“What is this feeling?” Looking down at her own hands, after the god completely disappeared, Lethicia suddenly felt an energy within her that she couldn’t understand at all. Along with this energy came an abnormal sense of restraint.
Her limbs felt locked by something, making her feel like a prisoner.
“Tsk, is this the price for killing a god?” Lethicia thought it was a curse the god had placed on her before dying. She had no way to deal with it, after all, she wasn’t a god. Perhaps she could ask the ancestor or a certain white-haired woman if they had a solution.
Looking around, as the god’s demise and the spatial turbulence subsided, the spiritual world stabilized. This whole mess was finally over.
Pulling off the threads wrapped around her wrists one by one, Lethicia gently flicked them. Subtle vibrations traveled along the threads into the dream world, awakening those still asleep.
There were many people in Lethicia’s half of the dream sphere. The Hero Association and high-ranking humans would probably be kneeling to thank Lethicia for saving these unfortunate souls.
However, those who were dragged into the real world by the god would truly never return. Their minds had already perished in the real world. Even if their bodies were still alive, they would only be perpetual vegetative states, unable to wake up.
Hoo, it’s over. It’s time to go back.
Having done everything she needed to do and feeling the growing fatigue, Lethicia willed herself to wake up.
Then, she was stunned.
Because she found she couldn’t wake up.
What kind of situation was this? Lethicia panicked. She had finally killed the god, so why couldn’t she wake up now? Could this be the god’s curse?
This was too insidious!
No, there must be a way. There must be a way. Lethicia clutched her head, trying to think of a solution to her current predicament, and as she thought, she actually came up with one.
A method naturally appeared in her mind: forcibly open the passage between the spiritual world and the real world and return to her body.
This method was simple to say, but the energy required to achieve it was not insignificant. Fortunately, Lethicia currently lacked nothing more than energy.
There was still plenty of energy in her body, enough to open a world passage once.
Extending her hand, Lethicia followed her body’s instinct and lightly drew a line in the void before her. As a large chunk of her internal energy disappeared, a black rift appeared before Lethicia’s eyes.
A familiar feeling came from the other side of the rift. The other side of the passage was her body. Lethicia hurried to the edge of the passage and cautiously stepped through.
After a dizzying sensation of weightlessness, Lethicia saw everything in the real world once more.
The brightly lit city, the silver moon hanging in the sky, and the waiting Lize leaning against the wall, staring at her blankly. It seemed she had truly returned to the real world.
“Wait, wait, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is that you?” Lize slapped her own cheeks hard. Wasn’t her Majesty lying on the bed next to her?
Who could tell her why this semi-transparent Your Majesty suddenly appeared? Was she a ghost?
“What’s wrong? Of course, I’m me.” Lethicia lowered her head in confusion and looked at herself, then she realized something was wrong. Why had she become semi-transparent?
“And… the mirror doesn’t reflect Your Majesty. Is she really a ghost?” There was a mirror directly behind Lethicia, and Lize looked at it. Only she herself was reflected in the mirror; Lethicia couldn’t be seen at all.
This appearance was exactly like a ghost!
Could it be that her Majesty had already passed away?
“Lethicia, how… are you doing?” At this moment, Bai Ling, who had obtained Lethicia’s location from the white-haired woman, jumped in through the window and was also dumbfounded.
Walking blankly in front of Lethicia, Bai Ling reached out to poke Lethicia’s face. Her fingers passed through Lethicia’s face and into Lethicia’s head, an extremely bizarre sight.
Waving her hands vigorously a few times, Bai Ling confirmed that Lethicia before her was like an illusion, visible but intangible. So what had happened to make Lethicia like this?
“I don’t really know. Perhaps my soul has been separated from my body?” Lethicia shrugged. If she knew, she wouldn’t be so clueless. “I should be able to re-possess my body… perhaps?”
Her gaze turned to herself, sleeping on the bed. She didn’t expect her sleeping posture to be quite good.
Under the escort of Lize and Bai Ling’s gazes, Lethicia walked in front of her own body and slowly raised her hand to point at the forehead of the black-haired girl.
Instantly, a burst of colorful light flashed. When Lize and Bai Ling could see everything in the room clearly again, the ethereal Lethicia had disappeared, and Lethicia, lying on the bed, was rubbing her eyes as she sat up.
“I don’t know why, but suddenly feeling like I have a physical body is so strange.” Clenching her fist, Lethicia looked at her small white hands repeatedly, feeling a very strange sensation.
It felt as if her body was something unnecessary, and being encased within it made her feel very stifled.
“Lethicia, your hair.” Just as Lethicia was marveling, Bai Ling, who was very observant, noticed the change in Lethicia’s hair. With her careful observation, she keenly noticed a strand of hair on Lethicia’s bangs had turned a dreamy, colorful hue.
“Mm?” Lethicia tilted her head in confusion. What was wrong with her hair?
“Your hair has changed color a bit.” Bai Ling pulled Lethicia in front of the mirror and pointed at a strand of colorful hair on Lethicia’s head. “Doesn’t this color look somewhat similar to the god’s color scheme?”
It wasn’t just somewhat similar; it was identical!
Lethicia started to panic. Could it be that the god hadn’t completely died, but had parasitized her?
“I defeated that god. Is her residual soul attaching to me for revenge? What should I do?”
“Defeated? Defeated?!” Bai Ling suddenly raised her voice. She thought the god had escaped, but she didn’t expect Lethicia to deliver the final blow.
“Yeah, what happened in the dream was a bit complicated. I’ll explain it to you in detail later. For now, I need to figure out if there’s something wrong with my body.”
