Arc 25The Chess Game Across Time

Chen Fan witnessed Past Li Ping and Senior Lin Feng clash as Wang Hao and Zero shaped battles across the past, present, and future. Past Zero escaped through the Thousand-Lifetime Fate-Reversing Book, while Chen Fan lost the view of the past before learning who stood behind Li Ping and Wang Hao.

  • Chen Fan transformed his other self into Old Self and erased the Human Realm, then used the Simulator to witness Past Li Ping battle Senior Lin Feng across the sealed past.
  • Senior Lin Feng revealed Past Li Ping’s Golden Finger and fought him with a matching Supreme Primordial Unity Sage Dao Fruit, but Past Li Ping’s power broke into the present and forced Chen Fan to flee into chaos.
  • Wang Hao, Nine Heavens, and higher-dimensional beings joined the struggle against Lin Feng, who used Beyond Heaven and Time Shepherding to withstand their attacks and pursue Wang Hao through possible futures.
  • Lin Feng sent Li Ping and his two Great Realms into other futures, exposed Wang Hao’s hiding places, and left Li Ping facing attacks that threatened to erase him.
  • Li Ping activated the Thousand-Lifetime Fate-Reversing Book, allowing Past Zero to ambush him and reveal that I Am the Mastermind had compelled him to use it.
  • Past Zero and Past Li Ping fought over the book and The Last Supper, with Past Li Ping repeatedly restoring his incarnation while Past Zero used deception and a higher-priority Golden Finger to resist him.
  • Past Zero’s lifetime review earned him a twenty-star Gold rating, and he spent all his fate-reversal points on his family background before the book pulled him out of the seal to reincarnate in the present.
  • Past Li Ping restored the Gods and Devils Realms and let his incarnation dissipate, while Chen Fan learned about Li Ping’s colorful entries before the Simulator screens merged and cut off the past battle.
Chapters 601–625 Vol. 7 Read

Ch. 601[Zero and Li Ping's Conversation, Destroying the Human Realm]

Zero and Past Li Ping discussed Zero’s inexplicable existence and the limits of Li Ping’s colorful entries before preparing to fight. Meanwhile, Chen Fan realized the scheme did not target him and used [Escape One] to erase the last realm in the [Gods and Devils Realms].

  • Zero questioned why Past Li Ping and Wang Hao had repeatedly targeted Chen Fan, then deduced that a Golden Finger ability had constructed the higher dimension.
  • Past Li Ping said Zero should not exist and accused him of choosing an indirect descent through the six Class Cards to avoid a direct confrontation.
  • Zero removed his Strange Clown Mask and asked where the real Present Li Ping was, but Past Li Ping said he would fight Zero to learn the answer.
  • Zero and Past Li Ping unleashed powers capable of destroying the great realm as Chen Fan watched through his other self’s perspective.
  • Chen Fan decided the scheme was not aimed at him, transformed his other self into "Old Self" with [Purple Talent: Transform All Beings], and used [Escape One] to erase the [Human Realm].

Ch. 602[I Am the Chess Player activated, scenes of the past, "Why not let me take your measure?"]

After the mission rewards were distributed, the narrator took Li Ping’s rewards and used the authority over light and time to uncover a hidden battle in the past. The vision ended with Senior Lin Feng confronting Past Li Ping.

  • The narrator claimed Li Ping’s rewards, obtaining the Light and Time Great Dao, the Spring and Autumn Dream ability, and authority over light and time.
  • The narrator used the authority and I Am the Chess Player to make the River of Time flow backward and reveal a hidden stretch of Gods and Devils Realms’ past.
  • The narrator witnessed Past Li Ping wielding his flawless ring of nine Colorful Class Cards while awaiting a powerful enemy above the Human Realm.
  • Senior Lin Feng appeared, and Past Li Ping recognized him as the enemy he feared.
  • Senior Lin Feng waved his feather fan and challenged Past Li Ping to let him take his measure.

Ch. 603[Senior Lin Feng vs. Past Li Ping (1): Probing]

Senior Lin Feng confronted Past Li Ping and used a probe that triggered devastating karmic law punishment, which Past Li Ping contained with his nine-card Ring. Lin Feng’s future self then merged with him, revealing that he had used [Time Shepherding] to learn Li Ping’s Golden Finger ability and colorful entry.

