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Han Li was stunned when he saw Zhu Chen's message.

He had been quietly lurking in the group, watching Shi Hao and Zhu Chen's conversation, but he never expected that their topic would suddenly turn to him.

[Han Li: Brother, what do you mean by that? What do you mean that person is like me? I act cautiously, not because I like to run away. Assessing the situation and acting within my capabilities are the skills for survival...]

Xiao Yan, not one to shy away from stirring things up, immediately jumped in when he saw Han Li refuting Zhu Chen in the group chat:

[Xiao Yan: Third Brother, don't bother explaining. This is called a strategic retreat, we all understand... Actually, being able to run away isn't necessarily a bad thing, at least it means survival. Look at Big Brother, if he couldn't win, he would definitely run faster than anyone else...]

[Zhu Chen: When did I ever run?]

[Xiao Yan: Cough cough~ I remember you ran away with your sister-in-law in Celestial City last time...]

[Zhu Chen: You brat... I was protecting your sister-in-law that time. If I had been there alone, I would have run away...]

[Luo Feng: Actually, Fourth Brother has a point. Sometimes retreating is for a better attack. Third Brother's caution has helped him avoid many deadly situations, and we've all seen that.]

[Lin Dong: That's right, Third Brother, don't overthink it. We're not saying you're a coward, we're just saying you... uh... have a good sense of crisis!]

Han Li looked at the messages in the group chat and his lips twitched slightly.

[Han Li: By the way, brother, who exactly is this Ye Fan you mentioned? Why did he bring the cauldron here to find Brother Shi Hao? And what is the origin of that cauldron?]

[Luo Feng: I'm also very curious. The aura of that cauldron is indeed extraordinary. Being able to transcend time and space to find Shi Hao, it's probably no ordinary person. What is its purpose in seeking Shi Hao?]

[Lin Dong: Yeah, is that guy trying to drag Brother Shi Hao into a fight? If it's going to be a fight, count me in!]

[Xiao Yan: I'm saying you don't even know who your opponent is, and you're already going to fight? Let your older brother finish speaking first...]

The group chat was quiet for a moment.

At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on Zhu Chen.

Although Shi Hao didn't speak, he was also looking at the messages in the group, waiting for Zhu Chen's reply.

Not long after, Zhu Chen's message appeared in the group.

And there's more than one!

[Zhu Chen: Based on the cultivation levels in Perfect World, Ye Fan should currently be a Quasi-Immortal Emperor. His era is extremely far removed from our own, spanning countless ages since the destruction of the Ancient Immortal Era and the rise and fall of numerous subsequent eras. By the time of Ye Fan, it belongs to a later era.]

[Zhu Chen: He came carrying a cauldron called the "Calligraphy of the Mother Qi of All Things," which was his natal magic weapon forged when he became an emperor. It was also his vessel for traversing time and space. He came to find Shi Hao because his era was also facing a great crisis.]

[Zhu Chen: To be specific, in Ye Fan's era, the darkness and turmoil had spread to their extreme. The strangeness and darkness that existed before the Immortal Ancient Era did not disappear with the destruction of the Immortal Ancient Era; they merely lay dormant and then erupted even more violently in later generations.]

[Zhu Chen: Ye Fan once fought against those dark beings. Although he suppressed them for a time, he discovered that the source of that darkness was not in his era. Their roots were buried deep in ancient times, part of which was in the great war that destroyed the Immortal Ancient Era.]

There was a pause in the group chat for a moment, as if everyone was processing the information.

Then Xiao Yan's message popped up:

[Xiao Yan: Big brother, you mean... Ye Fan came to see Brother Shi Hao because he wanted him to help in the future era? But that's already in the future, can it be changed?]

[Zhu Chen: We can't change the past, but we can influence the future. What Ye Fan is looking for isn't the Shi Hao of today, but the Shi Hao who will grow up in the future. He needs Shi Hao to join forces with him at some point in the future to fight against the darkness that transcends eras.]

[Luo Feng: The darkness that transcends eras... In other words, those things existed since the Immortal Ancient Era and continued until Ye Fan's era?]

[Zhu Chen: Yes, the defeats of Liu Shen, Lei Di, and Kunpeng in the Immortal Ancient Era were only one phase of that war. The darkness was not eradicated; it merely retreated temporarily, awaiting its next eruption. Ye Fan's era marks the climax of that next eruption.]

[Han Li: Why did Ye Fan specifically come to find Brother Shi Hao? There are countless powerful beings in this world, many stronger than him. Why him?]

[Zhu Chen: Because Shi Hao is that variable. When the Immortal Ancient Era was destroyed, there was a being who predicted the future and foresaw that countless eras later, a young man bearing the runes of sin and blood would be able to change the outcome of that war. That being was Liu Shen.]

Shi Hao was stunned when he saw the message.

[Shi Hao: Willow Goddess... she foresaw my existence?]

[Zhu Chen: Yes, the reason why the Willow Goddess underwent Nirvana and came to the lower realm to become your guide was not only to avoid the destruction of the Immortal Ancient Era, but also because she was waiting for you, waiting for you, this variable, to grow. Ye Fan's arrival was also because he sensed the same signs.]

[Lin Dong: Good heavens! Does that mean Brother Shi Hao is shouldering the responsibility of saving several eras? That's incredible!]

[Xiao Yan: No wonder that cauldron crossed time and space to find him. Brother Shi Hao, you're going to become the savior of all the heavens and myriad worlds!]

Shi Hao stared at the messages in the group chat in silence for a long time.

His gaze returned to the altar, and at that moment, the doubts and unease in his heart seemed to find some answers.

The call from that cauldron was not an enchantment, but rather a signal from a comrade from a future era, conveying a message that transcends time.

[Shi Hao: Big brother, what does this Ye Fan... need me to do?]

[Zhu Chen: You don't need to do anything right now. You just need to become stronger, strong enough to answer the call of that cauldron at some point in the future. The reason Ye Fan came to find you so early is because the situation on his side is not optimistic, and he is just making thorough preparations.]

[Shi Hao: I understand...]

Shi Hao took a deep breath and closed the chat group.

He took one last look at the altar. With his current strength, there was no way he could set foot on it; otherwise, he would end up like those corpses, reduced to ashes.

Even if he had the ability to ascend the altar and ride away on that cauldron, what could he possibly do?

As Zhu Chen said.

With his current strength, he is simply incapable of participating in that future dark upheaval!

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