Han Li and Liyue were still in the room.
Liyue was comfortably lying against his shoulder while speaking, and Han Li was listening to her as he massaged her hand. He was totally mind-blown.
She had indeed destroyed his image of the world and then rebuilt it in one mere hour.
The fucking... Spirit tried to possess her?
She gained the ability to sense her own Existence? And then also found out she had 7 Empty Spaces instead of one?
Color him surprised.
That much was already rather quirky enough for a mere Breakthrough to the Evolution Stage, but there was more. The golden shadowy mist from his Mother was supposedly binding his own Existence and all the others into one and many more.
Everything honestly left him in a really hard position.
He couldn't even believe in all of her words... It was too hard to believe. He couldn't even entirely trust her after The Spirit was a part of it all.
But her actions spoke for her.
The current Liyue was strong. He could probably defeat her from a distance if he used some tactics, but if she touched him—he was done for. She was touching this supposed Existence of his and he had no way to react against it.
Han Li had a sneaking suspicion that she might even be a threat to actual Power Born now.
She had barely Evolved yesterday. This all left him clearly and harshly confounded.
There is always more Secrets...
This actually cleared some things, though.
For example, Liyue's goddess-like body. Liyue's figure and beauty were just too astounding.
If she ever Transcended, her beauty alone would probably have more than half of the male population of the continent red with envy towards Han Li. Even now itself, that was truly the case, just in a smaller proportion.
Maybe this was the reason she turned so beautiful in a matter of years?
Then, another fact was also cleared.
Why were many people shown as Unawakened when they were not?
Obviously, sensing this Existence was important. It was probably a game-changer.
He had his doubts, but so did Liyue.
She was also worried.
7 Empty Spaces? What did that mean?
She had tried to bring out the Spirit and show it to Han Li, but it couldn't leave her Empty Space without being in peril, and it also told her it was impossible to see her for Han Li.
Someone like Han Li couldn't see her, at all. Only people who have sensed their own Existence can see and sense other people's Existence. Only people who sensed their own Existence can fight against others who had sensed it.
It even made sense now why he couldn't read the Spirit's memories for so long.
The only thing he had yet to make sense of was why Liyue said that his mother was the reason for their marriage being a failing streak. Her words were in a positive take, so he was even more in the middle of a puzzle.
In the end... there was only one thing to do. All doubts could be cleared.
One logical thing that would let them know the best course to take from here.
Han Li asked, sincere, "Liyue, can I read your memories?"
She could feel someone try to steal a glance into her soul. It was as if someone was trying to enter inside forcefully, and her focus shifted to the feeling of familiar warmth.
It was Han Li's Existence.
Suppressing the feeling of strangeness, she let him into her mind; if she wanted to, she could totally resist it, but of course, she didn't want to resist. If she wanted to, she could have even made him have a nightmare there and then!
The Spirit had always been doing exactly that when Han Li tried to read her memories. People who sensed their own Existence were indeed on a different level.
Suddenly, Liyue was surprised to find herself inside her mind. In memories—Her memories.
Han Li was before her... blank.
His eyes were... an abyss.
As if he lacked eyes.
He was an eyeless creature. Incapable of seeing.
She almost gasped, frowning slightly at the unsightly sight he had become as she touched him soothingly. "Big Brother, can you see me?"
Her soothing call gained no answers. No matter how much she prodded him, he didn't seem to see. Indeed, he didn't have the ability to see an Existence.
Was it necessary to shock him into seeing it?
Like the Spirit 'shocked' her into it?
She felt the power in her own Existence. Liyue leaned towards him, and their lips met—his form was horrible, and she was like a goddess of beauty.
The power slowly inundated him.
...
All he could see was a dark forest, an Eyeless creature looking at him.
He couldn't pass that, no matter how much he tried.
It seemed as if the creature was devouring him. He knew the memory watching was bound to fail. He wondered about it: what was an Existence?
Did he lack one or something?
His birth wasn't natural, after all. That made him worried.
Soft lips caressed his senses as his gaze slowly came to a snow-studded city. Face filled with wonder, he looked around.
His heart must have been beating heavily, and his face must have been blushing when his gaze finally turned to Liyue. She was smirking.
"How's it?" She said, "It's my Breakthrough day, and it's me giving gifts to you... Tsk."
Han Li had no words.
This was Existence?
He only looked at her in wonder.
Normally, Existence lacked color, but inside memories, an Existence was the most beautiful thing. The most colorful. The only thing that truly Existed.
Han Li was suddenly struck.
...Fuck.
He was in love.