Chapter 220 From her own perspective, she saw things clearly…
"Immortal Lord Chenyi?" Chaowu looked at Immortal Lord Chenyi in front of her, still somewhat incredulous for a moment.
After carefully examining his face, I could find nothing about him that resembled the Heavenly Emperor, except for his name.
After a moment's hesitation, Asagiri asked, "Immortal Lord, who exactly are you?"
Is it the immortal lord who manages the Heavenly Book Pavilion, or the Heavenly Emperor?
Immortal Lord Chenyi suddenly laughed, "I didn't expect you to find out after all."
A burst of light emanated from his body, and as the light faded, his face changed. It looked exactly like the Heavenly Emperor that Asagiri had seen.
However, the Immortal Lord Chenyi in front of her seemed to be more gentle, while the Heavenly Emperor looked somewhat gloomy. When facing the Heavenly Emperor, Chaowu would involuntarily become vigilant.
Looking at the Immortal Lord Chenyi in front of her, Chaowu still found it somewhat unbelievable.
"If you are the Heavenly Emperor, then who is that person?"
Chen Yi Immortal Lord gave a bitter smile. "I am him, and he is me."
Chaowu still didn't understand. Did this mean that the Immortal Lord Chenyi in front of her and the Heavenly Emperor were the same person?
Immortal Lord Chenyi continued, "He and I cannot exist at the same time. It can be said that he is either me or I am either one."
Chaowu paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered "Shuyue," referring to her older sister Lingxi and younger sister Lingjin.
She thought that Immortal Lord Chenyi must know the true identity of "Shuyue," since the mastermind behind them was the Heavenly Emperor.
Asagiri had already confirmed this with those sisters.
"So, are you the real Heavenly Emperor or is he the real Heavenly Emperor?"
“I am the Heavenly Emperor, and his name is Chen Ge. To be precise, he is my evil spirit.”
"ah?"
Immortal Lord Chenyi's lips curled into a sarcastic smile. "Back then, I was young and impetuous, always feeling that cultivation was too slow and wanting to take shortcuts. As a result, my temperament was not stable enough, and I almost fell into the demonic path. It was Senior Brother Chongshi who pulled me back in time. He separated my evil soul from my body. Originally, he intended to destroy the evil soul directly, but he did not expect that the evil soul was connected to my life, so Senior Brother Chongshi sealed it away."
Asagiri thought of Lord Ryukyou, "Does Lord Ryukyou know about this?"
"She is my wife, of course she knows."
"If the evil spirit was sealed, why has it been released again?"
"My strength and the evil spirit's strength are in a constant ebb and flow. When I am strong, he is weak, and when he is strong, I am weak. I know I have gotten myself into trouble, so I am working hard to cultivate in order to suppress the evil spirit and wait for the day when I can find a way to completely destroy him."
Immortal Lord Chenyi looked at the morning mist, "But I never expected that the evil spirit absorbed a lot of evil thoughts in the sealed land. Qingyue mistakenly entered the sealed land and was bewitched by the evil spirit. He thought that I was the one who was trapped and brought the evil spirit out."
"Qingyue...brother?"
"After the evil spirit was released, Qingyue realized that he had caused trouble, but it was too late to reseal it. The evil spirit broke through the seal and its cultivation was no longer restricted. My spiritual power was suppressed by it, and it took the opportunity to occupy my body."
Immortal Lord Chenyi looked up into the distance, “The evil spirit used my body to break the ancient Demon-Subduing Seal, wanting to release the ancient demons inside and destroy the Three Realms. It was Senior Brother Chongshi and Senior Sister Lingshuang who sacrificed themselves to strengthen the Demon-Subduing Seal and suppress the evil spirit’s cultivation.”
Immortal Lord Chenyi looked at Chaowu, "Now that your divine soul is complete, you should already know who you are, right?"
Asagiri nodded. "I am Sogetsu."
"Senior Brother Chongshi and Senior Sister Lingshuang are your parents, and also the previous Heavenly Emperor and Empress."
"I know."
Asagi looked up at Immortal Lord Chenyi. She had seen it in her dream. Young Shuyue seemed to be very afraid of the Heavenly Emperor because she felt that the Heavenly Emperor's temper was always unpredictable. One moment he was very gentle to her, and the next he looked at her with a sinister gaze, as if he wanted to kill her.
