Future Self, Past Self, Time Karma

Future Self, Past Self, Time Karma

Ye Fan had been holding back his anger, not daring to let it out. He had signed the sky-high contract himself!

What?

Was this exploiting a bug to sign it over and over again?!

"Don't worry. I have principles. Cross the river once, pay once."

Su Mu had not actually intended to collect payment again. Rather, he had noticed something strange.

After forcing the boat to stop, he walked to its rear and found a string of writing on the stern. He could not recognize those Ancient Characters, though he could roughly tell that it was a place name. Written on the bow of the Small Boat was the destination Ye Fan and the others were heading for: a place called "Big Dipper."

From his previous experiences, he knew it was normal for a place name to be written on the bow, but another place name written on the stern was very strange. This was the first time he had encountered it.

Yet he did not recognize those characters.

Forget it, forget it. Why was he sticking his nose into so much?

As long as nothing went wrong with the river he guarded, that was enough.

After confirming that there were only Ancient Characters and no other danger, Su Mu dusted off his hands and said with a smile, "Don't worry. I was only checking whether you were carrying any dangerous items across the river."

Only then did they let out a sigh of relief. Why did this feel like they were riding a high-speed train?

With that, Su Mu released the Stillness over the water.

The moment the water's Stillness was lifted, the nine Little Black Snakes pulling the boat once again fled madly forward.

After seeing off this batch of Transmigrators.

The system announcement sounded in his mind:

Congratulations, Host. You have maintained order and peace and triggered an additional reward. Favor Points +5500

Su Mu froze when he heard it.

Good heavens!

Five thousand five hundred! He had received a one-time reward of five thousand five hundred. Happiness had come too suddenly, leaving Su Mu almost overwhelmed by the favor.

With those five thousand five hundred Favor Points, plus the five hundred he had saved up over the past two days, Su Mu felt rich again!

Time to gamble! Forget it, better not gamble yet.

To keep himself from being unable to resist gambling, he should use them to raise his affinity first!

Favor Points -5000

River Affinity: 0.15% → River Affinity: 0.2%

As his affinity rose to 0.2%, Su Mu could feel his compatibility with this river increase by another tiny bit.

Sometimes, Su Mu really wanted to call the police! He was already a great cultivator in the Transformation Spirit Realm, yet he was still trapped on this river. The most fucked-up part was that he had to refine this river before he could leave.

Favor Points, give me more Favor Points!

Give me more Transmigrators! A thousand or eight hundred a day would be perfect!

Or some people could come cause trouble! Forget it, better keep his feet on the ground and patrol properly.

Following the riverway once more, Su Mu began today's patrol.

At this moment, Wu Xu Plains, Black Central Realm.

Within the void-like Black Central Realm, four vast, indescribable chaotic black shadows gradually shrank, eventually taking the form of four figures.

The instant the four figures appeared, the powerful aura they emitted made the entire Black Central Realm tremble without end.

At their head stood a man with deathly pale skin. His body was so thin that he was little more than skin and bones, while his fingers had no flesh at all, revealing bones like white jade.

The three men behind him were all enormous.

The tallest among them stood a full three meters high. Fine scales covered his skin, a dragon tail grew from behind him, and his face was imposing.

The remaining two were both two meters tall, with purplish-black skin and eyes like abysses. Specks of destructive Immortal Light continuously formed and vanished within their eyes.

"Eight hundred years! Finally, finally, we've recovered our true bodies!"

The imposing dragon-tailed man threw back his head and roared, causing the surrounding space to collapse and fracture continuously.

"Dark Emperor, I told you not to celebrate too early."

"Your Excellency used a portion of His willpower to help us escape. He originally ordered us to restore our physical bodies within five hundred years, but now eight hundred years have passed. We are already three hundred years late."

Bone Emperor's words dragged the other three Emperors back into cruel reality.

The next moment.

A phantom figure whose features could not be seen tore through space and descended into the void.

Upon seeing that phantom figure, the four Emperors clasped their fists and dropped to one knee. "Please punish us, Your Excellency."

They were deeply fearful, for they had been three hundred years late. They did not know whether they had delayed the situation on the Main Battlefield.

The phantom figure did not answer. With a sweep of his hand, that pitch-black coffin appeared before the four Emperors once more.

"The plan has changed."

"This time, you need not be sent to the HuaiNan Realm of five thousand years ago, but to the Small Thousand Realm of seven thousand years ago."

"Kill the weaker him."

The four Emperors revealed puzzled expressions.

"Your Excellency, has something unexpected happened on the battlefield?"

Bone Emperor asked.

"No. Eight hundred years is but the blink of an eye; nothing can change in so short a time."

"What I fear is that you may be unable to kill him from five thousand years ago. By then, he had already become famous and begun to reveal his brilliance."

The phantom figure's voice rang out.

"Your Excellency, it is not that I am arrogant, but the him from five thousand years ago—let alone the four of us going together, I alone would be enough to deal with him."

Bone Emperor was not arrogant by nature. On the contrary, he was very cautious.

For even someone as cautious as him to say such words showed just how simple and certain this mission was.

The other three Emperors also voiced their agreement. The him from five thousand years ago was a full major realm beneath them. In the eyes of the four Emperors, he was an ant they could crush with one hand.

"Do you not know of the 'Time-Causality Effect'?"

At those words, the four Emperors looked at one another, somewhat unable to understand what Your Excellency meant.

"May we ask, Your Excellency, what is the Time-Causality Effect?" the four Emperors asked.

"We travel upstream through the River of Time to the past and kill the other party's Past Self."

"Then the other party's Future Self may very well rush back to save their own Past Self."

"That is the Time-Causality Effect. If we attempt to change time, causality will inevitably arise, and the other party may notice."

"Because once one's cultivation reaches our realm, one can traverse the River of Time at will."

"We can travel through it, and so can the other party or the other party's friends."

"Therefore, I am sending you to seven thousand years ago. Before his Future Self arrives, kill the him from seven thousand years ago in an instant. That way, the chance of success will be greater."

"If you cannot kill him successfully, you must still leave the Black Coffin in the past."

The phantom figure explained each word slowly and clearly.

The four Emperors came to a sudden realization.

Indeed, they had only considered returning to the past to kill the other party, yet forgotten that the other party could also return to the past to stop them.

"This mission must succeed."

The phantom figure warned them.

"Your Excellency. There is something I do not know whether I should say."

Bone Emperor recalled how, more than a thousand years ago, they had jointly sent the Black Coffin into the River of Time, only for it to be reversed back twice.

Yet he was not certain whether his deduction had been wrong, so he had not dared mention it to Your Excellency.

"What is it?" the phantom figure asked.