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Old Cui Ge's strength was somewhat beyond Li Zhen's expectations.

Under the heavy iron fist of his adoptive father, and with Li Zhen constantly keeping a close eye on the Emperor, the distracted Li Zhen was constantly being suppressed.

"...Until that kid named Mark pressed me into the sun, a dilemma began to form in my mind."

Old Cui was ravaging Li Zhen, and although he was furious, he still had some strength left to spare.

For Cui Ge, whose subsequent experiences differed from the original story, recounting those stories in their entirety was more important than immediately defeating Li Zhen.

"I realized that at that moment, it seemed that I was powerless to change anything."

"I began to think, and before I was completely burned to ashes by the sun, I chose another path."

Li Zhen's eyes trembled slightly.

He finally understood what Treger had done in this "alternative possibility".

While Mark was also being baked by the high temperature to the point of losing consciousness and his body was on the verge of disintegration, Trigger deliberately disguised himself and disappeared into the deeper part of the sun.

Everyone thought that Trevor had been defeated by Mark and his body was gone.

Trigger, who had been burned to the point that he was almost reduced to a skeleton and a few bits of flesh, escaped.

With such severe injuries, Trego was on the verge of life and death almost every day. He couldn't even muster the power to fly on his own and could only rely on the gravitational slingshot effect of the major planets in the solar system to keep pushing himself out.

Back then, Trevor was so fragile that even a minor bump could have ended his seemingly doomed life.

But Li Zhen knew that Cui Ge had that kind of luck.

This is because the enemy was designated by the Emperor using his time-manipulation abilities, extending from his own history.

In this possible development, Trigger was fortunate enough to have a less than one-in-a-trillion chance of successfully leaving the solar system.

Having recovered from his injuries, Cui Ge embarked on a journey to find Li Zhen.

He abandoned the empire and glory that Li Zhen spoke of in his dream, which was destined to decline in his hands, and instead devoted all his energy to finding that 'bloodline' that should have died a thousand years ago.

In other words, this Cui Ge realized the source of Li Zhen's strength.

There are very few enemies in the invincible universe who can hone his skills at this level, and the talent of the son of Nolan is indeed remarkable.

Having already reached the top of the pyramid, Trevor has very little room for improvement, while the young people of Witrum at the bottom of the pyramid will catch up with him rapidly with enough talent, luck, and combat experience.

The realization that there were no opponents of sufficient stature was the reason for his and the Empire's defeat, which he learned during the War of the Sun when he feigned death to escape.

What happened next is not important.

Once Cui Ge made up his mind to embark on the path of finding Li Zhen and seeking even greater trials, that path of possibilities continued to extend downwards.

The Emperor merely filtered them out, and then from among the many futures, brought the one who might have experienced all of this and finally found the DC universe, Trigger, to Lee Jung.

"I found a way to leave the universe, I witnessed a more complex power system, and I saw some powerful races that were comparable to me from birth."

Old Cui suddenly stopped beating her and pulled Li Zhen into his arms, his thick arms tightening around her.

What appears to be an embrace is actually an attempt to completely sever Li Zhen's life.

"Let me make up for what I owe you, Jeanne. Thank you for showing me a more wonderful world, thank you for showing me the path to continue improving. Now, I will personally write this belated coming-of-age ceremony for you."

Li Zhen's gaze passed over Old Cui Ge's shoulder, remaining fixed on the Emperor.

Then he suddenly grinned.

"I have to say, it was quite exciting."

There is no shortage of dazzling light in the cracks of time, and the light, of course, provides ample fertile ground for shadows.

The shadow spread, and it felt as if Li Zhen had been pulled into Old Cui Ge's chest, and then emerged from behind Cui Ge.

"Is the ultimate purpose of this ability of yours not for psychological warfare?"

As Li Zhen finished speaking, Old Cui Ge, who had turned halfway after discovering Li Zhen's disappearance, and raised his iron fist—whose skin was already aging but still contained explosive power—seemed to have been paused.

The Emperor crossed his arms, and beneath his shovel-shaped mask, it was impossible to discern his emotions regarding Li Zhen's words.

"You've pulled out an alternate dimension from my past, a biological father of mine..."

Li Zhen shook her head and pursed her lips.

"Is it all just to break down my psychological defenses? Seeing that I disdain the alternate time entity, they made him disappear from the scene, and then started having my biological father tell stories while fighting."

"That's pretty twisted."

Li Zhen raised her hand, first wiping the corner of her mouth, then looking at the blood that had just been drawn from her beating. She then pursed her lips and gestured with her thumb to Old Cui Ge, who was behind her and whose life had been stopped.

"Could you please choose someone else? To be honest, I have absolutely no interest in his story. Although I do dislike him, the guy you chose has even changed so much that I hardly recognize him anymore."

"He's the leader of an entire violent civilization, and he's living in constant fear over a dream whose truth is still unclear?"

"Faced with Nolan's son who betrayed him and Mark who destroyed his home planet, in a life-or-death situation, he suddenly had a profound realization, abandoned everything, faked his death to escape, and only wanted to gain greater power so he could find me and give me a brutal lesson in 'father-son fratricide'?"

"It's so pathetic it makes me want to vomit. Seriously, why don't you consider getting another one to deal with me?"

While this old Cui is strong, his completely distorted personality doesn't fit Li Zhen's "ideal".

The Emperor finally reacted, a cold laugh of ambiguity emanating from beneath his mask.

"I really look forward to seeing my opponent's psychological defenses crumble. After gaining control of the game, I always find everything boring during the long periods of solitude, which is one of my few sources of enjoyment."

The Emperor loosened his arms and pointed his fingers downwards.

Empress Jeanne, who should have been submerged in the tides of time, roared and climbed out.

"Time can extend into almost infinite possibilities, but that's only near. After truly mastering time, I discovered that some of the theories about time on Earth in the past were wrong."

"There will eventually be a Treger who can find you, but he is too demanding. He has to give up everything he originally cared about in order to meet the basic conditions for meeting you."

The Emperor smacked his lips twice with a hint of regret.

"It's true that I'm not capable enough to break you down, but don't worry, letting these two guys who are closely related to you tear you apart piece by piece from a purely physical perspective will satisfy my slightly morbid curiosity."

Emperor Zhen flew out of the Time Stream, roaring as he charged towards Li Zhen.

"Die, illusion!"

Old Cui finally moved, his incomparable iron fist smashing towards Li Zhen's spine.

"Magic? Is this laughable power what you rely on now?"

Li Zhen parried and fought back, wrestling with Emperor Zhen Te with one hand, but his other arm was broken by Old Cui Ge, and he was sent flying backward.

But he remained expressionless, only looking at the Emperor with a slightly puzzled expression.

"One last question, why don't the two of them fight?"

The Emperor raised a finger, not caring whether Li Zhen knew how he did it.

"At the microscopic timescale, their mutual observation is misaligned."

"Both of them are constantly undergoing Planck-level time jumps. For your alternate timeline, your father does not exist within any Planck timescale in which he exists, and the same is true for your father."

However, under the Emperor's manipulation, they could all see Li Zhen, and were absolutely opposed to Li Zhen in their stance.

With the prior preparation of the silent emperor, the emperor had obtained information about Li Zhen, thus completely avoiding any attack methods that would strengthen Li Zhen.

The only difference is the time scale of observation.

Li Zhen clicked her tongue, flicked her severed arm lightly, and the self-healing was complete.

"Fine, damn it, this is really troublesome."