Chapter 264

{Perhaps, in your eyes, I am a messenger hiding my true identity, but....... }

{The Slumbering Formless One never glances at anyone; It has no form, no shape, and no will...... }

{Void envelops everyone equally. }

{Only some walk farther under Its shadow, stained more deeply by nothingness... that is all. }

Huang Quan explained a few words to Sandgold.

{That is all...... }

{Friend, you've left me utterly at a loss for words. }

Sandgold fell silent under Huang Quan's calm words.

{So... this is my end, the land after death? }

Sandgold asked in return.

{This is merely a fleeting dream, one of IX's myriad manifestations..... }

{Under the witness of Void, we pause here briefly, then proceed toward our own paths. }

Huang Quan replied.

{So my death is already destined. }

Sandgold shook his head.

{Even if you wish it...... I cannot make you a promise, }

{Since your goal has been achieved, I think you can be more honest. }

Huang Quan said something with an odd tone.

{What do you mean? }

Sandgold was puzzled.

{Your performance in the Paradise was brilliant—bluffing, a simple but effective trick that deceived almost everyone. }

{No one would have thought that you went to great lengths, even risking your own life, merely to reconfirm a fact that seemed long since disproven...... }

{There is no true death in the Aventurine's dreamscape. }

Huang Quan revealed Sandgold's true thoughts.

{... What reason would I have to do that? }

Sandgold remained noncommittal.