Enlightenment

"Confucian Scholar, what's wrong?"

Yu Mo raised his head and looked toward the sky.

Confucian Scholar was still staring at the seemingly normal patch of space before him. "There's something foul here."

"Cough... cough, cough..."

"First, I'm not foul. Second, I'm not a thing."

"Hm?"

"I am... I'm not..."

"Fine, that's not important."

A helpless voice rang out from the void, followed by Poison Bee's soul slowly emerging.

"One Ninth Awakening just left, and now a fake Ninth Awakening has arrived."

"Sure enough, I should already feel honored just to be a pawn on this chessboard."

Its voice was low and somewhat sorrowful.

It was clearly a Demon Lord itself, yet for some reason, it felt so powerless.

Perhaps this was the tragedy of being a pawn.

For a moment, Poison Bee looked even more melancholy. It gazed up at the sky and let out a long sigh.

"Hm?"

"You've actually attained enlightenment?"

Confucian Scholar's eyes lit up. Looking at Poison Bee, whose demeanor was just like his own, he suddenly spoke.

Poison Bee froze. "Enlightenment... about what?"

"The root of this world."

"Do you know how this world came into being?"

Confucian Scholar looked at Poison Bee mysteriously and spoke in a hushed voice.

Seeing this fake Ninth Awakening, an existence far beyond itself, sharing some secret with it so cautiously, Poison Bee instantly grew excited!

It simply lacked a physical body, or its heart would certainly have been racing.

"How... how did it come into being...?"

Poison Bee took a deep breath, regulating its emotions and trying to remain as calm as possible as it learned the most deeply hidden secret in the world.

"In the heavens... there are immortals."

At that moment, Confucian Scholar looked so unrestrained and otherworldly, as though he might ride the wind away