"Palace Master, we will strive!".
Upon hearing Ye Yunfei's words, those high-level members of the Qingyun Palace were invigorated, their eyes blazing with fervor.
"Alright, you may all return to your duties.
I came back for a personal matter. Do not disturb me unless something important arises."
Ye Yunfei said.
"Yes."
Those high-ranking individuals hurriedly assented and took their leave.
"Tell me carefully everything she did, every move she made when Qing Luo Sister was leaving."
A moment later, Ye Yunfei brought the little girl into the cavern-dwelling where Su Qingluo had once cultivated in seclusion. Gazing around the dwelling which still held traces of Su Qingluo's aura, he spoke to the little girl.
Before Su Qingluo left, she spent most of her time cultivating in seclusion within this cavern-dwelling. Moreover, when Su Qingluo's condition first turned abnormal, it was the Canghuang Origin who discovered it first and came here, witnessing the entire process of Su Qingluo's departure.
"Okay."
The little girl nodded.
She had already guessed that Ye Yunfei's main purpose for returning to the Canghuang Realm this time was to investigate Su Qingluo's whereabouts.
Then, the little girl told Ye Yunfei in detail the entire process of Su Qingluo's stay in the cultivation cavern—from how her condition first turned abnormal, to her leaving the cavern, arriving at the nearby starry void, and then undergoing a tremendous change in her temperament and energy.
"Let's go. Let's take another look at that patch of starry void."
After listening to the little girl's account, Ye Yunfei took her hand and walked out of the cultivation cavern.
The next moment, Ye Yunfei brought the little girl to that same patch of starry void where Su Qingluo had stayed when she left.
Back then, it was in this very starry void that Su Qingluo underwent a tremendous transformation. Ye Yunfei's clone had also rushed here later, but it failed to prevent Su Qingluo's departure.
"Do you think Sister Qing Luo was truly subjected to Body Seizure?"
Ye Yunfei carefully recalled what his clone had seen that day, couldn't help but frown, and asked the little girl.
At first, Ye Yunfei felt that Su Qingluo seemed to have been seized. But upon later recollection and deduction, he always felt that Su Qingluo didn't quite resemble a victim of Body Seizure.
Although Su Qingluo's temperament had suddenly undergone a great change at that time, the foundational energy and aura of her Soul Body seemed to be an extension of what she was before.
If a living being is truly subjected to Body Seizure, the most obvious change is the soul aura—the Soul Body becomes that of another creature.
The so-called Body Seizure refers to one creature's Soul Body devouring another's, thereby taking control of the other's physical body.
But at that time, Ye Yunfei distinctly sensed that Su Qingluo's soul aura had not undergone a fundamental change!
What changed was her energy aura, personality, state of mind, and outward temperament.
It was as if a person had suddenly experienced a drastic change in disposition, altering their previous temper, personality, preferences, and so on.
"I thought so at first, but now I feel it's not the case."
The little girl thought carefully for a moment, then shook her head in reply.
Her feeling was much the same as Ye Yunfei's.
"Qing Luo, what exactly happened to you?"
Ye Yunfei gazed for a long time at the spot in the starry void where Su Qingluo had crossed realms to leave, silently questioning in his heart.
"Now, I feel that Sister Qing Luo's situation seems more like another 'her' inside her body has awakened."
The little girl suddenly spoke up again.
"Another 'her' awakened?"
Ye Yunfei's heart stirred upon hearing the little girl's words.
"Could it be…?"
Ye Yunfei recalled his own experience.
The experience of reincarnation in this life!
Back in the Ye family on the Tianxuan Continent, a remnant wisp of his Heavenly Emperor soul had suddenly crossed back from a future time and space, awakening the memories of his previous life as a Heavenly Emperor. His entire being underwent a tremendous change, then rose up all the way, traveling from the Tianxuan Continent to the Hongmeng Continent.
"Could it be that Qing Luo, like me, has awakened memories from a past life?"
Ye Yunfei murmured to himself.
"No.
When Qing Luo crossed realms and left this starry void, she was clearly already a terrifyingly powerful expert.
