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Chapter 1
On a hot afternoon, cicadas chirped incessantly in the mountains, dark clouds gathered on the summit of Cangshan Mountain, a sudden gust of wind arose, and lightning flashed and thunder roared.
This sudden downpour caused tourists in Cangshan to complain about the weather forecast, which they felt was becoming increasingly arbitrary. The forecast had promised a sunny week, but the rain came out of nowhere, and the thunder struck without warning.
Deep in the Cangshan Mountains, in a cave that has witnessed countless changes over time, a young girl carrying a travel bag entered to take shelter from the rain. Like a puppet on a string, she arrived without any consciousness, guided only by some clue.
Walking to the cold jade bed deep inside the cave, there lay a person on the bed, someone who looked similar to her. However, the person on the bed had the appearance and figure of a top-tier game model, while the girl standing by the bed was a large-scale peripheral product produced by a small factory.
The last bolt of lightning struck out of nowhere, and a beam of white light flew out from between the woman's eyebrows on the jade bed, piercing straight into the girl's body.
Twenty thousand years ago, this continent was teeming with cultivators. At that time, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was abundant, and ascending to immortality was not just a pipe dream. The woman on the cold jade bed was a cultivator from ten thousand years ago.
However, Heaven later withdrew its spiritual power and severed the Heavenly Ladder, so mortals no longer had the opportunity to ascend.
The master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion divined that there would still be a glimmer of hope ten thousand years from now, so all the sects and families arranged for their disciples to enter the secret realm to wait for that hope.
Xu Yi, the head disciple of the Cangyun Sect, was also among the disciples who went into seclusion that time. However, she was different from the others. Her cultivation had already reached its peak, and she was only one step away from transcending the tribulation and ascending to immortality.
Unfortunately, the tribulation she had to overcome was one of inner demons and romantic entanglements, and her tribulation fell upon a mortal.
Mortals live for no more than a hundred years, and who knows how many times they will be reincarnated after ten thousand years? By then, the thread of fate between the two will probably have been broken. In order to reconnect their fate, Xu Yi took out a wisp of his divine consciousness and transformed it into a lonely soul to accompany his fiancée through countless lifetimes until the spiritual power of the world is restored, at which point she will be able to break free from the demonic realm and ascend to immortality.
Xu Yi merged her original soul with a wisp of divine consciousness from her reincarnation. Feeling somewhat unaccustomed to her new body, she moved around and frowned slightly as she looked at the strange clothes she was wearing.
After leaving the cave, she set up several more concealment arrays. Now that spiritual energy has recovered, those old monsters from before will gradually awaken. She didn't want her physical body to be stolen and turned into magical artifacts or pills when she returned.
The shoes were strange, yet surprisingly comfortable and fit perfectly. The thin, ill-fitting garment felt cool and soft against her skin. She wasn't used to it; in her ancient memories, even demonic cultivators had never dressed so blatantly.
However, she still has new memories in her mind that are being integrated. Even though she is not used to it, she knows that this kind of clothing is the most suitable and common in the present world.
Her immediate priority is to find a fiancée—Miss Gu—who can help her through this ordeal.
Where to find someone in this vast sea of people? Xu Yi felt a headache even before she descended the mountain. However, how could a cultivator like her, who pursues the Great Dao, be deterred by a small difficulty? Even if she had to go through countless hardships, she would definitely find her Miss Gu.
The more she thought about it, the more excited she became. Xu Yi's steps became much lighter as she descended the mountain, until she encountered a group of people waving and calling out to her halfway down.
"Xu Yi! Xu Yi! Over here, come quick!"
"Oh my god, you scared me to death! Everyone was running downhill to avoid the rain, why did you run into the mountains all by yourself? Are you crazy?"
"I've heard that Cangshan is very strange, Xu Yi, don't fall behind."
Xu Yi remembered these people as members of a mountaineering club. Because the original owner of this body also loved to go deep into the mountains and forests, she met this group of people by chance. Although she did not join their club, she often participated in their mountaineering activities.
