In the peach blossom forest outside Qin Wan Cave on Phoenix Mountain.

Qin Wan and Ling Mubai sat at the stone table, drinking the spiritual tea brewed by Ji Jue, savoring its fragrance.

"Junior sister, if you do this, the other disciples will inevitably harbor resentment."

"Isn't it natural for people's hearts to be biased?"

"Moreover, I promised to make it up to them during the selection competition for my personal disciples," Qin Wan said calmly.

Seeing how protective she was of Ji Jue, Ling Mubai felt very uncomfortable.

"Junior sister, what is so special about this Ji Jue that makes you treat him so well?"

Qin Wan picked up her teacup, took a small sip, and looked up at him with a clear look of confusion in her eyes.

"Senior brother seems to dislike Ji Jue?"

"...I just don't understand why my junior sister treats him so well." Ling Mubai pursed his thin lips, suppressing the faint displeasure in his eyes.

"Senior brother, Ji Jue is my disciple. Is it strange that Master treats his disciple better?" Qin Wan asked back.

Ling Mubai opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know how to refute it.

Seeing this, Qin Wan lowered her eyes and changed the subject, "Senior brother, is there something important you need me for today?"

"During the selection competition for personal disciples, I told my junior sister that I would come to Phoenix Mountain, but I never expected that she would go into seclusion the day she returned..."

"It wasn't until today, when that disciple was undergoing his tribulation, that I finally got to see him..."

At this point, a faint hint of self-mockery flashed across Ling Mubai's eyes.

"What does Senior Brother want with me?" Qin Wan asked directly, seemingly oblivious to the deeper meaning in Ling Mubai's words.

"Junior Sister, have you considered when to hold the Dual Cultivation Ceremony?"

Ling Mubai seemed to realize that Qin Wan was avoiding him. A hurt expression appeared in his eyes, and he no longer hid his emotions, stating his purpose directly.

"A dual cultivation ceremony?" Qin Wan was taken aback. "What do you mean, Senior Brother?"

Upon seeing Qin Wan's reaction, Ling Mubai's heart trembled, his breath hitched, and a deep sorrow washed over him.

It turns out, she really never intended to be with him...

Even after learning the cruel truth, Ling Mubai was still unwilling to give up.

"My junior sister and I are destined by heaven. Our master and the sect leader also intend for us to become Daoist partners and together ascend to the Great Dao..."

"Senior brother!"

Before Ling Mubai could finish speaking, Qin Wan abruptly interrupted him.

The moment their eyes met...

Ling Mubai saw the rejection in Qin Wan's eyes.

"...Junior sister is unwilling?" He tugged at the corners of his mouth, revealing a forced smile.

"My heart is filled with only the Great Way..." and him.

Looking into Qin Wan's cold eyes, Ling Mubai felt a tightness in his chest and was momentarily speechless.

It turns out that his junior sister had never been interested in him.

It turns out that his junior sister never had feelings for him.

turn out to be……

It turns out he was just deluding himself.

Thinking of this, Ling Mubai smiled self-deprecatingly, his face paling slightly.

"In the end, it was I who disturbed my junior sister."

After speaking, Ling Mubai stood up, and his departing figure looked somewhat disheveled and lonely.

Qin Wan frowned slightly, her mind replaying the plot she had received.

If Ling Mubai's love interest was the original owner of this body, then why did he later transfer his affections to Nangong Rou in the story?

What exactly happened in between?

"Is Master sad?" Ji Jue appeared behind her without her noticing.

Looking directly into his eyes, Qin Wan shook her head slightly, "No, I just don't understand..."

"Don't understand?" Ji Jue was taken aback.

"Hmm," Qin Wan responded faintly, without explaining why.

Seeing this, Ji Jue had her suspicions, but she did not ask any further questions.

"Master, what is a preordained marriage?" Ji Jue suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, Qin Wan snapped out of her reverie, met his inquisitive dark eyes, smiled faintly, and slowly began to explain her doubts to him.

