Chapter 1431

Long Wang has misled me!

Of the sixteen thrones, except for the position of 【Filth】, which has never been seen, the only vacant thrones left are 【Annihilation】, 【Dementia】, 【Time】, and 【Nothingness】.

With the disappearance of Sun Miao, the only candidate left for 【Dementia】 is Jialiusa.

【Fate】's intention in sending Hu Xuan into that trial was clearly to foresee this scene at the end of the era, which is why He had the Sage bring Jialiusa out of that trial to become the current backup for 【Dementia】.

And because 【Fate】 is 【Fraud】, this means that at that time, 【Fraud】 had already found the authority of 【Dementia】 and left a backup plan for it.

So was Sun Miao also one of His backup plans?

The candidate for 【Annihilation】 is settled; Old Zhang is right—nowadays, the universe only seeks stability. 【Annihilation】 believers have always been volatile, wanting to annihilate the world at the drop of a hat, and finding an 【Annihilation】 believer who is both close to the established path and not so volatile is truly difficult.

Cheng Shi sighed again that every sip and every peck is destined; he had spared Mo Shu's life back then, little knowing he had traded a "relatively stable" 【Annihilation】 for the universe.

【Fate】 must be inherited by the blind man, but the matter of this throne might have to be put aside for now, because the Fire of Hope has not been found.

Although Cheng Shi no longer needs to rely on a container for the blind man to inherit the 【Fate】 throne after becoming the 【Convention】 proxy, the Fire of Hope is also their companion; until he sees the other party again, he feels he cannot directly strip away everything belonging to 【Fate】.

And regarding the identity of the Fire of Hope, Cheng Shi already has some guesses; he believes the Fire of Hope will always be the Fire of Hope, and even if the other party is close to 【Fate】, they will never make a decision contrary to the established path at this time.

As for the remaining 【Time】 and 【Fraud】...

【Fraud】 is easier to talk about; Long Jing is, after all, a devout and "loyal" acrobat, and his strength as the second-ranked proves he has gone far enough on the path of 【Fraud】.

But for the position of 【Time】, after thinking it over, Cheng Shi can only think of a few old friends who believe in 【Time】, but their performance seems far from being absolutely close to the will of 【Time】.

What should he do?

Just as Cheng Shi was deep in thought and troubled, two figures suddenly appeared in the void.

Li Jingming arrived with Long Jing; the bewildered Long Jing saw Cheng Shi and Old Zhang present, and his first reaction was:

"A meeting of the clowns?"

Cheng Shi was also stunned for a moment; he looked at Long Wang in confusion, only to hear Li Jingming smile and say:

"I know you are troubled by the 【Time】 throne, so I have come to relieve your worries."

He patted Long Jing on the shoulder, pushed Long Jing a small step forward, and said, "Isn't this an outstanding 【Time】 believer?

President Gong crossed the barrier of time and space, proving himself with a grand sacrifice, and at the same time opened the curtain for another world to pursue the truth; having connected time across different sliced universes with such determination, how could he not be worthy of a 【Time】 throne?"

"!!!"

"???"

Long Wang's words left the other three clowns at the scene dumbfounded.

To be honest, Long Jing inheriting the 【Fraud】 throne might have been an unspoken consensus among the clowns; even Cheng Shi felt there was no one more suitable than Long Jing.

Of course, there was one before—Seeing Zhen Xin was absolutely the most suitable candidate; however, Seeing Zhen Xin had already succeeded to the 【Chaos】 throne, which meant Cheng Shi could only re-select one from the remaining 【Fraud】 believers.

And that person, it seems, could only be Long Jing.

Long Jing thought so too; although he wasn't particularly satisfied with the outcome of the top-ranked "leaving" and him taking the position, he was willing to accept this role for the sake of the universe.

But today's proposal from Long Wang was completely beyond his expectations; before coming, Long Wang only said he wanted to accelerate the throne inheritance, but never said the one he was to inherit would be the 【Time】 throne!

