[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arrival-in-1994":3,"chapter-arrival-in-1994-arrival-in-1994-chapter-608":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arrival in 1994",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2353089,4601,"Chapter 608: Love That Escaped Time","arrival-in-1994-chapter-608",608,"\u003Cp>The enraged figure continuously unleashed golden divine power, countless divine thunderbolts manifesting the fury of a giant—each of his attacks caused a vast number of deities to perish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have so many deities?” Ye Nan was genuinely surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood deities well enough—after all, this so-called Toril crystal sphere should have borrowed settings from games; even if it mixed in powers from other films, it couldn’t possibly have spawned so many deities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why not so many?” Beth chuckled. “Look more closely at these deities.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Ye Nan grew suspicious and carefully observed the deities, watching them perish while resisting Aio, only to emerge again from the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Nan finally understood why there were so many deities—these were all mere avatars. Their true bodies remained hidden somewhere, sending out only these avatars, which explained why the deities seemed so numerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aio’s divine body is immensely powerful; ordinary deities cannot harm him. These deities exist merely to drain Aio’s divine power, weakening him,” Beth explained to Ye Nan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene shifted again: strands of time formed ropes, binding Aio—but Aio was no easy target. With a casual wave of his hand, golden divine power shattered the time strands. Then, as if sensing something, he turned his gaze directly toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment their eyes met, Ye Nan felt every part of himself laid bare—an unsettling sensation that made his heart churn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wasn’t this just a temporal projection?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t entered the true timeline—only a tiny projection on a temporal node. To this timeline, Ye Nan himself didn’t exist, like an audience watching a movie on television. To the characters in the film, the viewers were nonexistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the actor performing inside the movie had sensed the audience’s presence—and through the television, had seen them, perceived them directly. The thought sent a chill through him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bad—Aio has this kind of ability too,” Beth realized with a jolt. She immediately pulled back, plucking at the time strands to teleport herself and Ye Nan out of the temporal projection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Want to run? Take my power with you first.” Even as he was under attack, Aio flung out a surge of divine power, then vanished beneath a tidal wave of divine assaults. Yet as he was swallowed, he smiled. “I shall be reborn in the future timeline.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Aio behind, Beth and Ye Nan were in a dreadful state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had barely escaped the temporal projection, tumbling to the ground, covered in dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never thought merely projecting my time power into the past would let him catch me—and instantly strike at us, who shouldn’t even exist in this timeline,” Beth patted her chest, looking terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could she not be afraid? Facing Aio—the former god of gods—she felt nothing but fear. Having faced him before, she understood his terror better than anyone. She knew this being was invincible—at least, she could never defeat him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember, Aio was defeated only because all deities jointly launched the Apocalypse, destroying all life and severing Aio’s source of power, then overwhelming him with endless avatars to drain his divine energy until he was utterly weakened, before finally killing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, merely observing Aio had drawn his attention. Had they not fled quickly, they’d already be dead—after all, Aio was the god of gods, while she was merely a tiny projection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What just happened?” Ye Nan was still shaken. Aio had seen him—someone who shouldn’t exist—and had attacked him directly. It left him bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to face the Cosmic Emperor and simultaneously confront a being of equal rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aio detected us,” Beth explained. She didn’t want Ye Nan to think she was colluding with Aio to trap him. “I didn’t expect Aio, already dead, to strike back when we observed him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, Aio should have ceased to exist after his death. But the Aio Beth saw through the temporal projection was whole and intact—still alive before his demise. This Aio had sensed their presence, beings who shouldn’t exist in the timeline, and attacked them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded complex, but it was simple: they had peered into the past—and Aio had seized the connection, striking back through time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A brand-new timeline?” Aio’s power followed their escape route, appearing instantly—but ignored Ye Nan and Beth entirely, leaving on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bad—Aio is reviving,” Beth stared at the scene, panicked. “Stop him quickly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aio’s revival would be the greatest blow to her. She had been the one who orchestrated the ambush against him. A quick investigation would reveal the truth. If Aio revived, he would target her—and with her current power, she couldn’t possibly defeat him, unless she could set up another annihilation trap like before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But setting up such a trap was nearly impossible. It required perfect timing, terrain, and cooperation—and in this galaxy, she had nothing. Not even her own power could manifest fully. Even she couldn’t help but turn pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aio’s out?” Ye Nan was startled too, then his expression darkened. “One Cosmic Emperor is already enough to trouble him. Now Aio’s escaped too—it’s a catastrophe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But if used wisely, this catastrophe might become an opportunity. I just need to plan carefully,” Ye Nan thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aio was the final boss of the fantasy storyline; the Cosmic Emperor was the final boss of the sci-fi film series. The two were highly likely to clash—and he intended to provoke their war, weaken them, then strike them down one by one, just as Beth had once set a trap to destroy Aio’s power source. He planned to set another trap, forcing them to fight each other, then annihilate them both while they were vulnerable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now I’ll tell you who erased your consciousness,” Ye Nan smiled brightly. “It was me.” (To be continued.)\u003C\u002Fp>",958,"2026-06-21T03:32:52.969Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","97fb56eae73f7e82b4a4adf6585501dfd142427f73507c49aa39c88f2d221e3c","arrival-in-1994-chapter-609","arrival-in-1994-chapter-607",643,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farrival-in-1994-cover.jpg"]