No Road Is Truly Closed, and Success Need Not Be Mine

"Dead Save..." Ke Lan's expression turned exceedingly grave.

He had tried several times. No matter what he changed, every time he logged into the future, Mara would arrive.

Even after making all manner of changes, he could at most delay Mara's arrival. The margin of error never exceeded three minutes.

That meant Mara had control over some critical node. Unless the influence of that node was erased, it could never be avoided.

If Ke Lan had remained in the shadows, it would have been fine. But now he stood in the open. Even after exhausting every means at his disposal, he would not be Mara's match.

Lu Xingshi's expression did not change when he heard this, though he felt slightly awkward inside.

He suspected that he had screwed Ke Lan over. It was probably because, the time before last, Mara had encountered him at the manor and used that clue to gradually deduce the outcome.

Mara probably had not realized it before, but the opportunity had ultimately been left behind. He had seized that opportunity and combined it with other intelligence to make his deduction.

If this had been a world without any Transcendent phenomena, perhaps no one would have thought of things like Prophetic Divination or foreknowledge.

But this Fate Pattern world was different. Not only was everyone Transcendent, it also possessed all sorts of bizarre Arcane Treasures.

So naturally, there would be suspicions.

And then Ke Lan's save had been locked into a Dead Save.

This really could not be blamed on Ke Lan. It was entirely Lu Xingshi's fault.

"Teacher, do you... have any way to resolve this?" Ke Lan could only look helplessly toward Lu Xingshi.

Lu Xingshi had said he would not help, but there was always the chance that he might.

"Ahem, well..." Ordinarily,