Chapter 532 – Third Failure Timeline
The advantage of having absolute strength was his status. Alter Miaomiao entered Mountain Goose City unhindered. Even Wei Huang, Jia Shan, Xu Xiuying, and Fu De had to come out to welcome him.
Alter ignored them since he had another thing to do. He chased them away and visited Xie Tian right away.
Xie Tian, at that time, had just had a fortuitous encounter and obtained a fire dragon bloodline. He was surprised and afraid of Alter Miaomiao.
At first, the protagonist thought that Alter Miaomiao wanted his bloodline and treasures. However, the latter presented Xie Tian with a divine-grade cultivation method, which Alter Miaomiao had learned from a system skill.
The cultivation method belonged to Xie Tian's clone at 1,000% difficulty that he defeated in the previous timeline. As a result, the technique suited Xie Tian well.
Xie Tian was impressed by the cultivation method and acknowledged Alter Miaomiao as his mentor.
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During the first decade of the third timeline, every day was eventful. There was no peaceful day after Alter Miaomiao had severed the ties with Devil and joined the protagonist's side.
Alter Miaomiao was determined in this timeline. Although he missed his wives, he didn't try to contact their counterparts or attempt to reestablish their connections.
He simply reanimated everyone in his dantian world and modified their memory, personality, and traits that he could remember. Then, he enjoyed his little world while he watched the women of this timeline enjoy their lives from a distance.
While pursuing the ENDING that he desired, Alter Miaomiao never gave up searching for other protagonists in Aves Continent to help him kill Devil and take over this timeline.
Alter Miaomiao managed to assemble Ling Tianlong, Lu Fengxian, Liu Bian, Ma Moxi, Zhou Gongjin, Zhu Qiao, Sima Yi, and even Meng Xin under his banner. All of them acknowledged Alter Miaomiao as their mentor.
With 9 protagonists as his disciples, Alter Miaomiao established a sect, the Devil Slayer Sect. Other than the 9 disciples, he never accepted other disciples.
Even with the avenger-like team and their OP luck, they faced countless ordeals along the way because of Devil, Kishin Douji, Karen, and Yuan Hua's interference.
New villains showed up each day and attempted to kill all protagonists, but none of them succeeded.
The repetitive of offending a random organization, purging that organization, face-slapping, scoring heroines, and getting fortuitous encounters bored Alter Miaomiao, but he started to appreciate the life of a protagonist.
Until Lilith ruined everything again…
Before all his disciples could become an immortal, Lilith and her goons descended. She also brought in Alter Miaomiao's replacement, the protagonist hunters.
The replacements were Zhang He, CJ, Brocell, Chang'e, Yao Dongmei, Guan Yunchang, Zhang Liao, Zhuge Liang, and Pao Luo.
Alter Miaomiao was shocked when they showed up together. He had met most of them in the previous timeline, but he neglected them in this world.
Miaomiao was too tunnel-vision in this timeline. He was so obsessed with gathering heroes to the point that he ignored the previous timeline's events and people.
Moreover, he was shocked that a few side characters became protagonist hunters, especially Chang'e. Her presence was non-existence in his previous timeline as she was always in hiding in Siren City's sewer system for an unknown reason.
It was too late to regret. The nine protagonist hunters besieged Devil Slayer Sect, and all of them dueled against a protagonist each.
These hunters were like Miaomiao in the previous timeline. They inherited one of the 7-sin demon bloodlines, such as Asmodeus, Mammon, or Beelzebub. They were also brainwashed by Devil, and they were as strong as immortals.
Alter Miaomiao tried to help the protagonists, but Lilim, Levy, and countless female demons from the Netherworld Realm besieged him.
Since Hell broke loose, Alter Miaomiao also decided to take extreme measures. He unsealed the limiters and broke through from the 9th-stage to 9-Star Stellar Constellation Immortal in one go, regaining his former strength in the previous timeline.
Then, he fought back against the army of Lilith. Alter Miaomiao stopped time and massacred all demons.
Levy, Lilim, and countless Demon Sovereigns were not Alter Miaomiao's match. Using only system skills without a drawback or backlash, he purged the demon army easily.
Unfortunately, Lilith was too strong for Alter Miaomiao. She broke the time restrains, time-stopping ability, and all system debuff before she counterattacked him.
Alter was critically injured, but he also left Lilith with a gift.
The gift was the fused skill of his Luck Plundering Dao and nine protagonist clones at 1,000% difficulty that Alter Miaomiao had defeated in the dantian space!
Plot Armor Destruction Tribulation!
Lilith was struck by the power, and her providence was destroyed. She lost 90% of her power and was forced to retreat.
