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　　TL: Zhao

　　Editing: Krisaia

　　Inside the room, Li Yiming crashed on the sofa as Bai Ze sat by the bed, pulling at the bedsheets to vent her frustration.

　　"So Heaven's Laws is no longer what it used to be, and Liu Meng's nowhere to be found. Is that right?"

　　"Pretty much it." Li Yiming found a more comfortable position by turning around, only his back was nearly touching the ground.

　　"Well, I have bad news for you. Even if she's still alive, it's not going to be an easy task to find her. We should focus on your... condition first." Bai Ze threw the piece of fabric she was playing with to the side and stood up.

　　"Yes." It pained Li Yiming to recognize the truth in Bai Ze's words.

　　"You've changed." Bai Ze said after taking a deep breath.

　　"Yes." Li Yiming thought that Bai Ze was talking about how out of control his mood was; he went from an emotionless robot to a bloodthirsty maniac, and finally to a lazy cat.

　　"I'm not sure if you understood what I'm trying to say."

　　"Oh?"

　　Bai Ze looked at Li Yiming right in the eyes, clenched her fist, and the s.p.a.ce around it ruptured like a mirror breaking into pieces, creating a gaping black hole.

　　"You're a sage?" Li Yiming's eyes lit up, and he finally took on a serious expression.

　　"Not only that, but I'm still growing stronger…"

　　"What?" Li Yiming distinctively remembered Bai Ze's telling him that the ceiling of her power was that of a sage.

　　"We share the same soul, and so the same fate as well. Do you get it?" Bai Ze approached Li Yiming and grabbed his hand. "Your palm lines have changed because your fate has changed. You're no longer the person you used to be."

　　"What does that mean?" Li Yiming stood up with a dumbfounded expression, the revelation seemingly being too much for him to handle.

　　"To exchange your body for a fresh start, and to split your soul from it… You still remember this, don't you?

　　"You're saying that…"

　　"The golden body referred to the staff. It was split into three, one of which is at Lianyu Peak, the other on the Island of Eternity..."

　　"The last one became Mr. Kong's knit-bag…"

　　"Yes, and you… You're the soul of that very staff. To hide from Heaven's Laws, you were reincarnated as a mortal…"

　　"I've collected the golden wok in Lianyun Peak, the cap on the Island of Eternity… What about Mr. Kong's bag?"

　　"It's also in you. You've already collected all of them. Otherwise, we wouldn't have become so strong. Now, the question is, how did you get the bag? Did Mr. Kong give it to you, or did something else happen at the music festival?"