A short-haired girl wearing a red headband walked up to her and asked with great concern, "Xu Yi, are you alright? We couldn't find you and almost called the police."
"It's okay." Xu Yi took half a step back, not quite used to being so close to others.
The girl noticed her movement, and somewhat embarrassedly stepped back to her teammates, smiling and saying, "It's alright, let's get down the mountain as soon as possible."
Nothing strange happened on the way back; the sudden rain seemed like a prank by God.
Upon arriving at the guesthouse at the foot of the mountain, Xu Yi followed her memory to find her room and unpacked her luggage. The two memories in her mind merged very slowly. After all, this body was too poor to accommodate her original soul. She could only peel back the layers slowly, which also caused the memories of this body to become more and more chaotic.
Xu Yi lay on the bed and sorted out the general memories of this body.
Also named Xu Yi, now eighteen years old and a high school graduate, the girl believes herself to be an orphan abandoned by her parents since childhood. Only she knows that this body was born without parents. In this life, she was raised by a one-eyed old woman in the countryside, who passed away a few years ago.
The little girl loved to travel through mountains and rivers and get close to nature because she was drawn to the spiritual energy of nature and instinctively wanted to be near it. She was eccentric and quiet in her interactions with others because she had cultivated the ruthless sword path.
Xu Yi suddenly sat up in bed, feeling completely lost. The ruthless sword path would break her path if she got married, but how could she overcome the tribulation of love if she didn't get married?
Just as she was racking her brains for a solution, there was a knock on the door.
Xu Yi opened the door, and there stood the short-haired girl from the club, Zhang Ya, holding a fruit platter.
"Xu Yi, I bought some fruit, here you go."
Xu Yi had long since abstained from grains and was indifferent to the food of the spiritual cultivation world, let alone ordinary food in the mortal world. Not only did it lack spiritual power and could not assist cultivation, but the impurities in the food itself would also affect the cultivator.
But now, she was hungry, and her stomach was growling loudly right in front of Zhang Ya.
"Thank you." Xu Yi took the fruit plate from her hand.
The two stood facing each other by the door. Xu Yi accepted the fruit platter and waited for Zhang Ya to leave.
Seeing that she was finally willing to accept her things, Zhang Ya waited for Xu Yi to invite her into the house, hoping that their relationship could take a step further.
Half a minute passed, and Xu Yi was the first to give in, "Is there anything else?"
“…No,” Zhang Ya blurted out, then quickly had a sudden inspiration, “I have something I want to talk to you about, can I come in?”
Xu Yi stepped aside, and Zhang Ya finally got to enter her room, which was so clean and tidy that it looked like the housekeeper had just come to clean it.
Xu Yi put down the fruit plate and sat up straight on one of the only two chairs in the room. "Please speak."
Zhang Ya felt as if her boss was talking to her. She tried to smile and relax, but Xu Yi's unrestrained pressure made her expressionless.
She said stiffly, "Our club's next stop is Mocheng. The scenery in Nanshan, Mocheng is quite nice. Would you like to go?"
"Thank you for the invitation, but unfortunately I have important matters to attend to and cannot accompany you."
Zhang Ya was heartbroken at being rejected. They had known each other for almost a year, but they hadn't even exchanged contact information. Getting close to Xu Yi was proving to be incredibly difficult.
When Xu Yi was a minor, she held back and didn't express any feelings. Now that Xu Yi has finally come of age, why does she seem even more unapproachable?
"What's the matter? Is it convenient to talk about it? I don't mean to pry into your privacy, but if you encounter any difficulties, perhaps I can help you." Zhang Ya was persistent. She knew that Xu Yi's background was pitiful, and the new school year was approaching. Perhaps Xu Yi was worried about her studies? If she offered help now, maybe Xu Yi would lower her guard a little.
Xu Yi's face was serious, her ear tips slightly re
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