My health recovery is incredibly fast.

This unit of time can be used for all events and is therefore widely used by living beings.

So what is space?

If we consider the concept of space within the context of an absolutely material world, in the absence of magic, space possesses absolute materiality.

However, in the world that Xia Zuo is currently in, space is not absolute; it can be modified by magic or alchemy, such as creating a sub-plane with an area of ​​more than 100 square meters in a drawer as a storage space.

In this situation, spatial judgment relies more on data collected by the senses; that is, the higher the [perception] attribute value, the stronger the ability to control the space.

There are many spells and alchemy techniques that can secretly modify space without being detected by others.

Do these secretly modified spaces still exist at this time?

It exists, but only in the minds of those who know it.

Those unaware of it wouldn't believe its existence, and because these top-secret spaces are protected by extremely strong security measures, ordinary people are unable to detect their presence.

Imagine if someone secretly carved out a small sub-plane with a teleportation array in the southern ocean of the Western Continent.

This sub-plane was used for classified operations and could be destroyed at any time, causing it to collapse and disappear.

Its appearance and disappearance leave no trace in nature. Its energy aftershocks dissipate naturally, and the teleportation array inside is ejected by the sub-plane, crushed by the enormous water pressure, and turned into powder that falls onto the beach at the bottom of the sea.

It was an absolute secret, leaving absolutely no trace. In the eyes of the person who created the sub-dimension, no unrelated person in the world would know that this sub-dimension had ever existed.

Xia Zuo found this sub-plane that had been abandoned yesterday evening.

He did not use his blood element servants to go and investigate, nor did he cast a wide-range detection spell to search for any remaining energy fluctuations.

The entire search process took place in the underground alchemy chamber.

This was all because Xia Zuo had thoroughly understood the true meaning of [spacetime phase] and had learned how to use the [spacetime phase simulator] on his own.

If you want to find the whereabouts of the alien demons that invaded the Starry Night Kingdom, you don't need to deduce many future timelines, nor do you need to keep an eye on the few future timelines where alien demons appeared.

To stop the invasion of the Otherworldly Demons, we must find out where these Otherworldly Demons from the future came from.

Xia Zuo initially used a very clumsy method: record the spacetime information of the "Otherworldly Demons" in the future timeline, and then compare it with the Sands of Time in reality to find the movement routes of these "Otherworldly Demons" in the Starry Night Kingdom.

This is extremely inefficient.

After Xia Zuo gained a partial understanding of the laws of spacetime, he suddenly realized that he could achieve his goal simply by relying on [imagination].

For example, in reality, Xia Zuo decides to completely align himself with the Church of the Otherworldly Demons.

In the [Time Phase Simulator], almost every "Xia Zuo" in the future timeline will connect with the alien demons who have infiltrated the Starry Night Kingdom and go on a killing spree with them.

The information revealed by these distorted and inhumane future timelines far exceeds that of normal future timelines.

The same situation occurred when Xia Zuo first deduced the whereabouts of the Faceless Man. At that time, Xia Zuo was manipulated by the Faceless Man to join the Wild Element, and thus mastered the method of transforming the Temple Element into the Wild Element.

Only now, after being instilled with the laws of spacetime, has Xia Zuo fully realized that the [Spacetime Phase Simulator] is the true meaning of the [Imagined Future Simulator].

Ordinary conjecture is nothing more than a baseless fantasy that wanders the edge of reality.

However, Xia Zuo's "imagination" can be transformed into a real, well-founded future where all characters and props truly exist, with the help of the "space-time phase simulator".

On the spherical illusionary image surrounding Xia Zuo, the numbers represent the "degree of depravity" that Xia Zuo has set for himself.

He divided the degree of corruption into 100 levels, with level 1 being the lowest and level 100 being the highest. This included all levels of corruption, from stealing and robbing legal assets to killing civilians and temple members, and then to betraying the temple, joining the Church of the Otherworld, and falling into the state of a hybrid mage.

The different abstract symbols on the illusionary images represent characters, demons, events, items, and scenes that frequently appear in different timelines of "corruption." Xia Zuo collectively refers to them as "elements."

The patterns on the illusion image connect abstract symbols and indicate a sequence, representing time.

Whenever Xia Zuo adjusts his [Level of Corruption] and inputs an increasing number symbolizing increasing corruption, the patterns symbolizing [Time] and the symbols representing [Elements] will change.

