Countless futures drifted slowly through a river called time like grains of sand. Every grain existed between illusion and reality; it could exist, or it could not.
Yhwach could choose for himself which grain of sand vanished and which became reality.
Among those countless grains lay countless futures, representing countless possibilities.
But in Yhwach's eyes, there was only one so-called possibility... his absolute victory!
Yet now, Asano Kiyoshi had simply scooped away the sand upstream. He would not let Yhwach choose the future; Yhwach could not even see the sand anymore, so naturally, there was no future left to speak of.
This was the ability Asano Kiyoshi had unlocked after fully comprehending the entire Six Paths of Reincarnation.
"Reincarnation Platform: They say the Saha World holds boundless suffering; life and death forever rule the cycle of reincarnation.
Ability One: Once every hundred years, you may choose a future you desire, ignoring all powers in doing so!
Ability Two: Once every hundred years, you may cut out any world line you have experienced and bring others into it! (The world line resets each time it is entered, and all living beings within it possess no emotions or memories.)"
That was the power of the Reincarnation Platform. There was only one such chance every hundred years!
Clearly, this ability was not particularly useful against Yhwach with his eyes fully open. Even if Asano Kiyoshi changed one future, as long as Yhwach remained fully awakened, he could rewrite it again countless times. Therefore, Asano Kiyoshi could only try to kill him before Yhwach had completely recovered.
Unfortunately, he had not succeeded.
He named this move that chose the future "Great Stillness." It was how he had felt when he first became able to see the future.
The future was quiet, so quiet that