[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-arrival-in-1994":3,"chapter-arrival-in-1994-arrival-in-1994-chapter-599":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Arrival in 1994",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2353080,4601,"Chapter 599: The Dark Side","arrival-in-1994-chapter-599",599,"\u003Cp>Everyone has a dark side; everyone does. When a person slays their own dark side, they naturally become pure—and that cave contains the human dark side. But Master Yoda’s test was never about slaying the dark side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark side is never easily slain. Even if you can slay it once or twice, can you slay it countless times? The imperfection of the mind cannot be resolved by slaying the dark side—that is a joke. Only when the mind itself is complete can slaying the dark side truly elevate you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke’s mind is incomplete; he is still just an ordinary man. Even after slaying his dark side once, a new dark side will sprout again, growing stronger each time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Yoda understood this. His test was never about slaying the dark side—it was about forcing Luke to face the darkness within his heart and calmly restrain himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he failed. From the moment Luke slew his own dark side, he already knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke trudged over, dragging himself to Master Yoda’s side, like a student who failed an exam facing his parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He removed the mask of the Dark Lord—but beneath it was his own face. From that moment, he understood: the cave was an illusion. Combined with Master Yoda’s earlier words, he realized he had lost control again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you understand where you went wrong?” Master Yoda asked, leaning on his cane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand,” Luke said, head drooping, face grim. “I shouldn’t have lost my temper when facing the darkness within. That makes me vulnerable to the dark side’s corruption.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good,” Master Yoda smiled faintly. “As a Jedi, you must remain calm at all times. Only through calmness can you resist the ever-present dark side. Only then can you avoid its corruption and its transformation of your soul.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand,” Luke said loudly. “Please continue training me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re too eager,” Master Yoda shook his head—but he decided to train Luke anyway. His time was running out. “Stand on your head.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, Luke inverted himself, bracing his hands on the ground to stabilize his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Yoda leapt onto Luke’s foot and stood upon it. “Find your balance. Don’t fall.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Nan watched their training, then quietly slipped away and retraced the path Luke had taken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, Master, where are you going?” The PO robot hurried after him. “Don’t abandon PO! Without you, PO can’t survive in this world.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No bright sunlight, no clean water, no oil, no herbs, no one who needs PO—this world is hell.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if it’s hell, you’ll stay put,” Ye Nan said. “Don’t forget—Luke is the best at repairing starships. Without him, we can’t leave, even if we wanted to.” He stepped into the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Luke’s words and his own knowledge, he understood: within, one could reflect their own dark side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a human, as someone skilled in mental power, he could suppress nearly all emotions, maintaining absolute rationality—keeping feelings from overwhelming his reason. In a sense, he was nearly perfect. But his perfection was false—not true, flawless purity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, he wanted to see his own inner darkness. He wanted to slay it once, to let his soul undergo even a slight transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering the cave, a chilling breath filled the air. Ye Nan made no resistance—he opened his mind completely, lowering all defenses. Soon, two figures appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nan’er.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nan’er.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two voices, the deepest calls, spoke from the figures. Ye Nan stared at them, tears streaming uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father. Mother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were his father and mother—his parents from his past life, the ones before his transmigration, his true biological parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, seeing them here—even though he knew they were illusions—he could not control himself. His mental power failed utterly; his emotions broke free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Child,” Ye Nan’s mother opened her arms and embraced him. “I missed you so much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I missed you too, Mother,” tears kept falling. “Mother, even though I know you’re fake, even though I know you want to kill me—I just can’t bring myself to strike.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment his mother embraced him, a dagger appeared in her hand. Hearing Ye Nan see through her, she stabbed it into his back. Red blood flowed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mother, do you know what you stabbed? Not my body—my heart.” Ye Nan seized the dagger, staring at the blood still clinging to it. His sorrow deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I always thought I could control my emotions, that I could achieve perfection through mental power. But there’s still a vast gap between this and true, flawless perfection.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But now I understand. One of my heart’s weaknesses has been mended. No one can ever use you to attack me again. Goodbye.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Ye Nan, his father and mother collapsed. The dark force gathered there began to dissipate. Soon, a newborn infant appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The infant stretched out chubby little hands, as if trying to grasp Ye Nan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t expect you to appear too,” Ye Nan sighed, picking up the infant from the ground, patting its back, rocking it gently—a model father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The infant slowly pressed against Ye Nan. A flicker of evil amusement passed through its eyes. Suddenly, it reached out, seized Ye Nan’s heart, and tore it straight from his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is my heart delicious, my son?” Ye Nan smiled calmly. His body rapidly regenerated—before the wound healed, a new heart had already grown inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the infant froze. Its expression twisted unnaturally. The evil smile vanished, replaced by a childlike, innocent grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When I first entered that universe, I left behind my life essence. I thought I could ignore it. I thought I could forget. And indeed, I did. With my mental power, I easily buried all memories and worries about you deep within, keeping you from surfacing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, under the reflection of the dark side of the Force, you’ve finally surfaced. I didn’t realize—you’ve become my inner demon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But child, I never forgot you. I never disliked you. Even though my motives were impure back then, you are still my son, my bloodline. Nothing can change that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Ye Nan spoke, the infant trembled as if facing doom. It thrashed wildly, trying to escape Ye Nan’s grip—but Ye Nan’s hands were like iron clamps, holding tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the infant unleashed its final weapon: a wailing cry erupted from its tiny mouth, as if sobbing from being held too tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shh, son, don’t cry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Nan gently patted the infant’s back, soothing it—but the infant showed no sign of stopping. It kept wailing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shh, son, don’t cry. Daddy hurt you, didn’t he?” Ye Nan gently placed the infant on the ground, as if not noticing the sly, triumphant gleam in its eyes as it touched the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, the infant’s sly grin and triumphant gaze froze. It sensed impending doom, flailing its tiny arms desperately, begging for help—its eyes wide with terror and pleading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shh, son, don’t fuss,” Ye Nan turned and walked away, growing distant. The infant, left behind, was swallowed by darkness and vanished from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father.” A Replicator with alien features appeared before Ye Nan—just as he first saw her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s you. My final mental flaw.” Ye Nan sighed. As he expected, confronting his own dark side, mending his soul in his own way, could bring his mind closer to perfection. And Replicator was his last flaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—“last flaw” wasn’t quite accurate. His soul still held many small cracks. But they were too minor to affect him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From the moment you were taken, you became my flaw.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Father,” Replicator tilted her head, as pure and innocent as the first time she met Ye Nan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Replicator, you shouldn’t have appeared.” Ye Nan sighed. Replicator slowly faded from his sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place gathered vast amounts of dark Force energy—it could reflect the deepest human darkness. What appeared just now were Ye Nan’s own dark sides. But when they merged with the dark Force, they twisted and warped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to Ye Nan, it no longer mattered. His mind was already approaching perfection. The major fissures had been repaired by his own hand. Now, he only needed to mend the smaller cracks over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The elevation of the mind is never about increasing power—it’s a kind of transcendent joy, making the heart stronger. But why do I feel power? Why do I sense this omnipresent force? Is the dark side of the Force tempting me—or did repairing my mind greatly enhance my perception of the Force?” (To be continued.)\u003C\u002Fp>",1411,"2026-06-21T03:32:52.632Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c84bba57eb61712dff226dd9ae69d022d1c67e7230e5d009febc4fd6a0b33cbb","arrival-in-1994-chapter-600","arrival-in-1994-chapter-598",643,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Farrival-in-1994-cover.jpg"]