Chapter 1065: Tian Huai's Yesterday

Tian Huai's brows furrowed tightly.

On the surface of his body, splicing lines peculiar to puppets began to emerge, and threads were outlined from the surrounding void. He, who had been able to move freely just now, actually transformed into a lifelike puppet in an instant, floating in the middle of the many "boxes."

Seventy-Two Earth Fiends, [Clone].

"How did you discover it?" Tian Huai's voice sounded from the "box" under Chen Ling's feet. "My main body was hidden among the Seventy-Two Earth Fiends. No one knows this secret. For so many years, no one has ever forced out my true form..."

Scarlet blood flowed from Chen Ling's seven orifices. He wore the bright red opera robe and stood up staggeringly from the "box," saying slowly:

"Your secret is not that no one knows... You told it to the person closest to you."

Chen Ling paused for a moment.

"Think back carefully again. Now, you should be able to remember who that person is."

The box fell into silence.

The secret about Tian Huai's main body was naturally told to him by Huai Mang. From the beginning, the Tian Huai who appeared in front of everyone was a puppet; the real him was always hidden among the Earth Fiends... Chen Ling's goal was to find out which box he was in.

Tian Huai's reaction was actually very fast. In his vision, Chen Ling couldn't have known the secret of his main body, but after Chen Ling searched more than forty "boxes," he still decisively chose to kill Chen Ling immediately to prevent accidents...

But he never expected that in the end, Chen Ling would strangely lock onto the position of his main body from the remaining twenty-plus boxes.

This was, of course, not Chen Ling guessing blindly, but he had indeed searched all those twenty-plus boxes, and then, when he was killed by Tian Huai in seconds, he activated [Card] to backtrack the script to eight seconds ago.

This time, he hit Tian Huai's brow with one shot.

If it were a real bullet, this shot wouldn't have taken the life of a Tier 8, and might not even have caused him any damage, but what hit Tian Huai this time was not a bullet...

It was his former self.

……

"Brother, the parrot you secretly gave me was discovered by Father again... He killed the little parrot and beat me up severely... I... I don't actually feel pain, but I'm so scared... I discovered this morning that the mute sister who was responsible for taking care of me is also gone..."

“……”

"The mute sister is very kind. Although she doesn't speak, she is very gentle every day when she bandages my wounds... Every night when I fall asleep, she watches me and wipes away tears by the bed... She wrote to me with water, saying she would definitely find a way to save me..."

“……”

"Brother, the medicine Mother boils for me is getting thicker and thicker, and my stomach is so uncomfortable... Every time I finish drinking the medicine, I feel light, and I see Uncle Han, Butler Liu, who used to take care of me... Yesterday, the mute sister came again... They take care of me together in my dreams... But sometimes, I can't tell if they are real or hallucinations..."

“……”

"I quietly told Third Uncle about this today, and Third Uncle said it's normal. Medicine for curing illnesses is like this, and only by persisting in drinking it can one recover... He also said that in the future, the future of the Esoteric Sect will depend on Brother and me."

“……”

"Brother, do you know what a 'Blood Puppet' is? I got up to go to the bathroom last night and passed Father's door, and I heard him and Aunt making strange sounds inside... He also said that in the future, I will become a 'Blood Puppet' and stay by Brother's side, so that Brother can become a demigod... The Esoteric Sect will be carried forward in Brother's hands."

“……”

*Crackle, crackle—*

The sound of burning roof beams woke Tian Huai from his nightmare.

He looked back sharply, and the manor behind him had become a sea of flames... He saw his teenage self standing between blood and fire, killing crazily, his silver-cloud black robe stained with blood.

He was very strong, so strong that no one in the entire family was his match. Father, Mother, Third Uncle, Aunt, Butler, Maid... He killed his own parents with his own hands and slaughtered all his blood relatives.

Then, he carried the young Huai Mang, who was covered in wounds and had his bones and tendons removed, and walked out of the sea of fire alone with a sword.

"Without a Blood Puppet, I can still become a demigod..."

He touched his unconscious brother's hair, his teenage face covered in blood full of determination. "The Esoteric Sect has already rotted in your hands, Father... From today on, I will lead the Esoteric Sect to glory again."

That day,

The most eye-catching genius among humans, the youngest Tier 7 of the Puppet God Path, the future Master of the Esoteric Sect... wiped out his entire family with his own hands.

"This is... me?" Tian Huai looked at the [Yesterday] in front of him, everything in his mind seemingly completely severed. Two memories, two lives were crazily intertwined in his mind, making him fall into deep confusion.

"I think you should have noticed it long ago," Chen Ling's voice sounded calmly.

"There is a contradiction between your memory and your reality, it's just that the Silver King stole your 'doubt'... Think carefully, which one is the real you."

Chen Ling lifted the lid, and Tian Huai, wearing a silver-cloud black robe, sat up slowly. He seemed to have realized something, and his gaze looked not far away.

A teenager also wearing a silver-cloud black robe was looking at him with worry.

"Xiao Mang..."

Tian Huai's brows furrowed tightly. The memory in his mind overlapped with Huai Mang's appearance. He stood up subconsciously, and his figure flashed to Huai Mang's side.

"Brother...?" Huai Mang said cautiously.

"Xiao Mang!" Tian Huai grabbed Huai Mang's shoulders with both hands, worry and self-reproach flashing in his eyes. "How is it? Were you hurt just now?"

Huai Mang shook his head immediately, like a rattle.

"Brother, did you remember?"

"Only remembered a little..."

Tian Huai tried to sort out the complete memory, but the memory of another person kept splitting in his mind. He held his head with both hands, as if struggling,

He turned back to look at Chen Ling. "Damn it... what about the memories that belong to me? How can I take them back?"

"Coincidentally, we do have a comprehensive 'after-sales' service..." Chen Ling raised his hand and pointed at Jiang Xiaohua, who was still fighting in the distance. "However, you need to recall your Earthly Fiend puppets first."

Tian Huai was startled. Without much hesitation, he raised his hand and beckoned, drawing all the puppets back into the "box."

Just as Chen Ling had said, after the Silver King stopped stealing his doubts, Tian Huai had actually realized something was wrong. When he witnessed with his own eyes that unforgettable [Yesterday] which belonged to him, his judgment was further confirmed... A life without Huai Mang did not belong to him.

"Plum Blossom, I'll leave the rest to you," Chen Ling said to Jiang Xiaohua, who was walking straight toward them.

"...Mm."

Jiang Xiaohua swallowed the ring back into his stomach. Seeming a bit weak, he pointed at Tian Huai and the person who possessed his corresponding memories, then spoke in a muffled voice:

"Side by side, lie down."