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"Your Highness... Your Highness?"

In a spatial fragment that no one had expected, Shen Qi softly called out to Chen Qing, who had fallen unconscious.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t restrain himself, but rather that Chen Qing’s condition seemed to be in terrible shape.

The space they were in was incredibly daring—it was the very spatial fragment that the Ancient Demon High Priest had previously trodden upon, and it was also the core of the Imperial Palace’s space.

Because the elements here were in extreme chaos, almost everywhere there were turbulent flows, it was impossible to explore this place with divine consciousness, making it akin to a dark spot under a light.

However, the disadvantage was also clear: it was hard to detect from the outside, but it was equally difficult to observe the outside from within.

The chaotic elements and numerous spatial turbulences made it necessary to be cautious at all times to avoid being swept away, and one dared not easily use techniques to observe the outside, as it would provoke great disturbances from the elemental chaos and easily reveal one’s position.

For the past half an hour, Shen Qi had been holding onto Chen Qing, continuously dodging the turbulent flows, in hopes that Chen Qing would wake up on his own.

What was strange was that Chen Qing’s body appeared to have no problems, but he just could not awaken; moreover, it seemed like he was trapped in some kind of extreme pain.

At that moment, Shen Qi could clearly see Chen Qing’s whole body convulsing, showing signs of spasm, especially his mental state, which was exceedingly chaotic, as if he were enduring some immense suffering.

Based on Shen Qi’s understanding of Chen Qing, he should be someone very resilient to pressure. What kind of pain could cause such a strong reaction in him?

With the situation outside unclear and the surrounding turbulent flows becoming more unstable, Shen Qi had no choice but to try to wake Chen Qing.

"Your Highness!"

Finally, with a stern shout, Chen Qing suddenly awoke.

The awakened Chen Qing obviously hadn’t come back to his senses yet, his body covered in cold sweat in an exaggerated manner, gasping heavily for air.

"Your Highness..." Shen Qi looked at the other party with cautious concern.

Chen Qing had broken the seal and ascended to King Level.

According to previous trial estimates, the King Level was greatly rejected by this world, and Shen Qi was very worried about the side effects Chen Qing was experiencing.

However, it seemed that his body was not in major trouble, nor had it suffered as much damage as imagined—instead, it was the mental aspect. ..

"It’s all right..." About ten breaths later, Chen Qing finally managed to regain his composure, and seeing the worried look on Shen Qi’s face, he waved his hand.

"Your Highness, are you sure you’re okay?" asked Shen Qi, relieved to see Chen Qing recover.

The clear-headed Chen Qing exuded a reassuring presence. Over the years, through all the storms they had weathered, he had never seen Chen Qing fail to handle a situation. As long as he remained lucid, he exuded an aura of confidence that he could turn the tide at any moment.

"I’m fine..." Chen Qing saw that the other party still seemed uneasy, so he explained, "I have a secret technique that allows me to freely return to a state before the seal.

The downside is that I must completely still my heart and body, and both my body and brain must enter a state of total relaxation.

If my spiritual body remains in my body, it must rest with it, which is very dangerous in this situation. "

"Eh?" Shen Qi was taken aback, "Do you mean... just now, was your spiritual body outside?"

Is that even possible?

This wasn’t Jiangnan; casually leaving one’s body in spiritual form was extremely dangerous. There were many experts outside, and elemental turbulence was severe. With a moment’s inattention, one could be swept into the turbulence, and the spiritual body could be shattered.

"Yes..." Chen Qing did not hide it, "I was with Zi Yue."

"Senior Zi Yue?" Shen Qi gasped. He had always been worried about Zi Yue’s betrayal, yet Chen Qing dared to entrust his spiritual body to Zi Yue—did he trust her that much?

He always felt that among those in Jiangnan, apart from Tian Heng, Zi Yue was the most unstable, yet Chen Qing seemed to trust these two immensely.

Chen Qing took a breath, his eyes reflecting a complex mixture of thoughts.

It wasn’t that he truly trusted Zi Yue that much, but in the current situation, there was no choice. If he remained guarded and secretive, nothing could be accomplished. Zi Yue had not disappointed him, although he did not expect her background to be so complex.

A princess from the Ancient Demon Clan, merged with the chief data engineer from the past—now, was Zi Yue the data engineer of the past, or the princess of the Ancient Demon Clan?

Perhaps even she herself wasn’t sure?

Especially considering her willpower, it put Chen Qing to shame. The effect of the Golden Crow Flame burning her body was such that his own spiritual body nearly dissipated from the pain, yet she managed to endure the immense suffering and quietly used a technique to transfer him.

In fact, he had already returned to his body earlier, but he had not awakened because the immense pain had not allowed his spiritual body to fully regain consciousness, and his body had reacted accordingly.

Compared to an ordinary girl, Chen Qing felt he was certainly not man enough.

"Your Majesty," Shen Qi reacted, exclaiming excitedly, "You’ve been with Senior Zi Yue this whole time, so does that mean you’ve got a clear picture of the outside situation?"

Chen Qing nodded, "I have a rough idea..."

He briefly described the situation outside.

"Elder Master Zhang died?" Shen Qi gasped in shock.

That Elder Master Zhang who nearly ensnared all the forces in the world, the formidable presence who Chen Qing, even after breaking the seal, struggled to gain an upper hand against, the unfathomably deep, just disappeared like that?

"So, this is a dangerous world, isn’t it?" Chen Qing shook his head with a bitter smile.

He saw clearly from Zi Yue’s perspective that the Ancient Demon High Priest died quite unfairly. If he had removed the seal right away, even facing two terrifying beings like the Emperor and Shenyue, he wouldn’t have met such a frustrating end.

But there was no helping it; that’s how top-tier battles were. A slight oversight and it was game over. One slow reaction, and before one’s true strength could be demonstrated, it was over. There was nothing more suffocating than dying like this.

This was a mistake he couldn’t afford to make in the future.

"And the Sky Totem that hurt the Ancient Demon... that wasn’t under your control?"

"Do I look like I have that kind of power," Chen Qing rolled his eyes, "to resort to such a desperate ruse?"

"A desperate ruse?"

"That guy... was the King of Qin’s trump card!"

"The King of Qin? Wasn’t he..."

Shen Qi was stunned.

He remembered, Chen Qing had said... the King of Qin had died!

Chen Qing’s expression was complex too. Under those circumstances, for the King of Qin to still be alive, it was truly defying the heavens to the extreme. It was just as Zi Yue had predicted...

Chen Qing suddenly remembered what she had said before.

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"Is he really dead? Are you sure?"

"Dead as can be," Chen Qing had said with certainty at the time.

A data life, if it didn’t die from a power cut, then it was really a monster.

"I don’t think it’s certain..."

"Huh?" Chen Qing paused, then chuckled, "You’re from the modern era too, you should understand what it means for a data life to be trapped in a power outage zone, right? You really think he’s an immortal?"

"What if there were backups?"

"There could be backups?" Chen Qing was stunned.

"You said it yourself, it’s a digital life. What’s so strange about having backups?"

"I just want to know, how did he back himself up?"

"If you really are Pu YunChuan, you should know about it, right? White Drawing!"

Chen Qing: "..."

He knew about it, how could he not?

The original prototype of digital life.

He remembered...