You are all my wings!

"Clearly, your plan was partially disrupted by my [Frozen Void] secret, causing the plan to obtain the essence of spacetime to be incomplete. Once this spacetime anomaly is repaired, you will definitely throw me back into that past, right?"

Lyon said.

"That's right, and then what?"

A graceful silhouette.

"And do you think I would continue to change history after I learned this fact?"

Lyon said calmly:

"I will only put everything back on track, let 'Bale' leave at the right time, and let history remain history."

"Aren't you afraid I'll lock you into this part of history forever?"

A graceful silhouette.

"As long as I don't integrate into that era and continue to interfere with reality, the corrective power of the future timeline will gradually make me leave that timeline and return to where I belong."

Lyon said, "I just divined that this method is indeed feasible, but for some reason, you are limited by the [Life and Death Path] and cannot perform any actions beyond the [Life and Death Path]'s effects, right?"

Incidentally, after returning to the Long Stairway of Life and Death, he also quickly activated the Miracle Divination Technique to divine all the useful information, to be used when returning to the past.

His communication with the other party was essentially a way to buy time and create more opportunities for divination.

Judging from the situation, I'll definitely be thrown back into the past and used by her to extract the essence of time and space. Since that's the case, I might as well negotiate in advance and get some benefits.

Her graceful figure let out a soft hum:

"You're quite bold, aren't you afraid that your wrong guess will anger me and leave you completely locked in the past, unable to escape?"

Lyon shook his head and smiled slightly:

"No, Your Excellency is clearly in some kind of predicament. You were just very proud of yourself, proud of using me to obtain a lot of spacetime essence. And because you were too proud, you exposed a fact: your body is now incomplete. The mist around the [Stairway to Life and Death] is not actually your magic, but something that restricts you, isn't it?"

Her graceful features and phoenix eyes were slightly narrowed, her gaze dimmed, and she did not answer.

"Since you are silent, it seems I was right."

Lyon said:

"After all, Your Excellency possesses astonishing power, and you were able to fabricate and insert a false identity for me over a period of more than ninety years, and even make my identity real, so that it can exist permanently in the memories of certain people. I think even a twelfth-order god could not do this."

Having spent a long time with Astalia, he could roughly estimate the strength of a twelfth-tier being.

Very strong, almost invincible.

However, Astalia's mastery of spacetime is not strong, and in some specific areas of spacetime, she is even inferior to Tayamisili.

As a special being with dual origin laws, Taiyamishili can only master six ice and time-based mysteries, which shows how rare and precious time-based abilities are.

"Oh? It seems you're quite familiar with that twelfth-tier deity outside who opened the Ascension Staircase?"

Her graceful profile and calm voice were captivating.

"not bad."

Lyon nodded and said, "Furthermore, the Ascension Staircase connects to the Origin Land. Based on this, I believe that even if you are not the Goddess of Origin, you are very likely to have a great connection with this great being."

Her graceful figure said calmly, "It's not hard to guess."

“That’s right, that’s easy to guess. But the more crucial point is that, judging from your desire to use me to obtain the essence of time and space in order to free your body from this misty state, and the fact that you can’t directly attack me, you may be in a similar situation to me before, that is, being trapped in a certain time and space and unable to escape the [Life and Death Long Staircase].

As he finished speaking, Leon looked up and met her beautiful silhouette, a smile spreading across his face:

"And the timeline that was blocked for you is the time I traveled back to. You not only want to obtain the essence of time and space, but you also want to use me to completely break the blockade of that timeline, right?"

Her graceful silhouette remained silent.

"You were actually very cautious. Even when I guessed a lot of information, you still didn't reveal your final purpose. You only said that the first purpose was the Essence of Time and Space. But what you didn't expect was that my Miracle Divination Technique had already reached the point where I could overlook time and space. Given time, all the answers would be in my grasp."

