Over the next few days, Lin Yuan continued his plan to renovate Shattered Island.
He also found time to summon the Nether River again on an uninhabited island.
This time, he and Lilia woke Bai Ling, who had become a banshee, without much effort.
She also told Lin Yuan what had happened in Paradise that day.
As it turned out, no matter how Bai Ling had calculated her chances back then, every path had led to death.
She had simply steeled herself and devised a plan tailored to her circumstances: face certain death to find a chance at life.
First, she had used a method obtained from the Astrology Tower to transform her soul into an Undead Banshee.
Then, she had used divination and prophecy techniques to link her name to her memories.
That way, even if Nether River Water washed over her, as long as someone called her name beside her, she could recover her memories of being "Bai Ling."
In truth, what she had done back then had only been a last resort.
After all, once she became an Undead Banshee, she would soon be drawn to the Nether River and trapped within it.
And how could she expect anyone in the Nether River to recognize her?
Her divination back then had only indicated that this path offered the best chance of preserving her sense of self. She had never expected Lin Yuan to have a way to summon the Nether River.
Moreover, the tributary he summoned happened to be the very Nether River Tributary Bai Ling was in.
It could only be called a twist of fate.
Still, that was all Bai Ling could accomplish with her abilities.
As for what to do next, she had no idea either.
She could only ask Lin Yuan to keep