…
“Based on my observations, there are no signs of any god possessing Lethicia, and any talk of curses is baseless.” Since the God of Dreams had kicked the bucket, Infino, who had been imprisoned in the divine artifact space by the God of Dreams, could finally come out for some air.
After listening to Lethicia’s worries, this ancient god, whose age was almost the same as the God of Dreams, after meticulously examining Lethicia, stated that Lethicia’s current condition was very good, unbelievably so.
“However, don’t celebrate too early. I sense a divine aura on you… I don’t mean that another god has left this aura on you, but rather that you yourself are emitting a divine aura.” After delivering the good news, Infino then conveyed a neutral piece of news.
Lethicia was emitting a divine aura. What did this mean?
Perhaps it meant nothing, or perhaps it meant many things.
“I suspect, this girl might have become a god,” Infino muttered softly, but she didn’t quite believe this speculation, because in her impression, gods were always born, and there had never been anyone who became a god later in life.
Scratching her head, Lethicia wasn’t sure whether to feel relieved or continue to be apprehensive. She still trusted her ancestor’s judgment. Since her ancestor said there was no problem with her body, then there shouldn’t be any major issues.
But this divine aura was so strange that even her ancestor didn’t know the reason, which made Lethicia unable to completely relax.
While Lethicia was frowning and struggling with her thoughts, a star-like light suddenly illuminated the room. The white-haired woman from the divine seat, along with Kira and Xiaoya, arrived.
“Sister!” As soon as Xiaoya saw her sister [Bai Ling], she immediately ran towards her.
Kira, however, was not as active as Xiaoya. She obediently walked up to Lethicia and quietly asked, “Sister, are you encountering any problems?”
Knowing her sister well, her sister wouldn’t have this expression after a victory. This expression was more likely to appear when encountering a problem she couldn’t understand.
“Yes, a problem that neither my ancestor nor I can figure out. Perhaps that person over there can give me some answers.” Lethicia said to Kira, directing her gaze towards the white-haired woman who had been watching her.
She didn’t speak quietly, and her words naturally reached the white-haired woman’s ears.
In response, the white-haired woman chuckled, “Don’t worry, this won’t harm your body. It’s just that you can’t roam around carelessly for a while.”
Can’t walk around?
Lethicia opened her mouth. What did she mean by *for a while*? She was in a hurry.
If she didn’t hurry back to the Demon Realm, the world’s rift would truly close, and she would be unable to return.
“I know what you’re worried about. You don’t need to worry about that matter anymore,” the white-haired woman continued to say with a smile.
No need to worry anymore? Did that mean the closing time of the world’s rift had been postponed, and she could wait a while before returning?
“You mean…”
Before Lethicia could finish her sentence, the white-haired woman interrupted her. “No, I mean, you’ve already missed the final deadline. You won’t be able to return to the Demon Realm for a while.”
“Didn’t they say it would only close in a month? It’s been less than a week!” Hearing this news, Lethicia was completely stunned. She had originally thought she had plenty of time, otherwise she wouldn’t have leisurely helped Bai Ling deal with this last matter.
But now, this woman from the divine seat was telling her that the spatial rift had closed early, and she couldn’t go back?
“How did you know about this?” Kira, on the other hand, was calmer. She was more interested in how this white-haired woman knew about this so quickly.
“To trace it back, this matter actually has a little to do with us at the divine seat,” the white-haired woman said, spreading her hands and explaining the reason for the closure of the spatial rift. “I think you all know that we at the divine seat have recently had a small conflict with another organization in the West that wields divine artifacts, right?”
Everyone present, except for Xiaoya, knew about this, but what did it have to do with the disappearance of the spatial rift?
“The divine artifact held by that sect is related to space. To block our attack, they used the divine artifact to create a barrier that can be called almost indestructible. And where does the energy needed to maintain this barrier come from? I think you all have a guess.”
The energy source of that barrier was the rift between worlds?
“Your guess is correct. The energy source of that barrier is precisely the rift between worlds. As time goes by, the rifts between worlds will become fewer and fewer, and the energy that maintains these rifts will be completely depleted.” The white-haired woman’s expression was serious, and her words carried immense credibility.
“Actually, those people’s predictions were not wrong. If it were normal consumption, the spatial rift would indeed disappear completely in a month, and that barrier would also shatter in a month.”
“But you accelerated your attack, causing the barrier to break prematurely, right?” Lethicia glared angrily at the white-haired woman. In the end, this was the divine seat’s fault?
The white-haired woman smiled, showing no reaction to Lethicia’s anger. “After all, we are enemies with them. We can’t possibly grant their wishes and let them drag it out for a month, can we?”
Her words made sense. If Lethicia were in the position of a high-ranking official of the divine seat, she would have made the same decision. Since they had the ability to break through the shield early, why let the barrier exist for another month?
This truly couldn’t be blamed on the divine seat.
“And the spatial turbulence generated after that barrier shattered also helped us out. Otherwise, the barrier on the altar would have been truly difficult to break.”
“Wait, you calculated that spatial turbulence would arrive at that time, and you knew what would happen beforehand?” Hearing this, even the less sharp-minded Miss Bai realized something was wrong. Could it be that everything that happened today was within this woman’s calculations?
She, Lethicia, and even that god, were all calculated?
This woman might be more terrifying than a god.
“I can only say that most of the developments were the same as my predictions, and the final outcome was not beyond my expectations. Although there were some minor fluctuations in the process, overall, everything was proceeding in the intended direction.”