Chapter 1219

Qing Xuan frowned, her expression anxious.

As a Land Immortal-level expert, "617" had already sensed the boy's ability through her divine perception.

That incomprehensible sensation left her deeply uneasy.

Chat group.

Princess Chuyun: "I just realized that the transmigrator possesses an incredibly terrifying ability. I don't think I can beat him."

Su Xiao: "So powerful?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Don't worry. Just capture him."

Princess Chuyun: "Capture him?"

Hu Yifei: "If your husband said so, there must be reason. He guarantees your safety."

Princess Chuyun: "Alright. Thank you, Dao Jun."

Seeing the boy cross the iron chain and stride forward.

Qing Xuan drew her sword and stabbed at the boy.

"Wait!"

The boy startled, his thoughts shifting, trying to slow Qing Xuan's speed.

But fate defied him—Qing Xuan's sword did not slow; instead, it accelerated countlessfold, slicing straight across his neck and knocking him unconscious.

"So simple?"

Qing Xuan was stunned.

A terrifying entity that manipulated rules had fallen before her ordinary sword strike.

This was utterly absurd.

She opened the chat group and explained what happened.

Zhang Taixuan: "Send him to me."

Princess Chuyun: "Alright. I'll send him to the Earth Immortal Realm right away."

Great Luo Heaven.

Zhang Taixuan gazed at the unconscious man before him, and with a thought, a phone materialized on his body.

【Ding, scanning… scanning…】

The phone kept emitting mechanical sounds but detected nothing, as if stuck.

"So in Qing Xuan's world, future technological civilization has advanced to the point of modifying rules."

The boy's golden finger, though appearing as a phone, is in fact a machine that scans and alters rules.

This ability resembles that of a Heaven Immortal but is slightly weaker.

Even so, it is already extremely rare.

In a single universe, the capacity to modify rules indicates a highly advanced level of civilizational evolution.

Yet, for Zhang Taixuan, such a thing is now useless.

He is already a Great Luo Jinxian, comprehending and refining the Great Dao's laws.

Ordinary laws have long since become obsolete to him.

With a thought, the phone and the boy turned to ash.

Chat group.

Zhang Taixuan: "The full story is clear. In the Retainer's world, because emphasis on heavy technology began in Qing Xuan's era, by the future it had evolved into a Rule-Based Civilization."

"Humanity can now artificially alter the universe's rules."

Su Xiao: "What? Humans can alter the universe's rules? Isn't that more terrifying than a Heaven Immortal?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Still falls short. Their manipulation of laws isn't as refined as a Heaven Immortal's. But a Heaven Immortal would struggle to defeat such a civilization."

Su Xiao: "Is technological civilization really that terrifying?"

Zhang Taixuan: "It's an entire civilization. A single Heaven Immortal losing to a civilization of equal level is normal."

Su Xiao: "That makes sense. By the way, in novels I often see technological civilizations of equal level crushing cultivation civilizations—is that possible?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Depends. If the technological civilization has solved its energy problem—with infinite energy and materials—it could crush an equal-level cultivation civilization. But if not, it's nonsense."

Zhang Taixuan: "I've read those novels too. They always show universe warships and world-destroying weapons being made at will, crushing cultivation and fantasy civilizations. But where's the energy? No one ever explains it. Do you need resources and energy to build universe warships?"

Zhang Taixuan: "But that's contradictory. Infinite energy means the technological civilization is vastly superior—not just one level, but multiple levels above conventional cultivation civilizations. This isn't equal combat—it's a high-level civilization crushing a low-level one…"

Su Xiao: "So such a scenario doesn't actually exist? Equal-level civilizations can't truly crush each other?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Exactly. Those who believe in a scientific worldview assume that once technology is mastered, it can be mass-produced and is easier than cultivation, making technological civilizations naturally superior. But they ignore materials and energy. Even if you master the technology, without materials or sufficient energy, you can't crush anyone."

Zhang Taixuan: "Once you solve those two problems, your technology has already surpassed the original cultivation civilization's level."

Su Xiao: "That's a real contradiction."

Zhang Taixuan: "Indeed! So crushing at equal levels is impossible. If you can crush, your civilization is already higher."

Hu Yifei: "Could the protagonist in Qing Xuan's world also have been sent there by the future civilization?"

. Once you solve these two problems, your technique has already surpassed the original cultivation civilization level.

Su Xiao: "No way?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Indeed contradictory! Therefore, at the same level, crushing an opponent is impossible. If you can crush them, it means your civilization level is already higher."

Zhang Taixuan: "Yes. Because he arrived in that era, the future's technological explosion occurred; and because the future's technology exploded, he was sent back to that era."

Zhang Taixuan: "Clever!"

Su Xiao: "No way?"

Princess Chuyun: "He is too?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Indeed. Because he arrived in that era, later-world technology underwent a massive explosion; precisely because later-world technology exploded, he was sent to that era."

This is a cycle.

Princess Chuyun: "It looks strange, somewhat illogical."

Zhang Taixuan: "This is the mystery of time—it defies common sense, as cause and effect can be reversed."

Su Xiao: "Then what about the time traveler just now? Why did they appear?"

Zhang Taixuan: "It's because of Miss Qingxuan."

Princess Chuyun: "Because of me?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Precisely. Because you joined the chat group, this era became shrouded in mist. People from the future studying this era discovered many mysteries."

"So they used technology to send one person back to your time, to investigate the secrets of this era."

Su Xiao: "But that person was a deeply evil entity—didn't the future people care?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Evil? Even if we did nothing, he would at most become Emperor of that era and forge another parallel timeline. The people of the future want the mysteries of this era."

"Sacrificing a few ancient people to create a parallel world—what does it matter to them?"

Princess Chuyun: "The people of the future are truly cold and heartless!"

Hu Yifei: "It's normal. Who would have feelings for people hundreds or thousands of years ago?"

Jing