The first mission after returning to the Sacred Domain from the Ancient Spirit Continent was to visit an ancient ruin located in the Sacred Spirit Lake on Spirit Transformation Island. A month had passed, and the barrier on the ancient ruin showed no signs of dissipating.
Since the ancient ruin could only be opened with divine power, and currently, I was the only one in the Sacred Domain with divine power, this matter was known only to me, the Domain Lord, and a few elders. However, A Yuan should know by now. I wondered if she could accept it.
A Yuan had also come to this ancient ruin. Seeing her, I knew she was aware of my divine bone, though she hadn't explicitly stated it. Since she didn't mention it, I didn't either. We wandered aimlessly through the ancient ruin, a silent understanding between us.
We suddenly found ourselves underground in the ancient ruin, where I encountered the lingering spirit of the ancient Wind God. For the first time, I heard about my past life, and I learned that the birthday gift I had bought for myself was actually something I had refined together with my past self.
The Wind God said my past self and she were good friends, but I stated that my past life had nothing to do with me. I didn't know her thoughts, but she stopped talking about my past life. Seeing that she had nothing more to say, I prepared to leave, but then she asked if I was willing to die for the world. I left without much thought, but her words remained etched in my memory.
Afterward, I went to patrol the lower realms. Given the incident on the Ancient Spirit Continent, the Domain Lord feared that other low-level continents might face similar issues, so he sent me. I patrolled for a year, and no further incidents like the one on the Ancient Spirit Continent occurred. However, I gained another reward.
On a low-level continent, I encountered the reincarnation of my original self. In this life, she and her parents had become siblings, and they were all living very happily. Later, I visited her once more. In this life, she lived to a natural death at the age of eighteen hundred, surrounded by her children and grandchildren, with no regrets. Furthermore, in this life, her grandfather belonged to the same clan as her.
After patrolling the lower realms, I returned to the Sacred Domain. I learned that someone from the Asura clan was planning to trade with the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. The item of trade was a fragment of an ancient tripod, and collecting all the fragments could block the Heavenly Dao. If the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons obtained all the fragments, their entry into the inner realms would be unimpeded. Therefore, I went to search for the fragments; collecting just one would suffice.
From the Asura clan captain captured by A Su, I learned that there was a fragment on the Ancient Spirit Continent. I immediately headed for the Ancient Spirit Continent. This time, I did not visit the Ling family, as my body was already in a state of disrepair.
A year later, I found the fragment and returned to the Sacred Domain. I discovered that A Su had revealed the matter of someone from the Asura clan trading with the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. The Asura King, to appease the wrath of the six realms, publicly executed the main culprit, his own brother Chao Yan, but pardoned Hua Yan, the mastermind behind the scenes.
However, Hua Yan was unwilling to accept this. He fled to the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. After staying there for a few years, he was ordered to be dismembered by Reide, one of the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon Kings, who was enraged by the inability to collect all the fragments. This matter was later mentioned by Reide himself when he fought with the Demon Lord, as a means to disrupt the morale of the Asura clan army. However, I had not yet been resurrected at that time. A Su told me about it later when I mentioned it after my resurrection.
As for why I was resurrected, it was because after finding the fragment, I went to the Outer Realm battlefield. A few days after my arrival, Nois, one of the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon Kings, led an army to attack. At that time, I encountered another version of myself. After witnessing the power of the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, I accepted her strength. However, at this time, the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons were not at their full strength; they were merely sacrifices to allow more powerful Outer Realm Heavenly Demons to invade the human realm.
Nois and Reide collaborated, with Reide leading his forces to attack the human realm. Reide was from the Demon Realm battlefield, where the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons were stronger than Nois's forces. Once they entered the human realm, the human realm would have no power to resist. The Domain Lord understood this and intended to sacrifice himself. As for me, in order to gamble for a sliver of hope, I snatched the chance for the Domain Lord to sacrifice himself.
I suppose I won the gamble. With the help of the Heavenly Dao, the Underworld King, my Saintess master, and my past self, I was resurrected again, regaining my own body. I received my own name from the Heavenly Dao, and only then did I truly become a person of this world. The Heavenly Dao also stopped scrutinizing me so closely.
After my resurrection, I naturally had to thank those who saved me. From the Underworld King, I learned why he helped me. It was also because of my past self. I thought that his previous offer to teach me Netherworld skills was also due to this. His earlier statement about wanting to see how far I could go was likely a deception.
I did not learn who my past self was from the Underworld King. A Su told me. He said my past self might have been an ancient demon god, but this was merely speculation. The only one who could confirm it now was the Underworld King.
However, I did not seek further confirmation. It was already a past life. But the Underworld King sent me a 'person' to confirm this speculation. She said she was You Ying, the soul contract beast of the ancient demon god, and was now my contract beast. Furthermore, the divine bone within me was given by her to the Underworld King, who then passed it to my Saintess master.
In reality, confirming this matter did not affect my life. Only a few of us knew about it, so I merely gained a contract beast. This contract beast was very powerful and played a significant role on the Outer Realm battlefield.
We are still fighting against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. I have finally witnessed the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons at their full strength. They are indeed about two points stronger than the cultivators of the same level within the realms, perhaps because they can only obtain spiritual power in the outer realms by devouring their own kind.
However, it is not that we cannot completely eradicate the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons. Rather, the six realms tacitly have no intention of doing so. I can roughly guess the reason. Since ancient times, good and evil have always been mutually restraining. If the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons were eradicated, a stronger evil would emerge to compensate. This is why the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons have been allowed to exist.
These are the other things I can still recall. Besides these, my memory is filled only with happiness and beauty. All the tragedies have been replaced by the happiness A Su gave me, and I am gradually forgetting the past hardships. I don't know if this is good or bad, but I haven't had nightmares for a long time.
In the past, I didn't know how to face my mother. I only dared to miss her in the deep of the night, but I didn't even dare to imagine her appearance. However, now I often see her in my dreams. Am I gradually growing into the person she hoped I would be, which is why she comes to see me? I don't know.
However, I still dislike red, the color of fresh blood. It's just that I no longer avoid it, nor do I fear it anymore.
Now, a thousand years have passed. I look at myself in the mirror, and it's still the same face. My crimson eyes are still there, but now there are emotions in them, making me look less terrifying than before.
I smile more and more now. The person I was in the past is no longer visible in the mirror. Perhaps when Xiao Feng Xi brought my soul here, she only intended to save my life, but she unexpectedly saved my entire life.
Everything that was missing in the 23rd century has been fulfilled in this world: friends, family, master, husband, and children. In this world, I have them all. Although I still don't have parents, A Su's parents treat me the same as Yun Nuo, which makes up for that in a way. At least I don't feel any regrets.
I'll stop here for now. A few days ago, A Su went to the Demon Realm and brought me many gifts upon his return. He's letting me choose them now.