Chapter 1102: She Is Very Well with Me

Lu Yang froze where he stood, his forehead instantly beaded with a thick, cold sweat.

How could Hui Doudou be here, and why had she tracked him down so directly?!

Lu Yang noticed that the passing crowds were utterly blind to her presence, and by extension, they seemed to overlook his existence as well.

Was this what the Eldest Senior Sister and the Immortal had spoken of—the sign that Hui Doudou was already drawing perilously close to transcendence?

He suspected that if she had not been desperate to learn the whereabouts of the Immortal Fairy, she would have snuffed out his life the very instant their eyes met!

Hui Doudou had always been able to sense his presence, so why had she chosen only now to confront him? Had some unexpected turn of events occurred, or did she now possess an undeniable reason to find him?

Lu Yang locked eyes with her; her gaze was as calm and inscrutable as an ancient well, and despite sharing the exact same countenance as the Immortal Fairy, she gave him an entirely different, chilling sensation.

Hui Doudou held no interest in Lu Yang himself; whether he was the foremost genius of the current generation or the one who possessed an immortal physique and defeated Lord Sichen mattered little to her—she only cared to know the whereabouts of the Immortal.

Her intuition told her that by finding Lu Yang, she would find the Immortal.

Ever since Lu Yang arrived in the Demon City, she had wrestled with the choice of whether to demand the Immortal's location, until today, when she finally hardened her resolve to bring a definitive end to whatever lay between her and the Immortal!

"Senior, perhaps we could find a more suitable place to talk..."

Lu Yang attempted to speak to defuse the mounting tension, but Hui Doudou cut him off with a chillingly cold voice.

"Pointless chatter. Where is she?"

The suffocating aura of death and destruction enveloped Lu Yang; she needed but a single thought to reduce him to absolute ash!

"That is enough!"

A breathtakingly beautiful figure floated out from Lu Yang's body, instantly dispelling the destructive aura pressing down on him, and glared fiercely at Hui Doudou.

Staring at Hui Doudou, who possessed a face identical to her own, even the Immortal Fairy could not entirely conceal her shock, despite having prepared herself for this mentally.

"Immortal Fairy, so you have been hiding inside this boy's spiritual space all along."

The moment she beheld the Immortal Fairy, Hui Doudou clenched her fists as if ready to strike with violent fury at any second, yet in the end, her hands helplessly relaxed.

Hui Doudou, whose heart had been a chaotic storm of conflicting and unidentifiable emotions, suddenly calmed, and her overbearing demeanor began to soften.

"Walk with me."

The Immortal Fairy stared at Hui Doudou in silence for a long moment before finally nodding and uttering a single word of agreement.

The two women walked side by side down the street, resembling a pair of twins with utterly contrasting temperaments, creating a strikingly beautiful view.

Yet this view was one that only Lu Yang, trailing closely behind them, was permitted to see.

The threat Hui Doudou posed was undeniably terrifying; the four ancient immortals had been no match for her, making her the most formidable enemy Lu Yang knew of, second only to the mastermind behind the curtains.

Lu Yang had originally intended to summon the Eldest Senior Sister, but the Immortal Fairy had stopped him, stating that she wished to handle Hui Doudou herself.

"To think that you, the Immortal Fairy, would be resurrected in this era; if Ying Tian, Qilin, and the others knew of your existence, they would surely be overjoyed."

Hui Doudou looked at her other self, her voice laced with profound emotion.

"Do you know, Immortal Fairy, I truly envy you. After your death, Xiao He, Lian Yi, Xiao Ling, Ying Tian, Qilin, Sui Yue, Jiu Chong... so many people cared for you and desperately sought to bring you back."

"To achieve this, they studied the power of incense offerings, established the Dynasty of the Sacred Fire, founded the Heavenly Court, and created the Underworld, exhausting every conceivable method."

"How tragic, then, that the one they ultimately resurrected was me."

"You should already know my true origin and identity, correct?"

