Transmigration After Becoming Love Saint

The Great Wilderness.

The intensely sunlit Great Wilderness is a region within the Nine Provinces characterized by its many high mountains and deserts. It has an overall harsh terrain. Its environments are particularly suitable for Body Cultivation. However, it has few Cave Heaven Blessed Lands and a lower concentration of Spiritual Energy compared to other parts of the Nine Provinces.

At that moment, in the southeast of the Great Wilderness, a brilliance like auspicious clouds emerged in the Heavenly Vault. An ancient doorway, marked with dense patterns, appeared over the Eternal Night Desert. Intense Spiritual Energy, mixed with a coldness capable of piercing the Primordial Spirit, then turned the originally fiery hot desert into a snowy ice field.

Outside the doorway stood several figures. Some were wreathed in Buddhist Light, some possessed profound Daoist Energy, and others were transforming into Netherworld forms. All appeared to be top Cultivators from the Nine Provinces.

"An Ancient Immortal Mansion has emerged…"

"It looks like something big is going to happen in the Nine Provinces Cultivation World again…"

"This Immortal Mansion's defenses are so strong that even we cannot enter, and our Divine Sense probes are swallowed up without a trace, like a clay ox entering the sea… Who knows what kind of powerful being resided in this Immortal Mansion previously?"

"The Immortal Mansion also involves several secret realms, all extraordinary. Such Cave Heaven Blessed Lands are probably only accessible to the fated…"

"This centennial Battle of the Heavenly Pride…"

Just then, a fluctuation of Spiritual Power seemed to emanate from the Immortal Mansion.

From above the doorway, an ancient silhouette faintly appeared, resembling some kind of restriction or perhaps a key to unlocking a Mechanism.

"Judging by the silhouette, it should be a female cultivator. I fear opening the door to this Ancient Immortal Mansion won't be easy…"

"This year's Battle of the Heavenly Pride, hosted by the Dan King Sect, is perhaps the most grand and significant one yet. It is especially notable as it is centered around this Ancient Immortal Mansion. Who knows how many reclusive and quietly practicing Heavenly Pride Cultivators from across the Nine Provinces it will attract."

"Who knows? There are certainly few. Not to mention, just in my Qianzhou alone, many rays of Primordial Qi have recently emerged—sacred signs that can only appear if one possesses a Golden Body Nascent Soul…"

"..."

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When Wang Mu regained his consciousness, he had already arrived at the foot of Gu Yun Mountain.

I'm back.

Wang Mu closed his eyes. Mu Hongyuan's smiling face still reflected in his Sea of Consciousness, seemingly indelible.

He sighed lightly and touched his Storage Bracelet.

This year had seen significant growth for him. He not only broke through to the Golden Core Realm but also learned how to cultivate in the Golden Core Realm.

The path of Spiritual Aperture Golden Core had only just begun.

But… truly a female thief.

Wang Mu, sensing that smile in his Sea of Consciousness, shook his head helplessly. She stole my Three-Life Fate, using it as a parting drink with me. Did she think I wouldn't notice? Although I have never tasted Three-Life Fate, I could still discern its wine fragrance.

In his Sea of Consciousness, the Seven Emotions Sword Heart shattered another segment. Wang Mu was left speechless.

Mu Hongyuan's tactics were almost completely unnoticeable, easily deceiving those unaware.

Looking back on this past year, I realize that if I hadn't been affected by the Emotion Poison, many things wouldn't have happened. In the end, while she feigned firmness, insisting on fulfilling her promise to make a clean break, she then produced the Three-Life Fate—which she'd filched from my Space Bracelet who knows when—and had me drink it.

Wang Mu initially didn't realize it because the sound of the Unrivaled Bell was so mesmerizing, its power misleading him at the moment. Especially when, with every question she asked, as the ringing grew louder, the effects of the Three-Life Fate quickly took hold.

So the true meaning behind that final part of our conversation was: Have you forgotten? Yes, I've forgotten. But it wasn't the present Mu Hongyuan I forgot. I forgot the past, yet I remember the present. It's not that I forgot her; I forgot the her from before. The more I forget of her past, the deeper my memory of her present self becomes. It's the reverse. All past events, consigned to a cup of Three-Life Fate.

Later, Wang Mu realized it, but it was already too late. He could only continue speaking according to her intentions, playing along in a drama where both were acutely aware of the facade.

Breakthrough… Break Tribulation…

Wang Mu shook his head, unsure whether Mu Hongyuan would be able to attain Ascension.

This past year, I've come to understand that Mu Hongyuan's situation is actually no better than Yan Qingwu's. The difference is, Yan Qingwu needs to sever her Heart Demon—me. Whereas for Mu Hongyuan, I am her thousand-year Emotion Poison. Essentially, it's also a kind of Heart Demon, just one she doesn't need to sever… The Great Yin-Yang Harmony Diagram, for achieving Yin Yang Union and Great Taoist completion, ultimately requires Dual Cultivation with a member of the opposite sex to mend the final flaw in the rules of Mixed Element Energy. For other Realms, this is largely irrelevant. But for the flawless and pure Ascension Realm, it is an absolute necessity.

If she were to forcibly cultivate, it might lead to the scene Wang Mu previously witnessed on Seven Emotions Island. In fact, for Mu Hongyuan to have cultivated to this Realm all by herself was already quite an achievement. There was a time when she didn't have the Unrivaled Bell, and her Emotion Poison was almost at its limit. If he hadn't appeared, she might not have lasted much longer.

How clever is Mu Hongyuan? Back in Heavenly Fragrance Valley, when she took Brother Qin, she stipulated a one-year agreement for me to go to Fengyue Sect. That year was likely her limit. In other words, she could probably only hold out for that long. Even if an accident had occurred midway—if I had unilaterally severed our Romantic Destiny and condensed the Seven Emotions Sword Heart—I would likely still have gone to Fengyue Sect because of this pact. As for whether she was anxious during that period, only she herself would know.