Chapter 535: Chapter 525: Spring and Autumn Cicada, Please Let Me Help Him Once More

"Why did it disappear?"

"I don’t know..."

"If the coordinates can’t be found, it’ll be difficult. Change a ’direction’?"

"Change what ’direction’?"

"If the coordinates can’t be found, we’ll have to be more extreme."

With that, the two fell into silence for a long time, and the chaos space plunged into stillness.

"And... about that little guy named ’Fang Yuan’, aren’t you afraid something might go wrong?"

"That’s why you came just in time, let’s deduce together..."

....

Meanwhile, on the River of Time.

Above a tributary waterway, a small wooden boat floated on the surface, drifting with the current.....

Upon closer inspection, a human figure could be seen lying on the boat.

The next second, the man slowly opened his eyes, half-sat up, and gazed at the surrounding waters, murmuring, "Back again..."

The man was Fang Yuan, who had been "killed" by Lu Chen, and he had "resurrected" on the River of Time.

It’s not really "resurrection"; to be precise, it’s "reversal"—"time reversal."

Fang Yuan spread his palm, gazing at the seven cicada shells in the center, lost in thought.

These seven cicada shells with only the empty shell left are the Spring and Autumn Cicada.

The Spring and Autumn Cicada live on the River of Time, evolve from the time rule, and can reverse time, essentially reversing the flow of time.

However, as Fang Yuan’s cultivation realm grew higher, the more expansive the levels he encountered, he realized that the Spring and Autumn Cicada also had limitations: it could only reverse the time of a particular world and reverse specific groups.

The time reversal of the Spring and Autumn Cicada wouldn’t change the direction of the Ten Thousand Realms, only altering the causal direction of the user and the participants.

This was his seventh use of the Spring and Autumn Cicada.

...

Originally, he was living in seclusion in a small world, practicing cultivation in seclusion.

One day, three uninvited guests barged into his world.

The three uninvited guests were none other than the three people, including Lu Chen, who "killed" Fang Yuan.

They offered an olive branch to Fang Yuan, wanting him to join them and take something to deliver to Elder Su on the River of Time.

With Fang Yuan’s temperament, his stance was resolute, not compromising in the slightest.

The result was what it was: he was killed by Lu Chen.

In the last moment of being killed, he also activated the Spring and Autumn Cicada, returning to the River of Time.

He could have used the River of Time to travel to a hidden world, hide away, and escape this causal chain.

But he didn’t; instead, he reversed the River of Time, returning to the world where he was killed, and specifically, to one day before his death.

He needed to uncover the purpose of Lu Chen and the other two.

....

In the second attempt, he changed his strategy, feigning compromise.

But Lu Chen is a deeply cautious man, detecting Fang Yuan’s intentions, again drawing the same barrier and killing him.

From this experience, he learned one thing, which is that Lu Chen’s mind is extraordinarily perceptive.

...

In the third attempt, after the experiences of the previous times, he was no longer emotionally disturbed when facing the trio led by Lu Chen.

When he feigned compromise, the others believed him.

Only the others were smart, demanding he place a slave seal on himself to control his actions.

In the conversation with them, he caught an essential piece of information: the "thing" given by the others cannot be taken to the River of Time.

Thus, he changed his strategy, needing to figure out what was inside the "wooden box," the others’ purpose.

Yet, during his probing, Lu Chen grew suspicious, ultimately leading to his death again.

...

In this way, he tried six times but couldn’t extract any information from the others.

Though he confirmed one thing: the trio led by Lu Chen were merely "minions"; the person behind them was the true mastermind, hence they didn’t know the truth of the plan.

Now, the only thing to do was to figure out what was inside the wooden box....

This led to the seventh time, Fang Yuan’s last death.

He finally saw the "thing" inside the wooden box; after knowing it, his purpose was achieved, leading him to deliberately provoke Lu Chen into attacking him, defiantly facing death.

Because with the slave seal placed on him, his seventh life no longer belonged to him; only by dying could he escape, otherwise he couldn’t return to the River of Time.

.....

Although the Spring and Autumn Cicada can reverse the time of the world he was in, events truly existed, and battles truly happened.

The pain of death he felt when being killed was a genuine experience.

This is why Lu Chen and others didn’t notice any traces of memory being erased; it’s because the events genuinely happened, but due to the time reversal, they disappeared, so no abnormality was detected.

The trio led by Lu Chen believed it’s their first encounter with Fang Yuan, not knowing Fang Yuan had seen them many times, fought many times, and been killed many times.

When he met the trio led by Lu Chen the last time, he was so calm, showing no flaws.

Only then could he successfully see the thing inside the wooden box.

...

As for why the "sir" behind Lu Chen couldn’t deduce the specific reason for Lu Chen’s memory disappearance, it’s because the "Spring and Autumn Cicada" is genuinely too "insignificant," known by too few.

In the entire Ten Thousand Realms, only the world Fang Yuan originally dwelled in practiced "Gu" refinement.

In the eyes of cultivators who don’t practice "Gu," the Spring and Autumn Cicada is just a common cicada; even in the eyes of some supreme beings, the Spring and Autumn Cicada is merely a regular cicada living on the River of Time, not worth noticing.

Insignificant things can also overturn worlds; a spark can ignite a prairie fire!

Among Su Mu’s many followers, many are stronger than Fang Yuan, but only Fang Yuan broke the impasse, bringing the information back to the River of Time.

.....

Fang Yuan piloted the wooden boat according to the memory in his mind, reaching the main river channel, heading in a specific direction.

Time was very tight; he must quickly inform Elder Su of the intelligence; he was without the Spring and Autumn Cicada now; if killed again, all efforts would be in vain.

He traveled for a very long time without seeing a trace of Elder Su.

Normally composed, Fang Yuan grew slightly anxious.

Darkness was soon upon them; once the River of Time enters the night, it’s highly dangerous, with his cultivation level, the death rate is very high.

But once leaving the River of Time, returning to the Ten Thousand Realms, being detected by the person behind Lu Chen, it also meant certain death.

Thus, he must find Elder Su before nightfall to deliver the information he investigated.

Just as darkness was about to fall, with despair growing inside Fang Yuan.

A figure treaded the water surface, coming towards him.

Upon seeing this, Fang Yuan’s heart filled with delight, hastening his speed, swiftly heading towards the figure.

Upon approaching, when Fang Yuan could clearly see the figure standing before him, his pupils contracted sharply, stupefied on the spot.