As Leon spoke, he pointed to the other person's facial features:

“I don’t care about your identity. What I care about more is whether you want to make this deal with me.”

Her graceful figure paused for a moment in thought, then slowly said:

"Indeed, no wonder you achieved the highest ranking in the history of the [Investigation of Things] level. Even though your talent is slightly inferior, your unique wisdom is enough to make up for it. In that case, before we discuss the transaction, you are entitled to know my name. My name is Cheng Erheli. Do you know that?"

Lyon raised his eyebrows slightly.

Cheng Erhe Li?

Isn't this the goddess of life, the mother goddess of Astalia in mythology?

"Then, what is your relationship with the Goddess of Origin? As far as I know, the one who controls the ascendant to godhood is the Goddess of Origin."

"Leon asked."

He suspected that the other party was deceiving him again.

If the other party is truly the God of Life, it's impossible that he wouldn't react to the life seal on his chest.

However, it is also reasonable for a god of life to appear on the [Stairway to Life and Death].

However, a memory of unknown origin in his mind reminded him that the other party was most likely the will of the Goddess of Origin.

Have you ever heard of pure elemental spirits?

"Cheng Erhe Li" asked.

"I know."

Lyon nodded.

"If you know that, then it's simple. I am a pure elemental spirit of light born at the end of the Eden Era. I started by studying the laws of purifying life with the element of light. After many years, I successfully condensed three life authority, and thus I am known as the God of Life. I am quite famous."

'Cheng Erhe Li' said slowly:

"But after the end of the era, I ended the era. When I was covered in wounds, I was suddenly summoned back by the Goddess of Origin. She used my accumulated power and authority to make me a clone of her will, and put me in charge of the [Life and Death Long Path] to select geniuses for her. Until I discovered you, the number one in the history of the [Investigation of Things Long Path], I realized that the opportunity to break free from control had arrived."

Leon shook his head:

"You're quite good at making up stories, but unfortunately, there's a huge flaw in your story. You can't possibly be the God of Life, Cheng Erheli!"

Chapter 448 Hamra: You are both Bell and Lyon, aren't you?

"Can't I be Cheng Erhe Li?"

'Cheng Erhe Li' chuckled: 'Then tell me, what flaws are there?'

Lyon carefully listened to the changes in the other person's voice, then smiled and said:

"It's very simple. First of all, you don't recognize the identity of that twelfth-order god outside, but if you were Cheng Erheli, it would be impossible for you not to recognize her."

'Cheng Erheli's' phoenix eyes flickered slightly: "Oh? I absolutely must get to know her? What's the reason for that?"

"That would be a big problem."

Leon did not reveal Astalia's identity, but simply said:

"The first flaw is that someone you must know but don't."

"Oh?"

"The second flaw is that if you are the God of Life, how could you not recognize the Life Curse Mark on my chest?"

Lyon pointed to his chest.

This curse mark was personally certified by Astalia as the curse mark of the God of Life.

At first, Lyon did have doubts about whether the forest apostle was the god of life.

He had previously suspected that the Forest Apostle was not the God of Life because if she truly was the God of Life, then the constraints that prevented her from becoming a god would likely not be able to suppress her.

This way, she wouldn't let Machiru go just because she needed new knowledge of life alchemy.

But after meeting Jiajia Li, Leon had no more doubts.

Because Jiajiali clearly lost her memory due to the shattering of her power.

Therefore, based on Astalia's previous judgment, it can be inferred that the Forest Apostle is most likely Cheng Erhe Li, who lost his memory after his authority was destroyed.

Her situation should be much better than Jiajiali's, but she has lost most of her abilities, which is why she is in a strange state where she is not afraid of the gods, but needs life alchemy to break through to become a god.

Since he deduced that the original Chengerheli was in the God's Ruins, then the other party must be a fake.

"Life Seal?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Erheli's phoenix eyes flashed as she swept her gaze over Lyon's body once more.

