Heavenly Dao Backlash

Shen Yue also realized the severity of the situation and recounted everything that had just happened, including their conversation, from beginning to end.

Shen Mo had already fainted, so neither of them needed to worry about him overhearing.

"So, you brought up the fact that we could hear A-Mo's thoughts, and then he ended up like this?" Su Ze rubbed between his brows irritably.

If Yang Xuan had shouted those words outright earlier, could they have found out sooner?

But that would have been useless too. Shen Mo would still have been the one hurt.

It seemed they needed to have a talk with the others later.

"This matter is strange to begin with. It looks like our ability to hear Mo Mo's inner thoughts isn't because of his psychic power."

"I don't know how to explain it either, but it feels connected to what happened back then. We shouldn't let him hear such things again." Su Ze looked grave. In the past, he would never have believed it.

But Mo Mo's sudden transformation back then had already torn his original worldview to shreds.

With the apocalypse's arrival and the emergence of powers, he even felt a strange sense of so that's how it is.

Now, adding a little supernatural mysticism to the mix did not seem so hard to accept.

Only after hearing his explanation did Shen Yue understand that her younger brother had been hurt this time because of her.

She felt somewhat guilty, yet it further confirmed the guess in her heart. "You mean Mo Mo has truly come back this time? He won't change again, right?"

Su Ze did not know how to answer her. After all, he and Shen Yue had persevered together through all these years.

If he had not watched her gradually fall into madness in the end, nearly losing her life, he would not have painfully agreed to let the others get rid of "Shen Mo."

Otherwise, before the real Mo Mo could return, Shen Yue would have been the first to collapse.

He had promised Mo Mo that he would help him take good care of his sister.

"Probably. This is already the best possible outcome, isn't it?"

Su Ze was comforting Shen Yue, and himself as well.

Shen Yue truly did let out a sigh of relief after hearing that. At last, a long-lost smile bloomed on her face. Sitting by the bed, she stroked her brother's hair, feeling as though the missing piece in her heart had finally been filled.

What no one noticed was a faint golden glow rising from Shen Mo's body, echoing back and forth around him and Shen Yue as though they were one.

Over the next few days, Shen Mo discovered that his bargain-bin sister seemed to be treating him even better.

Though he liked this closeness, when that kindness was mixed with a cautious fear that he might shatter, Shen Mo found it a little hard to get used to.

What was more, that kindness had not originally been meant for him.

Shen Mo felt a tingling ache in his heart, mixed with a trace of dull heaviness.

He had never been good at dealing with such emotions. He could only awkwardly offer a tactful reminder. "Sis, I'm really fine now. You don't need to stay here taking care of me all the time."

[I'm really jealous. The female lead treats her little brother so well.]

[I still don't know what exactly happened when I suddenly coughed up blood that day, but I've already checked myself. There's really nothing wrong with my body now.]

[I've struggled through the Cultivation Realm for so many years. How could I be that fragile? This is making me feel really embarrassed!]

Shen Yue froze slightly at his words. A flash of disappointment and sorrow passed through her eyes as she silently picked up the bowl Shen Mo had finished using for his porridge. "All right, then. Rest first. Your sister will leave now."

She did not know how to tell Shen Mo that he was the younger brother she had longed for all this time.

If she said it outright, she was afraid she would hurt him again, just as she had last time.

She could only wait for time to reveal a person's heart.

She would prove through her actions whom she loved.

Seeing the sorrow on Shen Yue's face, Shen Mo's heart suddenly ached. He spoke without thinking. "Thank you, Sis. You should go get some rest too. And... the porridge you made today was really good. It tasted great."

The gloom on Shen Yue's face vanished at once, replaced by radiant delight. "As long as you like it, your sister can make it for you every day."

With that, she left with light, cheerful steps.

[That really isn't necessary. Cooking every day is tiring too, especially in the apocalypse.]

After hearing the door close, Shen Mo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He leaned back comfortably, smacked his lips, and said, "That idiot original owner... what the hell was he thinking? With days this happy, how could he not know to cherish them?"

He had originally planned to leave, but he immediately abandoned that idea.

Why leave? Wasn't it great to blend into the protagonist group and lie flat?

He had even gotten himself a sister for free!

With that, staying alive did not seem so bad after all.

Shen Mo turned over and rolled around on the bed. "Do I count as having a home now? Haha!"

Ever since childhood, he had been constantly on the move, without a single fixed place to settle down.

Even after avenging himself and becoming the Devil Lord everyone cursed and condemned, he had not remained in the Devil Sect. Instead, he had traveled everywhere, drifting without a fixed abode.

Oh, right—the title of Devil Lord had been bestowed on him by the Devil Sect itself. He had never acknowledged it.

After killing that perverted old Devil Lord that day, he had lost control and slaughtered half the Devil Sect. Those people must have been scared witless to give him such a title.

But who cared?

Because of that title, those righteous bastards in the Cultivation Realm had chased him down and fought him everywhere. It had been maddening.

Shen Mo shook his head, unwilling to think about those vexing matters any longer.

He was not the original owner now, and he did not like those male leads either. With his strength, he would not need to cling to anyone's thigh in the future.

So from now on, he only needed to live a good life with his sister. He had heard that the original owner's father and mother loved him very much too, but after what the original owner had done, would Father Shen and Mother Shen still accept him?

Shen Mo was not the sort to look before and after, fretting over every possibility. He had always known to stop while he was ahead. Burying his face in the blanket, he mumbled dejectedly, "Forget it. Since I'm here, I'll make the best of it. If they don't like me, then they don't like me. I still have my sister, anyway. At worst, I'll secretly trick my sister into leaving with me. With my abilities, protecting one person in the apocalypse would be more than easy."