The pure white, flawless hospital room was utterly silent, without the slightest trace of any other color.
Only Void General Red remained, half-kneeling alone on the floor, silently gazing at the translucent, illusory soul body that had suddenly sat up on the hospital bed.
This was Xu Xiaoshou's soul space.
Just like the spiritual world he had never developed before, the initial soul space had taken the form of Xu Xiaoshou's greatest obsession—the scene that had left the deepest impression on him.
"Good!"
"Well said! I like fellows like you who love battle this much!"
Inside the soul space, atop the hospital bed, Xu Xiaoshou was already familiar with this scene. After giving it a casual glance, he met the ghostfire in Void General Red's eyes and began speaking with it alone.
After the Red-Character Ghost Talisman had entered its body, he had become the master of this soul and could now communicate with it at a basic level.
Even though Void General Red still retained its obsession, its awareness frozen upon the strongest enemy of its era.
"All that has passed is but drifting clouds..."
On the hospital bed, Xu Xiaoshou spoke with calm ease, like a charlatan delivering his opening lines.
Yet only he knew that his words were true. He was speaking to his former self, while also pouring the purest insights distilled from his own experiences into Void General Red.
"Obsessions are not something we can simply let go of."
"But since we're still alive, still left in this world, no matter in what form... rebirth, a soul?"
"There will always be regrets that need mending, things that must be done. That is precisely the meaning of our continued existence, isn't it?"
Xu Xiaoshou got down from the bed, spread his hands, and sat before the