Outside Lu Zheng's palace, layers of restriction barriers were stacked one upon another.
Ning Xian stood in the void, looking at those restrictions with a cold gaze.
This actually saves some trouble...
With so many restrictions set up, no one outside would know what happened within, so there was no need to hide her presence.
Furthermore, since her junior brother's laws of lust were already inside Lu Zheng's body, she could just go in and kill him directly.
She raised her hand.
The laws of space surged.
The restrictions seemed to be pushed aside by an invisible hand, and a gap silently cracked open.
Then, she stepped inside.
...
Inside the hall.
Lu Zheng was sitting cross-legged on a meditation cushion.
A faint crimson light swirled around him, and his expression was calm.
Only when he sensed someone entering did he open his eyes.
Seeing it was Ning Xian, his face showed no surprise, as if he had known all along.
He then spoke with a smile. “Lady Ning has arrived.”
Ning Xian didn't say a word; she simply began to release her aura.
Space was instantly and forcibly locked down, and a sharp, frost-like sword intent continuously poured out from her.
Though she was only at the first level of the Golden Immortal realm, she somehow suppressed Lu Zheng so much that he could barely breathe.
Yet, the smile remained on Lu Zheng's face.
“Wait, wait.”
He raised his hands, signaling that he was harmless.
Ning Xian, naturally, ignored him.
Twelve crimson heavy pupils slowly split open within her eyes, and her laws of heavenly mechanism operated at full power.
In her pre-visualizations, Lu Zheng remained completely defenseless. No matter what he said next, he was dead.
She raised her hand, pressing two fingers together like a blade.
Sword intent instantly pierced through space, pointing straight at Lu Zheng's brow!
Lu Zheng's pupils constricted slightly.
This woman... really isn't giving me any chance at all?
He shouted urgently, “Regarding Fang Xuan's matter...”
The sword intent stopped an inch before his brow, advancing no further.
Ning Xian looked at him, her gaze icy.
Regarding her junior brother...
...
Fang Xuan, meanwhile, was momentarily stunned inside the space. Senior Sister had told him to hide there to prepare for a sneak attack.
So, he also heard Lu Zheng's words.
His matter? What matter?
He also looked toward Lu Zheng from within the space.
Lu Zheng, despite being pointed at by the sword intent, remained unhurried.
He knew he had made the right gamble. As long as he mentioned Fang Xuan, this woman would definitely stop.
Ning Xian spoke again, her voice as cold as ice.
“Speak.”
She did not withdraw the sword intent.
Instead, she split it into countless fine threads that bypassed his head and directly blasted half of the great hall behind him into fragments.
Boom—!
Debris flew everywhere, and dust filled the air.
What a ruthless woman... Lu Zheng took a deep breath.
His current strength was only at the Immortal Venerable level; he might not even be able to defeat an ordinary Golden Immortal.
Let alone these two true monstrous geniuses.
He continued, “Once comprehension of the laws of time reaches a certain level, a backlash is inevitable.”
Ning Xian narrowed her eyes. As expected, she hadn't been wrong to want him dead. This person knew... too much.
Once she finished questioning him, he had to be killed.
“What kind of backlash?” she asked.
Lu Zheng looked at her and spoke calmly. “One will get lost in time, never to return.”
Ning Xian remained silent, then she raised her hand.
Space compressed.
The void around Lu Zheng suddenly tightened, like an invisible hand gripping his entire body.
He groaned, a trace of blood leaking from the corner of his mouth.
“Stop, stop!” he quickly waved his hands. “In this world, only I have a way to resolve this...”
Ning Xian stopped again, her eyes a mix of killing intent and hesitation.
He might be lying to her.
But regarding her junior brother... she didn't dare to gamble.
She could only bite her lower lip and wait to draw out more information.
At that moment, space rippled slightly.
Fang Xuan also stepped out from the rift, standing beside Ning Xian.
Seeing him, Lu Zheng took another deep breath.
Good thing I got straight to the point... and didn't wait to be attacked.
If he had kept being secretive, these two calamities would likely have left him without even a divine soul in an instant.
Fang Xuan also stared at him, his threat clear. “You’d better be telling the truth.”
He didn't say anything more, but in his heart, he was already pondering.
A backlash from the laws of time...
Would the progress given by the system also lead to this?
Or was what the system rewarded different from what one comprehended themselves?
Seeing that Fang Xuan was silent, Lu Zheng quickly continued his explanation.
“Once the laws of time are cultivated to a certain point, the backlash will begin.”
He pointed to himself. “I am the example.”
“At first, it's just the body being reversed by time, and then... the entire person is pulled into a previous world.”
Fang Xuan was slightly dazed.
A previous world?
Blue Star.
For some reason, he suddenly thought of this.
That world with high-rise buildings, BBQ skewers, and beer... the world where he had lived for over twenty years.
To be honest, he had always wanted to go back and take a look.
After all... everything he once knew was there, those mundane yet warm days.
Moreover, Blue Star was no ordinary place; wasn't this original novel written by someone from Blue Star?
And since he had transmigrated from Blue Star, there would always be some connection, or it might even be related to Senior Sister's rebirth.
But...
He looked at Ning Xian beside him.
Senior Sister was more important.
He took a deep breath, suppressing that bit of yearning in his heart.
Lu Zheng continued.
“Only by truly returning from that world can one completely master the laws of time.”
Fang Xuan looked at him.
“How do I go?”
Hearing Fang Xuan speak, Ning Xian was also slightly stunned. She looked at Fang Xuan.
Her junior brother was usually very cautious, but this time, he seemed somewhat anxious.
She didn't speak, just watched him quietly.
Sensing her gaze, Fang Xuan also snapped back to his senses.
He had been a bit too hasty just now. Would Senior Sister notice something?
...
Lu Zheng didn't notice any of this and only gave a bitter smile.
“Go? You don't need to 'go.' It comes to find you.”
He paused.
“When your laws of time reach a certain level of cultivation, it will naturally pull you in. There's no avoiding it.”
Fang Xuan frowned. “Then how do I come back?”
Ning Xian pulled on Fang Xuan's hand, wanting to leave. For some reason, she felt irritable.
Why listen to this Lu Zheng's nonsense about some 'previous world'?
In her junior brother's previous world, she certainly wouldn't exist.
“Why believe him? Let's kill him now and go back with me.”
“Wait a moment, Senior Sister,” Fang Xuan said, and Ning Xian couldn't pull him away.
Her eyes reddened slightly. Her junior brother was actually being so disobedient; she would definitely have to punish him severely when they got back.
On the surface, she just looked angry, but only she knew that her heart was filled more with unease... and fear.
“I can prove it,” Lu Zheng said at that moment.
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