"What a familiar aura. It makes me feel so...
Qingnian, would you lend me your body for a moment?"
Within Gu Qingnian's Sea of Consciousness, a terrifying aura of undeath permeated the entire sea, turning even its azure-blue waters deathly gray.
Hearing the call, Gu Qingnian entered his Sea of Consciousness. Both the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress looked at him gravely.
All three turned their gazes toward the little gray orb that had remained silent in the corner. Seemingly sensing Gu Qingnian's arrival, it slowly floated toward him.
That aged voice rang out again.
"Sensing this familiar aura has stirred a fragment of my memories. Qingnian, could you lend me your power?
In return, I will owe you a favor."
Gu Qingnian's expression remained unchanged, but excitement had already stirred in his heart. I've been waiting for you to say that!
"All right."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress, who had intended to stop him, immediately swallowed the words on their tongues. Instead, they said:
"You bastard, be careful with Master's body! Don't mess around, or I'll never let you off!"
The little gray orb bobbed toward Gu Qingnian. Then, the instant Gu Qingnian granted it control of his body, it took over his Sea of Consciousness.
Strangely, the Divine Mill stirred faintly at that moment. Fortunately, Gu Qingnian intervened, and it made no further movement.
Meanwhile, in the outside world.
A strange, pure aura of death poured from Gu Qingnian's left hand. Instinctively, the Death Messenger whipped around, and his expression changed dramatically.
At some point, a youth had appeared behind him.
Gu Qingnian's eyes turned gray-a gray steeped in the vicissitudes of time, as though they could see through everything in the world. Stranger still, five gray Soul Rings slowly rose