The sky was blue and the ground was filled with pavilions that looked like a sect. However, the signboard above the sect was very blurry, making it impossible to see the name clearly. If one wanted to take a closer look, it would be even more blurry.
In one of the pavilions sat a woman. She looked very familiar, very familiar. She bit her lower lip and looked up into the sky as if she were looking at something …. Who is she …. Who am I …. In a vast land, the sky was murky and dark, and the smell of blood filled the air. It was as if a battle had once taken place here. A woman flew through the air, her face pale and filled with panic. Occasionally, she would look back to see an earth cultivator with a devilish silver gleam in his eyes. He was neither fast nor slow as he chased after her.
In this most critical moment, she saw a familiar man hiding on the ground … Who was she? Who was he? Who was he? Who was she? Who was he? Who was she? Who was she? Who was she? Who was she? Inside a very ordinary Immortal's Cave, a man sat cross-legged. He seemed to be in the most critical moment of a cultivator's Core Formation.
The woman stood outside the cave. Although she was so scared that her mind was trembling, her eyes were filled with determination. Before her, there were many cultivators using spells to break the formation around the cave and break in.
The woman clenched her teeth and continued to change the formation to resist until she used the last bit of her strength. Her body went soft and she found that she was leaning against a warm chest.
"I'll take you to kill!"
This sentence seemed to pierce through the sky, and from then on, it connected a lifetime of love … Who is she, who is he … Who am I … Under the blue sky, in a familiar yet unfamiliar sect, this woman silently sat in a pavilion, holding a zither. Waves of sorrowful zither music lingered in the world. She seemed to be getting married.
However, when she walked out of the pavilion and was about to face everything, a man appeared. With an unparalleled cultivation base, he walked up to her.
That gentle smile made her freeze on the spot.
She wanted to know who he was, who she was, and who she was, and who she was … A ray of warm sunlight shone in a secluded valley. There was a wooden house that was filled with warmth, and cheerful zither music could be heard. The woman was leaning on the zither as she looked at the man beside her. She leaned into his embrace, and her eyes were filled with tenderness.
She seemed to be very happy … However, who was she? Who was that man? Who … was I?
He wanted to remember something, but he couldn't remember it no matter how hard he tried. His mind was heavy, as if he had slept for a very, very long time … In a blur, cracks appeared on the tender scene and it slowly collapsed. It turned into a sky that was changing colors. The man was hugging a woman, and as tears flowed down his face, he let out a heaven-shaking roar. That roar contained pain, but it also contained a promise! "Even if the heavens want you to die, I will take you back!"
In an extremely luxurious room in the imperial palace of Lucky Dao Imperial City, there was a woman lying on a soft bed. She didn't have a peerless appearance, but she was very pleasing to the eye. Right now, her face was pale, her eyes were closed, and her eyelashes were trembling. She seemed to be having a nightmare and wanted to wake up from it.
At some point in time, tears flowed from the corner of her eyes and flowed down her cheeks, wetting the pure white pillow.
In her dream, that heart-wrenching roar reverberated. It was a roar against the heavens, a rebellion against fate, a defiance against the heavens and the earth, and a defiance against life!
That voice caused even more tears to flow down the woman's cheeks …. However, she couldn't remember who this woman was, or who the man who had torn her heart apart was …. She wanted to remember, but now, she couldn't even remember who she was.
In her dream, she vaguely saw that man appear beside a coffin after a long time. He touched the coffin and gently leaned his face against it. His gentle appearance made her heart ache … The tears that fell on the coffin made her heart ache … She had an urge to open her eyes, touch the man's face, and wipe away the tears at the corner of his eyes.
As she struggled, everything in the dream was destroyed. The woman dissipated and the man disappeared into the fog. Everything became blurry.
She opened her eyes.
"You're awake …" A soft voice came from beside her.
She looked at the exquisite patterns on the bed and her eyes were filled with confusion. Everything in the dream seemed to still exist, but she was in a blur.
Turning around, she followed the voice and saw a long-haired man wearing a royal robe. Even though this man was already middle-aged, he was quite handsome and had a noble temperament. He was currently smiling at her.
"You … Who are you … I … Who am I …" The confusion in the woman's eyes became even stronger and a stabbing pain came from her mind, blocking her memories. It was as if there was an invisible force preventing her from finding herself.
"I'm the Ancient Dao Emperor, the supreme existence of the Ancient Dao. I'm your husband!
And your name is Song Zhi. You come from the Ancient Shi and are my empress! "
The man smiled and slowly spoke. As he spoke, the aura of an emperor spread out from his body.
