"Impossible... this is absolutely impossible!"
After learning the truth from the knowledge within the Annihilation Space, Zui was completely broken. He stared intently at Ye Ling, gritting his teeth, "Ye Ling! You are merely my reincarnation. You were born from my power, and you reached this point with my strength. Why were you a Void Immortal from the start?"
Unable to accept reality, Zui frantically activated his Void Heart, charging towards Ye Ling with unparalleled speed!
Even the Annihilation Space trembled due to the power Zui unleashed.
However, no matter how strong Zui was at this moment, he only possessed a Void Heart. Ye Ling, on the other hand, was not only a Void Immortal but also wielded Bai Yue's Void Law. Whether Zui accepted it or not, he was no longer Ye Ling's match.
Seeing Zui charge at him, Ye Ling made no move to dodge. He directly deployed the Karma Mirror Domain, easily blocking Zui.
"Ye Ling! Come out!"
Seeing Ye Ling activate the Karma Mirror Domain, Zui once again produced the prism-shaped crystal inscribed with runes, injecting his power into it.
However, no matter how Zui activated the treasure that could shield against karma techniques, Ye Ling's Karma Mirror Domain remained completely unaffected!
"Trash!"
In a fit of rage, Zui crushed the prism-shaped crystal in his hand, erasing all the runes within.
Standing within the Karma Mirror Domain, Ye Ling took a considerable amount of time to sort out his thoughts and accept the fact that he had long been a Void Immortal.
"No wonder... Shan suddenly told me to activate the Selfless Realm. It turns out they knew I was a Void Immortal all along..."
Ye Ling sighed inwardly, then looked at Zui, who was outside the Karma Mirror Domain, roaring hysterically, and sighed softly.
"Alas... I did quite a few things to target you and Bai Yue. Now that Bai Yue has withdrawn midway, all those plans of mine have gone to waste... after all the brain cells I expended."
"Chu Yun, come out."
Ye Ling called out. Zui's arm skin outside the Karma Mirror Domain began to petrify rapidly, and then Chu Yun flew out directly from Zui's body.
Zui, whose attention had been entirely focused on Ye Ling, saw Chu Yun emerge from his body, his pupils contracted, and he exclaimed in shock, "When did you...?"
"It was when you injured me. A portion of my flesh and consciousness stuck to your palm."
Chu Yun stretched lazily and flew into Ye Ling's Karma Mirror Domain, smiling, "The Void Stone is indeed useful. It can evolve all matter in the world. I didn't even have to exert much effort to easily invade Zui's consciousness space."
Ye Ling asked, "What was the result?"
Chu Yun replied, "I can only say you live up to your reputation. Your inner demon has already awakened. Even without our help, he would have soon regained control of his body."
Hearing Chu Yun and Ye Ling's words, Zui became even more agitated, roaring hysterically, "What nonsense are you talking about? I've already eliminated the inner demon. You can't break my Dao heart!"
However, as soon as Zui finished shouting, his expression changed rapidly, and a lazy smile appeared on his face.
"Ah... I took a long nap, and my bones are almost getting stiff." The inner demon also stretched, then looked at Ye Ling within the Karma Mirror Domain, "I say, my other self... could you have been a bit more ruthless when you fought Zui? Could you have annihilated him completely... you've brought me so much trouble."
Ye Ling smiled and said, "Haven't you already regained control of your body? What's Zui's current situation?"
The inner demon replied, "I've locked that guy in my consciousness space. What's going on with him? He keeps saying we are his reincarnation... Don't tell me you've developed split personality again?"
"Things are complicated, but having you as my inner demon is troublesome enough," Ye Ling chuckled and shook his head, then said to the inner demon, "You don't mind if I enter your consciousness space, do you?"
The inner demon responded, "Of course not. That guy occupied my body for so long, and I haven't settled the score with him yet. Let's take him down together!"
With that, the inner demon opened his consciousness space to Ye Ling, then looked at Chu Yun, "Sister Chu Yun, do you want to help?"
Ye Ling said, "Chu Yun can guard outside."
The inner demon chuckled, "We're family. If you're wary of me, just say it directly! No need to be so indirect. Fine... with both of us taking action, it's more than enough."
With that, the inner demon entered his consciousness space first, exposing his body completely to Ye Ling's attack range, seemingly not worried at all about Ye Ling killing him.
In reality, Ye Ling had no intention of killing the inner demon.
Although killing the inner demon would allow him to directly obtain the inner demon's power, with Ye Ling's current strength, he didn't need the inner demon's power against enemies he could defeat. And against those he couldn't defeat... even with the inner demon, the odds of winning wouldn't increase significantly.
Allowing the inner demon to live, although there was a risk of being反噬 (fǎnshì - backlash) by the inner demon, the inner demon was, after all, of the same origin as Ye Ling, two sides of the same coin...
Even though Ye Ling and the inner demon had become completely different people due to their different experiences, their reincarnation information was still the same.
In other words, as long as the inner demon did not die, Ye Ling could always be resurrected... This was, in another sense, immortality for Ye Ling.
After confirming that the inner demon's consciousness had entered the consciousness space, Ye Ling said to Chu Yun, "Chu Yun, I'll entrust my body to you for guarding."
"No problem, leave it to me," Chu Yun patted her chest and smiled at Ye Ling.
"Mm."
Ye Ling nodded slightly, said nothing further, and directly entered the inner demon's consciousness space with his own consciousness!
Within the inner demon's consciousness space, the inner demon and Zui were already confronting each other.
Now that Ye Ling had entered, three people who looked exactly alike but had vastly different temperaments stood together, creating an incredibly bizarre scene!
Zui stared grimly at Ye Ling and Ye Ling's inner demon, coldly snorting, "My reincarnation and my reincarnation's inner demon joining forces to deal with me, this is truly a peculiar sight!"
The inner demon smiled at Zui, "Although I don't know why you say we are your reincarnation, I think you being in such a pathetic state means we have nothing to do with you. You're just flattering yourself."
"If anything, you're more like a lingering parasite, living off us and surviving on our strength!"
"You! What! Did! You! Say!" Hearing the inner demon's words, Zui's face instantly contorted, and endless rage threatened to consume his reason!
Ye Ling smiled at the inner demon, "Aren't your words a bit too venomous? Zui was a legend in the Void Dark Realm, after all. We, on the other hand, are still nobodies."
The inner demon chuckled, "Is that so? Then I apologize to the legend. I was being presumptuous!"
"You two... are you finished yet!"
Zui roared, and boundless origin energy erupted from his body. However, before he could launch an attack on Ye Ling and the inner demon, his body exploded with a bang!
"Eh? Has ten breaths passed already?" The inner demon looked at the exploding Zui, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes, "Time really flies..."
"My other self, erase Zui."