Ye Qingxue seriously doubted if she had heard wrong.
The Lin Tianming whom she had regarded as a betrayer, actually said he would give the Divine Soul Gene Potion to her for her use.
She stared into Lin Tianming's eyes and asked, "Brother Tianming... are... are you sure you want to give it to me? You just said it not only can repair the Divine Soul but also enhance the strength of the Divine Soul. Don't you want to use it to enhance your own Divine Soul strength?"
Lin Tianming didn't think about it and immediately replied without hesitation, "Qingxue, compared to you, this Divine Soul Gene Potion is nothing! If you can repair your Divine Soul, your F-level superpower Talent might even be enhanced. It's better you use it!"
Looking at the Divine Soul Gene Potion that Lin Tianming had handed in front of her, Ye Qingxue's expression was somewhat moved.
[Brother Tianming...]
Had she finally stopped cursing him as a betrayer in her heart?
Hearing Ye Qingxue's inner voice calling him Brother Tianming, he knew his decision this time had indeed touched this emotionally hurt girl.
Ye Qingxue was silent for a long time before she pursed her lips and said, "Thank you, Brother Tianming, then I will try..."
After speaking, Ye Qingxue took the Divine Soul Gene Potion from Lin Tianming's hand, skillfully opened the lid, and drank it in one gulp.
Once the Divine Soul Gene Potion was ingested, it began to take effect immediately, starting to repair Ye Qingxue's damaged Divine Soul.
However, due to the overwhelming potency of the potion, Ye Qingxue instantly fell to the ground, rolling in pain.
Lin Tianming, seeing this scene, immediately showed a worried expression.
It wasn't until he heard Ye Qingxue's inner voice saying this was a normal phenomenon that Lin Tianming was less worried that she would die from taking the wrong medicine here.
[Just like before my rebirth, the potency of this potion is truly fierce... But as long as it can repair the Divine Soul... enduring a bit of suffering is nothing!]
Although he knew Ye Qingxue was not in danger, Lin Tianming still couldn't help frowning at the sight of her rolling on the ground in pain.
After a short contemplation, Lin Tianming sat down on the spot and took the pain-ridden Ye Qingxue rolling on the ground into his arms.
With his gentle pacification, Ye Qingxue's pain was greatly alleviated.
[Brother Tianming gave me the gene potion… and is relieving my pain tormented by the potion's effects... Is this really how the betrayer who let me down should act?]
Being so attentively cared for by Lin Tianming, it was impossible for Ye Qingxue, who already had complicated feelings for him, not to be moved.
Subsequently, with Lin Tianming's company helping her alleviate the pain, Ye Qingxue felt the time tormented by the potion's effects passed much faster than in her past life.
When she finally absorbed all the effects of the Divine Soul Gene Potion, not only did Ye Qingxue's painful ordeal come to an end, but her damaged Divine Soul was also completely repaired.
[The Divine Soul is finally repaired! My F-level superpower has also recovered to SSS-level!]
The joy of the Divine Soul's healing was written all over her face, and Ye Qingxue was eager to test her Ice Attribute superpower skills now that her SSS-level Talent had been restored.
Mystic Ice Thorns!
Although Ye Qingxue had just awakened her superpower today, her initial SSS-level Ice Attribute Skill still possessed power far surpassing that of other Awakeners of the same level.
However, just as she was lying in Lin Tianming's arms and summoning a bunch of Mystic Ice Thorns far away, she regretted it when she remembered Lin Tianming was also there.
[Oh no! I forgot about this betrayer Lin Tianming being here too. After repairing my Divine Soul and restoring my SSS-level Ice Attribute superpower Talent, I got a little carried away...]
Lin Tianming also timely said, "Not bad! Qingxue, as soon as you repaired your Divine Soul, you have realized such a powerful Ice Attribute Skill, you can't be F-level Talent now, can you?"
Being asked this by Lin Tianming, the impulsive Ye Qingxue could only nod and say, "Thank you for the Divine Soul Gene Potion you gave me, Brother Tianming. Now, Qingxue is indeed not just F-level Talent."
"What Talent level are you now?"
Lin Tianming's question was meant to test whether Ye Qingxue's attitude towards him would change after this endeavor.
"It's... A-level Talent... Brother Tianming, it's still incomparable to your SSS-level Talent."
[Although this guy impressed me by giving me the gene potion he got... but... it's probably better not to tell him that I've also restored to SSS-level Talent after repairing the Divine Soul!]
Listening to Ye Qingxue's outward response and her inner voice, Lin Tianming felt somewhat regretful that Ye Qingxue was still guarded against him.
However, considering the progress made in just one day's endeavor, Lin Tianming still thought the results were pretty good.
He then subtly said, "A-level Ice Attribute superpower Talent is also very impressive, Qingxue. Keep working hard, and strive to achieve a good result in the upcoming Jiuzhou Awakeners exam in a few days, and get into a better Advanced Awakened Academy!"
"Right, I will work hard. I'll aim for good theoretical and practical scores to get into the Imperial City Great Emperor Academy. Then I'll be able to continue being with Brother Tianming who got in on a recommendation!"
[What am I thinking? Why am I suddenly having a good impression of this betrayer again?]
[Ye Qingxue, have you forgotten? This guy's specialty is sweet-talking; he was the one who trapped you with his smooth words in the last life!]
[But... Brother Tianming seems to be really different this life compared to before the rebirth... If he still had the same self-centered nature, he would have definitely hoarded the Divine Soul Gene Potion for himself just now!]
