1. Where did you come from?Copy !req
2. No one is allowed in here without permission!Copy !req
3. I can discuss things with you.Copy !req
4. If you'd come with me, please.Copy !req
5. R-Right.Copy !req
6. You don't appear to be from Wàn Yú, either.Copy !req
7. This place... is Wàn Yú?Copy !req
8. Yes. That's what I've been told.Copy !req
9. Wàn Yú, huh...Copy !req
10. In my time, that country is long gone.Copy !req
11. The east and west were split apart,
and each is their own country now.Copy !req
12. Your "time," you say? I see.Copy !req
13. I'm not familiar with the
term "Shén Huì Mó Xiè,"Copy !req
14. but it seems you're familiar with
these weapons, under different circumstances.Copy !req
15. And when you spoke of them,Copy !req
16. I could sense a deep-rooted
trepidation in your voice.Copy !req
17. Do you happen to know the
ultimate fate of this sword?Copy !req
18. You're as quick on the uptake as I figured.Copy !req
19. I guess you really are an immortal.Copy !req
20. That really is overstating things.Copy !req
21. I am an ordinary human,
the same as everyone else.Copy !req
22. But in the stories I heard,Copy !req
23. the Shén Huì Mó Xiè were created by a
bunch of otherworldly servants of the gods.Copy !req
24. My origins are one thing,Copy !req
25. but the way I found myself here is
indeed a bit of a special circumstance.Copy !req
26. You found yourself here?Copy !req
27. Do you see that strange shimmering?Copy !req
28. It happens to surround this garden.Copy !req
29. It's a distortion in space.Copy !req
30. This property wasn't originally
part of the nation of Wàn Yú.Copy !req
31. How'd something like that happen?Copy !req
32. I don't know.Copy !req
33. One morning, I awoke to find this entire
estate had drifted to another world.Copy !req
34. It may be some sort of
strange natural phenomena,Copy !req
35. or perhaps the hand of
the gods is involved.Copy !req
36. But in this place, the links between
time and space become unstable.Copy !req
37. Which is why it doesn't strike me as odd
that someone like you could arrive here.Copy !req
38. It's likely you're here to inform meCopy !req
39. of the ultimate fate of this sword,
which was only just forged.Copy !req
40. Do you realize the kind
of power that sword has?Copy !req
41. Yes.Copy !req
42. But I have no idea why.Copy !req
43. It all began when I came to the aid
of some villagers who were beingCopy !req
44. attacked by a demonic army.Copy !req
45. The sword that I had at the time had
previously been thoroughly ordinary,Copy !req
46. but when used against the denizens of hell,
it demonstrated catastrophic power.Copy !req
47. You mean...Copy !req
48. The weapons that I have brought
into Wàn Yú from my worldCopy !req
49. seem to become infused with a special power,
for reasons I don't understand.Copy !req
50. Since realizing that,Copy !req
51. I've been distributing the swords
I had with me to people in this area.Copy !req
52. And after running out, I've turned
to the creation of new ones.Copy !req
53. I was able to confirm that
if the weapons craftedCopy !req
54. within these grounds are well-made enough,Copy !req
55. they will also be endowed
with special powers.Copy !req
56. I believe that where we stand is both
a part of Wàn Yú and separate from it,Copy !req
57. a unique layering of two states at once.Copy !req
58. Then that's the Shén Huì Mó Xiè's origin...Copy !req
59. Never would've guessed the guy who came
up with them didn't know how they worked.Copy !req
60. It wasn't long after arriving hereCopy !req
61. that I witnessed the demons slaughtering
villages in a campaign of extermination.Copy !req
62. I couldn't stand by and allow it.Copy !req
63. If there was anything I could do to help
these people, I felt like I had to do so.Copy !req
64. But at the same time, I did have reservations.Copy !req
65. Whatever my reasoning, was it right for
a strange visitor from another worldCopy !req
66. to interfere with this world's affairs?
