Back in the Cube, Li Chen stood in the brightly lit Nest Chamber. At last, his taut expression relaxed, and a faint smile rose naturally to his lips.
The Sixth Incarnation controlling Mei Xuan's body changed into modern-style pajamas, walked over to a device on the wall that resembled a treatment unit, and reclined on it.
A large quantity of true water poured in. The liquid, infused with spirit essence, soon covered her entire body, submerging her completely.
Throughout this time, Li Chen had kept the real Mei Xuan imprisoned inside the Cube. She was right beside him now, watching with her own eyes as the body that had originally belonged to her was sealed away, and she could not help being deeply shocked.
"You never asked for help before because you were waiting for our Merchants' Association's Flying Boat to arrive?"
"Once you received reinforcements from the Merchants' Association, you immediately used my identity to steal the heavens and swap out the sun, turning the tables. Then you settled everything with one decisive strike of Blazing Sun Divine Thunder, conveniently saddling the Centipede Daoist with the blame for killing me..."
Li Chen said, "Correct. Outsiders would never imagine that the real you was still here."
"This was also a test, to see whether your Mei Family possessed any divine abilities for sensing bloodlines or communicating through divine souls."
"If they had placed some means of detection on you, I naturally had other ways to deal with it."
"But judging by things now, your family probably lacks that kind of foundation!"
The body Mei Xuan currently occupied was a clay body Li Chen had specially crafted for her. Its appearance bore absolutely no resemblance to her former self. Even the parents who had raised her or her closest girlfriends would