"Why?! Why did I go straight to Shrek Academy back then?!"
"Why... why didn't I think of going to Heaven Dou City to take a look back then?!
It was the imperial capital, with the largest Soul Master Academy and the most opportunities...
Maybe... maybe I could have met Teacher Fu back then?!"
"Even if it had only been a few years earlier... just a few years!!"
As he spoke, his dream self could not help but drop to his knees, pounding the ground with his fists over and over as tears streamed down uncontrollably.
Every "why" was like a heavy hammer, smashing viciously into the heart of the observing eight-year-old Oscar, filling him with the same stifling anguish and pain.
"Xiao Ao! Xiao Ao! Get up! You'll be late for morning training if you don't get up now!"
The familiar shout and the shaking of his body yanked Oscar violently from that long, heavy dream and back into reality.
He sprang upright in bed, drenched in sweat, his heart racing as he gasped for air. His hollow eyes stared ahead, unable to focus for a long while.
Ning Rongrong's tears, Teacher Fu Shiyan's earth-shattering Spirit Rings and cultivation, the news of Tang Hao's death, Yu Xiaogang's hateful true face, and his own final cries of regretful "why"...
Everything was so clear!
The lingering emotional impact left his chest tight, and at some point, tears had already filled his eyes.
Was this... really just a dream?
Why did everything in it feel so real?
And... Heaven Dou City?
Was Teacher Fu... really in Heaven Dou City?
The eight-year-old Oscar clutched at his chaotic, painfully pounding heart and fell into unprecedented confusion.
[Detected Faith Points provided by Oscar: 320,000!]
Far away in a residence in Nuoding City,