After all, this was the Dream Master's realm, not reality. It wasn't omnipotent.
Fu Qian didn't mind helping Vivian crush Goto Hi outright, but giving the two personalities separate faces was already the limit of what he could do.
That was only possible because the target was a mental entity.
A little too much force, and the dream would become unstable.
So in truth, Fu Qian had merely given Vivian the chance to fight to the death.
Of course, she hadn't wasted it. Even with only a fragment of her soul remaining, she had still, as his sister had put it, "taken care of the one outside."
The final boundary was close at hand. In theory, crossing it would mean escaping this miracle in the Sea of Ashes.
Battered and bruised, Fu Qian looked back one last time, his appearance far more grotesque than when he'd entered.
The little mermaid's song still drifted over in fits and starts. Meanwhile, a battered ship had been following a strange, zigzagging course across the sea for some time.
It was obvious that the little mermaid hadn't been singing out of happiness.
She hadn't shown him the way, but she had summoned two—no, three—lucky souls aboard that ship.
Life was unpredictable. Cause and effect truly worked in mysterious ways!
Without another thought, Fu Qian crossed the boundary.
Things really were unpredictable.
In the vast expanse of water, Fu Qian immediately noticed that the shattered sky above him was gone.
At the same time, the whale's cry that seemed to resonate with his soul was even stronger than before.
His current location was clearly bringing him closer to the opportunity he sought.
Of course, that wasn't all Fu Qian meant when he said life was unpredictable.
He floated quietly in place. Less than