The True Future had already broken free of the Time River, yet it still depended upon the river itself.
Within this True Future world, it was still being influenced by the past. Any parts that Su Ming had not anchored were still subject to that influence.
And Su Ming had never deeply studied any of Shrek Academy's faith.
So, he first used his speech to influence the Pavilion Elders' thoughts, gaining their momentary recognition and obtaining the Rank he wanted.
At the same time, he used that Rank in Dou Er to alter the underlying code of Shrek Academy's faith.
[Dou San]
At this moment, Su Ming saw enlightenment in the eyes of Zhuo Shi and the other Pavilion Elders.
This instantaneous change might initially have been induced by bewitchment, but as the power of the Time River surged forth, the past was altered and the future was influenced. Shrek's ideals changed as well.
Even if—
Even if the True Future was no longer within the Time River's future.
After Su Ming's Spiritual Domain took shape, the range of the river he could influence continued to expand. Yet every Parallel World he extended into contained no Shrek Academy.
However, because of the changes Su Ming had caused, this academy appeared once again in those Parallel Worlds—or rather, in the countless futures extrapolated by the river.
With Shrek Academy's appearance, the True Future was affected as well.
The True Future had originally been the downstream of the Time River, a future reasonably extrapolated from the Dou Er era to ten thousand years later, the most plausible of all possible futures.
Yet because of Su Ming's changes—whether to Dou Er or Dou San—the contents of this Timeline had deviated. Some parts could no longer be corrected even by the river, so it