Chapter 221 He and all living beings, and I, are one…
Asagiri looked at her parents in her memory, her expression somewhat dazed.
As she watched them reach out to hug her, she subconsciously opened her arms. After a moment, she realized that it was just because of the bronze mirror that she had recalled memories deep in her mind.
Asagari looked at the bronze mirror, she belatedly realized that her parents had sacrificed themselves when she was young to repair the ancient Demon-Subduing Seal.
【Give! 】
As she caught the handkerchief floating down from mid-air, Asagiri realized that she had been crying without even noticing.
Wiping away her tears, Asagiri forced a smile. "I dreamt about them before, and it felt like I was living someone else's life. I knew who they were, but I wasn't as sad as I am now."
Her parents are gone, and she has forgotten them.
Your parents want you to be happy and joyful. As long as you're doing well, that's good for them.
Xiang Bei offered words of comfort.
Asagiri forced a smile, clenched the handkerchief in her hand, and shook her head. She said this, but deep down she was still hurting.
She couldn't remember exactly what happened back then. If she hadn't remembered the past, she wouldn't even remember what her parents looked like.
Asagi looked up and continued looking at the bronze mirror, where she saw Chongshi, Lingshuang, and Liujing Shenjun searching for a way to completely eliminate the evil spirit.
The body of the Divine Lord Chenyi was possessed by an evil spirit. He tried to fight back against the evil spirit to regain control of his body, but the evil spirit suppressed him and trapped his soul.
Just as they were racking their brains, Ling Shuang and Chong Shi's daughter, who was still young, was kidnapped.
The other party was dressed in a black robe, making it impossible to discern their face. They used her as a hostage, forcing her father, Chongshi, to completely open the Ancient Demon-Subduing Seal and release the ancient demons sealed within, or they would kill her.
The father was naturally unwilling, because if the barrier sealing the demon beasts were broken, the entire Three Realms would be harmed.
He said he would give anything for his daughter, even his own life, but he would never open the Demon-Subduing Seal.
Her mother, Ling Shuang, also said she was willing to take her place as a hostage.
But the other party only wanted them to open the seal, and even threw the young girl into the gap in the barrier.
Without the slightest hesitation, the father and mother jumped down as well.
Asagiri rubbed her forehead, suddenly feeling a sense of familiarity with the scene. She felt as if she had seen it somewhere before, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't recall it at all.
"Is there really such a thing?" she murmured.
Whether it was because she was too young at the time or because of something else, she had no memory of being thrown into the seal when she was a child.
Xiang Bei looked at Zi Linglu behind her and asked in confusion, "Since you are the divine consciousness left behind by the Mother Goddess, isn't there a way to completely resolve this?"
Zi Linglu looked up at her, then at the morning mist outside the big screen. "I can save her for a while, but not forever. Everything in the world has its own destiny. If she can't understand it, then it's fate."
"That's going a bit too far. The fate of heaven and earth shouldn't be placed on just one person."
"She is the destined protagonist of this world, so bearing the destiny is inevitable for her."
Xiang Bei couldn't help but say, "Your son is the male lead, but he's still a scoundrel."
“Xuanwu is my child, and all living beings in the Three Realms are also my children. He and all living beings are no different from me.”
Xiang Bei rested her chin on her hand and looked at the mist outside the big screen. "So when do you plan to go out and see your children?"
The spirit didn't speak, but slowly disappeared in front of Xiang Bei.
Xiang Bei sighed and looked at Chao Wu.
Asagiri looked up at the bronze mirror. In the image, Chongshi grabbed his daughter who was falling, and then grabbed his wife who had jumped in with him.
He couldn't use his magic inside the barrier, so Chongshi couldn't get out. He held his young daughter and wife tightly, not wanting them to be separated from him.
Upon landing, the demonic beasts that were sealed and bound around them instantly became alert, seemingly looking for an opportunity to devour them whole.
Chongshi checked on his daughter and, seeing that she was just unconscious, he was relieved and comforted his wife, Lingshuang.
Asagiri looked at the child being held in her father's arms. Was it because she had fallen into a deep sleep that she didn't remember what happened back then?
