It Turns Out, They Are the Protagonists

Generally speaking, the pinnacle of this world was the Dao Integration Realm. Cultivators who could reach the end of this path naturally possessed strength, talent, and luck that went without saying.

But to break through the limits of a cultivator and resonate with the Dao, one needed another crucial factor: confidence.

The firm belief that one’s own ‘Dao’ was invincible.

Without such confidence, most Soul Transformation Realm cultivators would ultimately be struck by Heavenly Tribulation until they doubted their lives. Once their Dao Heart wavered, they would inevitably be annihilated in the Heavenly Tribulation, becoming nourishment for the Nine Provinces.

Under normal circumstances, a cultivator would only follow one Dao to the end.

Like Mu Zhian’s ‘body tempering’, the end of his path was Martial God.

The Dao cultivated by the Jade Empress required purifying the heart first, then purifying all things in the world. Therefore, the symbol of her Dao Integration was the World-Purifying Green Lotus.

Gong Lianyue was a more special case. In her past life, she followed the Dao of ‘One Sword Breaks All Techniques’, nurturing Sword Intent during Dao Integration. Any ordinary, blank sword in her hand would possess power only slightly weaker than an ancestral artifact.

And in Bai Ruoxi’s current life, she had one more Dao of ‘Charm’, which was the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox body.

However…

This was the first time Yao Meng had seen such a strange woman since achieving Dao Integration.

The Nine Peaks’ techniques of the Two Polarities Sect: Alchemy, Artifact Spirits, Sword Intent, Principles of Nature, Destiny Calculation, and other nine different Daos, this woman had mastered them all to the peak and successfully passed through the Heavenly Tribulation for each.

Dao Integration was already a difficult path, and the slightest misstep could turn one into dust.

This was because the Heavenly Tribulation for Dao Integration far exceeded people’s imagination. In the past, there were countless examples of Soul Transformation cultivators attempting Dao Integration, but ultimately dying in the Heavenly Tribulation with unwillingness.

Logically, the Heavenly Dao shouldn’t allow the existence of such an ‘anomaly’ like Mu Wanwan. If all nine Daos reached Dao Integration, it would mean there wouldn’t be any ‘Dao Integration Realm experts’ for nine lifetimes.

“You are very strong. You probably haven’t just mastered four different Daos, but have already cultivated all Nine Peaks’ techniques to the extreme, right?”

Yao Meng opened her red lips slightly, her eyes always clear and serene.

She gave off a very special feeling. Both her immortal body and voice were hazy, only vaguely revealing a graceful figure in the mist, but impossible to see clearly.

Her immortal voice lingered, making one’s heart ripple.

However, the moment her words fell, the several Lan Clan elders before the ancestral land couldn’t help but be stunned. They looked up at the Sabbath’s Divine Envoy with disbelief.

They felt this woman was simply too outrageous.

Was this something a ‘human’ could achieve?

Countless cultivators in the Nine Provinces painstakingly sought Dao Integration, but ultimately ended up disheartened. Yet this woman had actually mastered all nine different Daos to their peak?

One must know, to achieve Dao Integration, one needed unwavering determination in their own Dao. Her being able to master all Nine Peaks’ techniques meant that she was unwavering in all nine Daos of the Two Polarities Sect, firmly believing she could achieve Dao Integration through all nine paths.

It wasn’t that mastering nine Daos meant invincibility, but at least, her methods would be more unpredictable and harder to defend against than any other great power.

“No wonder you have such confidence to mock this Seat openly.”

Yao Meng spoke softly again, her figure completely enveloped in immortal mist, making it impossible to see her face clearly. However, the more it was like this, the more people wanted to catch a glimpse of her beauty.

Mu Wanwan said calmly, “I’m not here for you. It’s just that the Jade Empress is too domineering. After learning I’m his ex-girlfriend, she wanted to suppress me.”

Yao Meng took a deep look at Mu Wanwan and said faintly, “The Sabbath’s Divine Envoy came to the Lan Clan Ancestral Land so openly to look for someone. Do you think this Seat should let you see him?”