"Husband …" As those two words echoed in the woman's mind, another figure immediately appeared. That figure was howling at the sky and letting out a painful roar.
That figure was sitting with her and listening to her play the zither cheerfully.
That figure held her in his arms and whispered in her ear that he was going to take her to kill someone … That figure … was blurry, and seemed to overlap with the man in the imperial robe in front of her. Slowly, they really did overlap … However, she felt that they were incompatible. After they overlapped, they separated.
The intense pain in her head arrived once more. The woman closed her eyes and passed out from the pain.
The man in the royal robe's expression became gloomy and he slowly said, "Tell me, what is the reason!?"
"Your Majesty, Song … After the Empress fused with the soul, her body became weak. Her original soul has become entangled with Your Majesty's soul, which is why her memory is in chaos.
"However, this matter is not a problem. The Empress only needs to rest for a period of time to slowly recover, but her memory will remain in chaos. However, this is also a good thing. Your Majesty can plant a new memory for the Empress that will gradually occupy her mind and become her real memory.
Furthermore, this body is very suitable for this soul. It can be slowly nourished, and in a few years, this soul will completely fuse with this body. At that time, even the true body of the remnant soul will not be able to fuse with this soul. "
Ripples appeared behind the man in the royal robe and an old man appeared. He knelt down on one knee and respectfully said, "You can leave."
The man in the royal robe slowly said, "You can leave."
The old man quickly nodded and turned into smoke that dissipated from the room. Only the Ancient Dao Emperor and the woman remained.
The Ancient Dao Emperor sat beside the woman and looked at her with a strange light in his eyes.
"The Imperial Teacher once said that the soul fragment can allow me to become the true Ancient Emperor that unifies the three ancient clans … The Imperial Teacher divined the changes of the past and present, so he can't be wrong … Then making this woman my empress is the best reward for her."
As he muttered, the man in the royal robe raised his right hand and gently stroked the unconscious woman's face. He smiled.
"Even though this girl isn't beautiful, she has her own charm. I don't know where the Imperial Tutor got the remnant soul in her body from, but the Imperial Tutor refused to talk about it … But come to think of it, this remnant soul was also a beauty when she was alive … Maybe she had her own lover, and maybe that lover was in extreme pain after she died … Unfortunately, he will never know that this girl is now in my hands … If there is a chance to find out who this girl's lover was, and let me see it with my own eyes, it will be very interesting.
"Perhaps that person is already dead. If they don't die and meet one day, I wonder if they will recognize each other …" The man in the royal robe smiled even more.
"I'm looking forward to it … However, I believe that day will never come."
The man in the royal robe shook his head. His right hand that was stroking the woman's face gently squeezed, leaving a bruise on her face.
The woman's body trembled. She seemed to feel pain even though she was unconscious, and tears flowed down from the corners of her eyes.
"If it wasn't for the fact that the empress of the royal family must remain a virgin during the title ceremony, I would really want to turn her into a woman. However, this matter is not urgent. After the title ceremony, I want to have a good taste of the soul fragment." The man in the royal robe smiled as he stood up. He waved his sleeves and walked out of the room.
As the woman's tears flowed down, Wang Lin, who was at the foot of Mount Jidao, looked up at the top of the mountain with a cold gaze.
Grand Empyrean Gu Dao obviously didn't recognize him, but Wang Lin also didn't recognize the Ji clan. The only person he respected in the entire Ancient clan was Xuan Luo!
If not for Xuan Luo, he, Wang Lin, would never have come here!
"300 steps …" The Grand Empyrean outline behind Wang Lin shined with a black and white light. Under this light, Wang Lin raised his foot and took a step forward!
This step wasn't just one step, but dozens!
The moment his foot landed, Wang Lin stood on the 39th step. A powerful force came down from the top of the mountain and landed on Wang Lin's body. Wang Lin's body trembled as if countless mountains were pressing down on him.
In his eyes, the steps leading to the top of the mountain began to distort as if they had a life of their own. They moved up and down like dragons.
He let out a cold snort and the outline of the Grand Empyrean sun behind Wang Lin shined even brighter. The clouds changed as Wang Lin took another step and jumped forward.
42nd step, 57th step, 69th step, 8th step, Shi San step … Wang Lin's ears rumbled as he resisted the endless pressure and stepped onto the 99th step. He raised his right foot and mercilessly stomped down on the 100th step!
The moment his foot landed, the world rumbled and Mount Gu Dao seemed to tremble. A powerful pressure suddenly closed in and landed on Wang Lin's body. Wang Lin trembled and blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth.
This pressure came from the mountain, from Grand Empyrean Gu Dao!