It turns out, they were the main characters.

Chapter 580 Rebooting the World, the True 'God'

Half an hour later.

Inside the ice house temporarily conjured by Lan Shihuai, the beauty let out a comfortable "hmm," emitting a sweet and languid low moan.

Her thick, curled eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes.

In my field of vision, I saw Mu Zhian's rather exquisite and handsome profile.

His breathing was still steady, but he was sitting to the side with one arm around her waist, looking up at the sky as if he were contemplating life.

The innate furnace of the Feather Transformation Realm is truly amazing. In just one go, it was as if her originally depleted and weak spiritual consciousness had been nourished by a large amount of spring water, and her originally listless state instantly became radiant.

Compared to Lan Shihuai's slightly pale complexion at the beginning, her face now had a faint blush, making her look energetic and more mature and beautiful.

Are you still not satisfied?

Noticing Lan Shihuai's strange gaze, Mu Zhian couldn't help but turn his head and ask with a smile.

Lan Shih-huai gently shook his head: "I've always wondered why Lian'er and Fei Ying are so infatuated with you, but now I understand a little better."

It's not just because he's a natural furnace, but also because Mu Zhian knows how to make girls happy... Although Lan Shihuai thinks some of his words to make people happy are childish, they still bring a little joy.

This was something the ancestors of the Blue Clan had never experienced before.

"I was just thinking about what to do if someone got close to here, so I wasn't really in a good state," Mu Zhian said.

"You mean you'd be in a much better state if you weren't outside?"

Lan Shihua chuckled softly, casually toying with a strand of hair with her fingertips. She inadvertently raised her beautiful eyes and said with a smile, "Shall we go back first?"

Her voice was soft and pleasant, her eyes were full of longing as she looked at Mu Zhian, and her face was still slightly flushed with desire.

"Senior, you've finally managed to leave Immortal Emperor Mountain. Wouldn't it be alright if you could relax a bit more before going back?"

Mu Zhian shook his head and smiled, "Besides, you brought me to Taichu Lake, isn't it because there's something here you want me to see?"

Lan Shihuai's smile faded slightly. He gave Mu Zhian a meaningful look and said quietly, "You can be quite quick-witted sometimes."

"I brought you here not simply to relax."

As she spoke, she covered her full, firm breasts with one hand. Her flawless, white skin was concealed by her crystal-blue dress, which also hid her originally exquisite and graceful figure.

At the same time, the newly constructed igloo quietly melted away, revealing a calm lake in view.

The sky was slightly overcast when Mu Zhian suddenly felt as if an invisible black mist was slowly moving towards him from afar.

The black mist quickly spread across the entire Taichu Lake. Mu Zhian frowned slightly, as if he had remembered something.

The last time he and his senior sister went boating on Taichu Lake, they seemed to have encountered a similar situation, and later they found themselves on a mysterious ancient ship.

"What is this?" Mu Zhian asked instinctively.

"You'll see when you go in," Lan Shihuai said calmly and in a quiet tone.

The lakeside, shrouded in black mist, resembled the arrival of night. A painted boat with red lanterns had quietly appeared on Taichu Lake, gliding slowly along.

"Is this also the Second Ark?" Mu Zhian asked subconsciously.

He could sense a very familiar aura emanating from the ship, very similar to that of the Second Ark he had previously boarded.

"Let's go in first," Lan Shihua said with a smile.

Although he still had some lingering psychological trauma from the pleasure boat, since Lan Shih-huai didn't offer a direct explanation, Mu Zhi-an could only suppress these chaotic thoughts and follow her into a small private room on the pleasure boat.

The room was decorated in a rather elegant style, completely different from the gloomy feeling I had imagined.

"Senior, what exactly do you want to do by bringing me here?" Mu Zhian subconsciously looked up at Lan Shihuai, who was not far ahead.

"Don't rush. The environment here is so nice. Why don't you calm down, have a cup of tea, and then think about these things?"

Lan Shihua smiled calmly, and slowly carried the brewed tea to sit down next to Mu Zhian. She had a graceful figure, and her ice-crystal-colored dress added to her cold and elegant temperament.

"I remember the last time you and Lian'er did something intimate here, didn't you?" Lan Shihai continued.

"puff!"

Mu Zhian nearly choked on his tea. He gave Lan Shihuai a strange look, noticed the woman's slightly teasing gaze, and said helplessly, "Senior, please don't try to amuse me."

Lan Shih-huai smiled and said, "I was just feeling a bit sentimental; I wasn't trying to make you happy."

"Last time you were strolling with Lian'er along the shores of Taichu Lake, but now you're taking a leisurely walk with me, and we're even..."

Before Lan Shihuai could finish speaking, Mu Zhian gently placed his hand on the back of her hand and said softly, "Senior, since we rarely get to come out together to relax, let's not talk about Senior Sister's matter for now... You don't need to feel guilty, I think Senior Sister will understand."

Only a natural furnace can properly nurture spiritual consciousness. Therefore, as a 'good child' who is filial to her ancestors, even if Lan Mulian knew about the relationship between her ancestor and Mu Zhian, she would most likely not say anything.

That senior sister is a typical tsundere who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. In the past, when she was with Mu Zhi'an, she would often say that he was just her junior brother. However, when they got to bed, she didn't call him junior brother anymore...

Lan Shih-huai's gaze softened slightly, and he said softly, "They are indeed very good children, and even if they knew the truth, they probably wouldn't have any complaints..."

