Death God System

I wasn't in a hurry to cross it. Using my soul to detect my surrounding gave me no new information, there only were broken mirrors. Honestly, this time the confusion I faced was huge, it was far worse than when I was a ball. Shaking my head, I pushed everything away, creating a safe spot to sit cross-legged onto. Calming down my breath and closing my eyes, I gathered every memory I had.

It was just before I crushed the mirrors. Right, I tempered myself and brokethrough to Muscle Tempering 6th Rank with all the Death Point I had gathered in the test. 'Not bad, considering I was already at the 4th Rank.'

Body Cultivation: Muscle Tempering, 6th Rank (231/22,000)

'Hmm, so I can still see the System's information in my mind.'

No wonder I destroyed all the mirrors, I didn't understand what I was supposed to do on this test. I tried many things, but nothing worked. I became crazy after two days and in my state of desperation, I used my Scythe. Unexpectedly, my Scythe could crush those strange mirrors without reflections. What's more, each broken mirror gave me 100 exp. I remember levelling up to Qi Refining 6th Rank, I must have destroyed around one million mirrors.

Qi Cultivation: Qi Refining, 6th Rank (3451/2,200,000)

'Indeed, I was right, I truly brokethrough, then... What was the problem?'

No matter how much I tried to recall, my thoughts didn't answer me anymore. I was glad I became strong, but I didn't like this situation, this feeling I had deep inside my soul was annoying. I couldn't describe it. It confused my very own soul as if I was not myself or I never was, to begin with.

I managed to throw away my thoughts and my confusion deep inside my soul. I needed to figure out why I had gone back to my old world, was it truly an illusion? Everything felt so vivid.

"System...?"

Nothing, the AI managing the System was not available. I could access the information and all the stuff since it was stored inside my soul, but I couldn't interact with it... was really there nothing I could do. In my previous life, I had this friend who was crazy with computers, but I didn't manage to learn anything from him. 'Who said I learned nothing!' Every single memory in my head was so vivid, that I could see each detail. Instead of being the usual lazy me, I used my soul to search memories I had with him.

[Death Core upgraded to Lv2]

[Suppressing Death Core energy]

[System overloading]

[Overload]

[Activating safety measures]

[Failure]

[System failure]

[Shutting down]

Apparently, from the moment the Death Core leveled-up, the System has been trying to suppress it. This confirmed my theory, the Death Core can affect the system and vice versa but this time, the Death Core got the upper hand. That would explain why my soul got invaded by that death energy, it truly came from the Death Core. The Death Core was trying to overwhelm my soul and to gain control over me... It indeed seems we are not yet truly fused. 'Wait!' Wouldn't that mean... everything was real? I was truly back in my previous world! Impossible...

Death Core: Lv 2 (0/100,000)

I remember expanding my soul in my previous world and killing thousands of people... Of course, how dumb, they didn't count. Mere mortals wouldn't get me a point.

Just in case, I decided to check all the information I had. As expected, when I killed those people I learned a new skill, it involved the use of my soul fused with death Qi.

Death Domain (Evolvable): Unleashes a field of death. Every single being inside of it will experience a thousand deaths. Their mind will be affected while Death Domain is active. Failing to survive a thousand deaths would result in the collapse of the being's soul.

Purgatory (Sealed): Absorbs nearby souls.

Not that I would complain, having a new skill to fight my enemies would be a good asset. I didn't understand exactly the skill and there wasn't the System AI to run some simulations on it. I would have to try it later on someone, I couldn't exactly grasp how much of my soul would be focused on the skill. There was also a new property: the skill could evolve but there was no exp point or level on it...

It remained unknown and uncertain whether I had really travelled to my previous world. The logs didn't show anything about me killing those people. Perhaps it was an illusion? Sigh...

...

My connection to Shu Yi and Shu Er was fine, they were alive. I was a bit worried about them. I tried to reach them through the seal, but they didn't answer at all, neither showed any sign of changing. There was only one option, something sealed them. Something stronger than my own seal.

'Tsk... If something happens to them I will annihilate whoever did it.'

The Ancient Ruins didn't pressure me to cross the portal but there was nothing else to do, without any further thought, I crossed the portal.

What greeted me were many new faces, within those new faces I recognized some of them, Li Qi, Xiao Wu, Chu Xian and my pursuer and kisser You Ye.

I could see weird expressions on their faces. Was something wrong?

[Ding! System initializing...]