Hearing those final words, Lin Qiye felt as if he had been struck by lightning!
He staggered down from the sky and crashed back onto the earth. Dust and sand billowed into the air as Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi pierced through his back, scarlet blood spreading in all directions.
"Cha...os...?" Lin Qiye stared at Wu Quan as he slowly approached, his eyes filled with shock. "How could you... be here?"
"Surprised, aren't you? You finally managed to return from two thousand years in the future. In this era, the Cthulhu Gods haven't even descended yet, so how could I possibly be here?" Wu Quan chuckled and raised a finger, pointing at the sky above. "Have you forgotten...? Above the River of Time, there is an eye that has always been watching you."
As though he had realized something, Lin Qiye slowly shifted his gaze toward the sky shrouded in Iridescent Mist. Countless black Willow Branches danced wildly through the air, while innumerable pairs of human legs carried the Willow Tree past him and toward Chang'an.
"The Key of Doors." Lin Qiye clenched his teeth and growled.
An Qingyu had said before that above all time, the Key of Doors was always watching humanity's past, present, and future from some point in time. As a god who was Omniscient and Omnipresent, nothing could escape Its gaze.
"Did you really think It wouldn't know you had crossed the River of Time for two thousand years?" Wu Quan spread his hands helplessly. "I have to say, your idea of crossing the River of Time and arriving directly before our second descent, seeking a chance of survival for humanity, was quite good. Unfortunately, you still underestimated us."
"So... you were sent here by the Key of Doors?" Lin Qiye frowned, then immediately shook his head. "No, that's