Your embrace left Qiongxiao stunned for a fleeting moment.

"Let me go!"

Qiongxiao struggled to get out: "Although you saved me once, you shouldn't treat me so lightly!"

You immediately sat back down, your eyes filled with sorrow: "So be it, so be it, you are ultimately not her."

Qiongxiao: "..."

[A story to tell, something to pique your curiosity!]

Although she has a fiery temper, she is ultimately a woman of principle and loyalty. Her struggle just now was only due to her dissatisfaction with your frivolous behavior, but judging from your attitude now, there seems to be more to the story?

You covered your face with your hands, and tiny pearls dripped incessantly from between your palms.

"Yi~~"

The straightforward girl felt a pang of sympathy and took the initiative to ease the tension, asking, "Brother Dao, what exactly happened to you?"

You moved your hands away, your eyes brimming with tears. The deep affection in your gaze made Qiongxiao somewhat uncomfortable, but more than anything, it was a feeling of pity for you and a yearning to uncover the truth.

"Because you were once my lover!"

Qiongxiao: "...Huh?"

You suddenly stepped forward and grabbed her hands: "Do you still remember the days when we spent romantic evenings under the flowers and moon, boating together, chasing the moon and enjoying the breeze? Those days were so happy and wonderful!"

[Qiongxiao: "...It seems like this never happened?"]

"Yeah," you say, your dejected state returning, "So you're not her."

"You are not the Qiongxiao who belongs to me; you have never been my lover."

"Removing the character '人' (person) is the correct answer."

Qiongxiao vaguely sensed a possibility: "Could it be?"

You affirmed her idea: "Yes!"

"I come from another time and space similar to this world, another primordial world!"

"That world also has the Six Sages, the Three Pure Ones, and among the Three Pure Ones is also the Tongtian Sect Leader, and among Tongtian's disciples is also you!"

"In that world, you and I were lovers; we both successfully expressed our love!"

Qiongxiao was moved by your deep affection: "Then, she is indeed not me, but why did you come to this world? Could it be..."

Suddenly, a sad possibility occurred to her!

You continue to confirm her guess: "Yes!"

"Qiongxiao from that world, the Qiongxiao who was my lover, she's dead!"

"There's still an extra person in the name."

"I... lost her!!!"

Qiongxiao gasped sharply!

So that's how it is!

[So that's how it is!]

【Then everything makes sense!】

A tidal wave of emotions surged within her.

No wonder he came to our world, no wonder he played with my reincarnated self, no wonder he awakened my true spirit and restored my power!

Because in a sense... I was his former lover, much like Qiongxiao, who was born in another primordial world!

[It's just that different people have different fates. I didn't have him to love me, yet I've survived to this day... at least my soul hasn't been irrevocably shattered.]

You continued, "I am already very, very powerful. I taught the murderer a lesson, even the sages had to be stripped of their prestige by me, and even Hongjun had to do me a favor. But what good is that?"

"Ah-Jung is dead!"

Your eyes welled with tears as you softly gazed at the cool, mature woman before you: "I believe that heaven and earth are not singular, I believe that the primordial world has undergone endless evolution, and in the countless infinite universes, there will always be an Arjun who is still alive!"

"And so, I came into this world, and so, I found you."

You open your arms to her: "Ah-Jung, could you give me a hug for her?"

Qiongxiao remained silent, simply throwing herself into your arms.

Once she realized you weren't playing around with malicious intent, all her previous resentment vanished.

All you wanted was a simple hug.

Although she won't fall in love with you like Qiongxiao in that world, or become closer to you, she can at least spend some time with you.

Qiongxiao thought to herself, "I'll just consider it a way of repaying him for restoring my divine position and fully recovering my cultivation. I won't compromise too much because of this; I'll just keep things in check."

[You, meanwhile, smile behind her back, thinking, "This silly girl... you'll win her over within two weeks!"]

[Among the Three Immortal Sisters, she has the fiercest temper, but she's also the fastest to win over!]

[Furthermore, what you said to Qiongxiao earlier wasn't exactly a lie.]

[You simply rearranged the timeline.]

Qiongxiao and you were indeed lovers, and she is indeed dead.

"One more... never mind, I'm too lazy to talk about it."

[However, in that world of the Investiture of the Gods, she was first killed by Yu Ruyi, and only after you resurrected her from the Investiture of the Gods did you become her lover!]

This is the power of language!

"Excuse my bluntness, but this is a complete scumbag who deceives people's feelings."

[Following the emotional outburst, Qiongxiao's favorability increased by 20.]

[Including the initial favorability points from awakening her, the total favorability has now reached 50 points. Adding another 30 points will allow me to reluctantly become her lover.]

"..."

You have entered the next plot point.

"You little rascal, Fourteen, I just realized you were playing a visual novel!"

After learning about your background, Qiongxiao hesitated and asked if you had any other important matters to attend to.

"Ah-Jung, your problems are my problems!"

"Don't call me that so affectionately... Fine, whatever." Qiongxiao couldn't bear it in the end, not wanting her benefactor to continue wallowing in sorrow, so she tolerated the form of address.

[Unconsciously, your strategy level increased by 3]

[And as these intimate terms of address are used more and more frequently, she will subconsciously accept and acknowledge them, and the progress of winning her over will slowly increase accordingly!]

There's a lot to learn about even the smallest detail: how you address someone!

"Wait a minute? I don't think I learned this skill when I played visual novels back in the day?"

Yun Shou suddenly felt a sense of fear.

How much did these fourteen people secretly learn during this simulation?

Or rather, through countless materials and countless millennia of gameplay, just how high did he accumulate experience points and skill levels?!

Could he... he... he... he's really learned how to woo girls?!

How could such a thing be allowed?!

A thought suddenly popped into Yun Shou's mind.

"As long as that bastard Fourteen dies and chooses to inherit the memories... then all these strategies and experiences will be mine!"

"Yes, no matter how skilled you become, you're just doing all the work for me!"