Losing their commander, the protagonist hunters lost their morale.
The protagonists turned the table and killed four of the 9 hunters, but Yao Dongmei, Zhang He, Chang'e, CJ, and Brocell managed to escape.
Meanwhile, Zhou Gongjin, Zhu Qiao, Liu Bian, and Sima Yi perished in this fight as their foundation and combat power were weaker than the others.
After Lilith had retreated, everybody gathered around Alter Miaomiao, who was already at death's door because of Lilith's previous strike.
Realizing that he would die soon, Alter Miaomiao imparted his memory to all his remaining disciples, hoping that they would transmigrate to another timeline with him once he died.
But before Alter Miaomiao could die and activate his time ability in his soul, Devil appeared and saved the former's life, preventing the activation of time arrays in the latter's soul.
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Miaomiao no longer questioned Xie Tian. He continued observing the event through Alternate Xie Tian's point of view after Alter Miaomiao had been taken away.
This entire memory was like a rite of a passage, which had been passed down from generation to generation. Samael passed it to Second Alter, and Second Alter passed it to Xie Tian in the third timeline.
And now, Xie Tian passed it to him!
'I see now. This is the collective of inherited memory.'
'Correct.'
The following events continued from Xie Tian's point of view. Miaomiao couldn't see the Alter Miaomiao anymore.
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After his master had been abducted, Alter Xie Tian and the other protagonists began cultivating like a madman, using the Alter Miaomiao's memory as a guide.
Ma Moxi chose to concoct a divine pill and comprehend the negative karma law to negate the karma centipede backlashes.
Ling Tianlong focused on the Dao of Sword that he lacked.
Lu Fengxian used the memory as the reference to strengthen his War God Dao.
Meng Xin comprehended the Dao of Karma, Dao of Slaughterer, and the Plot Armor Plundering Dao.
As for Xie Tian, he no longer needed to complete all seven time-and-space murals. He comprehended the Chrono Element, and he learned about the existence of his father, Xie Qingtian.
After obtaining the techniques, they gathered and shared their goals.
Ma Moxi wanted to visit Venti as he wanted to learn under the Azure Dragon Race.
Ling Tianlong wanted to go back to Mount Hua Sect to spread his knowledge, and he aimed to go back to a certain planet that he had left his previous life's treasures there.
Lu Fengxian missed his old mentor, the Monkey King. He planned to journey to his previous life's world, hoping to find his former mentor.
Meng Xin had another plan. He thought of the Meng Clan, hoping to contact his ancestor, Meng Po, who didn't get along with Lilith.
The five protagonists parted ways. They might have the same goal, but their methods of reaching the goal were different.
Xie Tian followed the path of a Stellar Star Constellation Cultivation Method that Alter Miaomiao had been using. He became an immortal and condensed dantian worlds inside him. Then, he traveled the void, looking for his father, Xie Qingtian.
The adventure of Xie Tian was worthy to be called a story of a protagonist - Cliché villains appeared everywhere, a jade-white skin peerless beauty showed up as a filler in the story as a non-love-interest character, young masters from prominent clans got jealous of Xie Tian's woman luck, and etc.
After 500 years, Xie Tian and Xie Qingtian managed to reunite. Then, Xie Tian found out that Xie Qingtian belonged to the Xie Clan, a subsidiary clan, working for another Prototype War Marionette.
That War Droid's name was Adam!
Xie Tian was then introduced to the Xie Clan, but he got into a fight with the young master of the clan master.
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At this point, Miaomiao got bored. He felt like he was watching a wuxia movie from the modern world.
Miaomiao could guess the plots now, and it was no longer interesting. He would only pay attention when Xie Tian used his skills and techniques since he would also experience the techniques.
'You seem bored, master.'
'I can figure where this story plot is heading.'
'I thought you would be excited to see my life,' Xie Tian seemed disappointed.
'I saw this type of story a million times before I transmigrated.'
'Oh, you mean, the life before you were sent to this cultivation world?'
'Now, you get the terms. Did you see my life in THAT world as well?'
Xie Tian paused as if he was in deep thought. Then, he surprised Miaomiao.
'I have a feeling that the first 60 years of memory during the first and second timeline isn't yours. There are some inconsistencies between the second and the third timeline transmigration.'
'… Explain, please?'
'When you from the second timeline successfully transmigrated to the third timeline, did you notice something strange?'
'What strange?'
'You didn't experience the 60 years of life on Earth.'
'…'
'When the array successfully activated, you should have been transmigrated to the START OF YOUR LIFE, but you appeared in Golden Heavenly Goose Planet instead of the commoner's planet called Earth.'
'!!!'
Miaomiao caught onto something.
