God Realm.
Final Stage.
The woman bathed in holy white light watched Babayak's body dissolve into shimmering motes of light and vanish.
On the vast, dark stage, only Evelina remained, floating in midair like a puppet on strings.
The woman paused for a moment. Only after the last speck of light belonging to Babayak had been completely swallowed by the darkness did her crimson lips part as she calmly voiced a question filled with doubt:
"Yes... who exactly am I...?"
Though many gazes were fixed upon the woman from the darkness surrounding the Final Stage, not a single response came.
No one could answer her question.
Or rather, No one dared to answer her question.
The only response came from that haughty, overbearing voice in her mind:
"How many times have I answered that question for you already?"
"You're Xu Xiao—the Xu from 'a gentle breeze arrives,' and the Xiao from 'utterly carefree'!"
"But that is only a name..." The woman focused her thoughts inward and replied soundlessly, "I can be called Xu Xiao. You can also be called Xu Xiao... Any being who wishes to can call themselves Xu Xiao."
"The Xu from 'a gentle breeze arrives,' and the Xiao from 'utterly carefree'..."
"Why, thank you very much!" The voice in her mind immediately retorted, without losing the slightest bit of its haughty air. "Even if this young lady has lost her body and become a lone wandering ghost who now has to rely on others to survive, my name remains unchanged!"
"This young lady is called Lin Qinyue. I know exactly who I am!"
"And I also know what I'm fighting for!"
The woman fell silent. Only after a long while did she send another mental question: "Is it... for Lu Li?"
"I've answered you ten thousand times