I struggled, grabbing his arms, trembling: “Call Zhen Nü, call her.”
A thousand years ago, after the divine-ghost war ended, I was severely wounded and thrown into a desolate village by the Supreme God. Zhen Nü nursed me back to health. Only she could treat the pain back then.
And now, this pain was exactly the same.
She glanced at me, lowered her eyes while bandaging me, and said: “We’ll talk about these things later. I just want to sigh that no matter how things change, the connection between you and the Ghost King will never be broken. When you fell into the River of Bones, he also held you like this to find the Supreme God.”
“What exactly are you trying to say!” I became irritable, truly wanting to dig out all the thoughts in her heart.
“When you originally lost your soul and should have died, because of his heart qi, you were able to survive. But now that you’ve lost your heart qi, the few strands of soul can no longer sustain your life, so it’s time to return your soul to you.”
I blinked: “What soul?”
“You should be very clear that you only have memories after the divine-ghost battle, and the previous memories were sealed along with your soul.”
Only by returning your soul can your cultivation be restored and help you suppress the resurgence of corpse poison.”
Seeing how serious she was, even I felt that the matter was significant.
“In short, you want to unseal my soul, and then all my lost memories will come back?” Seeing her nod, I asked, “Was it my own will to seal the soul back then?”
“Yes.”
“Why?” True Woman seemed to be recalling, and after a long while, she said: “I don’t know the specific details, only that the year you were brought back to the divine realm, you wanted to escape. Later, news came that Mu Chen, who had become mortal, was dead, and you went crazy. You begged the Supreme God to remove your immortal bones, strip away your divine position, and become a mortal to find him. But the Supreme God rejected this. Later, after the great battle ended, you found the Supreme God again and begged him to seal your memories. And the one who would extract your soul was Gou Hun.”
I was stunned, suddenly realizing: “Is my soul with Gou Hun?!”
True Woman was slightly indifferent: “Yes, as the Soul-Collecting God, only he could manage souls like this.”
I suddenly laughed, no wonder I was so severely injured, and the Supreme God threw me to this desolate place far from my soul, which couldn’t survive. He carried my soul, and that soul-body connection still existed. Perhaps he knew that my approach was not because I was instantly in love with him, but because I was drawn by my own soul, which is why he kept avoiding me.
But later, I truly fell in love with him, otherwise, I wouldn’t have been heartbroken for so long after we separated.
“These days I will calculate your destiny and find the most suitable time to help you return to your soul,” True Woman tied the bandage and added, “Out of personal interest, I also hope the soul can enter your body as soon as possible.”
I paused and said: “Because if I recover my memories, the love for Mu Chen from a thousand years ago might overshadow my love for Gou Hun, and then you would no longer have me as a rival?”
True Woman suddenly sneered, completely different from her usually dignified face: “Do you really think I snatched him from you? The one who truly interfered was you! Before you lost your memory, I already loved him. It was your appearance that forcibly pushed me away!”
I was stunned, unable to speak. True Woman left angrily, and my head still felt a stabbing pain.
This was simply ironic.
I had resented True Woman for so long, hating her for coming between me and Gou Hun. I didn’t realize that her actions and harsh words were actually because I had first destroyed the lover she might have embraced.
Perhaps without my appearance, Gou Hun would not have fallen in love with True Woman. But because of my appearance, Gou Hun would never accept True Woman. No one can control feelings, but thinking about it, it wasn’t she who wronged me, but I who destroyed our potential friendship. I had always thought she was revenge on me, but I didn’t realize I had hurt her first.
Suddenly, he spoke, “Sealing the soul, originally meant to be completely sealed after a thousand years, with the main body unable to have too much emotional fluctuation. At the time, I didn’t know that mortals only need one year, while immortals require a thousand years. When the Supreme God told me, I was already with you. Later, when the Supreme God ordered me, fearing that we might develop feelings midway, just after recently sealing the soul, if you were to be struck again, I feared your soul would completely disperse. So…”
So we were separated, kept apart for so long. It turns out the one who made me wait was myself. But he couldn’t say the reason, for saying it would be like awakening the pain from a thousand years ago.
“Later, I learned that you had dealings with the ghost realm. I went to consult the Supreme God, who finally agreed to let me call you back, but unfortunately…
The True Woman told him about me, she would surely tell Gou Hun about the name I now call in my dreams – another person. This way, he would know that we could no longer continue our fate.
I held back tears, unable to look at him. In this matter, neither he nor I was wrong; perhaps only time was at fault.
“Gou Hun… I once loved you. Regardless of whether memories return or how things proceed, this will not change.”
Rebirth by Fire (Part Two)
The True Woman quickly calculated the auspicious day for soul unsealing, five days later.
Although it seemed simple, previously it had always been for mortal spirits and monsters to seal and unseal. Now in the divine realm, I was the first. Soon, I became famous again in the divine realm. Many immortals came to this small village to observe me, but because I needed to recuperate, at Ah Gong’s request, they were all sent to an alternate dimension.
I sat in the courtyard, sunbathing and playing cards, looking at my terrible hand.
Time Traveler said, “Hurry and play.”
“Don’t rush rebirth,” Ah Gong, who was helping me crack walnuts, reproached, “She can’t be rushed.”
Jianghu, impatient, said, “Rebirth, the sun is about to set!”
“Ah ah ah ah, two of dots!”
As soon as the card was played, Jianghu’s eyes lit up, clearly about to say “peng”, when Mansion Strategist said, “Jianghu, there’s someone behind you.”
Jianghu turned back, frowning, “Where?
“Turning back, almost exploding, “Mansion Strategist, you touched the cards! Spit it out, spit it out!”
Mansion Strategist blinked, “The card’s already been seen, it can’t be returned.”
I chuckled, “Don’t be so lacking in card etiquette, little Jianghu.”
“Hey! You’ve won so much money from me and you’re still talking!”
I pouted, “Let me win some money before you draw your knife. If I accidentally become half-paralyzed, who’ll support me?”
Time Traveler shook his head, “Careless words, growing in height but not in wisdom.”
Jianghu said, “She’s missing a brain.”
I grinned, “You’re the one missing a brain.”
Jianghu expressionlessly took my just-played card, “Kong your east wind.”
As the sunset slanted, the group keeping me company dispersed. In a few days, they would help suppress the unsealed soul to prevent it from escaping. The True Woman said there were over twenty fragmented souls, and losing one would mean losing a period of memory. So ten divine lords would come to contain the souls until they safely entered my body.
Thinking about being watched, I could only bitter smile. Looking down at my chest, the black energy grew increasingly dense.
When the True Woman came to change my medicine and brought dinner, before I could speak, she said, “Ah Gong asked me to bring this.”
