“I don’t understand.” Heavenly-Dragon also raised his head, gazing toward the sky with eyes that didn’t actually exist. “What have I done?”

“Yu Nian’an.” Qi Xia pointed at the sun in the sky. “Even in my dream, you’re trying to inflict upon me the most intense despair. You hung Yu Nian’an up there—what more is there to say?”

After hearing this, Heavenly-Dragon paused slightly, turned his head to look at Qi Xia, and after a long silence, slowly spoke: “Baiyang… how strange.”

“What?”

“Haven’t you recovered all your memories?” Heavenly-Dragon said thoughtfully. “Are you trying to trick me?”

Qi Xia’s brows furrowed slightly, feeling as though something imperceptible had flashed through his mind.

“Baiyang, I am ‘Original Object’ and ‘Ingenious Object,’ and also ‘Enter Dream.'” Heavenly-Dragon said. “And you are ‘Endless Life.’ Do you want to carefully consider which of us two would be more likely to create this kind of spectacle made of flesh and blood?”

“What…”

Seeing Qi Xia’s expression, Heavenly-Dragon seemed to have certain suspicions in his mind confirmed. He sighed and said in a low voice: “Baiyang, do you think she’s afraid of me?”

“Otherwise…?”

“If she’s afraid of me… why won’t she turn her pupils to look at you?” Heavenly-Dragon asked again. “Last time when she looked at you, her pupils were filled with panic—what was that about?”

Qi Xia slowly widened his eyes, feeling as though the situation was spiraling somewhat out of control.

Heavenly-Dragon sighed: “Baiyang, what you’re about to see next and what I’m about to say may completely overturn your current understanding. I advise you to prepare yourself mentally.”

After speaking, he turned to look back into the room, then with a slight thought, waved his hand gently.

*Dong!*

Qi Xia looked down at the skeletal giant clock swaying in the plaza outside the window. Its body was swinging with large amplitude, looking as though it was about to shatter itself.

The “screen” below the giant clock also trembled at this moment, and then countless blue-black blood vessels began to writhe, finally spelling out barely recognizable two characters on the screen—

“Ingenious Object,” “Original Object.”

Heavenly-Dragon, beside the flesh-and-blood chair Qi Xia had created, used “Ingenious Object” to remake a chair. A piece of scrap wood appeared there out of thin air, and under invisible carving, gradually took the shape of an armchair.

Seeing Qi Xia’s silence, Heavenly-Dragon then waved toward the window, and something suddenly rose from the blood-red street.

Qi Xia looked down to see a tree full of vitality rising in the middle of the road.

This lush, verdant green tree stood inserted in the constantly pulsing flesh-and-blood street, appearing particularly jarring.

“You should have noticed last time, shouldn’t you?” Heavenly-Dragon said. “When I activate my ability to create things… what material would they be? Flesh and blood…?”

Getting no answer from Qi Xia, Heavenly-Dragon came to the window and stood beside him, saying softly: “Baiyang, this city of flesh and blood in your heart… did I build it? Every bizarre thing in this city… does any of it come from me?”

“You…”

“Baiyang.” Heavenly-Dragon continued. “I granted you a real dream, and it was you who shaped your world like this. You not only need me to help you build this dream, but also need me to help you personally destroy it, so that it won’t hinder you from rebuilding it with flesh and blood. Am I right?”

Qi Xia slowly raised his head as fragments of remaining memories began to surge wildly into his mind.

“To plunge yourself into the deepest despair and gain the strongest power, in your subconscious you’ve made me into a demon.” Heavenly-Dragon said. “Just like I’ve been asking you all along… what are we fighting each other to the death for? We could clearly coexist peacefully, clearly walk together, yet you’ve always treated me as your greatest opponent. You’ve not only deliberately planted fear and hatred of me in your heart, but even wanted to find a way to eliminate me from here. Am I right?”

“I…”

“This way, all the hardships you’ve suffered in ‘Taoyuan’ can be attributed to me. I’m the most powerful imaginary enemy you’ve created for yourself. Coincidentally… Qinglong had long seen through this idea of yours, so he began to fan the flames according to your thoughts, gradually shaping me in your heart into an utterly wicked yet dictatorial evil god. Right?”

“Impossible…” Qi Xia said with a hesitant expression. “What you’ve done yourself… you know best.”

“Baiyang, you’re still deceiving yourself even now.” Heavenly-Dragon said. “If it weren’t to avoid seeing me, why would you forsake sleep? This is the strongest defensive line in your heart, and there’s even someone like Yu Nian’an as a ‘Dream Guardian.’ I could never harm you no matter what, yet you still avoid sleep. Because you know better than anyone in your heart that as long as you see me a few times, the truth will all come to light. Right?”

Qi Xia gradually felt somewhat dizzy, and the entire room also began to tremble slightly.

“You think we took away your wife, but how did ‘wife’ come to be? You think I turned her into the sun in your heart, but how did ‘the sun’ come to be? You think the rules of this place oppress everyone, but how did ‘the rules’ come to be? You think this godforsaken place full of holes is filled with deadly games everywhere… Baiyang, tell me again, those most deadly games… how did they come to be?”

Heavenly-Dragon’s series of questions made Qi Xia slightly startled. At this moment, the flesh and blood in the room actually began to recede, transforming back to its original appearance.

“You’ll only become more and more afraid of me, more and more hateful of me, until your despair fills your heart and your power becomes great enough to kill me, then you’ll transform into the ‘Master’ of this place.” Heavenly-Dragon continued. “Is every single hypothesis I’ve stated above correct?”

“Stop talking…” Qi Xia slowly lowered his head, his expression unreadable.

The entire room also at this moment slowly shed its flesh-and-blood appearance, gradually returning to normal.

“Between the two of us, who exactly is the ‘evil god’ here?” Heavenly-Dragon turned around, his flat face seemingly full of sorrow. “Even standing here, your heart is still filled with killing intent, yet I’ve always wanted you to let go of all this and leave here with me completely.”

As Heavenly-Dragon spoke, he looked at the surrounding walls. The entire house had already recovered, no longer stained with flesh and blood. The last pure land in Qi Xia’s heart had returned to its original state.

Heavenly-Dragon had just breathed a sigh of relief when, in the next second, the floor of the entire room began to turn over again, and countless flesh and blood began to spread out rampantly.

“That was close…” Qi Xia said slowly with his head lowered. “Really close indeed…”

“You…”

“Heavenly-Dragon, if it weren’t for that last sentence of yours, I almost believed your nonsense.”