"Xiao Sha, can we leave the Dark Plane now?"
Hearing Mo Xie ask so earnestly, the Queen of the Spider Lily's expression changed. The gentle smile faded from her lovely face, and she stared at him without blinking.
After a moment, a glimmer flashed in her eyes. She traced circles on his firm chest with a slender finger and said slowly,
"You can leave the Dark Plane, but I can't."
"Why?!"
Mo Xie had barely cried out when a thought flashed through his mind. Before he could grasp it, it vanished.
When he tried to recall it, a wall seemed to block his way. It felt like returning to the Memory Palace, where locked rooms surrounded him on every side and the answer waited inside for him to find it.
But whenever he tried to force his way past the chains, a powerful mental shock struck his Spiritual World, just like last time.
Suddenly, a cool sensation spread across his brow, gently soothing away his worry.
His furrowed brow relaxed. He opened his eyes to a lovely face filled with concern, her exquisite eyes brimming with love.
"Xie, it seems Ling was right. At your current strength, you can't unlock the memories of your past life in the Memory Palace. Trying to do so will only trigger a mental attack."
"Since we can't find the answer yet, there's no need to push yourself. We only need to focus on the present. The rest will come naturally."
Mo Xie's pupils contracted. He looked at the Queen of the Spider Lily in surprise and murmured,
"Ling? Xiao Sha, you..."
He didn't know why, but hearing Ling's name from her lips made the atmosphere feel strange. What was it called again... a Shura Field?
The Queen of the Spider Lily stroked Mo Xie's