You are all my wings!

"What do you mean by asking me this question?"

"I've already seen it. You've mastered the secrets of [Frozen Void]. Interesting. Even at the tenth level, it's difficult to learn a secret of this level. How could you master it ahead of time?"

Her graceful silhouette spoke slowly.

"This is what I gained from the [Investigation of Things], and it is also due to my innate talent."

Lyon said calmly:

"You suddenly pulled me back from the past to the present. Is it because you encountered something that forced you to bring me back?"

"The past? It seems you know which point in time this life-or-death reversal takes you to?"

Her graceful figure gave a slight smile.

"Yes, I was born around 91 years ago, right?"

Lyon said.

"Not bad, very accurate. It seems you've done a thorough investigation into the ages of the people around you. But have you ever considered that it might just be a time-space illusion?"

The voice, with its graceful contours, was calm.

"Are you referring to that kind of magic that seems to transform reality into illusion, creating vast worlds and mirages with the power of time and space?"

Lyon said.

"That's right, you do have some knowledge."

“You flatter me, but I don’t think so. What I experienced before is the very past.”

Lyon said with certainty:

"And the role I was born into was perhaps created out of nothing by Your Excellency's great power, forcibly inserting me into this spacetime, which caused many inconsistencies. And this abnormal spacetime, until my [Frozen Void] mystery was accidentally unlocked, also showed obvious flaws, so Your Excellency had to pull me back and repair this spacetime, right?"

"Oh? Why do you say that?"

Her graceful silhouette is undeniable.

Leon held up his index finger and said:

"First, the Sacred Tree was created by a great being, so it is not affected by ordinary spacetime anomalies. It possesses the great characteristic of being anchored to spacetime and remaining constant. As long as you are near it, it cannot be a spacetime illusion, but real spacetime."

Her graceful figure chuckled softly: "And then?"

Lyon extended his second finger:

"Secondly, once the Sacred Tree detects an abnormal spacetime shift, it will make a prophecy to inform the high-ranking beings of the Sacred Land. In the eighth year after my birth, the Sacred Tree gave a prophecy, calling me the Void Person, whose destiny is already predetermined! Since I am the Void Person, the so-called 'Bell' is just a false shell that you created using me, and my soul controls this shell. Once I complete the reversal of life and death, this shell will disappear."

This is the information he deduced based on the changes in the panel.

Her graceful figure and phoenix eyes sparkled with a subtle light.

"That's interesting. If 'Bell' is a fake, then how do you explain that he does exist in the memories of many people?"

"Because existence leaves a trace, the physical shell, though illusory, will continuously transform into reality as I, the real person, grow."

As he spoke, Lyon smiled slightly:

"Coincidentally, I myself have some research on material miracles and the transformation between reality and illusion, and I have created a technique called 'Elementary Deductive Return to Truth,' which has given me a thorough understanding of the principles of the transformation between reality and illusion, and thus I was able to see this fact."

He took the opportunity to deceive the other party. If the other party was truly the will of the Origin Goddess, the benefits of the essence of illusion and reality would be considerable once the deception was successful.

"He created a technique called 'Elementary Deduction: Return to Truth'? Interesting. Judging from the name, it's a magic technique that uses factual information to deduce reality?"

A graceful silhouette.

"Indeed, Your Excellency has discerning eyes."

Lyon secretly extracted the 'truth within falsehood', and this extraction was remarkable, as he extracted more than six hundred portions in one go. He quickly converted them into the essence of illusion and reality, thus increasing his total reserves to more than one hundred portions of the essence of illusion and reality.

He then continued:

"However, since you only distorted a portion of spacetime, the identity of 'Bell' will most likely only be known and remembered by those close to this identity. As for others with whom I have a shallow relationship, once I complete the life-and-death reversal and leave, they will completely forget this person. At most, they will remember that 'Hamra had a husband,' 'Herwiz had a younger brother,' and 'Bornius had a son who died unexpectedly,' right?"

"Interesting. Now you're starting to show the wisdom and talent that the first in history of the [Investigation of Things] stage should have. Being able to discover these anomalies even with your knowledge characteristics sealed is truly remarkable."

