The fox spirit remnant inside the Soul Gathering Charm wailed loudly, cursing Xiaosuisui for her ruthlessness!
Upon hearing this, Xiaosuisui was furious. She crossed her arms, her beautiful, large black eyes glaring at the Soul Gathering Charm floating in mid-air as she said in a fiercely cute tone,
"Stop your nonsense, or I swear Iāll turn up the heat and turn you into ashes instantly!"
"No, no, no! Iāll shut up, Iāll stop! Can you please put out the fire?"
The little fox begged repeatedly for mercy, its screams from within the Soul Gathering Charm growing more piercing. "AH... IT BURNS... IāM BEING BURNED TO DEATH! AH... DONāT BURN ME... PLEASE STOP... IT HURTS..."
Listening to the screams from inside the Soul Gathering Charm, Xiaosuisui said coldly,
"Tell me, how exactly can my Seventh Uncle get out?
If you donāt tell me, Iāll make sure you die right in front of my Seventh Uncle!"
"Stop burning, stop burning! Iāll talk, Iāll talk! Will that be enough?"
"You speak first. As soon as my Seventh Uncle is saved, Iāll stop immediately!"
"Alright! Iāll tell you. I am the Array Eye of this Illusion Array. It will be enough as long as I no longer forcibly keep him in the Illusion Array."
"Itās that simple?"
"Of course not. I can only retrieve a fox hair attached to him and dismantle the arrayās mechanism for forcibly retaining his Divine Soul. This way, his Divine Soul will regain its self-awareness, but..."
When the little fox said this, it suddenly sounded hesitant.
"But what? Hurry up and say it!"
"However, if he wants to leave this Illusion Array, he must rely on his own mental fortitude to overcome the world within the Illusory Realm. He can only leave once he realizes that everything here is false."
"Then why havenāt you quickly removed the fox hair attached to my Seventh Uncle? Believe me, I can intensify the flames right now, giving you no time to retrieve that fox hair!"
"Iāll retrieve it, Iāll retrieve it! Please stop burning me, I beg you! Iām already at my limit!"
Xiaosuisui saw a fine strand of hair fly away from Ji Youzhi. Only then did she extinguish the flames on the Soul Gathering Charm and walk over to Ji Youzhi, who was being supported by the two young men.
At this moment, when Ji Youzhi saw her, his eyes were no longer vacant as before; they now held a spark of awareness.
Xiaosuisui waved her hand in front of his eyes and asked softly,
"Seventh Uncle! Can... can you see me?"
The vacant look in Ji Youzhiās eyes was replaced by a confused murmur.
"Where is this?
Why... why canāt I even walk?"
Hearing Ji Youzhiās confused muttering, Xiaosuisui suddenly grew excited and quickly tugged at the hem of his clothes.
This time, she actually grasped something solid. This confirmed that her previous inability to touch Ji Youzhi was indeed because of the Illusory Foxās hair.
"Seventh Uncle! Can you see me?"
Seventh Uncle?
Ji Youzhi frowned in confusion and murmured to himself,
"I always remember having a sister, and my sister had a child who always joyfully called me Seventh Uncle.
But they all say Iām mistaken, that my sister is dead and her child died young.
They say thereās something wrong with my memory!"
As soon as Ji Youzhi finished speaking, the two young men supporting him said in unison,
"Dad, you are indeed mistaken. Aunt passed away long ago, and her daughter truly did die young."
Xiaosuisui tilted her head, looking at these āchildrenā of Ji Youzhi.
Something feels off!
"Little fox, whatās the deal with these four people? Did you conjure them?"
"Thatās right. They were manifested from my fox hairs!"
Xiaosuisui was so furious she felt like eating deep-fried fox!
"Retract your fox hairs, or Iāll roast you!"
Xiaosuisui was menacing, a subtle but distinct ruthlessness emanating from her.
If the little fox hadnāt experienced the agony of being burned, it certainly wouldnāt have been frightened by her threat now.
"HEH HEH... I... Iāll retract them right now!"
As soon as it spoke, a gust of wind blew, and the four people beside Ji Youzhi transformed into four fox hairs and flew away.
Xiaosuisui casually made a grabbing motion in the air, and the four fox hairs landed in her palm.
"HEY, HEY, HEY! My hairs! Give them back to me! Quick, give them back!"
"Youāve already fallen into my hands. What in this world still belongs to you? Iām warning you: if anything happens to my Seventh Uncle here, you can forget about keeping your life."
"This little girl is quite ruthless! Donāt worry. Your Seventh Uncle has no romantic feelings for Xie PanāEr. Now that Iāve retracted the fox hairs, he can overcome everything in the Illusion Array with his own willpower."
Xiaosuisui ignored it. She watched as Ji Youzhi slowly walked out of the room and then stared up at the sky.
She knew that her Seventh Uncle must be filled with doubt about this world at this moment. So, she brought her index and middle fingers together. A ray of golden light shot from them into the space between Ji Youzhiās eyebrows. Ji Youzhi slowly closed his eyes, his mind instantly becoming clear. Then, everything around them shattered into fine powder in an instant, vanishing into dust.
Xiaosuisui slowly let out a breath of relief. When she opened her eyes again, she was back in the Array of Heaven. Looking around, she saw Dahei and Xiaobai still struggling intensely, presumably because certain things in the Illusion Array were preventing them from seeing clearly into their own hearts.
However, Xiaosuisui did not intend to let them continue. The longer it went on, the less likely they were to awaken. A strand of golden light from her hand entered the space between Xiaobaiās eyebrows, and another strand entered the space between Daheiās eyebrows.
Dahei and Xiaobai collapsed to the ground at a visible rate and fell into a deep sleep.
"HEY, HEY, HEY! Forcibly interrupting their trial in the Illusory Realm like this violates the Celestial Dao, donāt you know?
This is very bad for them!"
Inside the Soul Gathering Charm, the little fox shrieked.
"Itās bad for *you*, isnāt it?
For every moment they remain in the Illusion Array, you absorb a portion of them. Once they die, you can absorb everything from them, including their memories!"
"This... this... how does a mere baby like you know all this?
Who in the world are you?"