Went Through the Deepest Pain and Grew into His Highest Self

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah…"

Yun Che struggled on the floor, feeling like he was burning from the inside out. He could not sense anything around him, except for Heiyu's voice. Heiyu started to act mysteriously when they arrived at the coastal base, and just now, that beast tricked him into drinking some God-knows-what stuff. He knew Heiyu was keeping something important from him, but he was too painful to ask the latter at the moment.

The pain he was feeling was much worse than that he had suffered when soaking in the Jade Spring to get his body restructured. The only thing that kept him from passing out was his strong will. After a long time, when he was finally relieved from the pain of burning, he started to feel freezing, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

'Damn it! What the hell did Heiyu make me drink?'

Half-conscious, Yun Che involuntarily gripped his upper arms with the hands. The wounds in his back and legs no longer hurt, but he felt cold, as freezing as being naked in the snowing winter. When Yun Che thought he was about to become an ice pop, his body temperature started to increase. But this was not the end of the torture. It was just the start of another round of pain.

'Damn it! How much more do I have to suffer?'

Yun Che felt like he was crushed by so much pressure that his bones were about to dislocate, but he couldn't do anything except for gritting his teeth to endure the pain. He tried to move before, but failed. He couldn't even get a blanket from his Space when he was freezing. It was like he had been cut off from his Space.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah…"

When the pressure finally disappeared, Yun Che heard the bones inside his body cracking, as if they were moving. He groaned and shivered in pain, but he wouldn't give up fighting. To keep himself awake, he conjured a broadsword. Whenever he was about to lose his consciousness, he used his willpower to control the broadsword and cut himself.

He cut himself again and again. Yet, he passed out in the end. In the coma, he started to have visions about his previous life. He saw Han Mingzhe treat on him with the women in the base, use the food he risked his life to earn to impress those women, and even attempt to bribe the high-level officials in the base. He also saw the Zhou family push his sister out of the house to feed the zombies so that they could have more time to escape. Those people took Chenchen with them and planned to do the same thing to him when they got to the first floor. Eventually, Zhou Zhijun arrived and saved Chenchen.

The next vision Yun Che had was about his brother. Yun Cheng and Leng Yehan went to Chuan City for him after they escaped from the school. Unfortunately, when they arrived, they found that he had already left. After that, Yun Cheng stayed with Leng Yehan, and they became lovers. About a year later, Leng Yehan died for protecting Yun Cheng, and the latter became alone. Before long, Yun Cheng was attacked by zombies. When Yun Che found him, he had already turned into a zombie, which gave Yun Che no choice but to terminate him. Though Yun Che was still lying on the ground unconscious, tears rolled down from his eyes when he had this vision.

The images kept flashing across his mind, and here was the capital base. He found a Missing Person Notice, which led him to Chenchen and Zhou Zhijun. He then saw himself die in the capital miserably, but this was not the end of the story. The image of the Mengs and Xing Feng and his team fighting against Zhou Zhijun popped up. Meng Gang and Meng Xu believed his death was the Zhous' fault, and they were seeking revenge for him. After Meng Gang started the attack with a supernatural water dragon, Xing Feng ordered every member of Chaoyang to join the fight, including Zhan Yafei.

Before he could see the result of the fight, the image was switched again. Meng Gang and Meng Xu built him a tomb and set up a tombstone with only two characters: Yun Che. Meng Xu was blind at the time. Supported by Meng Gang, he touched the tombstone and mumbled a lot, telling Yun Che what had happened to them after Yun Che left the southwest base. They joined Chaoyang and had a good life. They knew his brother-in-law served in a troop stationed in the capital, so they figured he could be here. They joined Xing Feng on the trip back to the capital, but only to find that he was already dead.

Knowing that these two brothers missed him so much in his previous life, Yun Che felt touched, and tears welled up in his eyes. He was glad that he had saved them and cured Meng Xu's eyes in this life.

After the two brothers left, Xing Feng showed up. He came alone with empty hands. He stood before the tombstone and stared at Yun's name for a long time before breaking the silence.

"If you had accepted the offer and joined Chaoyang, things would have been different now. You were a smart man, but you tended to trust the wrong people. Keep your eyes wide open in your next life."

