The Mastermind

Li Qing silently watched these people brimming with fighting spirit and felt that they had truly become swollen with pride.

If it were Li Qing himself, he could keep fishing and cultivate for tens of thousands of years without feeling bored.

Even the Celestial Emperor and Queen Mother of the West beside him wore delighted expressions, eager to see what their future selves would look like and freeload off their future selves' achievements.

To experience that sudden "whoosh" of instantly becoming stronger would certainly feel more satisfying than any other thrill.

But Li Qing still had to ask the soul-searching question: "Traveling into the future is, in essence, emptying this cosmic fishpond, slowly draining away the water, and catching that hidden mastermind."

"But have you ever considered that five thousand years from now, there might be another hidden mastermind?"

The powerhouses of the native universe would have to deal with the paradoxical relationship between themselves and another version of themselves five thousand years in the future.

That hidden mastermind would naturally have two people as well.

"Because the moment of time travel fixes that future. Even if the current version of him is stopped, that fixed future version of him will still exist."

Li Qing said, "Using the power of time to resolve this could cause enemies from multiple other time periods to appear because of time. With all things balanced in the unseen order, how will you resolve this?"

"Of course I know that will happen."

Atabia nodded. He seemed to have been prepared for this and said noncommittally:

"But once we fish him out and capture him, we'll know his origins and identity. Then, when we deal with him five thousand years in the future, we'll have a way to respond. We might even uncover the hidden identity