furrowed.

He was quite certain that this was the first time he had noticed the traces of the Fool's Court, and the first time he had interacted with them.

But the hidden message in the other person's words sent a chill down his spine.

"Such a conversation has probably never happened before, has it?"

He cautiously voiced his thoughts while secretly channeling his power, trying to detect any lingering fluctuations of time reversal in the surrounding space.

"You're wrong."

The girl held up three slender white fingers and waved them in front of his eyes. Her laughter echoed through the night sky, yet it sent a chill down his spine: "On this timeline alone, this is the 372nd time I've heard you ask that same question."