Eighteen days earlier than when he had actually arrived in the Valley of Emptiness...
"Kid."
"So this is the door you said... could twist time?"
Ansu spoke with Lu Cang in his mind.
Over the past few days,
he had learned the whole story.
To Ansu, Lu Cang seemed like someone who had traveled back from the future.
Lu Cang said, "Yeah."
"I should make this clear first: I'm not absolutely sure I can open this door..."
"Based on your experiences, if you try to open it and fail again, you might end up in an even more distant time."
Lu Cang said, "That's right."
For now, he still had the chance to recover his strength quickly, return here, and try to open the door again.
But if time kept moving forward, more and more variables might emerge.
"Right. Anyway, let's try first."
Lu Cang remained calm, showing no sign of emotion.
At the end of the corridor before them stood the door, with time flowing through it.
Based on his previous experience, he should have eighteen days before he was reset again.
However,
experience wasn't all that reliable in this world.
Lu Cang's thoughts stirred slightly.
Countless souls surged through his sea of consciousness, offering themselves to Ansu.
This time was different from last time.
Last time, it had been to deal with Izpalut. If Lu Cang hadn't survived... Ansu wouldn't have been able to escape either.
But this time,
there were no enemies at all.
Lu Cang felt countless souls in his sea of consciousness gathering toward Ansu. From within Ansu came the voices of millions upon millions praising him. For a fleeting moment, it even seemed as though Lu Cang could glimpse all the cycles Ansu had experienced through those countless voices of praise!
The cycle of