The more he thought about it, the more rotten it seemed.

Could it be that my future self has degraded to such an extent?

Li Qing silently criticized himself.

After all, logically, it made sense.

If it was the future Li Qing who made a move, how could Atabia defend against it?

A sneak attack, he couldn't possibly guard against that!

Being set up was inevitable.

This was the second guess, and the third guess was more traditional.

It might really be the emergence of a young prodigy protagonist from some era, similar to a Star Lord or Bai Lin, with top-tier intelligence and talent, starting to counterattack.

"Whether it's a subordinate or not, I might as well test it out myself."

Li Qing gently pondered, sensing the cosmos, "If it's one of my people who traveled to this era, with my cautious nature, I would definitely leave a sparkling subordinate mark to specially indicate my identity..."

Rustle.

He closed his eyes and, within half a day, swept through the cosmos, unable to detect any trace of that creature.

The opponent was clearly hiding, changing their identity.

Li Qing wasn't all-knowing; even with the Crystal Wall, he couldn't find them. It was like having surveillance cameras everywhere in modern society, but if someone disguised themselves as an ordinary strong person and walked down the street, the cameras wouldn't recognize them.

No imprint, thereby ruling out the second option first.

It wasn't the future Li Qing doing bad deeds.

For a moment, Li Qing felt inexplicable joy mixed with regret, "As expected, it wasn't me being so rotten...."

In that case, it could only be a subordinate of the Light Ancient God or a wild-era protagonist.

In the future for those fifty thousand years, what exactly happened... no one knows, as their growth history is blank.

"Now, Atabia hasn't hurried back, obviously he's calmed down."

"He is communicating with the future Gods."

Li Qing looked through Atabia's perspective, seeing the future he was in.

This guy was playing around too much, and as expected, something went wrong.

...

...

Fifty thousand years later.

The Celestial Realm had transformed into another kind of prosperous scenery.

Compared to the present world, the cosmos at this time could be described as brilliantly magical, with the All Heavens and Myriads of Realms no longer so simplistic, and various space transmissions exceedingly advanced.

"Got ambushed once."

At this moment, Atabia's expression showed a trace of anger.

Who understands his suffering? Just as he landed and materialized this map, the opponent was already waiting to be materialized.

3% of the matter was stolen by 0.08%, and he hadn't even stabilized before the opponent launched a sneak attack that went straight to his head.

But the event had already occurred, and he knew it was too late to rush back to the present world.

On the side of the present world, those three Celestial Venerables would have to bear the brunt.

Rushing back would be futile; it would be better to stay and search for clues to understand what that thing really is.

Because in this space-time, if he left, he could never return.

Given the Time Law, once he left, this future would be completely altered, never to exist again.

Therefore, he had to gather information and data about the opponent in this irreversible space-time to avoid the opponent's tracks being a complete blank in the future.

Inside the palace of the Celestial Realm.

The crowd sat around.

Fifty thousand years later, Nokron, Elis, and the Emperor, their faces had gained a few more hints of world-weariness and stability, along with the ancient authority of high-ranking individuals.

And fifty thousand years later, Atabia was naturally not here.

Atabia had already become the sole true self in the Multi-Dimensional universe.

After proving himself on the Time Axis, he unified his multiple selves across countless timelines.

The power he possessed was one of the greatest in the Long River of Time throughout the multi-universe; he no longer existed in any one era and simultaneously existed in every timeline.

He was present at all times, everywhere, and there was no longer a paradox of encountering another self.

In the eyes of the people here and now, he was the Atabia from fifty thousand years ago, and also the Atabia they've always known from fifty thousand years later.

"What is that thing?"

Atabia couldn't help but ask, looking at the people.

"I don't know what that thing is either." Fifty thousand years later, Nokron, the real mastermind, also frowned at the fourth era protagonist, this time clearly an old sly one, not like the previous naive ones, actually knowing to run to the past and ambush me??

Nokron presented a set of data: "This is a historical document from the past fifty thousand years; you can take a look."

Atabia took it and glanced through it, finding the history quite ordinary.

It was the same story of the Sun Golden Crow, the collapse of the Celestial River, with nothing different over fifty thousand years.

But in front of him, the situation was obviously someone hiding and secretly growing, with a depth of identity even unknown to Supreme Gods and well-concealed within the era.

"The Material God, always sitting in high halls, managing the world's affairs, is indeed difficult to monitor them." Atabia nodded, looking at the Emperor beside him.

The Emperor shook his head, "I can't detect it either; I'm just the transporter, you should ask Elis. No matter how hidden, there must be reincarnation to live a second life."

"If there's anyone suspicious during reincarnation, Elis would definitely notice."

This made a lot of sense.

No matter how hidden an existence is, it is bound by the lifespan of the cosmos, needing reincarnation, having gone through many cycles of Reincarnation.

"I really can't detect it."

Seeing the eyes of everyone on her, Elis herself doubted her existence and began scrolling through the records of reincarnation, "There's nothing unusual! I'm the Life Ancient God and have documented every new young strong person's reincarnations. I would quietly record any with potential, but indeed... there's nothing unusual."

The people looked at Elis, with some silence.

Among the four Gods, Elis was the only one not up to standard.

She was responsible for monitoring life... with such a life change, producing this thing, and still unable to detect it, it was clearly a dereliction of duty.

"No... although Elis has not been quite up to par herself these years, with Bai Lin's assistance, Reincarnation has been reformed several times, so there's no reason to be fooled." At this point, Nokron spoke up, "There is only one answer left."

"The opponent can deceive Reincarnation, probably mastering Life Authority, capable of disguising as an ordinary existence, going through cycles of Reincarnation undetected."

Upon these words, Elis, seeing everyone's gaze on her, took a deep breath and explained, "If this is the case, to deceive Reincarnation doesn't require highly advanced Life Diagram Authority, only an Entry Level Life Authority Diagram."

"I get it." Atabia discussed with them once more, carefully acquiring various materials from this era, and quickly returned to the present world.

In his heart, he was already exceedingly vigilant.

An Entry Level Life Diagram, an Entry Level Time Diagram... this person is indeed worthy of reverence, and it's very possible there's even more hidden Authority Diagram talents within them.