Consensus reached.

The Jing Wu before him could never be a friend, but they could, at least, work together temporarily.

Besides, Jing Wu had already seen through his hand, meaning that the other could turn on him at any moment.

Bai Wu narrowed his eyes:

"After this brief alliance, we will still be enemies."

"Of course, remember my words, I will kill you, personally, kill, you!" Jing Wu, brimming with killing intent, was fixated on Jing Yi, who was nearly done with the summoning ritual.

A disc-shaped object appeared in Bai Wu’s hand:

"Though you can’t enter the High Tower, having encountered so many humans, you should know how to use this, right?"

"The countdown is one minute; manage your time. I’m only responsible for showing the way, whether or not you make it there is up to you!"

Jing Wu received the Return Roulette, puzzling over whether Bai Wu intended to hide inside the High Tower.

Ever since the Twisted Master arrived, could this thing still connect to the High Tower?

But it seemed... the aura emanating from the roulette was somewhat familiar.

Jing Wu nodded, choosing to trust Bai Wu in this critical moment.

Of course, Bai Wu didn’t make just one Return Roulette. As soon as he left the Reverse Tower Area of the Well World, Bai Wu thought...

Maybe he would fail and, in such a dire situation, would have to emulate the High Tower Master, taking his people to hide deep within the Well and ponder a method to defeat the Twist.

So, he made quite a few Return Roulettes.

Bai Wu kept one for himself and handed the rest to Wu Jiu.

"Captain, locate the others; we’re ready to go. As soon as you get the item, activate the roulette immediately!"

Wu Jiu said nothing. After taking the storage bag, his crimson figure flashed and disappeared.

The moment those defective and scrapped items joined forces, the black barriers had already vanished.

The instant Wu Jiu left, Bai Wu and Jing Wu also readopted their combat stances.

Within the densely thick black fog that nearly blinded all sight, Jing Yi’s voice became terrifying:

"Are you ready to accept the divine punishment?"

Through the Law of Order, Bai Wu could see all energy pathways in the air.

He could even see the trajectory of the Twist spreading.

A hand reached out from the black fog, as if it invoked the Law of Causality—unavoidable, unblockable, and untransferable!

With the simplest of strikes, Bai Wu found himself with no way out, the endless black fog seeming to seal off every possible escape.

He had to face this attack head-on!

The colossal "remnant body" came with overwhelming force, causing all in its path to wither and die!

But just as it was about to reach Bai Wu, Jing Wu’s eyes widened, absorbing the blow with his formidable body!

The immense Power of Life and Death activated instantly; Jing Wu, who should have died the moment he was touched, now surged with an even stronger vitality.

And within the surrounding black fog...

Cold blue slits were opened one after another!

Countless Wandering Spirits surged maniacally from the cracks.

The Power of Life and Death holds two applications: life and death.

The Judge wielded the death aspect, while Zhou Zeshui controlled life.

But now, Jing Wu possessed both.

The complete Power of Life and Death is a tremendous Source Power, on par with Temporal Power and Causal Force.

The endless Wandering Spirits were reduced to dust by the sweeping "divine arm."

The terrifying Disassemble Everything was also activated at that moment.

Bai Wu could resist Disassemble Everything, but Jing Wu could not.

Just as the white light was about to engulf Jing Wu, Bai Wu unleashed the powerful Twisted Realm!

Time, space, causality, life, and death—all were twisted within Bai Wu’s domain.

In the process of forging the Seven Sins and understanding the Sequence, Bai Wu had moved from feeling the Twist to comprehending it.

He couldn’t fully control this domain yet, but in a moment of crisis, he could already bend everything to his will with the Power of Twist!

"We’re even!"

Just seconds ago, Jing Wu used the Power of Life from the Power of Life and Death to help Bai Wu dodge an attack; seconds later, Bai Wu returned the favor.

In the Well Domain, with the Power of Life and Death wielded by Jing Wu, they barely withstood a probing attack from Jing Yi.

But both of them knew that the following assaults would only become more troublesome.

Fortunately, at this moment...

Bai Wu, who had mastered the Law of Order, saw the distant fluctuations of order energy...

"They’ve activated the Return Roulette! We should do the same! Hold on for one minute! And keep Jing Yi’s attention on us!"

Jing Wu chose to take the initiative to attack, restraining Jing Yi, with terrifying Buddhist light bombarding Jing Yi incessantly like a barrage.

A massive barrier was erected beside Jing Yi, who was entwined in Hei Wu, leaving no avenue for retreat.

"Don’t command me!"

Jing Wu roared back at Bai Wu as massive black Buddhist light poured down.

With the Law of Order, Bai Wu could sense the terrifying destructive force within the Buddhist light that Jing Wu commanded.

It was the power of Jing Er.

