đź“– Chapter 1211 - Awakening
“I’m… awake…” Zi Yue’s body trembled wildly. Looking at the palm above her head and the god-like figure behind it, her mind felt like it was on the verge of collapse.
Wang Baole’s voice was like a giant boulder falling into her heart, setting off massive waves that threatened to swallow her whole. At the same time, it brought to mind countless images that were buried deep in her memories.
She saw her life as an ordinary doll placed on a shelf in a little girl’s room that lacked sentience. She didn’t know when, but at some point, she gained awareness.
She saw the little girl who was her owner, and she also saw other dolls on the shelf. There was an old ape as well as a little tiger.
All of them spent their time watching the little girl, until one day, the little girl brought them into the world she had drawn…
As a result, the inanimate dolls obtained true life. In the little girl’s world, the dolls became the first divine spirits. But unlike the others, Zi Yue, or rather the fox doll, always felt a sense of insecurity.
Perhaps it was because she had been alone for so long, or perhaps it was because of a vague and terrifying memory of long ago.
In any case, she was always worried that she would be erased someday, so she formed a habit of giving away her fur to living beings that she thought could protect her. Even when the world changed and the universe reset, this habit remained engraved in her soul.
Unlike the old ape, she and the little tiger chose to enter reincarnation.
Every time she awakened in a new life, she felt confused. She forgot her past, forgot everything… except for her insecurity and her unique habit.
Thus, the Star Seeding Dao came about.
Indeed… this cultivation method she obtained in this life after cruelly murdering her lover was a daoist magic that the original Vast Expanse Dao Palace had obtained from some mysterious ruins. As for the origin of those ruins… in a certain past life, they had been her cave abode.
The Star Seeding Dao had originally been created by her.
“I remember…” Zi Yue murmured. She had awakened many times before, but had never recalled all her memories like this.
“You… are the owner of the eyes from back then, as well as the little white deer. And you’re also the one who opened the door and exited the room!” Lowering her head, Zi Yue gave up all resistance and spoke in a bitter tone.
Wang Baole looked at Zi Yue calmly. Pulling back his hand, he stood in front of Zi Yue and spoke lightly.
“Since you’ve recalled your past, then… are you willing to serve me for thirty years?”
“Just thirty years?” Zi Yue was stunned and lifted her head to look at Wang Baole again. She had thought she would die for sure, and with the recovery of her past memories, she had no intention of resisting at all. If it were anyone else, she may have chosen to fight it out and even had a chance of escape, but she knew that she was completely powerless against the person in front of her.
Whether in the past lives or now, it was still the same.
“After one hundred years, I will grant you freedom.” Wang Baole said slowly. Zi Yue’s breathing hastened slightly, and the despair in her heart turned into hope. She took a deep look at Wang Baole before lowered her head again.
"Why a hundred years?"
Wang Baole didn’t respond, just standing there and looking at Zi Yue calmly. Under his gaze, Zi Yue fell silent for a moment before sighing. Then, she made a grasping motion toward the void, and the self that had transformed into a speck of dust suddenly turned into a mass of purple mist that rapidly returned to Zi Yue’s location.
The purple mist circled around the location for a while, as if hesitating. Wang Baole waited patiently with an unchanging expression. In the end, Zi Yue seemed to have made up her mind, and the purple mist poured into her body. Her ethereal figure instantly seemed a bit more solid, and her aura also became stronger.
“I’ll obey you.” Zi Yue said quietly.
Wang Baole still didn’t speak, only continuing to look at Zi Yue calmly. Zi Yue was also silent for a while. Then, gritting her teeth, she formed hand seals again, and her third self was summoned back from the distance. Under the pressure of Wang Baole’s serene gaze, this third self also fused back into Zi Yue’s body.
Her aura strengthened even more, and her divine soul became perfectly complete.
In front of Wang Baole, she didn’t dare to gamble in the slightest. To her, he was already an existence akin to a heart devil. At the same time, a hundred years wasn’t long at all, and she didn’t think Wang Baole would deceive her. Thus, in the end, she chose to summon back the two selves she had previously split off.
After becoming complete, Zi Yue inhaled deeply and bowed to Wang Baole.
“Let’s go.” Wang Baole withdrew his gaze, turning and walking away. He didn’t put any shackles on Zi Yue, but the more it was like this, the more fearful Zi Yue became, and the less she dared to go against him. In silence, she followed Wang Baole as he walked out of this central region, out of the numerous rings, and finally out of the Ruined Land as a whole. At this point, ripples suddenly appeared beneath Wang Baole’s feet.
Reflected in the ripples was the image of the solar system. Just as Wang Baole was about to step inside, Zi Yue suddenly spoke up in a quiet voice.
“Senior, you met the old ape at Planet Heaven’s Mandate? How is he doing? Do you know where the little tiger is?”
“The old ape is doing well. As for the little tiger… I know where he is. He’s also doing well.” Wang Baole replied calmly and stepped into the ripples. Zi Yue stared at the image of the solar system for a moment, especially the moon. In the end, she sighed softly and followed Wang Baole inside.
A moment later, the starry sky in the solar system distorted, and Wang Baole and Zi Yue stepped out from the void.
“Senior, what do I have to do?” Complicated emotions flickered in Zi Yue’s eyes, and she glanced in the direction of the moon several times.
“I need you to seal the gap in the World Ascension Disk.”
“Once I enter, I can’t leave?”
“Correct.”
“Senior… can you give me some time? I want… to visit the moon…” Zi Yue said quietly.
After giving her a deep look, Wang Baole responded with a nod. Gratitude appeared on Zi Yue’s face and she bowed deeply. Then, she turned and headed for the moon. With her cultivation base, it didn’t take more than a few moments to appear just outside the moon.
At this point, she hesitated for a long time. After a while, she stepped onto the moon, walking across its surface step by step, until she arrived outside a certain cave. Within this cave was the corpse of a giant. It was also… the corpse of her past lover.
Originally, the cave was silent, and the giant corpse within was slumbering peacefully. But as soon as Zi Yue arrived, something seemed to change. At the bottom of the cave, the giant corpse’s eyelids fluttered, and a muffled roar escaped its lips. The roar became louder and louder, causing the entire moon to tremble.
Obviously, the giant corpse was about to awaken. Faintly, a storm swept out of the cave and raged in all directions.
Hearing the roar and feeling the tremors of the ground, Zi Yue was silent. After a while, she murmured softly.
"Sorry."
As soon as she spoke, the ground no longer quaked, the roar fell silent, and the storm disappeared. A long time passed. In the end, a sigh echoed out from the cave, along with a voice full of bitterness.
“Leave. I… don’t want to see you again in this life.”