Shuyue loved being by Aunt Liujing's side, but for some reason, everyone said the Heavenly Emperor treated her very well. She tried to explain, but they didn't take it seriously. In the end, Shuyue herself felt that the Heavenly Emperor treated her very well.
"Do you know what the seal on my body is all about?"
“Asagiri, your seal is related to that evil spirit. You have the power to suppress it, which is why it wants to kill you.”
"The power within me?"
"When Senior Brother Chongshi sealed the evil spirit, he used an ancient spell. Whoever breaks the seal will kill the evil spirit."
"But Brother Qingyue has already..."
“Qingyue did not truly break the seal at that time; the curse ultimately fell on you.”
Immortal Lord Chenyi reached out and touched Chaowu's hand, and a strange pattern instantly appeared on the back of her hand.
Upon seeing the pattern, a memory surfaced in Chaowu's mind: her brother Qingyue had given her a very special flower. The moment her hand touched the flower, it turned into a beam of light and disappeared into her palm.
She also saw a huge black aura emanating from Qingyue's body, and then she didn't know what happened next.
"That is the sealed flower, Morning Mist. That curse has finally come true on you. You are the one who can truly kill the evil spirit."
"So, burning the Spirit Udumbara and then deliberately letting Brother Qingyue release me from the Heavenly Prison were all the work of evil spirits?"
"Yes, Qingyue is the one who brought the evil spirit out, and you are the one who broke the seal on the evil spirit. He doesn't know which of you is the one who took the oath, so he plans to eliminate both of you."
He harmed himself in an attempt to stop the evil spirit's actions, but he didn't realize that the evil spirit had already severed its connection with him. They were no longer beings that could mutually suppress each other.
Immortal Lord Chenyi looked at Chaowu, "Liujing and I both thought he was going to target you, but we never expected that his target was both you and Qingyue."
Neither he nor Liu Jing were able to save Qing Yue in time; they could only watch helplessly as Qing Yue died before their eyes.
The evil spirit took control of his body and used his life to blackmail Liu Jing into ordering the killing of Shu Yue.
He sacrificed most of his cultivation to forcibly free his soul from the control of the evil spirit and leave his physical body. He then discussed with Lord Liujing a way to protect Chaowu's soul.
"Asagiri, if it weren't for my evil spirit, your parents wouldn't have cleaned up this mess for me. Once the evil spirit is eliminated, you can do whatever you want with me."
Asagiri shook her head and didn't reply. She knew who she was, but she couldn't fully immerse herself in the identity of Sogetsu.
“I dream about those things, as if I'm watching someone else's story. I know who I am, but I can't go back to being the person I used to be.”
From the moment she dreamed about Sogetsu, Asagiri had suspected something was wrong.
That soul was retrieved from the demon body that was transformed from Xuanwu's hair. At first, she thought it was because she was tainted by Xuanwu's aura that she dreamed about Xuanwu and Shuyue every day.
However, as the scenes in her dreams became more numerous and the events more detailed, and as she felt an innate affinity for Lord Liujing, she was able to deduce her own identity.
What truly confirmed her belief was her dream that Shuyue obtained a strand of Xuanwu's hair and kept it close to her heart. When the eighteen bolts of heavenly lightning struck simultaneously, Xuanwu used his hair to protect her soul.
“Even if Xuanwu doesn’t make a move, Liujing and I will protect your soul. I had already discussed with Liujing that we would make you perish in front of all the immortals, but in reality we would protect your soul and send you to Penglai to avoid this calamity.”
He and Liu Jing had arranged everything, intending for the evil spirit to witness Shuyue's soul being destroyed, thus convincing him that Shuyue was dead. Unexpectedly, Xuanwu suddenly intervened, using a strand of hair hidden in Shuyue's chest to forcibly separate her soul from her body.
Her soul was incomplete, and even if she were to be reincarnated, she would have lost all her memories.
“I saw it in my dream; it was you and Aunt Liujing who saved me.”
With Xuanwu's abilities, there was no way he could protect her soul when all eighteen bolts of heavenly lightning struck simultaneously. It was Aunt Liujing who took some of the damage from the heavenly lightning, which gave Xuanwu the opportunity to pull her soul out.
The pain of her soul being torn apart was so intense that even in her dreams, when she saw that scene, Asagiri's soul would tremble uncontrollably.
After all that, Xuanwu not only didn't help, he just made things worse.
Xiang Bei spat.
