My gorgeous wife Chapter 2458 - 2426: The Youth Amidst Rain and Mist

In the misty fog, a blood-red light swiftly traverses.

It’s unknown how much time has passed, but the blood-red light finally pauses before an expanse of mist-shrouded mountains.

"Thud!"

A young man with white hair and a pale face like paper tumbles into the cave.

At the same time, the dimly lit blood-colored long saber also falls with a ’clang’ into a corner of the cave.

Li Chen tightly presses his lips together, eyes closed, as if caught in a nightmare.

Meanwhile, in his mind realm, his divine soul’s light is equally dim, and the Seven Realms Tome silently rests beside him without a sound.

It’s unclear how long has passed before Li Chen slowly opens his eyes.

He was awakened.

Outside the cave, a light rain begins to fall, but despite the rain, the dense fog refuses to be dispersed, making everything appear even more dreamlike.

"Drip drip drip..."

Watching the droplets drip down the cave wall, Li Chen finds himself momentarily dazed.

"Someone as ordinary as me, even losing myself for no reason?"

After a long while, when Li Chen comes to his senses, he realizes he’s been in a daze for nearly half a day.

Leaning against the cave wall, Li Chen neither trains nor tends to his own body. He simply picks up the fallen Red Moon, holds it close, and listens quietly to the rain outside the cave.

Red Moon remains silent, and even the Seven Realms Tome that recently became quite talkative says nothing.

This time, Li Chen was too reckless; even a slight release of black qi nearly overwhelmed them all.

Thankfully, the black qi was ultimately suppressed.

Like a ticking time bomb, it silently lies dormant within Li Chen’s body.

Currently, the black qi resembles the Blood of Heaven that lay dormant within his body when Li Chen was just a junior martial artist.

"Indeed, very similar,"

Li Chen suddenly murmurs softly, "But back then, no matter how much pain and hardship there was, I could unwaveringly move forward. So why does it feel so surreal now?"

"It truly can be considered surreal," Li Chen self-dialogues, as no one answers, "After all, unknowingly, over eighty million years have passed. In the Lower Realm, an average human’s lifespan is merely a century or less. Eighty million years — how many lifetimes is that?"

"Time truly is unforgiving," Li Chen suddenly whispers.

"Alright, alright."

Suddenly, Li Chen waves his hand, still addressing himself, "Here, it’s about enough. Reflecting on the past carries sentiment, but indulging continuously leads to decline."

With that, Li Chen sharply slaps his own face.

However, when Li Chen lifts his hand, he finds an inexplicable black object clinging to his palm!

Seeing the black object in his palm, Li Chen chuckles, "Based on my cultivation path, I shouldn’t produce a heart demon. Do you know why you exist?"

The black object seems somewhat frightened, suddenly quieting and not daring to move in Li Chen’s palm.

"It’s because I will you to exist, that’s why you came into being. People say heart demons magnify desires and emotions, so I let you emerge and live within me because, fearing one day I might become some emotionless, monster focused solely on benefits and purposes."

"If so, strength is meaningless."

"Because, essentially, actually..."

"...I’m damn well just a common person with no grand aspirations!"

Li Chen laughs aloud, moving his hand, allowing the presence feared by cultivators everywhere as a heart demon to slip back into his body.

"This is the feeling."

When the heart demon re-enters his body, Li Chen can distinctly feel everything outside, seeming more alive, much more than being composed merely of laws and elemental materials.

Viewing the world that way is too dull and lifeless.

Li Chen’s cultivation path has always been different from others.

What others fear as a heart demon, he embraces with relish.

There’s no need to talk about heart demon backfire causing demonic deviation.

What demon could be greater than him, more demonized than after being eroded by black qi?

Compared to that, a heart demon is like a tiny speck of dust compared with a colossal star.

Indeed, this bout with the black qi retaliation was extraordinarily dangerous; the Seven Realms Tome once again falls into silence, recovering its spent power. Red Moon, too weak to speak, silently returns to its original form to cultivate.

As for Li Chen...

He’s practically a wastrel now.

Almost everyone believes he escaped, hiding in a different low-level plane to heal, or perhaps quietly lurking somewhere in Jiankong Realm.

No one realizes Li Chen never fled far.

He still remains in Dreamfall Battlefield.

But, this is Dreamfall Battlefield... Fourth Layer!!

The Fourth Layer of Dreamfall Battlefield, where even Source Mastery Realm Saints dare not lightly tread!

"Splash splash splash..."

Amidst the drizzle, footsteps suddenly emerge, the sound of shoes stepping in shallow puddles.

Li Chen focuses slightly and sees a youthful figure in blue apparel, lifting his sleeves to shield from rain, heading this way at a brisk pace.

When the boy sees the cave and Li Chen at the entrance, his eyes involuntarily light up with delight.

He hastens his pace, darting into the cave.

"Brother, borrowing your refuge for a moment to avoid the rain, hope you won’t mind." The boy carries an air full of youthful vigor, his smile radiating optimism and cheer.

"No problem, I’m just a traveler avoiding the rain as well," Li Chen shakes his head and replies.

"I see." The boy nods, showing a brilliant grin, "In that case, it’s even more coincidental."

"Quite a coincidence," Li Chen also smiles, nodding.

Then, both fall into silence.

After a while, the boy awkwardly scratches his head, finally seeming to find a topic, he turns and asks Li Chen, "Brother, you seem to enjoy dreaming as well?"

"Enjoy dreaming? Why do you say that?" Li Chen asks curiously.

"Because only dream lovers keep that small thing." The boy gestures towards Li Chen’s arm.

At this moment, the heart demon hides here, sensing the boy’s presence, it pretends to be dead, not daring to move in the slightest.

Li Chen is taken aback, but smiles immediately, "Yes, I love dreaming, and I also enjoy reminiscing. How about you?"

"Me?" The boy suddenly stands, using a quixotic, sage-like tone to reflect, causing Li Chen to feel amused, "I’m well past the age for nostalgia."