And to what extent?Copy !req
67. The shimmering seems to
grow denser with every day.Copy !req
68. I think this strange phenomena
will vanish soon.Copy !req
69. When that happens, I will
likely vanish from Wàn Yú,Copy !req
70. returning to the world I came from.Copy !req
71. Yeah...Copy !req
72. In our time, there are no stories
about what ultimately happened to you.Copy !req
73. When the overlap in dimensions is finally
resolved, and natural order is restored,Copy !req
74. I had thought these weapons would return
to being mundane tools of iron.Copy !req
75. Makes sense.Copy !req
76. From where we stand, you're no
different than an immortal wizard,Copy !req
77. but that doesn't mean you're some
kinda all-powerful, all-knowing god.Copy !req
78. Yes.Copy !req
79. And I know full well that good intentions
can often have unfortunate consequences.Copy !req
80. What is this?Copy !req
81. Unbelievable!Copy !req
82. The contents of this scroll...Copy !req
83. These weapons were not
stored away peacefully.Copy !req
84. Even after this short exposure to them,Copy !req
85. I can see the sorrow they've wrought.Copy !req
86. The blood spilled because of them...Copy !req
87. I can almost hear the cries of the restless
dead who struggled for control of them.Copy !req
88. If you can tell that at a glance...
I probably don't need to go into details.Copy !req
89. My carelessness is the root cause of the
tragedy born of these weapons, isn't it?Copy !req
90. You know what is going to
happen next, don't you?Copy !req
91. There's no reason to simply
stand here and watch it happen.Copy !req
92. Go and help them.Copy !req
93. If a second Làng Wū Yáo were to appear,
even Huò Shì Míng Huáng would be surprised...Copy !req
94. Creating an opening in his defenses.Copy !req
95. What are you after?Copy !req
96. Is that really your concern?Copy !req
97. Come on, man, this is all sketchy as hell!Copy !req
98. It's gotta be some kind of trap.Copy !req
99. Oh, come now.Copy !req
100. I'm simply curious as to what kind
of karma you are willing to shoulder.Copy !req
101. However...Copy !req
102. Allow me to indulge you even further,
in light of your caution.Copy !req
103. I will show you the potential future...Copy !req
104. that your decision could create.Copy !req
105. Whoa, whoa! That's a freaking demon god!Copy !req
106. What's it doing on the surface?Copy !req
107. Upon your intervention in this battle,
preventing that woman's injuries...Copy !req
108. This future will be made manifest.Copy !req
109. Should the woman keep her eyesight,Copy !req
110. Shāng Bú Huàn will lose his
reason for leaving Xī Yōu.Copy !req
111. And it seems a demon godCopy !req
112. that was sleeping in Dōng Li will
be unleashed for some reason.Copy !req
113. This is the nature of modifying destiny.Copy !req
114. The fluttering of a butterfly's wings
can grow into a destructive hurricane!Copy !req
115. But... do you really need
to let that bother you?Copy !req
116. If the alternative is being the
marionette of an irrefutable fate...Copy !req
117. Why not simply destroy everything instead?Copy !req
118. Don't you agree?Copy !req
119. What can you accomplish in your
current state? What can you protect?Copy !req
120. The idea of you safeguarding
this world is third-rate comedy.Copy !req
121. You can't even protect a cherished comrade.Copy !req
122. Tiān Mìng...Copy !req
123. I believe that you must
have been sent here fromCopy !req
124. the distant future to correct my mistake.Copy !req
125. Nah... That's not it.Copy !req
126. Tiān Mìng!Copy !req
127. No way in hell is it just a "mistake."Copy !req
128. The future that starts here
isn't just disasters.Copy !req
129. There's joy and salvation, too.Copy !req
130. Saying what you did is wrong is
like denying any of that happened.Copy !req
131. But...Copy !req
132. That's why I want you to accept it, too.Copy !req
133. Accept the weight of what
your actions will result in.Copy !req
134. I'm so sorry!Copy !req
135. I'll be honest,Copy !req
136. I'm glad to find out that the
Shén Huì Mó Xiè came from a guy like you.Copy !req
137. You don't blame me?Copy !req
138. I've always wondered if the fate of the
world was at the mercy of some god's whims.Copy !req
139. Having to put up with all this crap becauseCopy !req
140. of something like that would make me sick.Copy !req
141. But if somebody really worried about it,Copy !req
142. and tried his damnedest
to do the right thing...Copy !req
143. That's something I don't
mind picking up the tab for.Copy !req
144. I can hardly imagine the difficulties
that traveling with this scrollCopy !req
145. must cause you.Copy !req
146. If I think of it as my way of paying
back the man who saved the world,Copy !req
147. it's not so bad.Copy !req
148. I see.Copy !req
149. I always lack the ability to
resolve matters on my own.Copy !req
150. I'm constantly turning to others for help.Copy !req
151. But because of that, I have had the pleasure
of making countless new acquaintances,Copy !req
152. many of whom would become
cherished comrades.Copy !req
153. And it seems that has happened yet again,
even in this strange land.Copy !req
154. That's a little much for a guy like me.Copy !req
155. Whoa, looks like time's about up.Copy !req
156. That was faster than I expected.Copy !req
157. I have my task to tend to...
and you have your battles to fight.Copy !req
158. But I believe that, though we are
separated by the expanse of time,Copy !req
