My cells devour all worlds.

The two dots spun around and suddenly expanded into two eyes, with a clock reflected in their pupils.

The second hand, minute hand, and hour hand suddenly began to rotate counterclockwise.

It was just a fleeting moment.

The golden monkey cake shrank and expanded, gradually returning to its original shape, and even the golden cudgel returned to Lu Sheng's shoulder.

This was precisely the ability he had deciphered from that ruby—time travel.

To be precise, it can control the flow of time.

As the clock faded, a majestic golden dragon was reflected in my pupils, only to vanish in an instant.

From the information he analyzed, Lu Sheng learned the name of the golden dragon—the Time Dragon, a powerful mythical beast in this world's legends that controls the flow of time and exists simultaneously in the past, present, and future.

Things that I didn't understand before suddenly became clear: that so-called mysterious person might just be himself.

I don't know when or why, but a drop of Time Dragon's blood was delivered to him ahead of time.

So Lu Sheng wasn't afraid at all; it was just a minor accident.

My skills are still a bit rusty.

Damn it, I told you to wait for him for a minute, why won't you wait?

Lu Sheng looked at the Ember Ape in front of him with an unfriendly expression, his pupils reflecting the movement of the clock hands.

The progress bar of the Ember Ape that he had just analyzed, as well as the progress bar that had not yet been fully analyzed, was instantly manually pulled to 100%.

Analysis complete, new power surges within the body.

What? You're asking why it works again when I just used it?

Nonsense, it will naturally recover once it's reverted. Isn't it normal to be able to use it?

What CD? I've already rewound, where did this CD come from?

"See? See? I told you he was alright."

The Extinction Ape pointed at Lu Sheng with one finger and said excitedly. Just as it finished speaking, it noticed the commotion around it and quickly extended its other three hands.

The crowd surrounding it stretched out Er Kang's hand, and the giant, over a hundred meters tall, actually took a big step back.

The Ember Ape roared loudly, as if it had been bullied, "Hey, hey, what are you doing? Are you going to gang up on a weak, pitiful, and helpless little monkey like me?"

???

Zhuang Jin's gaze was blank, not only because Lu Sheng had recovered completely, but also because of the shocking words spoken by the Jinmie Violent Ape.

How dare you, a monkey over a hundred meters tall, a terrifying being whose roar can annihilate everything within thousands of meters, say such a thing?

Where are you small? Where are you weak? Where are you pitiful?

The others also hesitated and stopped, their eyes all focused on the old man who had said the Ember Ape would destroy the world.

Someone couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Mo, are you sure it's going to destroy the world?"

It seems like there's no connection whatsoever, right?

The old man hesitated for a second, then his gaze hardened again, and his tone became certain, "The Alliance's records are inaccurate; these words were fabricated by it! It has become even more cunning!"

The Ember Ape protested, becoming extremely agitated, "What do you mean I made that up? You're slandering me! You're slandering me!"

"Besides, those are all old almanacs from so many years ago. I wasn't who I am now back then. I've been suppressed for who knows how many centuries. Isn't that enough?"

"Do you know how I've spent the last few hundred years? Do you know? I was trapped underneath, with nothing to talk to, nothing to touch, and I couldn't move an inch. The only time I could pass the time was when you held your competitions..."

The more the Ember Ape spoke, the more aggrieved it became, and the hundred-meter-tall giant sat on the ground and began to sob.

Large, crimson tears of lava streamed down his face.

The Extinction Ape wiped away its tears with all four arms, then glared at Lu Sheng.

"And you, why are you glaring at me like that? I didn't hit you just now, it was that Yan Yuxuan. I even chased him away for you, why are you still acting like you're going to hit me?"

"You all bully me, waaaaah... I've been suppressed for so long, and I've finally figured it out. Humans don't all seem so bad. I want to break free; I don't want to destroy the world, but nobody listens..."

The Extinction Ape seemed to have suffered a great injustice, crying and sobbing nonstop, as if it wanted to say everything it had kept bottled up inside for years.

This silenced everyone, making them seem like the bad guys who were bullying the kind-hearted.

"..."

Lu Sheng was holding the stick, not knowing what to do for a moment. Was this talkative, crying monkey in front of him really the world-destroying being that some people had said he was?

It doesn't look like it at all.

Didn't he get beaten up for nothing?

"Stop, stop, stop crying!"

Lu Sheng felt a headache coming on and threw his golden cudgel away.

The other end of the stick quickly extended and enlarged, and was stuffed into the mouth of the Ember Ape, blocking its mouth.

"Waaaaah... Click click~"

The Ember Ape paused, took two bites and chewed the stick to pieces, but then stopped talking.

Then, Lu Sheng sheathed his golden cudgel, turned to the old man, and asked, "What exactly is it? What did the Alliance record about it?"

Others who didn't know the situation also turned their attention to it.

Old Mo stroked his beard, a distant memory surfacing in his eyes. "It's a long story..."

"Then let's get straight to the point!" Lu Sheng interrupted.

Mo Lao choked for a moment, glanced at Lu Sheng, and then couldn't help but look at the obediently sitting silent Ember Ape. A thought flashed through his mind.

Could he have misremembered? This is also a monkey, so could this be the real one...?

As if guessing what Elder Mo was thinking, Lu Sheng's eyes turned dangerous.

"Cough cough..."

Old Mo quickly looked away and began to speak from his understanding, "The Alliance has records that before the Alliance was established, the continent was a single piece of land..."

As Mo revealed the secret known only to a few high-ranking members of the alliance, everyone immediately turned into vacuum cleaners, frantically inhaling the air.

"Hiss~ The Calamity Monarch, the World-Destroying Beast, the Annihilation Ape... It ravaged the entire continent, nearly destroyed the whole world, and almost wiped out humanity..."

Zhuang Jinyao covered her mouth, finding it hard to believe that the world was in this state because of the crybaby monkey in front of her.

And those exaggerated titles just don't seem to fit together at all.

Lu Sheng raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised. In this world, it actually required many divine beasts to seal it together, which showed how terrifying the Extinction Ape was.

The way everyone looked at the Ember Ape changed instantly; it seemed that this dangerous being had indeed been sealed away.

"Hey, why are you staring at me like that? Are you trying to lock me up again?"

The Ember Ape immediately became alert, shifting its rear end back slightly, its expression showing some fear.

"I didn't know anything back then, okay? I've been locked up for so long, I'm not the same anymore. You can't treat me like this, I don't want to be locked up anymore..."

The Ember Ape started yelling again, sounding like a little kid protesting, completely unlike the image of the Calamity Monarch that Old Mo had described.

"Old Mo, are we really going to make a move? He seems different from what the Alliance records."

A few people hesitated before speaking, then added in a low voice, "Besides, if it really is Him, it seems like we can't defeat Him anyway..."

They almost destroyed the entire world; how could they possibly stop them?

"I can't make that decision either; it should be decided by the alliance..."

Old Mo naturally saw it too. Looking at the surrounding ruins, he sighed and said, "But the Alliance now..."