Cha Shuangying's will had fused with Ximo Island. The entire island could be called his body.
But the parts responsible for thought and memory had scattered, leaving only a single obsession.
Over the centuries, that obsession had enabled him to keep absorbing his scattered memories and thoughts, gradually restoring some of his ability to think.
Overall, however, he was still at the stage of pondering, "Who am I?"
Dharma King Xuanyuan knew only that his master had died under a heavenly tribulation but had left behind many hidden caches of divine sense. He had spent all these years searching for them.
If a few more centuries had passed without incident, Cha Shuangying would have been able to contact him on his own and communicate through thought with anyone who came to the island. But Dharma King Xuanyuan had already been devoured by the Heavenly Lust Cult Master, and the Dharma Decline Age was fast approaching. Once spiritual energy dried up, Cha Shuangying's consciousness would dissipate completely along with it.
The Heavenly Lust Cult Master had merged with the memories of Dharma King Xuanyuan and the others, absorbing the memories of Cha Shuangying that Dharma King Xuanyuan had found over the years. Through meticulous calculations and probing, he learned of Cha Shuangying's condition. Shortly after landing on the island, he awakened Cha Shuangying's will and forcibly began devouring and merging with it.
His plan looked beautiful in his mind. Cha Shuangying had nothing left now except a single obsession, which should be easy enough to devour.
Yet that obsession had been tempered by the Western Sea Old Demon for over a thousand years. What he had triggered back then was a great heavenly tribulation. The fact that it had survived such powerful bombardments of lightning and fire spoke for itself.
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