Chongshi, carrying his daughter and with Lingshuang in tow, tried to find a way out of the barrier. No one knew they were inside, and naturally, no one would come to their rescue. They had to find their own way out; staying inside would only lead to them being devoured by the demonic beasts sooner or later.
The situation is better now; at least the monsters are all chained up, and if they try to break free, they will be held back by the chains. As long as you are careful to avoid them, you can escape.
Ling Shuang touched her daughter's forehead and sighed, "This can't go on forever. We can still hold on, but Shu Yue is young and her cultivation is not high. If she stays here, her mind will be corrupted by the malevolent energy here sooner or later."
The young child, corrupted by the malevolent energy sealed within, already showed signs of distress.
Their arrival clearly alarmed the magical beasts, so every step they took was closely watched by them, and if they were not careful, they would be bitten by the beasts.
This is only the first layer of the barrier. Further down are the ancient demons, who are even more difficult to deal with.
"Mother, I feel so uncomfortable."
When Ling Shuang saw that her daughter had woken up, she quickly took her daughter and followed behind her husband with her in her arms.
The demonic energy within the barrier was also eroding their bodies. Young Shuyue was clearly unable to hold on any longer; her face turned pale, and she fell into a deep sleep once more.
“Chongshi, if we can’t find a way out, Ayue…”
"Ling Shuang, don't worry, no matter what, I will protect you and our daughter."
They didn't know how long they had been inside the barrier. Seeing that young Shuyue was about to give up, Lingshuang had no choice but to forcefully break free of the restraints and use her magic to protect her daughter.
However, this only made the magical beasts more ferocious, and Ling Shuang's soul was also negatively affected. The roars of the magical beasts almost ruptured their eardrums, and Ling Shuang could only cover her daughter's ears tightly.
When she was about to collapse, Chongshi used divination to consult the ancient gods who had set up the Demon-Subduing Seal, and thus gained a chance to live.
He was willing to sacrifice himself to repair the seal, just so he could send his wife and daughter out of the barrier.
However, when he reinforced the seal earlier, Chongshi had used up half of his magical power. His magical power was simply not enough to support sending his wife and daughters away.
Empress Ling Shuang also sacrificed herself, using her last bit of strength to send her daughter away.
Chongshi and Lingshuang offered their own bodies as sacrifices in an attempt to repair the broken seal on the barrier.
The evil soul that had taken over Chenyi Divine Lord's body naturally refused to allow it. It attempted to break the barrier when the seal was at its weakest and release the ancient demon race.
Just as the evil spirit was about to break the seal, Chenyi and Chongshi worked together from the inside and outside. Chongshi dragged the evil spirit into the seal, and together with Lingshuang, they sacrificed their own souls to completely seal the evil spirit and the ancient Demon-Subduing Seal.
Later, Chenyi and Liujing were elected by the immortals as the Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Empress.
They raised Chongshi and Lingshuang's daughter, Shuyue, with them. Young Shuyue was corrupted by malevolent energy within the Demon-Subduing Seal and lost her memories of her parents.
She only knew that she was the daughter of the previous Heavenly Emperor and Empress, but had no memory of them.
Brother Qingyue would play with her, and Aunt Liujing would give her whatever she wanted.
The Heavenly Emperor also doted on her, and at that time, Uncle Chenyi was a very gentle person. However, Chaowu remembered that not long after he became the Heavenly Emperor, he seemed to have become a different person.
He was somewhat unpredictable, but at that time, apart from Aunt Liujing, no one noticed the change in Uncle Chenyi.
Now, seeing all this through the bronze mirror, Asagiri understands what really happened. Back then, her brother Qingyue plucked the sealing flower for her, and the two of them accidentally released the sealed evil spirit.
Fortunately, when my father sealed the evil spirit, he separated it from the ancient demon clan's seal. Otherwise, if the evil spirit's seal were broken, the demon clan would also break the seal.
Perhaps because of the previous failure, the evil spirit was much more composed this time, wanting to replace the Heavenly Emperor and completely destroy the Three Realms.
In order to remove the obstacle, the evil spirit tried to harm her and her brother Qingyue several times, but had to stop because of the sudden appearance of Aunt Liujing.
Although she didn't know what had happened to Uncle Chenyi, she was afraid and resisted getting close to him. Later, she became closer to Aunt Liujing.