  • Past Li Ping praised Senior Lin Feng’s skill and said Lin Feng had turned the tide after an earlier scheme.
  • Karmic law punishment descended on the [Gods and Devils Realms], but Past Li Ping’s Ring isolated the realm from its devastation.
  • Senior Lin Feng manifested the true [Beyond Heaven] and sent thousands of Immortal Venerable imprint phantoms to attack Past Li Ping, who emerged unscathed.
  • Senior Lin Feng declared that his probe had revealed Past Li Ping’s Golden Finger ability, [draw one entry per year], and his [colorful entry: omnipotence].

Ch. 604[Senior Lin Feng vs. Past Li Ping (2) Colorful Entry: Supreme Primordial Unity Sage Dao Fruit]

Past Li Ping used the colorful entry Supreme Primordial Unity Sage Dao Fruit to overcome Senior Lin Feng’s Beyond Heaven nullification, becoming unobservable as their battle escalated. The Simulator could not display what happened next, leaving Chen Fan shocked by the limits of its authorization.

  • Senior Lin Feng revealed that his Time Shepherding ability had let him observe every future, then destroyed the Gods and Devils Realms despite Past Li Ping’s protection.
  • Past Li Ping combined the power of the nine Class Cards and used his colorful entry omnipotence to attack Senior Lin Feng with Cause-Reversal.
  • Senior Lin Feng’s Beyond Heaven nullified the karmic law punishment and explained that it could negate Golden Finger powers.
  • Past Li Ping activated the colorful entry Supreme Primordial Unity Sage Dao Fruit, restoring the punishment and overcoming Beyond Heaven’s nullification.
  • Past Li Ping became unobservable, and the Simulator stopped displaying the battle because its level could not handle the higher-dimensional information.
  • Chen Fan reacted with disbelief as the simulation’s display went dark.

Ch. 605[Senior Lin Feng vs. Past Li Ping (3): A Shocking Turn, Meeting Zero Again]

Chen Fan’s simulation of Past Li Ping revealed that a powerful rainbow entry let him break into the present and threaten Chen Fan, until the Primordial Chaos Bell gave Chen Fan a chance to escape with Ten Gates. Chen Fan returned to Zero, who identified the entry as Supreme Primordial Unity Sage Dao Fruit and described its power as reaching maximum level with no limits.

  • Past Li Ping used Supreme Primordial Unity Sage Dao Fruit, overwhelming the simulation and forcing himself into Chen Fan’s present.
  • Past Li Ping’s Dao resonance cracked I Am the Chess Player and immobilized Chen Fan before he could activate Ten Gates.
  • The Primordial Chaos Bell rang three times, freeing Chen Fan long enough to activate Ten Gates and escape into chaos.
  • Chen Fan suspected another force had helped him and chose to remain inside Ten Gates rather than confront Past Li Ping again.
  • Chen Fan met Zero, who identified Past Li Ping’s rainbow entry and compared it to a cheat that granted maximum level and unlimited abilities.

Ch. 606[Senior Lin Feng vs. Past Li Ping (4): "Only I, the Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable"]

Chen Fan watched the battle between Past Li Ping and Senior Lin Feng continue through the simulation text, even after the Simulated Clone could no longer observe it. Past Li Ping and Lin Feng each manifested a Supreme Primordial Unity Dao Fruit, and their clash left the outcome undecided.

  • Chen Fan saw the simulation switch to narrating Past Li Ping and Senior Lin Feng’s battle from a third-person perspective.
  • Past Li Ping activated the Supreme Primordial Unity Sage Dao Fruit and erased Senior Lin Feng from the past.
  • Senior Lin Feng’s voice recognized the Dao Fruit, and Beyond Heaven engulfed the battlefield, confining Past Li Ping’s power.
  • Senior Lin Feng returned as a projection and used Time Shepherding to manifest his own Supreme Primordial Unity Dao Fruit.
  • Past Li Ping and Senior Lin Feng’s Dao Fruits clashed, rewriting existence and deciding victory and defeat before existence began.

