Hearing the Mist Lord call him "Brother Qi," Feng Qi's eyes widened.
He suddenly realized that Lin Ran seemed to have truly succeeded.
The seed planted on the reality timeline had finally borne fruit 1,500 years later.
The Right Protector was in place. He could be even more brazen in the Future Dreamland from now on.
Excited, he looked at the face formed from gathering mist and subconsciously asked:
"Lin Ran?"
"It's... me."
"Did you really succeed in reverse parasitizing it?"
"No... I failed... My consciousness... is no match for it... It's taking back... control of the body." The voice replied in broken fragments.
Feng Qi's heart sank at those words.
"Brother Qi, tell me first... how did you know I would be parasitized by a consciousness?"
Faced with Lin Ran's question, he did not hide anything and immediately replied:
"I can travel across timelines. When I told you that you would be parasitized, I had already been to the future 1,500 years from now. That's why I hoped you could develop a technique capable of Anti-Consciousness Parasitism, so you could try to reclaim control of your body, or even gain its power."
"I understand... Its consciousness is devouring mine now... I don't have much time left."
"Is there anything you want to tell me?" Feng Qi hurriedly asked.
"If you can return to 1,500 years ago... tell the me back then... that research into Anti-Consciousness Parasitism must be paired with a cultivation method that can prevent consciousness erosion... Otherwise, while I devour it... my consciousness is constantly being eroded too... I can't grow stronger at all... As long as I have a method to prevent consciousness erosion, I'll definitely succeed."
"Alright, I'll make sure to tell you!"
Realizing that Lin Ran had failed to devour the Mist Lord in