Durandal Paved the Way Unknowingly, While Otto Laid a Path of Light to the Tree Heart Behind Her

"Disgusting as it was, it worked," Tian Hen said coldly. "Every word he told her was true. The Bubble Worlds really would die, the Imaginary Tree really existed, and her actions really could save countless people. But he simply didn't mention the final step. He didn't say that once you opened the gate, I would use your Anchor Point to rewrite the time from five hundred years ago. The truths he gave her were more vile than lies."

"If she found out, would she kill him?" Tai Tan asked in a deep voice.

"She would," Huo Yuhao said. "And she might even be capable of it. But Otto would not let her find out. At least, not before she entered Imaginary Space. Once he obtained that port, by the time she came to her senses, Otto would already have shut the door from the inside."

"What would happen to her then?" Xiao Xiao asked quietly.

"I don't know." Huo Yuhao fell silent for a moment. "Maybe she would do everything in her power to drag Otto back. Maybe she would remain in Imaginary Space and become a beam of light with no way home. But no matter what, Otto would no longer have the attention to spare for her. Because she would have already completed her role in that equation."

On the screen, the gate to Imaginary Space slowly opened. Countless shattered Bubble Worlds drifted through the darkness like dust-covered pearls. Durandal stepped inside first, her back appearing solitary yet steadfast amid the flowing light. Otto stood at the gate and turned to glance at the blue planet behind him. His lips seemed to move, but he made no sound.

"What did that look mean?" Xu Sanshi asked.

"A farewell," Gu Yuena said. "He knew that when he returned from