Once my soul wisp arrived in the depths of Kala's soul, where memories are stored, I was surprised by how chaotic her soul was; it was as if I was looking through an ever-changing kaleidoscope.
'I suppose I shouldn't have expected her memories to be neatly organized; she is only a peak Core Formation cultivator, which means she doesn't have access to her soul. This will make searching for her missing memories much harder; hopefully, the person who tampered with Kala's soul left some traces.' Pondered Comet with a thoughtful expression while frowning as he looked at the chaotic soul.
With how chaotic Kala's soul was, I figured just diving in would be the best approach; attempting to find some kind of pattern or order to this would be incredibly time-consuming and challenging, and that's all under the assumption that there is a pattern. So, with a shake of my head, I decided to jump into one of Kala's earliest memories that I could currently see.
Once I arrived inside the memory, I noticed I was experiencing everything through Kala's perspective; I even felt every emotion she felt at the specific time vividly, as if I was actually Kala. However, looking through Kala's eyes, I first noticed the familiar surroundings of a small, rundown village, which also caused some of my old memories to resurface, as ironic as it sounded.
'It feels like it's been a lifetime since I've been there; to think the first memory I will view would include our birth home.' Thought Comet with a melancholic smile.
While experiencing Kala's memories, I watched how the child version of Kala, and I sneaked out from our village to explore the nearby forest, which resulted in us accidentally approaching a beast's territory, nearly killing us in the process. However, somehow, the two of us managed to escape and survive after being chased by that beast for almost five minutes, though both of us received several injuries, especially me, as I had mostly been protecting Kala. Once we finally escaped the beast, because of my various severe injuries, when I was no longer filled with adrenaline, I quickly collapsed into a coma in the middle of the forest.
Luckily, just like what I was told, while Kala was tending to my body, a few of the village guards, whom the village chief ordered to find us, happened to spot us; they then quickly took us back home so we could get treated by the village's best doctor, who happened to save my life.
For the next few days, I watched how Kala stood by my side as she waited for my unconscious self to awaken from my coma.
'I was really a stupid child before I transmigrated into my body.' Thought Comet with a chuckle as he subconsciously forgot what his objective was.
Because of how vividly I was experiencing Kala's memories, I had forgotten the sole purpose of why I had even sent a wisp of my soul into Kala's soul, and before I knew it, days began to pass as I viewed the memories—days then turned into weeks, then months, before eventually, years passed by without me ever even realizing; at least until it got to the part where that bastard Elif defeated me in battle, forcing Gel to use the systems emergency Qi to teleport me to a random Heavenly Realm.
While watching Elif dominate me in battle, I closed my fist tightly in anger. Although I hate to admit it, all these years, I've been replaying that battle through my mind many times every single day, wondering if there was some way I could've won that battle, yet much to my anger, even after mentally sparring against Elif nearly a hundred million times, every outcome ended in my defeat. However, never once have I given up my desire to get revenge; it's, in fact, been one of my best motivators. Still watching this fight makes me realize how truly foolish and arrogant I was when I was younger.
'He's not even taking me seriously.' Thought Comet calmly in anger as he watched how easily Elif defeated him in battle from Kala's point of view.
Once the battle ended in my humiliating defeat, I saw how Spica, in anger, transformed into a humanoid red flame, causing her to attain a massive boost in cultivation. While I would usually be happy at such an amazing opportunity, I was terrified as It looked like Spica was about to attack Elif, and although she was much more powerful than before, she was nothing before that Elf. Luckily, she was saved in the end, though it seemed like she had left this realm; still, as long as she was safe, I was happy.
'Haa, luckily, that bastard didn't do anything to my woman; I may hate him, but he at least has morals, something tough to find in not only the cultivation world but every world.' Thought Comet while releasing a sigh of relief.
