[You sensed the [I Am the Chess Player] talent in your Sea of Consciousness, which had been flashing with dazzling purple light since a moment ago:] ["[This was a story unknown to all. While you fought the [Dao Master on Duty] to the death,] [the [Myriad Selves] talent activated, and you used the deployment you gained after breaking through to [Golden Core Powerhouse]!]"] [“[That 'Other Self' was created within the [true-false Supreme Realm],] [and switched places with your original body the instant the final [karmic law Punishment] descended. So you never died at all—only your 'Other Self' did!] [But because of the [karmic law], no existence noticed!]"]
(For details, see Chapter 116. The foreshadowing was planted in the passage beginning, "Just then, an inexplicable fluctuation swept over.")
``` ["This..."]
[You stared in shock at the [I Am the Chess Player] talent in your Sea of Consciousness, still flashing with brilliant purple light.]
["This talent... actually affected the [karmic law]!"]
[That final [karmic law Punishment] had struck you squarely!]
[The pain still lingered, and the shadow of death had yet to fade.]
[So...]
[This talent could actually perform [Cause-Reversal]?!]
["Is this really a [purple talent]?!"]
[It was inconceivable. How could a purple-grade talent defy heaven to such a degree?!]
[No, that wasn't right!]
[Realization suddenly struck you, and your gaze deepened.]
["This isn't an ability of [I Am the Chess Player] itself! It doesn't possess the power to directly rewrite established facts!"]
["It's only an [anchor]!"]
["Some existence must have used a method beyond my comprehension—[Cause-Reversal]!]
[And he must know the [future]! Otherwise, he could never have planted this move so precisely in the [past]!"]
[Just then, another message came from the [I Am the Chess Player] talent interface. This time, it made no attempt to conceal anything:]
["[My