Chapter 1983: A Failed Inner Domain Land

"Something else? What is it?"

Fairy Yu raised her head suspiciously. At that moment, she resembled a petite, cute fox.

Fang Chen smiled. "If we all have past lives, what do you think yours would be?"

"My past life? I was probably a stone."

"A stone?"

"Yeah! I could sleep every day, zone out, and not have to think about too many things."

"Let me tell you a story."

"About my past life?"

A subtle smile appeared in Fairy Yu's eyes. "Go ahead and tell me. When you first appeared, I thought I was uniquely talented and that you took a liking to my aptitude. Now that so many years have passed, how could I not know your true intentions?"

"The story begins in a place called the Divine Realm..."

Fang Chen spent roughly one or two hours explaining the entire chain of cause and effect to her.

Fairy Yu listened blankly for a long time before exclaiming in surprise, "So back then, after I was planted with the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo and recovered my memory as part of the God Race, I immediately became your sworn enemy?"

"That's right."

"I truly deserved to die," spat Fairy Yu resentfully. "If I ever meet my past self, just watch whether I'd beat her up or not."

Fang Chen smiled. "That was because your memories as a human accounted for only an incredibly tiny portion of your entire lifespan at the time. It was like having a vague dream during an afternoon nap."

He explained, "So I thought of a way to make this dream of yours feel more real. Eventually, it would replace your past memories. Everything here would become reality, while everything from before would instead become nothing more than a dream."

"That really is a good solution. Counting the reincarnation back on Enlightenment Star and the eight thousand years I've spent here, even if I recover those past memories again, I will definitely still be myself," whispered Fairy Yu softly.

"Old Wang gave this to me." Fang Chen retrieved something from his bosom and handed it to Fairy Yu. "If you feel you're ready, swallow it down."

"Is it the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo ?"

"Mm."

Without a second word, Fairy Yu tossed it into her mouth, then frowned in disgust. "It tastes a bit bitter."

She reached out and beckoned. A piece of fresh fruit flew into her hand, and she swallowed it together with the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo. With the sweetness of the fresh fruit diluting the bitterness, her disgust eased.

The two leaned against each other on the lounge chair and chatted like that as dusk gradually fell.

Eventually, Fang Chen heard the faint sound of snoring. He glanced down and discovered that Fairy Yu had fallen asleep at some point.

He wasn't sure whether it was an illusion, but Fang Chen seemed to see some kind of black liquid emerging on Fairy Yu's arm.

"Ingesting the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo causes something like this to happen?"

A look of contemplation appeared in Fang Chen's eyes. But the next instant, he lightly slapped out, and the black liquid was instantly sent flying into the sky.

He raised his hand to lay down a suppression formation here, and in an instant, his primordial spirit left his body, chasing after that black liquid.

That wasn't an anomaly caused by the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo. He remembered where he had seen this thing before! Back when Saint Jinyang and the others forcibly condensed their Inner Domain, these things had been present as well. It seemed to be some kind of bizarre entity born within an Inner Domain.

"Saint Jinyang and the others refined an Ancient Forbidden Zone into an Inner Domain, which is why they had such things. Could it be that the Nine Profound Realm is also slowly dying, and that's why this thing appeared? But why had it only appeared after Little Yu consumed the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo? Was it planning to possess Little Yu's physical body?"

As Fang Chen's thoughts churned, his divine soul accelerated.

Before long, he saw a streak of black fleeing in front of him.

Fang Chen's gaze darkened. "Trying to flee?"

He reached out and made a grasping motion. At that moment, it seemed as though a great gate had appeared behind him.

A vast torrent of Limit Breaking power surged forth, transforming into a giant hand that descended to suppress the black liquid.

He had already firmly stepped into the Half Saint realm.

His Inner Domain might only be in its preliminary stage and everything inside remained unstable—he hadn't even entered to take a look yet—yet he could already borrow its power.

With a single grasp like that, even an ordinary Half-Saint would likely suffer some injuries.

Yet just as his giant hand touched the black liquid, the opponent slipped straight away like a loach.

He tried four or five more times, but they all ended in failure.

"Let's see where you can run."

Fang Chen no longer attacked, choosing instead to keep chasing after it.

Without realizing it, several days passed by.

Right before Fang Chen's eyes, the black liquid suddenly vanished without a trace, leaving no clues behind.

Fang Chen searched around several times. After finding no clues whatsoever—as though the black liquid had simply disappeared into thin air—he chose to return his divine soul to his physical body.

Fairy Yu was still sleeping soundly.

A lingering fear surged in Fang Chen's heart. If Fairy Yu had consumed the Inverse Immortal Demonic Embryo alone and he wasn't around to spot the black liquid, what would have happened?

Several possibilities crossed his mind. No matter which one it was, none were outcomes he wished to see.

Perhaps sensing Fang Chen's gaze, Fairy Yu's eyelids twitched slightly. She opened her eyes, her gaze blank for a moment before slowly focusing on Fang Chen.

"My lord?"

Fang Chen smiled. "Have you remembered everything?"

Fairy Yu looked slightly embarrassed. "I remember now, including my memories in the Divine Realm, as well as memories of reincarnation on Enlightenment Star. "

Fang Chen's smile widened. "You won't try to beat or kill me now, right?"

Fairy Yu chuckled awkwardly. "How could I possibly? Who else in the whole world would spend so much time accompanying me besides you?"

He she paused for a moment, then muttered, "Though it's strange. How did you know about my affairs in the Divine Realm? Yet in my memories of the Divine Realm, there is no sign of you?"

Fang Chen asked, "Do you know about the Reincarnation Immortal Sect?"

Fairy Yu didn't seem to hear clearly. "What?"

Fang Chen asked a few more times, but Fairy Yu couldn't seem to understand him no matter what. That was yet another method that stripped away cognition.

Fang Chen shook his head. "It's nothing. Since you've recovered your memories, let's head out first."

Fairy Yu already knew everything in the Nine Profound Realm was fake, except for her and Fang Chen, but a trace of reluctance still appeared in her eyes. "Head out, huh... then I'll go see those little monkeys."

Fang Chen smiled and nodded. "Go ahead."

After Fairy Yu left, he stood up and took a few steps forward. His figure soon vanished.

When he reappeared, he was already standing in a patch of chaos. The power here was extremely wild and violent, seemingly threatening to explode at the slightest touch.

That was the Inner Domain he had forcibly condensed in the Nine Profound Realm. Yet even after all that time, he had still failed to grasp its essential secrets.

His Inner Domain was a failure. If transferred to reality, he would likely be at the very bottom among many Half Saints.

But now that he had attempted it once—and had even barely succeeded—his next attempt would be much easier. Next time, he could make adjustments and condense an Inner Domain that truly satisfied him.

Just as Fang Chen prepared to leave the Inner Domain, a turbulent flow of Breaking Limit power appeared in the violent void before his eyes. That turbulent flow suddenly condensed into an enormous screen.

Within that screen lay the boundless void of the universe, and an... army!