Ch. 607[Senior Lin Feng vs. Past Li Ping (5): What Is [Beyond Heaven]?]

Senior Lin Feng defeated Past Li Ping by using [Beyond Heaven] to overwhelm his [Colorful Entry: Supreme Primordial Unity Sage Dao Fruit]. As Past Li Ping accepted defeat and learned that Lin Feng had created the thirty-three layers of [Beyond Heaven], an upheaval began in the present world.

  • Senior Lin Feng's [Time Shepherding] manifested an identical [Supreme Primordial Unity Sage Dao Fruit], and Past Li Ping challenged his assumption that the battle was decided.
  • Senior Lin Feng used [Beyond Heaven] to weaken Past Li Ping's Dao Fruit until its powers crumbled and it could no longer contend.
  • Past Li Ping asked how Lin Feng had obtained a second supposedly unique [Supreme Primordial Unity Sage Dao Fruit], but Lin Feng refused to answer.
  • As [Beyond Heaven] collapsed, Past Li Ping saw its thirty-three layers and realized Lin Feng had created them as the [Supreme Dao Immortal Venerable].
  • Past Li Ping conceded defeat, then declared that the others had not lost as an upheaval erupted in the present world.

Ch. 608[Senior Lin Feng vs. Past Li Ping (6): Wang Hao]

The Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens confronted Lin Feng in Beyond Heaven, while Wang Hao revealed the long-laid scheme to undo Lin Feng’s sealing of the past. As upheavals struck the past, present, and future, Wang Hao named himself before Lin Feng.

  • The Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens used the genuine Investiture of the Gods List to assume its listed identities and entered Beyond Heaven to face Lin Feng.
  • Lin Feng challenged Nine Heavens, who said they opposed him because he had sealed the past; Lin Feng declared that outcome settled and recognized two other enemies who had interfered with him before.
  • Wang Hao appeared from the past and triggered karmic punishment against Lin Feng, revealing his role in a plan to change the outcome of a battle from one era earlier.
  • A Supreme Existence descended from the future and attacked the present Immortal Realm, drawing Lin Feng’s attention as the past, present, and future were disrupted at once.
  • Lin Feng recognized that Wang Hao had led the scheme and praised his planning; Wang Hao admitted he had plotted against Lin Feng and revealed his name.

Ch. 609[Won or Lost, Simulation Progress]

Chen Fan realized Past Li Ping may have won the battle against Senior Lin Feng and wondered how Wang Hao and Li Ping could still act in the present. The Simulator split to show the ongoing Eleventh Ordinary Simulation, where the Simulated Clone questioned Zero as his Great Dao's Voice hinted that events were going according to plan.

  • Chen Fan concluded that Past Li Ping had crushed Senior Lin Feng and suspected Wang Hao had helped plan the battle to break through the sealed past.
  • Chen Fan wondered whether Wang Hao and Li Ping had won or left a contingency in the present, since both could still act despite the past's seal.
  • Purple Talent: I Am the Chess Player activated again and split the Simulator screen between the past battle and the Eleventh Ordinary Simulation.
  • The Simulated Clone felt unsettled when Past Li Ping revealed his trump card and mighty power reached through the sealed past.
  • Zero told the Simulated Clone that nothing unexpected had happened, and the clone questioned whether Zero was plotting against him.

Ch. 610[Blindfolding Trick, the main battlefield of the chess game]

The Simulated Clone inferred that Zero had shifted his target from him to Past Li Ping and was using a present-day battle to distract from a larger chess game. Outside the Simulator, Chen Fan’s talent revealed the battle between Zero and Past Li Ping alongside the past battle between Senior Lin Feng, Wang Hao, and Li Ping.

  • Zero suggested that his schemes had originally targeted the Simulated Clone before shifting to Past Li Ping, prompting the clone to piece together how the Third Future Letter and Zero’s plans might be connected.
  • Zero asked who would win a fight with Past Li Ping, and the Simulated Clone answered that Zero’s Golden Finger gave him the advantage.
  • Zero said he would likely lose the battle but would not lose the chess game, leading the Simulated Clone to suspect the fight was bait intended to exhaust Past Li Ping’s Golden Entry: The Last Supper.
  • Chen Fan watched the simulation and realized that Purple Talent: I Am the Chess Player might reveal the true state of the chess game.
  • Purple Talent: I Am the Chess Player activated again, displaying the present battle between Zero and Past Li Ping alongside the past battle between Senior Lin Feng, Wang Hao, and Li Ping.

