"Jun Xiaoyao?"
The girl murmured, repeating the name.
Although they were in a place as mysterious and perilous as the Boundary Abyss,
the girl appeared so harmless.
"Why does it feel… somewhat familiar…"
The girl's eyes fixed on Jun Xiaoyao, as if trying to see right through him.
In an instant, Jun Xiaoyao felt as if he saw countless phantasms reflected in the girl's eyes, along with the shifting scenes of the sun, moon, and stars.
Only then did the girl's extraordinary nature reveal itself.
If it were anyone else, they would have been seen through completely at a single glance, their Primordial Spirit dissected and probed.
But Jun Xiaoyao steadied his mind.
"Huh, I cannot see your Karma or your past."
"It seems to be a mass of mist."
"But why do I have a vague sense of familiarity?" the girl said.
Jun Xiaoyao took a deep breath.
The strength of this girl was truly terrifying.
Even with his cultivation of the Primordial Spirit, he had been trembling uncontrollably just a moment ago.
Fortunately, this girl did not seem to harbor any malice toward him, so she did not harm his Primordial Spirit.
Otherwise, Jun Xiaoyao's Primordial Spirit would not have been able to withstand it.
"That mask…"
Jun Xiaoyao suddenly looked at the Ghost-Faced Mask resting beside the girl.
The mask looked somewhat crude, appearing both as if it were crying and as if it were smiling.
"This is mine…"
The girl picked up the Ghost-Faced Mask as if it were a precious treasure.
Jun Xiaoyao thought for a moment, then also took out a Ghost-Faced Mask.
The girl's expression changed instantly.
Then, the entire Sea of Nothingness surged with massive waves!
"You are…"
The girl's eyes froze as she looked at Jun Xiaoyao, dazed, as if she had lost her soul.
She appeared directly in front of Jun Xiaoyao and then raised her jade-like hand.
"Xiaoyao…"
The expressions of Dongfang Aoyue, Xia Guihua, and the others changed drastically.
If this girl were to attack, they would likely all be annihilated.
However,
the next moment, Dongfang Aoyue and the other women were stunned.
Because the hand the girl had raised was actually caressing Jun Xiaoyao's face.
Inch by inch, over his brows, eyes, nose, and lips.
It was as if she were tracing something, trying to find parts that matched the figure in her memory.
Jun Xiaoyao also froze, but he did not move.
Because he knew that if this girl on the origami boat truly had some connection to the Ghost-Faced Empress,
then she should not harm him.
After all, in the past, the Mother of the Other Shore Flower and the Dream Emperor had both been like this.
They could all be considered incarnations of the Ghost-Faced Empress.
"This… no way…"
Seeing this, Jia Xin's small mouth formed an "O" shape.
That girl was an existence deep within the Boundary Abyss, an unspeakable being feared by many.
Yet now, why did she look like a lovesick girl?
Moreover, although Jia Xin had to admit that Jun Xiaoyao was handsome enough to incite envy from both gods and men,
no matter how great his charm was, it shouldn't be enough to make this "old monster" fall in love at first sight, right?
Princess Jia Ling also wore a look of astonishment.
As for Dongfang Aoyue and Xia Guihua, their expressions were somewhat subtle.
After all, a beautiful, strange girl was touching their man right in front of them.
It felt wrong no matter how one looked at it.
However, they were clearly able to discern the stakes involved.
They knew that the situation might not be that simple.
Therefore, they did not take any action.
They did not know about the Karma between Jun Xiaoyao and the Ghost-Faced Empress,
so naturally, they would not know why the girl on the origami boat was reacting this way.
Jun Xiaoyao, however, knew it all too well.
"It is you, it really is you…"
"I have been waiting for you…"
Caressing Jun Xiaoyao's cheek, the girl on the origami boat revealed a special emotion in her eyes.
From the moment she gained consciousness, she had been in this place.
There was a voice in her heart telling her so.
She was searching for someone, waiting for someone.
Waiting for the flower that would bloom after countless ages.
"I have been waiting for a flower to bloom, waiting for many, many years."
"And you have come."
The girl on the origami boat had no overbearing aura at this moment.
There was none of that invincible might that made the heroes of the Origin Universe wary.
Right now, she looked exactly like a girl waiting for someone important in her heart.
And now, she had waited for him.
A faint smile appeared on that beautiful, flawless face.
"Miss, I'm afraid you have mistaken me for someone else. I am Jun Xiaoyao, and only Jun Xiaoyao," Jun Xiaoyao said.
"A name is merely a designation," the girl on the origami boat said.
"I have no past," Jun Xiaoyao said.
He was an existence of void destiny, untouched by Karma.
"You cannot even see through your own Karma, so how could you know your own past?"
The girl on the origami boat blinked her eyes, looking at Jun Xiaoyao.
Jun Xiaoyao was silent.
He couldn't exactly just say, "I am a transmigrator," could he?
Of course, things like Karma were beyond his current level to reach.
"I have waited for too long, and you have come; that is enough."
The girl on the origami boat smiled.
That smile even swept away the dark and bleak atmosphere of this place.
Jun Xiaoyao did not know how to respond.
"Then, having waited for so long, why not leave?" Jun Xiaoyao asked.
He wanted to know about this girl's past.
The girl on the origami boat shook her head slightly.
"I cannot leave. The meaning of my existence is just to wait for a flower to bloom, to wait for someone to come."
"You say you are not that person, not that blooming flower."
"But I feel that you are. You are the flower I want, the person I am waiting for."
The girl on the origami boat was uncharacteristically stubborn on this point.
Many times, Karma is beyond words.
One can sense it simply through intuition.
"Besides, you only came because you heard my crying, didn't you?"
"Only you could hear it."
The girl on the origami boat added.
Jun Xiaoyao was completely speechless.
It seemed that he was indeed the only one who had heard the girl's sobbing.
"Because I have been in this place for too long, whenever I feel lonely, I want to cry," the girl on the origami boat said softly.
Hearing this, even Dongfang Aoyue and Xia Guihua were silent.
The tears shed from a girl's loneliness had actually turned into the Sanzu River.
There was a sorrowful beauty to that.
Jun Xiaoyao was also silent.
He thought of the Dream Emperor, Nanke Meng, above the Nine Heavens.
That master of the Nine Heavens Forbidden Zone, the Dreamy Void Realm,
was also someone who stayed on the moon, lonely, watching over someone.
That Dream Emperor and this girl on the origami boat were both so lonely.
Almost subconsciously, Jun Xiaoyao gently hugged the girl's delicate body.
A warm, polite embrace, without a hint of impure thoughts.
The girl on the origami boat's body trembled slightly, and her lips curled into a smile.
Watching this embrace, even Dongfang Aoyue and Xia Guihua had no objections.
Because even they felt that this girl was mysterious and powerful beyond measure,
yet she possessed a loneliness that made one feel pity.
And Jia Xin and Princess Jia Ling, seeing this, were shaken to their cores.
This was simply Heaven-Defying.
Jun Xiaoyao had actually embraced an existence deep within the Boundary Abyss, an unfathomable being feared and dreaded by countless people!
What did this represent?
It represented that they had found a way to break the deadlock!
If they could obtain the help of this girl on the origami boat,
what else would they have to fear?
This girl alone could intimidate all the heroes of the Origin Universe!