Promise of the Unreal

12/15/2025

In an instant, all the colors of light faded away, leaving only Future Ethan Zhang grinning wickedly before me. That smile sent a chill down my spine, and in Future Ethan Zhang, I caught a glimpse of the Wraithlord.

So many instincts—how did you acquire them?

I glared angrily at Future Ethan Zhang. He didn't answer me—instead, he just smiled quietly, saying nothing.

Answer me!

After a while, a fierce gust of wind blew through, and then Future Ethan Zhang finally spoke.

Of course, the original bearers died one by one, and I took their instincts for myself.

At this, Future Ethan Zhang stood up, leaned his head close to me, and grinned wickedly.

So you see, all of this is the worst future imaginable for someone named Ethan Zhang.

My heart trembled, and I took several steps back.

And what do you think it would take to end such a future?

After a long while, I raised my head, slapped my chest, and gripped my clothes tightly.

To end the existence known as Ethan Zhang, return to the Unreal, and send this instinct—which should never exist in this world—back to the Unreal.

Future Ethan Zhang nodded and looked up at the sky.

Unfortunately, in this future, the Unreal no longer exists. Otherwise, maybe there would be hope. I have searched everywhere for any place where the Unreal might still exist, but there is nowhere.

So, have you given up?

Future Ethan Zhang shook his head.

Because the Unreal was destroyed by Ethan Zhang himself. Everything—all of it—was done by this hand...

As Future Ethan Zhang spoke, he placed a hand before my eyes and spread his five fingers.

With this hand, using the cruelest means, everything in both worlds—the Dark Banquet, the two sides of Yin, all the so-called gods and buddhas of the heavens—was destroyed by this hand, leaving nothing behind.

I swallowed, wanting to retreat but forced myself to stay, bowing my head and breathing heavily, my mood utterly bleak. This was truly the worst future I had ever heard—all because of me, everything was destroyed, everyone I loved, and everything in this world.

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