Memory Theft

Anfuni stood on a plaza built entirely from black stone blocks. Beyond its edges, chaotic stone flats and hills of varying heights could faintly be seen. At the farthest end of the hills lay a lake, and beyond the lake rose a towering mountain.

The scene before him was exactly the same as what he had seen.

This was probably the only flat ground in the Shadow World, and it had been carefully polished.

At that moment, before Anfuni, an old man shrouded in shadow was gently stroking Frog's body. Satisfaction and greed showed through his scarlet eye sockets.

Memories!

These were Shadow Elder's memories. In an instant, Li Ziran suddenly felt his lower abdomen hollow out as his liver, kidneys, and small intestine vanished at once.

The Memory Ghost had accepted his Sacrifice and began ceaselessly reading Shadow Elder's memories.

Li Ziran was somewhat excited. Although this had been his original plan, when it truly succeeded, he could not contain his excitement.

This was Shadow Elder—a Title-Class existence and the leader of the entire Shadow Society. Now, the other man's memories were like a woman who had completely abandoned all resistance, free for him to do as he pleased.

Shadow Crescent Moon. He wanted to see what this was; it was what Li Ziran cared about most.

The memories shifted in an instant. It was merely a small bronze fragment, irregularly shaped, like a shard broken from the back of some Bronze Mirror. Strange runes hung across it, nearly inlaid over the entire fragment.

Looking at those runes, Li Ziran found them somewhat familiar. They were extremely similar to the Redemption Runes in the Spirit World; he could even find identical runes among them.

This was...

He vaguely guessed that it was some extraordinarily special thing, but in the