After a moment, she said, as if amused:

"So that's how it is. This life seal was hidden so deeply. No wonder you said I wasn't Cheng Erheli. It seems you've seen another version of me."

"Another you?"

"That's right. Who told you that Cheng Erheli is only one? As the God of Life, isn't it perfectly reasonable for him to create multiple incarnations?"

"Hehe, if you want to acknowledge this identity, fine, I won't expose you anymore."

Lyon narrowed his eyes.

In fact, he had always felt that the other person looked familiar, but when he tried to say the name, it was as if it was sealed shut and he couldn't say it.

Clearly, the person in front of me must be someone I've met before, but not someone I'm close to; someone I've only met a few times and haven't interacted with much.

Then, he also took the profits from the previous fraud.

This time, the amount extracted was less than before, but there were still five hundred 'fake within real' samples, which was not bad. He then easily converted them into virtual and real essences, bringing the total number of samples to over one hundred and fifty.

"Let's talk about a deal."

Lyon said, "First, I can help you make minor changes to history, but I need you to explain clearly what kind of changes will yield the maximum amount of spacetime essence, and that I want 70% of it."

"Seventy percent?"

'Cheng Erheli' sneered: "You've got a good plan, but no way! It's more like I'll get 70% and you'll get 30%. Without me, even if you change history, you won't be able to extract the essence of time and space or go to the past. Even without you, I can have other people. At most, those people are not as talented as you and can't make big changes in a short time. But little by little, I can get out of trouble."

"But this is probably your only chance left."

Lyon smiled slightly:

"This Ascension Staircase will only be open for seven days, and almost a day has already passed. In the remaining time, it is unlikely that anyone else will be able to reach this [Staircase of Life and Death]. Since you did not tamper with the [Staircase of Investigation], but could only appear on this [Staircase of Life and Death], it means that your interference is limited to this, isn't it?"

'Cheng Erhe Li' narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly.

"Sir, in the remaining seven days, the number of people who have reached the [Stairway to Life and Death] is very small. Most of them are probably still wandering around in other zones, aren't they?"

'Cheng Erhe Li' remained silent for a moment.

Lyon laughed:

"How about this, I'll compromise a little. If you tell me how to extract the essence of time and space, I can accept a 50/50 split, how about that?"

"To extract the essence of time and space, you must at least understand the five time system mysteries: [Condensing Void], [Tampering with Time], [Descending Light], [Refining Yin], and [Refining Years]. You only know one: [Freezing Void]. You're dreaming."

Upon hearing this, 'Cheng Erheli' broke his silence, his words laced with sarcasm.

"Mastering these five secrets will allow you to extract the essence of time and space?"

Lyon seemed to be deep in thought. Among the epic natural disaster, the Great Cold Wave, that Tayamishi taught him, there were two secrets hidden within it.

"This is the most basic. Once you learn it, you will naturally understand how to extract it. As for other mysteries of the time system, the more the better. The more you master, the easier it will be to extract them."

"Cheng Erhe Li" said.

Lyon understood and said, "Then could you teach me the magic that contains these mysteries? It's a win-win situation, and we don't have any fundamental conflict, do we?"

"No."

'Cheng Erhe Li' said calmly:

"What do you think the secret is? It's the core of every god's lifelong cultivation, and it can't be passed on casually. Moreover, if you use the power of the [Life and Death Path] to travel back to the past, the high-level knowledge you originally possessed will be sealed no matter what, so even if you think about bringing knowledge with you, it's useless."

Lyon seemed to be deep in thought. It seemed that the [Long Staircase of Life and Death] itself was limiting the alteration of history.

Because if someone who travels back in time is weak, they will be like water entering the ocean, causing no ripples.

But if one is strong, it is like a river flowing into the sea, with surging waves.

However, looking at it this way, Tayamishi is quite kind, as she is always willing to teach her secrets.

"Moreover, don't think that just because you've gleaned some intelligence and extracted some information, you can control the situation."