If it were a reincarnation, Qing Luo wouldn't have gained such terrifying strength all at once. Instead, like me, she would require a process of step-by-step cultivation and gradual growth.
So, what exactly is Qing Luo's situation?"
Ye Yunfei's mind raced with deductions, but he couldn't seem to arrive at a satisfactory answer.
"Kid, how about this. Let's deduce it together.
Let's see if we can divine Qing Luo's current situation and whereabouts."
Hun Lao suddenly spoke up.
"Alright."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
"Guhuang Great Emperor possessed a very profound Divination Art. I'll pass it on to you now, and then the two of us can divine it together."
Hun Lao emerged from the Heavenly Dao Pagoda and stood beside Ye Yunfei.
"Good."
Ye Yunfei nodded.
In fact, Ye Yunfei himself had cultivated a few Divination Arts. However, his own innate talent in divination wasn't particularly high. Moreover, Guhuang Great Emperor was an ancient Heavenly Emperor, so the Divination Art he possessed was undoubtedly exceptionally profound.
Next, Hun Lao imparted a profound Divination Art to Ye Yunfei, and the two began to divine clues about Su Qingluo together.
Ye Yunfei was very familiar with Su Qingluo's soul aura. He directly projected an image of Su Qingluo and her soul aura into the starry void ahead as a reference for the divination.
As Ye Yunfei and Hun Lao performed the divination, streams of mysterious runes flickered, seeping into the starry void ahead and transmitting towards distant times and spaces.
The Divination Art of the Guhuang Great Emperor was indeed profound. Not long after, Ye Yunfei and Hun Lao seemed to gain some insight, faintly sensing a familiar presence across a vast expanse of time and space.
It was precisely Su Qingluo's aura!
"Qing Luo is fine. In fact, she's living quite well."
Ye Yunfei inwardly noted, then continued the divination.
At the same moment, in a certain glorious world shimmering with divine light, across a vast expanse of time and space.
Inside an immense, resplendent palace veiled in immortal mist, an exceptionally beautiful woman sat cross-legged upon a high seat, radiating an imposing and terrifying majesty.
It was Su Qingluo!
Suddenly, Su Qingluo's eyes snapped open, shooting two sharp beams of light from within her beautiful pupils.
Su Qingluo's gaze looked out towards the distant expanse of time and space, her expression exceedingly complex, even revealing a trace of struggle.
"A karma ill-fated indeed…"
After a long while, she sighed softly, her face an indistinguishable mix of joy and sorrow.
"I advise you to forget him. You and he are already people of two different worlds, two different levels.
Like a divine dragon in the heavens and an ant beneath the earth, you can never walk together."
Su Qingluo suddenly spoke, her voice barely audible, seemingly addressing another presence within her own body.
But there was no reply whatsoever.
After struggling inwardly for a moment, Su Qingluo suddenly raised a hand, gritted her teeth, and slashed at the space around her.
An utterly terrifying burst of energy erupted.
Back in the Canghuang Realm.
Ye Yunfei and Hun Lao shuddered simultaneously, both sent flying backwards by a mysterious force.
"A powerful expert is interfering with our attempt to divine Qing Luo."
Ye Yunfei stood up and said to Hun Lao.
"Yes.
I somewhat suspect it's Qing Luo herself interfering with our divination of her."
Hun Lao nodded in response.
"It seems now that Qing Luo is still the same Qing Luo, yet her temperament has suddenly undergone a tremendous change.
Qing Luo, what exactly has happened to you?"
Ye Yunfei murmured to himself.
"But currently we can confirm that Qing Luo is alive and well, which is something to be thankful for."
Hun Lao said.
"Uncle, do you think Sister Qing Luo will be alright?"
The little girl asked.
"I don't know either.
However, I will find her and get to the bottom of this.
Qing Luo, wait for me.
I won't give up on you.
Because we promised each other we would be together forever!"
Ye Yunfei suddenly looked up, gazing deep into the heavens, and declared with firm resolve.
"Can we truly be together?"
Across the vast expanse of time and space, Su Qingluo also heard Ye Yunfei's words, her heart and mind filled with immense complexity.