It turns out, they were the main characters.

"You used to be very resistant to memories of the past, so why are you willing to..."

"Accepting the memories also means being able to know which paths I have taken in my past nine lives... It is far from enough for you to tell me these principles. Only by knowing all of this can I be qualified to attempt to reach the Ascension Realm."

Ye Lingxuan slowly raised her head, her beautiful eyes, as gorgeous as purple gemstones, shimmering with an unprecedented determination.

……

Tianhe Garden.

"If I'm not mistaken, his disappearance is probably related to the Heavenly Arrow that sealed the Primordial Witch."

The moment Yao Meng stepped into the courtyard, her overwhelming spiritual sense almost instantly enveloped the entire courtyard, and she couldn't find any trace of Mu Zhi'an.

Whenever a cultivator stepped into Tianhe Garden, her spiritual sense could detect even the slightest clues.

But now, she can't find a trace of Mu Zhi'an's past in the entire Tianhe Garden.

Everything related to him in the room where he used to live has disappeared, leaving not even a trace of his spirit.

"Why is Heaven so wary of him?" Gong Lianyue asked softly.

"Leaving aside his other secrets, the power to grant others a seat in the Heavenly Court for ascension is enough to make the Heavenly Dao wary."

Yao Meng silently surveyed the empty courtyard: "The Heavenly Dao is the aggregation of the consciousness of all living beings. Anyone who might threaten the stability of the Nine Provinces will be eliminated by it in the darkness."

Even those in the Dao Integration Realm are still bound by the rules of heaven and earth, but those in the Feather Transformation Realm have completely broken free from those rules.

If Mu Zhian were willing, he could even have as many as nine Feather Transformation Realm cultivators born.

How could Heaven not be wary of it?

"But his heavenly secrets were clearly blocked by someone, so how did Heaven discover him?" Gong Lianyue voiced a question that had been troubling her.

It was precisely because Mu Zhian was shielded from the secrets of Heaven that the Heavenly Dao had never realized what Mu Zhian's true identity was.

But why did the Heavenly Arrow target Mu Zhi'an so precisely this time?

Yao Meng gently shook her head.

She didn't know the reason, and she wasn't in the mood to think about it right now.

After all, her little man was gone in the time it took her to go out.

"Next, I will try to go back in time to a day ago."

Yao Meng looked around the courtyard: "Although I'm not very confident, if you join me, we'll definitely be able to save him before he's attacked."

Gong Lianyue nodded silently.

Then, she frowned slightly and stared into Yao Meng's eyes: "What if we still couldn't save him even after time was reversed in the end?"

She had the answer in her heart, but wanted to hear the Azure Emperor's reply.

Yao Meng turned around and looked at me, her blue eyes filled with a breathtaking allure, a charming smile blooming on her face: "If he's all gone, then what's the point of this world for me?"

tick...

tick...

The raindrops lingered in mid-air, and then, as if in a bizarre inversion, the rainwater returned to the sky from the ground.

It's time to start again.

……

Outside the courtyard, a torrential downpour was in full swing.

At some point, a soft white light began to appear in her field of vision. Gong Lianyue reacted almost instantly, drawing her bronze sword. The sword seemed to contain all kinds of sword intent, and it collided with the soft white light.

The moment Yao Meng raised her hand, a gentle spiritual energy enveloped Mu Zhi'an and carried him out of the courtyard.

"Yao Meng? Didn't you go to find Qian'er—"

When Mu Zhian turned his head and saw Yao Meng in his field of vision, he had just opened his mouth when the woman suddenly hugged him tightly, as if she wanted to feel Mu Zhian's presence.

The soft touch left Mu Zhian momentarily bewildered and taken aback.

What's going on...?

hum!

Just as he thought of this, a loud buzzing sound suddenly came to his ears. Mu Zhian suddenly raised his head and saw the ancient bronze sword in mid-air intercepting the white light.

"The Arrow of Heavenly Dao?"

As Mu Zhian gazed at the white light in his field of vision, his pupils contracted slightly. Suddenly, a scene flashed through his mind of himself being enveloped in the radiance of the Heavenly Arrow.

What was that scene just now...? Why could I see my future?

The moment the thought flashed through Mu Zhian's mind, a blue lotus flower shot into the air beside him, enveloping the Heavenly Arrow that was already being suppressed by the ancient bronze sword.

The next moment, the Pure Lotus completely sealed the arrow, which contained a trace of the will of Heaven, within it.

Gong Lianyue slowly floated down from mid-air, and before Mu Zhian could speak, she pulled him into her arms.

It wasn't as big as Ruoxi's, but it was definitely very soft... Mu Zhian noticed that the two of them looked a little off and asked, "What's wrong with you two?"

For once, Yao Meng didn't separate Gong Lianyue and Mu Zhian at this moment. She just glanced at him silently and said, "Let's go to Dexinyuan first and then talk about it slowly."

……

When Mu Zhian heard about what had happened, a look of realization appeared on his face.

No wonder Yao Meng and Ruoxi looked like that just now; it turns out he had indeed 'disappeared' once not long ago.

Ye Lingxuan clung tightly to Mu Zhian's arm. The proud girl was usually reserved and didn't like to show her 'dependence' in front of her younger sister. However, from the moment Mu Zhian stepped into Dexin Garden, she had been holding onto Mu Zhian's arm and refused to let go.

Ye Qian also clung tightly to Mu Zhi'an's other arm. Although she had only forgotten Mu Zhi'an for a moment, she was still afraid.

She feared that one day in the future, she would forget Mu Zhi'an's existence completely, just like she had today.

"Mulang, what are you thinking about?"