Ch. 611[Senior Lin Feng vs Wang Hao (1): The Ultimate Encirclement]

Lin Feng confronted Wang Hao over his hidden methods, and Wang Hao revealed an overwhelming coalition that included the Supreme Immortal and beings from higher dimensions. Lin Feng accepted the encirclement and unleashed Time Shepherding as the battle began.

  • Lin Feng praised Wang Hao’s abilities, then declared that his schemes alone could not achieve their goal and demanded he reveal his remaining methods.
  • Wang Hao summoned the true projection of the Supreme Immortal, whose Dao tide disrupted causality and shook the foundations of the Supreme Silent Domain.
  • Beings from higher dimensions intervened, forming an ultimate attempt to kill Lin Feng and erase the point where the Supreme True Realm existed.
  • Wang Hao announced that the grand show had begun, and Lin Feng challenged him to bring it to a flawless close.
  • Lin Feng intensified the karmic law punishment and invoked Time Shepherding.

Ch. 612[Senior Lin Feng vs. Wang Hao (2): Let It Fall] (4,000-word chapter)

Lin Feng used [Beyond Heaven] to replace the Present World and counter the higher-dimensional god, gaining the advantage over Wang Hao, Li Ping, and the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens. Wang Hao then brought down the higher-dimensional level, halting and reversing the ascent of their ranks and leaving Lin Feng facing an attack from the fallen higher-dimensional existences.

  • Lin Feng unleashed [Time Shepherding] and summoned versions of himself from different points in time to stabilize the battlefields, though karmic punishment still threatened him.
  • Lin Feng invoked [Beyond Heaven] to replace the Present World, cutting off the higher-dimensional god’s erasing strike and raising its rank without limit.
  • Wang Hao realized that the [Supreme Immortal] projection anchored the Present World and helped [Beyond Heaven] keep ascending, but the resulting pressure left his side facing defeat whichever way the projection went.
  • Wang Hao declared that the higher-dimensional level should fall, and the Higher-Dimensional Land began to shatter as strange sounds echoed from above it.
  • The rank ascent of Lin Feng’s [Beyond Heaven] and the higher-dimensional god halted, then began to reverse as Wang Hao’s gambit took effect.
  • Lin Feng warned Wang Hao that his act might draw an unimaginable terror, but Wang Hao accepted the risk as the fallen higher-dimensional existences prepared to attack.

Ch. 613Senior Lin Feng vs Wang Hao (3): "I Can't Be Bothered to Speak—You Aren't Worthy of Listening"

Lin Feng deduced that Wang Hao had caused the Higher-Dimensional Land to collapse, allowing its inhabitants to descend and attack him. As the fallen beings entered [Beyond Heaven], Lin Feng challenged them, and one declared that they would create a third choice by bringing him down.

  • Lin Feng deduced that Wang Hao had altered the Higher-Dimensional Land, trapping Lin Feng at his rank while letting certain Higher-Dimensional Existences reach the Present World.
  • Lin Feng concluded that Wang Hao’s Golden Finger could change the past, anchor the present, and peer into the future, and Wang Hao admitted it resembled [Time Shepherding].
  • The Higher-Dimensional Land fell into [Beyond Heaven], and countless Higher-Dimensional Existences descended in rank to attack Lin Feng.
  • Lin Feng reminded the falling beings that they had once chosen between living in the past and dying in the present.
  • A veiled being rejected those choices and declared that they would bring Lin Feng down, and Lin Feng scorned them for hiding their identities.

Ch. 614[Senior Lin Feng vs. Wang Hao (4): Who was the chess player?]

Lin Feng used Time Shepherding to erase most of the attackers from the past, while karmic law corrected everyone’s memories. He deduced that Wang Hao had brought the attackers as cannon fodder to buy time for another, more powerful player.

