Madam, please ascend.

Chapter 360 Heaven and Earth
Song Xinci finally arrived in the Heavenly Realm. She was not unfamiliar with this place; on the contrary, she had a feeling of "returning to an old haunt".

Little did she know that during the days she refused to ascend, whenever she fell into a deep sleep, her consciousness would drift away to an infinitely desolate, boundless, and supremely distant place.

It is the Heavenly Realm!

There was no one around, and the jade-paved ground beneath our feet was faintly visible among the white clouds.

The sun and moon are beneath our feet, while above us lies an endless, profound void.

Such a place seems too desolate, as if every breath exhales frost.

If Yun Yi were to see this scene, he would surely exclaim, "This is no place for a human to live!"

Fortunately, Song Xinci was not Yun Yi. She was naturally aloof and extremely fond of quiet, so she did not find this deserted place frightening.

After her reascension, she had fully recovered her cultivation. To be precise, she had not only recovered the "Supreme Path of Forgetfulness," but had directly entered a more profound realm.

The Realm of Immortals.

It's practically within easy reach.

However, no matter how high her cultivation level was, it seemed to be of no use in this Heavenly Realm where she was all alone, making her seem somewhat useless.

A golden phantom took the initiative to guide Song Xinci, leading her to a residence called "Moon Palace".

In Song Xinci's view, it doesn't matter where she lives, since there is only a vast expanse of white here, which is completely different from the secret realm of flying gods on earth.

After entering the Moon Palace, the golden phantom whose face was obscured said, "This will be your residence from now on."

Song Xinci asked, "How can I return to the human world?"

"Can not go back."

"We can't go back?" Song Xinci repeated. "Why?"

The golden phantom replied, "Rules."

"I can't understand it."

"They'll understand eventually." The golden phantom's gaze fell on the bundle in Song Xinci's hand, as if it regarded it as a thorn in its side.

Song Xinci sensed something was amiss and asked warily, "Are you after it?"

The golden phantom said, "Now that you have come to the Heavenly Realm, I will not interfere with any of your decisions."

"What should I do here, just stand there and do nothing?"

"That's not the case; you have a lot to do."

The golden phantom clapped its hands gently, and then countless points of light suddenly lit up in the white sky, like stars.

He said, "These are the paths to ascending to the heavens; you need to refine them."

Song Xinci asked in bewilderment, "Where were their original owners?"

"Annihilation."

"died?"

"That's one way to understand it, but it's not entirely accurate." The golden phantom didn't intend to explain in detail, only saying, "Once you gradually adapt to this place, you will naturally understand the cause and effect."

Song Xinci was completely confused, wondering what "annihilation" meant. How could someone who had reached the Ascension Realm in the Heavenly Realm end up like this?

Why did I not perish, but instead "survive"?

The golden phantom gradually disappeared, leaving only Song Xinci in the jade-white palace.

Logically speaking, since she had nothing to do in the Moon Palace, she should have studied those great principles.

But she chose to open the precious bundle and look at the items inside.

In fact, at the very moment her cultivation was restored, Song Xinci not only cured her strange illness, but also regained all her memories.

This includes her two lifetimes of karmic connection with Yun Yi. Strangely enough, perhaps due to the effects of the Supreme Dao of Forgetfulness, those memories now seem irrelevant to Song Xinci.

She became an observer of herself, her joys and sorrows irrelevant, and thus she experienced no emotional fluctuations, always maintaining a cold and aloof demeanor.

Free from desires and emotions, in harmony with nature and humanity—this is the current state of Song Xin porcelain.

Even though she had no romantic feelings for him, she inexplicably felt that the contents of the bundle were very precious, so she couldn't help but take out the storybook and read it carefully.

She also placed the puppet resembling Yun Yi on the white jade tabletop, glancing at it from time to time.

For the celestial realm, the sun and moon are right beneath their feet, and the concept of time is unnecessary.

Therefore, when Song Xinci put down the storybook, she had no idea how much time had passed.

She then picked up the puppet and gently stroked "his" eyebrows and eyes with her fingers.

……

Meanwhile, in the Flying Mystery Realm.

After watching his wife ascend to heaven, Yun Yi, holding the Fangyuan Sword, remained gazing at the sky, unable to recover for a long time.

Just then, a flash of sword light arrived with a whoosh, and the tall scholar in the blue robe patted him hard on the shoulder.

Yun Yi, as if waking from a deep sleep, said, "Master, what brings you here?"

Wang Shenlai said loudly, "Someone tried to ambush your wife, and I couldn't stand it, so I took action."

"The Lord of the Overturning Heaven Pavilion?" There aren't many people in this world who can get Master to take action, so Yun Yi instantly guessed who that person was. "Why is he targeting Xin Ci?"

He said that if the Heavenly Way were to be completed by the Supreme Way of Forgetfulness, it would bring great calamity to the human world.

Yun Yi was about to frown when he remembered his wife's repeated advice not to do this, so he took a deep breath to calm himself down.

He asked, "Does the Lord of the Overturning Heaven Pavilion possess the supernatural power of foresight?"

Wang Shenlai was also puzzled: "He said he had seen it with his own eyes."

"Did you witness your wife's ascension bringing great calamity to the mortal realm?" Unlike Wang Shenlai, Yun Yi had some speculations about this.

He has lived two lives, as has his wife. This mystery remains unsolved, so the enigmatic Master of the Overturning Heaven Pavilion must also have many inexplicable aspects.

However, the mortal realm appears unchanged, and the celestial realm is desolate after the departure of the Heavenly Dao and Song Xinci.

There were no signs of major disaster.

Wang Shenlai changed the subject: "You have finally achieved enlightenment, and you have not disappointed me."

Yun Yi said, "It's a pity that the sacrifice was not small. Thinking about it carefully, all I have left to use is Fang Yuan."

"This is the right way; you have to give up something to gain something. Moreover, after being tempered by the Heavenly Dao, Fang Yuan has completely erased Nangong Feitian's traces and has become a divine weapon that truly belongs to you."

Yun Yi felt this most deeply, as he found that his advancement to the Dao Integration Realm was quite different from his previous breakthroughs.

Previously, one had to go through the initial, middle, and late stages of cultivation, but after he merged with the Dao, he was in perfect harmony with the "Dao of Rules" and directly reached the middle and late stages.

With such cultivation, he is almost on par with another peerless genius, Feng Mo. Moreover, both of them are sword cultivators, and are most skilled in killing.

The fruits of his two lifetimes of cultivation finally came to fruition, a testament to his accumulated strength, instantly placing him among the strongest in the human realm.

It's just a pity that he was still a step behind his wife.

Wang Shenlai's arrival was silent, but soon he was discovered by Nangong Zhuozhuo and the others, who all came over to pay their respects.

As Nangong Zhuozhuo spoke, her eyes darted around, "Drunkard... cough cough, sir, what brings you here?"

Wang Shenlai waved his sleeve and said, "Don't worry, I'm not taking you back to cultivate."

Zhuozhuo breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this and said ingratiatingly, "We have plenty of fine wine here, sir, why don't you drink and chat while we drink!"

(End of this chapter)