Reborn as a short-lived loli who can only live for three years

He saw Xi Xiu’s true form.

……

After the release of multiple amounts of dark areas, almost everything within sight turned black.

But the world outside the realm is still free.

The darkness was like the sea water, drowning people and objects. Below the 'sea surface' it was as bizarre as a fantasy world. In countless bubble worlds, countless battles were taking place, but above the 'sea surface' it seemed much more monotonous.

Ye Jiyan is an expert in illusions. The principles of the dark realm and illusions are similar, and no one is better than him at finding the real body hidden in them.

He is independent of the domain and travels through the gaps in the domain. He can ensure that he will not be involved in the enemy's domain and will not be detected for a short period of time.

Soon, he found the true body of the domain.

The essence of Western cultivation.

The other party seemed to have just found a seat to sit down casually, half leaning against the chair, holding a few pages of information in his hands.

He closed his eyes, as if he had been reading a book for a long time and wanted to take a short nap, as if he would wake up at any time.

It's not a good idea to act rashly.

With just a quick glance, Ye Jiyan knew that he had no chance of winning against this guy.

"..."

But he made a special discovery.

The lock of life.

He remembered this feeling since the last time he saw this kind of black magic creation.

The life chain flickered, and the 'life fluctuations' it brought were completely different from the magic fluctuations one usually felt. It was like an ordinary heartbeat, nothing special.

But it is still different from a real heartbeat. It is like an echo trapped in a deep well, and can only make a muffled sound like a deep cave.

There are different fluctuations between different lives, and a lock will usually only produce one life fluctuation.

But Ye Jiyan felt a lot from Xi Xiu.

a lot of.

Some are vivid, some are dull, some are gradually fading, and some are so tiny that they are almost imperceptible.

It seems to come from different people, and also from different years.

There are many 'heartbeats' in Xixiu's body, each one is very small, but when all the heartbeats are added together, they become a sound that cannot be ignored.

……

Ye Jiyan used his own magic power to explore Xi Xiu's shadow.

Doing so is undoubtedly dangerous, not to mention that the other party is an extremely powerful person, but Ye Jiyan has no choice. He can only discover as much as possible within a limited time.

This person will never simply die.

Perhaps the cross of blood curse is ineffective against him.

Ye Jiyan has this feeling.

The threads of magic slowly spread and explored. They were like a few strands of golden threads in the darkness, constantly leaving traces wherever they passed.

"This is……"

The magic power glimpsed an incomprehensible scene.

Ye Jiyan originally thought that Xi Xiu had collected all the life locks of the people he valued together, which caused the abnormal heartbeat sound. There should be many life locks in the shadow.

But he only found two.

One of them has a similar life frequency to Krillin, probably Krillin's Life Lock.

Another incomprehensible thing is...

It exudes darkness, resounds with wailing, yet flashes at the same frequency... an ominous chain of life.

The crowded lock of life.

It seemed to store countless soul fragments of people. Perhaps long, long ago, these souls did come from different people, but now they have all been assimilated into becoming part of Xixiu, because the fluctuation of this chain of life is very consistent with Xixiu's original soul.

This is Xixiu’s own life lock.

This is his own soul.

It is like a black magic creation that has been randomly kneaded into a ball, unable to be separated but also unable to merge. It can no longer be called a soul.

Because the soul is pure.

And that mass was messy and dirty, chaotic and disordered.

……

Xi Xiu suddenly opened his eyes.

"Stealing is not a good thing, young man."

Before he could react, an illusory sharp blade hit him. The powerful magic power released by the blade knocked Ye Jiyan several meters away. He fell heavily to the ground and couldn't help coughing up blood.

Xi Xiu put down the information in his hand and slowly stood up. He looked at Ye Jiyan who was lying on the ground in the distance and felt that the other party was really ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth.

"Cough cough..."

Ye Jiyan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. What he held in his hand was Klin's life chain.

"Oops, I was discovered."

In order to hide his nervousness, he hid the lock of life behind him.

The dark domain spread towards him, and the ground beneath his feet was like an isolated island that was about to be submerged, but the expansion of the domain suddenly stopped.

"You..." Xi Xiu stared at him meaningfully, "Your 'Life Chain' is very special."

As the person who created the Chain of Life, Xi Xiu was very familiar with the magical characteristics of this weapon.

And he felt something similar, yet different, from Ye Jiyan.

"It is indeed an interesting creation, so I made some improvements and did not use any black magic. Calling it the 'Lock of Life'... maybe it is not appropriate."

"It seems that I have been presumptuous." Xi Xiu approved of his improvement, "I wonder what to call it?"

"Unfortunately, I haven't thought about it yet."

Ye Jiyan showed a relaxed smile, and the illusion magic power resisted the erosion of the dark domain, allowing the land under his feet to be preserved.

This seemed like a completely pointless struggle to Xi Xiu, but he did not show any aggressive hostility. Instead, he looked at Ye Jiyan with great interest, as if he was having an academic discussion.

Nameless lock.

Ye Jiyan once researched and improved the Lock of Life, but he actually only improved a very small part of it. In essence, it is still the Lock of Life.

He packed some stuff in it, intending to give it... to Evie.

Unexpectedly, Xi Xiu noticed it first.

Ye Jiyan calmly continued to ask back: "So I am very curious, how come there are so many souls in your life lock."

“Because I also made improvements.”

Xixiu was very satisfied with this question. He seemed like a scholar who had finally waited for someone to ask this question and couldn't wait to present it.

"The soul of the life lock possesses a person, which can temporarily revive the soul in the lock."

"But a broken soul cannot exist for long."

"So, I merged the soul in the lock with the soul of the possessed person, and put them in a new lock."

Xi Xiu couldn't help but smile, as if he was lamenting his great creation: "Thus, a new, complete soul was born! The incomplete soul gained a complete life, and the life of the possessed person will not be affected in the slightest."

In his eyes, the lock seemed to be an auxiliary tool to stabilize the new soul.

"It sounds good." Ye Jiyan listened carefully, "But the improvement is not that simple, right?"

"Yes, the only flaw is... the new soul doesn't know who he is. His personality split into two, and he killed himself in the end."

Xi Xiu sighed, as if reminiscing about the original experiment.

"There are always mistakes in the initial research. I just merged the two souls together, but forgot to consider that the memories carried by the souls must be prioritized. Otherwise, they will kill each other for the same body. And in most cases, the possessed person has the upper hand."

"This is not okay."

“So finally, I came up with a solution.”

"As long as the memory of the possessed person is erased before the souls merge—"

"That will solve the problem."