However, according to legend, the Heavenly Emperor treated the Goddess Shuyue as his own daughter, while the Heavenly Empress, because she admired the Heavenly Emperor Chongshi, loathed the Goddess Shuyue.
Aunt Liujing didn't admire her father at all. If we're talking about closeness, Aunt Liujing was closer to her mother, Lingshuang, while her father had a better relationship with Uncle Chenyi.
She remembered that her aunt Liujing had told her that she and her fellow disciples had cultivated together since childhood and had a very good relationship.
Asagiri didn't know why the rumors had turned out this way; it seemed someone had deliberately spread such rumors.
The evil spirit Chen Ge has been trying to kill her and her brother Qing Yue.
She suspected that it was the evil spirit that did it, and even the plan to burn down Ling Youtan was to frame her, and then imprison her in the name of the Heavenly Emperor, while telling the outside world that it was to find out the truth and give Lingshan an explanation.
She told Qingyue that she was the one who did it, and the Buddhas of Lingshan demanded that she be severely punished to give Lingshan an explanation. So Qingyue went to the Heavenly Prison to try to help her escape, but they were killed by evil spirits on the way.
He then pretended to arrive with the immortals, and together they witnessed her "murdering" her brother Qingyue. At that point, she couldn't deny it even if she wanted to.
Asagiri covered her forehead. She still remembered what her brother Qingyue had told her when they escaped: that all of this was the work of that evil spirit.
Burning the spirit Udumbara flower is not a capital offense, but murdering her foster brother in full view of everyone is a crime she has to admit whether she wants to or not.
The simultaneous strike of eighteen bolts of heavenly lightning was also a command secretly given by the evil spirit.
Asagiri looked up at the sky, and she remembered everything.
When she thought of Xuanwu, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest for some reason. She remembered that it was Xuanwu who asked the Heavenly Emperor, who was possessed by an evil spirit, to punish her.
When she was pinned to the Thunder God Platform, she tried to ask Xuanwu God for help, but instead met his cold gaze.
Looking at Shuyue's moving mouth in the bronze mirror, Chaowu could see clearly that she was saying, "Xuanwu, save me, I didn't do it, please save me."
But then a barrage of lightning struck down, destroying Shuyue's physical body and causing her soul to dissipate.
The bronze mirror fell to the ground, and Chaowu clutched her chest, panting heavily.
She had also dreamed of such a scene.
But she had never had such a reaction before; it felt like her heart was being pierced by countless needles.
Only when I think of Xuanwu do I feel a little better.
Asagiri bit her lower lip until it bled. She remembered how, when she was in the Heavenly Book Pavilion, she had read many books in order to write her storybook.
One type of spell is called the Love Spell.
Once it starts, it feels like being pricked with needles, and the pain is only relieved by thinking of my loved one.
The only place where a love spell could be cast on her was the soul she retrieved from the demon that had materialized from Xuanwu's hair.
This love curse must have been placed on her soul long ago.
Asagiri formed a hand seal. In the past, Sogetsu loved Xuanwu to the point of obsession, but now Asagiri no longer loved him.
So what if there's a love curse? If she doesn't love you, she doesn't love you. No one should try to control her.
"Break!" Asagiri shouted, as if he heard something shattering.
The stabbing pain in my chest gradually subsided.
Asagiri knelt on the ground, her forehead beaded with sweat. She could no longer recall what it felt like to be obsessed with Gengo.
She had even forgotten why she had fallen for Xuanwu and why she had pursued him so relentlessly.
It seems she fell in love with Xuanwu after only meeting him once.
Asagiri gave a mocking smile. She really couldn't understand how she could fall in love with a man just because of one meeting.
It's still that kind of unwavering, devoted love.
Asagiri sat cross-legged, her hands forming a lotus mudra, and she recalled the time when she met Xuanwu.
From an outsider's perspective, I only felt that my liking for Xuanwu at that time was somewhat inexplicable, as if I was forced to like him.
In Xiang Bei's words, she was blinded by love back then, obsessed with Xuanwu, and even banged her head against a wall for him.
Asagiri today can't understand that feeling at all; she just finds it very inexplicable.
Asagiri sat there, the image in the bronze mirror continuing, concerning the present-day "Shuyue".