A graceful silhouette and a subtle voice.

"You flatter me, sir."

"What else did you discover? Continue."

"Then tell me again about your purpose in throwing me into that timeline. Anyway, you're probably still repairing that timeline anomaly, so you can't throw me back in to continue that past, right?"

Lyon paused for a moment before continuing:

"After confirming the above facts, I began to think about whether Your Excellency unintentionally brought 'Bell' into the world and led to the current situation in time and space, or whether it was based on some other purpose."

"Hmm, that's a good topic. Please continue."

Her graceful figure nodded slightly.

"First, I conducted some experiments and successfully observed some results."

Lyon laughed:

"For example, I orchestrated the reconstruction of the Cat People Kingdom and altered history, ensuring its successful reconstruction several decades later. This even attracted Bai Shaqilai, the only divination master in the world who had cultivated divination to the seventh level. Coincidentally, she is also one of my future wives. Our timelines collided, unlocking the secret of the [Frozen Void] that you had sealed."

The alluring figure raised an eyebrow at the phoenix eyes shrouded in mist, a glint of light flashing in her bright pupils:

"Oh? How can you be so sure that the Cat People's Kingdom can be successfully rebuilt in the next few decades?"

Lyon said:

"Although you have sealed most of my magic, including all of my divination arts, unfortunately, I am born with an unparalleled talent for miracle astrologers. So, in the past twenty years, I have found an opportunity to regain my mastery of divination. Through divination, I can see whether my experiments have been successful."

This is obviously a lie. He saw the success of the experiment from the panel rewards and then received the reward for superior divination skills.

Since deceiving her would be very profitable, Leon would naturally seize every opportunity to deceive her, perhaps the chance to advance to the sixth rank of the Deception Master was just around the corner.

Upon hearing this, her alluring figure paused for a moment, her dazzling gaze seemingly piercing through Leon's body, before she said:

"Interesting. To have learned divination without my observation is truly remarkable. How did you do it?"

Lyon laughed and said, "You may not know, but I am the founder of the profession of Miracle Astrologer. As for me, I naturally have some basic knowledge that doesn't need to be too profound, so I'm not afraid of being banned."

In reality, his divination skills were completely sealed away until he received a reward and regained them.

Her graceful figure then asked, "And then, what conclusions did you draw from this experiment?"

"No rush, let's talk about them one by one."

Lyon said:

"Because I have indeed changed the future, I think that in addition to testing my talent and seeing why I was able to achieve the first place in the history of the [Investigation of Things] Rank 1, you may also want to use me to slightly change some aspects of the future and make the world go as you wish."

"To make the world go the way I want it to?"

Her graceful figure chuckled softly:

"An interesting guess, go on."

Lyon then said:

"Even with your immense power, altering the past from several decades ago would likely be quite costly. Therefore, you need a time-space manipulator, someone like me who has the potential to create miracles, to send me to the past with minimal effort, create a physical body for me, and integrate me into that era. Then, with my power alone, you can significantly alter the course of the future. This way, you will minimize your costs and maximize your gains. To this end, you have already injected some subconscious thoughts into me beforehand."

As he spoke, Leon pointed to his head:

“You said that facing yourself directly gives you a greater chance to transcend life and death, transcend destiny, transcend time, and then hone a sufficiently wonderful essence of life. I deeply agreed with this statement at the time, because in the first eight life-and-death reversals, I was challenging the tribulations of the cycle of life and death. But in the ninth reversal, I sensed something was wrong.”

The graceful silhouette became clearer at this point, and some details of the clothing could be seen faintly.

She said, "What's wrong with it?"

"Because I couldn't figure out what my destiny was or what time I needed to cross, I later realized that you had unintentionally deceived me. You first made me go through eight flips to obtain some fragments of life-related authority, and then in the ninth flip, you made me think that I had completed the step of crossing life and death and that it was time to start crossing destiny."

Lyon laughed:

“But I received a hint from the prophecy of the sacred tree, which concerns my identity as ‘Bell.’ The prophecy speaks of ‘the man of nothingness,’ not ‘destined for nothingness.’ This is the essential difference!”

