At this moment, Chu Mu once again seemed to have returned to that observer's perspective.
Only, the observer before had been observing a stranger. Even though those bizarre memories had made him feel them as if they were his own, even affecting his Original Self, Spiritual Radiance had stabilized his consciousness, and there had ultimately been a barrier between them.
But now, this act of observation was undoubtedly different.
His former self, the point at which he had descended into this world, the crucial turning point in Chu Mu's fate...
Now...
Chu Mu silently watched the youth lying unconscious in the room.
In his perception, Chu Mu at this moment—or rather, the fate belonging to the real Chu Mu—had already come to a complete end.
The youth on the heated brick bed had fainted from utter grief.
Perhaps it had also been destined by fate. At this moment, the youth had already died soundlessly.
In the real world, the destined fate had undoubtedly been the same.
Only after the youth died had he been able to take over another's nest.
At this moment, in this world, the youth's death was not merely the extinction of his life force. On the level of this world's Heavenly Mechanism, the youth's thread of fate had also been cut off completely here.
That meant the real Chu Mu no longer existed in this world.
And now...
Time trickled by bit by bit. Though only a brief moment had passed, to Chu Mu, it felt indescribably long.
Perhaps it had only been an instant, or perhaps a long time had passed.
The youth's extinguished life force began to revive soundlessly.
Chu Mu tried to sense it, but in the end, he failed to detect the slightest trace.
Yet there was no doubt that the youth's