John didn’t give up but instead flew towards the village where Sarah spent the first six years of her new life.
The village was here, not back on his private planet. Everything looked the same as before he moved it. He arrived inside the village and asked everybody if they had seen Sarah.
Sadly, everyone answered the same. They had never heard of a person called Sarah.
At this point, John began to feel nauseated. His fingers and toes were tingling, and he started to lose any sensation in them. He could feel his legs were trembling to the point where he could hardly stand up.
No, I don’t believe it!
Opening the universal map once more, John teleported to the Sword Sect’s private planet. He asked all the elders and the sect master about Sarah, but they had no idea, and then welcomed him back to the sect.
The Maddox family estate was still standing and John saw Scott Maddox practising his martial arts.
After killing Scott, John then went to find Lexis, but even she didn’t know Sarah.
On the universal map, he teleported to the Death Sect’s planet this time. He found that the entire sect was still thriving.
He teleported to the Transcendent’s castle next, but he found pieces of furniture floating in the courtyard again. When he passed through the bubble barrier at the castle’s entrance, his Scan showed that nobody was inside, but the beds were all made and all the clothes had disappeared.
John walked back to the courtyard with shaky legs before they finally buckled, forcing him on his knees. His hands slumped to his sides as his strength had left his body while his mouth kept opening and closing, but no sound would come out.
Tears fell down John’s cheeks as his heart began to ache.
Sarah’s gone. She doesn’t exist in this timeline and without her, Kelly was never born.
His mind kept going through all the differences without Sarah in his life.
Without her, I never would’ve told my past life’s history which made the system get rid of my depression and grief.
I never went to the Anti-assassin Sect’s planet for revenge when Sarah was put into a coma, so they are all alive.
When Jeremy May took over the Rogue Sect, I wouldn’t have been strong enough to kill him and take the sect back because I didn’t get revenge.
With Jeremy in power and nobody to stop him, his new rules caused the Immortal War.
Since I didn’t go back to take over the sect, Luke was never made an immortal and became the king’s advisor.
At the Sword Sect, I didn’t arrive with Sarah, so I joined alone. Scott Maddox didn’t see Sarah’s face to fall in love, meaning I wouldn’t have destroyed the Maddox family due to his actions.
Without destroying the Anti-assassin Sect, I couldn’t sneak into the Adventurers’ Guild’s prison disguised as Jonathan to gain more strength, so the Adventurers’ Guild and the Death Sect never went to war after Sarah shifted the blame.
Since I didn’t get revenge, I didn’t become a Demon which would’ve caused O’Malley to lose interest in me. If that happened, I wouldn’t have been forced to join the beastman’s war, meaning the beastmen would, or possibly already have, won the war.
The village we lived in never became prosperous because of us, instead the residents either starved to death or moved. I never made a deal with the Bahan king to make him immortal and the prince of the Gralux Kingdom never tried his plot, so he’s still alive.
The only thing that stayed the same was me and the Transcendents who stayed dead. The past being changed doesn’t affect Transcendents, even dead ones.
That means somebody paid the price and changed the past!
Who? And why?!
John didn’t move for hours, trying to think who could’ve done this. All that time, his tears, heartache, and the feeling of his world being torn apart never stopped.
Clap, clap, clap.
John heard somebody clapping behind him, so he turned his head around.
He saw a woman who stood at about five and a half feet. She had brown hair that went down to her hips, thin eyebrows, brown eyes, and she was on the slimmer side.
“I always like to see the effects my punishments have on people,” she crooned. “I’ve got to say, your pain is one of the better ones I’ve seen throughout my long life.”
Chapter 50: Her
John stared at the woman. His voice was caught in his throat, leaving him unable to speak, regardless of how much he tried.
He knew this woman was the first Sider that O’Malley had talked about because a black seven-sided star was around the woman’s right eye, which was also black with a glowing yellow iris.
“Ha! Cat got your tongue?” she teased. “Don’t break down just yet. The punishment has only just begun.
“My first punishment is causing you emotional pain, and for Transcendents, this punishment is much worse. No matter what happens, your memories will be left intact because you’re a Transcendent.
“The most effective way of doing this is to leave the person alone by killing those closest to them. So, when I found out about your lover and child, I got one of my people to erase them from existence.
“You can do nothing to reverse another Transcendent’s actions of changing the past, but you will live forever with memories of those that you lost haunting you.
“It’s easier than you think, actually. Just wait until after a Transcendent has returned from their past, destroy the souls of their loved ones, and you’re done.
“Your little lover was a Saint Sider, which was highly unexpected. From what I’ve learned about the new history of this universe, her death saved a few billion lives.
“The way Saints are, I think she would’ve been happy to die if it saved that many lives, so you can take a bit of comfort knowing that at least.”
“HOW?” John screamed, tears still falling from his reddened eyes.