  • Lin Feng used Time Shepherding to alter the past and erase thousands of attackers from history, leaving fewer than twenty beings on the battlefield.
  • Karmic law corrected the battlefield, removing memories and other traces of the vanished beings.
  • Lin Feng told Wang Hao he had eliminated every possible suspect rather than risk letting an enemy escape.
  • Wang Hao agreed that beings in the Supreme True Realm would act the same way and showed no regret.
  • Lin Feng accused Wang Hao of using his Golden Finger to bring the attackers as cannon fodder and delay him.
  • Lin Feng concluded that Wang Hao was only a chess piece buying time for another being who held the decisive move.

Ch. 615[Senior Lin Feng vs Wang Hao (5): The [Supreme Immortal]'s "Projection"]

Lin Feng faced the [Supreme Immortal]'s projection after it used [effect before cause] to anchor a future defeat for him. Lin Feng exiled the projection into a possible future and destroyed it there, while the anchored defeat remained unresolved.

  • The [Supreme Immortal]'s projection descended early after Lin Feng's use of [Time Shepherding] disturbed karma and spacetime.
  • Lin Feng recognized that the projection had used [effect before cause] to establish that he would suffer a defeat in the future.
  • Li Ping, Wang Hao, the [Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens], the projection, and sixteen higher-dimensional Supreme Existences attacked Lin Feng together.
  • Lin Feng used [Beyond Heaven] to withstand their attacks, crushed the sixteen beings, and left six temporarily unable to fight.
  • Lin Feng used [Time Shepherding] to exile the projection into a possible future, where a future version of himself crushed it as that future collapsed.

Ch. 616[Senior Lin Feng vs Wang Hao (6): Li Ping's trump cards]

As Lin Feng pushed Li Ping, Wang Hao, and the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Nine Heavens, toward defeat, Wang Hao convinced Li Ping that a powerful Otherworldly Demon from the future stood behind him. Li Ping used his trump cards, and two unimaginable forces appeared beyond heaven.

  • Lin Feng pressed his advantage and demanded to know whether the hidden chess player had acted, but Wang Hao refused to reveal anything.
  • Wang Hao urged Li Ping to hold out for half an incense stick and use his trump cards, while Li Ping demanded the identity of the being behind him.
  • Wang Hao told Li Ping that the being came from the future, hailed from the Supreme True Realm, and was an Otherworldly Demon who could defeat Lin Feng.
  • Li Ping half believed Wang Hao and activated [Colorful Entry: True Heaven] and [Colorful Entry: True Eighteen Layers of Hell].
  • Two unimaginable forces manifested amid sudden changes beyond heaven.

Ch. 617[Senior Lin Feng vs Past Li Ping (7): Heaven and the Eighteen Levels of Hell]

Li Ping used the true Great Realms of Heaven and the Eighteen Levels of Hell to replace the three Daos and challenge Lin Feng’s control of the Present World. Lin Feng fought back with Beyond Heaven, but Li Ping survived his attacks as long as the two realms remained intact.

  • Li Ping manifested True Heaven and True Eighteen Levels of Hell, gaining their powerful enhancements and challenging Beyond Heaven’s replacement of the Present World.
  • Li Ping replaced the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao with the two Great Realms and used Omniscience and Omnipotence to replace the Humanity Dao.
  • Lin Feng entered the realms and clashed with Li Ping, then used Twin Blossoms to copy and explode countless Great Realms against them.
  • Lin Feng pulled Li Ping into Beyond Heaven and annihilated him, but Li Ping reappeared from the two realms and said he could not die while they endured.

Ch. 618[Senior Lin Feng vs Past Li Ping (8): Trump cards]

Lin Feng used [Time Shepherding] to remove Li Ping from the battle and kill Wang Hao’s apparent body, then attacked Wang Hao across countless possibilities after discovering his true self was hidden in one of them. Li Ping found himself trapped in a reality-like possibility and activated another rare trump card to survive.

