324 I am the darkness_2

But it didn't pierce my muscles, bones, or spirit; it seemed to merge with me, becoming gentle, even being digested.

It seems... to have no effect on me...

Or maybe...

Beneath that craftsman's coat...

The real me is...

Even deeper.

Corruption.

Squeak squeak squeak——

Hiss hiss hiss——

The sound of a cocoon cracking and wings unfolding suddenly filled Li Qingming's mind; it was as if he saw some ancient creature being reborn.

Right...

That is the real me.

Unknown to all, seen through by none.

Beneath the craftsman's steel and iron bones.

Lies a Jingzhe.

It is destined to be uncorrupted.

It is the corruption itself.

It is also the origin of everything.

The sprawling corruption is just the flesh and body fluids bred from it.

The nourishment of corruption instead prompts it to emerge from its cocoon.

Accompanying the sound of escaping bondage, the final hypnotic barrier is penetrated with a stab, and his consciousness becomes clear for the first time.