159. we are walking the same path.Copy !req
160. Yeah. I'm glad I got to meet you.Copy !req
161. Well, well, that was quite the anticlimax.Copy !req
162. However, I must say, you seem to be
more conscientious than I thought.Copy !req
163. You ass...Copy !req
164. You think it's fun,
putting Làng through all this?Copy !req
165. Oh, the fun has yet to begin.Copy !req
166. Now that you've had a lesson on
the nature of cause and effect...Copy !req
167. We can finally address our main topic.Copy !req
168. Come... let us travel through time
once more, to the distant beginning,Copy !req
169. where our fates became intertwined!Copy !req
170. What are you talking about?Copy !req
171. Then the new scrying mirrors will
also posses the power to cross time?Copy !req
172. Yes, they should sprout shortly.Copy !req
173. The only issue is the fragment
that Shāng Bú Huàn took.Copy !req
174. Azibělpher has said he
will deal with that matter.Copy !req
175. We'll simply have to leave him to it.Copy !req
176. My own concern lies elsewhere.Copy !req
177. What do you mean?Copy !req
178. My death as Zhào Jūn Lín in
Xī Yōu presents a problem.Copy !req
179. If we intervene in that course of events,Copy !req
180. the ripple effect through
history will be tremendous.Copy !req
181. I'm fully aware.Copy !req
182. The further into the past
an alteration is made,Copy !req
183. the greater the effect it
can have on the future...Copy !req
184. The slightest misstep couldCopy !req
185. result in the collapse of the
timeline that we currently inhabit.Copy !req
186. Precisely. How can we go
about my resurrection,Copy !req
187. while allowing the past to remain unaltered?Copy !req
188. The past is, in essence,
a record of observed events.Copy !req
189. But there is no shortage
of events in the pastCopy !req
190. where the truth is unknown
and can not be confirmed.Copy !req
191. Yes... for instance, the mystery of
how your body was never recovered,Copy !req
192. after you fell from that cliff.Copy !req
193. Oh, so that's your game!Copy !req
194. Whatever became of your body?Copy !req
195. We can simply use the scrying
mirror to answer that question.Copy !req
196. Instead of your body being
swallowed by the waves,Copy !req
197. it will be brought into the distant future,Copy !req
198. disappearing from that
previous point in time.Copy !req
199. My death at the hands of the
Hù Yìn Shī remains intact...Copy !req
200. And we simply recover my body.Copy !req
201. Sadly, you must be slain,
and transfer your soul into a swordCopy !req
202. in order to ensure the eventuality of our
reunion here within the Void Junction.Copy !req
203. However, if we can retrieve your
body shortly after its death...Copy !req
204. With your soul having been preserved
inside of the demonic blade,Copy !req
205. I need only put my necromancy to work
and restore it to your body once more.Copy !req
206. With that, there will be no
contradictions in history.Copy !req
207. We will simply tie a loose
end of fate to the future.Copy !req
208. Your designs are as splendid
as they are well-considered.Copy !req
209. Xíng Hài, my dear,
you are a credit to our clan.Copy !req
210. It delights me to hear such praise.Copy !req
211. But before we endeavor
to resolve our great task,Copy !req
212. we must take care of lingering details.Copy !req
213. Indeed we must...Copy !req
214. Now, my servant,Copy !req
215. I have a job for you.Copy !req
216. Of course.Copy !req
217. Your wish is my command.Copy !req
218. Where am I?Copy !req
219. Looks like you're safe!Copy !req
220. Man, I was seriously worried.Copy !req
221. Cán Yún, how long was I gone?Copy !req
222. I dunno if I can even say.Copy !req
223. You only just disappeared.Copy !req
224. Where's Làng?Copy !req
225. You're the only one who's back.Copy !req
226. You weren't together?Copy !req
227. I think that guy wasn't after me.Copy !req
228. Wait a sec, isn't getting separated
after using a scrying mirror bad news?Copy !req
229. I don't even know how I ended up back here.Copy !req
230. The way I traveled wasn't just
the scrying mirror's power.Copy !req
231. I think there was something
else controlling it.Copy !req
232. Then if we wait long enough,
will Wū Yáo make it back here, too?Copy !req
233. I sure hope so.Copy !req
234. The problem is we have no way
of knowing how long it'll take.Copy !req
235. I think Xíng Hài's ritual
is almost ready, though.Copy !req
236. Well, there you have it. Guess there's
no time to spend waiting around.Copy !req
237. Damn it, I'm gonna have
to rush them by myself.Copy !req
238. I'd love to say, "Don't forget about me,"Copy !req
239. but with these odds, I don't even
know if I can muster the bluster.Copy !req
240. You've got a point.Copy !req
241. Sorry to spring it on you, but can
you give your old job another whirl?Copy !req
242. Best case scenario is that
I wreck Xíng Hài's ritual,Copy !req
243. and find a way to seal
Seven Blasphemous Deaths away.Copy !req
244. It's a risky gamble, and if it goes bad,
it's gonna go really bad.Copy !req
245. In the meantime...Copy !req
246. You want me to get hidden,
and keep the Index safe, right?Copy !req
247. Consider it done!Copy !req
248. Hey, big guy, if everything goes well,
where should we meet up?Copy !req
249. Cán Yún! Behind you!Copy !req
250. To be deceived, or to deceive?Copy !req
251. Scheming is like crossing perilous sands.Copy !req
252. Make a misstep, and you will lose your
footing before sinking into hell.Copy !req