Back beneath the sea near Watatsumi Island, Zhong Baiye had been sitting there doing nothing for almost three days.
Over those three days, the speed at which his body recovered had thoroughly startled him.
He shed a layer of skin almost every half hour, with new flesh constantly growing across his body to replace the injured tissue.
If the lingering power of Musou no Hitotachi had not remained inside him, Zhong Baiye would have needed only a single day to recover completely.
As for his internal organs, he spat out a large, bloody chunk of flesh almost every day-the damaged organs his body had discarded.
Once his body had fully recovered, Zhong Baiye finally regained control over it.
He had not spent those three days entirely idle, either. He had sorted through his own memories and examined a small portion of the other set of memories that had been stuffed into his head.
After seeing that small portion, he finally understood who this other person was.
It turned out that the other person was Aether, the older brother Lumine had been desperately searching for. Although Zhong Baiye had no idea how Aether had managed to fuse with him, he saw Aether's past in those memories.
Countless Demon Gods ravaged the strange buildings on the surface, their power killing the crowds fleeing in panic.
Just one look at that scene had made Zhong Baiye vomit. Now he understood why Aether was so determined to resist the Heavenly Principles.
But that did not mean Zhong Baiye intended to help Aether. He took a small, roughly round stone out of his bag.
Some kind of pattern had been carved into the stone, but someone had deliberately damaged it, leaving Zhong Baiye unable to tell what it was.
The only thing Zhong Baiye could