The Sea Mirror Woman was, of course, dead.
Her Rule True Body had long since been shattered into pieces in battle, her original body scattered across the stars.
Now, only a wisp of incomplete soul-will remained, clinging to this Mirror Core like a guttering candle in the wind. Along with it, more than half of her past memories had been lost, leaving only fragmented scenes drifting and sinking in the depths of her consciousness.
Even if someone later used a supreme resurrection method to reshape her life and bring her back into the world, the "Sea Mirror Woman" who emerged would inevitably be fundamentally different from the Level-11 Strong Practitioner who had once dominated an entire region.
Having lost her complete memories and will, she would be nothing more than a new existence wearing the same shell.
Not to mention that, under the power of Destruction Demon God Locke, that dark crimson thread of rules was continuously extending and fermenting within the Sea Mirror Woman's remaining will.
It coiled around those surviving fragments of consciousness like vines, reshaping them. No one knew what the final result would be—perhaps she would become a complete puppet, or perhaps an entirely new personality would be born.
After sensing these changes within the Rules Domain of emotions, Saine could not help feeling a little safer.
After all, he was still only a Level-10 Being, a full major realm below the Sea Mirror Woman of old.
The Sea Mirror Woman had been a fallen Level-11 Strong Practitioner. Even with the Rule Red Thread binding her, and even assuming that she was already dead, who could guarantee that this guy had not left some contingency behind in the depths of her soul?
If her remnant soul revived one day and turned on him, the consequences would