Chapter 201 She actually had such thoughts...

The woman who was brought back was protected by the male protagonist with all his might, cherished like a precious gem. He even almost killed a fairy maid in his own palace for her sake.

For some reason, the woman always disliked the fairy maiden and often tormented her to the point of wishing she were dead.

In the end, the truth was revealed: the woman who looked exactly like the female lead was not the real female lead, but a spirit flower that had once been touched by a drop of the female lead's heart's blood and possessed the female lead's appearance and memories.

The spirit flower cultivated into human form and gained the female lead's memories. She also loved the male lead, so when the male lead descended to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation, she used her advantages to stay by his side.

When the male protagonist successfully completed his tribulation and regained his memories of the divine realm, he mistook her for the female protagonist's reincarnation and brought her along when he returned to the divine realm.

After the immortals understood the cause and effect, Linghua was sent directly to the Thunder God Platform to be punished, where she was also struck and her soul was scattered.

Only then did they remember to ask: the female protagonist was clearly struck by eighteen heavenly lightning bolts and her soul was scattered, so how could she be reincarnated?

No one knows the answer to this question. All that is known is that after the female protagonist died, she eventually returned to the realm of gods, and now, with her incomplete divine soul, she jumped off the God-Slaying Platform.

"Even if the Father God were here, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to change the situation."

The male protagonist refused to believe it; he firmly believed that the female protagonist could not possibly be dead. In front of all the gods, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

When the male protagonist brought the fake female lead's spirit flower back to the divine realm, he swore to his father, using his divine status, that he would never betray the female lead again, or else he would be reduced to ashes and never be reincarnated.

Upon seeing this, Xiang Bei couldn't help but purse her lips. After learning the truth, the male protagonist was completely unharmed, only suffering for a while and shedding a few tears.

All the mistakes are made by others, and all the affection belongs to the male protagonist.

He guarded the God-Slaying Platform where the female lead jumped off every day; everyone in the entire divine realm knew how deeply the male lead loved the female lead.

I almost spat it out when I saw it.

What's the point of making a vow? The author even emphasizes that even the Father God was moved by the protagonist's deep affection and did not make him fulfill his vow.

Xiang Bei didn't even know where to begin complaining.

Even though the male protagonist is depressed, some people still take the initiative to tell him what they have found out.

Even though the female protagonist was cleaved in two by the lightning, a fragment of her soul was still reborn on Penglai Immortal Island. However, she lost her former appearance and memories, and spent her days doing chores like sweeping and cleaning on the island.

Later, the gods went to Penglai Island and took the female protagonist, who had low magical power, to heaven to become a fairy maiden. She was also assigned to the male protagonist's temple.

At that time, the thing the female protagonist did most was to stare at the male protagonist's portrait in the temple.

Hearing this, the male protagonist felt even more heartbroken. He felt sorry for the female protagonist and, recalling his impatient attitude towards her, slapped himself hard.

Xiang Bei shook her head and sighed, "If you're really that reluctant, why don't you jump off the God-Slaying Platform too? Who are you pretending for?"

The male protagonist naturally couldn't bear to jump down. He was depressed for a few days and then went to the temple of the Father God to find the Heavenly Mirror.

Using the handkerchief that the female protagonist had embroidered herself as a starting point, the story unfolds as we witness the female protagonist guarding the temple alone for five hundred years.

Even though the female protagonist has no memory, she instinctively loves the male protagonist just by seeing his portrait. Many times, while she is cleaning the temple, she will suddenly stop what she is doing and stare at the male protagonist's portrait.

Until the male protagonist brings back what he believes to be the reincarnation of the female protagonist, the fairy maid Chaowu is sent to serve the spirit flower who is impersonating the female protagonist. She is either punished and scolded by the spirit flower, or ordered to do impossible things.

She was also tricked by Linghua into being pushed into the Divine Transformation Pool, which disfigured her. Even the God-Slaying Platform was not jumped down by the female protagonist herself, but was pushed down by the imposter Linghua.

The male protagonist couldn't help but burst into tears again, feeling that he had let the female protagonist down.

Xiang Bei couldn't take it anymore, "If you're sorry to her, then go die! Crying and crying, you're crying away all your good fortune."