Bai Ruoxi looked at the young man sitting in the hall, holding a cup of tea, seemingly deep in thought, and asked in a gentle voice.

Mu Zhian frowned in thought: "I was just wondering why, after the seal of the Heavenly Arrow fluctuated slightly, the wisp of power that overflowed didn't immediately go to seal the Primordial Witch, but instead went straight for me?"

Upon hearing this, the others also showed a thoughtful expression.

Indeed, the strength of the Primordial Witch is a mystery, but the fact that the Heavenly Dao was willing to damage its own origin to seal her away shows that she must have been an extremely dangerous being.

So here's the question... After the Heavenly Arrow's seal loosened, why didn't it choose to seal the Primordial Witch with all its might, but instead attacked Mu Zhi'an?

In the silence, after an unknown amount of time, Mu Zhian looked at the rain outside and slightly composed himself.

No matter how you deduce it, you can't reach a conclusion without enough information. Instead of thinking about it, it's more practical to find time to interrogate Gu Boxing and investigate whether there are any other people behind him.

At this moment, Mu Zhian suddenly noticed that Yao Meng was staring straight at him, and her usually indifferent eyes now held a hint of complexity.

"What's wrong? Why are you staring at me?" Mu Zhian asked.

"The thought of personally handing over my lover to another woman to enjoy... it's a really strange feeling," Yao Meng said quietly.

Mu Zhian was stunned for a moment, while Ye Lingxuan, Ye Qian, and even Bai Ruoxi subconsciously looked at Yao Meng.

After a brief silence, Mu Zhian broke the eerie silence by speaking: "What did you mean by what you just said...?"

"Luo Tan has feelings for you and wants to use the spiritual energy of the innate furnace to try to break through to the Feathering Realm."

Yao Meng placed the invitation letter that Luo Tan had sent through someone on the table.

"Similarly, you also need her innate furnace to comprehend the Dao."

……

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[I'm experiencing a bit of writer's block; I'll try to finish earlier tomorrow!]

Chapter 488 The Secret of Ascension to Immortality (4.5K)

"You mean, let Mu Lang and her natural furnace unite?"

Bai Ruoxi's clear and melodious voice echoed through the hall. Her beautiful eyes were fixed on the holy and noble fairy of Yaochi as she said, "Let's not even talk about whether two naturally born furnaces can actually cultivate together. Even if they could... it's not certain that they would actually have the same effect."

Mu Zhian's innate furnace is quite special. From the past to the present, Mu Zhian is the only innate furnace that has been able to continuously evolve.

That is why he was able to make the strength of other girls soar when he practiced dual cultivation with them.

However, under normal circumstances, although dual cultivation with someone of the innate furnace body would be effective, it certainly wouldn't be as effective as with Mu Zhian.

Yao Meng's light blue dress, as thin as gauze, billowed in the wind, and seemed to have a faint glow on her skin.

She parted her red lips slightly and said softly, "No matter why the arrow of heaven is pointing at him, rather than staying by his side to protect him at all times, it would be better to improve his strength as soon as possible."

"Luo Tan's innate body as a furnace is a secret. Not many people know about it, but all those who do know this secret want to obtain her spiritual essence."

Yao Meng spoke softly and gently, saying again, "Actually, even if you have the spiritual energy of the Heavenly Court within you, she might not agree if you are not compatible. In the past, the Great Peng Emperor of Yunzhou, after learning of this secret, pursued her for a long time, but was still rejected by her."

"In addition, the Lord of the Underworld in the North also secretly pursued her for a period of time, sending her many rare and precious materials, but she refused them all."

I've heard of the Great Roc Emperor; he's the ruler of Yunzhou… Mu Zhian recalled the man he'd seen earlier who seemed to emanate a chilling aura and asked, “Just who is this Lord of the Underworld?”

“Deep in the far north of the Northern Continent, the land bordering Yunzhou is called the Northern Territory. The people there call it the Underworld. In the past, there were rumors that after a person dies, their soul will return to the Underworld. In fact, many cultivators have indeed had their souls appear in the Underworld after they die.” Yao Meng revealed a little-known secret.

"Does that mean not all cultivators' souls return to the underworld after death?" Mu Zhian understood the implication in Yao Meng's words.

Bai Ruoxi gave a soft "hmm": "In the end, the Lord of the Underworld is also a human being. It's just that in the common people's eyes, he is regarded as the Lord of the Underworld who controls life and death. The path of reincarnation he takes is related to this."

"And what about the princess of Yunzhou?" Mu Zhian asked casually.

However, before he could finish speaking, no one answered this time. The people in the room all stared at him intently.

Ye Lingxuan gave a low snort and said coldly, "Brother Mu has been laying the groundwork for so long, but what you really want to know is the princess of Yunzhou, right?"

Looking at his younger sister, who seemed even more clingy than before, Mu Zhian couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle: "I'm just curious about the information of the other powerful figures in Kyushu."

"When Yao Meng ascended to immortality in the ancestral land last time, besides the Western Regions and the Southern Wilderness, weren't there other powerful figures hiding in the shadows who didn't reveal their identities?"

"I just want to take this opportunity to learn more."

"The princess you mentioned is the betrothed of the Great Peng Emperor of Yunzhou. In most cases, the princess handles external affairs, while the Great Peng Emperor focuses more on internal matters." Yao Meng parted her lips slightly, her voice ethereal, reaching Mu Zhian's ears.

"Yunzhou and Yuzhou have a close relationship, with a lot of trade between them, and the Princess Consort and the Medicine Emperor have an especially close relationship."

“In addition,” Yao Meng paused, then continued, “most of the cultivators in Yunzhou believe in the Dao of Heaven, except for the Princess.”