"Sister Ling, there's no one else here," Jing Mo whispered. "It's just you and me."
Wan Jiao then realized that the mirror demon before her possessed some skill, even being able to manipulate time. After confirming that he hadn't taken Han Jin's life, she raised her sword and pointed it at him.
"Humans and demons are different paths, what is your purpose?"
Jing Mo looked at him earnestly, "Sister Ling, I've come here to find you."
Wan Jiao: "..."
Seemingly noticing Wan Jiao's somewhat uncomfortable expression, Jing Mo paused for a moment before continuing, "Sister Ling, don't you remember me? You and I..."
Jingmo began to recount the past.
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and images appeared in the mirror—his memories of himself and his Ling-jie.
**The Past of Mirror Demon VS Hades Runling**
Thousands of years ago, when Runling was a young girl, she passed through a demon realm and found a Mirror Demon who had been abandoned and looked like a little beggar. He was curled up on the ground, covered in dirt, which moved Runling to pity.
Because when she saw the Mirror Demon, it was as if she were seeing her former self.
Before her 500th birthday, she lived a solitary and wandering life. She didn't know who her parents were, nor did she have a name.
It wasn't until later, when Heaven sent her to the Underworld and announced to all beings there that she would become the new Queen of the Underworld, that she gradually began to live a meaningful life.
But... she still doesn't know who she is, who her parents are, where she came from, or where she is going.
All that is known is that she possesses power similar to that of a god, capable of commanding not only the beings of the underworld but also easily subjugating all things in the world to her feet.
"Though you were born a demon, you have never done evil. From now on, you shall follow me."
The little mirror demon looked at the beautiful girl with surprise. He was about to agree but hesitated. He shook his head and said, "I am a demon. If I follow you, I will bring you trouble."
The girl ignored the little mirror demon's words and asked him, "Do you know about the underworld?"
The little mirror demon naturally knew about the underworld, so it nodded vigorously, "I've heard that whether you're an immortal, a demon, or a human, you'll go to the underworld to report after you die."
(To reiterate, all settings are specific to this book and do not involve other books.)
The girl smiled and said, "I am the lord of the underworld. If you come back with me, no one will dare to cause me any trouble."
The little mirror demon stared at the girl for a long time before shaking its head. "Sister, thank you for your kindness, but I really can't be a burden to you."
"Do you want to die?" the girl asked the little mirror demon.
He stubbornly shook his head, "I don't want to."
The girl said, "If you stay here, you won't live past today. You have no choice but to come with me."
In the end, the little mirror demon made a choice between life and death.
At the same time, he secretly vowed that he would never betray his sister in his life.
On their way back to the Underworld after leaving that demonic realm, the girl introduced herself to the little mirror demon, "My name is Runling. I'm a little older than you, so I'll be your older sister from now on."
"Sister Ling," the little mirror demon called softly to the girl.
The girl reached out and touched the little mirror demon's hair. "And you? What's your name?"
“I have no name,” said the little mirror demon.
The girl paused for a moment, then patted the little mirror demon on the shoulder. "All living beings in the world have names. You are a mirror demon, so from now on, I will call you Jing Mo, how about that?"
"Jingmo." The little mirror demon murmured the name his spirit sister had given him several times, overjoyed. He nodded vigorously, "Sister Ling, I like this name. Thank you."
Girl: "You're welcome. Jingmo, from now on I'm your family..."
The scene then shifts to Jingmo's life in the underworld.
The girl taught him to read and write, and taught him to master his abilities and cultivate them steadily and surely.
They spent hundreds of wonderful years together.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Jingmo has grown up.
He was elegant and dignified, like a celestial being who had stepped out of a painting.
He is clearly a demon, a symbol of evil.
In the underworld, thanks to the pure land that Runling created for him, he always wore white clothes, spotless and completely untouched by demons.
Some girls from the underworld even showed him affection and invited him with handkerchiefs.
However, Jing Mo rejected them all.
He knew very well who he was, why he was born, and why he would die.
To put it simply, I belong to my sister in life and in death.
Oh, no, Jing Mo is a demon, and demons don't have souls after they die.
Anyway, he had long ago made up his mind: in this life, he would live for one person, and he would die for only one person, and that person was his sister Runling.
…
As everyone knows, since the fall of the ancestor of gods, Lord Mingjin, who held the ancient heavenly book ten thousand years ago, all the gods in the world have withered away one after another, and there are no gods left to this day.
Jingmo had always thought that he would spend thousands of years in the underworld with his sister, witnessing together all things in the world and the changes of time...
Until that person appeared.
He said his name was Ming Jin, and that he did indeed possess an ancient celestial book. He claimed that he suddenly appeared in the underworld, right there in the Underworld King's Palace.
Despite his confidence in his appearance, Jing Mo still felt inferior when he saw Ming Jin.
He reminded Runling, "Sister Ling, the God of the Underworld perished ten thousand years ago. This one is probably..."
Runling smiled gently and patted Jingmo's shoulder lightly. "My eyes can discern everything in this world. He is Mingjin, without a doubt. As for why he suddenly reappeared in my Underworld ten thousand years after his fall, only he himself can tell us."
later……
Jingmo watched his sister revolve around Mingjin every day. In her eyes, there was an affection that Jingmo had never seen before, but he had no idea what it was.
Jingmo asked Runling several times, and she always said gently, "The God of the Underworld is the ancestor of the gods, so I naturally admire him."
Jingmo believed it, but one day while strolling in the sea of spider lilies behind the Underworld Palace, he overheard the maids in the palace chatting.
“Our lord has been acting very strangely ever since that deity came to our underworld. Do you know why?”
"You silly girl, you're still so naive. My lord is a woman. It's perfectly normal for a woman to develop feelings for a man when they're together day and night, even if there's no moonlit night, there are still flowers in front of them."
"Sister, do you mean that our lord has taken a fancy to that god?"
"Eight or nine out of ten..."
Jing Mo then realized that it wasn't admiration, it was liking.
A woman's affection for a man.
She likes him and wants to have children with him.
I want to be with one person for life, a love that will never leave or forsake each other.
Jingmo didn't know how he got back to his residence, but what kept replaying in his mind was the incident a hundred years ago when he accidentally entered the forbidden area of the underworld.
Within the forbidden area lies a Netherworld Divine Stone, a treasure of the underworld, possessing omniscience. Those who gain permission to enter can foresee the past, present, and future.
However, it has one drawback: not everyone can gain recognition; it depends on 'fate'... and luckily yet unfortunately, Jing Mo is the one destined to encounter the Netherworld Divine Stone!
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