"That's because, Brother, you borrowed far too much lifespan. So much that..."
"It even exceeded the understanding of the heavens above the Imperial Tomb. In its eyes, you were not someone borrowing lifespan, but someone stealing it! That was why, the very first day you arrived, the Heavenly Lock Shadow hunted you down." Li Qing let out a soft sigh.
"As for it being a dead end... not necessarily."
A gleam flashed through Li Qing's eyes. "Let's ask Elder Wei. He will definitely have a solution!"
Li Shun touched the Sword Branch in his palm, recalling Elder Wei's changes during the first and second Self-Reflections. He nodded.
From all the details, Li Shun could almost be certain that the unfathomable Elder Wei had discovered some clue that time had been reset.
Although Li Shun had long prepared himself mentally for the possibility that the Threefold Self-Reflection might be discovered by some great power,
he had never imagined that day would come so soon.
"Even Zhou Xunzhen of the Creation Stage could not notice it, yet Elder Wei could."
"His realm..." Li Shun did not dare dwell on it.
"But from the current situation, Elder Wei seems to bear me no ill will."
"Noticing something is ultimately just noticing it; it does not mean he can prevent it. When I saw Elder Wei again during the second Self-Reflection, he did not react immediately either. Only when he carved the Sword Branch again did he vaguely sense it."
"Besides, my true trump card is not the Threefold Self-Reflection. It is Square Inch!"
"That half-ruined statue is merely a puppet stored within Square Inch Space!"
His thoughts raced through his mind, and Li Shun had already made his decision.
"Alright!"
Under cover of night, the two brothers once more arrived before Elder Wei's