The understanding of liberating all beings had been twisted in Jing Er.

In a sense, this powerful Buddhist light could also be considered a manifestation of emotional force.

Had it not been suppressed by his own Karmic Fire, speaking in terms of destructive power alone, the annihilative nature of the Buddhist light could achieve the true "liberation of all beings."

Yet such fearsome power was easily devoured by the mouths that grew on the "remains of limbs."

A strike that could obliterate Black Gold Island... resulted in not even a ripple of disturbance.

It seemed as though those mouths could alter the trajectory from which the Buddhist light was emitted, automatically attracting various powers into their maws.

The Hei Wu appeared to grow denser, and Jing Yi became stronger under the onslaught of Jing Wu.

Jing Wu furrowed his brows; this was not the Twisted Master, just a far inferior, castrated version.

His casual strike required Bai Wu and him to defend with their most powerful trump cards.

Yet Jing Wu’s all-out strike did negative damage to the adversary.

Endless Hei Wu solidified into sharp claws!

Disassemble Everything, the powerful forces of withering life, all mixed together, even containing a twist force extremely similar to Bai Wu’s!

The sky darkened, with a dense, barrage-like offensive bearing down!

Again, these maneuvers seemed to have the Law of Causality applied to them... unavoidable, no retreat, no blocking!

Destruction was imminent.

And the activation time for the Return Roulette... was still thirty-four seconds away.

Truth be told, Bai Wu could use other methods to leave at this moment.

Among the Sequences he had witnessed within the Law of Order was Bipolar Transposition.

Thus, Bai Wu was actually not too nervous.

But for some reason... the moment Jing Wu opened the Underworld Rift...

Bai Wu felt that from the cracks of the Underworld, behind the endless Wandering Spirits instantly extinguished by Jing Yi, there were eyes filled with mockery, watching the battlefield.

He would make a move.

Bai Wu had already seen the intertwining trails of the Power of Causality and Time-Space Power.

Jing Wu originally thought... he would truly die this time.

This attack, imbued with the Power of Twist, Disassemble Everything, and the breath of annihilation causing all things to wither... he couldn’t possibly withstand it.

Especially since such an attack carried a certain Law of Causality effect, a variant application of the Power of Causality!

He couldn’t even dodge; he could only wait for death.

But when he used the Power of Life and Death to open the gates of the Underworld and release the Wandering Spirits...

...the battle took a new turn.

The Wandering Spirits were executed and obliterated one by one, but the Underworld Rift opened by the Power of Life and Death persisted.

Just when Jing Yi’s dense attack was about to engulf Jing Wu and Bai Wu...

A golden barrier appeared.

The Source Power, manifested as a vast shield formed from Temporal Power... blocked in front of the two.

"Have I been discovered? Little Bai, your eyesight is really sharp."

All of Jing Yi’s attacks landed on the giant shield ring condensed by the power of time-space...

The characteristic of distortion is the powerful force that can even erode the power of time and space.

But the problem is, it wasn’t just Jing Yi and Bai Wu who mastered the characteristic of distortion.

The person hiding in the depths of the Underworld was a "pseudo-undead" from Huangquan Island.

He once deceived the world and escaped from one world to another.

In order to obtain the Power of Life and Death, to convince everyone he was dead, to evade the pursuit of causality, to find a place overlooked by others...

He chose to go to Huangquan Island to explore the Power of Life and Death.

During the endless eons that followed, to prevent his existence from disturbing the causality that should be there...

He hid in a world that belonged to the dead.

There were a few times when, because of encounters with old friends on Huangquan Island, he playfully sent an undead to pretend to be himself, to mislead his old friends.

To make people believe that he truly was dead, and also to convince them that, in life, he had indeed been very persistent towards a certain person...

Beyond that, he was just like a real dead person...

Only alive in the memories of a few people.

The Power of Bond Plunder allowed Jing Wu to master the Power of Life and Death, and the complete Power of Life and Death enabled Jing Wu to open the Underworld Rift...

Unlike the entries related to the Nether River ferrying, like that of the judges, Jing Wu’s power was far more vast and pure.

That’s why there were so many wandering undead appearing when they fought Jing Yi.

It was also then that the person lurking outside of causality...saw another battlefield and felt a powerful presence.

Similarly, Bai Wu, who had understood the Law of Order and could sense all energy fluctuations, also saw this old friend at that moment.

"Who are you?" Jing Yi asked in surprise.

How could a possessor of temporal power emerge from the Underworld Rift?

It’s true that the Power of Life and Death could summon wandering spirits, but so-called wandering spirits could not possibly wield too great a power.

Just like wandering spirits couldn’t wield the Power of Life and Death, for if they could, would they still be considered wandering spirits?

