Above The Sky

Chapter 2010: 24: Two Hundred Million Years of Waiting (12,000-Word Chapter) (Part 2)

Capítulo 2010: Chapter 24: Two Hundred Million Years of Waiting (12,000-Word Chapter) (Part 2)

That was quite a long time ago, and the development seems different from reality.

Could it be… another possibility?

The Ashen King suppressed the curiosity and doubt in his heart and continued to watch from Ian’s perspective.

In this world line, most things developed in the same sequence. In the Southern Sea Great Labyrinth event, Ashen Ian, like the First Era, did not participate much, only entering the Southern Sea Great Labyrinth with Weyges at the end to fight the Swarm and finally witnessed Hiliard’s end with Yisen Gard and others.

[Really?!]

During this process, the Ashen King widened his eyes, and the dignified Fifth Energy Level also became a curious bystander.

Even he did not know many of the events within the Southern Sea Great Labyrinth, and it turned out Hiliard had already passed during that time. Doesn’t that mean Ian Silverpeak relied entirely on his own strength to develop the Arcane Pathway, rather than inheriting Yinaiga and Hiliard’s legacy as they thought?

Thinking about it like this, my defeat was indeed not in vain.

And that’s where the reversal happened.

It’s uncertain where the mistake occurred, perhaps just the ‘difference’ in the parallel space-time; the information on Weyges’s side was leaked— the new generation of Inspector Knights, who learned of Hiliard’s news, immediately rushed to Harrison Port at full speed, led by Deputy Commander Frostmark. Viscount Grant was controlled immediately, and the entire Harrison Port and the Southern Sea Great Labyrinth were under lockdown.

There were even rumors that His Majesty the Emperor was so moved by this news that he would personally visit this border of the Southern Sea.

Theoretically, the Sunbird, thinking of coming, would arrive the next second. But Ian knew that at this time, Axel was probably still at the edge of the Terra Solar System’s orbit dealing with his Calamity of Light, and would only return when he set off for the Imperial Capital, and the Imperial Capital should be just a projection avatar.

Come to think of it, the prophecy from the Hall of Ten Thousand Spirits was around that time, Axel should have known the news about Yisen Gard and the Southern Sea Great Labyrinth and departed back to the Imperial Capital, while he himself sensed the danger during the other’s return and went back to his hometown to farm.

By contrasting multiple space-times, more underlying logic of events can, in turn, be discovered.

But for Ashen Ian, this was the worst situation— although he had inherited The Unyielding Fortress, The Empire’s gaze was already on him. He couldn’t embark on the journey to the Imperial Capital or other adventures, and Yisen Gard, being the Emperor’s grandson, was directly protected.

There is only one way to escape the eyes of The Empire.

Run!

Run to the Fiery Flame Land, Whale Song Cliff, or Canaan Moore!

This choice might determine different paths, but obviously, Ashen Ian chose the Fiery Flame Land.

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Then…

Time began to accelerate.

[What?]

And the Ashen King was also shocked: [You joined the Fiery Flame Land? How did I not know?!]

[Wrong, why did you see this possibility yet not join the Fiery Flame Land?]

The Ashen King didn’t quite understand the essence of Ian’s Pathway prophecy, he thought it was merely Ian’s Seer’s Ability— directly seeing through the future of a certain possibility, so he suddenly couldn’t understand why he wouldn’t just follow the flow of time forward.

But soon, he also realized: [So that’s it, this is your Seer’s Ability… you must have seen a better future, which is the present you. But the future I see now is the potentiality derived from the cause and effect between you and me]

[In this future… as you see, could I burn for a time much longer than I imagined?]

“Exactly so.”

Ian softly responded, carefully observing every detail.

After Ashen Ian joined the Fiery Flame Land, he quickly gained the attention of the current King of Inferno Abyss. As a ‘temporary comrade’ with some connection to Hiliard and Yisen Gard, he met the Ashen King.

Then, rapid development followed.

The Ashen King’s nature destined him not to care how astonishing Ian’s talent was, instead accepting him without any concern.

And Ian, without a doubt, quickly advanced. After helping the Ashen King solve many local livelihood development problems and issues related to the development and progress of the Sublimation Path, he was directly appointed by him as the Crown Prince of Inferno Abyss, and next was to compete with other members of the Abassalom Bloodline for the ‘Top Seat’s Blood’ inheritance.

The competition process was rather cliché, nothing more than battle achievements, arena contests, and research paper publications, while Ian, in a series of seamless acts of showing off and fooling around, and with ultra-contemporary papers blew the minds (worldview) of a group of old-timers, smoothly became one of the top two heirs of the Fiery Flame Land.

Then, he revealed his identity as a Seer.

[Huh?] The Ashen King at that time had the same reaction as the real Ashen King, and even identically incredible: [You exposed your Seer’s identity only now? What were you wasting so much time for before?!]

“Mainly to collect data.” Ian pondered: “After such a competition, all the royal blood data of the Fiery Flame Land have been collected by me, and my prestige combined with being a Seer is unrivaled.”

Unlike The Empire, The Empire’s bloodline is too stable, and its forces too vast, unable to be changed easily like the Fiery Flame Land.

Having become the de facto second-in-command of the Fiery Flame Land, Ashen Ian found it extraordinarily easy to advance various social reforms and research on the Sublimation Path.