Chapter 1552

Lin Yan carefully recalled.

It seemed that his spying had indeed been sensed by the black shadow many times, with obvious reactions.

And at other times, although the black shadow showed no obvious reaction, it might still have sensed him.

One had to know that, in order to deal with the black shadow, Lin Yan had spent a full tens of thousands of years searching for and observing this black shadow.

Although he could only observe it once every month, this kind of observation was not a bit-by-bit observation, but a leapfrog-style one, almost spanning the entire process of this black shadow from its birth to its growth!

The moment the black shadow was born, it was already at the level of a Lord of Laws. An ordinary Lord of Laws would probably find it hard to detect Lin Yan's observation, but the black shadow was born of heaven and nurtured by heaven, and combined with the innate keen sense of smell it had as an infant, it was normal for it to detect Lin Yan's observation.

And later, when the black shadow grew powerful, there was even less need to say.

Even Xihua herself had detected Lin Yan's spying back then.

This was probably also the reason why Xihua, just now, after the black shadow said those words, was able to react and glance at Lin Yan.

She had guessed it!

"Damn, after all that fuss, could it be that I dug my own grave?"

Lin Yan thought.

However, a new question arose.

This black shadow had existed from the very beginning. Lin Yan chose to seek out and spy on it in order to deal with this black shadow, but damn, why in the end did his spying instead become the "great terror" in this black shadow's mouth? And from the looks of it, it was precisely because of the "great terror" that the black shadow chose to blacken, chose to harvest era after era, wanting to find the "great terror" and deal with the "great terror."

But before Lin Yan obtained the power of time, before he went to seek out and spy on this black shadow, this black shadow had always existed and had already harvested era after era — this was something that had already happened, so then…

If Lin Yan had not discovered the black shadow, what would have happened?

If he had not discovered the black shadow, there would be no spying on this black shadow, and it would not be the great terror in this black shadow's mouth, but this black shadow had clearly already harvested countless eras…

Then, was the reason this black shadow harvested countless eras still because of this "great terror"?

But Lin Yan suddenly felt…

There were no "what ifs" in anything.

Because he, who had mastered the power of time, was destined one day to discover this black shadow. Unless Lin Yan was willing to be harvested, Lin Yan could only choose to deal with it.

Who would be willing to be harvested willingly?

Even though Lin Yan's flame form was immortal and indestructible, unable to be destroyed, what about the people around Lin Yan?

Vivienne, the Goddess of Eternal Night, Venerable Tianlan, the Goddess of the Ocean, and also Meng Ying, Sister Qing Ling, and the others?

The entire Tianjiedou Society would be destroyed. When that time came, the world would be dead silent. Reproducing to an entirely new era would require countless years, and during that process, the entire world would not even have life. Lin Yan's flame form would also be unable to continue evolving, and might even be imprisoned by the black shadow for not being powerful enough.

Therefore…

Lin Yan could not, after discovering this black shadow, choose to wait for death.

He was destined to deal with this black shadow, unless Lin Yan was willing to have everything he had destroyed.

Lin Yan would not be willing, and he also would not allow himself to fall into a passive situation.

He was the one in control of the situation.

Therefore, that "what if"… did not exist!

In other words, Lin Yan was destined to deal with the black shadow, to spy on the black shadow, and this was something that had already happened. Something that had already happened — continuing to speculate on "what ifs" was meaningless.

Then the question came: before Lin Yan discovered this black shadow, what was the reason this black shadow harvested the world?

Moreover, his transmigration had only been for tens of thousands of years, so before his transmigration, what was the reason this black shadow harvested the world?

After all, before his transmigration, this black shadow had already existed!

And this world did not have parallel events, the timeline was also unique, and even the past could basically not be altered.

Even Lin Yan, after giving the Heart of Life to Xihua, had only altered some of Xihua's states within a small scope.

Moreover, because of his actions, the time of this world had become untouchable ever again, and even time rewind had become very difficult. Wanting to enter history again was almost an impossible matter.

Lin Yan thought of another question.

If he, who had mastered the power of time, was destined to deal with this black shadow, then did that mean the reason this black shadow harvested the world would always be because of Lin Yan's spying from the future!

For a moment, a large number of thoughts flashed through Lin Yan's mind. The cause and effect between him and the black shadow — even with Lin Yan's understanding of the rules of time, was extremely difficult to figure out.

His spying from the future triggered the black shadow's harvesting of the world.

But in fact, it was precisely the black shadow's harvesting of the world that caused Lin Yan to have no choice but to spy on it in order to deal with it.

This question reminded Lin Yan of a classic question from before his transmigration.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?