Seeing this, Zhao Cheng looked to the Panel, intending to exploit a gap in timing.
Sure enough, at the instant of death, the mastermind behind it all seemed to suddenly come to his senses, with the feeling of realizing they had been allies all along. But Zhao Cheng did not disbelieve the other party's final words—nor would he believe them completely.
Besides, if the other party had been controlled all along before this, how could he prove that their final awakening was genuine, rather than another manipulation meant to deceive him?
Compared to a few spoken words, Zhao Cheng undoubtedly trusted the diary obtained from the Treasure Chest more.
Words could lie, but a diary would not.
In fact, his earlier choice to use his true body rather than the safer Hyper-Dimensional Body had been made with precisely this plan in mind.
If he used the Hyper-Dimensional Body first, the simulation would immediately enter cooldown. But if he simulated first, then even if that day's Simulation Count was exhausted, he could still overdraw the future and bring down the Hyper-Dimensional Body.
The Panel's priority was undoubtedly far above that of this inexplicable curse. At once, everything froze, and Zhao Cheng descended into the Pure Yang Immortal Path instance.
And as Zhao Cheng descended, the Hyper-Dimensional Body underwent an enormous transformation. The instant it appeared, it was already a Great Sovereign.
This was because the various attributes of his true body would be reflected onto the Hyper-Dimensional Body, so Zhao Cheng had no need to break through again.
Standing amid the starry sky, Zhao Cheng raised his eyes. The river of stars shone brilliantly, giving him the sensation that eternity had condensed into a single instant.
The layered, overlapping multiversal time and space made everything even more intricate and chaotic. If