Her smile was calm, but her heart held some strangeness and inexplicable displeasure.

Why would the Heavenly Dao choose her as the Sabbath’s ‘Divine Envoy’?

This woman’s stance was undoubtedly completely opposite to the Heavenly Dao. Logically, the Heavenly Dao shouldn’t possibly give the position of ‘Divine Envoy’ to Mu Wanwan.

Unless… the Heavenly Dao also hadn’t noticed this woman’s true identity.

Proficient in the Nine Peaks’ techniques, even able to shield destiny, the Sect Master Shang Yanfei, who orchestrated everything from behind the scenes, the identity of ‘ex-girlfriend’ Mu Wanwan, was one of her clones.

Among the Dao Peak’s techniques, there was one technique that, when cultivated to the extreme, could achieve ‘One Qi Transforms into Three Purities’ (Daoist concept of creating three pure avatars). The main personality could then descend upon that clone with their will at any time.

No wonder Shang Yanfei didn’t show any reaction when the Sabbath descended…

No wonder she was so calm. After all, the Divine Envoy chosen by the Heavenly Dao was her… Yao Meng narrowed her beautiful eyes, a dangerous glint appearing within: “You do have designs on him.”

Mu Wanwan smiled faintly: “It was my will, not hers, who was intimate with him. You don’t need to be so wary of her too.”

The Dao Peak’s One Qi Transforms into Three Purities was a very magical technique. Unless the main personality’s will occasionally descended upon the clone, Mu Wanwan was Mu Wanwan, not anyone else. Of course, whether the clone had its own will was something the main personality could decide.

Yao Meng was experienced and had naturally heard of this technique before, but she didn’t expect to witness it today.

“You’ve been paying attention to him from a long time ago, so when his feelings were just budding, you disguised yourself as an ordinary young lady from a good family, ‘happened’ to pass through Tianxuan City and ‘encountered’ him by chance, right?” Yao Meng asked.

Mu Wanwan smiled without speaking.

Seeing this scene, a deep coldness appeared in Yao Meng’s beautiful eyes.

Imagine, back when Mu Zhian was still an innocent young man, even holding a girl’s hand would make his heart race, let alone how he felt when kissing Mu Wanwan…

If Mu Zhian was compared to a cake, then back in Tianxuan City, Mu Zhian was a freshly baked cake, and when he was freshly baked, Mu Zhian was already devoured by Mu Wanwan.

Yao Meng’s beautiful and refined face was expressionless as she sized up the woman in the black dress.

After a while, she casually retracted her gaze and raised her fingertip.

A curtain seemed to separate the two, making it impossible for the cultivators outside to see or hear anything happening here.

“Orchestrating so many things, just for that little bit of affair between a man and a woman. Should I say you’re too bored in Two Polarities Peak, or is my Dao Companion too charming, making you unable to resist, Sect Master Shang?”

If the cultivators outside heard this, they would be greatly shocked. The Sabbath’s Divine Envoy being a clone of the Two Polarities Sect Master, this news was enough to cause a sensation throughout the Nine Provinces!

“The me back then indeed couldn’t resist.”

She paused, looking at Fairy Yao Meng not far ahead with a smile in her eyes, and continued, “If you knew earlier that you would become his Dao Companion, could you have resisted?”

Yao Meng’s eyes rippled, her delicate brows raising slightly, and she said faintly, “Does Sect Master Shang think everyone would be like you, making a move on a boy whose heart has just begun to stir?”

She raised her beautiful eyes, looking back into Mu Wanwan’s eyes, and chuckled softly, “If he knew that the respected Sect Master Sister he admired was actually someone with a ‘young boy’ fetish, I wonder how he would feel?”

Mu Wanwan didn’t deny it: “Yes, I did make a move back then when I saw his innocence in matters of the heart. If I have to say, the Jade Empress’s words aren’t wrong.”

“However—”

The corner of the black-dressed woman’s mouth curved into a faint smile, and she said softly, “Why don’t you close your eyes now, Jade Empress, and think about how it felt to be intimate with him back then, when he was so clueless about feelings?”

