Wugou Saint, Su Miao.
The foremost Sage of the Qingluo Realm.
His Slaughter Dao could crush the Qingluo Realm's foremost Sword Cultivator, while his Karma Dao could grind down Immortal-Rising Land's one Sage of all ages.
Below the Heavenly Monarch, he was unquestionably the number one figure in the Qingluo Realm.
And then...
An Outer Dao lackey.
"So, the reason Wugou Saint never appeared during the more than two hundred years after the Great Dao Boundary Stele collapsed was... that he betrayed us?"
After pondering for a moment, Chen Yan raised his head and spoke toward Purple Mansion Heavenly Monarch.
"I don't know."
Purple Mansion Heavenly Monarch's answer was exceedingly decisive.
This was already who knew how many times this young girl Heavenly Monarch had given him a negative answer.
Yet this was also the one Chen Yan found hardest to understand.
"Why?"
Chen Yan continued asking:
"Since Wugou Saint had long since betrayed Heavenly Monarch Qingluo, then his past, as part of the current timeline, should be unique—and should be something you can observe, Heavenly Monarch."
"That is indeed so."
Purple Mansion Heavenly Monarch answered frankly:
"But Su Miao's past has countless branches, as well as countless choices."
"So why exactly is that...?"
Chen Yan asked.
"Because Su Miao reversed Karma, and not just once."
The girl Heavenly Monarch continued:
"To him now, the past is the future, and the future is the past. Yet because Su Miao has reversed Karma too many times, he has now thoroughly muddled all Karma."
"If that is the case, how do you know that he has already become an Outer Dao lackey?"
Chen Yan continued to ask.
"No matter how I observe him—regardless of which timeline's Su Miao I observe, regardless of that timeline's future or past—Su Miao has only one ending: