(The next six or seven chapters will tie up loose ends and explain everything, so one or two chapters won't make it all clear. I suggest waiting until you've read them all before commenting.)
These memories were encrypted layer upon layer. Clearly, they had not come from a single person, but were the collective memories of an empire, a civilization. They had been fashioned into a psionic message and imprinted directly into Xi Yan's memory, overwriting the memories the Time Worm had given him last time.
Infinite spacetime? The great mission of the human race?
In truth, the Time Worm had not said anything wrong. It had merely phrased things differently. In the end, what Xi Yan needed to do had not changed, and he had been working toward it all along.
What the Time Worm wanted to conceal was simple: the memories he had arrived with had been altered by higher-dimensional power. If he rashly learned the whole truth, even Xi Yan himself might not be certain what he would do under their influence.
The memories he had originally possessed had profoundly influenced Xi Yan's judgment and personality, making it easy for him to do things that were less than rational.
So who exactly was Xi Yan?
He was not merely the ultimate leader created by the Heavenly People, as the Time Worm had claimed. He was a higher-dimensional being.
Yes, his standing had gone up a little.
Xi Yan's soul came from a higher dimension, the same dimension as the Interdimensional Invaders. He himself was one of the Extradimensional Demons.
What?!
No, the Interdimensional Demons were, in fact, merely higher-dimensional life-forms. Xi Yan's original existence had belonged to that higher-dimensional level.
It was the Time Worm that had summoned him here.
Only through the Eternal Throne provided by