I waited for Tai Sui's explanation, and he continued: "Most people in the Original World and the New World are interconnected. It's like how I was a scientist in the Original World, but transformed into the Human God Tai Sui in the New World. Even if returning to the past worldview, you will merely change your identity and background, without disappearing after history is restructured."

"Of course, I could think of this matter, but unless it's you and the Seal Master, everyone will forget everything of the past after the worldview shift, only remembering their new life." I said, "Although for you, we may appear to 'have returned to what we should have been,' from our perspective now, it's akin to reincarnation."

"Not everyone can treat their past and future selves as another self, even if able to do so, the choice to reincarnate should be another discussion. Isn't it precisely because of this that Yama broke with you?"

"You misunderstood, Zhuang Cheng." Tai Sui said seriously, "Firstly, as long as I use the power of the divine seal, I can allow a very few people to retain their past life memories after the world reboot. Though this approach may bring the poison of 'false human history' to the Original World, a toxin's potency also depends on dosage. If the number is small enough, and you don't spread knowledge and technology related to it, it's a harmless flaw."

"Secondly, perhaps it's hard to believe I'll honor this promise, but as Impermanence, you can rely on your power to forcibly preserve your life memories."

"Can I?" This is something I had not expected.

"The power of Great Impermanence is strong enough to reverse the world's influence, making it not easily engulfed by a worldview reboot." Tai Sui said, "Ordinary people and demon hunters cannot defy the world reboot, but if at Great Success Rank, you can retain some vague impressions and adapt your talents to the form of the Original World; whereas Great Impermanence can keep all memories, even the transcendent soul quality."

"Of course, since the Original World lacks concepts like mana, powerful souls cannot directly interfere with reality; Great Impermanence does not have the same power in the Original World as now... This is one reason Yama could not accept it. Although I only learned this after becoming the Master of Divine Seal, he predicted this possibility when striking me, and explicitly said he could not allow such a future to appear...

"But at least, this is the path that can practically save the world with the least damage."

His words aligned with my experience, but in this direction, after the world reboot, the personalities of people I know will vanish. Zhu Shi and Mazao, despite becoming strong enough to wield the Power of Great Impermanence, have not elevated their soul strength to the Great Impermanence Domain, making memory retention impossible, let alone others. They might not even know me in the Original World, and we would become strangers.

One cannot expect Tai Sui to kindly keep his promise. From his position, humans carrying memories of false human history back to the Original World can be seen as remnants of the apocalypse. Though knowledge and technology from here cannot be directly transferred, the ideological essence of knowledge and technology from false human history may still find expression in forms that can be conveyed in the Original World. This is a contamination form I can foresee immediately; unknown threats may be countless.

Having acquired full power, Tai Sui need not bother about his credit with me; I even suspect he might use force to modify my memory, making me believe the agreement never existed or has been fulfilled. Or directly eliminate me and other Great Impermanence, then the Original World would have no apocalypse threats.

I can't think of reasons he wouldn't do so.

Moreover, I never intended from the start to help anyone save the world.

Suddenly, I noticed something.

"According to your explanation, the memory and capability retention from Great Success Rank to Great Impermanence gradually increases after world reboot... then what about Shan Liangyi who opened the third door?" I asked.

"If it's Shan Liangyi... he can somewhat continue using accumulated powers from different worldviews, even forcefully allowing a few others to completely retain memories before world reboot." Tai Sui said with seriousness, "Indeed, he can even use mana in the Original World where such a concept doesn't exist..."

"Wouldn't that have consequences?" I asked.

"Of course there are consequences, very severe ones. Just the presence of people like Shan Liangyi and Old Fist God can affect the completion of the world reboot. If Great Impermanence's Fatian Xiangdi can distort natural climates of the land, an entity who opened the third door can even warp the worldview of their space-time. So before the world reboot, they must be completely exterminated or expelled from this world." Tai Sui said.

