Su Jiu woke on an open stretch of grass.
Yes, grass-a meadow covered in ordinary weeds that contained neither demonic qi nor spiritual qi.
Lying flat on the grass, she opened her eyes to blue skies and white clouds: a clear azure sky and pristine white clouds that had not appeared in the Azure Realm for a very long time.
Clearly, this probably still was not the real world.
Su Jiu struggled uncomfortably into a sitting position, broadening her view.
An endless expanse of green grass surrounded her, meeting the blue at the edge of her vision.
"Do you like this world?" The voice was expansive and resonant, yet neither male nor female. It seemed to come from the depths of her soul, yet also seemed simply to be the voice this world ought to have.
Su Jiu did not hurry to find its source. She merely sat there, somewhat dazed.
Who could dislike a world like this? After all, everyone wanted to live in the light, even sinners already drenched in blood who had waded through a Corpse Mountain and Blood Sea...
"This is what the world you see was originally meant to look like."
"If not for its existence..."
If not for its existence? Whose existence? And who was speaking?
"A person? I am not. And of course, neither are you..."
Su Jiu grew wary. Why could it hear her thoughts? And did it know her origins? Had it also said... that she was not human?
Su Jiu narrowed her eyes. She had meridians, blood, and flesh. How was she not human...?
She did not believe a single word this speaker said.
"Playing at gods and ghosts! All you can do is hide in the shadows? Come out!" Su Jiu pushed off with her right hand and rose