The logic in many tragic novels is also very strange. When the female lead is tortured to the point of barely having a breath left, no matter what she says, the male lead will never listen.

To be precise, he can never listen to what the female lead says. As soon as the female lead leaves or dies, the male lead immediately regains his hearing and brain.

The second female lead is also strange. No matter what the female lead looks like, she can always recognize her before the male lead and will show her true self in front of the female lead.

Once the truth is revealed, the male lead can easily take care of the second female lead.

The male protagonist cries at the God-Slaying Platform every day for the female protagonist's grave, and even erects a tombstone next to her, shamelessly writing "The Spirit Tablet of My Beloved Wife, Shuyue".

However, in reality, the female protagonist did not die after falling off the God-Slaying Platform. Instead, she regained her memories and unexpectedly broke the seal her parents had placed on her.

She was born a divine being, said to bear the hopes of the divine realm according to a prophecy left by her mother goddess. Her parents feared that she would be led astray at a young age, so they placed a seal on her, preventing her from cultivating and making her magical power particularly weak.

After regaining their memories and identities, the gods immediately arranged for the male and female protagonists to get married.

The male protagonist regrets his past actions and begins a desperate attempt to win back his wife, proclaiming how much he loves her and how he cannot live without her.

He even blocked the female lead's daily route, forcibly shoved a dagger into her hand, and forced her hand to stab himself in the chest. He also said that as long as the female lead calmed down, he wouldn't mind even if she stabbed him to death.

The female lead was naturally unwilling, and the two argued, ending with the male lead getting a cut on his hand and a slight tear in his clothes. The female lead, unable to contain her emotions, felt sorry for him.

In this section, the author also uses a long passage describing the female protagonist's inner thoughts, in which she tells herself that the male protagonist does all this because he loves her too much.

They've already missed each other; does she really want to lose the male lead again because of her own willfulness?

The main theme is that she comforted herself in her heart and accepted the male lead again. In the end, the two hugged each other tightly and said they would never be apart again.

In the end, the male protagonist became the Heavenly Emperor, and the female protagonist became the Heavenly Empress. The two of them ascended to the highest position in the Three Realms hand in hand, smiled at each other, and then it was over.

After reading it, Xiang Bei was still somewhat incredulous. "That's it?"

I read it over and over again. "Master, are you sure you haven't missed anything? Who burned Ling Youtan? How did the female lead's adoptive brother die? The Heavenly Emperor is clearly still alive, so why did the male and female leads become the new Heavenly Emperor and Empress? Most importantly, the female lead carries the hope for the future of the God Realm on her shoulders. Where does that hope lie?"

After holding it in for a long time, Xiang Bei finally couldn't help but say, "So it was just a character setting that was mentioned only briefly? They didn't even fill in these plot holes and just ended it. They only cared about torturing the characters and didn't care about the logic or the readers' well-being at all?"

Upon hearing this, the system read the original text again and said with certainty, "Host, the entire text is finished, it's really over. The original text only says that the male and female protagonists get together and become the Heavenly Emperor and Empress, and that's the end. Nothing else is explained."

"With so many foreshadowing elements, you're not going to fill them in?"

"Wait, let me see." The system immediately searched and found that quite a few readers had the same question as the host.

"Found it. Many readers have also raised the same question. The author's response was that he thought of several masterminds but felt they were not suitable, so he decided to assume that it was all done by the villainous female supporting character, since she is dead anyway."

Xiang Bei: "..." Did the villainous female supporting character kill the author's entire family?

What do you mean by saying she did everything as the villainous female supporting character? She's been carrying this huge black pot, it's making her spine bend.

Xiang Bei felt that this was an undeserved misfortune for the female supporting character.

Obviously, readers weren't buying it either. A lot of people commented that the female supporting character could be vicious without reason and ruthless, but they shouldn't put all the blame on her.

The author didn't reply again, nor did they show any intention to revise the text; they simply disappeared. As a result, this article was selected by the system and became their task.

"If you're saying all of this was done by the female supporting character, then it means the original villain still exists. That person killed the female lead's foster brother and burned down the Spirit Udumbara on Mount Ling. Does that mean we can just let it go unpunished?"

Xiang Bei rested her chin on her hand and began to think seriously, analyzing the possible motives of each person. "According to the novel's formula, it must be among these characters. Personally, I think the male lead is the most suspicious. It's very likely that this bastard framed him. I've seen this kind of plot before."

