I have been bound in a forbidden place for five hundred years. Why are you crying when I am a casual

He didn't call himself a coward, nor did he call himself a demon; instead, he directly called out the name that should have belonged to him.

And the moment the words fell.

But the door that had previously blocked Gu Xiu's inner demons, which was originally wrapped in layers of pitch-black chains, was now silently pushed open. The chains on it seemed to crumble like dust in the wind, unable to stop the demons in the slightest.

This scene made Gu Xiu, dressed in black, twitch his eyelids wildly.

He thought that Gu Xiu was trapped by him. Even though the Buddhist divine fire allowed him to see some truths that he was unwilling to accept and vaguely guessed some things, he did not expect that the Sealed Heart Realm had not trapped Gu Xiu from the very beginning.

If he wanted to, he could walk out the door at any time. His so-called refining of his inner demons and imprisonment of his true self were nothing but self-deception from the very beginning.

He can't be contained!

Finally, as the door was pushed open completely, he immediately saw Gu Xiu himself sitting cross-legged inside, dressed in white.

Eyes facing each other.

He sensed calmness in the other person's eyes.

That was a calm composure that remained unchanged even when mountains and rivers collapsed before it.

"You knew from the beginning, didn't you?"

"You're just using me, making me solve your outside troubles and do things you're too lazy to do?"

"What I thought was success actually had no chance of winning from the very beginning?"

"Who...am I?!"

The roar finally broke out. Gu Xiu in black robes screamed almost hysterically, his eyes filled with murderous intent, like a person at the end of his rope questioning the culprit who had plotted against him from the very beginning.

Looking at the black-robed Gu Xiu who looked exactly like him, the white-robed Gu Xiu simply stared in silence for a moment before softly saying:

"I'm sorry, I don't know who you are."

"As for me, I just need a quiet place where I can think about some questions that I haven't been able to figure out yet."

"You don't know who I am?" Gu Xiu, dressed in black, sneered, his face full of disbelief.

"Yes."

"Then how did you..."

"I'm just certain of one thing," Gu Xiu in white robes said. "You are not me."

"Why?" Gu Xiu in black robes roared, "What do you think you are? Do you think you're so high and mighty that you're irreplaceable? At best, you're just like me, a pawn in someone else's scheme!"

Gu Xiu in white robes did not answer his roars, but simply watched quietly.

There was no loud argument.

There was no mockery from those in positions of power.

There was only a calm, gentle breeze, neither hurried nor impatient, neither happy nor angry, as if everything before one's eyes was merely normal.

When Gu Xiu, dressed in black, stopped accusing everyone and began to pant heavily, he finally spoke: "Do you remember your name? If you've forgotten it, I'll give you one."

The black-robed Gu Xiu was taken aback, but the white-robed Gu Xiu spoke:

"How is Chu Xun?"

“The poem ‘Jing Nu’ in the ‘Bei Feng’ section of the Book of Songs contains the phrase ‘truly beautiful and extraordinary.’ Chu represents authenticity. This name should be very fitting for you.”

"Giving such a name to a remnant soul that's been kept in the dark, you're really something," Chu Xun said sarcastically.

Yes.

The lingering soul, kept in the dark.

He saw his true self and even experienced a past that was almost identical to Gu Xiu's, but took a different path due to his choices. This made him firmly believe that he was Gu Xiu, and even that he was the original Gu Xiu who came from a parallel world to replace this good-for-nothing version of himself.

Can……

When those untenable memories revealed contradictions and paradoxes, when he saw that the "true self" he saw was nothing but illusion, and when he discovered the truth in front of the sacred fire of Buddhism, he finally realized the truth.

He is neither a demon nor Gu Xiu.

He was merely a remnant soul who had forgotten his origins and background, and whose memories had been implanted by others that were not of his own.

He believed that his inner demons were devouring him.

In fact, from the very beginning, it was just a possession!

He is not Gu Xiu, but a weapon used by someone to possess Gu Xiu's body and seize control of it!

This.

That's the truth!

What does possession mean?

It means a fight to the death, it means certain death.

Possession is always a life-or-death struggle, and it is impossible for two souls to exist in one body. Therefore, when he saw everything clearly and realized that Gu Xiu was not forced into the Sealed Heart Realm by his suppression, but rather that it was a plan that the other party had from the beginning, he already understood.

In the end, I was just a fleeting ephemera, blooming for only a moment.

All that awaited him was annihilation, complete disappearance from this world.

only……

In response to Chu Xun's sarcasm, Gu Xiu simply asked, "Why do you think I would definitely kill you?"

Chu Xun was taken aback: "I'm just a remnant soul that someone painstakingly used to seize your body. I even used possession techniques on you. Shouldn't you kill me?"

