Invincibility Begins with a Super Fairy Manny

Chapter 2640: Chapter 2641: Memories of the Past Like Dust

Pear blossoms were like snow, the moonlight was like silver.

Xue An sat under the tree, listening to Old Taoist Zhai recount the events of the past few years.

"When you led the forces of the Multiverse to quell the great catastrophe, in fact, I was always in Huaguo, but I felt that my cultivation level was too low to be of any help to you, so I didn’t show up."

"Later, when the turmoil settled and the catastrophe disappeared, seeing this situation I returned to Mount Qingmang to continue my life as a simple Taoist with no concerns."

"But never expected, such peaceful days didn’t last long before an eerie mutation occurred."

"What mutation?" Xue An asked solemnly.

Though only a soul, Old Taoist Zhai’s expression became very serious.

"I can’t quite explain it, but it all stemmed from a dream I had."

"Oh? A dream?"

"Exactly! I dreamt that a huge and strange worm suddenly appeared between heaven and earth, this worm had a human face and kept giving me a sinister smile."

"Then I woke up and didn’t think much of it because one can’t avoid dreaming. But I never expected to see the same scene every day thereafter, and the appearance of this strange worm became clearer over time."

"It was obviously unusual, especially for me, even though my cultivation was not impressive, having been devoted to the Tao for many years, I was immune to all evil, so this strange worm was certainly not an ordinary foul creature."

"For this, I even used the Sect’s Secret Method to summon the patriarch to ward off evil, but no matter what means I used, it was of no avail, the strange worm still appeared as usual."

Xue An fell into contemplation, "And then?"

"Then I gradually got used to this strange dream, even felt it might be my karmic retribution manifesting, but never expected that one month later, the strange worm in my dream had become utterly detailed."

At this, a touch of fear appeared in Old Taoist Zhai’s eyes.

"You know, dreams shouldn’t have details, yet that strange worm was so real, upon its appearance, I realized something was wrong and tried to wake up, but not until then did I realize I was already unable to move."

"Immediately afterward, the strange worm swallowed me whole, everything went dark before my eyes and I knew nothing until I awoke again to find myself back in my youth."

"At first, I thought this was an illusion, but upon careful investigation, it turned out to be true, even my master, who had died, was alive. This threw me into immense panic."

"According to my memory, my master had already passed away and reincarnated when I was ten, yet in this world, he was not only alive but well!"

"I muddled through several days, then my master sent me here to Mount Qingmang to guard the dragon python."

"Fate restarted, but upon leaving the sect, I was shocked to discover how drastically the world had changed, especially when I came to Mount Qingmang and found there was no existence of you! Only then did I truly panic!"

"But I dared not show it, for fear that the strange worm that devoured me might be monitoring me, so I just lived methodically in Mount Qingmang until I died!"

Old Taoist Zhai sighed, "Actually, in the later stages, I even thought this world was real, thinking that you and all the events that followed were just a dream, yet I never expected to meet you after so long!"

At this, Old Taoist Zhai looked at Xue An, "Where did you come from? What is happening here?"

Xue An had by now roughly sorted out the sequence of events.

Old Taoist Zhai’s timeline change happened noticeably long before Huyue.

Even long after his death, Huyue only appeared in this disordered timeline.

This explanation may be somewhat complex.

For instance, if time were a river, then this current timeline would clearly be a fork.

Old Taoist Zhai, under the strange worm’s devouring, appeared directly in this timeline, ahead by many years.

After his death, Huyue awakened from this timeline, and due to the lack of memory connection between them, Huyue felt that a dramatic change occurred overnight.

As for the vanished Xuan’Er and Meng Xue, they evidently do not exist in this timeline; they are sealed within a time crevice by some force.

The mastermind is obviously related to the strange worm Old Taoist Zhai dreamed of.

Thus, the entire event is logically sorted out.

Xue An laid out his experiences and speculations entirely.

Once Old Taoist Zhai heard it, he couldn’t help showing a horrified look.

Although he had speculated early on, he never expected the truth to be so horrifying.

"Is the power of this evil entity so strong? It can even alter timelines? And if we are indeed on a detour, is there a way to return to the original timeline?"

Xue An shook his head, "That should be very difficult, for the flow of time has already changed, going back would probably be very hard!"

Old Taoist Zhai widened his eyes, "Then what can we do? Shall we just endure this? If it’s just changes in the world’s structure or public opinion, that’s one thing, but many people no longer exist!"

Xue An lifted his head, the moonlight penetrating through the pear blossoms casting mottled shadows on his face.

"I only said it was difficult, not that it couldn’t be done! At least now we have more information, that the world’s change is obviously related to the strange worm you dreamed of!"

"But since I came to this unfamiliar world, I never dreamed of it again!"

Xue An was silent for a moment, then softly said, "Don’t worry, it will appear, because its ultimate goal is definitely me!"

Old Taoist Zhai said nothing more, his translucent body refracting moonlight, making him appear very illusory.

Internally, Xue An was reviewing the entire affair.

At first, hearing Huyue’s narrative in the Sky Beyond the Skies, he thought someone had merely wiped people’s memories with great power, and that the vanished Xuan’Er and others were probably kidnapped.

Upon returning to the Multiverse, he sensed something was amiss, for what had changed wasn’t people’s memory, but time.

Back then, Xue An still thought this was an illusion.

It was only upon seeing the stone at the Carter Family that clear visions revealed to him.

The world’s change was far from simple on the surface.

At least the flow of time had altered.

Now, Xue An was perplexed by two things.

First, if the mastermind indeed had the power to change time’s direction, why not act against him directly, and instead altered the entire Multiverse’s timeline?