Originally, after Wen Heng's immortal body returned to my body, a letter of forgiveness appeared in my Book of Fate, which would have relieved me of the heavenly punishment and allowed me to ascend to become a holy immortal.
Because of the curse that the Dream Demon God placed on me and Ye Ling'er, our spiritual roots could not be taken away from the Desolate Demon Land.
Without spiritual roots, even if Wen Heng's letter of forgiveness relieves the heavenly punishment, one cannot ascend to become a saintly immortal who lives as long as heaven and earth, but can only choose to ascend to become a soul immortal with a lifespan of ten thousand years.
But the prerequisite is that I need to experience all eight human sufferings again: birth, old age, sickness, death, not getting what I want, being with those I hate, being separated from those I love, the five aggregates, and the suffering of being a lonely star.
I was originally a cultivator of immortality and Taoism, but due to divine punishment, I have toiled and wandered in the mortal world, suffering quite a bit of hardship.
But with my carefree and easygoing personality, these hardships are nothing to me.
Aside from the unrequited love for Zhou Yu and the pain of separation, the moment Wen Heng appeared, as long as he was still alive, everything else was insignificant to me.
In order to make me experience the eight sufferings and the suffering of the Lone Star again, they broke with tradition and staged a big show with Uncle and even Ye Chen behind my back.
At that time, the uncle and Wen Heng switched identities. The uncle took on the appearance of Wen Heng and absorbed the spiritual power of Wen Heng, who had taken on the appearance of the uncle. However, the Soul-Slaying Sword in my hand pierced Wen Heng, and it was Wen Heng who fell into the abyss.
"Uncle, he's not dead?" I asked in astonishment.
No sooner had I finished speaking than several ghost messengers, accompanied by the uncle and Fang Rou, arrived before the Three Lives Stone, standing before me with an air of otherworldly grace.
"That's right, the heartless act of stealing your unborn child to replace Ye Ling'er and leaving the Desolate Demon Land, the indifference towards you and your life and safety—it was all a lie. It was all to make you experience the eight sufferings of the human world again." It was Fang Rou who spoke.
Seeing the uncle and Fang Rou standing alive in front of me, I tried my best to hold back the soreness in my nose, but my eyes were already brimming with tears.
The uncle patted my shoulder meaningfully: "Oh dear, don't cry, don't cry. Uncle understands your feelings for us. That Dream Demon God kept his promise. Look, your sister Fang Rou and I can actually ascend to Soul Immortals with you."
"I'm so glad you're still alive." Tears still streamed down my face uncontrollably.
Fang Rou gently wiped away my tears while pulling me toward the Gate of the Three Lives Stone: "Perfect timing, you and Uncle can enter the Gate of the Three Lives Stone together now and ascend to become Soul Immortals."
"And then?" I continued to press Yama, gesturing for him to open the Time Mirror on the Three Lives Stone. I wanted to know what he did next.
Since he has no intention of being with me, where is he now, and why doesn't he show himself?
The uncle, however, seemed evasive and pulled me aside, saying, "He's very busy. You'll be able to see him once you ascend to immortality."
But I gazed at the King of Hell, unwilling to leave.
No one could dissuade me, so the King of Hell opened the Mirror of Time again.
In the mirror, after we left the Desolate Demon Land, the barrier of the Desolate Demon Land developed cracks. Some powerful demonic souls that had been sleeping in the Desolate Demon Land began to awaken, eager to take this opportunity to leave together. Fortunately, Uncle was outside cleaning up the mess, using the spiritual power from Wen Heng to temporarily block the cracks and prevent those demonic souls from breaking through.
They were just waiting for Wen Heng to emerge so that his immortal soul and body could reunite and he could ascend to heaven as a god before closing the barrier here again.
When I saw Wen Heng crawl out of that bottomless abyss covered in blood, dragging his leg which I had stabbed and making it difficult for him to walk, clutching the sword wound in his chest, he was fighting against the encirclement of the gradually awakening demonic souls.
My heart ached with anxiety and fear, and I was filled with lingering apprehension. If I had stabbed him one more time, the power of the Soul-Slaying Sword would have been such that even a god would not have had any chance of survival.
He fought so hard that he almost lost all his spiritual power before he managed to escape the chaotic demonic frenzy and leave the Desolate Demon Land.
After thousands of years, his primordial spirit finally returned to his immortal body and ascended to the position of a celestial god.
A page of forgiveness was added to my Book of Fate, and the order of the underworld was restored immediately, with the white-robed ghost being promoted to the new King of Hell.
However, the more pressing issue is that the rift in the barrier that has been opened in the Desolate Demon Land requires powerful spiritual energy to support it.
Wen Heng could only return to the Desolate Demon Land and use his immortal body to guard it. In order to continuously strengthen his spiritual power and repair the barrier, his primordial spirit needed to constantly reincarnate as all things in the world, so he had the help of Yama.
