At the mere stir of a thought, Pei Ling's head rose against his will. He immediately saw that above him, instead of a ceiling, stood a resplendent palace, piled with gold and jade. A throne loomed high above the vermilion steps.
Its clustered roofs and interlocking brackets, its painted beams and jade pendants, mirrored the great hall below, hanging upside down like a reflection.
On the throne inlaid with gems and red gold sat a figure identical to him. At that moment, it, too, raised its head and stared at him.
The instant their gazes met, Pei Ling suddenly noticed that the Storage Pouch he always wore on his left now hung on his right.
His robe had always been fastened right over left, but now it was fastened left over right.
Yet the one above him wore his Storage Pouch on the left and fastened his robe right over left. Everything about him matched Pei Ling's usual habits exactly.
In that instant, Pei Ling realized that the upside-down world above him was the normal one!
And the world he now occupied, which seemed normal, was the one that was truly upside down!
As he was thinking this, the other him above suddenly reached out his right hand, reaching behind himself for a long blade shrouded in thick blood mist.
At the same time, Pei Ling's left hand reached out against his will, also reaching for the long blade hidden in the blood mist.
Sensing that something was wrong, Pei Ling forced his movements to stop.
The instant his outstretched left hand froze, the other him above also stopped his right hand in midair, unable to touch the blade hilt that was already within reach.
"Ding-dong! Host detected in the midst of the Heart Demon Tribulation..."
"Ding-dong! Intelligent Cultivation System