Chapter 69: Hongmeng's Attention
"Ugh..."
Zhao Nan's body trembled faintly, and pained groans kept escaping his lips.
He simply couldn't answer the questions he had asked himself. His soul power was being steadily depleted, causing his body to begin falling apart and making him cry out in pain.
The Bark Five Brothers and Hogg, who had witnessed the scene, paced back and forth in front of Zhao Nan, at a loss.
The six of them also muttered prayers, beseeching the various Chief Gods and other divine beings.
Time slowly passed. Half a day later, Zhao Nan's body began to break apart. The first wound appeared on his left arm, followed by a second, then a third...
As the wounds multiplied, Zhao Nan's presence grew weaker and weaker.
His soul, too, began to weaken.
Just then, Zhao Nan suddenly recalled his life in his previous world, and the way he had felt before awakening his system.
"When did I become so fixated on transcendence?"
"When did I start constantly pursuing the ultimate power?"
"Didn't I originally just want to get along with Linley and keep cultivating at my own pace?"
"..."
As his memories pieced themselves together, Zhao Nan suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten his original intentions and had also embarked on a path in pursuit of power.
As more of his memories awakened, Zhao Nan suddenly felt that he could let go.
In his previous life, he had just been a shut-in. He went to work, drank, played games, and read novels...
Since when had he ever worked this hard?
After his memories had fully awakened, Zhao Nan looked again at the two questions:
"Was becoming a god through my fate also arranged by fate?"
"Was my path to transcendence already laid out for me?"
"Who cares