With Gu Qingshan supporting her, Fu Si leaned against the wall and slowly slid down.
"Time is an eternal mystery, Gu Qingshan."
She panted as she spoke.
Gu Qingshan nodded. "I've never been able to understand the true nature of time."
"Because it is fickle."
Fu Si continued, "I completely believe the Chaos Faction must have expended an immeasurable amount of power to find our one and only weakness in the River of Time, and even—"
"Even what?" Gu Qingshan pressed.
Miss Fu Si looked grave as she said slowly, "In the Secret Chamber where we created Order, we laid down countless spells and powers to protect this place. Yet they were able to enter with ease. I suspect they used the power of the Law of Fate."
"Also, the Chaos Faction brought out those dark-gold grains of sand that can transform Order. Even I had never heard of such a thing. They must have poured countless years of painstaking effort into creating that treasure."
Gu Qingshan began to sense that something was wrong. As he thought it over carefully, he even felt a chill creeping up his back.
"Miss, what are you worried about?" he asked directly.
Fu Si said, "The struggle between Chaos and Order reached its most critical moment in the era when the High Tower was destroyed. I'm worried my old rival will keep watching that era, ready to stop anything unexpected from happening—even to alter the outcome."
"Didn't all the Waiters fall into slumber?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"He and I can slowly recover over countless eons because we wield the power of time. I'm worried he still has some other move up his sleeve," Fu Si said.
She struggled to sit up. "You mustn't underestimate him. You have to return to the era when the