"No!"
"No, no, there must have been someone. Otherwise, why would I have written this and put it in a Sea Lantern?"
"I can't remember..."
"Who was it? Who would I write about in a Sea Lantern?"
"He must have been very important to me..."
"Who was it? Who...?"
Morax clutched his head in distress, his brow tightly furrowed as he paced back and forth, trying to recall someone who did not exist in his memories.
His efforts were destined to be futile. Never mind his appearance or personality-not even the slightest memory of Xiu Yuan remained.
"Morax, stop overthinking it. Perhaps you simply wanted to give those feelings somewhere to go, so you deliberately left it blank."
"That blank might represent the friends you met during the Archon War who later turned against you."
"Even supposing there really was such a person, if he mattered that much to you, there's no way you wouldn't remember even the slightest thing about him, especially if he was powerful enough to become one of The Seven."
"Morax, think carefully. Doesn't that make sense?"
Beside Morax, Guizhong tried to comfort him with those words.
She, too, had carefully searched her memories, but found nothing about any other Demon God. Everyone she knew was right here before her.
"Yes, Lord Geo Lord, Guizhong is right. If someone like that really existed, even if you couldn't remember his name, surely you'd remember something about his appearance-how tall he was, what he wore, something he often said. You'd remember something."
"I agree with Guizhong. The space you left blank, Lord Geo Lord, was simply meant to commemorate those friends who died in the Archon War."
"Yes, Lord Geo Lord, don't overthink it."
Everyone offered Morax the same reassurance.
Hearing their words, Morax began to doubt himself.