[As Ye Yu continued east, the summoning sensation in his heart only grew stronger.]

[After a hundred li, a sheer cliff appeared ahead, its depths choked with dense white mist.]

[Even so, Ye Yu felt a powerful urge that he had to go down.]

[He knew clearly this wasn’t an illusion!]

[It was an impulse born of blood.]

[Even so, Ye Yu didn’t recklessly risk himself.]

[He had one of his protectors go in first to scout.]

[At this stage of the dream, caution only mattered more and more.]

[He absolutely could not let a single mistake end this dream.]

[At Ye Yu’s signal, a protector leapt without hesitation.]

[The white mist swallowed him at once.]

[Then Ye Yu’s link to him was completely severed!]

[There were only two possibilities.]

[Either the protector died on the spot, or something overwhelmingly powerful below could sever every ripple of divine power from him—]

[—so that Ye Yu couldn’t sense the protector’s existence at all.]

[Either way, it spelled extreme danger for Ye Yu.]

[Perhaps sensing Ye Yu’s misgivings—]

[The two remaining protectors stepped forward at once, shielding him.]

[They stared at the mist below the cliff as if facing a mortal foe.]

[Ye Yu knew perfectly well that leaving now was the smartest choice.]

[But he delayed, standing where he was and gazing down for a long time.]

[Then he suddenly smiled and walked straight ahead!]

[At the cliff’s edge, he dropped at once; the white mist swallowed him whole without a ripple!]

[After descending a thousand meters, Ye Yu finally touched ground.]

[But the environment was still shrouded in white mist; he couldn’t see anything around him.]

[It wasn’t that Ye Yu enjoyed this—he had tried to drive the mist off with divine power, but it wouldn’t disperse.]

[So be it—ignore it!]

[He was certain there was no danger here.]

[Because the dream-talent Heaven-Defying Comprehension let him see through the mist.]

[Something here could completely seal a person’s six senses and aura—but it had no offensive nature.]

[Which meant whoever laid this mist bore no intent to kill gods—at least not when this array was set.]

[Soon, a steady voice sounded.]

“You seem quite bold, black bear.”

[At those words, Ye Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.]

[Honestly, that “black bear” codename was grating.]

[And addressing me by species like that—just a bit presumptuous, no?]

[Just as Ye Yu was about to retort, the surrounding mist slowly thinned.]

[A middle-aged man leaned against a tree not far away.]

[Scarlet stained his front—he was gravely wounded.]

[His divine power was even showing signs of dissipating.]

[Seeing this, Ye Yu thought for a moment and asked, “It felt like some mysterious force guided me here. How did you pull that off?”]

[The middle-aged man chuckled with a hint of pride. “I am Chu She.”]

[Ye Yu blinked and said nothing.]

[Chu She instinctively straightened, as if waiting for something.]

[The two of them stared at each other in silence for a long time.]

[In the end, Ye Yu couldn’t take it anymore and asked, “And...? You’re Chu She, and then what?”]

[Chu She’s expression turned very strange. He probed, “You... don’t know me?”]

[Ye Yu arched a brow.]

“Are you... famous?”

[That one line seemed to drain every ounce of energy Chu She had just gathered.]

[As they say, fame isn’t self-proclaimed—it’s granted by others.]

[For him to say it himself felt a bit like a peddler praising his own melons.]

[Still, in all his years in the God Realm, this was his first time meeting a yokai who hadn’t heard his name.]

[Truly sigh-worthy.]

[Chu She gave a self-mocking smile and looked to the sky. “I am famous. You’ll know later. As for that mysterious force—”]

[“It should be something I created.”]

[“I’m summoning the nearest yokai god. Your arrival is fate.”]

[“And I, on the brink of death—rather than perish like this, I might as well grant you a chance.”]

[At that, Ye Yu’s vigilance spiked to the max.]

[He’d been in this fantasy world long enough to know: whenever someone says ‘grant you a chance,’ it’s one hundred percent a lethal pit.]

[So Ye Yu took a decisive step back.]

[We’re strangers in passing, and we’re both grown men—calling it ‘fate’ is a bit precious, never mind ‘a chance.’]

[Better to share a glance and vanish into the rivers and lakes.]

[Cold river, lone shadow; old acquaintances of the God Realm—why insist we ever knew each other? Farewell—don’t see me out!]

[With that, Ye Yu spun on his heel to leave!]

[His crisp, clean exit left Chu She dumbfounded.]

[Huh? Weren’t black-bear yokai supposed to be simple and guileless?]

[What’s with the flowery turns of phrase?]

[And “rivers and lakes,” seriously? Isn’t that what mortal swordsmen say? You’re a yokai god.]

[With vocabulary like that, are you studying for exams?]

[Chu She’s composure cracked—but he quickly recovered.]

[The reason Ye Yu resisted him was simple: fear of a trap—possession, or worse!]

[After all, a yokai god who’d never even heard Chu She’s name couldn’t grasp the weight those two words carried.]

[But leave? Dream on.]

[The chance I, Chu She, bestow is not something anyone refuses at will!]

[Elsewhere, Ye Yu flickered and shot back up to the cliff top, ready to bolt.]

[But before he could truly take off, a terrifying power speared up, seized him, and yanked him back into the cliff’s depths!]

[Ye Yu tried to struggle.]

[But the force was so overwhelming he couldn’t resist.]

[He could only let it ferry him back before Chu She.]

[Back at the original spot, Ye Yu went numb.]

[After a long skyward sigh, he clasped his hands behind his back and said in a low voice, “If you’re going to kill me, carve me up, or possess me, then do it. But remember this—dead or not right now, when I get my chance, I will absolutely kill you.”]

[Hearing this muddled threat, Chu She frowned and asked dully, “Did you go into qi deviation?”]

[Ye Yu snapped back, “You’re the one in qi deviation!”]

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