"This parting may very well be our last," the queen said as she walked.
"But in the future, I will still see you," Chen Yu replied.
"But that version of me will no longer be the me of now."
"That’s why time is so fascinating," Chen Yu said, shouldering his large sack and taking the lead in jumping down to the second floor. "Traveling through time is so easy to muddle up."
He looked around.
He noticed that this place was not much different from the ancestral tomb two thousand years later.
It’s just that no Transcendents had been buried here yet.
"Right," Chen Yu suddenly realized something and turned to ask the queen, "Since you can speed up the flow of time, why not speed up your own flow of time? You could reach tens of thousands of years in one go."
"I can’t," the queen shook her head. "There are limits to how much we can adjust the speed of time. Plus, I need this accumulation over generations to increase my abilities and strengthen my powers."
"I see. Can you give me an exact time then? Which day, minute, and second should I exit after one year and five months?"
"It’s impossible to be that precise. Maybe a bit earlier, maybe a bit later, anything’s possible."
"What if I don’t return to my exact time and meet another me?" Chen Yu frowned.
"That’s beyond me," the queen shrugged. "Time and space are profound. I’m lucky as it is to use the ’House of Fate’ to travel through time. I don’t understand the true principles behind it."
"...Alright, as long as I can return, that’s good enough."
Chen Yu stopped thinking about it and quickened his pace to the fourth floor.
He was eager to see his family.
’I wonder how my sister’s transformation into a vile creature is going. (By the time you remember, it’ll be festering.)’
He arrived at the third floor.
Just as he descended the stairs, Chen Yu saw two people standing at the entrance to the fourth floor.
One was a young girl with her head lowered, her face not visible.
One was the grand elder, who immediately waved upon seeing Chen Yu: "Your Highness!"
"Why has he come?" Chen Yu frowned and asked the queen.
"Let’s talk as we go."
Together, they approached the grand elder, one on each side.
Before Chen Yu could speak, the grand elder took his trembling daughter by the hand and introduced her to Chen Yu: "Your Highness, this is my eldest daughter. From now on, I entrust her to your care. Yao’er, greet the queen."
"Qu...Queen," the young girl said very slowly and with great nervousness as she raised her head: "Hello...Your Highness."
And Chen Yu.
Had a brain freeze.
It was like a silent bolt of lightning that struck him hard in the head, searing his brain.
"Li...Li...Li...Li...Li..." Stuck like a broken record for what seemed like forever, Chen Yu finally managed to utter the full name: "Li Yao!"
"Yes...it’s me," Li Yao said, her face now flushed as she curtsied: "I am honored...to serve you, sir."
"What’s going on?!" Chen Yu looked at the grand elder in horror: "Li Yao is... is... is TM your daughter?!"
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"Yes," the grand elder replied somewhat bewildered: "As I’ve told you, it’s customary in my clan for the eldest daughter of the clan leader to bear the name ’Yao.’ Now, under your arrangements, we of the Eight Desolation Clan have reverted to the Li surname. So naturally, my daughter is called Li Yao."
"What situation is this?!" Chen Yu turned sharply to the queen.
"What situation? Do you know this girl?" the queen asked, puzzled.
"She... she... she’s from the future! From my era!"
"So what?" the queen scratched her head.
Chen Yu: "..."
"Grand elder, you may go down," the queen said to him.
"Yes, Your Highness," the grand elder bowed and then patted Li Yao’s trembling shoulder: "My daughter, serve the queen with utmost diligence. I must leave now."
"Father, rest assured," Li Yao nodded, sneaking careful glances at Chen Yu with an adoring gaze.
She was aware.
This "queen," on her own, had overthrown the rule of the Divine Spirit Tribe and the Holy Spirit Clan.
And saved all of humanity!
To have the chance to serve such a hero, she felt honored.
One minute.
With reluctance, the grand elder left.
Chen Yu immediately confronted the queen: "You say she’s from the future, what does that mean?"
"She is from the future you’re going to, so of course she’s from the future," the queen explained. "So it’s normal that you’ve seen her in the future."
Chen Yu: "..."
Turning stiffly towards Li Yao, Chen Yu felt his scalp tingle.
The daughter of the future chieftain of the Li Family, Li Yao, was actually the daughter of the first chieftain of the Li Family from more than two thousand years ago.
Li Yao, in essence, has always been a Transcendent from over two millennia ago.
It turned out that it was he who "took" her two thousand years into the future...
After a long while.
Gathering his wits, Chen Yu’s expression fluctuated: "Why did you bring along an extra person?"
"Because the ’House of Fate’ can only be controlled with my authorization," the queen explained. "But as we are about to go our separate ways, with me to the past and you to the future, without me, you would be trapped in the ’House of Fate’ forever."
"So..."
"So, I created an avatar," the queen said, her face turning red as she looked down and pointed at Li Yao: "Hidden in her belly."
"An avatar..."
Chen Yu was stunned.
"It’s our child," the queen said bashfully. "Under my control this time, I was carrying twins. I took one and transferred it to her belly. It will inherit my authority and be able to control the ’House of Fate.’
"Yes... yes...," Li Yao also blushed, gently caressing her belly: "Your Highness your... your child is with me here."
Chen Yu’s pupils quaked.
Chen Yu’s pupils quaked.
Chen Yu’s pupils quaked.
...