Ye Buyu clutched her doggy head and crouched down in despair.
"Give me a moment."
The souls gathered around and nuzzled Ye Buyu affectionately.
"Little Ye, Little Ye, you can talk now!"
Ye Buyu nodded sluggishly, her expression deeply complicated.
"Yeah. I understand humans now, after all."
"Ah, I get it." Su Wuwei curled his lips. "The conditions for producing Ye Buyu are already quite clear: a segment of the Causal Line, a Man-Made Calamity, and nourishment from countless pure souls."
Ye Buyu's mouth twitched. "Am I some weird chemical substance? 'Producing' me..."
She could have ignored it if he hadn't brought it up, but now she had to face reality.
A segment of the Causal Line.
The damned truth was, surprisingly, no surprise at all.
Their strange experiences in the past had all found their answers, too.
For the people of the Salvation Hall of Fame, meeting Hold Up the Heavens in the past was the cause, and arranging to approach Ye Buyu and the others now was the effect.
For Hold Up the Heavens, however, meeting the Salvation Hall of Fame now was the cause, and going back to the past to meet its members was the effect.
They were one another's cause and effect.
Every journey through time was another cycle.
Traveling between past and future-this was blatantly turning effect into cause!
Ye Buyu's eyebrows drooped as she said bitterly, "Effect becomes cause, causality forms a loop. Friends, I'm losing it."
Wan Lan covered her face. "Enough tongue twisters. Don't bring up things that get scarier the more you think about them just to frighten us. Give your brains a break and focus on the present, okay?"
She had thought Ye Buyu might be Calamity's child, and judging by the outcome, that wasn't actually wrong.
But no