With that, Xing Feng left. Yun Che couldn't make sense of those words. As he recalled, Xing Feng was no more than a nodding acquaintance to him in his previous life. Sure, they were on missions together sometimes, but most of the time, Xing Feng just stood behind Yang Huaien and watched or fired guns when necessary. Xing Feng wasn't even supposed to remember him, but why did Xing Feng sound like he knew Yun Che very well? Yun Che even sensed some gentleness and affection in the tone of Xing Feng, which reminded him of the way Xing Feng talked to him in this life.

Yun Che had no idea that he was experiencing the deepest sadness and pain in the mortal world. Only after he had gone through the unbearable pain would he grow into his highest self and become the real master of the Parallel Space. The Parallel Space was much more complicated than he had imagined.

"Emm…"

After like forever, Yun Che finally regained consciousness. He opened his eyes slowly, only to find himself on a green glass land. He sat up and looked around, wondering whether he had transported himself into the Space unconsciously. But soon, he knew he hadn't, because he saw his friends and family in the distance, separated from him by the light shield. They were looking at him excitedly, and Chenchen was waving at him.

Having come back to his senses, Yun Che gestured at the people outside the light shield to tell them that he was fine. He stretched and found that the pain in his back was already gone. He looked down at his hands and saw his fingers had grown longer and that his skin had become more tender and fairer.

'What the hell am I thinking? I couldn't have gone through another body reformation, could I?'

Yun Che shook the ridiculous idea out of his head and put on a self-mockery smile. Looking at Heiyu, who already shrank into puppy-size, he sighed and carried Heiyu in his arms. "I don't know what decision you've made for me or what I've gained from all that I've just gone through. But you do know that you're not supposed to abuse your divine power outside the Space, don't you? You can forget about your energy bar production equipment."

Yun Che pinched the puppy's cheek to vent his anger. And then, he turned his back on the others and transported the puppy into the Space. The moment Heiyu entered the Space, the light shield disappeared with him.

"Brother!"

"Che!"

"Brother Che!"

"Uncle, Uncle!"

Yun Che's family and friends called out to him as they ran over. He turned around and was then embraced by Xing Feng. Sensing the familiar breath, Yun Che wrapped his arms around Xing's waist and leaned against his chest gently.

"Che…"

It had been half a month since that day. At first, he believed that Heiyu wouldn't hurt Yun Che and Yun Che would wake up soon. But the longer he waited, the more agitated he became. On the seventh day, it finally drove him crazy. He explored every means to break the light shield cast by Heiyu, but none of them worked. Eventually, Tan Weiye had to talk some sense into him with a punch. He then sat outside the light shield every day, waiting in a daze. Time passed day by day, and finally, he saw grass grow up around Yun Che. That glimmer of hope made him thrilled. Soon, Yun Che started moving and eventually sat up. Holding his sweetheart in his arms, Xing Feng was excited, his eyes bloodshot.

They were surrounded by Chaoyang and Peak Squad, as well as Tan Jianting and Tan Weiye, who just heard the news and rushed over. None of them went forward to disturb the two lovebirds. Chenchen tried to call out to his uncle, but Ye Xingchen covered his mouth and gestured for him to stay quiet. Yun Cheng wanted to run up to his brother, but Leng Yehan stopped him with a French kiss.

"I'm back. I'll keep my eyes wide open this time."

They hugged for a long time, and Yun Che sensed some tears on his shoulder. When Xing Feng finally loosened his grip, Yun Che pulled himself out of the embrace and smiled at him. Yun Che didn't know whether those visions were real, but he tended to believe they were. After his rebirth, he saved his sister and nephew. Yun Cheng zombified earlier than before, which could be a result of his intervention. But at least, Yun Cheng was alive in a sense. Yun Che believed his rebirth had a meaning. And more importantly, he chose Xing Feng in this life. He didn't trust the wrong person.

"I'm sorry?"

Xing Feng had no idea what he was talking about. Yun Che didn't explain but said with a smile, "Nothing."

And then, he looked at the people behind Xing Feng, the smile on his face brighter. "You guys must be worried about me."

"Of course. I thought I would need to plan a funeral for you."

Zhou Zeyu punched at Yun's chest as he complained angrily, but his eyes were already bloodshot. Yun Che had been in a coma for half a month, and they were all worried that he wouldn't wake up. That kind of feeling was awful, which he could still remember at the moment.

"Come on, man. I've only been in a coma for a few hours."

"Screw you. You've been in a coma for fucking half a month."

"What?"

Yun Che was shocked. Half a month? Seriously?