Half a Soul (Previous Life Side Story)

A thick white mist hung in the air, the spring water gurgled, and there wasn't a breath of wind; it was quiet and peaceful.

With a "whoosh," a woman leaped out from the clear spring water, her features exquisite and her hair as black as lacquer.

The flowers on the shore danced gracefully, a sight to behold, making one feel inferior; truly, people are more beautiful than flowers.

"Huh? Isn't she the rain goddess of heaven, the Rain Master?" a flower fairy exclaimed in surprise.

"How did you know?" a flower fairy asked curiously.

“I’ve seen her before; she used to come here often.” The flower fairy blinked and smiled. “We even gave her petals to bathe.”

"Rain Master? Wasn't she punished for breaking the heavenly rules and sentenced to death?" a little flower fairy suddenly asked.

"real?"

A murmur rippled through the room.

With another "whoosh," rain poured down from the sky, soaking the flower fairy and tree spirit from head to toe.

The flower fairies screamed and scattered in all directions, but a dark cloud loomed overhead, chasing them wherever they flew. With nowhere to hide, the flower fairies were instantly drenched.

"Forgive us, fairy!" The flower fairies were terrified and dared not whisper anymore.

The woman in the lake only showed her head, watching the flower fairies with a smile, without saying a word.

Suddenly, a gentle breeze swept by.

The woman in the lake widened her eyes slightly, then quickly sank down and submerged herself.

The flower fairies looked at each other in bewilderment, only to see the white mist in the forest dissipate, and suddenly a bright purple figure stood in the forest.

Who is that?

"Shh! Hurry up, that's the Wind God Zi Mo!" the tree spirit whispered.

The flower fairies immediately scattered in all directions.

Zi Mo walked straight to the spring, squatted down, and coldly looked at the lake surface. The lake surface, which should have been calm, was now covered with small ripples, which quickly spread outwards until they disappeared.

"Come out," Zi Mo said, her voice cold.

Small bubbles began to appear on the surface of the lake, but it remained calm.

“This honey is so sweet, I’ll just eat it all by myself,” Zi Mo said to herself.

Upon hearing this, a figure immediately emerged from the water. The clear lake water slid down her crescent-shaped face, and her long, dark hair was half-submerged in the water, making her look like a dazzling water sprite.

Her clear, black and white eyes blinked, staring longingly at the small honey pot in his hand.

Zi Mo reached out, dipped her hand into the honey jar, and was about to put it in her mouth.

The woman in the water, like a mermaid, swam gracefully to his side, looked up at him, and stared at his hand with her big eyes, not blinking.

"Sneaking out of the water to play again?" Zi Mo looked at her and said coldly.

The woman lowered her head pitifully and obediently admitted her mistake.

A hint of a smile appeared in Zi Mo's eyes as his honey-scented hand touched her lips.

The woman twitched her little nostrils, stuck out her pink tongue, and gently licked her honey-stained fingers. Then she tilted her head and gave him a sweet smile.

Zi Mo withdrew his hand. "You can come out in three more days. Before that, you are not allowed to come out without permission." After saying that, he got up to leave.

The woman stretched out her jade-like arms and embraced his hand.

Zi Mo raised an eyebrow slightly and turned to look at her, "What is it now?"

The woman smiled sweetly, and then suddenly pulled him into the water.

Caught off guard by her radiant smile, Feng Shen was dragged into the water...

Feng Shen Zi Mo is known to everyone in the Heavenly Court. His magical power is so great that only Lei Shen Xuan Lie can rival him in the Immortal Realm. However, no one knows that our great immortal... is afraid of water.

The woman smiled and dragged the Wind God into the water, intending to play with him... but when she didn't see him surface, she panicked, quickly dived into the water, and pulled him to the surface.

He dragged the soaking wet Zi Mo ashore, but Zi Mo had temporarily fallen into a deep sleep due to holding his breath.

The woman grew anxious and pushed him, but he wouldn't move. Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind: last time she accidentally used the Heavenly Mirror to peek into the human world, she saw someone fall into the water, and when they put their mouths to each other, the person woke up…

Mouth to mouth...

After studying it for a long time, the woman finally pouted and kissed him.

It's crispy and tingly.

The woman was startled, and after a long while, she lowered her head and tried again.

Huh? It's sweet? Like honey...

Lower your head and bite again.

Suddenly, Zi Mo opened his eyes, his narrow eyes staring at her, his gaze dark and unfathomable.

Upon close contact, the woman blinked, then jumped in fright and fell to the ground.