  • Lin Feng realized Li Ping had used [True Heaven] and [True Eighteen Layers of Hell] to stall for time, then sent Li Ping and both Great Realms into other possible futures with [Time Shepherding].
  • Lin Feng drew Wang Hao’s mirror image from [Beyond Heaven] and destroyed it, but discovered that Wang Hao’s true self was hiding in a possible future.
  • Lin Feng projected himself into countless possibilities and attacked every Wang Hao there in an attempt to eliminate them all.
  • Li Ping found himself in a dangerously real possibility where his colorful entries were shattered and Lin Feng’s attacks threatened to erase him with it.
  • Li Ping decided to use a colorful entry with a long cooldown as his final trump card.

Ch. 619[Senior Lin Feng vs. Past Li Ping (9): I've waited far, far too long for this moment]

Wang Hao’s attempt to trap Lin Feng with countless possibilities failed, while Li Ping tried to escape through the Thousand-Lifetime Fate-Reversing Book. An unseen figure bound itself to Li Ping’s fate and appeared behind him, declaring that it had waited a long time for this moment.

  • Wang Hao realized Lin Feng had banished Li Ping and exposed Wang Hao hiding among future possibilities.
  • Wang Hao anchored countless possibilities into the present, but Lin Feng destroyed them and forced Wang Hao to hide again.
  • Li Ping activated the Thousand-Lifetime Fate-Reversing Book to reincarnate and reverse fate, expecting its golden-finger priority to protect him from Lin Feng.
  • An invisible shackle bound an unseen existence to Li Ping as he activated the book, revealing that Li Ping had been schemed against.
  • A concealed figure wearing a Clown Mask appeared behind Li Ping and said it had waited far too long for this moment.

Ch. 620[Zero vs Past Li Ping, [Colorful Entry: Thousand-Lifetime Fate-Reversing Book]]

Past Zero revealed how he used [Past Shadow] and [Purple Talent: I Am the Mastermind] to force Past Li Ping to target him with [Colorful Entry: Thousand-Lifetime Fate-Reversing Book]. As the book activated, Past Zero sought to use its power to gain the ability to truly change reality.

  • Past Zero ambushed Past Li Ping after using [Past Shadow] to project a past that could never have happened into the present.
  • Past Zero revealed that [Purple Talent: I Am the Mastermind] had compelled Li Ping to use [Colorful Entry: Thousand-Lifetime Fate-Reversing Book] on him.
  • Li Ping realized Past Zero had arranged the battle to obtain the book's power and asked about his origins and whether he was plotting against Chen Fan.
  • Past Zero refused to explain, and the Thousand-Lifetime Fate-Reversing Book activated, displaying the scenes and Fate-Reversal Points of his current lifetime.

Ch. 621[Zero vs. Past Li Ping (1): A Clash of Powers]

Past Zero and Past Li Ping clashed after the Demon Realm and Divine Realm were destroyed, while Past Li Ping revealed how he had used the Golden Entry [The Last Supper] to influence Chen Fan. The chapter ended as Past Zero empowered the present Li Ping to an unimaginable rank, leaving Past Li Ping seemingly helpless before them.

  • Past Li Ping attacked Past Zero with the power of six Colorful Class Cards, but Past Zero waved the strike away and declared the clash already won.
  • Past Li Ping taunted Past Zero while buying time for a Light Screen to appear, revealing his true self and higher-dimensional power within it.
  • Past Li Ping explained that [Golden Entry: The Last Supper] had let him use [Rainbow Entry: Supreme Primordial Unity Sage Dao Fruit] to interfere with Chen Fan, and that Past Zero had helped Chen Fan escape using the [Primordial Chaos Bell].
  • Chen Fan watched the revelation through the [Simulator]'s Light Screen and realized Past Zero had blocked Past Li Ping's influence.
  • Past Zero refused to explain their motives and empowered the present Li Ping until he reached [Unimaginable, Unobservable, Unrememberable], making Past Li Ping seem insignificant.

Ch. 622[Zero vs. Past Li Ping (2) [Supreme Primordial Unity Sage Dao Fruit], Round Two]

Past Zero erased Past Li Ping after overpowering his abilities, but Past Li Ping used the Supreme Primordial Unity Sage Dao Fruit to rewrite his defeat and return. Past Zero accepted that the second round had begun.

