Xiao Kaitian was betrayed and cast down into the three-dimensional world. All his thoughts were consumed by the desire to return to his own higher-dimensional realm as soon as possible. Yet, as he tra
A night of torrential rain! A flash of lightning illuminated the world, sky and earth rendered starkly bright, accompanied by a shrill, bone-chilling crack of thunder. In the pitch-black heavens, lightning sprawled like a spider’s web, branching and writhing without restraint.
A black Toyota Corolla was lodged, its front end wedged firmly between the highway’s guardrails, the tremendous force of impact having twisted it beyond recognition. The right door hung open, the wipers on the window still moving with mechanical persistence, and at the rear, the hazard lights blinked intermittently with each sweep of the wipers, signaling an emergency.
Some ten meters from the car lay a man. He wore a fine checkered shirt and black slacks, sprawled face-down on the sodden ground, seemingly lifeless, letting the wind and rain lash his body.
Another bolt of lightning tore through the sky, and seconds later, amid the rumble of thunder, his legs twitched. Pressing his palms to the earth, he slowly rose from the rain-slick ground.
He had been betrayed! In the Central Axis Universe, standing just half a step from ascending as the new king, he had been outmaneuvered.
Who had orchestrated his downfall? Was it that old man, or one of his own subordinates?
Squinting into the storm, he strained to recall every detail of that pivotal moment—the old man’s unruffled expression, and the four great generals at his side, their faces twisted in shock, panic, or confusion.
Who was the perpetrator?
People always believed the universes were parallel, but