"To someone at my level, the past, present, and future no longer matter," the Overlord replied, shaking his head directly. "Once one achieves the Inner Universe Realm, all possibilities of time converge and shrink into a single 'one'. This 'one' is me, though I am still unable to change the past with thoughts of the future—that would require time to not merely be a 'one', but a 'zero', or rather, time presenting as an infinity. Putting that aside, seeing you now finally makes me understand the true reason behind certain misgivings I had back then..."
"First, why did Na, before being captured, tell me in advance not to worry and that everything would turn out fine? Second, this headquarters is in a state of absolute spatial isolation and separation; once completely severed, it should be impossible to ever return to the Seven Seas World, yet I still managed to escape from the headquarters back then. And finally... in countless reincarnations, it turns out you were the one trying to stop me all along."
At this, the Overlord surveyed his surroundings and said, "I know all of you have been trying to guess the secret of my power. This is the secret of my power. Through countless reincarnations, to grant peace to my comrades whose every mutation, every rampage, and every memory awakening ended in tragedy, I have housed their tormented souls within my Mind Sea. Every single time, without fail. If I did not, they would suffer eternal torment and wailing. Because of this, I had to gr…
Chapter 606