Yao Meng’s gaze was calm and indifferent, but ripples stirred within her heart.

It wasn’t hard to imagine. On one side was a boy who hadn’t even touched a woman before, and on the other side was an Empress who had already stood tall in the long river of history. Even if she disguised herself as a ‘young lady’ to approach him, Mu Wanwan must have been the dominant one in their relationship.

They would admire peach blossoms in spring, travel and escape the summer heat together, watch the red maple leaves like rosy clouds in autumn, and sit in a room with a roaring fire in winter, watching the snowflakes flutter outside the window. Then, the voluptuous older sister would intentionally or unintentionally touch the young man’s hand with the back of her hand, teasing his heartstrings. When he finally mustered the courage to hold her hand, she would tease him with words…

Then the two would share their first kiss in a slightly tipsy state, or even…

Yao Meng opened her eyes slightly, a deepness appearing in her clear, gem-like green eyes.

It was impossible to say she wasn’t jealous. Although she verbally disdained Shang Yanfei’s actions, if it were her back then… she would probably have done even more than Shang Yanfei.

Mu Wanwan smiled, her voice soft and melodious, “It seems the Jade Empress empathizes with what I said?”

“Could it be that the holy and flawless fairy in the eyes of the world also has some special hobbies, just like me?”

Seeing Yao Meng fall silent, Mu Wanwan was about to speak again.

But unexpectedly, Yao Meng’s expression gradually softened, and she said with a smile, her tone calm as if looking down upon all beings, “If I said I didn’t care about what happened between you and him in the past, that would be a lie.”

“If it were me, I would probably have made the same decision as you.”

After all, who wouldn’t want to take the first bite of a freshly baked cake?

However—

Yao Meng’s tone changed, and her heavenly voice slowly echoed in Mu Wanwan’s ear:

“Why don’t you guess, if he had to choose again now, would he choose you, or me?”

“Miss Ex-Girlfriend?” The corner of her mouth curved into a dangerous smile, deliberately emphasizing the word ‘ex’.

The air in the entire space seemed to freeze, a deathly silence enveloping the area.

“During the time he’s been intimate with me, do you think he ever thought of you? Or would he call out the name ‘Jade Empress Sister’, burying his face in my bosom?”

The calm smile on Mu Wanwan’s face finally faded slightly.

She was one of the clones of ‘One Qi Transforms into Three Purities’, but she also had her own will and naturally cared about Mu Zhian.

And hearing these words now, she couldn’t help but think more.

Yao Meng tucked a few strands of hair behind her ear with her fingertip and said with a smile, “How long were you together with him?”

“Half a year? Or a year?”

“During that time, how long were you intimate with him?”

Mu Wanwan opened her mouth slightly, about to speak.

“Shh.”

Yao Meng placed a finger against her red lips, tilted her head slightly, and showed a charming smile: “You probably weren’t intimate many times, right? So there isn’t much of your Spiritual Energy in his cauldron.”

The Innate Celestial Furnace could only passively give to others, but the main cauldron could still absorb some Spiritual Energy from the person dual cultivating with it.

“And the Eight Chaos Dream Scroll technique and the cauldron he currently has, all came from the Spiritual Energy I gave him.”

“Even this Seat’s own cauldron is now filled with the Heavenly Court Spiritual Energy he gave me. When you fought against me just now, you must have sensed this wonderful Spiritual Energy, right?”

Yao Meng said faintly, “The so-called Mu Zhian, innocent and clueless about feelings, that you speak of, is indeed heartwarming. But the past is ultimately the past. He is now a good boy who often acts spoiled with his Jade Empress Sister.”

“How about I send you a Shadow Stone next time, so you can see whether the woman he calls out in bed is ‘Jade Empress Sister’, or you, his ex-girlfriend?”

Suddenly turning the tables, Yao Meng gazed at Mu Wanwan’s raven-black dress fluttering in the cold wind and said with a smile, “He’s already come out. Why don’t you ask him who he misses the most so far?”

Mu Wanwan narrowed her beautiful eyes, casually glancing at the entrance to Immortal Emperor Mountain below.

