"Is this... the power of history?"
"Dark Night, this time you escaped, but... I have discovered your secret..."
"I've caught up to you, we're now at the same starting line."
"Next time, you won't be so 'fortunate'..."
"Dark Night... fight with all your might, for everything you have will be mine sooner or later."
"Hehe... Hahaha..."
The indistinct face laughed heartily, twisted and swelled, eventually collapsed and vanished into smoke.
Yet, in Charlotte's mind, it was as if thunder echoed, causing her to shiver violently...
Dark Night...
He called me Dark Night!
Charlotte's eyes widened slightly, shocked at heart.
Originally, she thought she had stumbled upon this era's mysterious "god," but the opponent's address indicated that they actually knew her true identity.
The opponent's attitude clearly showed it wasn't their first meeting, the opponent recognized her.
Obviously, the opponent wasn't this era's deity; they came from the same era as her!
The opponent was exactly what was behind the "door" deep within her consciousness from the afterlife.
Charlotte instantly linked many things, thus forming a conclusion that made her scalp tingle—
The entity behind the "door" might have crossed over to this era with her.
This assertion sank Charlotte's heart.
If the entity behind the "door" could also traverse history, then that would be troublesome.
Charlotte was almost certain that "Lilith" created the Blood Holy Scripture to facilitate her time travel, intending for her to correct history, fill its fractures, or even replace the existence of the "Blood True Ancestor."
And the combatant was supposed to be the entity behind the "door."
Yet now, it seems the entity behind the "door" has also gained the power to traverse time and space.
"So... did the entity behind the 'door' cause the incongruity I felt with the Old Gods' army?"
"He also crossed into this era; He altered the Old Gods army's goals, causing the Old God Priest to target Lilith, and those two 'Demigods' to ambush nearby..."
"Thus, the Old Gods army's inconsistency in objectives arose; initially, they did invade the Free City State Alliance opportunistically, but midway, their war objectives changed."
"My passage this time relied on 'Lilith's' identity; since the entity behind the 'door' also crossed over, then... does He have his own 'identity' in this era?"
"His identity in this era... is it the backer of those two 'Demigods'?"
At this moment, Charlotte contemplated many things.
Furthermore, recalling the words before the indistinct face dispersed, Charlotte thought of more:
"So... is the entity behind the 'door' aiming to prevent me from altering history, stopping 'Lilith's' plan?"
"He crossed into this era... does He want to prevent historical change? Is His assault against Royena also part of His prevention?"
"Then... why Royena? Does Royena possess any special significance? Because He is one of the five Blood Princes of the afterlife, or is His existence part of 'Lilith's' plan?"
"The entity behind the 'door' ultimately failed; I saved Royena when He was about to succeed. Could this also be the power of 'history'?"
"History cannot change, but it can be crafted. Royena cannot perish in this era, hence... was the entity behind the 'door' previously trying to 'alter' what has already transpired?"
"I seem to be getting closer to the truth of the Bloodline; if I can unravel all this, perhaps... I will uncover the true secrets of the Mythical Era."
Charlotte pondered.
The sudden appearance of the entity behind the "door" caught her off guard.
This increasingly weighed Charlotte's mood.
Fortunately, through several crossings, Charlotte had gained considerable insight into time-space travel.
History that has already occurred cannot be altered; many constraints exist in attempting to "change" history.
Moreover, unlike herself, it's evident the entity behind the "door" was traversing time for the first time.
The opponent followed her, indicating they likely utilized Charlotte's crossing to achieve their own traversal.
Thus, judging by this, the opponent... probably cannot initiate crossing independently.
"Is it because... of the stone gate deep within my consciousness? That stone gate is linked to my consciousness, so... can the presence behind the door follow me when I traverse time with the Blood Holy Scripture?"
"His primary target isn't me, but Royena; does this suggest... there are secrets about Royena I am unaware of?"
Charlotte pondered.
Thinking of this, Charlotte once more looked towards the bloodline girl in front of her.
"Perhaps... exploring the illusion realm she experienced deep within her consciousness will let me find the answers I seek..."
With this in mind, Charlotte stirred the Blood Divine Power again.
The Talent Magic to probe the illusion realm activated, and Charlotte soon entered Royena's consciousness, reading the illusions she had previously experienced...
The scene shifted, and Charlotte saw a sea of flames.
Within the flames, Royena knelt beneath a crimson broken moon, her face showing despair.
She was drenched in blood, wearing the divine armor Charlotte had witnessed in the remnants of divine soul from the afterlife, her divine power nearly shattered.
Gray-white tentacles sprouted from the ground, gradually engulfing her...
...
The next instant, her vision plunged into darkness, as the scene shifted again.
This time, it was a battlefield.
Upon a mountain of corpses, Royena propped herself up with a divine sword, standing with difficulty.
Her divine armor was long shattered, and she looked up at the broken blood moon above with eyes still filled with despair.
Dazzling brilliance descended, igniting pale flames on her body, flames that devoured her form, devoured the corpses, devoured everything...
The vision went dark again.
The next instant, the scene shifted once more.
This time, it was a broken castle.
The throne had collapsed, blood flowed in torrents, Royena stood blood-drenched amidst a heap of bones.
Above in the sky, the broken blood moon hung high.
The moonlight gradually turned silver, shifting from silver to pure white, and under its radiant glow, Royena's body gradually stiffened, ultimately shattered...
The vision... darkened once more.
Charlotte couldn't tell how many scenes she had seen.
Hundreds?
Thousands?
Or perhaps... tens of thousands?
Charlotte couldn't count.
Each scene was a fleeting moment.
Scenes of Blood Prince, Crimson Queen Royena's fall.
These scenes varied, the only constants being the broken blood moon hanging in the sky and Royena's face of despair before her fall.
Until... the final similar scene emerged.
It was another castle.
The black castle stood majestic and heavy, with the blood moon outside the skylight emitting crimson light.
Upon an ancient, weighty Blood Throne, a silver-haired deity sat, shrouded in crimson mist, concealing their appearance.
Royena, clad in divine armor, raised a divine sword, stabbing it into the chest of the silver-haired deity along with several indistinct figures.
Crimson moonlight streamed into the hall, illuminating blurred frescoes on the wall, casting light upon the Crimson Queen's delicate face.
She wore an expression of sorrow, tears sparkling at the corner of her eye, her crimson pupils filled with grief.
Crimson moonlight fell, dispelling the mist enveloping the silver-haired deity.
Golden-red eyes, an exquisitely beautiful face.
It was a visage identical to Charlotte's.
The silver-haired deity smiled gently, reaching out to wipe the tears from Royena's face, softly murmuring something.
Light spread from their body, and an illusory crimson tome slowly emerged from their chest.
The tome suddenly shattered, pages flying to every corner, while the remaining cover fell into Royena's hands...
Crimson radiance spread.
The silver-haired deity's divine body abruptly disintegrated.
The entire world... plunged into darkness once more.
...
Charlotte watched Royena running through the darkness.
She wore silver armor from battling the Old Gods' army, maintaining the form of a bloodline girl not yet ascended to godhood, clutching an illusory tome.
Darkness spread endlessly, with countless gray-white arms emerging from all directions, pursuing Royena.
Those arms grasped her ankles, climbed her body, eventually dragging her into an infinite abyss.
In the abyss, gray-white mist spread, as a pair of pure white eyes slowly revealed themselves, cold as venomous snakes, fixating on the struggling bloodline girl.
A voice, icy, transcendent, resounding from above spoke:
"I've found you, the chaotic node."
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