'Still, I can't believe I watched nearly fifteen years of Kala's life; luckily, only a few minutes have passed in the real world, so nothing bad has happened, though it does seem like quite a lot of people have arrived near my body.' Pondered Comet as he continued experiencing Kala's memories while ignoring the people surrounding his actual body as they couldn't harm him even if they wished to.
Now that I remembered what my objective was, I made sure to focus intently as I searched for any tampering in her soul; still, for the next few weeks, nothing happened, though I wasn't too nervous, according to Gel, I had four years worth of memories to search through. Another few weeks passed by, and that was right when I spotted something very suspicious; I came across a very brief and awkward blank period in her memory, as if it wasn't supposed to be there in the first place, although that alone wouldn't be enough to determine much, I also happened to sense a very familiar Qi, one that caused my heart to be filled with rage.
"ELIF! That fucking bastard!" Said Comet angrily as he quickly arrived at the blank period in Kala's memory and entered it.
When I entered the blank period of Kala's memory, I expected there to be something hidden deep inside, yet after thoroughly searching it, I found nothing, which slightly confused me as I'm pretty sure this blank memory was purposefully left.
'Hmm, am I missing something? Since I'm forced to suppress my cultivation base, it's wholly possible I happened to miss something, yet with the experience that comes with being a Divine, it's doubtful.' Pondered Comet curiously as he exited the blank memory, returning to the kaleidoscope of memories.
While intently thinking of why Elif would've left that blank memory in Kala's soul, I glanced at one of her memories, one I'd recently experienced; yet, when I took a closer look at it, I noticed the boy in her memories, which should've been me, was no longer me; instead, it was the young man from before. Such a thing wouldn't be shocking if it weren't for the fact that specific memory was from when she was ten.
Not knowing what to think, I quickly began looking through her memories again, yet I noticed that in every memory I was previously a part of, I had been replaced with the young man from before.
"W-What's going on!?" Exclaimed Comet in confusion as he continued viewing Kala's memories, hoping to come across one with him in it, though to no avail.
"Like my gift, Comet?" Spoke a voice that was the source of Comet's hatred, anger, and fear.
"YOU! Where are you, bastard!? What did you do with my Kala!?" Questioned Comet angrily while looking through the swarm of memories, though he found nothing.
"Hehe, if you wish to talk with me, come to me." Spoke the voice as the person suddenly flared their Qi.
Sensing the boy's Qi erupt from a remote location in the middle of a forest, I drew the wisp of my soul out from Kala's body before letting go of her and viewing my surroundings as I had been too preoccupied with Kala's soul.
"Chey, Haley, Rio, May; you're all here." Muttered Comet in surprise as he approached the three women who quickly ran to help Kala from the ground.
I was utterly overjoyed to find out that besides Spica, every one of my lovers was still here; yet when I tried approaching them, I saw how they aggressively pointed their weapons at me while backing away in fear, all while hurling profanities at me; prompting me to realize they were most likely in the same situation as Kala.
Closing my eyes in sadness, I shook my head and gave them one last glance before flying toward that bastard's location.
"Don't worry, Chey, Haley, Rio, May, and Kala; I don't exactly know what that bastard did to you while I was away. However, I promise I'll defeat him and fix everything!" Declared Comet with determination as he vanished into the sky, his words leaving the five in confusion before they ignored him and focused on Kala.
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Landing on the ground in the middle of a deadly forest just before an entrance to a cave, I slowly entered it while being cautious of possible traps. Once I arrived in the deepest part of the cave, which also happened to be the source of the Qi, I spotted that bastard Elif calmly sitting on a throne while looking directly at me with eyes full of amusement; though something to note, was that he was entirely ethereal, causing me to realize it was most likely just a piece of his soul.
"Ho, what's with the wary expression? You don't need to worry, Comet. I didn't place any traps, and it's not like I have the power to harm you, as you've already realized; this is just a small piece of my soul, not to mention this was before I advanced to the Divine realm." Stated Elif with a smirk while calmly eyeing the furious Comet.
"ELIF." Said Comet angrily, his words laced with hate as he eyed Elif.
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