"Thank you!?"
Hearing that word seemed to flip some switch in Lu Li's mind.
But it wasn't the "thanks, bro" that came after selling crutches.
Rather, it was the chain of causes and consequences behind everything that had happened between him and Black Star—the connection between them.
By now, he could almost be certain—
At some point in the near or distant future, he, Lu Li, would return to the past for some reason and hunt down Black Star.
But judging by how things were developing between him and Black Star now, their relationship should gradually improve.
At the very least, it should not worsen again to the point where they would meet blade to blade in a fight to the death.
Since his future was bound to occur in Black Star's past—
That meant there were two possibilities.
First, Black Star passed the trial and left the divine realm, only to discover that Ilya had already been hacked to death by the Soul Guards and Soul Generals.
With the only thing anchoring his heart destroyed, the strongest Brocade Boots of the Extreme Domain, this newly Promoted Chosen One, would fall into a berserk rage and shout, "Ilya is dead. I no longer care about right or wrong," before activating Heaven-and-Earth Shared Lifespan.
He, Lu Li, would naturally be able to survive Black Star's madness.
But the forces under his command, along with the Players on Earth, probably did not have that kind of strength.
Thus, a blood feud beyond reconciliation would be forged.
If there was no way to kill Black Star after he became a Chosen One, then finding a way to return to the past and hunt down the weaker Black Star was indeed a better option.
The second possibility was that, after Black Star left the