"That's why you proposed through No. 7 to help me deal with Shan Liangyi..." I said.

"Leaving Old Fist God aside, Shan Liangyi is our common enemy. I understand the predicament you face; if you hand all Divine Seal Fragments to me, I can solve this problem for you." Tai Sui said.

"Is it really possible to handle Shan Liangyi with just more than a dozen Divine Seal Fragments?" I questioned.

"As long as I have these Divine Seal Fragments, I can completely restore the Doomsday Divine Seal." Tai Sui said, "To be precise, once the collection of Doomsday Divine Seal fragments exceeds half, I can forcibly gather the remaining half. You currently possess eleven, No. 2 has three, your partner received two, plus two I've reclaimed through transactions, totaling eighteen fragments.

"Even if the maximum number of Doomsday Divine Seal Fragments is thirty-five, it's just right to ensure over half, which is the main reason I'm communicating with you now."

As Zhu Shi and I suspected before, the Master of Divine Seal indeed has means to forcibly gather all Divine Seal fragments at a certain stage, and he's directly telling me now.

Seeking to earn my trust with sincerity—he truly spares no effort in this regard.

"Even if a Divine Seal Fragment lands in the Seal Master's hands, can you reclaim it?" I asked.

"That won't happen. Just as I can designate seven Void Envoys, enhancing their affinity attraction to Divine Seal Fragments, I have similarly set all Divine Seal Fragments to avoid the unknown location of another Divine Seal privy holder. This is somewhat similar to a setting he added when you joined Great Impermanence." Tai Sui said.

"A setting?" I asked.

"The stronger a demon hunter is, the more they attract anomalies. So logically, as the pinnacle of the abnormal world, Great Impermanence should attract all anomalies in the world. Yet in reality, you naturally repel all anomalies; based on my observation, this should be a deliberate arrangement by him." Tai Sui stated with thoroughness, "The motive can be easily inferred; allowing Great Impermanence to attract all anomalies globally would result in massive extinction of anomalies.

"This could be considered a manual modification to the worldview with sheer overwhelming power; he might have been consciously aware of this issue while making a wish, turning it into one of the New World's background settings."

I hadn't anticipated learning the truth behind Great Impermanence's anomaly exclusion phenomenon here.

I previously felt the repulsion between Great Impermanence and the abnormal world carried strange implications, which turned out to be for such reasons.

"Then, what is your answer?" Tai Sui brought the topic back to his most concerned direction, "If you hand all Divine Seal Fragments to me, I can solve all your problems and use the Doomsday Divine Seal power to lock the Seal Master's location.

"Now, as he likely hasn't yet retrieved the Current World Divine Seal, once his true identity is confirmed, victory can be declared directly. Moreover, using the Doomsday Divine Seal power, locking the accurate coordinates of the Current World Divine Seal beneath the vast Arctic Ocean should be effortless. We can save the world in one go."

I first took a deep breath, then said: "Master of Divine Seal... no, Tai Sui, it's about time to end this charade."

Tai Sui hesitated slightly, asking: "...What do you mean?"

"Given your knowledge of most events happening in this world, you should be very aware of my experiences, everything I've said until now, and my true nature..." I said, "I must thank you for telling me so much, but I can't understand why you would do so.

"Even if it's to earn my trust entirely, it seems excessive. When you described your student's character and aspirations earlier, I even wondered if you were hinting at something.

"So, as a return for your sincerity, I'm speaking directly to you here, Tai Sui. I cannot believe you would continue to keep someone like me, a Great Impermanence, after rebooting the world, nor allow my acquaintances to retain past memories. More importantly, I don't wish to save the world, nor am I interested in the Original World you pursue. I assume there is no need for me to elaborate more on the specific reasons; you may understand more personally than anyone else.

"Therefore, I will not give you the Divine Seal Fragments."

"...…"

After hearing these words, Tai Sui fell into prolonged silence.