I have completely become a ghost in this world, having missed every opportunity in reincarnation and completely failed. The only thing left for me is to pay the corresponding price... to dissipate!

So this is how it feels to have your soul shattered? I mock myself silently in my heart, realizing that even experiencing eternal darkness is nothing more than this.

Having been unconscious for I don't know how long, I only understand that there is a girl calling out to me, calling for me to wake up. But my body refuses to move.

"Your fate as the Shura King is truly tragic!"

The unknown girl finally manifests herself in front of me. She wears a shimmering white robe, but her face is not visible. However, from what I can see... she is actually an Archangel... the Goddess of Space who controls the dimensions!

"Oh? The divine king personally comes to reprimand me? I am truly honored, am I not?"

"Hehe, you're still so stubborn. I concede!"

If you concede, then please release me! My face has turned dark from being suffocated. Are you trying to strangle me with these eerie and thorny ropes?

"Release you? Why would you want to go back when you came here willingly?"

The girl says with a laugh, claiming that I came here voluntarily... could it be?

"You are already dead."

Her sorrowful words pass through me, neither hurting nor numbing me. She advises me to stop bothering her, lest I reveal my weakness by saying unnecessary things.

"The you in this world is merely your own delusion, the real you is still alive here!"

Do powerful gods all like to use this plot twist? They always brush past the most important part, saying, "Even I cannot interfere with the world you are about to go to, because gods are non-physical beings without reincarnation."

As soon as I think about this, a dizzying feeling rushes over me, like a nightmare constantly disturbing my nerve cells. Even when I close my eyes, I feel the constant gaze of those bright blue eyes.

The sensation of reality reaches my fingertips, shattering the precious moment of tranquility.

I slowly open my blurry eyes with the help of dim lighting. I find myself lying on a spacious bed.

To my left is a transparent glass wall of the room, and to my right is the everyday necessities of the house and an ordinary kitchen.

"Am I... at my home?"

A bolt of pain, like an electric shock, quickly touches my brain nerves. The dizzy feeling spreads throughout my body, and I suddenly feel as if I have woken up.

"This is, is... my home? Yu Xiang? Ugh..." The hazy feeling pokes at my internal organs, a wave of dizziness and pain similar to motion sickness, and I need to remain present at all times.

"Is Yu Xiang likely to come to this unknown space afterwards? Or is it just our own wishful thinking... Ugh, I can't handle this anymore. I should go outside and let it rain on me. The room feels suffocating!"

Everything happened too suddenly. I leave the building wearing my own clothes and wander alone in this unfamiliar city, unable to recall any bitter memories in every corner.

"There is no trace left by me... right?"

A familiar scene suddenly enters my sight. I stop walking, and the voice, long absent, spreads to my brainstem. Yu Nai and I ended our final love affair on a rainy day like this.

The rain beats on the open canopy of the bus terminal, making an ear-piercing rhythm. It unexpectedly reminds me of the moment when Yu Nai and I were sincerely revealing our feelings to each other. But in the end, we separated unhappily.

How ironic. I helplessly smile and sit there, waiting for the flow of time as if waiting for a fateful encounter.

"Yu Nai was sitting here back then. I regret rejecting her confession, right?"

I ask myself inwardly, as if begging the girl who brought me here for an answer. But the girl doesn't give me any hints, as if she never existed from the beginning.

Right, there's also the other me that can prove her existence...

Don't be silly, even gods can't break through that barrier. How could a mere evil spirit achieve what even true gods cannot do?Tears gradually covered my eyes, and although there were people bustling on the busy streets, my sincere emotions were gone.

I straightened my back and relentlessly searched for the familiar path, finding the old house from my past life. However, instead of the small pale orange apartment that was supposed to be there, a three-story bookstore now stood in its place.

"Did our past not overlap in this world? Yu Xiang..." I couldn't help but choke up, as even the blazing sun couldn't warm my sorrowful heart.

Although we had only spent a month together, it felt like a fleeting moment, but that month left me with memories I would cherish for a lifetime, keeping them deep in my heart forever.

I pushed open the door curtain of the bookstore, and the interior, while not extravagant, was simple and modest. Books neatly lined the shelves, organized by their respective categories.

"Is the store manager not here? It seems like no one patronizes this bookstore."

While the variety of books on the shelves was extensive, entertainment magazines were scarce, and there wasn't even an adult section.

I could only snort and say with disdain for this conservative bookstore, "What's with this place! They don't even have the most basic erotic novels. No wonder the business is so poor."

"Who are you finding fault with? Whose business do you think is poor?"

Suddenly, a fierce woman burst out from behind the door curtain, scolding me relentlessly. I was instantly drenched in cold sweat, and she even held a brand-new book on evolution, pointing it at my nose as if demanding an explanation.

"Um...I didn't mean it like that...uh?"

Following the fierce woman's slender arm, I looked at her familiar face and golden ponytail...Golden ponytail?

"Yu Nai?!"

"Hmm, how do you know my name so well? If you're here to buy books, pick one out. If you're interested in me, the door is over here!" Yu Nai skillfully waved her hand towards the entrance.

Who came to confess to her? And she's still interested? Well, perhaps she had already forgotten about me.

Wisely choosing the latest newspaper, I paid and hastily left without looking back.

"If Yu Nai is playing the role of the bookstore owner here, then is Yu Xiang also playing some new role that I'm not aware of in another corner of this world?"