Arcane Lord

Afterwards, in this timeline, Shado also went to Sinaria and Belluno like in another timeline, and still found the time gem that Daphne left for Dali.

However, the source of Shado's manipulation of the timeline is the time power collected after the time gem dissipated, so it is not surprising that -

the time power in the time gem found in this timeline is less than before after it is finally collected.

This also prevents him from constantly obtaining new time power by carding "bugs". His consciousness can transcend the timeline, and the existence of time power can undoubtedly transcend the timeline.

In the process of the birth and death of the timeline, the total amount of time power is continuously reduced.

This also means that Shado's operations at the timeline level are limited, so he must make the best use of every opportunity.

Just like at the current time - the time of the alliance's victory in the Battle of Tear Lake, although the result of the Battle of Tear Lake is a constant, there are still variables in other subsequent developments, which is also what Shado needs to strive for as much as possible.

Although the slight changes this time are not enough to shake the overall situation, the addition of little by little over and over again may produce qualitative changes.

Just like a person can go back to the past repeatedly, he will inevitably be able to guide the development of the world in the direction he wants to see most, that is, Xia Duo's time power is limited, otherwise he will definitely get a perfect result.

But now, just do your best.

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Special dimension of the star realm, above the spring of time.

Xia Duo reviewed the gains and losses of this timeline after the Battle of Tear Lake over and over again. Most of the results were within his expectations. There were some deviations from the previous ones, but they did not affect the overall situation.

Confirming that the plan was progressing steadily, Xia Duo once again locked on a local battlefield where the alliance failed.

That was in the early days when the Illuminati recklessly created time-related signals. Due to the limited manpower of the alliance, it was inevitable that some time-related signals were neglected.

One of the more influential local battlefields was still in Yeerlan, just like the Battle of Tear Lake - Xiangshui River in the south, but at that time Yeerlan was in civil strife, and the upper and lower levels were suspicious of each other, and no one could be sent to deal with it.

Just like the Battle of Teardrop Lake, the Alliance mages were still the main force to deal with it, and the result was not unexpected.

But it was later discovered that after the failure to deal with the source of the time-related signal, a chain reaction occurred, causing the time-related signals in multiple different regions to change at the same time, indirectly leading to the Alliance's defeat in multiple local battlefields.

It can be said that the time-related ceremony on the Xiangshui River is a key node in the process of the Illuminati's ultimate ceremony!

Unfortunately, in the first timeline (experienced by Xia Duo), even if the importance of the Xiangshui River Battle was known later, it was already a thing of the past and could not be changed.

In the second timeline, which is the timeline of the victory of the Alliance in the Battle of Teardrop Lake, Xia Duo had already learned the importance of the Xiangshui River Battle in the first time, so in this timeline, he focused on arranging people to deal with it.

The result was still a failure.

He guessed that such a key node might have been the focus of the Illuminati, so when he adjusted his strategy and sent more people, he still faced Illuminati members whose power was far greater than that of the Alliance mages.

Therefore, after the failed attempt, Xia Duo did not insist on changing the outcome of individual local battlefields in the second timeline, but focused on testing the Illuminati's protection of the key nodes in their ultimate ritual process.

The first one to be tested was Xiangshui River, and two more were tested later, that is, the local battlefields that were determined to be linked with other time-related signals in the first time, but failed to change in the second timeline.

Because of limited time, three were tested this year, but on the premise that these three could be confirmed, the Alliance mages in the second timeline also listed a list of suspects for Xia Duo.

Some of them are speculations, and some are hindsight determinations.

But there is no doubt that in the third timeline that will be restarted, Xia Duo will inherit the results of the previous two times, and then lead the Alliance mages to counterattack continuously.

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Above the time spring, time seems to have lost its meaning. Here Xia Duo does not have to worry about any variables in the main plane, because just like entering the astral world normally, the time in the main plane is actually stagnant for him in the astral world.

No matter how long he stays here, the time in the main plane will not pass even a second.

Because of this feature, he does not have to worry about colliding with Daphne in the astral plane, because the two parties do not enter the astral plane at the same time. If they can meet, the concept of time and space will be completely overturned.

At least in Xia Duo's cognition, as long as two people (in the material plane) do not enter the astral plane at the same time, they will never meet in the astral plane.

In fact, Daphne is most likely not to leap above time through the astral plane and manipulate the timeline, but to operate directly through time-related rituals or the power of time.

In this case, Daphne can also transcend the timeline, but it is even more impossible to meet Xia Duo face to face.

So Xia Duo does not have to rush in the astral plane like in the main plane. Even if being in the astral plane will also consume his lifespan, he can still afford this lifespan.

Next, according to the plan, he will look for a timeline in which the alliance wins the Xiangshui River battle in the spring of time - the future possibilities that continue to diverge from the anchor point of the present world in all directions - and then make it the main trunk.

But after searching for a long time, he could not find any "future" in which the alliance wins the Xiangshui River battle!

"This is impossible!"

There are too many uncertain factors in the future, and everything is possible. Xia Duo does not think that the alliance will never win the Xiangshui River battle, but the conditions may be more stringent and the possibility will be smaller.

But no matter how small the possibility is, it will not be zero.

It's nothing more than spending more time looking. Xia Duo has plenty of patience to do this. Anyway, the process of searching for timelines is similar to prophecy, and it hardly consumes the power of time -

The reason why there is still consumption is mainly because Xia Duo needs to use the control characteristics of the time power on the timeline to exclude some obviously inappropriate timelines, thereby improving the search efficiency.

Otherwise, because the future is almost infinite, it is equivalent to Xia Duo finding the weak possibility of the alliance winning the Xiangshui River battle from infinite possibilities.

Even if time in the astral plane is meaningless, it is impossible to waste it like this. After all, the time spent here is real, but it is not shown for the time being.

When he returns to the main plane, the time he spends in the astral plane will be instantly loaded into his body. If the life span exceeds the upper limit, it is equivalent to his instant death when he returns to the main plane.

In this case, it is completely acceptable to consume a little time power to improve the search efficiency.