"I have one more question."
Upon hearing these words from Li Zhi, Lu Sheng suddenly lifted her gaze and looked at him, saying.
Li Zhi’s voice remained gentle, turning his head to look at her, "What question?"
Lu Sheng recalled the past, "When I was in the Human Realm, as Lu Sheng, there was a noble from Suli Country who approached me, his name was Chen Shu."
"Half a year ago, this person invited me to meet at a rooftop restaurant. But later, when Li Muchen found me, I had fallen asleep at that restaurant and developed a fever."
"When I woke up, I completely forgot what happened in the restaurant, and what Chen Shu said to me. Strangely, Chen Shu also lost his memory, he even forgot who I was."
"At the time, I thought it was some kind of incense that Chen Shu used to confuse our brains. But now, I think what happened that day might be related to the Divine Realm. Or rather, related to you."
Upon hearing this, Li Zhi took a deep breath, and after a while he said:
"No wonder you are the smartest among the seven of us, Xiao Yin, figuring me out so quickly."
Speaking, Li Zhi slowly straightened up, his voice low: "...Indeed, it was I who erased the memories of you and that human."
"That human recognized your identity. He saw the book Yu Si left behind in the Human Realm before and wanted to restore your Power of Fallen God and memories. So he tricked you to the restaurant, used that kind of incense to knock you out, and then recited the spell to lift the seal to you."
"But he didn’t know that your Primordial Spirit wasn’t within the Divine Soul, but with Ning Yu. So even if he recited the spell to you, it was impossible to awaken you."
"However, although his ritual couldn’t succeed, he did indeed learn the secrets of the Divine Realm. Also, the book written by Yu Si couldn’t be left in the Human Realm."
"So Ling Yue and I went to the Human Realm that day to stop him. We erased your memories and his about this matter, then brought back that book."
Lu Sheng already knew why Li Zhi wanted to erase her memory.
Just as Li Zhi said earlier, out of his selfishness, he hoped she would never recall those past memories.
Li Zhi had always been watching her, so he understood her, he knew she is no longer the same as before. Now, she has emotions.
Those distant, bloodstained memories... The twilight ravens cried, rustling autumn leaves fell. The ground was dyed red, rivers of blood flowed, corpses scattered everywhere, the air filled with a strong stench of blood...
Those scenes of bloodshed, as long as she thinks about them, as long as she slightly recalls them, Lu Sheng feels unable to breathe.
She doesn’t know how her old self could do such cruel things. As if life meant nothing in her eyes, lowly creatures were all ants.
Only she was the supreme God.
Only she possessed the power to control this world, so she could do as she pleased.
Lu Sheng’s hand trembled slightly, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath, only when she calmed down did she open her eyes again.
"...You mean, my Primordial Spirit was always with Ning Yu before." Lu Sheng asked.
"Yes," Li Zhi looked at her.
"Although Ning Yu has fallen, changed greatly over the years. But in one thing, he and I are alike, which is we both don’t want you to remember the past."
"He went to Hell for you, disguised himself as a Pearl Clam Spirit, and later stole the Essence Stabilizing Pill storing your Primordial Spirit."
"This time you could wake up, it was because Father saw your Demon Soul had shattered, so he ordered Ning Yu to return the Primordial Spirit to you."
"Ning Yu couldn’t disobey Father’s orders, but he probably didn’t want to go to Li Muchen to find you either. So he gave your Primordial Spirit to an Immortal in the Human Realm, and that Immortal sent his young disciple to find you. When the Primordial Spirit returned to its place, you woke up in the Divine Realm again."
Lu Sheng felt that previously she might have truly been devoid of emotion, perhaps even cold-blooded and ruthless.
Whether it was in the Divine Realm before, or later in Hell, she never noticed Ning Yu’s feelings for her.
And she never responded to Tan Yuan’s feelings for her.
Since she fell, Tan Yuan also fell, always guarding her side, but she never even gave him a second glance.
Until the last moment of that great battle, when Tan Yuan unhesitatingly shielded her with his body, she finally felt clearly...
Felt Tan Yuan’s kind of silent, restrained yet intense love.
But, it seems she never had the chance to even say sorry to Tan Yuan.
Or rather, even if Tan Yuan were still alive, she would have no way to give him an emotional response. Because in her heart, she already loved someone.
Li Muchen is still waiting for her to wake up.
"Brother, how can I wake up in the Human Realm later?" Lu Sheng asked.
Li Zhi suddenly looked at Lu Sheng, "Xiao Yin, you’ve already regained the power and memories of a God, do you still want to return to the Human Realm?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Sheng raised her eyes.
"Brother, if you’ve been watching me, you should know that if I don’t wake up, those people in the Human Realm will keep waiting for me. If I die, each and every one of them will be very sad."
"Especially Li Muchen... If I die, if he loses me, he won’t be able to go on living. He loves me more than life."
"I am not the Chen Yin of before. It is Li Muchen and those relatives and friends who have given me so much love, I care about them in return."
"I will explain things to Father, if need be for me to go to Hell to atone for past sins, I am willing to accept."
"But before that, I must return to the Human Realm to erase the memories those people have of me. Especially... Let Li Muchen forget me."
Hearing Lu Sheng’s words, Li Zhi murmured.
Though he lost his status as a God, in some sense, Tan Yuan has already obtained what he most longed for in another way.
Li Zhi had yet to respond when a voice came from outside the door, "What Hell, what atonement?"
Lu Sheng raised her eyes and saw the familiar bold red hair in her memory, the characteristically lively and unruly young man quickly coming in from outside.
Beside him was a beautiful youth in a robe, with exquisite features, looking quiet, holding a somewhat old rabbit plush.
The youth’s skin was extremely fair, misty blue curls. His deep blue eyes like the Milky Way filled with stars, just one look would make someone deeply immersed.
"I’ve waited four hundred years for Yinyin to return. If this time Father still wants to send Yinyin to Hell, I’ll definitely go with her! The days in the Divine Realm are utterly dull!" the red-haired youth shouted.
The misty blue-haired beautiful youth walked in front of Lu Sheng. With quiet eyes, he raised his hand to gently hug the girl before him. In his deep blue eyes, fine light flickered, his voice gentle.
"Ah Yin, long time no see."