A hand, fair as jade, sprouted from Wen Wen’s right hand, appearing somewhat similar to the purple palm.
The two palms collided silently, and shallow purple energy diffused outwards, vaporizing sand in a straight line for thousands of meters, creating two massive fan-shaped pits.
Wen Wen’s ritual platform was not affected by the vast fan-shaped area.
After one collision, the purple palm became even more illusory and retreated directly back into the rift.
The gap gradually shrunk. Just as it was about to disappear completely, a strange eye appeared within the rift, casting a curious gaze at Wen Wen.
The whites of this eye were red, and the pupils were deep purple, utterly unlike a human’s.
Only after the rift disappeared completely did this gaze reluctantly withdraw.
The small silver hand also tiredly retreated into Wen Wen’s palm, its color dimming slightly.
"Whose hand was that just now… he saved Wen Li, which means that must be the Heavenly God Yugma!"
"But how could the Heavenly God find this place so accurately? The person in the black robe said this world is special; the more powerful a being is, the harder it is to enter this world."
"For the Heavenly God to project his power here, he must have used some kind of medium…"
"The token Wen Li had in his mouth – that token was the medium. Through the token, he allowed Yugma’s power to descend into this world!"
"Now that Wen Li has been taken away, I shouldn't be attacked by Yugma anymore."
Having figured this out, Wen Wen breathed a sigh of relief.
The scene just now had left him with a profound psychological shadow. Everything happened in a flash, and Wen Wen barely had time to think before it was all over.
Other than the two huge sand pits, the confrontation between the Heavenly Gods’ powers left nothing behind.
A chill spread through Wen Wen’s heart. Facing the Heavenly God’s cross-world attack, he had felt utterly powerless to resist.
The person in the black robe had said that the Spirit Gods could be provoked, but not the Heavenly Gods. Wen Wen had been somewhat dismissive, but now he truly understood his own weakness.
If it weren't for the Moon God, another Heavenly God, leaving a trace of power in Wen Wen’s hand, Wen Wen would have been in grave danger this time.
Wen Wen looked at his right hand and said, "From now on, if you pull any holy light when I'm peeking with the magic mirror, I won't curse you anymore."
After speaking, Wen Wen looked sharply at the clone before him. Despite the recent brush with death, the task at hand could not be abandoned.
He had to complete this clone, or it would be a waste of the power expended by the crescent moon in his hand.
...
At the center of the red-surfaced Death Star, there was a massive palace.
On a seat tens of meters high within the palace, Yugma held Wen Li’s head in his hand, his eyes filled with curiosity.
"Thank you for your rescue, Lord Yugma. From now on, I will definitely serve you loyally…"
"Silence."
Yugma uttered two soft words, and Wen Li became unable to speak.
Then, Yugma began to examine Wen Li's head as if it were a work of art.
He had always thought highly of Wen Li, which was why he had provided him with so much assistance. However, Wen Li's failure had cost him his value in Yugma's eyes.
Nevertheless, the cross-world rescue was something he had agreed to with Wen Li long ago, so Yugma kept his word. Su Nan Novel Network
Initially, after rescuing Wen Li, Yugma would have let him fend for himself. In his current state, Wen Li would find it difficult to survive in the environment of the Death Star.
However, while rescuing Wen Li, Yugma had seen something interesting.
The man who was both one with Wen Li and yet independent of him, his name should be Wen Wen.
He possessed the power of the Singer under the Nameless King and was also protected by another Heavenly God.
Most importantly, there was an indescribable feeling about that person that greatly intrigued Yugma.
Therefore, Yugma decided to cultivate Wen Li properly, believing he might yield some surprises in the future.
The power protecting that world was loosening. One day, that world would open to the inner world, and that person would belong to Yugma.
Seeing the glimmer in Yugma's eyes, Wen Li breathed a sigh of relief. This meant Yugma was still interested in him.
As long as Yugma found him useful, Wen Li had a chance to make a comeback. He would definitely find Wen Wen in the future and reclaim what he had lost.
In truth, Wen Li was no longer an equal to Wen Wen, as he only had half of his soul remaining.
Only half of Wen Li's soul had infiltrated Wen Wen's sea of consciousness back then, as he thought this would be enough to subdue Wen Wen.
Unexpectedly, that half-soul was discovered by the terrifying person in the black robe. To ensure his own survival, he allowed that half-soul to escape, deliberately letting it be destroyed by the person in black, thereby hiding the other half of his soul deep within the corpse.