"Oh? What's the difference?"

A graceful silhouette.

Lyon said, “At first I thought it meant that my destiny was destined to be nothingness, but then I realized that was a misunderstanding. As I said before, the longer my soul controls that body, the more real that body becomes, and the more it integrates into that era. Therefore, my origin is nothingness, but my destiny becomes real, so that it can match the prophecy of the sacred tree.”

If destiny is to become real and integrate into the times, then what is there to overcome?

This is the problem that Lyon realized.

We can't drastically alter history and cause the favorable situation we create in the future to be completely different, can we?

The reason he chose to use the Cat People Kingdom for this experiment was naturally because the history of the Cat People Kingdom would have the least impact on his future self.

Her graceful figure asked in surprise, "Just this alone makes you think something's wrong with this ninth life-and-death reversal?"

"Most importantly, I don't want to change too much of the past."

Lyon said in a deep voice:

"I have benefited little from making too many changes, but you will certainly benefit greatly. In fact, you could say that no matter what I change, you will gain a lot, wouldn't you say?"

As she spoke, her graceful silhouette became increasingly clear.

Most of the clothing has been removed, revealing its surface color as a flowing, soft white light, while the underlying material is a rich, matte black. The combination of the two highlights the clothing's exceptional beauty, creating a remarkably balanced black and white effect.

“Very good, you have indeed hit the nail on the head. You have once again demonstrated your talent as the number one in history of the [Investigation of Things] stage.”

He praised her graceful figure.

"It seems that my decision to send you into the past was indeed a good one. In fact, I have already received a portion of the benefits from your historical changes."

As she spoke, her figure became increasingly clear.

Her long hair was tied up in a bun, revealing an exceptionally fair profile. Her features were hazy, except for the bright light in her phoenix eyes; the rest of her face was obscured by the mist.

A pale wrist emerged from the wide sleeve of her robe, while her five fingers remained shrouded in mist.

His attire was now fully revealed: a long robe with ancient patterns, light short boots, and a slightly flat, black bodice.

Her ankles were slender and moon-white, seemingly carrying a holy light in the mist.

"Look, thanks to you, my body is almost fully trained."

She smiled broadly.

Lyon's heart tightened slightly, and he said in a deep voice:

"What exactly are the benefits you're referring to?"

As he suspected, even a powerful figure like the other party wouldn't send him to the past just to observe his talents, and would deliberately fabricate a false identity to give Hamra a future husband out of thin air.

"Now that things have come to this, I might as well tell you that what I need is the essence of time and space created by your alteration of history."

Her graceful figure smiled:

"Even though the new location of the Cat People Kingdom is very secretive, the benefits it brings are quite astonishing because it has changed the fate of so many Cat People. That's why my slightly illusory body has become clearer and clearer. I have to thank you for this. You actually made such a big change. I have to say, I'm starting to like you. You truly deserve to be the number one in the history of the [Investigation of Things] level."

Lyon had anticipated this, so it wasn't surprising.

What he was more curious about was what exactly this essence was.

I can extract and transform the essence of the illusory and the real, while the other party says that after the trial of the "Life and Death Long Path", one can condense the essence of life.

By altering history, one can extract the essence of time and space.

Judging from the comparison before and after, the efficacy of the essence is so strong that even high-ranking deities crave it.

He then said, "In that case, would you like to make a deal with me?"

"A deal? Interesting. Aren't you angry?"

She asked with a smile, her graceful figure captivating.

"Your Excellency is clearly a great being. Although I was used by you, I did not come away empty-handed, so I am not angry."

Lyon smiled and said:

"Besides, as long as you agree to my deal, I will naturally make a profit, so why would I be angry?"

The so-called gain was, of course, learning the four elements of magic of the Holy Land school and mastering fire magic to the epic level.

Although it's not as good as the version of Tayamishili with six secrets in both the Ice and Time factions, the foundation has been improved and the understanding is in place.

"Then tell me what your deal is."

A graceful silhouette.