Chapter 671 - 427: The Backflow of Magic

Chapter 671: Chapter 427: The Backflow of Magic

April 14th ~ May 18th.

Another Reincarnation cycle passed.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already in his room in Atlantis City.

March 31st.

Tomorrow would be the Chaos Moon.

This time, An Su was no longer in his Sea of Consciousness...

April 1st.

Lu Cang relived the last cycle’s events, but this time, he saved his uses of "Future Preview".

This minor detail didn’t seem to affect his return to the Secret Sea.

In the Future Previews,

Lu Cang saw new outcomes.

Outcome One: If he didn’t intervene in any way, the final result would be the Lord of the Sea awakening at a specific time, and the summoned Kumironi would become Sophia’s perfect vessel.

The Original Sea would become a part of Sophia.

At the same time, the entire Secret Sea would transform into a verdant ocean, becoming the Sea of Life.

Outcome Two: If he arrived at the Abyss of the Sea early, causing the Lord of the Sea’s Summoning Ritual to begin ahead of schedule, and prevented Kumironi from finding Sophia.

The Lord of the Sea would still be summoned, but awakened this way, it would be like an empty shell. It would then be swallowed by the Original Sea, which would begin to glow... one by one, Angels would be born from the Original Sea and descend.

Outcome Three: If he returned to Earth, to his hometown, like the first time he revisited the Secret Sea, but didn’t summon the pure white being when the Original Sea descended.

In the end, the Secret Sea would not be destroyed by the Original Sea.

A crimson legion would arrive and suppress the all-destroying Original Sea, and a great war would break out.

Ultimately, darkness would pour out from the Nest.

The Secret Sea would still become a black sea, incubating an Insect Swarm.

...

’It seems the destruction of the Secret Sea is unavoidable, one way or another.’

April 14th.

Lu Cang once again arrived at the "Ancient Library."

He greeted Betti with practiced familiarity...

The book *Time Curse* had changed again, now chronicling the events of another lifetime.

However, the book he had left behind in the previous timeline was not in this room.

"No response."

’Did no one find it? Or was my idea wrong?’

’I should leave more records...’

Lu Cang casually wrote down some of his experiences, made them into books, and scattered them throughout Atlantis City.

If an ordinary person were to find them,

they would just assume it was a novel or some kind of story written by someone.

It would be hard to imagine that these events had actually happened.

Lu Cang lived through those years, and Time reset once again.

March 30th.

March 27th.

March 25th.

March 24th.

Time regressed day by day, eventually returning to the day before he arrived at the Moon Sea.

Throughout this period, his perception of Time grew deeper and deeper.

’Time is constantly changing, but I remain unchanged.’

’It all started with that door...’

’Why does Time reset, yet I am unaffected?’

He had already witnessed dozens of endings for the Secret Sea.

Every single one was a dead end.

The destruction of the Secret Sea was an unchangeable True Destiny.

「Chronoa」

At this point, the Lorren Continent hadn’t been teleported yet, and Iz and the others hadn’t started their fight with An Zheng.

Lu Cang glanced toward An Zheng’s distant residence.

’Finally, I’m back to this day.’

Lu Cang sat up in bed and looked around the familiar room. His own palace in Chronoa was as familiar as ever.

WHOOSH—

With a single thought,

Lu Cang vanished on the spot.

When he reappeared, he was in Izparut’s even grander and more magnificent palace.

Iz was currently facing the direction of the royal court.

Between his hands was a model of the Lorren Continent’s entire topography and landscape. He had used Magic to construct it and had already laid a complex Array across the entire continent.

"Iz."

Lu Cang spoke.

’It’s really been a long time.’

Though he thought it had been a long time, in reality, even after reaching the Moon Sea, it seemed Iz’s influence was everywhere.

"Lu Cang?"

"Hmm... It is you, right?"

Iz didn’t turn around, but his tone carried a hint of doubt.

"Yes, it’s me."

Izparut asked, "Did something happen?"

"You’re so much stronger than when we last met a short while ago."

’As expected, he’s sharp.’

"Iz, let me show you some Magic."

Iz turned his head, a look of slight confusion on his face.

CRACK—

A ripple suddenly spread out. The moment Iz looked at Lu Cang, an area with a radius of 100,000 kilometers, centered on Lu Cang, became a Time Cage.

"The Second Forbidden Magic—Time."

Lu Cang announced.

But Izparut, within this frozen Time, was slowed down ten thousandfold.

HUMMM—

The next moment, Time returned to its normal flow for both of them.

This was under Lu Cang’s Control.

As Iz came back to his senses, his pupils couldn’t help but contract.

"The Original Forbidden Magic."

"Where did you get this?"

"Time..."

"And it’s even Time Magic."

Lu Cang wore a slightly helpless expression. "This Magic... it’s from the Future."

"Iz, I’ve been hit with a Curse."

"A Curse of Time."

"Two months from now, I will encounter some ruins related to Time..."

Lu Cang recounted his experiences to Izparut.

Iz’s ability to understand was beyond ordinary.

He immediately grasped Lu Cang’s current predicament.

"So, this Original Forbidden Magic... the future me gave it to you?"

Lu Cang nodded. "Yes."

"I was thinking that you might have already foreseen this and would have a way to solve this problem."

Iz stroked his chin, lost in thought.

Soon, he spoke. "The way to break you out of the reset might lie within this Time Taboo Magic."

"However, the cost to activate this Magic is a bit high..."

"It’s not convenient for me to use it."

"How did you avoid the activation cost?"

Lu Cang asked, "Iz, you’ve already learned it?"

Izparut nodded and replied, "It was actually a little difficult, but still within an acceptable range. I should have learned it."

"But I can’t just use it casually to verify."

The cost of "Startup—Time Cage" was one year of life for every second of activation, with a minimum activation time of one second.

Lu Cang looked at Izparut’s body.

Using the perspective of the "Lighthouse of All Laws," he saw a ball of Light for the "Second Forbidden Magic—Time" forming inside Iz.

Iz had already comprehended the Magic, even though he had only seen him use it once.

’He really learned it.’

’Iz, no matter how I look at it, your aptitude for Magic is just off the charts.’

’But... that’s for the best.’

"The method I use to avoid the cost is my own Talent."

"I can’t help you with that, Iz."

Iz pondered for a moment.

"Hmm... Then it seems I’ll have to think of another way. I need to study this Magic carefully, then maybe I can find a way to help you."

Lu Cang said, "By the way, Iz."

"I think with my current strength, I should be able to help you."

"There’s no need to teleport me away."

"Let me kill An Zheng with you guys. After we take him down, I’ll go with you all to Boundaryless Mountain."

Iz looked at Lu Cang.

The Lu Cang before him felt even more like a stranger than before.

"Alright."

"Since you’re confident, you can come with us."