Until this very moment, Cao Xuanliang finally understood a single truth: if you want to stop being afraid of anyone, you have to become the most terrifying one of all.
Having finally eradicated the cancerous tumor of Requiem Street, accomplished the goal he had chased for four years, defeated the Spirit Host, and retaken Rakshasa Street, the younger brother Cao Xuanliang stood once again before the Divine Scholar Tree without feeling a shred of triumph or joy. The price he had paid was simply too high—so high that he could hardly bring himself to believe it.
He waited under the Divine Scholar Tree for seven full days and seven nights. Because this was Requiem Street, the place where human wraiths resided after death, he believed his older brother would surely return.
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