[The one standing on the battlefield now, able to ambush Li Ping, was none other than Zero—or rather... Past Zero!]
[This was a shocking turn that no one had anticipated.]
[This being, who should never have existed in the past, had forcibly overturned the entire situation.]
[Only at this moment did the true meaning of [Past Shadow]'s effect become clear.]
[Ability: Can turn the illusory into reality, cut out a past that could never have come to pass, and project it into the present for the duration of one incense stick.]
[What did this so-called "past that could never have come to pass" actually mean!]
[It was not merely fabricating a projection of the past, but truly changing the past itself.]
[Originally, Past Zero could never have participated in this earth-shaking battle, much less formed any connection with the two [Otherworldly Demons], Li Ping and Wang Hao.]
[Yet it had happened. And now, not only had it happened, but Past Zero had also struck at Past Li Ping at the most critical moment.]
[At this moment, he finally revealed the true reason he wanted to obtain [Purple Talent: I Am the Mastermind].]
[—Past Zero intended to act the instant Li Ping used [Colorful Entry: Thousand-Lifetime Fate-Reversing Book].]
[Then... temporarily change its target!]
[Of course, this had to be done without changing the established course of events.]
[Otherwise, given the restrictions on [Past Shadow]'s ability—]
[As a shadow of the past, you must not interfere significantly with reality, or you will invite a great terror!]
[In other words, Past Zero had to plant a seed in the "past" to influence the "present."]
[And the command established by the [Purple Talent: I Am the Mastermind] he had just activated was—]
["The instant you use [Colorful Entry: Thousand-Lifetime Fate-Reversing