Wenren Mirror was already in his final moments.
Faced with the terrifying ninja, all his actions couldn't cause any effective damage.
In fact, his sequence had long been invalid.
But he could feel that the ninja hadn't left yet, still bound by him.
But the next second, he suddenly had another feeling, the ninja hadn't left—
But the ninja couldn't leave.
A strange power, one that even he, without any combat strength, could feel, was filling the space between heaven and earth.
In March, night always came very early in Hujiang.
At this moment, however, a sun suddenly appeared in the sky.
The strange sunlight fell on Wenren Mirror, and his consciousness, which was in a shattered state, began to slowly recover.
Instead, the ninja he had trapped with his life force began to melt like chocolate.
"What... what exactly is happening?"
"My body should have already reached its limit."
Life force visibly began to recover. And the sun in the sky continued to expand.
...
...
In the basement.
Morioka Hitomi was astonished to find... his body not only hadn't undergone further distortion, but was instead rapidly shedding the state of the "Celestial Eye God."
He was turning back into a human.
"Why is this happening? Sister Xiaoxing, why am I getting further and further away from the Celestial Eye God?"
Akiyama Sachi seemed to be enduring immense pain.
Misfortune and suffering had never disappeared but had transferred onto Akiyama Sachi.
Those black, eerie energies seemed to be absorbed by Akiyama Sachi. Morioka Hitomi felt like countless tiny black ant-like particles were continuously being transferred, gathered together, as if conducting a grand migration.
But what puzzled him was that these black substances, once they entered Akiyama Sachi's body, quickly transformed into a golden substance the next second.
They gathered in the form of black particles towards Akiyama Sachi's body, but ultimately, like rising golden mist, ignored all obstacles and flew towards the sky.
Akiyama Sachi bit her teeth, forcing a smile. Amidst great pain and misfortune, her smile was rather ugly:
"My happiness... is that Xiaotong, you won't be hurt by anyone again. My happiness... is that I long for you to also find happiness."
"I long for this world, for everyone who loves us, to find happiness."
"I long for this world, for all kind-hearted people to be blessed."
Blood seeped from the corners of Xiaoxing's mouth, not just from her mouth, but from her eyes, nostrils, and ears.
It could be imagined that the pain she was enduring was starting to ravage her body.
But soon, her body was repaired by some force again.
Morioka Hitomi was stunned.
Countless pieces of information surfaced in his mind.
They were memories that didn't belong to him, as if he suddenly knew everything.
A flood of conversations and scenes overwhelmed him with immense sorrow, causing him to be completely at a loss.
"That child? No, that's not a child at all, but a vessel holding evil."
"Everyone's misfortune is a form of evil. Do you see? It feeds on our misfortune, turning into some kind of evil creature."
"Morioka Immortal, you must kill it in the end, such an ugly thing!"
"Morioka Immortal, that ugly thing has nothing to do with you, right?"
"A demon, that's definitely a demon! It was only sealed by Morioka Immortal!"
Countless similar words passed through Morioka Hitomi's mind like a barrage.
The light in his eyes suddenly dimmed.
But what came next was what truly made him despair.
"Yes, it's a ghost, a ghost that devours others' happiness, but I have refined it. Now, it can consume your misfortunes."
"It's becoming increasingly ugly, evolving into the Celestial Eye Evil God."
"But don't worry, I will kill it."
"It naturally has nothing to do with me; it's merely a manifestation of my sorcery."
"Though I don't know where you heard it from, that I have a brother... but I'm sorry, I'm all alone."
"Don't be afraid, I know it disgusts you, but it's an underworld creature, born ugly, and now, it will become uglier, but you will be happy."
The light in his eyes completely vanished, and two silent tears hung on Morioka Hitomi's face.
So it was all fake.
So in his eyes, I was just a tool.
He, and they, never loved me.
The vision hadn't ended yet.
When fate sweeps you to the bottom, it also means fate will lift you up again.
"That child... is a true angel. We have to save him."
"We must let him see Morioka's true nature."
"I want to save him. Please, we must save him."
Memories of Wenren Mirror, Wen Xishu, and Akiyama Sachi emerged bit by bit.
Compared to the previous torrent of curses and hatred, there weren't many memories from these three...
After all, everything started only in March, far from covering his life of over ten years before that.
But the light in Morioka Hitomi's eyes reappeared.
"He can bring happiness to many people, but uniquely cannot give happiness to himself. How can we help him escape misfortune?"
"So I... I should change my source of misfortune."
"Yes, Xiaoxing, this is the most crucial step in our battle plan."
"My misfortune is Xiaotong's misfortune. When my misfortune is... Xiaotong's inability to be happy, Xiaotong, by absorbing this part of the misfortune, you can gain happiness. In this way, those who made Xiaotong unhappy will find it harder to control Xiaotong."