At this moment, Ye Qingxue was extremely conflicted, but Lin Tianming stood up and walked towards the last Star Key.
[That direction... is the Star Key!]
[Now that my Divine Soul has been repaired, and we all have SSS-level Talents, I can't let the final treasure in this hall fall into Lin Tianming's hands again; it would be too disadvantageous for me! Maybe...]
Just as Ye Qingxue hesitated whether to make a move against Lin Tianming, he called out to her.
"There seems to be something shining on the gears of this giant clock; Qingxue, let's go have a look together!"
"Oh... here comes Brother Tianming!"
Feeling somewhat guilty when called by Lin Tianming, Ye Qingxue hurriedly followed him.
"A key? This key is so exquisite... it's like the Starry Sky Key... Let me feel it more carefully!"
Lin Tianming pretended not to know through Ye Qingxue's thoughts that this was the Star Key, and he quickly picked up the Star Key to examine it.
"I feel it! This thing is called the Star Key, it contains the Power of the Stars, and it's a great treasure! Qingxue, you truly are my lucky star. Today, wandering in here with you, we've found so many treasures!"
Lin Tianming's words ignited a fire in Ye Qingxue's heart.
These things were supposed to be hers.
If not for her guiding Lin Tianming here with the memories of a Reincarnator, Lin Tianming wouldn't have gotten anything.
Thinking of how, apart from the gene magic potion, all other treasures in the halls ended up in Lin Tianming's hands, Ye Qingxue felt depressed.
Ye Qingxue had thought about snatching them, but after giving it some thought, she gave up.
[It seems I have succumbed to this heartless man today! Hm? This light... Lin Tianming actually triggered the Star Key Phenomenon that I've never initiated before!]
Filled with grievances, the grudging Ye Qingxue was shocked to find that the Star Key burst into dazzling light in Lin Tianming's hands.
It was a phenomenon she had never experienced before her rebirth when she had the Star Key.
The blinding light converged into starlight, and the Star Key in Lin Tianming's hands flew into the air, sketching out a Starry Sky Mirror as splendid as the Star River.
The Starry Sky Mirror rippled like water, gradually manifesting a Dream Star Palace located in the Eternal Night Starry Sky.
Ye Qingxue couldn't help exclaiming, "Beautiful... so beautiful... This palace among the stars is too beautiful!"
"Indeed, it's beautiful."
Lin Tianming nodded noncommittally, transfixed by the image reflected in the Starry Sky Mirror sketched by the Star Key.
The view of the beautiful palace nestled in the Eternal Night Starry Sky zoomed in infinitely, allowing Lin Tianming and Ye Qingxue to see more scenes within the palace.
Soon, the image in the Starry Sky Mirror moved to the deepest part of the palace.
At the very depths of the palace, a Beautiful Angel surrounded by the light of the stars lay sleeping.
Upon seeing this Beautiful Angel, Ye Qingxue took a deep breath: "How can there be such a pure and beautiful person in this world? She looks... like an Angel that only exists in myths and legends..."
Lin Tianming also scrutinized the mysterious existence that resembled an Angel.
She wore a white military hat, had a flawless angelic face, and her white Angel Wings wrapped around her body as she sat on the throne, sleeping peacefully.
A huge Starlight Key floated behind the Beautiful Angel, radiating endless Power of the Stars.
Ye Qingxue quickly noticed something, "The key behind her... it seems quite similar to the Star Key Brother Tianming got, the only difference being that her key is larger than her, while the one you got is of a normal key size."
With Ye Qingxue's reminder, Lin Tianming also took note of this.
While pondering what the Star Key he received had to do with the Angel in the image of the Starry Sky Mirror, the sleeping Angel on the throne suddenly opened her long, beautiful eyes, directing her gaze at him and Ye Qingxue.
With parted red lips, the beautiful Angel spoke, "I've seen you!"
Lin Tianming, who clearly heard what the Beautiful Angel said, wasn't affected.
But as the Beautiful Angel spoke from a distant Mysterious Space, Ye Qingxue's eyes started to bleed tears.
[What is she saying? Why can't I understand at all?]
[Damn... this whisper seems to contain some kind of weird power that could make me mentally collapse... I... I... It hurts!]
Although the Beautiful Angel uttered just a brief sentence, to Ye Qingxue, those words were like a demonic chant, echoing endlessly in her mind.
Soon, Ye Qingxue became engulfed by an inexplicable fear under the incessant echoing whispers, with her mind gradually fracturing.
If this continued, Ye Qingxue would surely lose her sanity and perish in madness.
Lin Tianming understood the crisis she was facing through Ye Qingxue's thoughts.
But Lin Tianming also had his own confusion.
Why could he hear the mysterious Angel's whisper clearly, while Ye Qingxue couldn't?
Having ascended to the position of the Ice God before her rebirth, how could she be driven almost insane by words that he felt were innocuous?
With many questions in his heart yet unable to find answers, Lin Tianming, to prevent Ye Qingxue from indeed being tormented to death by the mysterious Angel's whisper, darkened his eyes and immediately punched, shattering the Starry Sky Mirror manifested by the Star Key.
The mysterious Angel awakening from her slumber also stared intently at Lin Tianming, and before disappearing with the shattered Starry Sky Mirror, she left Lin Tianming with a final message.
"I will come for you eventually! To send you back to your world!"
With the fall of the mysterious Angel's words, the Starry Sky Mirror completely shattered and vanished.
The eerie whispers that lingered in Ye Qingxue's mind, potent enough to rob her of her sanity, also dissipated.
But she passed out on the spot, drained from resisting the mental invasion of the whispers.