Hum!
At the heart of the Karma Soul-Severing Flower, the threads piercing the void suddenly pulled taut.
The next moment, the scene before Fang Chen changed.
The chaos of the Sea of Laws vanished, replaced by images both familiar and strange.
In the first, a young child knelt weeping before a fresh grave. The Tombstone bore the words "Grave of the Fang Couple."
It was his parents' grave.
Fang Chen's pupils contracted.
This was the memory he least wanted to touch.
But the images did not stop.
The second showed a boy under attack by a crowd. Covered in blood, he shielded a smaller girl behind him with his life. That girl was Ye Qingci.
The third showed a young man facing the Five-Clan Alliance Army at Heavenly Chasm Gorge, surrounded and with no way out.
A fourth. A fifth!
The images flashed past like a revolving lantern, each one among the most dangerous, painful, and hopeless moments of his life.
The Karma Soul-Severing Flower could stir the deepest demons of his heart!
"Heh!"
Fang Chen gave a cold laugh. Chaos Radiance flowed through his eyes as he thought, You think my past can shake me? Naive!
He had faced life and death too many times. His resolve had long been tempered as hard as stone. Those memories were painful, but they were no longer his demons.
Yet the Karma Soul-Severing Flower had more than one trick.
As the last image vanished, every version of him within those scenes turned to look at the Fang Chen standing there.
Then they spoke in unison. "Have you truly escaped those shadows?"
"Have you avenged your parents?"
"Have you really protected everyone you wanted to protect?"
"Do you truly think Ye Qingci will love you the same way after awakening the memories of