Chapter 650 - 409: The Person Behind the Door

Chapter 650: Chapter 409: The Person Behind the Door

Corruption, destruction...

Lu Cang could feel the Law of Death taking effect. A distorted spiral formed before his eyes. ’What An Su is doing isn’t just destruction. Is he trying to send this massive gateway directly into Reincarnation?’

CRACK—

He watched as a large amount of debris floated off the door, like ashes scattered by a fire.

The door was dying.

It was stepping toward Reincarnation.

KRRAACK—

Lu Cang also felt as if some shackles on his body were breaking apart.

A series of pops, like firecrackers, went off. Lu Cang felt his Sea of Consciousness expand, transforming into what looked like a Cloud Palace Sea of Consciousness.

And his Decryption Scholar Profession had actually been upgraded.

No...

’It’s not an Upgrade. My Level was restored. I’m back to my state as a Level 6 Decryption Scholar.’

His Talent, Divine Level - Deepest Truth, also returned as his Level was restored.

Lu Cang gradually began to feel it.

His own Time was flowing backward. Everything he once possessed was returning to its original temporal state.

An Su...

’He can really do it!’

The giant door before him peeled away layer by layer. Finally... after the debris flaked off, he could see the scene behind the door through the tattered holes.

And with that one glance...

Lu Cang thought he saw a "person" with long, ivory-white hair.

He couldn’t see its face clearly. Its features were composed of countless fragments of Time, and it was as if he could see all of History in them.

’What... is this thing?’

It looked toward the door, seemingly revealing a sense of confusion.

But immediately after, a feeling of sorrow followed.

It raised a hand in their direction.

And clenched its fist.

BOOM!

The great door that had just disintegrated, as if Time were flowing in reverse, was restored. The countless pieces of debris that had scattered into ash flowed backward, returning to the gateway. Its dark, ashen colors transformed back into a magnificent, sturdy golden material.

VMMMM—

In barely a second, the entire door was restored to its original state!

THUD—

He felt the sensation of a Rebound.

An Su took the Rebound and stepped back slightly.

He stopped trying to break the door and said to Lu Cang behind him, "Did you see that?"

Lu Cang: "Yeah."

An Su looked at his own hand...

"Kid, I’ll try again."

"I think... we might have just witnessed a legend."

An Su actually knew Lu Cang wasn’t a child. He knew Lu Cang was an adult who had been transferred from Earth.

In reality, whether he was twenty-eight or eight...

...made no difference to an old fossil like An Su, who had lived for tens of millions of years. To him, he was still just a kid.

An Su touched the giant door before him again.

’Being with this kid is full of surprises. To think I’d encounter something new in such a short time.’

’I’ve lived for so long. There’s hardly anything new left in this world.’

BANG!

The giant door once again turned pitch-black.

An Su broke the door again. It disintegrated, and once again, they saw the person behind it.

But this time...

Lu Cang saw clearly.

Because he had regained his Divine Level - Deepest Truth, Lu Cang could finally see the true picture.

No longer were her features a blur, no longer could he only see the reflection of History.

Instead, he could see her fair, long eyelashes, her pale and slender limbs, and her delicate features. She was a young woman who could almost be called perfect.

Even Yuna, who was a budding beauty, and Lu Luwei, who was a beautiful girl herself, paled slightly in comparison to her.

Her face held only a cold expression, as if she had no interest in the mortal world.

She gazed at An Su placidly, as if looking at a frog that had just hopped out of a pond.

Seeing An Su break open the great door again, she prepared to close it once more.

She slowly raised her hand, but An Su spoke.

"Hey..."

"Little lady on the other side, you must want to come out of that door too, right?"

The being whose appearance had been unclear froze for a moment.

"I’ve heard the ancient legends put it this way."

"Once, there was a supreme existence who made a monumental mistake in their youth. So, they sealed away that entire period of Time, along with the self from that era."

"Severing ties with their past self, they became the Aikator of a later age."

"If I’m not mistaken, that person is you. You are Aikator."

"Haha... I finally get to meet the real you. Even I have only ever heard legends about you."

Silence.

After An Su finished speaking, the person before them didn’t move.

She just stood there, quietly stunned.

She looked at An Su, and at the little boy behind him.

The gateway continued to crumble.

Seeing that the person before him didn’t answer, An Su continued, "That incident is a legend even to me. How long have you been waiting here...?"

"Your past sins should have been atoned for by now."

"Besides, even if you want to remain sealed away, there’s no need to drag others into it."

An Su glanced at Lu Cang behind him, speaking on his behalf.

"How about this... you let my friend return to the normal flow of time. Whether you come out or not is up to you."

In those few short sentences...

...Lu Cang felt the friendly sentiment An Su was conveying.

But at the same time, he also sensed some of An Su’s other thoughts—the subtle intention to get on good terms with him and cultivate a friendship.

’It’s all laid bare for me to see.’

But then...

...she still raised a hand toward An Su.

Seeing her raise her hand, An Su shouted, "Hey! Wait—"

TICK—

The headache-inducing sound of a clock hand moving.

Lu Cang opened his eyes again. He was still in the basement.

Before him, the Melting Sacred Flame was forging the sturdy alloy.

’I’m back again.’

’How many more times do I have to go through this?’

’Should I ask Luoti for help this time?’

’No, the source of the problem seems to be the girl behind the door. But she’s the one who won’t come out, so why am I the one who has to keep returning to the past? What does this have to do with me?’

’At least I got a clue this time.’

Lu Cang looked at the alloy before him, preparing to continue smithing and regain his Professional Levels.

But suddenly, he sensed his Professions.

’They’re... still here?’

Level 2 Blacksmith, Level 2 Enchanter, Level 6 Decryption Scholar.

Levels he shouldn’t have at this point in time had all been preserved... Lu Cang looked at the calendar beside him. It read April 26th.

It was an uneventful day of smithing.

It seemed some Law had been broken by An Su. Certain things about him no longer reverted to their previous state with the backward flow of Time.

’An Su... really did me a huge favor.’

’Right, now that I have the Divine Level - Deepest Truth Talent...’

’...I can take another look at some things.’

Lu Cang once again looked inward at his Sea of Consciousness. The moment his consciousness sank into it, he saw a colossal, iridescent tree in the distant sky.

The Tree of Wisdom.

’It’s really there?’

’I didn’t see it after I acquired this Talent later on. Could it be that by then, the tree was already gone?’