The system looked at its host and couldn't help but ask, "Isn't it you who has more complaints about the male lead?"

"Nonsense, aren't you one?"

"Of course I am. The male lead is indeed more suspicious than the others. The male lead's character is the child of the Father God, so it's impossible that he doesn't know about the prophecy left by the Mother Goddess," the system immediately said.

Xiang Bei looked at the big screen again, "Let me see what's going on now? Where is the plot at?"

The system quickly matched the plot and said, "After the female protagonist, Goddess Shuyue, died from the eighteen lightning punishments, she was reborn in Penglai Immortal Island in a damaged state. In the current timeline, she has just been brought to the God Realm by the in charge of the God Realm. She has also just been assigned to the temple of the male protagonist, God Lord Xuanwu, as a little fairy maid who sweeps and cleans. Her current name is Chaowu."

The male protagonist should be descending to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation now, because once he returns, Asagiri will be sent to serve the fake goddess Shuyue, and the storyline of physical and emotional torment will begin.

Xiang Bei leaned closer. "Commander, do you think if I encourage the true female lead to jump off the God-Slaying Platform now, she might regain her memories and break the seal on her?"

"No." The system nodded. "Because according to the rules of tragic novels, the female lead must be tortured to a certain extent, and only by jumping off the God-Slaying Platform in despair can she regain her memories and break the seal. Jumping now will only have the opposite effect."

"Wait, let's not talk about that yet. Take a look at the male lead's aura first."

The male protagonist is very powerful in terms of identity; he is both the son of the Father God and the God of War worshipped by all the immortals in the divine realm.

His combat prowess should be maxed out, but Xiang Bei was worried that his aura would also be maxed out, so she decided to take a look first.

"No problem, the male protagonist's halo is 100% normal," the system said after glancing at it.

Xiang Bei was relieved to find that everything was normal.

Everything was normal, and we continued with the previous topic.

The system firmly denied that the female protagonist should jump off the God-Slaying Platform now. The female protagonist's soul is already incomplete and her mind is very simple. If she jumps off the God-Slaying Platform and doesn't awaken, it will be troublesome if something happens.

If the mission fails due to its own or the host's mistake, restarting the mission will make the original mission even more difficult.

"All right."

The little fairy Chaowu wiped the floor in the temple twice, then glanced at the portrait of the male protagonist, Xuanwu God, before lowering her head contentedly to continue sweeping, full of energy.

Xiang Bei cut a close-up view and frowned, saying, "What is it about this male lead that makes him so different from the female lead? She liked him in life, and she still likes him after being reincarnated. It's truly a tragedy."

As he spoke, Chaowu glanced at Xuanwu's portrait two or three times, becoming more and more enthusiastic the more he looked at it.

A fairy who doesn't aspire to be a god isn't a good fairy. Strive towards your goal, kick God Xuanwu off the throne, and become god yourself. Ideally, turn this place into your temple, and hang your own portrait there someday.

Startled by the words that suddenly appeared, Asagiri dropped the rag in her hand and hurriedly retreated until she reached the pillar. When she could retreat no further, she spoke in terror.

Who are you? Where are you?

Chaowu looked around in panic, only to see fluttering words, but no immortals appeared.

Before Xiang Bei could speak, Chao Wu said again, "Are you Lord Langhua? Stop teasing me and come out now."

Langhua Shenjun is a male supporting character in the book, and also the male lead's good brother. He is probably unaware of the male lead's love for him, and he likes to tease the female lead every time they meet. Then the male lead will sullenly provoke the female lead for no reason.

The author probably forgot about him while writing, because the character disappeared after only a few chapters.

Xiang Bei cleared her throat.

Don't misunderstand, I just happened to be passing by and thought you had the talent to be a leader, so I couldn't help but speak up. Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person.

Where are you? I can't see you.

[You don't need to see me; I don't like seeing strangers. But your demeanor is truly extraordinary, so I couldn't help but speak. The fact that you can see me means that we are destined to be together.]

Asagiri didn't know whether she believed it or not. She looked around but didn't see anyone else.

Don't look. Even if you tell the other fairies, they won't be able to see me. Only you can see me.

"What...what exactly do you want to do?"