"You've seen my memories, so you should know that I've killed many people in my life—the strong, the weak, even utterly wicked mortals. I've killed them all." Gu Xiu shook his head, looking down at his hands.

"But I never kill innocent people."

A person without fault...

Chu Xun was surprised, but then Gu Xiu continued:

"Your memories have been erased, and you have become a substitute to deceive me. You are indeed an extremely arrogant and ruthless monster, but even so, you have never harmed innocent people. This shows that you are not a wrong person."

"As for your possession of my body..."

"This was not your wish; it was a carefully orchestrated scheme. To put it bluntly, you are just a puppet who cannot choose your own life. Since that's the case, why should I be so ruthless?"

This time, Chu Xun remained silent.

He was indeed not Gu Xiu, but he had seen some of Gu Xiu's memories, and even some false memories about Gu Xiu. Perhaps many of them were fake, but he was certain of what Gu Xiu had said.

What he said is true.

He really didn't intend to kill himself.

"Can you tell me how you figured out that I'm not your inner demon?" After a long silence, Chu Xun couldn't help but ask.

"I have used three masks."

"Wha...what?"

"The pure Dharma body is your nature. The perfect Sambhogakaya is your wisdom. The billions of Nirmanakayas are your actions. These are the three bodies of Buddhism, and they also encompass all of Buddhism's views on itself. I have used the mask of the three bodies for a long time, and I have also used the mask of the three bodies to manifest the Dharma body, Sambhogakaya, and Nirmanakaya, but I have never seen your existence in my own three bodies."

"So the moment I appeared, you realized I wasn't you at all?"

"That's not true."

"what is that?"

"Actually, when you first appeared, I also wondered if there was some parallel world, if there was another me in this world who chose a different path and walked a different road. You don't have your own memories, but you have a part of my memories in a completely chaotic way, so I actually couldn't see the flaw. The real flaw is not in you, but in that high and mighty voice that seemed to control everything when you appeared."

"A sound..." Chu Xun's eyelids twitched wildly. He didn't know what sound Gu Xiu had heard, but he knew that from the moment he began to possess Gu Xiu, there had been some power he didn't understand helping him.

"That voice kept trying to interfere with my thoughts, trying to guide me to believe in your existence, to believe that you are my own inner demon, and even constantly denying all my choices. It seemed to be working, but in reality, it made me realize that this was probably someone else's doing, someone was using my body to set things up."

"Just because of this? But no, you had this planned all along. Whether it was giving the three masks to Xuanwu's body or letting the three from Suixing leave in advance, neither was a hasty choice!" Chu Xun was somewhat suspicious: "Moreover, this time the Buddhist sect's attack seems to be a coincidence, but in reality, it's as if you foresaw it in advance and deliberately sent me out to help you get through this!"

The divine fire of Buddhism allowed him to see through everything.

Gu Xiu was indeed lacking in love and emotions, and the fact that he never experienced the ordeal of lighting the lamp is the best proof of that. If he were Gu Xiu, he would never have been able to ignite the love and emotions within the Buddhist divine fire, but he did just that.

That can only mean one thing.

he.

It wasn't Gu Xiu at all!

He just didn't understand why Gu Xiu was so certain of everything so early on, when he was the divine fire of Buddhism and he carefully examined his memories and found some inconsistencies.

Did they even make arrangements in advance?

To be honest, if he really was Gu Xiu, if he was Gu Xiu himself, he wouldn't believe he could see through the illusion when faced with such an unpredictable situation.

After all, this was clearly a carefully prepared trap for Gu Xiu. After all, if anyone suddenly found themselves with memories of themselves, yet made completely different choices in their life and achieved a higher level than them, it would be a huge shock.

What will this lead to?

This can lead to doubts about the meaning of one's persistence, damage to one's Dao heart, and even complete abandonment of persistence, resulting in death and the dissipation of one's Dao, and the complete surrender of control of the body to the other party.

But Gu Xiu didn't doubt himself; instead, he made preparations before the danger arrived.

Take advantage of the situation!

"I know myself very well."

“I know very well that I will not become you.”

"and……"

"Your background has been something I've been very interested in from the very beginning."

"Background?" Chu Xun's eyes widened in disbelief. "You know my background? You know where I come from?"

"know."

"where?"

Chu Xun pressed on impatiently, but he had no memory whatsoever. The only things he had besides those false memories were some incomplete memories he had seen from Gu Xiu. Even now, he didn't know where he came from.

Faced with his persistent questioning, Gu Xiu calmly replied:

"Tianmu City, the Eye of Primordial Chaos".

"Or."

"My Prosecutor."