"Hmm? That's not right!"
Li Yu was suddenly startled and sprang to his feet. "In this world, I can't have a past life or a future life. And if I'm to Trace Time, my own river of time isn't in this world either."
Clearly, Li Yu was merely a passerby in this world.
He had traveled through countless worlds, and his river of time spanned far more than a single world. Moreover, he could not possibly have projections of his other selves in this world. Even whether Li Yu had other selves at all remained unknown.
"This issue must be taken seriously."
Li Yu's expression grew several shades more solemn. "If these two crucial steps can't be completed, that will be troublesome."
Advancing to the "Legendary" realm required integrating all one's other selves. Advancing to the "Other Shore" required integrating one's past life, present life, and future life—integrating every self along the river of time.
There were, of course, solutions to the problem, and there were two of them. But Li Yu did not particularly want to use either.
One method was to cast his own imprint into this world. By leaving his mark in countless projected worlds, he could give rise to other selves.
But in that case, Li Yu would become a person of this world. Who knew how long it would take to free himself from that endless entanglement of karma?
The other method involved Bai Ze.
Since he had taken on Bai Ze as an alternate identity, he could gather Bai Ze's other selves under Bai Ze's identity.
However, this method posed an even greater problem.
After gathering Bai Ze's other selves, would the final result be "Bai Ze"? Or Li Yu?
Cultivating to the point of cultivating yourself out of existence—wouldn't that mean there was