Even through reincarnation, Wen Heng silently stays by my side, carrying the memories of his original form.
Even if I reincarnate as a speck of dust beneath my feet, a gust of wind, a drizzle outside my window, a gentle clap of thunder at night, or a wildflower in my courtyard, or even as a reminder pushed to me by the big data on my phone to go to bed early and not stay up late.
The snow fell heavily, and a snowflake melted in my palm.
Even a dog.
That's right, they are all the guardians of Wen Heng's reincarnations.
They even set aside five years to work day and night to accumulate merit for me.
When he finished his last task, news came that I was going to marry Ye Chen and enter the demonic path. Fortunately, it was Ling Yan who took my inner core on his own initiative.
However, he and Ye Chen still had to engage in a battle.
However, Wen Heng was a reincarnated soul, and in the end, he still suffered some losses in his battle with Ye Chen.
Just as Ye Chen was about to obliterate Wen Heng's soul, surprisingly, Ye Chen's parents, the Lord of Ten Thousand Demons and the King of Ten Thousand Monsters, who had just gathered their souls, were reasonable. Upon learning that their son Ye Chen was trying to drag someone into the demonic path and fight,
Just as Ye Chen was feeling quite smug, his mother grabbed his ear and gave him a good scolding, making the scene rather comical and embarrassing.
Wen Heng walked past Ye Chen with a serious expression.
The spiritual power mission of the powerful Desolate Demon Barrier of Reincarnation is nearing completion, and time is running out as we await his return to reseal it.
The sealing barrier means that from now on he can only live forever in the Desolate Demon Land, guarding the core of the array, and cannot go out.
Before stepping into the desolate land of demons, he couldn't help but come to see me one last time. When he found me, I was stubbornly climbing Mount Taihang.
He stood behind me, watching me experience the final tribulation of the eight sufferings, which was the tribulation of illness and injury from falling halfway down a mountain.
Although it pained her, she could only silently follow behind me.
But he still couldn't bear to see me suffer even the slightest pain, so he used magic to make me fall halfway down the mountain and die, thus helping me fulfill my final wish of reaching the summit.
The old mountain god also came upon hearing the commotion. He looked at me with pity as I was on the verge of death and wanted to return the books he had stolen from me years ago.
"Let me do it." Wen Heng took the book I loved most from the mountain god's hand, bent down and gently stroked my hair, his eyes full of reluctance. A gentle breeze blew, and the ends of our hair intertwined and danced in the wind.
He gently placed a kiss on my forehead.
"From now on, we will part ways peacefully and owe each other nothing. I hope you will be free from all calamities and that everything will go as you wish, so that you can become a free, unrestrained, and carefree flower fairy."
"Thud!" The storybook fell to the ground.
His primordial spirit was thus summoned back to his immortal body without any warning.
The cracks in the barrier of the Desolate Demon Land have been completely healed.
Seeing this, I was already in tears.
"So... he'll never come back?" I turned to ask everyone.
Everyone lowered their heads and did not respond.
A thousand years later, didn't he bring me and his child through the Mirror of Time to undergo tribulation? Doesn't that mean he eventually came back?
I stared directly at Ah Niu and questioned him.
Ah Niu scratched his head, looking somewhat at a loss.
Unexpectedly, the King of Hell said bluntly and ruthlessly, "Isn't Ye Ling'er also in the Desolate Demon Land? She looks similar to you. They are a man and a woman alone in the Desolate Demon Land. Wen Heng, as a god, cannot return to the outside world, but he can open the Time Mirror and go back to the past. Maybe that is Wen Heng and Ye Ling'er's child."
“You two can go your separate ways here. You can be your immortal, and he can be his god. Don’t you want to have nothing to do with each other? Isn’t that wonderful?”
The King of Hell's words stung me like a whip, instantly bringing me to my senses.
"Indeed, haven't I suffered enough for this love and affection over the past millennia? In the end, she's just a femme fatale; I'd rather not have her." I smiled bitterly, clutching the wine jar as I left...
I do not want Wen Heng's merits. Since we are now even, I want to share the final merits myself.
Unexpectedly, Wen Heng was able to guess my intention not to accept the merit. If I didn't accept the merit, I would give it to Qingyan and Shila. This was another instruction he gave me.
Knowing full well that I wouldn't accept it, why would he go to such lengths to help me accumulate merit?
However, giving it to Qingyan and Shila would be fine. I heard that in their next life they will still be childhood sweethearts, living a happy life without any disasters or hardships.
The uncle and Fang Rou could only step through the Three Lives Stone Gate to ascend to become Soul Immortals.
And from that moment on, I became a lowly ghost servant in the underworld, a man who worked amidst flowers and a pot of wine...
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