'Is it Di Tian?' was Wang Wei's first thought. He knew the latter had the sect's Lord's Shadow technique and should have cultivated a powerful Shadow on par with Wang Ju. However, he quickly denied this possibility since Wu Hong sealed him too early. The techniques have specific requirements, and he could not have met them when he was sealed.
Despite eliminating this possibility, Wang Wei realized it was about time for Di Tian to be released. He has to participate in the Cleanup to acquire a token and fight in the final battle.
From now on, he can no longer be at ease when doing things since he has someone who can match in power and use experiences to compensate for the tactics department.
"I'll go see her."
"Do you want me to go with you?"
"It's fine. Focus on cultivating."
Wang Wei teleported to the small world where Wang Ju was recuperating. When he saw her, he squinted. A part of her body was disappearing while the other half tried to prevent this from happening. She was too focused on saving her life that she could not respond to his presence. Luckily, he had access to the formations and did not have to use force.
'Someone or something has erased her time,' analyzed Wang Wei. He could tell someone hit her with an attack that erased part of her past. And if Wang Ju did not have access to some of his Time Laws, she would have ceased to exist by now.
"No, not erase but ate." Wang Wei came closer to analyze the situation. If Wang Ju's time could be represented by a line similar to the Fate Line, the attack took a bit out of her timeline. The attack's purpose could only erase certain events in her life, or it could wipe her out of existence.
Wang Wei raised his hand to manifest his Time Law, trying to fix the gap in Wang Ju's timeline and save her. He failed. He tried again after borrowing the power of his incarnations. No response.
Wang Wei instantly deployed his Domain to surround her and boost his strength. This attempt was also of no use. He then accessed the River of Time, which should contain records of Wang Ju's timeline. He used the records to recreate her timeline and fix the gap.
'What level of Time Dao is this?' His attempt at even using the River of Time failed; this is not something even he can do.
'Fate surpasses time, so let's try that.' He connected to the River of Fate and found Wang Ju's Fate Line. Using the record of her life in the Fate Line, he fixed the part that was eating. There was great resistance, but he succeeded in the end.
Wang Ju stopped disappearing from reality and opened her eyes.
"Sect Master! Thank you for saving me." This experience was horrifying. Having hundreds of years of her life vanished from her memories, having to question her sanity on whether these events occurred before slowly watching her dissipate from the world.
"What happened? Who did this?"
"The upper-dimension people," she replied, making Wang Wei frown.
"Although you can only use 70% of my main body's power, only Immortal Venerable and above could injure you. And there is that strange Time Technique."
"It was a trap," explained Wang Ju. "I was investigating some suspicious people when I discovered the possible existence of another alliance against you. My investigation led me to a strange Heaven Chosen who seems to use insects. However, it was a trap.
"When I further investigated, they were prepared. They knew about the Lord Shadow Technique and had a Light-based Formation that could affect my Shadow Status and weaken my access to your strength."
Many thoughts flashed in Wang Wei's mind after hearing this. But he let continue without saying a word.
"Luckily, I've acquired some of your intuition and felt danger. Before they completely deploy the array, I use the talisman you gave me to create a hole and flee. Unfortunately, someone hit me with a strange Time Technique."
"Was it a person who attacked you or an item?"
"I'm sorry, but I can't remember. Everything proceeded too quickly, and I did not have time to detect the surroundings."
"It's fine," Wang Wei replied. "What's your analysis on this event?"
"These people knew the Lord Shadow Technique quite well, most likely from the upper-dimension Dao Opening Sect. They came prepared with the knowledge, readied to deal with you through eliminating me."
"You are probably correct." Wang Wei thought deeper about the situation.
'Time Eater is involved.' Wang Ju's attack suits perfectly for the latter's name. Furthermore, he is one of the Paragons who did not participate in the Ultimate Taboo and knew and interacted with his Ancestors.
There is a high chance that he knew the Shadow Ruler, interacted with him, and even competed with the latter. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
"You need to be more careful from now on."
"I will." Wang Ju also realized she was too intoxicated with her newfound power and was slightly careless.
"I have to go through Mortal Dust. When I'm done, I will refine a talisman for you to access all my powers." Wang Wei was slightly annoyed as he kept discovering the "flaws" of the unorthodox way of the Nine Extremity Dao Foundation.
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