The Immortal Fairy stared at Hui Doudou, who had walked a path entirely different from her own: "The reincarnation of the Underworld resurrected the version of me from the period when the embryonic form of the Dao Fruit of Extinction existed."

"Yes, I am another version of you," Hui Doudou let out a self-deprecating laugh, her smile carrying an indescribable loneliness.

"When Ying Tian and the others resurrected me, they gathered around me all day long, recounting your tales, telling me that I would surely abandon the embryonic form of the Dao Fruit of Extinction to condense the embryonic form of the Immortal Dao Fruit, to become the true you."

"Can you imagine what I felt back then? One moment I was a half-immortal on the verge of ascension, destined to become the first true immortal in history, and the next, I awoke a hundred thousand years later, granted an immortal physique, and crowned as the supreme master of the Heavenly Court."

Lu Yang imagined what Hui Doudou must have experienced, realizing that words like 'the turning of the world' or 'drastic change' could scarcely do justice to her ordeal.

Hui Doudou continued, "Though surrounded by familiar faces, Ying Tian and the others were vastly different from the companions in my memory; they possessed countless memories I did not share, and when they looked at me, they were not truly looking at me, but at you."

"Of all our old friends, only Xiao He treated me as myself, rather than as the Immortal Fairy."

"Xiao He?"

Hearing that familiar name, the Immortal Fairy’s expression shifted visibly.

She had been closest to Xiao Ling, Lian Yi, and Xiao He; among the three, only Xiao He's whereabouts remained a total mystery, and even Immortal Ying Tian had no inkling of where she was now.

"Yes, Xiao He." At the mention of Qing He, a brief, soft smile graced Hui Doudou's tense, beautiful face before it reverted to its usual coldness.

"After my resurrection, she was the one who noticed how ill at ease I was in that unfamiliar world; she chose to stay by my side without demanding anything from me, merely telling me not to overthink things and to learn to let nature take its course."

"Though my soul is the past you, I also originated from the faith of incense offerings; influenced by that incense, I was expected to become the Immortal Fairy of their desires, tasked with defeating that mastermind."

"I, too, wished to condense the Immortal Dao Fruit, but I simply could not do it; I could not cast aside a painful past, nor could I forget the destruction of our tribe."

At this point, Hui Doudou's emotions flared, and for the first time, she gestured wildly, flinging her arms wide as if claiming her sovereignty to the Immortal Fairy: "But what of it? Even without condensing the Immortal Dao Fruit, I am still you, and I can still defeat the mastermind!"

"You are not me." The Immortal Fairy locked her eyes onto Hui Doudou, her own reflection mirrored perfectly in her pupils.

"As expected of the 'Lady' Xiao He constantly yearned for; you say the exact same words she did." The corners of Hui Doudou's mouth hooked into a mocking smile, though it was unclear whom she was deriding.

"Where is Xiao He!" The Immortal Fairy lunged forward abruptly, grabbing Hui Doudou by the collar as she perceived the strange shift in her tone.

The implication in her voice was unnerving, sounding precisely as though she had only just been in contact with Xiao He!

If she had encountered Xiao He, then Xiao He's fate was likely grim!

Hui Doudou slapped the Immortal Fairy’s hands away: "Xiao He is perfectly fine with me; she does not require your concern!"

"Xiao He is with you!"

"Indeed."

"What have you done to her!"

"I told you, she is perfectly fine with me. You are entirely redundant."

Hui Doudou watched the Immortal Fairy's anxious expression with malicious amusement, finding it thoroughly entertaining to watch her other self panic.

Suddenly, both women's expressions changed, and they looked up simultaneously; they sensed a massive immortal-grade array gradually enveloping the Demon City, a barrier designed to sever all external perception and isolate the city into a pocket world.

Hui Doudou’s face paled as she looked toward the direction of the small shop, her eyes wide with utter disbelief.

How could the Immortal of the Left History be present here?

Abandoning her confrontation with the Immortal Fairy, she flew back toward the small shop at breakneck speed.

"We must go as well!" The Immortal Fairy grabbed Lu Yang and hurried after Hui Doudou.