Ren Ze tried to find something to remember, to distract himself. But no matter how long he thought, from the first memories of his previous life—childhood, school, youth, graduation, work—to being reborn in Devouring World, then traveling through one world after another... After reliving both lifetimes and coming back to himself, there was still only this darkness. Time and space held no meaning at all within it...
Ren Ze collapsed in the void, sweat seeping from every inch of his skin. His face was pale, his eyes faintly bloodshot, and he could not help clutching his head with both hands. His soul was endlessly exhausted...
This despairing void had already left Ren Ze in a dazed, muddled state. He could no longer even use thought to resist the darkness.
Whenever Ren Ze was about to be driven mad by the boundless emptiness and fall unconscious, an unyielding will would rise from the depths of his soul, striking his consciousness and forcing him to stay awake and continue enduring this torture.
This cycle repeated over and over. Who knew how much time had passed before a vast amount of mist suddenly appeared in his Sea of Consciousness, and Ren Ze realized that he could finally leave it...
"Whew..."
Ren Ze abruptly sat up and let out a long breath. Looking around, he realized that this seemed to be his room in Lanruo Temple. He had finally escaped that terrifying nightmare.
"Is this little Nine Tails? Why has he turned back into a little fox?"
Suddenly, Ren Ze noticed a little fox lying beside him. Wasn't this what Nine Tails had looked like before taking human form? Only, the sheen of his fur seemed much duller now, and the entire fox lay beside him, sleeping listlessly...
"What happened? I remember I