Xu Hei stood there quietly watching her, his eyes vacant, as if countless thunders were striking his heart, yet no sound emerged.
"Before I left, I wanted to do something crazy, something that would shock the world, like destroying a statue."
"It was a wild thought, but I never expected that I actually did it! Even though I only struck once and caused a disaster, I still played a part, don't you think?"
Yu Shiyu put her hands on her hips, looking very proud, her chin slightly raised.
"Haha, I teamed up with a big shot to destroy the Death God's statue. If I brag about this, those little ghostly souls would definitely admire me! Hmm, I'm already looking forward to their expressions."
Yu Shiyu was full of pride, looking very happy.
Then, her figure began to blur. Yu Shiyu looked up at Xu Hei and smiled, "Although I still don't know your name, this past month has been delightful."
"I've picked herbs, cooked, worked as a tailor, done so many things I've never done before."
"Thank you for allowing me, even for a brief moment, not to be a pawn."
She smiled, her voice growing fainter, her lovely face becoming increasingly indistinct.
All her previous actions were under surveillance, requiring approval. Only now was it her own choice.
Suddenly, as if a gentle breeze blew through, everything dissipated.
Xu Hei hurriedly reached out to grasp, only to find that the scene before him was merely an illusion. The Talisman that carried her voice had turned to ash, scattered by the wind.
He quickly looked at the Demon God Cauldron, where Yu Shiyu's remaining primordial spirit power was fading at a visible speed, even a fifth-tier Spirit Medicine couldn't stop it.
"Cycle of life and death, survive for me!"
Xu Hei waved his hand, and the black and white light wheel at his brow poured out, enveloping her primordial spirit.
Under the light wheel of life and death, her primordial spirit slowed its dissipation, but with Xu Hei's understanding of life and death, he couldn't bring her back to life.
"My name is Xu Hei, did you hear that? Didn't you want to know my name? My name is Xu Hei!" Xu Hei shouted with all his might.
Gradually, Yu Shiyu's primordial spirit turned into a palm-sized light cluster, with only a vague face.
Xu Hei gritted his teeth, trying hard, but it was still useless. He realized it wasn't a matter of ability, but that Yu Shiyu had given up the will to live.
She didn't have even the slightest will to survive!
A Divine Transformation Stage cultivator with a strong will can let their thoughts linger in the world, but once that will is gone, with a heart set on death, not even gods can save them!
At this moment, Xu Hei suddenly felt something collapsing.
His heart, as firm as a rock, as calm as a mountain, couldn't stop trembling.
Heaven and earth are unkind, treating all things as straw dogs.
If the Dao of Heaven is fair, why are some born into wealth and others into despair?
Fate? Is this her fate? A fate she can't escape her entire life?
But suddenly, Xu Hei realized—
He was the one who refined her, what right did he have to consider these things?
What right did he have to pretend to be noble? It's disgusting! It's laughable!
Xu Hei felt a surge of anger in his heart, a kind of pent-up frustration with nowhere to vent.
Cultivation, cultivation, why did he cultivate to this point? To become stronger, to reach the pinnacle? Or like Hai Teng, to become a Dao Ancestor and rewrite the laws of heaven?
Why did he cultivate?
The Old Snake began to awaken.
Cultivation awakened his intelligence, slowly gave birth to humanity, but in the process of becoming stronger, under the laws of the jungle, he lost his humanity again.
To survive, to become stronger, to adapt to the harsh world of cultivation, Xu Hei walked step by step to where he was now. What he gained, what he lost, how could it be explained in a few words?
He and Hai Teng turned against each other!
He even personally devoured an innocent and kind person!
Xu Hei's chest heaved violently, as if a mountain was pressing on his head.
If what he did was wrong, then what should he do? What should he do!!! What is the right thing to do?
"Is this cultivation?" Xu Hei said bitterly.
So this is life and death, destined to die, who can reverse it?
Xu Hei suddenly looked up, his eyes reddened, staring fiercely at the primordial spirit about to dissipate within the Demon God Cauldron.
With a thought, a spatial rift suddenly tore open inside the Demon God Cauldron, revealing a palm-sized small world.
Within a square inch, there is a world!
Xu Hei directly brought Yu Shiyu's primordial spirit into the small world. This was the first time Xu Hei had brought something other than himself into the small world.
"This world is created by me! What nonsense laws of heaven, in my world, I am the rule, if I say you won't die, you won't die!"
Xu Hei stared at the small world, a strong will transmitted from his heart.
Inside the world, thunder roared, and the originally chaotic state took a step towards stability.
Yu Shiyu's primordial spirit truly stopped dissipating, halted in this state, as if time had frozen.
The fate of impending death was forcibly interrupted by Xu Hei.
In an instant, a new mark flashed and disappeared at Xu Hei's brow.
Xu Hei said, "I know, you have a death wish, no attachment to the world, such a Dao of Heaven is not worth your attachment!"
"But before that, allow me to do one thing."
Xu Hei stared at Yu Shiyu's primordial spirit light cluster, knowing that within this world, she could hear him.
Here, all rules were dictated by Xu Hei.
"You once said, before leaving, you wanted to do something crazy, to shock the world."
Xu Hei lifted a faint smile, "Just one thing, is that enough?"
Xu Hei raised his hand, and a blue gemstone flew out from the Demon God Cauldron, it was Yu Shiyu's eye transformed.
As a cauldron, her entire body was a treasure, her eyes especially fused with the rare Heart of the Ocean, but Xu Hei didn't refine it, attaching a trace of her divine sense to the blue gemstone.
Then, Xu Hei integrated the gemstone into his own eye membrane.
Xu Hei's left eye pupil turned blue, like a beautiful aquamarine, like the heart of the ocean, like Yu Shiyu's eyes.
Left eye as blue as the sea, right eye as dark as the abyss.
"You and I together, will do more crazy things."
"I will carry your eyes, and witness with you."
Xu Hei knew, what he could see, she could also see.
Yu Shiyu had a death wish, Xu Hei wouldn't forcibly stop her.
He didn't know if there was a concept of reincarnation in this world. The so-called reincarnation, going to hell after death, crossing the Naihe Bridge, might be a scam.
But Xu Hei was certain, in his future world, there would definitely be!