"What!?"
After listening to Kuize's explanation, Ye Chen's expression froze on the spot.
"All the important events in my memories... you... saw every single one of them!?"
Kuize nodded calmly.
"That was more or less the case."
At this point, Ye Chen's gaze began to flicker uncontrollably, and his expression turned exceedingly awkward.
"How was that even done...?"
the young man muttered in disbelief.
Before learning this fact, how could he have imagined that not only the long, bloody battle between himself and Jietisikoki, but even all the events that had taken place much further in the past, had been taken in by Kuize's eyes? It was practically the same as having all his personal privacy and secrets laid bare!
As a result, Ye Chen naturally became even more unbearably curious about Kuize's abilities and methods.
"Hmm, let me think. It wouldn't hurt to give you a hint. Otherwise, it would seem rather unfair."
Kuize tapped his aged cheek with a finger, putting on a look of serious contemplation before slowly speaking to Ye Chen.
"Put it this way, Ye Chen."
"Just as your Innate Spirit Art system is founded upon the two concepts of 'enhancement' and 'creation'..."
"The fundamental concepts on my side are 'soul' and 'time.'"
Ye Chen repeated in a low voice, his expression shaken:
"Soul... and... time..."
Kuize smiled faintly.
"That's right. As for the rest, I'll leave it to your imagination."
Ye Chen fell silent, but Kuize's brief hint immediately stirred quite a few ideas in his mind.
Thinking back now, although Ye Chen had previously been completely certain that the Evil God Avatar within his body had been eradicated utterly and completely, he had not understood at all how Kuize had turned that supposedly hopeless objective into reality.
However, if he linked all of