There was no doubt that Lin Heng was still alive.
As for what he was doing, no one knew.
All across the Immortal Realm, dead people were constantly coming back to life.
Such an inconceivable thing happened every day, and everyone guessed that Lin Heng was manipulating everything from behind the scenes.
At that moment, Lin Heng stood at the edge of a blank expanse of chaos, with the Mountains and Rivers Map and the Beauty Record still spread out before him.
Jiang Zhao's revival had given him a bold idea.
If sufficiently complete karmic imprints could be extracted from fragments of memory, then what about people from even further back?
Those who had long since passed from this world, yet remained deeply etched in the memories of the living?
Lin Heng opened the Mountains and Rivers Map and sent his divine sense into the deepest part of Black Robe Jiang Hao's memories.
It was a sealed scene—or perhaps a memory... a solitary grave, burying his beloved, his wife, Little Demoness's mother.
Through the reenactment of that sealed scene, the image of a woman appeared—her face smiling, her body weak after childbirth. It was from before their parting.
Yu Han'er... the great mother who had given birth to a child and sacrificed herself.
The memory fragments were exceptionally complete, because Black Robe had thought of her almost every single day over the years.
That guilt and longing were enough to carve a deep karmic brand into the Mountains and Rivers Map.
What surprised Lin Heng, however, was that Yu Han'er had once ranked on the Beauty Ranking as well. She could be revived directly from the Beauty Record.
Lin Heng pressed his palm against the face gradually emerging on the Beauty Record, pouring in Time Force and the spiritual power