After a moment's hesitation, as if she had made up her mind, she raised her hand and conjured an ice mirror, which she then handed to Mu Zhi'an.

"What's this……?"

Mu Zhian took the ice mirror and glanced at it. What was reflected in the ice mirror was not his own face, but... a map.

Is this Kyushu?

Mu Zhian's eyes flickered slightly; he realized that the map was constructed to resemble the present-day Kyushu.

However, this appears to be the earliest version of Kyushu, so the map layout looks somewhat different from what we see now.

"You'll find out as you keep watching," Lan Shihuai said softly.

With some doubt in his heart, Mu Zhian continued to stare at the map that appeared in the ice mirror.

This appears to be the evolutionary history of Kyushu. The map of Kyushu undergoes a slight change every few thousand years, and the map presented in this ice mirror is the evolution of Kyushu from its birth to the present.

Gradually, the map shown in the ice mirror has evolved from the original Kyushu to the current nine major states.

Mu Zhian still couldn't understand why Lan Shihua was looking at a map for him out of the blue.

Just then, the map in the ice mirror fluctuated violently like an earthquake, and then the map that had evolved to the present day was silently reset, returning to the original Kyushu.

Mu Zhian's pupils contracted slightly as he stared at the Kyushu landscape that was beginning to evolve again, and he whispered, "What exactly does this mean?"

"As you can see, Kyushu has been restarted," Lan Shihuai said.

What does "reboot" mean?

“Restarting means restarting,” Lan Shihuai said.

Sister, what you just said seems to have said something...

Seeing that Mu Zhian seemed somewhat bewildered, Lan Shihuai slowly said under Mu Zhian's astonished gaze, "To put it more bluntly, this world, including the entire Kyushu, has already been restarted once."

What you are seeing now is the world of the second timeline.

"Second playthrough...? Sounds a bit like playing some kind of game." Mu Zhian frowned.

Lan Shih-huai thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled brightly: "For those who are restarting the world, this is probably just a game."

As he spoke, Lan Shihuai revealed a secret that left Mu Zhian speechless for a long time.

The so-called second playthrough is similar to the feeling of restarting the game after encountering a bad ending.

Lan Shih-huai was one of the people who witnessed the world restart once again while on the Second Ark.

"Wouldn't we be unaffected by the 'world reboot' in the second Ark?" Mu Zhian asked.

"The nine forbidden areas, the Second Ark, and the Heavenly Court will not be affected by the restart."

Lan Shih-huai said, "The Second Ark is unaffected because it contains time matter. The Human Emperor in the Feathered Realm controls the principle of time, so he will also not be affected by the restart."

"So, only those who can control the laws of time are immune to the effects of 'rebooting'?"

Lan Shih-huai: "Have you ever heard of déjà vu?"

"The so-called déjà vu is when you met someone in a past life, and you were friends or partners. In this life, when you see her, you feel that she looks familiar or as if you've met her before. But this may not be familiarity, but rather that you were indeed friends or partners in the first time you lived, but you just don't remember each other."

The Demon Queen seemed to be like that. She had no connection with him in this life, yet she claimed that she and he were Daoist partners in a past life... At this moment, Mu Zhian suddenly realized something.

"Is the one who restarted the world the sect leader?" Mu Zhian asked.

"I do not know."

Lan Shihuai shook his head and said, "But after I witnessed everything in the Second Ark, someone approached me and told me that if I cooperated with her, she would help me reunite my physical body and ascend to immortality in the future."

"Is she the sect leader...? What kind of deal did you make with her?" Mu Zhian asked suspiciously.

Lan Shih-huai glanced at him and said, "She only told me to stay on the Second Ark, without any further details."

"Actually, I didn't believe her promises at first, but she swore an oath to the Great Dao, so I had no choice but to believe her."

Lan Shihuai looked at Mu Zhian with a wistful expression and said, "But only today did I realize that she really wasn't lying to me."

Shang Yanfei is such a scheming woman, so deep that she's impossible to fathom.

Lan Shih-huai's intimate interactions with Mu Zhi-an were initially intended as a means to solidify his physical body.

She initially thought it was all thanks to herself, but now that she thinks about it... Mu Zhian's appearance might just be Shang Yanfei fulfilling her promise.

"So, you also witnessed the Blue Clan's two periods of prosperity followed by gradual decline?" Mu Zhian asked subconsciously.

Lan Shih-huai nodded slightly.

Actually, there was something else that puzzled her.

Why did Shang Yanfei not fulfill her promise in the previous cycle, but only in this life?

If Shang Yanfei is indeed the mastermind behind it all, then she could easily guide Mu Zhian to the ancestral land of the Blue Clan to meet her, and then help her condense a physical body.

But why wait until this playthrough to do this?

Is there any special reason?

Ultimately, in my previous life in Kyushu, I don't think I'd ever heard of anyone named 'Mu Zhian'.

Unlike this life, where stories about Mu Zhi'an are circulating throughout Kyushu.

Mu Zhian was pondering Lan Shihuai's words from earlier that day when he came to his senses and noticed the woman's gaze. He couldn't help but ask instinctively, "What's wrong? Have you thought of something?"

Lan Shih-huai smiled and said, "Actually, I never understood why Lian'er and Fei Ying would both fall in love with the same man."

Mu Zhian raised an eyebrow slightly: "You mean you understand now?"

The room was quiet with flickering candlelight. On the soft mat, Lan Shihuai's shoulder gently touched Mu Zhian's. She wore a long dress, her breasts were full, and her hair cascaded lazily over her snow-white shoulders.