  • Past Li Ping used The Last Supper to draw Omnipotence into the present, forming a ring of nine Class Cards that restored the Gods and Devils Realms and revived the fallen.
  • Past Zero declared himself unaffected by the nine Class Cards, then used his higher-priority Golden Finger ability to make Past Li Ping fall and erase him.
  • Past Zero explained that The Last Supper had only one use left to affect the present before its durability ran out.
  • Past Li Ping channeled the Supreme Primordial Unity Sage Dao Fruit through the Light Screen and rewrote his incarnation's defeat.
  • Past Zero faced the returned incarnation, whose Dao Fruit power could dissolve even infinity, and announced that the second round would begin.

Ch. 623[Zero vs. Past Li Ping (3): Suppression and sealing, an unexpected change]

Past Li Ping used the supreme primordial unity sage dao fruit to suppress and seal Past Zero in the Higher-Dimensional Land, but Past Zero’s hidden Cause-Reversal unexpectedly changed the present from the past. Past Li Ping was left shocked as the supposedly sealed Past Zero altered events.

  • Past Li Ping overwhelmed Past Zero with the power of the supreme primordial unity sage dao fruit, but Past Zero’s Golden Finger ability, deception, kept him from being killed outright.
  • Past Li Ping sealed Past Zero in the Higher-Dimensional Land and explained that Past Zero could use deception to sustain his rising rank and counteract the sage power, but not do anything else.
  • Past Zero guessed that Past Li Ping was sealing him rather than killing him because they were connected to Present Li Ping, then speculated that a higher-dimensional being had not intervened because it faced a crisis.
  • Past Li Ping believed he had won and began to restore Present Li Ping by separating Past Zero from him.
  • A change originating in the past affected the present through Cause-Reversal, and Past Li Ping realized that Past Zero had somehow caused it despite being completely sealed.

Ch. 624[Zero vs. Past Li Ping (5): Life Review, Reincarnation, Fifty Billion Fate-Reversal Points]

Past Zero used Past Li Ping’s Thousand-Lifetime Fate-Reversing Book to reincarnate after earning fifty billion fate-reversal points and assigning them all to family background. The book pulled Past Zero out of Past Li Ping’s seal and sent them into a new lifetime in the present, leaving Past Li Ping unable to intervene.

  • Past Zero’s lifetime review revealed how Zero had manipulated events around Chen Fan and arranged for the Thousand-Lifetime Fate-Reversing Book to be used on Past Zero.
  • Past Zero earned a twenty-star Gold rating and received fifty billion fate-reversal points.
  • Past Zero allocated all the points to family background and successfully reincarnated into lifetime ???+1.
  • The book pulled Past Zero out of the seal in the past and sent them to reincarnate in the present.
  • Past Li Ping could not stop Past Zero because the book’s priority exceeded that of his entry abilities.

Ch. 625[Aftermath, Past Li Ping's Choice, Analysis]

Past Li Ping chose to preserve his last use of The Last Supper, restored the Gods and Devils Realms, and vanished. In the present, Chen Fan reflected on what he had learned about Golden Finger abilities and the schemes of Past Zero before the Simulator Screens merged, leaving him eager to see what Zero would do next.

  • Past Li Ping realized Past Zero had maneuvered him into spending two uses of The Last Supper and chose not to risk using his final one to attack him.
  • Past Li Ping restored the Gods and Devils Realms, returned the Last Supper Light Screen to its earlier memory, and let the six rainbow Class Cards scatter before his Incarnation dissipated.
  • Chen Fan learned that Past Li Ping had eleven colorful entries and that Thousand-Lifetime Fate-Reversing Book was a Golden Finger ability stolen from another Otherworldly Demon.
  • Chen Fan wondered whether Li Ping and Wang Hao planned to steal his Simulator and whether he could steal their Golden Finger abilities in turn.
  • Chen Fan's I Am the Chess Player talent vanished, and the two Simulator Screens merged before he could learn who backed Li Ping and Wang Hao or how the past battle ended.
  • Chen Fan considered the restrictions imposed by Ten Gates and looked to the Simulator Screen to see what Past Zero would do after gaining the power to affect the present.
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Arc 25 of 32