The undead that Jing Wu controlled were also just a gathering of residual souls and obsessions after people’s deaths.

But that guy hiding in the depths of the Underworld...

The tremendous life force emanating from him was definitely not something an undying could possess.

The mysterious person in the depths of the Underworld...was alive!

And among the living, there was only one person who mastered the power of time and space.

The person in the depths of the Underworld seemed to have no intention of revealing their true self.

"Don’t you recognize me anymore? Well, that makes sense, I was much younger back then."

"We’ll have our conclusion, Jing Yi. But not here on this battlefield."

The time had come.

As Jing Yi was taken aback with astonishment, and the person from the depths of the Underworld made a move to save him...

The activation time for the Return Roulette finally arrived.

As he was engulfed by the light, Bai Wu once again sensed the person from the depths of the Underworld.

It was as if that person was also watching him.

In this moment, Bai Wu suddenly smiled.

He had guessed who that person was.

"Playing a big game, huh..."

Jing Wu had no idea what had happened, and even Jing Yi didn’t know what had happened.

But now, they had no time to care about what had happened.

The light of the Return Roulette engulfed Jing Wu.

Jing Wu, Bai Wu, all the invaders on this island...

All vanished, their presence completely dissipated.

Jing Yi was totally unable to sense them.

It wasn’t just that, as Jing Wu vanished, the executor of the Power of Life and Death was gone too...

The rift to the Underworld closed as well, and in the final moment before it disappeared, a voice echoed from the depths of the Underworld:

"I will repay you for the kindness of raising me, ’Dad’."

Jing Yi was immensely shocked.

He hadn’t been overly confident, he truly could have killed Jing Wu and Bai Wu this time.

But the person who suddenly appeared... was actually able to Block his attack head-on.

Yet he still could not remember who this person was.

For seven hundred years, he had been the father of countless exceptionally talented children...

Those few children he always cared about had already died long ago.

Those who betrayed and fled the farm should be dead too.

Otherwise, how could they possibly have done nothing in these seven hundred years?

Jing Yi ultimately overlooked one thing.

The children who had once left the farm were not inactive at all.

The existence and emergence of Bai Wu represented their Will.

The battle at Black Gold Island concluded.

The massive karmic ties gathered on Black Gold Island, where the battle with no visible end leads... no one knows.

...

...

World of the Well, fourth level, Reverse Tower Top.

Streaks of light flashed...

The enormous Hydra, a fierce Bone Demon, a monster bare-chested, and a lean crimson figure, as well as a human yawning with blood seeping from his seven orifices...

They appeared one by one in this desolate place, figures continuously emerged from the stele, in the nearly deserted area... it became livelier than ever before.

So much so that the Bone Demon left on guard here was suddenly somewhat astonished.

Especially...

When it saw that lean crimson figure, it was even more stunned.

Zheng Yue raised his head and looked at the ceiling:

"Damn, that’s terrifying, how come there are so many faces on the ceiling, and they all seem so resentful!"

"What is this place? Is it the High Tower after some destruction? The last time I entered the High Tower was... the last time." Nie Chongshan wasn’t trying to be redundant; it was just that it had been too long since he had left the High Tower.

"I thought I would be transported back to the Ark, is this the High Tower? Us country folks from the Ark never saw the High Tower, hahaha..." Calamity Jiang Zhu let out a hearty laugh.

The Desire Li Xin beside him frowned, while Liu Bingshu kept coughing.

Gu Hailin also thought this was the High Tower, his large physique closer to the ceiling, but he did not look at the ceiling, instead focusing on the white skeletal figure, becoming alert.

This Bone Demon-like monster didn’t exude killing intent, but Gu Hailin could feel that its strength was greater than anyone present.

And when Jing Wu and Bai Wu appeared, everyone became even more vigilant.

With time of the essence, Wu Jiu did not have the chance to explain much; in everyone’s eyes, Jing Wu was still an enemy.

Bai Wu glanced at the Tyrant, looked at his former comrades, and dusted himself off: 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"Don’t be nervous, everyone, this is where the Doomsday Puzzle pieces can come into play. Although not all present are our own, I believe someone should behave, right?"

These words were directed at Jing Wu.

Jing Wu really wanted to kill Bai Wu, but now, he was also curious about this place.

He at least wanted to learn from Bai Wu what this place was for.

And what Bai Wu and the others planned to do with the stolen Doomsday Puzzle pieces, and how they managed to return to their original world.

Jing Wu had indeed calmed down a considerable amount and stood outside the crowd, snorting coldly:

"Our confrontation will be postponed for now."

Bai Wu nodded and said something that shocked Jing Wu:

"That’s good, welcome to... the World of the Well."

(I may take a leave tomorrow~ to sort out the plot. It’s just a possibility, I’ll definitely try to update if it’s not a bind.)