Chapter 10 —

Just as Lin Jiangxing was feeling smug about the heaven-defying power of the Heaven-Creating Brush, a strange sensation suddenly came from his heart in his chest cavity—it felt as if his heart was a foreign object, beating abnormally violently, as if it were about to burst out of his chest at any moment.

Lin Jiangxing's expression changed, and he quickly pressed his hand to his chest, his brows furrowing deeply.

"This…it's happening again? This abnormal heartbeat isn't the first or second time. Before, I thought it was a sequela of being severely injured by the orcs…but now, this feeling of almost bursting out of his chest cavity is clearly not just a simple sequela, is it?"

He took a deep breath, sat cross-legged, and mobilized his internal energy to examine himself.

From meridians to bones, and then to internal organs, he carefully scanned every inch. But strangely, everything was normal—his heart was beating strongly, his blood vessels were clear, and there were no abnormal signs.

“Something’s not right, there’s definitely a problem! Even my head was blown off by those orcs; even professional doctors couldn’t find anything wrong with me, so how could I possibly find anything? In that case, I’ll try using the Heaven-Splitting Brush!”

Lin Jiangxing narrowed his eyes, his mind focused, and the pen nib mark between his brows glowed faintly. He “wrote” in his mind: “Investigate my body internally, find all abnormalities!”

As his mind wrote, a surge of profound energy flowed from the mark, tracing a purplish-gold path through the air along his fingertips.

The void distorted, and a semi-transparent “scanning screen” appeared out of thin air, enveloping his entire body. The light screen, like an X-ray, pierced through his body, and data and images flooded his mind like a waterfall—

Name: Lin Jiangxing (Human Male)

Age: 25

Special Ability: Universal Blood

Talent: C-Rank

Abnormal Status: Parasitized by the "Silver Dragon Heart," memories altered due to the ability "Mind Control," outer skin peeling progress 35%

Looking at the incredibly clear words on the screen, Lin Jiangxing was completely bewildered: "Parasitization? Memory alteration? What is all this... Heavenly Pen, remove all abnormalities from my body—Ugh!"

Before he could finish speaking, a pain like a thousand needles piercing his heart shot through his chest. He groaned and collapsed to the ground, barely managing to pull open his shirt to look—

Silver lines radiating powerful elemental energy were spreading from his heart throughout his body like living things!

Beneath his skin, the vibrant flesh and blood seemed to be separating from his skin, the gaps created being almost instantly covered by a new layer of skin.

...

If Lin Jiangxing's entire body were a nymph—then the flesh and blood that were now spontaneously growing a new outer skin was like a cicada about to shed its "old skin" and emerge. And he himself, stripped of flesh and blood and left only with a layer of "old skin," was like the cicada's molted shell, abandoned by the cicada welcoming its new life.

"Hehehe...human, although I don't know if this pen can drive this princess away, you almost succeeded~"

At the same time, a strangely familiar loli voice suddenly rang in Lin Jiangxing's mind. Despite the childlike and innocent voice, the words it spoke sent chills down his spine.

"Who? Who's speaking?!" Lin Jiangxing abruptly raised his head, looking around, but the dormitory was empty.

"Stop searching, this princess is inside your body—or rather, in your heart." The voice rang out again, this time with a mocking tone.

"I never expected that someone as seemingly ordinary as you, a street cleaner, would possess such a treasure. The Heaven-Creating Brush? Turning the illusory into reality, rewriting the rules…tsk tsk, this is a fine item, this princess wants it!"

With that, the Heaven-Creating Brush itself was summoned directly from the mark on his forehead by Yin Li!

"How is this possible? You clearly…"

Lin Jiangxing's eyes widened as he watched the Heaven-Creating Brush, which had been fused into his brow, slowly emerge from the mark on his forehead, hovering in mid-air. His voice trembled, filled with disbelief. "How could I, as an outsider to your body, possibly control your precious treasure?" Yin Li's voice echoed in his mind, mocking Lin Jiangxing with smugness:

"Foolish human, do you still think I'm merely a parasite? From the moment I transformed into your heart and merged into your body, we, in a sense, entered a state of oneness—however, I had Crow do some tampering. Although we are one, everything about you is under my control!

If I hadn't refused to let your filthy human memories corrupt my soul, this so-called Heavenly Writing Brush would have already been discovered and activated by me—heh, how about it, Lin Jiangxing? Recognizing your fate as the original body is your best destiny!"

After hearing Yin Li's explanation, Lin Jiangxing's face turned deathly pale. He sat there blankly, seemingly accepting his fate and giving up resistance. Seeing Lin Jiangxing's dazed expression, Yinli suddenly found it somewhat amusing—it wasn't sure if Lin Jiangxing was simply stunned by fear, or if he hadn't understood its words because he hadn't regained his memories.

However, the feeling of casually toying with a human and controlling their destiny was quite enjoyable to it.

To make it even more satisfying, Yinli decided to restore Lin Jiangxing's altered memories, replacing him with its soon-to-be-reborn self amidst endless resentment and rage.

"Come on, human, feel the despair you've forgotten!" With a thought, a strange fluctuation surged from the Silver Dragon Heart, directly into his brain.

"Uh!"

Instantly, long-buried memories flooded back like a burst dam: the chill of the black market dungeon, the tragic deaths of Liu Hongyu and He Yuanyuan, the accomplice of the raven-masked man, Yinli's enormous silver dragon body…

Everything that happened in the black market dungeon that day gradually became clearer, as if it had happened yesterday. As Yin Li had anticipated, Lin Jiangxing's expression changed drastically upon regaining his memories, and his body trembled violently.

His eyes widened, bloodshot, as images flashed through his mind, igniting a volcanic eruption of rage within him.

"Hongyu, Yuanyuan… so they've all… Yin Li, you beast!" he growled, his voice hoarse and filled with hatred.

Recalling the scene of his companions being devoured by the Molten Beast, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked, his nails digging into his palms, drawing blood.

However, faced with Lin Jiangxing's boundless fury, Yin Li merely laughed, accelerating the shedding of his skin.

If one possessed X-ray vision, they would see within Lin Jiangxing's body a "flesh-and-blood human" that bore an eighty-nine-tenths resemblance to him, slowly separating from his skin.

The separated flesh was first covered by hard, silver dragon scales, then rapidly transformed into human skin. "Hahaha, human, this is your end! Be angry, be resentful, and then watch helplessly as this princess bursts forth from your skin!" Yin Li laughed, her voice echoing in his mind.

"Although premature rebirth will deplete some of my essence, compared to the Heaven-Creating Brush, a mere amount of essence is nothing!"

It accelerated the energy output within the Silver Dragon Heart, causing the silver patterns to spread even faster. Beneath Lin Jiangxing's skin, a new body was already faintly taking shape, ready to tear forth at any moment.