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Chapter 127 (The wounded god of memories) Chen’s POV
The transition into Han Ruo’s mind was as swift as a moving arrow. One second, Tao Shuyin’s cold whisper was drifting past my ear; the next, the universe was wiped entirely blank, dragging my soul deep into Han Ruo’s mind. There was no sound, no sensation, no air, everything seemed to be trapped in time. For one terrifying moment, I wondered if the cognition sea had already swallowed me whole. Then a faint crimson glow flickered ahead, titling the thread on my finger. The blood tether was thin and weak, flickering inside the abyss like the last strand holding a drowning man above water.The moment my consciousness settled on it, the void around me trembled violently. It didn't just notice me. It choked on me.White, jagged cracks ripped across the void like fracturing ice. A deafening cascade of overlapping whispers exploded in the dark; the voices bleeding with cold recognition, sudden terror, and a sickening, primal hunger.The Cognition Sea recoiled from me. Then, it leaned clos
Chapter 126 (Blind in Abyss) Chen’s POV
Tao Shuyin stepped across the threshold like winter itself had entered the room.The moment the door shut behind her, the suffocating heat pressing against the walls began to fade. The warped candle flames steadied. Even the pressure crushing my skull loosened beneath the cold wave of her spiritual presence.I remained utterly frozen, my hand still resting on the iron latch. Every instinct ingrained in me from years of survival screamed at the sheer, god-like weight of her presence, yet my Sovereign sense and the Void within my core lay completely dormant. They didn't flare with hostility. They didn’t perceive a threat or a deception.That was how I knew it was truly her. But she wasn’t the shuyin I remembered. She was no longer wearing the understated robes of a princess. She was draped in immaculate, heavy white silk, layered with thick embroidery that marked the station of a high dignitary. Silver threads wove through the fabric, shifting and flowing like liquid moonlight. A white
Chapter 125 (Our fate at the threshold) Chen’s POV
“Do not open the door.”The deep voice rolled through the room like distant thunder; a gravelly baritone of absolute, crushing authority that vibrated through the floorboardsBeneath my hands, Wei was as rigid as a corpse in rigor mortis. The blood from his nose and ears were already beginning to congeal, but the unnatural stiffness of his muscles made it almost impossible to tell if he was still human. Yan Hu and I remained perfectly still, trapped in the suffocating silence that followed Wei’s voice. The layered, chaotic chanting from moments before had vanished, leaving only the erratic, wet rasp of Han Ruo’s breathing.The candle flames steadied. Even the warped shadows on the walls seemed to freeze in place.Then, the shadows shifted.My eyes darted to the sliver of space beneath the heavy wooden door. The dim light from the moon was suddenly blotted out. A silhouette. Not pacing, just standing there, forcing an impenetrable mass of darkness to press against our concealment arra
Chapter 124 (Bleeding Mind) Chen’s POV
Han Ruo’s cracked whisper, "Take him out of here, Sovereign” had barely faded into the stagnant air before the nightmare truly began.Long Wei’s body convulsed. It wasn't a tremble; it was a violent, spine-arching jerk that snapped his head back against the floorboards with a sickening thud."Wei!" I lunged, throwing my weight over his chest to pin him down. His body felt horrifyingly hot beneath my palms, like he was in hell… or maybe he was. A thick, dark line of blood slipped from his left nostril. Then, a slow crimson tear leaked from the corner of his tightly shut eye. As I grabbed his convulsing shoulders, a fresh trail spilled from his ear, pooling into the dust.He didn't wake, but the soft mumbling changed.“...Shen... jian... wu... xing...” His voice trembled violently. Then it deepened.It grew louder. The raspy whisper ripped its way up his throat, tearing past his vocal cord until it was a raw, desperate sound. Then, another voice overlapped his. The sound coming from
Chapter 123 (A voice through the fracture) Chen’s POV
The palace let me leave too easily. They dismissed me with a casual order to report back to my post at dawn.I was set free with no interrogation, not even a passing glance from Wei Jue, that was the strangest thing I had encountered. Why did he let me go?Wei Jue despised me. My sudden disappearance right before the ritual chamber exploded, combined with my blood trail was a silver platter for him to feast on. He should have strung me up in the dungeons just on the suspicion alone. To release me without probing, to let a random scapegoat take the fall so neatly… That wasn't just unusual, I knew beneath that act was a trap.He was giving me enough rope to hang myself. The thought made my skin crawl. The cool evening air did nothing to settle the suffocating heat trapped in my lungs. I kept my gait steady, simulating the painful limp of a wounded guard, but internally, every instinct I possessed was screaming.I didn't head straight for home. I took a twisted route through the lowe
Chapter 122 (A convenient culprit) Chen POV
The cold steel of the commander’s blade pressed flush against my throat. A hair's breadth deeper, and it would draw blood.He gave a nod and the imperial guards spread through the safehouse without restraint, kicking aside broken stools and tearing through shelves already half-rotten from neglect. Their armored footsteps shook the tiny room, each heavy clang making my pulse tighten for an entirely different reason.My edge of my vision stayed locked on the darkest corner of the room. That was where Long Wei and Han Ruo were breathing beneath the cloaking array. One wrong movement or shift in spiritual perception. And all of us were dead."Convenient timing," the commander sneered, stepping closer so his heavy boots dug into the floorboards near my hip. "Witnesses saw you disappear right before the ritual grounds blew to pieces, Shen Luo. And now we find you here, hiding like a mouse in the filth."I didn't cower. I didn't raise or raise my voice; that would signify fear. Instead, I l
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