"Bai Ze?" Gu Liyan stared at his hands, trembling all over. "I...I am Bai Ze? That ancient divine beast Bai Ze?!"
"That's right, Lord Bai Ze, I've been waiting for this day for a long time!" The Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor said with a smile, "Waiting for you to rebuild Thousand Absolutes! Rebuild the Nine Springs Realm!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Liyan looked at the Nine Netherworld Emperor with a puzzled expression. "What do you want me to do? Thousand Absolute Mountain? And the Nine Springs Realm? Are you crazy! How could I possibly do that! If I could really do it, then how come I'm here now? I clearly remember that I was already..."
Gu Liyan clutched his chest, his face grave, and said, "I've already taken my own life. All of this is no longer my concern!"
"Unrelated? How could it be unrelated? You must know, you are a divine beast that brings peace and harmony. Even if everyone in this world is weary of life and death, causing chaos in the cycle of reincarnation, you alone cannot be weary!" The Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor looked at Gu Liyan, "Because you are Bai Ze. If you were not in this world, there would be no peace! No harmony! At that time, both this world and the future world would be filled with endless smoke and fire, and endless war!"
Gu Liyan froze, swallowed hard, patted his face, took a deep breath, and said, "No, I'm not Bai Ze! I'm Gu Liyan, I can't be Bai Ze, I can only be Gu Liyan! All of this, all of this is a dream!"
“It’s been a dream ever since I returned to Thousand Absolute Mountain and met Yan Muxue! It was you, you brought me here! It’s been a dream until now! I must be dreaming!” Gu Liyan said, panting heavily.
The Nine Netherworld Emperor shook his head, speaking with a tone of disappointment, "Bai Ze, your denial is useless; you can't escape it at all!"
"No, no! Tell me! Just tell me how to wake me up, and I'll do anything you ask!" Gu Liyan shouted urgently. "I've had enough! Please, let me wake up!"
He was on the verge of collapse from all of this, whether it was the pain or the separation!
The Nine Netherworld Emperor coldly snorted, "Hmph, the world is drunk while I alone am sober. Do you think you can sleep whenever you want and wake up whenever you want? Bai Ze, everything is predestined! Fate is not something you can change just because you want to!"
"No, I don't want to..." Gu Liyan knelt on the ground, clutching his head, and said in pain, "Enough, I don't want to go back..."
The Nine Netherworld Emperor stepped forward, looking down at Gu Liyan and said, "As expected, with so many reincarnations, you have changed, becoming increasingly weak, forgetting the taste of blood and the smell of gunpowder! Bai Ze, I firmly believe that no matter how much the edges are smoothed out, traces will still be left! I don't believe you haven't!"
Gu Liyan smiled bitterly. He had no edges or corners at all!
The Nine Netherworld Emperor narrowed his eyes and suddenly thought of something. "Oh right, I just remembered someone interesting. That person is the one you, Gu Liyan, have been protecting all along!"
Gu Liyan shuddered and abruptly raised his head to look at the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor. "No! You can't harm her!"
"Heh, an unknown little girl, I never expected that Lord Bai Ze would like her for so long. I'd like to see if she likes you the same way!" The Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor's lips curled up.
"Jiuyou, what do you want to do to Xue'er?" Gu Liyan asked anxiously.
"What for? Naturally, to help you verify her sincerity!" Jiu You smiled wickedly, then turned and disappeared from Gu Liyan's sight.
Gu Liyan shouted angrily, "You come back to Jiuyou! Stop right there!"
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"Stop! Don't go! Jiu You, don't go!" Gu Liyan suddenly sat up, a sharp pain shooting through his chest. He clutched his chest and groaned, "Ugh, it hurts so much!"
Hearing the noise, Mo Chen opened his eyes and saw Gu Liyan sitting up. He excitedly exclaimed, "Mo Li, you're awake!"
Mo Chen walked over and found Gu Liyan clutching her chest, looking pained. He asked with concern, "Mo Li, how are you? I'll go find the strategist and the others to check on you..."
"No need, I'm fine. I just strained my wound from moving too much." Gu Liyan was sweating profusely. He glanced at the door and asked in a low voice, "Besides you, are they still there?"
"You mean the strategist and the others? It seems the demons have been making some moves lately. To prevent the demons from finding us, Lord White Emperor, the strategist, and generals of all ranks have all gone to a meeting."
Gu Liyan nodded, seemingly relieved. "I see..."
Gu Liyan looked up at Mo Chen and asked in a pleading tone, "Mo Chen, could I ask you for a favor?"
"Tell me, I'll do anything I can to help you." Seeing Gu Liyan's pleading expression, Mo Chen couldn't bear to refuse.
Remembering what the Nine Netherworld Emperor had said in his dream, Gu Liyan was worried that something might happen to Yan Muxue, and said anxiously, "Please take me away from here, I don't want to stay here anymore!"
"Leave?! Why? The strategist and the others have already accepted you, why do you still want to leave?" Mo Chen looked at Gu Liyan in surprise, and then, as if remembering something, cautiously asked, "Mo Li, are you afraid that the strategist and the others don't trust you? That they'll cause you trouble? You can rest assured, Lord Bai Di has no doubts about you. With his help, the strategist can't touch you."
Gu Liyan shook her head and said softly, "No, it's not because of him, it's because of myself... I don't want to stay here anymore!"
"I see..." Mo Chen looked at Gu Liyan's pale face and asked with concern, "But your injuries haven't healed yet, why don't we wait a little longer?"
"We can't wait any longer, she's in danger, I have to go now!" Gu Liyan said in a way that Mo Chen couldn't understand, and hurriedly got out of bed and ran towards the door.
Seeing that he couldn't stop Gu Liyan, Mo Chen hurriedly grabbed Gu Liyan's coat and chased after her, saying, "Don't worry, I'll take you out. Hey, slow down! Slow down, come on, put on your coat!"
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