Chapter 85: Book 1 Epilogue
Back in my guest room, I sat cross-legged on the bed, still trying to process what Azure had just told me. The pale morning light filtering through the window did nothing to make the situation feel more real.
"An artificial being," I repeated, running my fingers through my hair. "How is that even possible?"
"Only a cultivator above the Life Realm could create something so complex," Azure explained. "Those weren't just missing meridians we saw – they were manufactured channels that had completely burned out. Like circuitry that had been overloaded."
I thought about Wei Ye's appearance when we'd found him this morning – pale, lifeless, barely breathing. Then that moment when the blue sun's energy had filled those invisible channels, bringing him back from the brink.
"That's why the blue sun's energy worked," I mused. "It's similar to Life Realm energy in some ways, isn't it? Both are fundamentally about creation and restoration."
"Yes," Azure agreed. "The blue sun's energy is saturated with life force. For a construct like Wei Ye, it would be like... receiving a transfusion of something very close to his original power source."
I flopped backward onto the bed, staring at the ceiling. "What does that make Wei Lin and Wei Guang then? Are they...?"
"No," Azure replied quickly. "I've analyzed them both extensively. They're completely human – though that raises even more questions."
"You're telling me." I sat up again, unable to stay still. "How does an artificial being have human children? Is Wei Ting human? Did she know what he was when they married?" The questions tumbled out faster than I could process them.