Everyone else had made arrangements, but he insisted on interfering, and now he's made a complete mess of things.
"This male lead is too useless; he's more likely to ruin things than to accomplish anything."
Xuanwu's move was unexpected by Immortal Lord Chenyi and Divine Lord Liujing. Who would have thought that he, who usually ignored Shuyue and even felt annoyed by her affection, would suddenly take away Shuyue's soul, almost causing her to truly be annihilated?
At the time, they didn't have time to think much. They could only send the dissipating soul to Penglai, asking the reclusive deity there to nurture it. When the time was right, they would send Shuyue's soul to the mortal realm for reincarnation, hoping to summon back her own spirit.
What happened next was indeed something they hadn't anticipated.
After Shuyue's death, Xuanwu belatedly realized how deeply he loved her, which became known throughout the entire God Realm and exposed his act of protecting Shuyue's soul.
“I originally intended to find an opportunity to retrieve the soul that Xuanwu had hidden in his chest, so that your soul could be whole again. I didn’t expect that Xuanwu would find a way to descend to the mortal realm. The evil soul is in the realm of gods. Although I cannot completely suppress it, I cannot stay too far away from it either.”
"We were worried that your soul would also be discovered, so Liu Jing and I dared not have any contact with Penglai. We just thought that with that deity's help, your soul wouldn't be in too much trouble."
As a result, without their knowledge, Asagiri was brought to the realm of the gods.
Immortal Lord Chenyi only realized this when he saw Chaowu. It turned out that the deity of Penglai had been away from Penglai for some time. Coincidentally, the divine realm was short of a group of fairy maidens, so he went to Penglai to bring a group of fairy maidens to the divine realm and brought Chaowu up with him.
Only then did Asagiri understand why Lord Ryukyou had said some strange things when he first met her.
Immortal Lord Chenyi sighed, "When I saw you, I knew that everything was already destined, and no matter how much we resisted, we could not change the final outcome."
After leaving his physical body, he transformed into Chen Yi, the immortal lord who managed the Heavenly Book Pavilion.
He consulted many ancient books in the Heavenly Book Pavilion, hoping to find a way to completely eliminate the evil spirits.
Finally, they used divination to consult the Mother Goddess and found a glimmer of hope.
The Mother Goddess gave him a bookmark engraved with the character "禄" (prosperity), telling him that one day, among the immortals heading to the Heavenly Book Pavilion, the one who could make the bookmark with the character "禄" react would be the one who could resolve all the sources of trouble.
The day Chaowu stepped into the Heavenly Book Pavilion, the bookmark with the character "禄" (prosperity) that had been hanging high up for years fell down and landed in his hand.
He handed the bookmark to Asagiri.
Upon hearing Immortal Lord Chenyi's words, Chaowu's first reaction was to breathe a sigh of relief; Zilinglu truly existed.
After Zi Linglu disappeared, she almost thought her memory was wrong.
"Wait, you said that the spirit bookmark was given by the Mother Goddess?"
Immortal Lord Chenyi nodded. "Yes, although the Mother Goddess's soul has returned to the void, her divine consciousness remains everywhere in the God Realm."
Chaowu recalled that Zilinglu suddenly seemed to have become a different person, and there was always a very ancient aura about him.
"Could it be... could it be..."
Yes, that's exactly what you think.
Xiang Bei was finally able to speak, and her heart was pounding with excitement.
Seeing the words in front of her confirmed her suspicions.
No wonder the spirit always guided her to draw the Sword of No Blame.
And that day at Liujing God-King's place, she heard a voice from the void, so the name Linglu is the divine consciousness left behind by the Mother God.
Asagi looked up at Immortal Lord Chenyi, "Then do you know how to break the seal on me?"
Immortal Lord Chenyi shook his head. "I don't yet know how your father placed the seal."
Chaowu still had many questions to ask, but Immortal Lord Chenyi's figure gradually dissipated. "Immortal Lord, your body?"
"It's alright, I won't die anytime soon. It's just that I can't stay here for too long. Here, take this, it might help with your doubts. Asagiri, thank you for your help."
Immortal Lord Chenyi's figure disappeared from Chaowu's sight. Chaowu had clearly seen that his hair turned white for a moment just as his figure was about to dissipate.
There are very few gods with white hair in the divine realm, because white hair symbolizes the death of a god.
