Chapter 512: The Person Behind the Scenes

After Li Heng's consciousness returned, he continued to add Chips to the Trading Balance. In any case, he currently had an abundance of Source Power, and the Chips converted from Source Power were even more plentiful, so he was not afraid of exhausting them.

This time, because the main body of the Void Balance increased the intensity of its support, even though he placed many Chips—enough to fill two universes—the balance did not shatter.

It was quite clear that the Void Balance was still sensible.

When he was about to fill three universes with Chips, the situation, which had previously been completely one-sided, began to change; the balance started to shift toward equilibrium.

At the same time, the Causal Line of Wujian also underwent a change.

The Great Void, the future, a place of mystery.

A sound of astonishment rang out, breaking the silence of many years.

"Someone wants the ownership of Jiuhao? Interesting, and they are trading through that trinket; it seems this is a variable? Variables are good. Since you want it, then I shall give it to you..."

After a murmur of self-talk, this place fell into silence once again.

Li Heng had been paying close attention to the changes in the Causal Line connected to Wujian. As the change occurred, he attempted to trace it back, but just as he reached the halfway point, the Causal Line snapped.

He failed to trace it to the truth, but he did determine the direction the Causal Line was connected to; it seemed to lead toward the future...

The future? As he had expected, Li Heng pondered in his heart.

But how far into the future was that?

This point was crucial.

After all, the future one second from now is the future, and the future at the end of time is also the future, but the two cannot be spoken of in the same breath; the gap is unimaginably terrifying.

After all, the Time-Space Mother River cannot truly be considered a normal Time-Space River; it is too vast, too long. If one cannot reach Above the Divine, one likely cannot occupy all futures and reach the end.

Even if one is already a person on the shore at the Sacred level, it is the same.

For an ordinary Time-Space River, the shore of the Sacred is already Transcendence, but for this Time-Space Mother River that runs through the Great Void, the shore is really just the shore.

After this reflection, Li Heng intended to withdraw his consciousness.

At this moment, however, he heard a mysterious voice coming from the future.

"If you want it, then I shall give it to you. No matter who you are, you must remember, although there is enough time, there are not many opportunities left..."

The words echoed in Li Heng's ears, leaving him thoughtful.

The person behind the scenes could actually perceive this transaction and even voluntarily let go; their attitude seemed very friendly. But what did "enough time, not many opportunities left" mean?

Did it refer to this opportunity of voluntarily letting go?

Or was it an opportunity in some other aspect?

Li Heng could not help but shake his head, feeling somewhat helpless.

Why did this group of mysterious fellows love being riddle-mongers?

The Heavenly Emperor was like this, and this person behind the scenes was the same.

Could they not just speak properly?

He really wanted to catch both of these fellows and give them a beating!

Thinking this, his thoughts calmed down, and he suppressed his various doubts back into the depths of his heart. With his current strength, he was not yet capable of tracing the future Time-Space Node where the person behind the scenes resided. Therefore, rather than thinking about these meaningless things, it was better to focus on the present.

As long as he was strong enough and had enough Source Power.

In the future, he would naturally be able to beat these riddle-mongers up!

Li Heng withdrew his consciousness and returned to his true self.

At this time, because of the person behind the scenes voluntarily letting go, the process of purchasing Wujian was no longer difficult; the Trading Balance was approaching equilibrium, and the transaction was about to be completed.

Li Heng did not waste time and continued to increase the Chips until he had added enough to fill five universes; the balance finally leveled out. At that moment, the Reason in the mysterious realm changed; Wujian itself was now his possession, and the Void Balance notarized it as such!

At the same time, those Chips began to slowly disappear. A portion was used by the Void Balance as a service fee, a commission. The other portion was sent to the person behind the scenes through the mysterious causal connection.

Seeing this, he could not help but feel a bit curious.

His current strength could not trace the person behind the scenes. But could that strange Void Balance do it? Could the person behind the scenes receive these Chips?

Would they not all be swallowed by the Void Balance?

But if that were the case, he would have found a reason to make trouble.

And in fact, the main body of the Void Balance was beginning to worry, because it was troubled by this matter of Li Heng's.

It is hard to imagine that in the eyes of most living beings in the Great Void, the Void Balance—the embodiment of the Trading Law, omnipotent whenever a transaction was involved, capable of trading even the Multiverse—would reveal such difficulty.

"Worthy of being someone from that place; the person trading and the object of the trade are both so special, and so far away!" The Void Balance emitted an obscure sound, feeling very helpless.

There was no help for it; the distance to that person behind the scenes was truly too far. They were actually beyond its range of power, in a further future that it could not reach.

How was it supposed to send these Chips over!

In this instant, it even wanted to violate its own principles and simply embezzle all these Chips to save the trouble.

But after this thought arose, it felt a sense of danger in the mysterious realm; it seemed that if it did so, there might be a crisis of Life and Death, which surprised it greatly.

Could there really be a living being that could threaten it?

What? You say Disaster and monsters?

Those are not living beings.

"Forget it, forget it. I am really not good at time and space matters; better to leave it to those fellows to handle." Subsequently, the large pile of Chips in front of the balance vanished in an instant—out of sight, out of mind.

On Li Heng's side, he looked at Wujian and spoke with a smile.

"How do you feel?"

Wujian was somewhat dazed. "I don't feel anything."

"It's right that you don't feel anything. I purchased you on the level of Reason. If you had feelings and sensed a constraint on your soul, that would be the strange part," Li Heng said.

What is meant by a purchase on the level of Reason?

It is simple: it means you naturally belong to yourself.

A master suddenly appearing over one's head—a slave might be angry, thinking, "Are kings and nobles born with high status? By what right do you ride on my head?"

But what happens after freedom is purchased on the level of Reason?

That would not be a master appearing out of nowhere, but rather having a master born to press down upon your head; this is the common Reason, and it cannot be changed. Moreover, regarding this point, you would even invisibly agree, not feeling that there is anything improper, nor would you resist it.

Wujian nods, appearing thoughtful.

He, however, gradually understood a little.

But since the wood is already carved into a boat, even if one wanted to go back on it, one could not; it is better to obediently accept this Reality.

"Very well, I can hand over this seal of frozen space-time for you to handle; you may contain, infiltrate, and devour it, and this seal will not backlash against you."

"But you must remember one point: you cannot undo the seal."

Li Heng warns Wujian.

Although Wujian now thoroughly belongs to him, it is still necessary to emphasize this point to prevent any accidents from occurring.

"I understand, Honored One."

Wujian speaks naturally, the term Honored One feeling like a matter of course.

As for the spirit of the Heavenly Palace nearby, it remains in a dazed state, somewhat bewildered. What is going on? Was this seal just transferred and sold off like that? Then what can it do in the future?

It suddenly discovers that it seems to have become unemployed.