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"I wasn't looking at anyone." Jiang You's expression turned serious. "What did you come to see me about?"

"Strictly speaking, I didn't come to see you. I came to see someone else. But after thinking it over, I still wanted to come talk to you now. After all, it seems I can't find anyone else to chat with."

Xuan Xi said, "This heart reminded me of many things—many things I originally shouldn't have remembered."

"For example?"

"For example, the predicament we're facing now."

The corner of Jiang You's lips lifted, as though she had long since expected it. She slowly uttered two words: "Creating gods?"

At those words, Xuan Xi froze and looked at her in surprise. "You actually guessed it?"

Jiang You said, "A few days ago, I confirmed something."

"What?"

"The so-called abyss is this place in the future."

Jiang You's voice was calm, and there was even a hint of a smile on her lips. When she spoke of these things, she showed no trace of anxiety. She was as composed as if she already knew what would happen next.

"At first, I didn't have this thought. But the more times I entered the abyss, the more this suspicion lingered in my mind.

"After all, the Mountain God Temple in the abyss was far too similar to the Mountain God Temple on Long Mountain.

"Everything in this world had an origin. The abyss couldn't have appeared out of nowhere.

"So these past few days, I kept wondering: how had the abyss come into being?

"Until that day, when I entered the enormous heart after going into the karst cave beneath the abyss's temple. Then, everything had an answer...

"The abyss's power was time. It was a flaw that had appeared in the River of Time, fusing the