"You are nature's representatives, and nature wished for you to create the Lord of Nature—the embodiment of nature itself—and then..."
Wuye pointed at himself. "So I became me? You created my body?"
The slug, toad, and white snake exchanged glances, then shook their heads in unison.
"The situation changed..." The slug tapped the ground with a tentacle.
Gamamaru folded his arms with a sage-like air. "You came from the future. In that instant, you fused with the body we created, and your souls eroded each other. That meant the information within your future soul briefly mingled with that of the present..."
Wuye's face darkened. "Put it plainly."
"Uh..."
Gamamaru choked. "Plainly put, the you we just sent into the future had the voice of an even further-future you in his soul."
Wuye suddenly understood. "So that's it! I was wondering why inexplicable information had entered my mind at the beginning, but now it's completely gone..."
"But that information..."
He was somewhat confused. "It was brought by my future self, which creates a closed loop. Is that actually right...?"
The slug, toad, and white snake looked at one another.
The slug spoke first. "If it concerns seizing the power of those from beyond the heavens, then it is right."
"Right. You no longer seem to possess merely a body of nature." The white snake nodded.
"Could you let us see your ability?" the slug asked quietly.
Wuye nodded, focusing his ocular power into his eyes.
His eyelids closed, then slowly opened.
The first ring appeared, followed by the three tomoe within it.
The second ring emerged afterward, with another three tomoe interwoven inside.
"It's this power!"
The slug, toad, and white snake all crowded in front of him, overflowing with excitement. "Wonderful! You obtained the power of those from beyond the