The part that remains unchanged amidst change is the main storyline, while the part that changes is the subplot.

By taking all the main storylines [time] and [elements] out of context and analyzing the characters and otherworldly beings involved, we can deduce in reverse who the culprit is in this attempt to destroy the Starry Night Kingdom.

“The August family…” Xia Zuo clenched his fists, his crimson eyes blazing with rage. His icy gaze shifted from the August family crest to the demonic head beside it, “Gels Becky…”

"I saw it! I saw it all!" Xia Zuo suddenly shouted, raising his hands high, startling the little golden chaste tree in the corner.

"dirty!"

Xia Zuo conjured a sandbag made of silver sand in front of him and punched it hard with all his might.

"Bang!" The silver sandbag was shattered by a powerful punch. Xia Zuo's [Strength] was nearly 600 points. His full-force attack was enough to destroy the Mimar alloy plate 10 centimeters away and his own fist.

"mean!"

"boom!"

"Shameless!"

"boom!"

"They're all a bunch of bloodthirsty bastards!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Xia Zuo frantically pounded on the silver sandbag.

It wasn't because of the impending disaster facing the Starry Night Kingdom.

The unspoken future between the August family and the Church of the Otherworld is the root of Xia Zuo's resentment!

The claims that the Church of the Otherworld is hatching a massive army in an attempt to fight the Temple to the death, and that the Temple is recruiting soldiers to flatten the anti-magic field, are all false!

After Sodike Blackflag, who was monitoring the "fermentation vessel," died, all the "microorganisms" were actually free and no longer subject to Vasaksat's control.

There's absolutely no need for them to fight each other!

What all living beings should really do is to immediately dispel the creation smoke and leave this planet before Vasaksat arrives.

That so-called total war was nothing but a charade orchestrated by the August family and the higher-ups of the Church of the Otherworld.

Whether it was the fully assembled Temple army or the demon army that was about to hatch, they were all cannon fodder for resisting the vanguard of Vasaksat, and became sacrifices for the August family and the high-ranking members of the Demon Church to cover their own retreat!

Chapter 54: Occurring in the future but capable of influencing the past and present (This chapter is not recommended to skip).

The August family and the higher-ups of the Church of the Otherworldly were of one mind, and their plan was airtight and flawless, but it was ultimately forced to be interrupted due to some unexpected events.

The first unexpected event was that Nukoalov was captured by the Demon Hunter.

As the deacon of the Otherworld Church, Nukoalov's accidental fall into the hands of the Temple directly caused the Otherworld Church's process of incubating the Otherworld army to be put on hold.

Only the high-ranking officials of both sides, who possess firsthand intelligence, know how powerful the Vasaksat vanguard army outside the primordial smoke truly is.

The higher-ups of the Otherworldly Church knew that with Sodike Black Flag dead, all members of the Otherworldly Church were doomed and would inevitably be purged by the Starry Sky Otherworldly Demons.

The church leadership assessed that if the demonic army from the Dark Chamber dimension wasn't hatched, the Church's current military strength would only allow it to hold out against the Vasaksat vanguard for three to four days at most.

Four days later, the vanguard will break through the flesh wall and seize the [Saguma's Eternal Obsession] and the withered blood vessel that can recycle life force over a wide area, which Vasaksat bestowed upon the Church of the Otherworld.

In the future that Xia Zuo foresaw, he witnessed the fall of the Church of the Otherworldly Demons.

The vanguard did not spare the lives of the Otherworldly Church just because they were fellow Otherworldly beings.

With Sodike Black Flag dead, no one could prove the Church of the Otherworld's loyalty to Vasaksat. So, those who should have been killed and those who shouldn't have been killed, those who had contributed and those who had worked hard, were all slaughtered by the Starry Sky Otherworlders.

The higher-ups of the Church of the Otherworldly Demons foresaw this scenario and have therefore been seeking a massive amount of life force to activate the incubation process of the Otherworldly Demon army.

When the Church of the Otherworldly Demons fell into dire straits, the August family, who controlled the temple, also took stock of the situation.

To shut off the Creation Smoke, the Creation Crystal needs to be transported from the Creation Hall to the Great Volcano, and its enormous size used to block the crater.

