Extremes reverse!
Le Xiaoyao used to be someone who cared about nothing, had no reservations, and did whatever he wanted.
In a way, that was a kind of purity—a purity taken to the extreme.
He thought his life would always be like that, until one day he encountered an even more terrifying existence and was imprisoned for so many years.
Throughout that time, Le Xiaoyao kept thinking, and another path gradually took shape: he would reject everything about his past and become someone entirely different.
Now, freshly freed, Le Xiaoyao still didn't dare come out, even though the seal had been undone. He was even more afraid to face all the unknowns beyond it.
He had become afraid, panicked, and timid.
This was indeed somewhat beyond Chen Changan's expectations. He had thought that if Le Xiaoyao really had been sealed away for all these years, then now that he was finally free, he would probably become even more unhinged.
But now, Le Xiaoyao had completely changed into someone with an entirely different temperament.
"Still, I'm happy to see familiar faces from back then."
"Whatever grudges we had in the past, at least seeing you gives me a sense of familiarity and eases my fear quite a bit."
"So, did you come here specifically to find me?"
"What do you want?" Le Xiaoyao asked curiously.
"Nothing much. Outside is your Carefree Immortal Source from back then, though it's changed quite a bit by now."
"Your five disciples founded the Carefree Pavilion and helped preserve your Carefree Immortal Source. Then..."
Chen Changan told Le Xiaoyao everything he'd done since arriving at the Carefree Immortal Source, without hiding a thing.
"What?"
"They just decided you were me?"
"They... Do they not have brains?"
"How are we anything alike? I... I'm nowhere near as