Chapter 1917 (1/2)
A distant, transient sigh cut through a world of infinite gray:
“To think that the truth of everything… would hurt you so.”
Yun Che’s consciousness was falling and falling in the gray world. It felt like he would never reach the bottom.
“It’s… you.”
The distant voice of a woman gradually became familiar to him.
This wasn’t the first time he had heard her voice, but his memories vanished every time he left this strange soul world. He would only recall them when he returned to it.
“I shouldn’t have forced myself to manifest, but too many cracks have appeared in your heart. At this rate, the name ‘Xia Qingyue’ will become your eternal wound and suffering.\\\”
“She (I) can never accept that, and so your eternal wound will become her (my) eternal wound as well.”
“That is why I must interfere even when I shouldn’t.”
Qing… yue...
He didn’t expect to hear her name in this world.
The pain felt as raw as ever.
“Who are you, and… what do you mean?” He asked.
“You will know who I am. It is still too early, but there is probably no other way to save you besides showing you the whole truth… unless...”
“You are willing to let me wipe away your memories of her.”
“Xia Qingyue would forever vanish from your mind, and with it all of your sorrow, regrets, and hatred. You would not hurt or suffer if you didn’t remember her in the first place. You would be able to live the rest of your life happy and carefree.”
Forget Xia Qingyue… forever?
No...
No…
NO…
“Never… NEVER!!”
His roar was so terrible that he nearly knocked himself out.
“I will never forget her… I mustn’t!”
His soul’s struggle was so intense that the gray world itself was distorting slightly. “All I have left of her are these memories, and no one will take them away from me! No one!”
“The expected answer.”
The distant woman’s voice answered with a quiet sigh. “I have witnessed the bonds of the living for countless lifetimes, and still they remain as enigmatic as ever.”
“Then again, I hardly have the right to scorn another for their bonds when I’ve fallen into the same trap myself.”
“Yun Che,” she said his name, “I will tell you all of the karma that has bound the person named Xia Qingyue. I don’t know if it will be enough to heal the damage you’ve suffered, but at the very least, I hope it will stop you from plunging deeper into the abyss.”
“Otherwise, in the future, she (I) will never be able to forgive myself.”
Mad desire and hope rose from his chest as he asked, “You… you know everything… about Qingyue?”
“I can imprint the karma and the truth of everything to your soul right now, but I believe you would prefer to experience her unknown past via your own senses.”
“She possesses the mark of Nothingness just like you, although hers is nowhere as pure as yours. Still, it should be enough to perform one ‘Recollection of Nothingness’. You only need to find a possession that has become tinged with her aura of nothingness.”
“Now then. If you wish to live through her past with your own senses, then seek out a possession that has accompanied Qingyue for three years or more.”
“You will find it.”
…………
The voice faded away, and the gray world slowly dissipated like smoke.
Yun Che abruptly opened his eyes in the real world.
This time, the memories of that mysterious gray space and transient voice didn’t fade away from his mind.
He remembered every word as clear as day.
Seek out a possession that has accompanied Qingyue for three years...
A possession of Qingyue!!
He sat up before he could even identify his current location. However, a feminine cry of surprise temporarily caught his attention.
“You are…”
His mind clicked. He was currently at the center of the God Realm of Absolute Beginning. The Abyss of Nothingness was behind him, Jun Xilei was next to him… and Jun Wuming was looking in his direction a short distance away.
He didn’t have the time to explain even a single word, however. He lurched forward—his disorientation causing him to hit the ground hard before he staggered back to his feet—and took to the air.
…………
A possession that has accompanied Qingyue for three years or more...
The words replayed themselves a bit disjointedly in his mind again and again.
He should probably wonder about the identity of the owner of the voice and why she knew everything. He just couldn’t spare the thought right now.
The Moon God Realm, the easiest place to find such an item had been annihilated by none other than himself.
It was the same for all the possessions of Xia Qingyue on his person. He had destroyed them in hate during his time at the Northern Divine Region.
A million regrets wouldn’t be enough to describe even one millionth of the regret he was feeling right now.