Long Jing looked at Long Wang in shock, then looked at Cheng Shi in astonishment; when he saw the trace of entanglement between Cheng Shi's brows, he instantly understood the other's worries:

【Time】 seems to have no one left to choose from.

Long Jing does not reject 【Time】; on the contrary, he feels 【Time】 is quite good, because the most glorious moment of his life was crossing the space-time barrier and connecting the causalities of time between two worlds.

And he knows that the original 【Time】 also played a very important role in the process of saving the world, just as important as he, the revealer of the universe's truth; so if he were allowed to inherit 【Time】, he would have no objections.

But the key is, who would fill the vacated 【Fraud】 throne?

Old Zhang?

Long Jing looked at Old Zhang; just by looking at the Fish Bone Hall behind him, he knew Old Zhang had already inherited 【Death】, so there was only one Doctor left among the clowns.

But the Doctor still has to inherit the 【Truth】 throne... looking at it this way, there seems to be only one method: let Seeing Zhen Xin re-select a 【Chaos】 successor to hand over the 【Chaos】 throne, and then return to the path of 【Fraud】.

Cheng Shi also thought of this point.

From the moment he heard Long Wang's words, he understood that Long Wang's arrival was definitely not just to recommend a 【Time】 candidate; the other party must have found a suitable 【Fraud】 candidate before pushing Long Jing toward 【Time】.

And the new 【Fraud】 that could be recognized by Long Wang, needless to say, could only be Seeing Zhen Xin.

But this involves a very critical issue: letting Seeing Zhen Xin succeed to 【Chaos】 was not Cheng Shi's idea alone—it was also the will of 【Fraud】!

That's right; in that confrontation where the true body of 【Chaos】 was exposed, if it weren't for 【Fraud】's support, Seeing Zhen Xin could not have succeeded to the 【Chaos】 throne so smoothly; it was He who returned everything of 【Chaos】 at the critical moment, pushing His believer up.

This shows that 【Fraud】 also wanted Seeing Zhen Xin to inherit the 【Chaos】 throne!

Although that plan was initiated by Cheng Shi, forcing 【Fraud】 to help halfway through, if this wasn't part of 【Fraud】's plan, He would very likely have distorted Cheng Shi's will during the implementation—after all, He never does less of that.

So Cheng Shi hesitated; he was wondering if 【Fraud】 letting Seeing Zhen Xin inherit 【Chaos】 had a deeper meaning, or if it was just a temporary measure to discard that vote of 【Order】.

But under those circumstances at the time, that vote of 【Order】 was clearly dispensable...

Cheng Shi fell into deep thought; not only him, but the few present were all pondering.

Long Wang saw everyone silent and said with a smile: "Since the core contradiction lies with the Magician, Cheng Shi, why not ask and see?"

"?"

Cheng Shi suddenly raised his head, his gaze sharp as he said:

"Long Wang, do you know something?

Does the archive of 【Memory】 hold some secret regarding Seeing Zhen Xin?"

Long Wang shook his head: "Before Seeing Zhen Xin agrees, I will not share her past; this is respect for memory, and also respect for everyone here."

"......" Your respect is also quite flexible.

Cheng Shi curled his lips and said: "Do you need me to initiate a 【Convention】 vote to unseal the Magician's memories?"

"?"

Is that how you use the 【Convention】?

Zhang Jizu's eyes squinted tightly, Long Jing looked expectant, and Long Wang shook his head with a bitter smile: "Don't make me a sinner; go talk to her instead."

As soon as the words fell, a beautiful figure appeared before everyone; the Magician wore her signature smile, tilted her head toward everyone, and asked:

"Chatting about what? You wouldn't be secretly badmouthing me while I was away, would you?"

The moment he saw Seeing Zhen Xin, Cheng Shi suddenly had an epiphany and understood Long Wang's meaning.

He asked Seeing Zhen Xin with a hint of surprise:

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen Zhen Yi for a long time; where did she go?"

"......"

The smile on Seeing Zhen Xin's face froze, and she lowered her eyes in silence.

Cheng Shi's heart skipped a beat; he immediately turned to look at Long Wang, thinking to himself:

It's over, Long Wang has misled me!