The evil spirit discovered that Xuanwu had brought Shuyue's soul to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation, and attempted to reincarnate Shuyue so that she could return to the divine realm. So it poured Shuyue's blood onto a twin spirit flower growing by the Pool of Ecstasy, allowing them to acquire Shuyue's appearance and memories.
The Twin Spirit Flowers each have only one physical body. The younger sister, Ling Jin, agreed to the evil spirit's deal: if they could capture Xuan Wu, the two sisters would be given another body so they could live independently instead of sharing one.
Lingxi, the older sister, felt that the evil spirit was not a good person. When she argued with Lingjin, it became the main soul of the body. Because of this, Lingjin hated Lingxi and wanted to take down Xuanwu as soon as possible so that the two sisters could be separated.
But they never expected that, in the process of spending time with Xuanwu, the older sister Lingxi would actually fall in love with that devoted man.
[Devoted love? Really? Lingxi wouldn't be attracted to Xuanwu's love for Shuyue and thus fall in love with that devoted man?]
Xiang Bei couldn't help but speak up.
Asagiri glanced at the words in mid-air, then her gaze fell on the bronze mirror. "It seems to be just as you said."
She also recalled the time when she retrieved her divine soul in the mortal realm, and Asagiri could roughly deduce what had happened at that time.
Xuanwu descended to the mortal realm with her hair and soul. Later, the hair transformed into a demon and took away her soul, which is why Xuanwu has been relentlessly pursuing that hair demon.
"No wonder the two sisters could see me when we were in the mortal world; it's probably because they have my blood on them."
Many questions that once lingered in my mind have now been answered.
The sound of a sword ringing out rang in her ears again. When Chaowu turned around, she saw the Wujiu Sword standing there.
The voice came again from the void, "Try again."
Instead of drawing her sword, Chaowu looked up at the sky and asked, "Are you Zilinglu, or the Mother Goddess?"
"Who you think I am, that's who I am."
"But why?"
The Mother Goddess did not answer.
Xiang Bei turned her head and looked around, only to find that Zi Linglu had left sometime earlier.
Now it has revealed its form before the morning mist.
Asagiri looked at the spirit in front of her, still feeling somewhat incredulous.
"Why me?"
She wondered, if there was never any spirit or divine power, and it was always the Mother Goddess's consciousness, then why was she the one chosen?
"Everything in the world has its own destiny. But you are different. You are the exception and the only hope for survival in this calamity."
"Please enlighten me, Mother Goddess."
He looked up at the morning mist, then at the direction of the Wujiu Sword.
Asagiri didn't say anything, but walked over.
This time, before her hand even touched the Wujiu Sword, the blade trembled, and Chaowu's perception became increasingly clear.
The Wujiu Sword yearns for her touch, and also for her to grasp the hilt and draw it.
But Asagiri sensed it as soon as she gripped the hilt of the sword; she still couldn't do it.
Asagiri released her grip, and a sigh reached her ears, "Still not working?"
The bronze mirror that had been suspended in mid-air suddenly fell. Hearing the noise, Chaowu snapped back to reality and found herself still sitting in her room, still sitting cross-legged in meditation.
The image in the bronze mirror had long since disappeared. She looked at her reflection in the mirror, still somewhat dazed.
She remembered everything from the past, and it felt like a lifetime had passed.
Chaowu got up, picked up the bronze mirror, and planned to go to Immortal Lord Chenyi again to ask about the situation. She still had many questions she wanted to ask.
Upon arriving near the Heavenly Book Pavilion, Chaowu looked at the place where she had last met Immortal Lord Chenyi.
"Uncle Chenyi, I know you're here. Can you come out? I have something I want to ask you."
Asagami held the bronze mirror, waiting for Immortal Lord Chenyi.
She wouldn't leave until he came out.
A soft sigh reached my ears. I turned my head and a figure appeared in front of Asagiri.
"Uncle Chenyi."
"You remember now?"
Asagi nodded and looked up at Immortal Lord Chenyi. “Uncle, I remember reading in the books of the Heavenly Book Pavilion that divination requires the diviner to burn their own soul. Gods will not use divination unless absolutely necessary.”
Immortal Lord Chenyi looked at Chaowu and said, "It was my fault to begin with. I am willing to do anything as long as I can eliminate the evil spirits."
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