Legend Management Bureau Chapter 446

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The Terminator jolted in shock at Du Yu’s words. A chill washed over his body. He clearly felt like he had been played, yet he couldn’t fathom what the other party stood to gain by deceiving him.

If he didn’t want to surrender his identity as Time, then why did he seek out someone else to take up the mantle?

The next second, Du Yu vanished before his eyes.

The Terminator hastily opened his eyes, returning to the Cave of Time.

He found Du Yu already back in human form, standing a short distance away, while he himself was now seated on the stone stool.

“Time, rest assured,” Du Yu said, giving him a nod. “I will definitely come back to save you.”

“You… you…” the Terminator stammered, his lips trembling as an incredibly ominous premonition flared in his heart.

Smiling, Du Yu slowly strolled to the entrance of the cave and examined the brand-new magic array.

His entire body erupted into flames as he channeled a boundless force into his right hand, shattering the array to pieces.

From this moment onward, this door would no longer have a guardian.

In this timeline, You Si would never appear again.

In all the days to come, the new Zhan Qisheng and the new Du Yu would also cease to exist.

“What are you doing?!” the Terminator cried out, frantically trying to stand from the seat. However, he discovered that his flesh had already fused with the stone stool. Try as he might, he couldn’t move an inch.

“Don’t be afraid, Time. There is no one guarding this door anymore. Whenever you are able to leave, the path is open.” Wreathed in a raging inferno, Du Yu glanced back at the Terminator.

“You really are a lunatic! A complete madman!!” the Terminator roared. “With You Si gone, I will be trapped here for eternity!! You lied to me!! I can never leave!!”

Du Yu reigned in his flames, shifting back into human form, and silently shook his head. “Did you not hear me? Time, I will come back to save you. So, whether You Si exists or not is completely irrelevant.”

“Do you honestly think I will believe you anymore?!” the Terminator spat through gritted teeth.

“You will,” Du Yu said with a faint smile. “If you do not believe me in this cave, who else can you trust?”

“You…” The Terminator knew he had fallen into a trap, but he genuinely had no other options.

“Relax. My ultimate goal is to shatter this Reincarnation Cycle. Erasing You Si at the source was merely the first step.” Du Yu slowly approached the Terminator and murmured, “As long as you do a few favors for me, we will both be liberated from this curse.”

“A few favors…?” Time glared at Du Yu. “Why should I do anything for you? You are also Time now. Anything I can do, you can…”

“No,” Du Yu interrupted smoothly. “These specific tasks happen to require two entities of Time to accomplish.”

Time fell silent, his hesitation palpable.

If he helped Du Yu, only for the man to go back on his word, he truly would be bound to this stool for all eternity.

He was experiencing something that no previous Time had ever endured. Just on his first day sitting on this stone stool, he already felt like he was losing his mind.

“Stop overthinking it. Without You Si, you have no way out. Whether it takes ten thousand years or a hundred million, the result is the same—you will never be able to leave. Furthermore, there is absolutely no need for you to alter your own timeline anymore, because only by helping me can I provide you an escape.”

Time pondered for a long while before realizing something incredibly eerie.

The Du Yu standing before him didn’t seem to be lying.

His true obsession was indeed shattering this Reincarnation Cycle.

“W-What do you need me to do?”

Du Yu smiled faintly. His fingertip ignited into a flame as he carved several lines of text into the stone wall.

Time stared with widening eyes, his lips trembling uncontrollably. “Why are you writing down these names…?! Just what exactly are you trying to—”

“I am going to kill them,” Du Yu stated plainly. “And you… you simply need to fulfill your duties as Time. That will be considered helping me. Do we have a deal?”

Time contemplated in silence for a long time before offering a slow nod.

Two distinct thoughts swirled in his mind.

First, he finally grasped the sheer magnitude of the gap between them.

After a million years of evolution, the other party’s intellect had ascended to a terrifying, unfathomable level. There was absolutely no way he could outsmart him.

Second, the man before him genuinely wanted to break this Reincarnation Cycle, and he was actively laying the groundwork to do so.

“Since we have an understanding, I will be on my way.”

Du Yu was just about to leave when Time spoke up again. “One last question… You are not on this list. What do you plan to do about yourself?”

“Me…?” Du Yu smiled faintly, looking up at the list blazing upon the wall. “I exist entirely outside the flow of time now. Whether I am here or not no longer matters.”

The moment his words faded, a shadowy figure abruptly materialized before Du Yu’s eyes. The apparition sneered and screamed, “Liar! Liar! Liar!”

Du Yu viciously swatted his hand, shattering the illusion before him. Gritting his teeth, he turned and left the cave.

This “Supreme Gamble” was finally drawing to a close, and his odds of winning had reached unprecedented heights.

But it was exactly at a time like this that he could least afford to lower his guard. A single, minor misstep could doom countless worlds.

…

In a certain timeline, a bare-chested youth was bound to a wooden post.

A mob of villagers encircled him, holding torches and shouting vicious curses.

Suddenly, a figure wreathed in raging flames descended from the sky, leaving the crowd completely dumbfounded.

“You won’t be able to burn him to death like this,” a detached voice echoed from within the flames. “He possesses an immortal physique. If you want him to die…”

The burning figure slowly placed a hand upon the youth. In an instant, the flames leaped onto the boy’s body, drawing a bloodcurdling, agonizing scream from his throat.

In mere moments, he was reduced to a charred corpse.

…

Within a rocky cavern, two infants were screeching fiercely, guarding their territory.

In a flash, two Fireballs hurtled forward, shattering their defensive array and slamming directly into the infants.

…

Throughout this tragic timeline, an indescribable entity of flame darted back and forth.

He appeared to be slaughtering with reckless abandon.

Whether they were involved or completely innocent.

Whether their names were recorded in history or lost to time.

Whether they were Ghosts trapped at the bottom of a river, or Mortals dwelling in the human realm.

One after another, they were reduced to ash by this bizarre, terrifying flame.

It was even said that this flame had once pierced straight into the Underworld without alerting a single Immortal Being, where it incinerated a fairy from Heaven right upon the Naihe Bridge.

Having finished all of this, Du Yu smiled faintly. He froze time entirely, then departed for his next destination.

Time: 219 BC.

Location: The islands of the Eastern Sea.

Figure: The descent of Du Yu.

To shatter this entire Reincarnation Cycle, this would be his penultimate step.

As long as he could find the “Reversing Cause and Effect Formula” before Xu Fu, all the timelines would finally unify.

Relying on a cultivation base that had long since transcended the Three Realms, Du Yu flew swiftly across the islands of the Eastern Sea. Like a blazing meteorite, he continuously tore through the sky.