"…face to face, Adam."
The moment Qian Renxue uttered that name, the atmosphere inside the Undead Demiplane changed subtly.
Electrolux's silver-gray eyes suddenly turned golden and the endless death aura surrounding the throne began to distort violently.
Then his appearance started to blur like a reflection disturbed upon water as the dark holy necromantic aura gradually receded.
A moment later, the figure seated upon the bone throne was no longer the Necromancer Electrolux.
Instead, there sat a man wearing a simple white priest's cloak.
Golden hair rested upon his shoulders, while a neatly kept golden beard framed his calm face. A silver cross hung quietly around his neck, radiating faint holy light.
His eyes were innocent, like those of a child untouched by the ugliness of the world. Yet hidden beneath that innocence was something unfathomably ancient.
If an outsider saw the two standing together, they would almost believe Qian Renxue and Adam were siblings.
Both possessed golden hair and carried an indescribable divinity.
The only difference was that Qian Renxue's beauty carried a cold dreamlike mystery, while Adam radiated warmth like sunlight.
Adam looked at her quietly before speaking in a gentle voice.
"Hasn't everything progressed according to your desires so far?"
"Then why come to confront me personally?"
His tone carried neither hostility nor caution. It sounded more like simple curiosity.
Qian Renxue stared directly into his eyes. Her expression remained indifferent.
"What is your goal?"
The question was direct with no probing.
Adam blinked once before smiling softly.
That smile appeared exceptionally warm within the deathly Undead Demiplane, like sunlight shining into a land abandoned by life.
"That question is rather straightforward."
He rested one hand against the armrest of the bone throne.
"Very well.....I will answer you."
Adam slowly raised his gaze toward the endless gray sky of the Demiplane.
"I want to witness possibilities."
The surrounding space became strangely quiet. Then his golden eyes returned to Qian Renxue.
"You should understand something."
"To the will of this verse...I am an outsider."
His voice remained calm and gentle.
"An existence that should not belong here."
"But you…should also be an outsider like me"
Adam's gaze lingered briefly on Qian Renxue's glowing purple eyes.
"Yet, It accepted your existence naturally."
"As though your appearance here was merely a coincidence."
A faint smile appeared on his lips again.
"But there are no coincidences in the universe."
The silver cross around his neck flickered softly.
Qian Renxue spoke calmly, as though they were friends
"You are curious? So are you going to put me to sleep using your powers to get your answers?"
Although her tone sounded as though she intended to negotiate, the countless Bone Dragon Behemoths behind her had already surrounded Adam from every direction.
Hundreds of gigantic dragon heads lowered simultaneously. Necrotic flames burned within their eye sockets while terrifying dragon pressure shook the entire Undead Demiplane.
Yet Adam did not appear intimidated in the slightest. He merely looked at Qian Renxue quietly.
Instead of answering her question directly, he spoke softly,
"In a way, the will of this verse seems to favor that boy named Tang San far too much."
His innocent golden eyes narrowed slightly.
"So much so…that it appears artificial."
Qian Renxue's expression remained indifferent. Adam continued as though teaching a student.
"A true manipulator should remain subtle."
"The best schemes are those that achieve their purpose while appearing to interfere with nothing."
His voice was gentle. Yet every word seemed to carry deeper meaning.
Qian Renxue stared directly at him.
"Why take over Electrolux's body?"
Her tone grew colder.
"I think I should be a better choice."
Then her purple eyes narrowed faintly.
"I don't believe ancient monsters like you care about something as meaningless as gender."
Adam smiled softly upon hearing that.
"Hmm…"
"It seems I already answered that question earlier."
The instant his words fell, Qian Renxue moved.
Her figure vanished like a dream bubble bursting.
The next moment—She appeared directly before Adam.
Caliburn and the Angel Sword had already crossed toward his neck with terrifying speed.
The sharp blades stopped only inches away from his throat. The surrounding space cracked apart from the pressure released by the swords alone.
Qian Renxue's cold voice echoed through the temple.
"I am already prepared to die, if we fight"
Qian Renxue said coldly. "So why don't you let go of Electrolux, and then we can continue this conversation properly?"
Adam's smile never faded. His gentle appearance remained completely calm despite the blades that could kill Gods.
"That won't do," he replied softly. "By latching onto him and using his body, I am able to fool the will of the universe."
The moment those words were spoken, Qian Renxue suddenly felt something strange.
His voice seemed to carry an indescribable weight, as though every syllable contained layers of meaning beyond mortal comprehension. Adam's figure gradually became blurry, as if reality itself was refusing to continue observing him directly.
A faint dizziness struck her mind. the next instant, the Undead Demiplane vanished.
Qian Renxue found herself standing above an endless river of flowing colors.
The River of Memories.
Countless streams of light flowed through it like living stars. Every drop contained fragments of existence—past, present, and future intertwined together. Memories of civilizations, emotions of living beings, and possibilities that had not yet occurred all drifted within the current.
The scene was magnificent yet terrifying. This was not merely a river. It was one of the underlying foundations supporting the entire verse.
However, Qian Renxue knew clearly that what she controlled was only a tributary.
The tributary belonging to the Douluo Continent.
If every tributary across countless worlds were to merge together, only then would the true River of Memories reveal itself completely.
"When?"
Qian Renxue's purple eyes narrowed slightly as she looked around, she understood that Adam had used his abilities on her but he was nowhere to be seen.
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