Qiu Wuji pressed a finger to the center of Chu Tiange's brow.
Vast, pure spiritual power threaded through his spiritual platform, temporarily separating the tangled disorder in his soul sea.
Qiu Wuji frowned slightly... There seemed to be two Chu Tianges in that sea of consciousness: the Chu Tiange of the original outline, and the present Chu Tiange, who advanced fearlessly, seeking only the Great Dao.
Qiu Wuji thought of how they were always joking about split personalities when using alternate accounts. In the end, she had not developed one, but Chu Tiange looked close to genuinely doing so.
She had quite a headache. This situation could almost be called inevitable from the start. Once an outside force that knew the truth exposed the foundations, a problem like this was hardly surprising.
Nothing they had done before had accounted for outside interference. Who could have imagined it? Chu Ge did not even dare tell his own parents. He had been nurturing a world in his own little bubble. Who could possibly know the situation so well that they could lay everything bare to Chu Tiange?
Even if someone guessed about Chu Ge's World Within the Book, how could they know its inner details so thoroughly?
She could hardly blame Chu Tiange for faltering this time. That he had not turned evil and betrayed them already spoke to his fundamentally good nature... Helplessly, Qiu Wuji could only suppress the consciousness of the original Chu Tiange for now. She sighed. "How do you feel?"
Chu Tiange slowly raised his head, still struggling for breath, and asked weakly, "Sect Leader... Was what he said true...?"
Qiu Wuji said softly, "Do you remember that he originally wanted to pair Xie Yuner with you?"
"...So that was compensation?"
Qiu Wuji fell silent for a moment,