Despair filled a corner of Jian Ji's mind. He gasped for breath, yet he could not break free from the despair that had seeped deep into his bones.
He discovered that his mind seemed to have been contaminated and was no longer under his control.
This was the terrifying aspect of Feng Qi's negative consciousness.
The despair accumulated across every timeline was not as simple as one plus one plus one.
More accurately, it was a compounded accumulation of negative emotions.
For example, Feng Qi of Timeline 3 absorbed the negative emotions of Feng Qi of Timeline 2, which was equivalent to absorbing the negative emotions of Timeline 1 twice.
If Timeline 4 absorbed the memories of Timeline 3, it would experience the negative emotions of Timeline 1 three times and those of Timeline 2 twice.
The repeated memories continued to pile up.
After all, they were part of the timeline's experiences.
With each layer added upon the last, every memory absorption now brought Feng Qi immense pressure from negative emotions.
If not for the repeated mental trials of the Miracle Divine Object Heart Refining Stage, he would have been unable to endure the oppression of those negative emotions several timelines ago.
Difficulty of Travel, Difficulty of Longevity, Difficulty of Intent... every trial made the shackles on his state of mind a little firmer.
The narrator had once said that a demon was locked away in the depths of his heart.
It had no consciousness, so it would not break free of the mental shackles created for it, yet the negative emotions it leaked still caused Feng Qi endless suffering.
If that negative-emotion demon ever developed independent consciousness, it would inevitably break free of its cage, become uncontrollable, and devour the primary personality.
This time, Feng Qi had actively released