"Before I entered this body, Chen Fangqing had already been dead for twelve hours. That was the past—the cause!"
Light and shadow shifted to Chen Cuo's left, unfurling like a painted scroll. A young nobleman, mired in misery, read and drank every day. In his spare time, he swallowed Five-Stone Powder. In the end, the poison reached his heart, and he lay down on his mat and breathed his last.
"According to history, Chen Fangqing would be beheaded in his prime. That was the future—the effect!"
Light and shadow spread to Chen Cuo's right, forming another painted scroll. A general in his prime was captured and subjected to countless torments until he was exhausted in body and mind. At last, a single stroke took his head, and his headless body fell into a pool of blood. He was dead beyond doubt.
"If a man had already died in the past, how could he die again in the future? With Cause and Effect severed, how could anything continue?"
Chen Cuo's expression remained impassive. The Mind Daoist sat motionless within him, spiritual light flickering over his body, while the images on either side slowly converged.
"Because I am here. My presence connects the past to the future, carrying cause through to effect."
The lights overlapped, and radiance flickered across Chen Cuo.
"Between Cause and Effect."
The Divine Ability took shape.
"Chen Fangqing died in his youth. His future should have vanished. But I arrived and inherited his body, allowing 'Chen Fangqing' to live on. Once he lived to the appointed time, that future could appear. That is Between Cause and Effect."
Once the Supernatural Power Method emerged, its variations were endless.
With a turn of his thoughts, Chen Cuo grasped its essence. His brow furrowed slightly as he noticed a hidden danger,