Asagiri thought she must have seen wrong. She looked down at the thing in her hand, which was the bronze mirror that Immortal Lord Chenyi had just handed to her.
Not understanding the purpose of the bronze mirror, she put it away and returned to the temple of Lord Liujing.
The deity seemed to really enjoy sitting there; she sat there just like that when she first met the deity.
Asagiri touched the bronze mirror in her sleeve, unsure whether she should mention the matter of Immortal Lord Chenyi from the Heavenly Book Pavilion to Divine Lord Liujing. Judging from what Immortal Lord Chenyi said, they must not have seen each other for a long time.
Since Immortal Lord Chenyi entrusted this to her to investigate, there must at least be some clues.
Chaowu returned to her room and studied it for a while, when she suddenly realized a problem: Immortal Lord Chenyi had never told her how to use this thing.
She didn't know how to use it, nor did she know how to look up things she wanted to know.
After examining the mirror repeatedly, Asagiri still couldn't figure out how to use it. She even tried channeling her magic into the mirror, but it still didn't work.
"Master Jiuxian, do you know how to use this?" Asagiri had no other choice but to ask her teacher for help.
I looked at the system, but I still don't know how to use it.
Just as Xiang Bei was studying the system, a voice came from the void, "Have her drip blood onto the eyes on the back of the bronze mirror."
Xiang Bei turned around and saw Zi Linglu sitting cross-legged in mid-air.
"Wait, why are you here?"
Xiang Bei looked at Zi Ling, then at the system, "System, is it okay for anyone to come in here?"
The system tugged at Xiang Bei's arm, glanced at Zi Ling, and said, "It's not allowed in principle, but it's the principle of this small world."
"I'd like to borrow your space without prior notice. Sorry for the inconvenience."
"It's alright, it's alright, it's not my territory anyway," Xiang Bei said, waving her hand.
The system chuckled, "Go ahead and use it. If the host doesn't mind, neither do I."
Xiang Bei relayed Zi Ling's words to Chao Wu.
Asagiri pricked her fingertip and dripped a drop of blood onto some unknown animal behind the bronze mirror. Her blood was instantly absorbed by the bronze mirror.
The bronze mirror suddenly flew out of Asagiri's hand, then grew larger and floated in mid-air. The mirror surface also changed, and then some images appeared.
Asagiri saw a much younger version of Ryukyou Shinjun in the bronze mirror.
Opposite her was a young couple.
She heard Lord Liujing call out to the woman opposite him, "Senior Sister Lingshuang."
Asagiri remembered that the former Empress's mother's name was Ling Shuang.
The person beside Ling Shuang must be the former Heavenly Emperor Chong Shi, who is her father.
The three of them were discussing the ancient barrier. They had heard that the seal on the ancient barrier was loosening, and if the barrier was not sealed properly, the three realms would surely face a great calamity.
Chongshi was naturally very worried. As the Heavenly Emperor, he could not ignore the matter simply because he knew about it.
He just didn't want his wife to worry, so he kept looking for a way to reseal the barrier.
Ling Shuang also felt sorry for her husband and kept trying to find a solution.
Unexpectedly, the barrier that could have held up for a long time was damaged by the appearance of the evil spirit. If the evil spirit continues to cause damage, the Demon-Subduing Seal will surely be broken, and the ancient demons sealed inside will be released.
This forced them to use half of their magic power to repair the barrier. However, even after expending half their magic power, the seal on the barrier was still not completely repaired.
“Senior Sister Ling Shuang, Senior Brother Chong Shi, this matter arose because of Chen Yi. I am his wife, and no matter what, I will share this responsibility with him. We have dragged you into this. Even if it costs us our lives, we will not back down.”
"Liu Jing, don't say that," Ling Shuang said, holding Liu Jing's hand.
Things hadn't come to that point yet. Chongshi originally wanted to use the Wujiu Sword left by the Mother Goddess to reinforce the Demon-Subduing Seal, but no matter what he did, he was unable to pull out the Wujiu Sword.
As young Shuyue approached, she grabbed her mother's hand and asked, puzzled, why the Wujiu Sword kept calling out.
Only then did they realize that their daughter, Shuyue, could actually hear the sword's ringing sound.
Even when Chongshi tried to draw the sword while holding his daughter, he was still unable to do so.
Seeing that scene, many unfamiliar yet familiar images flashed through Asagiri's mind. In those images, she saw her father and mother's appearance clearly from her own perspective.
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