Trapped in boundless, silent darkness, feeling his body being scratched by a thousand tiny hands, even his consciousness was rapidly being destroyed.
Gu Ya was increasingly losing strength!
If he didn't find a solution soon, he might very well die in this unknown space!
Gu Ya quickly reached for his private space activator, only to find it was no longer on him!
"Damn it! That old man stole it!"
"Calm down, I must calm down! I need to figure out how I got here first."
Gu Ya conjured a chair with a casual gesture, sat down, and clasped his head, thinking rapidly.
"After leaving the private space, I should have returned to three-dimensional spacetime. Why did I enter this unknown space?"
"Also, how did that old man evade my attack?"
"It seems all the variables were completed in an instant. Could it be that he subjected me to a higher level of 'Yong Meng'?"
"No, that's not right. If I were trapped in a mental realm, I should be in reality now and able to touch Bai Ying."
"This kind of mental realm technology cannot completely shield tactile sensations. Anything I touch will be distorted into something else."
"Take Huang Li, for instance. When he gave me the truth serum, he touched his own hand and, distorted by 'Yong Meng,' thought he was injecting me."
"And I don't feel anything solid around me, which means I am still in some spatial rift."
"Furthermore, my private space activator is missing, which means I am actually still in the private space."
"If the space activator was taken and destroyed by that old man, wouldn't I be trapped in the private space, never able to leave!"
"Yes, the space activator must have been destroyed!"
"Otherwise, why can't I hear my own voice, and why do I feel scratching all over my body?"
"So the space is collapsing..."
Having figured it out, Gu Ya let out a long sigh.
He thought he could handle everything, yet he couldn't even defeat an old man.
"Unsatisfactory!!" Gu Ya stood up in anger, his eyes resolute. "I must get out, Ye Ying is still waiting for me."
"The only way now is to use the [Imaginary White Hole] and attach the Xieshen's Heirloom Urn to myself to traverse spacetime and escape."
"But this method is extremely risky. Any slight mistake, and I'll be like Ning Yu, thrown into the imaginary domain and drifting through countless spacetimes."
"Now I have the consciousness anchor instrument, but Ning Yu needs to cooperate for it to be used."
"I must be cautious, not reckless. I have no retreat! Think of another way! Think, try harder to think!"
But reality would not change according to Gu Ya's thoughts.
The collapse of the private space was accelerating. Gu Ya could no longer feel his lower body, unable to lift his legs or walk.
Only by touching could he feel his legs.
Moreover, this sensory shielding was intensifying, and Gu Ya gradually began to lose the sensation of his shoulders.
In this collapsing spacetime, the passage of time far exceeded comprehension.
By the time Gu Ya stopped thinking, he could no longer feel anything below his neck!
"Still can't think of a way out."
"Creating another private space instrument would only create another spatial rift within the spatial rift, leading me deeper and deeper, making it impossible to find the way back."
"Am I really going to die here?"
"A generation's divine power user, perishing like dust."
"No! I must resist! Resist! But how?!"
Gu Ya was consumed by self-reproach. If he had been calmer and more cautious, if he had discovered and killed that old man immediately, the subsequent battle wouldn't have happened. He would have rescued Ye Ying, and they would have returned smoothly to Bai Liao Street No. 84, proceeding with their next plan.
But all of that was over.
"Gu Ya!"
Suddenly, an urgent yet faint voice reached Gu Ya's ears.
Gu Ya responded dazedly, "Ah, an auditory hallucination before death."
"Gu Ya! Wake up!! Wake up!!!!"
Gu Ya's eyes suddenly widened. He could no longer feel his mouth, unable to speak.
But thankfully, his brain could still function!
"Who is speaking?" Gu Ya communicated with the other party using his inner voice.
"Gu Ya, activate the imaginary white hole!!"
"But if I activate the imaginary white hole, I'll be thrown into the imaginary domain and travel through spacetime!"
"Stop the nonsense, activate it!!!"
This was the only way. He didn't know how the other party broke through the spacetime barrier to communicate with him.
Could it be Hei Yang?
But if he didn't take the risk, how could he save himself? And how could he save Ye Ying!
At the last moment before the private space completely collapsed and annihilated, Gu Ya used the last shred of consciousness he had to activate the Xieshen's Heirloom Urn.
The next moment, Gu Ya felt an boundless sense of powerlessness flood his entire body, as if he had fallen into a pit far colder than the abyss of consciousness.
Here, he could do nothing, not even think.
But instantly, a powerful warm current spread from his heart to his entire body, from his hair roots to his ten toes.
This warm current was like a giant hand, pulling him out of the bottomless abyss and bestowing him with immeasurable strength.
When Gu Ya opened his eyes again, his entire body was covered in armor with a thickness infinitesimally close to zero!
A viscous substance darker than darkness surged around his body.
Gu Ya could even sense the birth of a star at the edge of the universe, and the existence of countless matter within the universe.
With just a slight movement of his consciousness, infinite possibilities could occur.
"This is the Xieshen's Heirloom Urn armor!" Gu Ya said with neither joy nor sorrow.
Due to the attachment of a four-dimensional item, he could even feel all his emotions simultaneously.
Emotions, like chopsticks or a bank card, had taken on tangible forms, floating around his head.
"Then what? I'm already in the imaginary domain, how do I go back?"
Almost instantly, yet it felt like an eternity, a humanoid creature radiating white light shuttled from an immense distance and appeared beside Gu Ya.
"Gu Ya... No, Master, we meet again," the creature radiating white light said in a low voice.
Gu Ya stared at it in confusion, murmuring, "Hei Yang?"
"Yes, Master. By integrating the Xieshen's Heirloom Urn code, I have become akin to a four-dimensional being. However, my reality is not that of a four-dimensional being."
"No, now is not the time to discuss these things. Hei Yang, can you take me back?" Gu Ya said.
Hei Yang nodded. "Yes, but you need to sacrifice something."
"Sacrifice what?" Gu Ya asked.
"Sacrifice your future to me."
Gu Ya did not understand Hei Yang's meaning. His future was already that of a Xieshen; why would he need to sacrifice it?
By sacrificing his future to Hei Yang, would he himself become Hei Yang in the future?
Then fall into a cycle of the past, becoming the past Hei Yang, and battling his past self?
"No..." Gu Ya refused. "I will not agree to you. Even if I traverse countless spacetimes, I will find the original path and return to save Ye Ying!"
Hei Yang's voice appeared beside Gu Ya like falling leaves. "Master, don't you understand yet? I have integrated the Xieshen's Heirloom Urn code and am evolving into a four-dimensional being."
"Now, I only lack your future, and I can completely become the Xieshen..."
"You should understand it better this way. From the very beginning, there were two candidates chosen by the Xieshen: your past, and my future. The two combined form the Xieshen."
Gu Ya calmly looked at Hei Yang and said faintly, "I cannot believe you. How can you prove you are not deceiving me."