"What are you doing!" Zi Mo gritted her teeth and growled, "Why are you dragging me into this!"

The woman lowered her head helplessly, her long, jet-black hair sliding down to cover her flawless, jade-like body.

"Are you afraid of being alone?" Zi Mo used her mind-reading technique to see through her thoughts.

The woman made a faint sound, like a sob.

He bent down, picked her up, and put her back in the water. "Okay, I'll stay here with you."

Upon hearing this, the woman smiled happily, her smooth, jade-like legs gently slapping the water's surface, splashing water droplets all over Zi Mo.

"Damn it! I hate water!" Zi Mo growled.

The woman was startled by him and fell back into the lake with a splash. She stared blankly at his angry expression from the water, looking utterly pitiful.

"Damn it... I wasn't insulting you..." Zi Mo was defeated. How could that arrogant Rain Master have turned into this...

He quickly stopped himself from thinking about it. The woman in front of him was at most a demon in the process of cultivation, protected by his immortal energy. She was not a rain master, who had long been executed...

"Let me give you a name," Zi Mo said, seeing that she was just smiling at him.

Her eyes lit up slightly, and she nodded.

"Is the mortal world good or bad?"

She nodded.

“Repeat after me, ‘Red Dust’,” Zi Mo said, looking at her.

"Chirp... Ink." She opened her mouth, making two strange sounds.

“No, it’s the mortal world!” Zi Mo shook her head and said again.

"Ji Mo," she murmured stubbornly.

Zi Mo's patience had run out, and she turned to leave.

"Ji Mo... Ji Mo! Zi... Mo..." Behind me came her babbling, tongue-twisting voice.

He heard the last sentence clearly; she was talking about Zi Mo.

Zi Mo turned to look at her in disbelief. The first word she learned to say... was actually his name?

Moreover, he had only mentioned this name to her once.

"Zi Mo... Zi Mo... Zi Mo!" The woman behind him spoke more and more fluently, repeating it over and over again.

“Your name is Hongchen. Say it with me, Hongchen.” Zi Mo sat down again on the shore and smiled.

"Work...really..."

"The mortal world".

"Red...True..."

"It's the mortal world!" he roared.

"..."

“Repeat after me, ‘Red Dust.’” He sighed, softening his voice.

"The mortal world..."

"Yes, read it again."

"Red dust, red dust, red dust... Purple dust and red dust... Purple dust and red dust..." Red dust, without a teacher, put the two names together.

The next day, the Heavenly Court summoned him, and Zi Mo answered the call and left.

No sooner had Zi Mo left than a man appeared by the lake.

Hongchen hid in the water, watching a man standing on the shore. He wore a long, cloud-white robe, had an ancient jade pendant at his waist, and his long hair reached his heels. His features were so beautiful that he seemed otherworldly.

who is he?

"Yu Ruo... is that you?" He bent down and looked at her in the water.

Is he looking for someone?

Is her name Yu Ruo?

But she is not Yu Ruo, she is Hong Chen.

Purple dust in the mortal world.

Hongchen blinked and slowly rose to the surface of the water.

"Yu Ruo! It really is you!" The man was overjoyed, jumped into the water, and pulled her into his arms.

Hongchen panicked and struggled to his feet. With a wave of his hand, he unleashed a torrential downpour.

The strange man was even happier. "You really are her! You really are her! Only she can cast a spell to make it rain!"

"Zi Mo! Zi Mo!" she cried out, but could only utter those two words.

"Don't be afraid, I am Xuan Lie, I am Xuan Lie!"

He is Thor Xuanlie.

She was forcibly taken away by Xuan Lie and returned to her residence in the Heavenly Court.

Sitting on the swing set, Hongchen remained silent.

"Yu Ruo, Yu Ruo, what happened? Why did you turn into this mess?"

She didn't answer.

"Didn't I tell you it would be three more days before you could come out? Today is only the second day." A cold voice suddenly rang in my ears.

Hongchen suddenly looked up and saw that figure in bright purple. She happily jumped off the swing and ran towards him.

She threw herself into his arms and tilted her head back to lick his lips.

Zi Mo froze slightly, staring at her incredulously.

Lei Shenxuan's face turned ugly.

"Honey." Only Hongchen, oblivious to the situation, tilted her head and smiled sweetly.

So she was hungry...

I'm craving honey...

silent.

A fierce battle between wind and thunder was inevitable.

This battle alarmed the Heavenly Court.

In the main hall, Hongchen stood behind Zimo, cautiously looking around.

"The Rain Master?" The Jade Emperor roared in fury. "Shouldn't the Rain Master have already been executed? Why is he here?"

