Zhao Changhe felt a strange mix of emotions. Unbeknownst to the blind woman, one of his reasons for entering this secret realm was, in fact, to deal with her.0

Given the current situation, it seemed nearly impossible to completely avoid using the Back Eye. Even if he did not fully activate its abilities as he had this time, it was hard to say how much of its influence permeated his daily senses—night vision, far sight, even qi perception. It had become so deeply intertwined with his five senses that trying to avoid it entirely was like trying to avoid using his own body. Unless he cut off his own head, it was not going anywhere.0

To have something that did not truly belong to him embedded within him, yet functioning seamlessly as if it were his own… It gave a deeply unsettling feeling.0

Zhao Changhe had harbored concerns about this long before Xia Longyuan even brought it up. It was a problem that he long wanted to address, one that he felt needed to be addressed. He feared that if he did not do so, he might one day find himself controlled by the blind woman without even realizing it. Despite the seemingly open banter between them, this was a forbidden topic—an untouchable fault line. Bringing...0