It was as if she had a strange dream, a dream where an infinite light enveloped her.
The light was scorching and warm, yet it seemed to convey a sense of pain and anxiety.
Lin Qing, half-conscious, felt pain as well, empathizing with the light's suffering.
The light felt guilty about this, but Lin Qing could sense that the light was becoming increasingly painful.
And merely perceiving the light's pain made Lin Qing inevitably more distressed.
This was not the light's intentional influence, but simply a consequence of the too-close relationship between Lin Qing and the light.
It felt like an eternity had passed, yet it also felt like an instant.
Lin Qing slowly opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was her young master.
For some reason, her young master's gaze at her seemed filled with sorrow. Lin Qing subconsciously raised her hand and touched his face.
She disliked seeing her young master sad. Of course, she also disliked calling him Master; she preferred to call him Mr. Chen.
That way, Lin Qing felt a closer distance between them.
After all, she was an intelligent woman. She could tell that while Mr. Chen said he liked pretty girls,
it was indeed just a liking. And if she became his disciple, Mr. Chen wouldn't even look at her as he would a girl:
"Mr. Chen... what's wrong with you..."
Lin Qing was startled by her own voice. Was her voice that weak? What exactly had happened to her?
But as Lin Qing's consciousness fully cleared, she discovered a powerful force surging within her body, a force she had never been able to compare with before.
If her previous soul power was like a lake, then the majestic soul power surging from her soul fire now was like a mighty river entering the sea, vast and turbulent!
And not only this profound soul power, Lin Qing also discovered,
within her chest, amidst the ethereal soul fire, the previously difficult-to-control Sky Battle Armor now felt a special, blood-bound connection to her.
Even the aura and appearance of the Sky Battle Armor had undergone astonishing changes.
The half-finished Sky Battle Armor, originally in its fighter jet form, had now transformed into a glazed humanoid battle armor wielding a sharp sword.
But merely sensing it for a moment, Lin Qing confirmed that it was the Sky!
And for some reason, it had not only been completed but had directly advanced to an SSS-grade True Guard Battle Armor.
Yet this SSS-grade battle armor exerted no pressure on her at all.
Lin Qing felt that with a mere thought, she could easily activate this incredibly powerful, space-elemental special battle armor.
As Lin Qing marveled at the changes in herself and her battle armor, Chen Luo's voice slowly sounded from above her:
"I'm sorry, I can't save you..."
"For some reason, the Great Origin has acted against you."
"Your destiny was completed so smoothly, why would it do this?"
As Chen Luo explained, Lin Qing understood everything that had happened to her.
In terms of the outcome, the Great Origin, in a way Chen Luo could not interfere with, forcibly raised Lin Qing's soul burning degree to one hundred percent.
During this process, the overflowing soul power was also used by the Great Origin to enhance the Sky Battle Armor.
After merely a few hours of unconsciousness, Lin Qing had advanced from an A-grade soul user to the pinnacle of the soul path in this world, an SSS-grade True Guard expert, and even possessed a matching SSS-grade special battle armor!
But all of this came at a price.
In Chen Luo's true vision, Lin Qing's soul was being burned into pure soul power, bit by bit, at an unstoppable rate.
According to Chen Luo's estimation, Lin Qing's soul, indirectly strengthened by his training, would be completely burned away in about seven days!
By then, Lin Qing wouldn't even have the chance to enter that massive soul vortex; she would completely dissipate!
Chen Luo's healing techniques had advanced to a point where they could repair soul damage.
However, the soul path, as Chen Luo had initially perceived, was truly burning something more fundamental, something that could be called the true spirit.
Chen Luo's healing techniques could not reach the true spirit at all.
Chen Luo could only speculate about the existence of the true spirit,
so he could only watch helplessly as Lin Qing slowly walked towards death.
Lin Qing looked at her snow-white hair in the mirror, covering her mouth in surprise.
According to Chen Luo, this was an additional side effect caused by the Great Origin's forceful elevation of her soul burning degree, a momentary impact.
Lin Qing's body was actually incredibly healthy; her hair turning white was merely a slight external manifestation of her soul's momentary injury.
Lin Qing was also greatly shocked by Chen Luo's words.
Anyone, upon suddenly learning they only had seven days to live, would also have their mind go blank.
But as a woman who had supported the Lin family for four years, Lin Qing possessed her own resilience.
She tried to calm herself down and began to observe her current surroundings.
This was no longer a battlefield, but a pure white room that seemed to be a hospital. She was lying on a large bed, and her young master was looking at her with a sad expression.
As she observed, Lin Qing gradually felt her composure returning.
But when she turned her head for the first time, trying to get a clearer view of the room's details, her emotions suddenly spiraled out of control!
On a nearby hospital bed lay several familiar figures of Lin Qing.
Soul fires of various colors were burning fiercely within them.
Lin Qing, having been promoted to SSS-grade, could clearly feel their soul power rapidly approaching her own realm!
What had happened to her was also happening to others.
At this moment, in this hospital room,
Chen Luo's four disciples, within their original destinies and their altered destinies, the four favored by the Great Origin,
all of them had their hair turned white.
At this moment, Lin Qing understood Chen Luo's pain. He was watching his disciples being pushed step by step towards a dead end by the Great Origin.
"Little Master... are we... are we going to die?"
Lin Qing called Chen Luo "Master" for the first time, she didn't know why.
Everything was developing in a positive direction,
she and her sisters still had a long, long future ahead of them,
she had already made plans to return to his world with her young master after everything was over.
But at this moment, looking at the snow-white hair of her sisters and companions,
Lin Qing knew,
this might be the end for her...
Looking at Lin Qing's lifeless eyes, Chen Luo's heart trembled.
He abruptly placed his hands on Lin Qing's shoulders, looking at the ill-fated girl with determination:
"No! You will not die!"
"My disciples, Chen Luo's disciples, will not end like this!!"
"Believe me, I will shatter all tragedies!!!"