Chapter 208: Nine Heavens and Six Realms

Hu Yu'er readily agreed, thinking that Su Zhenzhen would ask her what had happened, but instead, she received a bombshell.

Who exactly are you?

Su Zhenzhen's eyes were filled with frost. She was straightforward: if someone can be reincarnated without following the conventional procedures, how could they possibly be an ordinary species?

The last Jiang Sijin, who was reincarnated through unconventional means, possessed extraordinary abilities.

Whether Hu Yu'er is an enemy or a friend needs to be determined first.

Hu Yu'er's beautiful face instantly became transparent. "What are you talking about? I am Hu Yu'er, the second young lady of the Prefect's Mansion."

Su Zhenzhen immediately had a guess in her mind, but she still threatened, "Guess where that wandering soul went? If you don't want to be annihilated, you'd better answer my question obediently."

Hu Yu'er's pretty face was almost contorted, but she still gritted her teeth and refused to let go.

Su Zhenzhen wasn't in a hurry and slowly analyzed, "If you were human in your past life, there's nothing wrong with openly admitting it. The reason you're hiding it and unwilling to speak is simply because your identity in your past life was despised, and you're afraid that I'll discriminate against you if you tell me. So, are you a soul or a demon? As for demons, if your cultivation level is low, you simply can't be reborn into a mortal's womb. If your cultivation level is high, you can just continue cultivating directly, and there's no need to reincarnate. It's redundant."

Su Zhenzhen saw the entire process of the Creator's creation of the world from the sky.

When the tenth heavenly realm shattered, it gave rise to six realms, which together with the other nine heavenly realms were called the Nine Heavens and Six Realms.

As the Six Realms arose, new races emerged in the world. They banded together for mutual support, and each realm elected its own master.

The demon realm is inhabited by demons, the monster realm by monsters, and the underworld by souls. These souls cannot be reincarnated normally and can only cultivate by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The spirit realm is inhabited by spirits, whose consciousness originates from inanimate objects nurtured by heaven and earth. The mortal realm is inhabited by ordinary people who do not cultivate. The immortal realm is inhabited by immortals who possess spiritual power.

Since the birth of the Nine Heavens and Six Realms, there have been no more gods in the world.

Until the birth of that "artificial god" who was the supreme ruler of heaven and earth, there was finally a unique god in the world.

Among the Nine Heavens and Six Realms, the Gods are of the highest rank, followed by the immortals of the Immortal Realm, and then the spirits of the Spirit Realm.

Humans are fragile and are seen as ants, but their overall image is positive.

The three realms of demons, monsters, and the underworld have been labeled with negative connotations.

The soul of a mortal who dies is different from the soul in the underworld: the soul of a mortal enters the cycle of reincarnation and is reborn normally.

The souls of the underworld include new races born when the six realms were derived, as well as the souls of mortals who missed the cycle of reincarnation, were not accepted by the mortal realm, and fled to the underworld.

Although Su Zhenzhen knew that the time and space she was in was fake, these theoretical settings should be universal.

For example, Zhu Nu and Yu Yao belong to the demon realm, while Jiang Sijin belongs to the soul realm.

As for whether there are clear boundaries between the Six Realms, Su Zhenzhen was unsure. She thought she could ask the person behind the scenes later if she had the chance. The current spacetime was clearly mixed together, so it wasn't surprising that various beings from the Six Realms appeared together.

Hu Yu'er remained silent, her lips moving but unable to utter a single word.

"Let me guess again. If it's a demon, as long as it hasn't harmed anyone, people will accept it quite well."

For example, the birth of the Pearl Maiden: the bachelor, unable to find a wife, forced himself on a spider spirit with cultivation, showing that people are not blindly afraid of demons.

For example, General Huo and Zhu Nv had a daughter. Although he found it hard to accept the true identity of his wife, he did not burn his wife and daughter as monsters. Instead, he let them live in the house as usual.

These two examples, one noble and one lowly, are enough to illustrate that people in this world do not have a strong aversion to demons.

However, if it is a spirit, the culture of the Jiang Dynasty originally valued the concept of ghosts and gods, and graves were more valuable than fields. Wandering ghosts were considered unlucky.

"You are a spirit, aren't you?"

Hu Yu'er's face became even more transparent.

Su Zhenzhen continued her analysis, "Before you were reborn into Hu Yu'er's body, were you someone who died unjustly? You couldn't be reincarnated because you had a lot of resentment and gained some cultivation, which is why you were able to be reborn into Madam Hu's womb when she gave birth. But that doesn't quite make sense. You don't seem to have any obsessions, so you shouldn't have any resentment. So from the moment you became conscious, you were just a wandering soul, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to gain some cultivation, and then you wanted to be reborn to experience what it's like to be human. Am I right?"

Hu Yu'er's face finally regained some color, as if her secret had been exposed and she might as well just give up and be done with it.

"So what if it is? What do you want?"

"Nothing much," Su Zhenzhen said calmly. "Or do you think I would do anything to you?"

Hu Yu'er asked suspiciously, "You don't think I'm some kind of evil spirit? You won't call a Taoist priest to drive me away? Oh right, you have that ability yourself."

From the moment she became conscious, Hu Yu'er noticed that her skin was lighter than the people around her. At first, she was able to make friends. There was a little girl who was particularly kind and always shared her mother's pastries with her.

The pastries her mother makes are so delicious, but why doesn't she have a mother? She doesn't even have any family.

Until one day, the little girl's mother saw it and shouted, "There's a ghost!"

Then a Taoist priest beat her until her complexion became even paler, and her body burned with pain. It took her several years of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to recover.

When she went to find the little girl again, the little girl had grown into a big girl. The big girl no longer wanted to play with her and even called her dirty and told her to get lost.

Hu Yu'er couldn't understand why she was considered dirty. They looked exactly the same, except that her color was slightly lighter. But it didn't matter; after absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for several more decades, her color would be the same as a "human's."

But Hu Yu'er was too naive. Even though she looked no different from an ordinary person, some so-called experts could still see through her true identity at a glance.

Then everyone disliked her and called her a filthy thing.

Hu Yu'er was extremely frustrated. How could she become a human? After years of observation, she discovered that humans have a "shell".

Does that mean she also needs to find a "shell"?

So Hu Yu'er immediately chose the "shell" inside Madam Hu's belly.

Sure enough, having a "shell" makes all the difference; no one will criticize her anymore.

She also has a mother who makes her delicious pastries, and many good friends who want to play with her.

After hearing all this from Hu Yu'er, Su Zhenzhen didn't know what to say.

Heaven and earth give birth to all things, and there is a reason for it. Compared to mortals, the soul is immortal, but it must endure a long period of solitude.

The world is full of splendor, but it is ultimately fleeting and cannot last forever.

There is no standard answer to the question of whether to choose a fleeting moment of brilliance or endless monotony.