[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-secret-buyer":3,"chapter-secret-buyer-secret-buyer-chapter-501":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Secret Buyer",{"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},1759200,2324,"Chapter 501 - 330: The Temporal Killing Trap!","secret-buyer-chapter-501",501,"\u003Cp>Above the Golden Province, within the Purple Bamboo Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng tucked his hands into the narrow sleeves of his coarse linen robe, his gaze sweeping over the two groups in the bamboo forest, raising his eyebrows slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cui Family, whatever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This black-robed man... Who is he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why does Old Su look so grim?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was observing everyone, while everyone was also sizing up the two uninvited guests they’ve never seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiansuan’s heart remained heavy, instinctively rubbing the old scar on his left hand, his gaze roaming over the newcomers,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two... When did they appear??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was alarmed, now in control of the Golden Province, the Golden Realm, bolstered by the power of the Great Realm, comparable to a formidable Great Power,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he hadn’t detected when the two had appeared!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then there’s that black-robed man...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiansuan’s brows twitched wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed man tilted his head slightly, despite his aura only being at the level of a Grandmaster, extremely feeble,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet carrying a sense of arrogance, asking from a condescending position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng, appearing to be a rustic farmer in his coarse linen clothes, frowned and sized up the black-robed man,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes flashing with countless star lines, discerning the cause and background of the other—utterly ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng saw his past, just an ordinary Grandmaster,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Born in Golden City, raised in Golden City, with nothing unusual or amiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until three days ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days ago, the cause of the black-robed man abruptly ended, his soul scattered—like his body was taken over by some existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when Zhang Fusheng tried to peer into the origins of the soul occupying this body, what he saw, where the cause pointed to, was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, more accurately, the cause pointed to... Heaven and Earth??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something stirred in Zhang Fusheng’s heart, he quietly utilized the Fire Eyes Golden Gaze, this time seeing more clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not Heaven and Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was... a painting?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An endlessly unfolding scroll, encompassing the entire world, with the true essence of the black-robed man standing outside the scroll!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Map of Mountains and Rivers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Zhang Fusheng thought of this Supreme Treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He squinted, unsurprisingly, the Map of Mountains and Rivers was no longer in the hands of ’Li Xiuyuan’, taken by someone else,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the one who retrieved the treasure was using the Map of Mountains and Rivers to manipulate reality, directly occupying the body of this unfortunate fellow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The true form of the black-robed man’s spiritual will was outside the Map of Mountains and Rivers, quietly observing the reality within the scroll, watching everything within the Purple Bamboo Forest in the scroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his thoughts raced, Zhang Fusheng calmly spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m merely a passerby, today I’ve come originally for the Qinghe Cui Family, needing some help from the Cui Family, but...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the black-robed man:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, on the contrary, pique my curiosity further.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed man raised his eyebrows, did not reply, but looked at Su Qiansuan:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What has Senior Su considered? Are you willing to relinquish control of the Golden Province?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiansuan was silent, his brows furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed man chuckled playfully, hands folded behind his back, calmly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems Senior Su is still unwilling... Look at this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He calmly reached out, pointing at a certain Celestial Human among the Cui Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiansuan, Zhang Fusheng, and Ruan Yutu all looked at the Celestial Human,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to see that suddenly, a limb was missing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scar at the amputated area clearly has been there for many years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next second, the Celestial Human’s other hand and both legs disappeared as well, and another second later, the head vanished into thin air, collapsing lifelessly on the ground!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng was astonished, when did this happen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of technique was this??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faces of the Cui Family members changed dramatically, Su Qiansuan leapt to his feet, his expression utterly grim:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who exactly stands behind you??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black-robed man said proudly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you, my master possesses the Supreme Treasure, mastering the time and past within ten thousand years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused slightly, then spoke indifferently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thus, the life and death of beings within ten thousand years are under our control.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light and airy voice echoed in the Purple Bamboo Forest, a deathly silence ensued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a voice rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked, it was the young man who suddenly visited, clad in coarse linen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man’s face was expressionless, calmly narrating:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Changing time would lead to a chain of subsequent events being altered as well, when you changed the past, causing the Cui Family’s Celestial Human to lose a hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Logically speaking, he should no longer be in the Purple Bamboo Forest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused slightly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng lifted his eyelids, his eyes sparkling with spirit:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, you must have altered a segment of virtual history and made it directly real.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thus, bypassing the chain of changes that should have occurred?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A trace of astonishment flashed across the face of the black-robed man, observing the young man up and down, but soon regained his calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still maintained a condescending posture, casually asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng did not answer, merely rubbed his chin, his thoughts whirling, it seemed he guessed right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Map of Mountains and Rivers, it must be because of the Map of Mountains and Rivers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Map of Mountains and Rivers is clearly a Supreme Treasure situated within reality, yet standing outside the scroll, it can gaze upon and even interfere with reality,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can even interfere with the history of reality outside the scroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Map of Mountains and Rivers seems not to directly intervene or alter in the river of time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What it changes is the history of the reality in the painting, and thus directly reflects the altered history’s outcome as real!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fusheng suddenly realized, the reality within the Map of Mountains and Rivers was not true reality, more akin to an illusion, a virtual construct,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the alterations imposed upon it can manifest directly into reality!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a terrifying Supreme Treasure!\u003C\u002Fp>",1026,"2026-06-08T09:33:41.990Z",1,"novelbin.me","55d20b1a04556a7abd16581a2f681a8b0f44ac375dba89dbc2154346f6c7e714","secret-buyer-chapter-502","secret-buyer-chapter-300",547,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsecret-buyer-cover.jpg"]