“Your Majesty, although the Rain Master committed a grave error by not following the law to send rain to Luoyang, there was a reason for it. Luoyang had been suffering from drought for nearly half a year, and the people were living in misery. The Rain Master had good intentions, so he rashly sent rain, which led to his grave mistake…” Xuan Lie stepped forward and hurriedly said.

"Who said she's the Rain Master?" Zi Mo sneered.

These words caused an uproar in the hall.

“Zi Mo…” Hong Chen subconsciously moved closer to Zi Mo.

"She is a water spirit I raised, not a rain master," Zi Mo continued, making another startling statement.

"Nonsense! How dare you slander the Rain Master!" Xuan Lie roared in anger.

"Shut up! What exactly happened?" the Queen Mother roared.

Before Zi Mo could speak, Hong Chen suddenly cried out and collapsed to the ground...

When the Rain Master awoke, he was on his bed in the Celestial Palace.

"Rain Master, you're awake." The page stepped forward and said respectfully, "The Thunder God has been waiting for a long time."

The Rain Master nodded and went out.

"Yu Ruo." Xuan Ruo stepped forward. "How are you?"

The Rain Master laughed, "Didn't the Jade Emperor bestow the marriage three days ago? Why are you in such a hurry to see me on our wedding day?"

"You remember?" Thor was overjoyed and quickly nodded before leaving.

Yes, today is her wedding day with Thor, a marriage bestowed by the Jade Emperor himself.

"The mortal world..."

In the vast and boundless sky, in a daze, one could hear soft voices calling out, like sighs, stirring the heart.

The mortal world? Who is the mortal world?

Slightly startled, the Rain Master looked around, but the world was a vast expanse of white, and he could not see anyone approaching.

"Rain Master?" The pageboy, seeing her looking around blankly, quickly stepped forward to support her. "What's wrong?"

"Did you hear a sound?" she asked, turning around.

“No,” the pageboy shook his head.

The Rain Master suddenly felt a strange pain in his chest.

"Life is like walking through thorns. If the heart is still, the body will not act rashly, and thus will not be harmed; but if the heart is agitated, the body will act rashly, injuring itself and causing pain to its bones, and thus experiencing all kinds of suffering in the world..."

A figure in bright purple was getting farther and farther away, and suddenly a kind and gentle voice rang in my ears.

"If the mind is still, the person will not act rashly, and without action, there will be no harm; but if the mind is agitated, the person will act rashly, injuring their body and causing pain to their bones, and thus experiencing all kinds of suffering in the world..."

The sound repeated itself again and again, and chanting filled the air, solemn and profound, over and over again...

Suddenly, the world spun around.

"If the heart is still... it will not be harmed... but if the heart is moved... it will injure the body and cause pain to the bones..."

A large Buddha statue stands majestically, surrounded by countless monks striking wooden fish drums and chanting prayers.

"If you don't move, you won't get hurt..."

The world spun around me, and my heart began to ache—a sharp, intense pain, as if my heart had been ripped out!

Yu Shi suddenly opened her eyes and found herself in a dreamlike state. She had never been so out of control before... What was wrong with her?

When the Thunder God and the Rain Master got married, all the immortals came to offer their congratulations, including the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother.

The Rain Master glanced sideways and asked, "Where's the Wind God? Why isn't he here?"

That petty guy must still be holding a grudge against her for kicking him into the water.

Once, she descended to the mortal realm to bathe in the forest and overheard flower fairies whispering among themselves…

"Who is this woman, that she is so beautiful?" a little flower fairy asked, unconvinced.

“Not human!” the thousand-year-old tree spirit laughed from the side.

"A ghost?" The other flower fairy blinked, looking surprised and uncertain.

"No!" The tree spirit shook its head again, its branches rustling.

"Could he be a deity?"

"This is the rain god of the Heavenly Court, the Rain Master!"

"Ah! It's that grumpy rain master..."

With a "whoosh," rain poured down from the sky, soaking the flower fairy and tree spirit from head to toe.

The flower fairies screamed and scattered in all directions, but a dark cloud loomed overhead, chasing them wherever they flew. With nowhere to hide, the flower fairies were instantly drenched.

"Forgive us, fairy!" The flower fairies were terrified and dared not whisper anymore.

"Sit quietly and reflect on your own faults; in idle talk, do not speak ill of others. Who is chattering away?" Wrapped in a fiery red robe, the Rain Master rose from the clear spring, looking at the panicked flower fairies with a half-smile.