I see you are a capable fairy maiden. Since you aspire to become a god, I can lend you a hand.

"I don't want to become a god." Asagiri hurriedly waved her hand to explain, knowing that the other party must have misunderstood something.

But when she got anxious, she started to stutter.

Speak slowly, there's no rush.

Xiang Bei handed a glass of water to Chao Wu. Looking at the glass of water that suddenly appeared in her hand, Chao Wu couldn't help but be surprised.

This unseen deity is amazing! I wonder which temple's ruler he is.

"Are you really not Lord Langhua?"

Xuanwu God Lord has gone down to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation, so only Langhua God Lord comes here often and also likes to tease her.

No, I'm just a wandering immortal. You can just call me Xiang Bei.

There are some advantages to Chaowu's incomplete soul. When Xiang Bei said she was a wandering immortal, she didn't think much of it and believed her immediately.

She also felt that the fairy named Xiang Bei who gave her a cup of water must be a good person.

After drinking water, Asagiri felt much better; as long as she spoke slowly, her stuttering would improve.

Recalling what Xiang Bei, the immortal, had just said, she began to explain, "I didn't want to become a god, I just..."

If you actually asked her to say it, Asagiri would feel a little embarrassed.

She was merely a cleaning fairy in the temple. If she were to say that she had fallen in love with Xuanwu God after only glancing at his portrait, she would likely be punished by the head fairy.

When they left Penglai Island, the fairy who took care of them instructed them to behave well in the divine realm, to be obedient, and not to have any improper thoughts.

Asagi has lived in Penglai since she can remember. The fairy who takes care of her takes extra care of her because she is slow-witted and does things slower than others.

She wasn't stupid; she knew she couldn't cause trouble for Penglai, so she swallowed her words back.

[You just like Lord Xuanwu?]

Xiang Bei continued her words.

When her thoughts were exposed, Asagiri blushed and stammered, unable to give a coherent explanation.

"No, that's not how it is, I, I..." Asagiri's eyes were red, and she was about to cry.

"Xiang Beisanxian, could you please not tell anyone about this? I'll give you all my treasures, okay? Please, don't tell anyone."

Are you sure you like Xuanwu the God? How can you be sure you like the God himself, and not just his divine position?

Xiang Bei discovered that the little fairy the female lead was playing was quite naive and easy to fool. Seeing that she was about to cry, she stopped teasing her and even the topic of conversation became much more serious.

Even if the female lead can't jump off the God-Slaying Platform to recover now, there are still some problems she'll have to face sooner or later.

"No, no, no, that's not how it is."

Asagiri stammered even more, her face flushed, and sweat beaded on her forehead.

"I...I...I didn't...I didn't covet...the God."

After struggling to speak, Asagiri's face turned even redder.

Do you really like Lord Xuanwu?

Asagiri didn't speak, but lowered her head and after a while responded softly.

[You only like Lord Xuanwu, and you don't covet the position of Lord. Is it because you feel you are not worthy to be Lord?]

Asagiri bit her lower lip, then nodded.

She whispered, "I'm very stupid. Being able to ascend is already a great honor. I can't even cultivate properly. The fairy who takes care of us said that as long as I work honestly and try my best to stay in the God Realm, that's enough. I don't need to be very smart, as long as I don't offend anyone."

[I don't think you're stupid. You see, you just want the position of God-King, but subconsciously you feel that the God-King himself is easier to obtain than the position. So you project your desires onto the God-King, which misleads you into thinking you like God-King Xuanwu himself. You don't like the God-King; you only like the position.]

Asagiri stared in shock at the words floating towards her.

Surprisingly, I found what Xiang Bei, the hermit, said to make a lot of sense.

[Right? You've never even seen the Divine Lord in person. You just admire Xuanwu Divine Lord's armor; he's a renowned war god in the divine realm. There's no reason to fall for him because of a portrait. You've clearly misunderstood your own feelings.]

Is that how it is?

She loved the divine position of the God-King, not the God-King himself.

Asagiri felt that something was not quite right, and wanted to refute it, but did not know how to start.

The fairy of Penglai was able to ascend to heaven entirely because of her good luck.

Because she was slow-witted, she was assigned to be a cleaning fairy under Lord Xuanwu.

Does she even have such thoughts?