Inner Demon
Even his screams were beginning to sound different with every subsequent cycle and everyone in the room could see why.
In just a minute he had died more than 10 times and that speed was only ramping up as time went by. Every death was more brutal than the last, and every life he lived was even worse.
It was all playing out in the same loop and no matter how much he tried the only thing that could be changed was how he died and where.
"This is wrong...he won't make it! Stop this, pull him out or you will destroy his mind for good!" even Hyde couldn't bare to watch him go through such extreme and agonizing pain, "Even if he succeeds, he will never be the same afterward!"
But the Emperor was unbothered.
[He can and he must, for all our sakes. Through his suffering a new future will be born]
They watched on as Hao Xuan rushed out of the chamber at the start of every loop, trying his best to get to the camp before Dai Zhi's army but never really making it in time.