187. Restraint

The moment Yuan Chen's palm landed on Ne'Zuk's consciousness projection, the Vidalion Loom also broke free from its restrictions.

The Dark Descendant Crystal remained sealed by the Vidalion Loom's force field. Even after regaining its freedom, its remaining consciousness instinctively chose the nearest physical body.

In this situation, almost the instant of contact, Yuan Chen felt a strong stimulation on his mental level.

In a daze, it seemed as if a rampaging monster had appeared in my brain, wantonly venting my endless rage and the endless pain I was enduring.

"Twilight Spirit! You deserve to die!"

By focusing his mind into his own soul, Yuan Chen immediately heard a roar filled with pain and madness.

Looking up, one sees a bird-headed giant hovering and crashing about in the pitch-black space, tearing at its own flesh with its claws as it flies, as if trying to shred its corrupt flesh.

Upon seeing the giant's form, Yuan Chen immediately recognized it as the Ascended, Ne'Zuk.

However, Ne'Zuk looks terrifying now.

His entire body was torn apart, with flesh and blood ripped everywhere by the sharp claws. The moment the flesh and blood were torn apart, they began to grow rapidly under the powerful life force of the Ascended, or perhaps the terrible curse of the Blood Magic.

In just a few breaths, the wounds that had initially stopped bleeding began to sprout fine granulation tissue, followed by large, deformed chunks of flesh.

After the wound heals with the filling of these fleshy lumps, it will be accompanied by scar hyperplasia, forming Riot Games- sized tumor.

The tumor wasn't isolated; rather, it grew alongside the scar tissue, forming a cluster like grapes. Just looking at it sent chills down one's spine.

And these sarcomas formed continuously, accompanied by scars, as Ne'Zuk tore them apart.

Although this was merely a projection of Ne'Zuk's consciousness, Yuan Chen was well aware that the form of the consciousness projection itself was formed based on people's Normal State perceptions.

In other words, this is indeed the physical form of Ne'Zuk... or perhaps, before it was completely sealed away, this is what Ne'Zuk endured.

"Wake up, this is not the material realm, it's the spiritual world."

Yuan Chen reminded him:

"Please calm your anger; you can regain your former nobility."

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's words, the bird-headed giant, who had been rampaging through the dark space, was also taken aback.

He fell to the ground, but immediately got up.

She looked at Yuan Chen, and after a moment of surprise and uncertainty, she looked down at her own hands.

After confirming that this was not the material realm, a look of clarity and surprise appeared in the eyes of the heron-like head.

Then he closed his eyes, and as his mind calmed down, he gradually transformed from the bird-headed Human Form into a tall, robust, radiant giant covered in snow-white feathers and adorned with golden patterns.

Then, when he opened his eyes again, Ne'Zuk looked at his hands and arms and a look of excitement quickly appeared on his face.

With his fists clenched, he stood up once more, radiating a suffocating sense of oppression.

But this oppressive feeling only lasted for a short moment. Soon after, Ne'Zuk's flesh began to fester again, and Ne'Zuk's spirit collapsed along with it.

Upon seeing this, Yuan Chen's eyes revealed a hint of understanding.

He extended his palm, not touching Ne'Zuk's, but in this spiritual world, the laws of the material realm simply do not exist.

Because this is within Yuan Chen's domain.

In many cases, humans are unable to discover their own inner world.

This applies not only to ordinary people, but also to masters, and even to Yuan Chen in the past.

The reason Yuan Chen was able to enter his own spiritual world, as he is now, is because the entry of Ne'Zuk's consciousness allowed Yuan Chen to find this hidden entrance located above the soul.

Perhaps because Runeterra is a unique world where multiple overlapping realms intertwine, the humans born there also possess many realms.

However, unlike the vast realm of the world, the various areas of the human body, like organs, are simply for better storing the human soul and spirit, for better understanding the material world, and for increasing resistance to the external spiritual realm.

In such cases, even understanding the human mind's own spiritual realm is often of little use...

You can't just let other people's consciousness enter your own, can you?

Some reclusive schools in Ionia do practice meditation through the human body's own domain, but these are methods from other schools, closely guarded secrets, and very few people can truly master this kind of meditation.

As far as Yuan Chen knows...

There might only be one Master Yi.

Well, some masters in the Wuju Order might also possess this knowledge, but this is merely speculation.

Through his perception of the spiritual realm, Yuan Chen also understood why Ne'Zuk was still unable to communicate after separating his consciousness from the Dark Descendant Crystal.

It wasn't that he didn't want to, but rather that his consciousness was constantly being scattered, shattered, and then continuously reshaped under the powerful self-domain of the Ascended.

If an ordinary person is scattered and shattered, it will take at least several days or even a month to recover to their original state, assuming their mental state is not damaged.

Those Ascended will be reassembled within a century of being shattered.

The problem is that this process repeats itself continuously within a short period, with the pain and torment constantly escalating. If this continued for over a year, anyone would go crazy...

Based on the Spirit Theory, Yuan Chen continued to perceive, and as his understanding deepened, a solemn look appeared in his eyes.

All I can say is...

The end of the Dark Descendant era was not accidental or a sudden whim, but rather the result of a long-planned scheme by a group of people.

At least for now, Yuan Chen is certain that the Blood Magic curse that the first Twilight Spirit Myisha cast on the bodies of Ascended was not merely sealing the power of those Ascended into their own weapons.

Instead, the Dark Descendant's soul was cursed and sealed along with it.

Over this long period of time, the curse has become fused with the soul of the Dark Descendant, and even the Vidalion Loom cannot effectively separate it.

Unless...

Thinking it over, Yuan Chen walked towards Ne'Zuk.

As their consciousnesses gradually merged, Yuan Chen also began to feel the pain and torment that Ne'Zuk.

However, compared to this torment, Yuan Chen was more concerned about the curse.

Thinking about it, Yuan Chen gradually opened his eyes.

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