He had a theory, but he didn't want to believe in it. Yet, it was plausible.
If Devil could brainwash people, then could he fabricate Miaomiao's memory too?
…
Alternate Xie Tian continued to face-slap and defeat villains left and right. He even took an adventure to the outer world sector, where there was no star but a gigantic floating plane.
He went to Olympus Plane, where Uranus and Gaea had built.
Xie Tian had a conflict here and there with Zeus' children, and he ended up offending Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades because he didn't hand over the secret of Chrono Element. He was chased and hunted for a hundred years because of his overbearing and reckless attitude.
But in the end, Xie Tian encountered a lost ruin and gained several godly treasures, pills, and cultivation techniques to boost his power. He acquired lost ruin's spirits as his followers and successfully gained a providence of the Time God.
He could now manipulate Internal Time as will.
Xie Tian was tempted to go back to the past to save Alter Miaomiao, but he chose not to do it. He remembered the scenes, where his counterparts used it and met his doom.
In the end, Xie Tian only relied on Time Stop Power to cheat. He mobilized his spirit army and attacked Olympus. He soon killed Poseidon, Hades, and Zeus, avenging for the humiliation he had suffered a hundred years ago.
Unfortunately, Xie Tian's action enraged Uranus, Gaea, and many gods. As they were intimidated by the power of time, the gods of Olympus Plane migrated to Kishin Douji's Constellation Sector, seeking the Oni God's aid.
Xie Tian remembered that Kishin Douji was Devil's enemy. Since an enemy of his enemy could be an ally, Xie Tian decided to pay Kishin Douji a visit.
However, Kishin Douji was hostile. Upon learning that Xie Tian had the power of time, he attacked the protagonist and almost killed him.
Xie Tina retaliated and was about to activate Alter Miaomiao's signature ultimate move, the Plot Armor Destruction Sword!
No one knew if it was fated or planned, but Devil suddenly appeared at the critical moment and attacked Xie Tian before the latter could deliver the ultimate move.
On the verge of death, Xie Tian used Return to Zero!
Xie Tian survived, but he alarmed both Devil and Kishin Douji. As if the villains suddenly got smarter, they united their forces and pursued Xie Tian.
The protagonist barely scraped his skin out of the ordeal, but he successfully escaped from the pursuers.
As Xie Tian was recuperating, Meng Xin contacted him via voice transmission. This former beggar delivered a piece of good news.
Meng Xin managed to invite Meng Po, the Meng Clan, and the Fang Clan to join their causes. He also found Brocell, Zhang He, CJ, and their army factory.
Ma Moxi got the backing of the Azure Dragons, Ancient Phoenixes, and Qilins. He also managed to capture and tame Yao Dongmei and Chang'e, who now became his wives.
Lu Fengxian joined forces with Monkey King and Bodhisattva Buddha. He became a War God Buddha as he discovered a new Dao.
Ling Tianlong attained the Sword Sovereign Element and ruled over the Law of Sword. All Sword Gods were now under him.
All forces would regroup in OG-Buddha Constellation Sector.
Hearing everybody's achievements, Xie Tian was encouraged. He contacted his father.
Xie Qingtian agreed to join them. Even Adam promised that he would convince Eve, the other Prototype War Marionette to join their alliance.
Xie Tian got his hope up. He traveled to the Buddha Constellation Sector to join with the other protagonist.
Unfortunately, before Xie Tian and others could reunite, the timeline and the universe collapsed on them. They noticed that a karma string, which belonged to their mentor, was incinerated.
Alter Miaomiao was killed!
Before the chaotic time vortex could kill Xie Tian, the latter decided to use his trump card.
He used the External Time Manipulation technique to ensure his safety. He decided to cross-dimension to another timeline!
However, because of his immaturity and the lack of practice, Xie Tian decided to pick a certain landing point instead of his starting line, the beginning of his life.
He wanted to rescue his mentor so badly that he thought of Alter Miaomiao's second timeline.
He wanted to kill Lilith for his mentor.
He wanted to save his mentor before he was jailed and tortured.
Because of his determination, the next timeline's event was similar to the second timeline.
Rather than calling it a similar timeline, it was the copy of the second timeline!
All people there had the same memory, skill, techniques, and behavior of the second timeline – Devil, Kishin Douji, Miaomiao included!
Devil and Kishin Douji had no memory of the first Miaomiao's timeline. Meanwhile, Miaomiao still bore the Will of Samael.
And before Miaomiao could submit to Lilith, Xie Tian from the third timeline appeared here.
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'So that's why I didn't see the beginning of your life among the memory, disciple.'
'Sorry for being bad at Chrono Element, master…'
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