He did indeed possess a trump card that could make Yugma act. This trump card was the token he had held in his mouth. This token could collect his current coordinates, allowing Yugma's power to penetrate the world barrier.
However, this token was a trump card that Wen Li had risked his life to obtain, and it required a considerable amount of time to activate, with only one use.
When Wen Li first fought Wen Wen, he felt it was unnecessary. By the time he felt it was necessary, he no longer had the opportunity to use it.
His corpse had been trapped in the containment facility, and this token could not record coordinates within the facility.
When he was granted life before the sacred tree, Wen Li had had the opportunity, but he had guessed that Wen Wen intended to revive the body and make it his clone.
Therefore, Wen Li had planned to seize the body and escape when Wen Wen truly revived the corpse.
Otherwise, in his current state of a fragmented soul, even if he returned to the Death Star, Yugma would directly abandon him.
His plan was excellent, but he had never accounted for Wen Wen actually imbuing this body with a new personality. This personality was as tenacious as Wen Li's or Wen Wen's soul, and Wen Li could not seize control of the body.
Moreover, Wen Wen had put something terrifying into this body, something ten times more dreadful than his own madness. Wen Li felt that if he continued to hide, he would be completely devoured, which was why he took the risk and detached himself from the body.
However, judging by the current situation, it was not too bad. As long as Yugma did not abandon him, he had the confidence to make a comeback.
...
After Wen Li disappeared, Wen Wen released Xue Jiu Yi to guard him while he fully immersed himself in the ritual.
Wen Li's sudden appearance was not without its benefits; he had taken away a portion of the Nameless King's pollution.
This reduced the residual pollution within the body to a controllable level. The success of the ritual was no longer in doubt; all Wen Wen had to do now was to ensure the ritual was completed to a higher degree.
As the ritual progressed, Wen Wen used his own power to meticulously explore the body inch by inch, striving to completely eliminate the hidden dangers left by Wen Li.
This caused the ritual, which could have been completed in ten minutes, to be delayed for several hours. However, it also allowed him to gain a deeper understanding of this clone.
...
On a silent lake, a middle-aged man in a black overcoat sat cross-legged.
On either side of the man were an old-fashioned revolver and a sharp entrenching tool.
Both the weapons and the middle-aged man himself remained peacefully on the water's surface, causing not the slightest ripple.
"My name is Wen Wen."
"I am now over forty years old, though perhaps age doesn't mean much to me."
"Because I don't exist."
The middle-aged Wen Wen gave a wry smile, looking at the monotonous and desolate mirror world, unsure how to describe his feelings.
He had believed himself to be a demon hunter who awoke by accident, a wife, and a father of a three-year-old child.
But it wasn't until he saw his younger self, over ten years younger, that he realized he was merely a memory born from nothingness.
Everything was fake, everything was illusory. He was just a possibility of Wen Wen, a demon hunter with immense potential.
After that battle, he had remained on the water, engaged in meaningless contemplation, because contemplation was the only proof of his past existence.
But perhaps, this contemplation was itself illusory.
The middle-aged Wen Wen fell into deep confusion.
Suddenly, the middle-aged Wen Wen noticed his figure gradually fading, and his pistol and entrenching tool also became blurry.
"It seems the main body has forgotten me. As long as he forgets me, I cease to exist… I really am that cheap."
Eternal darkness enveloped the middle-aged Wen Wen, as if he had entered an incredibly frenzied world.
Furious, bloodthirsty, and insane power enveloped him, causing every inch of his skin to endure immense pain.
But within this pain, the middle-aged Wen Wen sensed a trace of warmth. This warmth was comforting, a feeling he had never experienced in his forty years of life.
It was as if… he had finally become real!
He cherished this feeling. If anyone tried to take it away, the middle-aged Wen Wen would fight them to the death!
A person who looked very much like the young Wen Wen, but with a hideous scar on his face, walked over and ferociously attacked the middle-aged Wen Wen.
The middle-aged Wen Wen didn't know why the other person was fighting him, but he was never one to shy away from a fight. Furthermore, he had an intuition that if he lost, he would lose this warm feeling.
So, with a thought, his revolver and entrenching tool appeared simultaneously, and he unleashed the most ferocious attack of his life against the mysterious assailant.
The scarred Wen Wen appeared difficult to deal with, but he was surprisingly weak in combat and was easily driven away by the middle-aged Wen Wen.
After an unknown amount of time, as if he had slept for ten days and ten nights continuously.
He wearily opened his eyes, and what he saw made him gasp.
"Congratulations, you have arrived in the real world!"