Shen Shuibi threw her arms around Li Qi. Under normal circumstances, she would never have done something like this.
There were people everywhere around them—every third-rank, second-rank, even first-rank being in the entire universe was here.
They were all watching the Heavenly Demon, the core of all this, and Li Qi.
Yet at this moment, she rushed forward without a care, holding Li Qi tightly.
Li Qi, however, gave a somewhat self-mocking smile. He took Shen Shuibi's hand and asked, "Yu'er... are you real?"
It seemed like a meaningless question, yet it was of utmost importance to Li Qi at this moment.
"I am." Shen Shuibi answered without the slightest hesitation, her words as decisive as a nail driven into wood.
Yet Li Qi found no comfort at all in that answer.
Yes. So what?
With his current mighty power, he could even erase Shen Shuibi's existence. Without question, Li Qi had realized that he had broken through to the second rank, though this was not his own power.
There was an eye of the Heavenly Demon on his forehead. Because of that eye and the true knowledge within it, his perception had expanded to a degree beyond even his own imagination. It was as if he could see everything in the universe.
Through that perception, he could also perfectly control the power of the Desire Realm within him. Thus, he was perhaps now a complete second rank, so long as that eye was not reclaimed by the Heavenly Demon.
Therefore, Li Qi's possession of second-rank power was obviously real. He was utterly certain that he himself was real.
So what? What did that change?
Now, even the Buddha was "empty."
The Buddha had striven for an entire lifetime, borne karmic burdens, and carried them to this day, only to