"Dig open my chest..."
Hearing the words of his inner demon, Ye Ling's eyes cleared slightly, though they were still shrouded in deep confusion.
The inner demon merely pointed to his own chest and said to Ye Ling, "Since you feel indifferent to everything now, then it shouldn't be a problem to cut open your own chest, right?"
"No problem..."
Ye Ling didn't overthink it. Mimicking the inner demon's actions, he placed his hand on his own chest.
Watching Ye Ling make this gesture, the inner demon's lips curved slightly as he continued, "Very good, do it with me."
*Chii!*
With that, the inner demon slowly sliced open his own chest with his fingers.
Ye Ling also followed suit, cutting open his own chest.
*Thump thump!*
After the inner demon opened his chest, a vibrant, powerful heart was revealed.
The sound of its forceful beating echoed in the dark space.
However, when Ye Ling cut open his own chest, what was exposed was a withered, decaying heart.
The inner demon looked at the still heart in Ye Ling's chest and his eyes narrowed slightly, "As expected, your heart has already died... If you continue like this, you will die with it."
"My other self... your future is so brilliant, and you bear the lives of more than just yourself on your shoulders. If you stop here, will you be content?"
Ye Ling looked at his own withered heart, then at the inner demon, and said, "I cannot understand what you are doing now."
"You don't need to understand."
The inner demon said indifferently, then reached into his own chest, grasping his beating heart.
"Ugh!!!"
The moment the inner demon grasped his heart, an unimaginable pain surged into his brain, stimulating his nerves.
The inner demon's face instantly turned pale.
Seeing the inner demon's action, Ye Ling's pupils, previously filled with confusion, trembled slightly, but his gaze quickly became indifferent as he asked the inner demon, "What are you doing?"
The inner demon endured the pain and said, "Stop the nonsense, learn from me!"
Hearing the inner demon's words, Ye Ling remained silent and, following the inner demon's movements, reached into his own chest and grasped his own decayed and withered heart.
However, Ye Ling's heart had long since died. He felt no pain now and could not empathize with the inner demon.
"Very good, continue!"
Seeing Ye Ling grasp his withered heart, the inner demon directly dug his own heart out of his chest.
The vibrant heart continued to beat in the inner demon's hand.
Ye Ling also mimicked the inner demon's action and dug out his own decaying heart.
Unlike the inner demon's heart, Ye Ling's heart at this moment was like a scorched piece of charcoal. Apart from still being recognizable as a heart shape, it bore no resemblance to a heart.
"Continue!"
The inner demon, holding his heart, walked up to Ye Ling and then placed his heart into Ye Ling's chest.
*Thump thump!!!*
The beating of the heart pushed fresh blood towards Ye Ling's entire body.
Ye Ling's pupils contracted slightly, the confusion in his eyes largely vanishing. He said to the inner demon, "You!!!"
"This is my own will, you don't need to blame yourself," the inner demon said weakly. After placing his heart into Ye Ling's chest cavity, he grabbed Ye Ling's wrist, allowing Ye Ling to place the withered heart back into his own body.
The inner demon's body gradually turned pale and transparent.
Ye Ling, on the other hand, regained his color and returned to his solid form.
The inner demon's gaze gradually became indifferent, and he murmured, "No wonder, this is what it feels like to lose one's heart. It seems I cannot endure it either..."
The inner demon looked at Ye Ling and smiled, "My other self, this is my last act of help for you. Although I did not obtain the fortune that belonged to me, my power can finally merge with yours."
"From now on, you will carry my heart and advance towards the future."
"Next time, I won't allow you to lose your heart again..."
As the inner demon spoke, his eyes became completely indifferent, and his body grew more ethereal, disappearing before Ye Ling's eyes at a visible speed.
Everything in heaven and earth regained its color.
The inner demon slowly slumped to the ground. His calm and indifferent eyes gazed at the gradually colorful sky and he murmured, "Uninteresting..."
"Let it end like this."
The inner demon said, closed his eyes, and his body became completely transparent.
"Who says it's uninteresting?"
At this moment, Ye Ling's voice sounded in the inner demon's ear, "Inner demon... I don't have time to keep your heart for you..."
"Your heart, I'm giving it back to you!"
As Ye Ling's words fell, an extremely powerful force of creation enveloped the inner demon's ethereal body, reweaving everything about him.
The confused inner demon reopened his eyes. Before he could even process what was happening, he saw Ye Ling placing a vibrant heart back into his chest cavity. Da Feng Novel Network
The inner demon came to his senses and realized what Ye Ling was doing, exclaiming in shock, "Are you crazy? If you return my heart, you'll be dead! And I won't escape death either!"
"Between the two of us, only one can survive!"
Ye Ling said, "I insist that you survive too... You are my inner demon, and your life and death are for me to decide!"
"Karma!!!"
"Received, Master!"
Karma let out a long cry, and then a handsome youth flew out of Ye Ling's body, releasing an incredibly terrifying suction force that devoured everything around him.
The withered heart suspended in Ye Ling's palm also regained flesh and blood at a visible speed, beating once more.
The inner demon looked at Ye Ling with disbelief, completely unable to comprehend that Ye Ling could reverse the "heart of silence" of the heart!
Ye Ling placed his own heart back and smiled at the stunned inner demon, "While you were growing outside, I wasn't standing still..."
"But speaking of which, if you hadn't made me regain my emotions and recall everything this time, I truly would have perished here."
The inner demon stared blankly at Karma in the sky, then burst into laughter, "Haha... I thought it was all over here. As expected of my other self, you even managed to get your hands on Karma, the third-ranked spirit beast!"
"You had Karma spirit beast all along! Thinking about those cheesy words I said earlier makes my scalp tingle," the inner demon laughed, using his power of creation to repair his opened chest, and smiled at Ye Ling.
Ye Ling: "Since you're back, are you interested in getting rid of 'Brain' with me?"
"'Brain' is your enemy, so I won't join the fun," the inner demon waved his hand. "Since you're fine now, I also need to go pursue my own fortune."
"I originally thought I would completely surpass you, but now it seems... the本体 (original body) is still the本体. The path I have to walk is still long."
"My other self... the next time we meet, I hope it won't be like today."
"Goodbye!"
As the inner demon's words fell, he vanished into thin air.
The sky returned to clarity.