Time rewound to 800 seconds earlier, 300 seconds before Zhou Heng activated "Fate Hint." Piloting "End of Heaven and Earth's Orbit · Frost," Pingtian Jurokurō fought two opponents alone, held in check by Sarendo Sakas and Shengtiandao Ichiro.
He was confident that his SSS-rank talent, "Frost Lord," would let him hold out against the two for 3,000 seconds, but no one was a fool. An emperor who had appeared out of nowhere, together with Shengtiandao Ichiro, had unleashed their power right from the start, driving it to its utmost to fight him. He did not believe there was nothing hidden behind this.
If that were all, he would not have resorted to his backup plan straight away. But thinking of Zhou Heng, who was still hidden in the Sakas Imperial Palace doing who knew what, he had to prepare for the worst. For instance, were these two holding him back to help Zhou Heng acquire some powerful force that would let him take him down alone?
With anyone else, such a feat would have been almost impossible to replicate. But this was Zhou Heng. Even he had to weigh the threat carefully at this moment. Thus, while fighting Sarendo Sakas and Shengtiandao Ichiro, he pretended to be knocked down. As he crashed into the Kingdom of All Beings Country, he formed Pingtian Jūnanrō and sent him sneaking toward the Sakas Imperial Palace to search for Zhou Heng.
First, he would observe Zhou Heng's actions and receive real-time intelligence through his clone, Pingtian Jūnanrō, ensuring that the situation remained under his control. Second, he would get a measure of Zhou Heng and see exactly what he was planning, and what Emperor Sarendo Sakas and Shengtiandao Ichiro were after...
Thus, he reached the deepest part of the Eternal Starry Sky Dream and