The decision had left the Ancestor and Hong Shuang unwilling to accept it. But there was no other choice. If reversing the past succeeded and truly changed the future, the result might be even worse than things were now.
As Lord Mi put it, he was confident he could transcend the Four Great Masters. All he was doing now was letting them live a little longer.
He had also left a seal inside each of the Four Great Masters as an act of revenge.
Everything returned to how it had been. Time Ancient City returned to its original position, and the Four Great Masters' Power Clones returned as well. The only difference was that the Twin Pillars Ancestor's branch was still somewhere in the River of Time. No one knew where.
It was the Four Great Masters' safeguard against death.
Hong Shuang continued to stay in Time Ancient City.
Facing Lord Mi, Wang Wen smiled and offered his congratulations. "Congratulations, senior. From this moment on, the entire universe is under your control. Until the Four Great Masters can contend with you, they'll have no choice but to yield. Human Civilization has reached the pinnacle."
Lord Mi's voice was low. "But they still survived." When he finished, he looked at the Ancestor. "You're unwilling to accept this, aren't you?"
The Ancestor met Lord Mi's gaze. "What happened to his body?"
"It vanished without a trace," Lord Mi replied.
The Ancestor left. There was nothing more to say.
Take revenge? How? To be honest, even if he had the power, he didn't know how he could strike. If Lord Mi had killed Lu Yin out of personal spite, he could have acted. But Lord Mi had done it for Human Civilization—something Chu Heizi had confirmed. Though the claim sounded so hypocritical.
Besides,