Even so, Lin Yuan did not look particularly happy.
Seizing this sliver of hope would be anything but easy!
Before the Finale War, the Great Being could revise the history of the Endless Sea at any time.
The plans that humanity and the Sanctum Founders had spent untold years preparing could be ruined by the Great Being at any moment.
And once those plans were ruined, they would have almost no chance of putting together another plan on the same scale.
"So there will only be one Finale War. There will be no second chances."
As though guessing Lin Yuan's thoughts, the Second Lord spoke up:
"Throughout these endless ages, we have kept our most crucial plans secret. Their full scope will only be revealed during the Finale War."
"The Finale War is the endpoint of the Battle of the Heavenly Gate, as well as the starting point of the Endless Sea Universe's history. It spans both universes, so the Great Being cannot learn anything about it beforehand."
"And by the time He learns what preparations we have made for the Finale War, the war will already have begun. Whatever the outcome, the histories of both sides will be fixed in place for good."
"That is our only chance."
Lin Yuan nodded.
He finally understood how it all fit together.
The Endless Sea Universe he lived in was not a real universe, but a space-time simulated by the Heavenly Venerable. It could be regarded as an extraordinarily large History Secret Realm.
Its starting point was the Battle of the Heavenly Gate, which the Heavenly Venerable had forcibly rewritten back then-in other words, the Finale War.
This Finale War was the true manifestation of the Heavenly Venerable's Space-Time Power, a historical possibility He had forcibly torn open with His supreme Space-Time