Madam, please ascend.

Chapter 327 What Joy is There in Life?
A few days ago.

Yun Yi and Pei Jianjia discussed how to deal with Zhao Wuxiang. This man was too slippery, and they didn't even know where he was now. Capturing him alive would be as difficult as climbing to the sky.

A hint of disappointment flashed in Pei Jianjia's eyes: "To be honest, Young Master Yun, my soul doesn't have much time left in this world."

Yun Yi asked in confusion, "How could this be?"

"It's because I've already passed on the Dao of Painting Eyebrows to Zhuque. The deeper she comprehends the Great Dao, the weaker I will become. Moreover, I regretted my successful ascension back then and was rejected by the Heavenly Dao. I'm already content to be able to barely survive now."

"This... I was quite wary of Senior Pei before, I'm really sorry."

"It's alright. Although we are of different generations, we are both members of the Demonic Sect. I can completely understand your actions."

Yun Yi naturally understood Pei Jianjia's implied meaning and promised, "Actually, I have already thought of a way to lure Zhao Wuxiang out, but the problem is how to trap him."

"What method?"

"Senior, you may not know this, but Zhao Wuxiang's Wuxiang Divine Skill is extremely strange. He himself has been looking for an opportunity to create a mask that allows him to ascend to the Ascension Realm. Senior Yu Wuxia's remains are the best bait. As long as the news is released, he will definitely show up."

"The Formless Divine Skill... I inquired about this skill a while ago. I heard that after wearing the mask, one can completely transform into another person, including appearance, temperament, and even memories, all exactly the same."

"exactly."

Pei Jianjia smiled and said, "Since that's the case, I've already thought of a way to trap Zhao Wuxiang."

She truly lived up to her reputation as the reviver of the Hehuan Sect a thousand years ago, as she pinpointed the weakness of the Wuxiang Divine Skill in just a few words.

"This technique is incredibly effective. If he can find the face of someone in the Ascension Realm, he can even ignore the Heavenly Tribulation and directly transform into that person. However, there is one inescapable fatal flaw."

Yun Yi asked, "Shortcomings?"

"If he were to transform into a cultivator of a slightly lower level, Zhao Wuxiang could still maintain his rationality. But if he were to truly transform into a cultivator of a higher level, how could he resist the original memories of that face?"
"This is easy to say, but little do people know that every cultivator in the Dao Integration Realm possesses unique skills. When he uses the Formless Divine Art, isn't it another form of 'body snatching', completely transforming his own body into that of another person?"

"If he becomes obsessed with powerful abilities and cannot extricate himself, he will gradually lose the ability to distinguish which face is his own and which mask is someone else's, and in the end he will probably end up going mad."

Upon hearing her words, Yun Yi suddenly realized that he had been struggling with how to deal with the Formless Divine Skill all along, but he never expected that in the eyes of his senior, this skill was actually a skill that required sacrificing one's life.

If Zhao Wuxiang really transforms into Yu Wuxia, then he won't be able to decide who he is anymore.

It's like turning your life's cultivation into someone else's "furnace".

Pei Jianjia truly deserves her title as the "first person" who could ascend to immortality and then reverse it; her vision far surpasses that of Yun Yi.

With her guidance, the only remaining problem in dealing with Zhao Wuxiang was how to get him to absorb the remains and wear Yu Wuxia's mask.

Yun Yi was an expert at this; manipulating people's hearts and luring them into traps was his forte.

Pei Jianjia added, "However, we still need one more treasure to deal with him, and it is currently in Young Master Yun's hands."

Yun Yi understood immediately and took out the blue and red Love-longing talisman and handed it over.

He had always believed that the jade pendant that appeared at the place where Yu Wuxia was buried held a secret, that it could not only open the Paradise, but also contained the key to Pei Jianjia's possession and resurrection.

Therefore, the jade pendant changed hands several times, passing between Yun Yi and Song Xinci, all to guard against Pei Jianjia. But now that this senior is resigned to death and has even given up his own path, there is no need to continue treating him with petty malice.

Pei Jianjia gently stroked the "Love's Longing" jade pendant and said, "This jade pendant is my husband's personal possession, and it is also the object of his union with the Dao."

"I have yet to inquire about the Great Dao from Senior Yu Wuxia."

"The Path of Longing and the Path of Painting Eyebrows are a perfect match, yet fate has decreed that they can never be fulfilled together."

One is about longing for love, the other about painting eyebrows; both seem to be related to the word "love," but when it comes to ascension, they are on completely opposite paths.

Pei Jianjia said slowly, "Longing for each other requires separation first. We were together day and night, so close that it was as if we were the same person. How could I miss each other? So back then, in order to ascend to immortality, he actually imagined a woman who didn't exist, deceiving himself that the person he loved was actually her!"

Yun Yi: "Senior did this to better understand the feeling of longing."

"Ha, it's ridiculous that he even drew a portrait of that woman and sculpted her body. At first, I didn't understand and almost became his enemy. Later, I found that the woman looked exactly like me, except that she was me when I was a young girl."

Pei Jianjia found it laughable and said, "Isn't it absurd? He loves me, but not the me he knows now. This way, he can fulfill his longing and ascend to heaven!"

Yun Yi didn't find it laughable: "But he still failed to ascend."

"That's because the time for his ascension had finally come. At the critical moment of undergoing the heavenly tribulation, he suddenly realized that the person he longed for was just an illusion. Therefore, he missed me so much that he was willing to brave the lightning tribulation to see me one last time."

"Is he afraid that if he fails to ascend, he will be separated from you by death and never see you again?"

"It was precisely this thought that killed him. Once he saw me, his longing would be relieved, so how could he possibly ascend to immortality?"

Unexpectedly, there were other hidden stories behind what happened back then, and Yu Wuxia's death was also suspicious.

Pei Jianjia continued, "He finally saw me before he died, which relieved his longing. But I tried everything I could, but I couldn't save him. All that was left were his remains."

"I am determined to avenge him, but it was the vast heavenly tribulation that killed him. How can I possibly vent my anger?"

Yun Yi: "So you chose to ascend and undergo tribulation, but regretted it after you succeeded."

"I want my husband to draw my eyebrows for a lifetime. If I go to the heavens, who will draw my eyebrows for me?" Pei Jianjia said with tenderness as she recalled the past.

Although Yun Yi didn't know exactly what the couple from the Hehuan Sect had gone through, he learned from a few words that they must have been separated for many years, each cultivating their own path, but unfortunately, their separation turned into a death.

Pei Jianjia caressed the "Longing for You" pendant as if stroking her lover's fingertips. "My only wish in this life is to have him draw my eyebrows one more time."

This matter has nothing to do with grand principles, but only with love and affection.

Yun Yi was now completely convinced that as long as Zhao Wuxiang dared to transform into Yu Wuxia, Pei Jianjia would have him cornered!
That senior's cultivation was immense, and the pain of unrequited love that made him willing to give up ascension was something no one could resist.

Ascending to heaven is not only the ultimate dream of many, but also the result that a few people try to avoid at all costs.

Yunyi and Song Xinci are currently suffering greatly here, and they feel the same way most deeply.

(End of this chapter)