The Rain Master laughed, "I am the Rain Master, so I have let you get wet in the rain. You are flower fairies, so how will you repay me?"

The flower fairies looked at each other, resignedly scattering petals across the pool.

A shower of petals filled the air as the Rain Master walked barefoot on the stream beside the spring. The clear, transparent water flowed between her toes, and the petals fluttered in the air, making it even more beautiful than a fairyland.

Her clothes were stripped away, and she frolicked with the world's hustle and bustle, unaware that a gentle breeze had swept by, blowing her clothes away...

"Bang!" An unidentified object fell from the sky and landed in the spring, splashing her with water.

The Rain Master was slightly annoyed, but became even more annoyed when she saw the unidentified object clearly.

"Zi Mo! You bastard!"

Zi Mo opened her eyes, and without saying a word, raised her arms and hugged Hong Chen tightly.

"How dare you!" Yu Shi gritted his teeth.

Zi Mo refused to let go, even in the face of death.

With no other choice, the Rain Master could only angrily drag him ashore.

Zi Mo finally let go.

With a slight smile, the Rain Master transformed back into his clothes, put them back on, and with a powerful kick, sent the Wind God flying back into the water...

"Rain Master!" came the wind god's furious roar from the water.

When she pulled him ashore again, she realized that he was not a lecherous rogue like any other human being... He had only hugged her because... he couldn't swim.

From that time on, they loathed each other.

"Rain Master?" came the maid's voice from beside her ear.

She quickly came to her senses and nodded to herself. That guy must have stayed away because he resented her and was petty.

"Little flower fairy?" The Rain Master turned to look at her, then suddenly laughed, "You've attained immortality?"

The little flower fairy bit her lip and then knelt down on the ground.

"What's wrong?" Yu Shi helped her up and asked.

"The Wind God... has been punished..."

"Why?" Blinking her eyes, Yu Shi almost cheered. That arrogant guy had finally been caught red-handed... Hahaha.

"Because you, Rain Master, disobeyed the decree and brought rain, the Jade Emperor sentenced you to death... The Wind God secretly hid your primordial spirit and used his power to help you be reborn..."

"Are you kidding me?" Yu Shi's lips curved into a stiff smile. "The Jade Emperor clearly bestowed the marriage three days ago. Today is my wedding day with the Thunder God. How could you make such a joke?"

"Because they took your memories..."

My heart suddenly began to ache uncontrollably, and memories flooded back.

Are you afraid of being alone?

"Okay, I'll stay here with you."

"Damn it! I hate water!"

"Damn it... I wasn't insulting you..."

Let me give you a name.

"Is the mortal world good or bad?"

"Repeat after me, 'Red Dust'."

“Your name is Hongchen. Say it after me, Hongchen.”

“Red dust, red dust, red dust… Purple path red dust… Purple path red dust…” Rain Master murmured.

"Rain Master..." Seeing her like this, the little flower fairy was slightly worried.

"Where is he? Where is he now?" Yu Shi suddenly asked anxiously.

The little flower fairy took a step back, shook her head, and remained silent.

"What exactly happened to him?" Yu Shi asked softly, looking at her.

"Thunderbolt from the sky!" the little flower fairy said, biting her lip.

The Rain Master abruptly took a step back, incredulous. "What did he do wrong? The Jade Emperor even spared me, so why won't he spare him? I'm the one who didn't send rain according to the decree, so why is he the one being punished!"

"Because...the Wind God said..."

"What did he say?"

He said... he loves you.

A sudden roar went through Yu Shi's mind.

"The Jade Emperor was furious. The immortals had developed mortal desires, which is an unforgivable crime."

With just one sentence, "I love you," he was sentenced to the most severe punishment, like being struck by lightning.

Just like her marriage to Thor, it was merely a merger of two immortal families, simply for the purpose of better cultivating immortal arts.

So...love is a sin?

Dressed in fiery red, she walked up to the Jade Emperor and smiled before all the immortals.

She said, "I like the Wind God, I like Zi Mo, I love him..."

The immortals were once again in an uproar.

They must have been in an uproar when Fengshen said that.

Lei Shenxuan looked at her with a complicated expression.

"You audacious Rain Master! I spare your life because of your merit in saving the people, yet you dare to be so rebellious!" The Jade Emperor was furious.

“I love him.” Yu Shi smiled, still stubbornly unrepentant.

"Do you know that the soul of the Wind God has been split in two, existing in two different times and spaces? What are your plans?" the Queen Mother suddenly asked.

"I will spend my whole life finding them."

I'll spend my whole life finding him...