Such a simple operating method leads to an awkward problem:

The sequence of events—placing the Genesis Crystal on the crater, closing the Genesis Smoke, the August family taking off, the rearguard family taking the Genesis Crystal to catch up with the main force, and the entire family leaving the planet with the Genesis Crystal—is impossible to complete.

Because the Creation Crystal is very heavy, it would take about three hours to remove it from the crater and move it into outer space. During this time, the Creation Smoke would restart, and the family members who were transporting the Creation Crystal would not be able to reach outer space in time.

The August family must choose between abandoning the Creation Crystal and fleeing the planet, or keeping the Creation Crystal and living a life of idleness on the planet.

The August family chose the former option—despite opposition from some within the family, it still received a majority vote.

The army of the Church of the Otherworldly Demons failed to hatch successfully, and the mage army under the Temple's control was insufficient to stop Vasaksat's vanguard. The August family understood:

Helping the Church of the Otherworldly Demons is helping yourself.

The August family must lend a hand to the Church of the Otherworldly so that the Otherworldly army can share the burden of Vasaksat's vanguard offensive.

There's no need to worry about the Church of the Otherworldly Demons attacking the Temple with their newly hatched army of Otherworldly Demons. The August family has mastered the timing of closing the Creation Smoke and can close it at any time before the Otherworldly Demon army arrives.

After careful consideration, sacrificing the Starry Night Kingdom became the most reasonable option.

The western continent is full of ignorant natives who, apart from contributing their life force, do not actually contribute much to the temple or the August family. They might as well become the "fuel" for the August family to escape to outer space and give off their last light and heat.

Thus, an evil plan was born, one that required no communication or exchange, relying entirely on foresight and tacit understanding.

Just then, a second unexpected event occurred that disrupted both sides' plans.

Kamashiberion of the [Land of Eternal Rest] could only learn about events in nature by reading the spirits of the dead.

Under such circumstances, the August family and the higher-ups of the Church of the Otherworld, who are very particular about secrecy, would not give Kamashiberlein the opportunity to learn about the plan.

When the ritual on the circular island went wrong, a rift appeared between the [Land of Rest] and the natural world. Kamashiberlein projected into the natural world and actively contacted the spirits of all living beings.

Therefore, all of August's plans were discovered by Kamahiberlein.

After learning of the plans of the August family and the higher-ups of the Church of the Otherworld, Kamashiberlein first used strange spiritual magic to warn the main forces of both sides, and then negotiated with all parties in the [Land of the Long Sleep].

If you pay close attention to the scene of the Holy Rune Clan entering the dimensional rift, you will notice that there are no August members in the Holy Rune Clan—at that time, the August family was in a meditative state fighting against Kamashiberian to prevent any of their spirits from falling into the enemy's hands.

The mass deaths of the Western Continent's inhabitants in a short period will create a torrent of spirits, destabilizing the dimensional barriers of the [Land of Long Sleep] and strengthening Kamashiber's influence over nature. This is Kamashiber's bargaining chip in its confrontation with August and the higher-ups of the Otherworldly Demons.

After a heated debate among the three parties, an escape plan acceptable to all three was confirmed, and the plan to sacrifice the lives of the creatures of the Western Continent was able to proceed as planned.

From the moment the August family conceived the idea of ​​escaping the planet to the eventual decision by the three parties to sacrifice the creatures of the Western Continent, an inconspicuous yet crucial force propelled this situation to a head.

That is the Golden Vitex clan to which Melina belongs.

In order to perpetuate their civilization, the Golden Vitex tribe first made a pact with the August family, and then became an ally of Kamashiberian.

The Golden Vitex Clan had actually informed the plants of nature. The sacrificial event that occurred on the circular island was also planned by the clan's elders. Their purpose was to expose the conspiracy between the August family and the Otherworldly Gauche to Kamashiberlein, thus demonstrating the Golden Vitex Clan's sincerity.

Melina, the little Golden Vitex, was unaware of this secret, as Natalie hadn't told her. That's why Melina told Shazo that a group of plants opposed to the Golden Vitex clan had revealed to the Faceless Man how to open the dimensional rift in the [Land of the Sleeping].

The Golden Bauhinia Clan, the August Family, the high-ranking members of the Otherworldly Demons, and Kamashiberlein—these four forces have used their wisdom to the fullest extent.

If Xia Zuo didn't have the support of a massive spacetime law, and without the [spacetime phase simulator] provided by his cheat system, he would have remained in the dark forever.