"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Hearing what Yun Ming said, Ao Tian's Golden Dragon Eyes were filled with disbelief, and he spoke up to deny it immediately.
What did he mean by 'the future him'? If the soul inside the Atlas Divine Spear was his future self, then what about Yun Ming, the master of the Atlas Divine Spear who knew about this? Was he from the future too?! This was completely unheard of!
He suddenly felt that his previous decision might have been a bit rash; the person in front of him seemed like a madman!
"Soon, the other you will awaken, and then he will prove everything."
Yun Ming responded casually without further explanation, believing that letting the 'Ao Tian' from the future communicate with him was the correct approach.
However, Yun Ming had another worry: he wasn't sure what would happen when the same soul from different timelines met, so he could only pray in his heart.
I hope no major disaster occurs!
Seeing this, Ao Tian said nothing more, just quietly watching the Atlas Divine Spear continue to devour his energy, waiting for the final result.
"Awoo--"
Soon, after the Atlas Divine Spear had devoured the last bit of energy, the 'Ao Tian' soul sleeping within it fully revived. A deep and magnificent dragon roar, like distant thunder, suddenly resounded within the Spirit Space.
At the same time, a beam of black-gold light shot out from the Atlas Divine Spear, appearing before Yun Ming and Ao Tian.
Ao Tian was stunned as he looked at the Black Gold Dragon Turtle that had suddenly appeared. He glanced at the other, then at himself; aside from the difference in color, the more complex patterns on the other's body, and a soul realm that was faintly a level stronger than his own, the other was exactly the same as him!
Seeing his past self, 'Ao Tian' felt a very strange emotion; such an experience was indeed rare for anyone. After the two dragon turtles sized each other up like differently colored mirror images for a while, the younger one couldn't hold back any longer.
Ao Tian: "Are you the future me?"
Future 'Ao Tian': "Yes."
Ao Tian: "How can you prove it?"
Future 'Ao Tian': "Can't you feel it? That instinct of the Heterogeneous Heart Connection."
Ao Tian could certainly feel it, but he still found it hard to believe.
Future 'Ao Tian' raised his right claw and said.
"Come! Everything you want to know is right here."
After a moment of hesitation, Ao Tian placed his left claw onto the future 'Ao Tian's' right claw. A burst of golden light began to glow between the dragon claws as the future 'Ao Tian' began to rapidly synchronize the memories of the twenty thousand years before his time travel to Ao Tian.
From a third-person perspective, Ao Tian quickly viewed the major events of his future twenty thousand years of beast life: the appearance of gods, the rise of humanity, the mass extinction of soul beasts on the continent, his own transformation into a Soul Spirit, and finally, the death of Yun Ming. How should he put it? He now felt that his life as a beast had truly been quite spectacular.
Future 'Ao Tian' let his current self slowly digest the information, then greeted Yun Ming with a look of deep emotion.
"Yun Ming, I didn't expect us to be able to meet while still alive."
Yun Ming smiled.
"It is indeed a very strange fate; one can only say that our lives were not meant to end!"
Future 'Ao Tian' also laughed out loud.
"That's right! Not meant to end."
"It's just a pity that we probably can't go back; it's truly a shame that we can't personally slaughter those bastards."
Yun Ming didn't quite see it that way; who could say for sure what the future held!
Future 'Ao Tian' spoke again.
"Let's not talk about that for now. This King will first stabilize my origin and help you break through to become a Soul Emperor."
Having said that, he acted immediately. Endless black-gold light began to condense on the Atlas Divine Spear, and finally, at the position of the sixth ring, a noble and domineering black-gold Spirit Ring took shape.
And Yun Ming's aura began to surge wildly along with the formation of the Spirit Ring! Level sixty-one, sixty-two, and finally stopping at level sixty-five.
After condensing the Spirit Ring, future 'Ao Tian' said.
"How is it? This King is generous, right? I've bestowed this strongest spirit skill upon you."
However, Yun Ming did not answer him this time. He had experienced the entire process of the Spirit Ring's formation and had suddenly discovered a new problem, which caused his expression to change slightly. He said to the future 'Ao Tian'.
"We can talk about the spirit skill later."
"'Ao Tian', do you not feel that something is wrong?"
Future 'Ao Tian' was confused.
"What do you mean?"
He had been immersed in the joy of resurrection and the strange situation of communicating with himself, failing to notice the subtle changes between them, but Yun Ming, who had been maintaining high vigilance, had keenly spotted the issue.
Under Yun Ming's Divine Origin Realm spiritual perspective, the future 'Ao Tian' was devouring Ao Tian's origin, especially when 'Ao Tian' condensed the Spirit Ring and mobilized his origin, which confirmed that his perception was correct.
Although it was very slow at the moment, it was unknown whether it would accelerate later. Even if it maintained the current rate of devouring, the Ao Tian of this era would exhaust his origin and his soul would dissipate in about two months.
Yun Ming said seriously.
"You are devouring the origin of the other you!"
Ao Tian, Future 'Ao Tian': "!!!"
Alerted by Yun Ming, both Ao Tians were shocked and hurriedly checked their origins. Upon careful observation, both of them discovered the problem.
Ao Tian said in shock.
"My origin is dissipating, how can this be?!"
The future Ao Tian felt the origin dissipating from Ao Tian gathering toward him, his expression turning grave. Although it appeared he was gaining an advantage, this change, which he could not control himself, was not necessarily a good thing.
"I don't know. I didn't initiate the absorption, and I can't stop it either."
The sudden turn of events made the atmosphere between the two Ao Tians heavy. Just after meeting, Ao Tian's origin had already developed a problem, making it difficult for him not to overthink. However, after a flicker in his eyes, Ao Tian ultimately decided to trust himself.
Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Yun Ming offered his own conjecture and attempted to resolve the issue.
"You are the same soul from different timelines, one of the only two such exceptions in the world. The most likely cause for this situation is the rules of heaven and earth."
"Let's first try to see if we can solve the problem."
The two Ao Tians exchanged a glance and nodded slightly.
The future Ao Tian said.
"Yun Ming, what do you think we should do?"
He had a clear sense of his own limitations; since he couldn't solve this problem just now, it was unlikely he would later, so he decided to place his hope in the brilliant and talented Yun Ming.
Yun Ming pondered for a moment and proposed his own line of reasoning for a solution.
Afterward, the two Ao Tians tested various methods suggested by Yun Ming, including but not limited to self-suppression of the dissipation and absorption, using the Seal Technique on the origin, seeking help from Tian Ling (Sky Dome Silver Peng) and the Evil King (Dark Demon Evil God Tiger), and isolating the two Ao Tians' Martial Souls from the inside out, yet the results were minimal.
After the method of Tian Ling mobilizing the Dragon Suppressing Power within the Battle Armor to suppress Ao Tian's dissipating origin also failed, he stopped and said to Yun Ming.
"Master, it is still useless."
Seeing that even this final method had failed, Ao Tian felt his beastly life turn bleak. Any previous thoughts about the wonders of life vanished; he now felt as if the heavens were playing with him, sending Yun Ming over only to specifically take his dragon life.
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