Su Ming entered the River of Time, observing the illusory node from a hundred years ago as it slowly self-evolved, aligning with the illusory historical timeline.
Before the alignment, there was never a blood-red hole in the illusory world of this node, signifying the Shura God was unaware this timeline had been altered.
"Interesting. He can detect it at the Douluo 1 node, but not at this one."
Su Ming pondered thoughtfully.
The changes he made this time were actually quite significant, even actively involving the Shura God, all to verify certain things.
Now, he roughly had an idea.
"The key node is likely Tang San himself."
Su Ming recalled that the Shura God's sudden intervention in the illusory history occurred precisely because Su Ming had targeted Tang San.
Remember, the initial scope of the illusory history was limited, confined only to the Douluo Continent, without the God Realm.
Su Ming had only altered the course of events on the Douluo Continent, which was why that segment of history was expelled by the River of Time.
But the God Realm hadn't been affected by Su Ming.
Yet, simply because Su Ming wanted to kill Tang San, the Shura God had intervened.
"Tang San is extremely important to the Shura God!"
Thinking of the Shura God's repeated attacks, a strong impulse surged in Su Ming's heart: to have his Douluo 1 main body charge into Slaughter City, drag Tang San out, and kill him.
Among the three time points and three main bodies, Su Ming from Douluo 1 seemed the most free, plundering divine trials everywhere. Yet, he was also the most constrained because the Shura God had directly killed him too many times.
In terms of frustration, he surpassed even Su Ming from Douluo 2.
In Douluo 2, Tang San at least didn't dare make a peep.
In Douluo 1, the Shura God truly treated the God of Destruction's words as empty air, directly attacking Su Ming multiple times.
If he could make the Shura God suffer, Su Ming would definitely do it.
Considering this, Su Ming left behind a strand of consciousness, activated "Millennium in an Instant", and used this consciousness to sense the gradually evolving progression of the illusory history from this node onward.
His main consciousness then returned to his main body.
Douluo 1.
Su Ming rubbed his chin, looking towards the direction of Slaughter City.
"Now, I have a legitimate reason to go there."
While he was contemplating, the evolution of the illusory history was completed.
The River of Time was highly efficient.
The moment the past changed, the subsequent evolution was finished.
However, this evolution wasn't about the future; it was helping Su Ming evolve the illusory history.
Su Ming had leveraged the power of the River, making it work for him.
Logically, only changes in factors after the current node would affect later timelines, prompting the River of Time to exert force and evolve a new future.
Yet now, within an already established past, Su Ming altered an even more distant past. The River of Time still had to fabricate a plausible pretext for him, stitching the two illusory pasts together.
"An Abyssal channel. There's an Abyssal channel in Slaughter City."
Su Ming understood.
A smile appeared on his face.
Because he possessed the rank of Lord of the Plane, although he didn't constantly maintain that state, he received all pertinent information.
Thus, he could clearly sense that parts of the previously unclear, illusory portions had changed.
Slaughter City now had a channel connecting to the Abyss.
The Shura God, who also sensed this change, felt his own memories altering.
His expression changed dramatically.
"So someone was scheming against me even back then!"
His hair stood on end, and his entire being was on high alert.
"No, it wasn't someone back then scheming against me. It's Su Ming. It's the future Su Ming targeting my even more distant past!"
The Shura God was both shocked and furious.
He even began to feel fear.
The enemy encountered by his future, transcended self must be incredibly terrifying. Not only did they trace back to the source, finding the weak, formative period of his substitute, but they also used this anchor point to probe even further into the past.
The Shura King was terrified out of his wits.
"He altered the more distant past and added an Abyssal channel. For what purpose?"
"While maintaining his Su Ming identity in this era to continue sniping at me, he also created an Abyssal channel in Slaughter City over a hundred years ago."
"Could it be..."
The Shura God's expression shifted slightly.
This Su Ming intended to enter Slaughter City!
He was going to target Tang San again.
He planned to eliminate Tang San even before achieving godhood.
"Damn it! Seeking death!"
Enraged, the Shura God was about to strike with his sword, but then he froze, realizing that striking across the dimensional barrier now posed absolutely no threat to Su Ming.
"I can't wait any longer. My entire direction was wrong from the start!"
Because he had identified Su Ming as a future opponent, the Shura God had directly confronted him, forgetting the enemy's true objective.
"He went to great lengths to alter history to deal with Tang San in his infancy. Without Tang San, I lose my substitute. My future, transcended self would fall from the position of Supreme Divine King and undoubtedly perish."
Yet, the Shura God had gotten himself entangled. He had treated Su Ming as a direct rival, and after finding he couldn't kill Su Ming, aimed to prevent him from becoming a god.
He only hated himself for being too careless.
His current self only knew the mystery of transcendence and could realize this point. He hadn't yet experienced true transcendence, so his understanding of the thoughts of a post-transcendence Supreme Divine King was still insufficient.
Typical lower-realm thinking!
"Detestable Su Ming, taking advantage of my lack of comprehension of the supreme mysteries at this stage!"
The Shura God's established strategy was to stop Su Ming when he ascended to godhood. But Su Ming's target was Tang San, not godhood itself.
"By adding the Abyssal channel, his entry into Slaughter City becomes justified. And moreover—"
The Shura God's expression turned extremely ugly.
Because his past self from a hundred years ago had left the Abyssal channel, even reinforced it. Although he had convinced the God Realm Committee, he had also lost complete autonomy over that area, with the Gods of Destruction, Life, the seven Elemental Gods, and the seven Sin Gods intervening.
"Damn it! History shouldn't be like this. He's recklessly tampering with history!"
A sense of powerlessness filled the Shura God's heart.
Unbeknownst to him, his own history had been tampered with.
"But I have no way to warn my past self to be cautious."
This was what most unnerved him.
The period he could most effectively guard against was the time after Tang San's reincarnation onto the Douluo Continent.
Yet the opponent had already pinpointed an earlier period in history and altered it.
And his past self was completely unaware, allowing the alterations to happen, even personally acting to change history without detecting any anomalies.
The more he thought, the more horrified the Shura God became.
"No, I can't remain passive any longer. If this drags on, Tang San is doomed!"
Future self, hurry up and act!
The enemy is attacking the past; aren't you going to retaliate?
The Shura God resented his future self for not providing any assistance for so long.
"I can only rely on myself. I must find a way to utterly kill Su Ming, to destroy his means of resurrection."
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