Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

Within the city of Wangxing, there exists a "heavenly prodigy" whose importance far exceeds imagination. She is a being capable of altering the landscape of the Great Spirit Empire and even influencing the competition for the imperial throne.

There is only one possibility for a woman to be able to do this.

With exceptional talent, he is destined to become a future terrestrial immortal.

Only in this way can we explain why these princes and grandsons were so enthusiastic, rushing to the Starfall Continent one after another to do these "absurd things".

If any prince or grandson of the emperor were to marry a celestial being as his queen, his influence in the Great Spirit Empire would rise dramatically, second only to the current emperor.

There's no mistake, it must be so!

And so, at the instigation of a group of cunning old foxes...

The sons of wealthy and powerful families in Qing'an Prefecture, and the direct descendants of prominent clans, all boarded flying boats bound for Wangxing City.

Although they knew they were unlikely to outcompete others, everyone heading to Wangxing City shared similar thoughts.

What if?

Who knows, maybe that "heavenly beauty" likes my type?

These days, there are quite a few people who like puppies.

One after another, scions of wealthy families, eager to live off their wives, arrived in Wangxing City, displaying themselves wildly like peacocks courting their mates.

During this process, the economy of Wangxing City received an unprecedented boost, maintaining a high-speed development for a long time, and using the strength of one city to drag the entire Xingyun Continent forward.

This is why the Starfall Continent did not stagnate, but instead continued to expand at an extremely slow pace.

……

The stimulation brought by Qinghe ultimately failed to change the course of the times. As the enthusiasm of various forces faded, the great era of expansion for the Starfall Continent came to an end.

What followed was a wave of mergers that swept across the entire Great Spirit Empire.

In order to maintain its own advantages, acquire more wealth and higher status, and also to deal with potential crises, the Great Spirit Empire launched a vigorous annexation campaign.

Led by major interest groups, more and more smaller forces are being swallowed up by larger ones.

These powerful forces extended their reach to every corner of the empire, from the manufacture of airships and warships to the daily necessities of ordinary people, leaving nothing untouched.

They took care of every aspect of the lives of the empire's people, from birth to death, arranging everything meticulously and never missing a single opportunity to make money.

Whenever a new force emerges that can bring substantial benefits, there are only two possible outcomes for it.

You either join a powerful force and get absorbed by the existing interest group, or you are suppressed to the point of losing everything and your family is destroyed.

Occasionally, a genius emerges out of nowhere, but in the end, he can only become part of these powerful forces by marrying into their family or being married into their family.

If ordinary people do not join these powerful forces, they will have no room for advancement and will only be able to live a mundane life in that narrow world.

Those with a quick mind can open a small shop in the city and live a fairly comfortable life, while those with a rigid mind can find a job and stick to it for life, passing on this mindset to the next generation.

It wasn't particularly exciting, nor was it particularly tragic; it was mostly just ordinary.

As long as one doesn't crave quality or the future, and doesn't compare oneself to others, one can always survive in the Great Spirit Empire.

However, amidst the wave of massive mergers and acquisitions, more and more tragedies continue to occur.

As time progresses, these insignificant tragedies are submerged by the surging tide of progress, unable to stir up even a ripple.

The empire was so large that it couldn't even notice one or two ordinary people who had died.

The powerful Great Spirit Empire has no shortage of ordinary people.

"If you don't do it, plenty of others will."

"It's just a few deaths; there are plenty of people in the city. Is it really worth making such a fuss over?"

Such words have long been deeply ingrained in people's hearts and are taken for granted by every ordinary person living in the Great Spirit Empire.

If Mu Yong hadn't been farsighted enough to issue a firm order from the beginning, making farmland the last line of defense and forbidding major powers from buying land from ordinary people, the wave of annexation would have been even more ferocious and bloody.

Even now, the Great Ling Empire continues the principles set by Mu Ling'er, placing great importance on the common people.

Two hundred years of peaceful development made the Great Ling Empire the most glorious dynasty in the history of the Nine Domains, and also fulfilled Mu Ling'er's original dream.

Although the credit was all attributed to the Five Spirits Mystic Maiden, and although no one in the Great Spirit Empire remembered Mu Ling'er's name anymore.

Although many injustices and dark, filthy things still exist within the Great Spirit Empire.

But Mu An felt that if Mu Ling'er could see everything now, she would be very happy, so happy that she would jump for joy and laugh to herself.

The little guy will definitely drag me out onto the streets and spend days and nights exploring the entire Qing'an Prefecture.

If the little guy sees something he likes to eat while walking down the street, he will definitely not give it up.

She might buy a few skewers of sweet and sour candied hawthorns, or perhaps two cups of chilled plum juice. Like any ordinary girl, she would stroll down the street with great enthusiasm, pointing and chattering about everything around her.

Enabling everyone to live a peaceful and ordinary life has always been Mu Ling'er's biggest dream, more important than her own life.

In this respect, Mu Ling'er is kind unlike any child raised by Mu An.

She set aside all of Mu An's other emotions, and in the midst of the contradictions of human nature, she only learned Mu An's kindness, and further developed it, which has remained unchanged for hundreds of years.

If Mu Ling'er hadn't been so stubborn back then, believing that Mu An, who had lost his humanity, would eventually destroy everything, and had spent all her time on hiding treasures, the Great Ling Empire would surely be a much better place today.

After all, Mu Ling'er had always insisted on putting people first, and the Five Spirits Mystic Maiden was not as bad as she imagined.

The divine deities have always been on the path to maintaining the stability of the empire.

……

Summer of 215 in the Gregorian calendar.

Amidst the turmoil and the formation of alliances among various factions, Wangxing City remained peaceful and tranquil.

Life continued peacefully, with little change each day.

On a peaceful morning, a strong wind swept through the entire courtyard.

With a hurried sound, a white spirit, bound hand and foot, fell into Mu An's courtyard.

"Master! Master! Help! Sister Bai has lost her mind!"

"That Five Spirits Mystic Maiden came to our door early this morning, saying she wanted to retrieve the Five Spirits Creation Sword. Sister Bai actually called her 'Master'! And she almost handed over the sword Sister Ling gave her!"

"I sensed something was wrong, so I trapped the Five Spirits Mystic Maiden and brought Sister Bai here. That heartless Mu Yong tried to stop me, but I beat him up! Master, please take a look, has someone tampered with Sister Bai's memories?"

"Damn it! My poor Sister Bai can't be hurt! We just agreed that she would come home with me to check on things..."