There, a young man in a black robe with gold and silver threads was walking out of the entrance. Beside him was a silver-haired beauty, holding a small notebook, looking well-behaved and cute, a serene look in her red starry eyes.

Sensing their gazes, Lin Ling subconsciously looked up, glancing at the sky.

Although there was a ‘formation’ concealing them, she still sensed the powerful auras in that direction.

“What’s wrong, Lin Ling? Did you find Yao Meng?”

Mu Zhian immediately noticed Lin Ling’s gaze and looked up.

In the sky, lead-colored clouds gathered, a gloomy day.

In the distance, several Lan Clan elders stood there, their expressions blank, as if pondering the meaning of their lifelong cultivation.

“Didn’t they say Yao Meng and the Sabbath’s alien god were fighting… Where are they?” Mu Zhian asked doubtfully.

“Brother Mu, you finally came out!”

Just then, Lan Wu’s overjoyed voice came from the distance. He seemed relieved and immediately came over upon seeing Mu Zhian.

“Brother-in-law, is there something urgent?” Mu Zhian greeted.

Lan Wu was speechless. Hearing Mu Zhian’s address, he wanted to punch this handsome face.

But sensing the silver-haired beauty’s faint gaze, he coughed lightly, immediately restraining his impulse, and said seriously, “The Jade Empress and the Sabbath’s Divine Envoy are fighting. I thought only you could stop the Jade Empress, so I sent someone to get you.”

“Where is Yao Meng now?” Mu Zhian hesitated.

Lan Wu pointed towards a certain direction in the sky: “There, they used some kind of technique to completely isolate that space.”

“I understand,” Mu Zhian nodded slightly.

He was very calm. As long as it wasn’t the fish in his pond fighting amongst themselves, it was much easier to handle.

“Lin Ling, can you take me in to take a look?” Mu Zhian asked.

It was naturally difficult for him to enter the Dao Integration Realm on his own, but with Lin Ling, who possessed Words Manifest Reality, by his side, entering the Dao Integration Realm wasn’t difficult.

Not only had he awakened the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox this time, but he also obtained a wisp of chaotic aura. After his Innate Celestial Furnace could refine this chaotic aura, he could go find Sect Master Sister…

It could be said that this trip to the ancestral land had been extremely profitable.

After returning later, he could even enjoy the Jade Empress Sister’s lap pillow, then go find Lin Ling at night for in-depth communication…

Mu Zhian looked at the dazed Lin Ling, already fantasizing about the beautiful things after returning.

Just then, Lin Ling held Mu Zhian’s hand, her red lips parting slightly.

The next moment, their figures vanished from the ancestral land, appearing in a boundless Dao Integration Realm.

A green dress flashed past his eyes. Mu Zhian looked up and indeed saw that slender figure in a green dress.

Her jade feet danced gracefully, immortal mist lingering, her figure hazy and beautiful.

Mu Zhian was about to transmit his voice, but just then, the ‘Divine Envoy’ opposite Yao Meng also seemed to sense Mu Zhian’s presence and looked up.

Mu Zhian’s gaze met hers, and the woman in the black dress appeared in his vision.

I think I’ve seen her before… Mu Zhian looked at the familiar beautiful eyes, frowning slightly, feeling a sense of déjà vu.

Boom!

Then, a thunderous sound boomed through Mu Zhian’s mind, and the long-sealed door of memory slowly opened. That devastatingly beautiful face and incredibly familiar gaze appeared in his vision.

“…”

“…”

“…”

After being stunned for an unknown amount of time, Mu Zhian closed his eyes slightly, seemingly feeling that his way of opening his memories just now wasn’t quite right, even feeling like he was dreaming.

“Aaa?”

Lin Ling gently tugged at Mu Zhian’s clothes, making a soft and melodious sound.

Mu Zhian slowly opened his eyes, noticing Yao Meng and Mu Wanwan’s gazes on him simultaneously. After being stunned for an unknown amount of time, he murmured:

“Crap… I forgot there was another fish that slipped through the net.”

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