"It's the Three Lives Stone on the banks of the River of Oblivion..."

"Back then, my senior brother and I were on our journey through the River of Oblivion when we were fortunate enough to witness the Three Lives Stone. Unfortunately, we discovered that my senior brother and I were destined to be husband and wife in this life..."

The bond between husband and wife...

Ji Jue lowered his eyes to hide the turbulent emotions within them. The words "fate of husband and wife" kept repeating between his lips, but he never uttered a sound.

"The Three Lives Stone by the River of Oblivion?" Ji Jue looked at Qin Wan with feigned curiosity.

Seeing his eager expression, Qin Wan slowly told him everything about the Three Lives Stone...

"The Three Lives Stone records the past and present lives of everyone in the world..."

"Only those with a special destiny can encounter the River of Oblivion and witness their past and present lives through the Three Lives Stone..."

"Back then, my senior brother and I accidentally entered the River of Oblivion. After returning to the sect, we reported the matter, and our master and sect leader also searched for the River of Oblivion, but to no avail..."

"Thump!"

Just as Qin Wan and Ji Jue were talking, the sect's ancient bell was suddenly rung.

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

Three sounds in a row...

"The sect leader has summoned everyone in the sect to assemble!"

Qin Wan stood up and explained the situation to Ji Jue, who was puzzled.

The next second, Qin Wan suddenly reached out and grabbed Ji Jue's wrist...

Yes, that's right, she did it on purpose. Instead of grabbing his long, slender arm, she grabbed his bare, fair wrist, perfectly creating a scene of skin touching skin.

The sudden soft, warm touch on her wrist startled Ji Jue...

The next second, Qin Wan teleported him to the council hall.

The council hall was bustling with people, as the elders and disciples of the Tianyun Sect arrived one after another.

As soon as Qin Wan appeared, the sect leader beckoned to her with a solemn expression, signaling her to come over.

"Sect Leader, what happened?" Qin Wan asked.

"The Heavenly Demon Realm has opened ahead of schedule," the sect leader said with a solemn expression.

The Heavenly Demon Realm imprisons demons who were once addicted to killing.

In the past, the powerful figures of various sects in the cultivation world united as one and sacrificed themselves to activate the Demon-Controlling Array, thus sealing all the demons in the Heavenly Demon Secret Realm.

The Heavenly Demon Realm has opened...

This signifies the return of the demon race, and the cultivation world, the demon realm, and even the human realm will once again face a hellish massacre.

The storyline she received also mentioned the Heavenly Demon Realm, but only briefly...

The original owner led the ten True Monarchs of the Tianyun Sect and a group of personal disciples into the Heavenly Demon Secret Realm to reinforce the seal and kill the demons that tried to escape from the Heavenly Demon Secret Realm.

The story only mentions that after the original owner came out of the Heavenly Demon Secret Realm, he had an epiphany and went into seclusion to break through to a higher level as soon as he returned to the Heavenly Cloud Sect...

As for the others, they were not mentioned in the plot.

When the original owner emerged from seclusion, Ji Jue was found to have fallen into demonic possession, and Shangling Zhenjun Ling Mubai had fallen in love with Nangong Rou.

And Xiao Han and Jiang Shuyu become enemies over their junior sister Nangong Rou...

Thinking of this, Qin Wan developed a strong curiosity about the Heavenly Demon Secret Realm.

She had no doubt that the root of the problem lay within this Heavenly Demon Realm.

Whether it's Ji Jue's descent into demonic possession, Ling Mubai's change of heart, the falling out between Xiao Han and Jiang Shuyu, or Nangong Rou...

Although the plot doesn't focus much on her, as a key figure surrounded by everyone's adoration, how could Nangong Rou be without problems...?

Thinking of this, a deep sense of amusement appeared in Qin Wan's eyes.