Netherworld, Fengdu Ghost City, by the Bridge of Helplessness.
"Achoo!"
Wu Yao, who was brewing Granny Meng Soup, suddenly sneezed.
This scene startled the nearby Celestial Erosion Monarch, who immediately leaned in and attentively handed her a handkerchief.
"What’s wrong? Are you sick?"
"I knew you wouldn’t be able to endure this for long sooner or later!"
"Why don’t we resign to Emperor Fengdu? No one should be worked like this!"
"If it doesn’t work out, we should ask Emperor Fengdu to recruit more Granny Mengs. A shift system would be better than the current situation."
Listening to Celestial Erosion Monarch’s ramblings, Wu Yao merely smiled and shook her head.
"I’m fine, you don’t need to make such a fuss."
"For me right now, watching these ghosts wash away resentment and reincarnate peacefully is the best medicine."
"But for you, staying with me in this place, it has certainly been hard on you."
Celestial Erosion Monarch is a Celestial God capable of devouring Taiyang.
Now, he cultivates the Path of Celestial and Human, one could say he has reached new heights.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say, if Celestial Erosion Monarch hadn’t strayed from the path earlier, he might have achieved Refining Spirit and Returning to Void sooner than Xiluo.
"To me, you are also my medicine."
Mumbling indistinctly, Celestial Erosion Monarch switched topics before Wu Yao could hear clearly.
"Then what happened just now? You couldn’t really be sick, right?"
If Wu Yao and Celestial Erosion Monarch at their level truly fell ill, it would be a serious situation.
Whether facing the five decays of Celestials or an unsteady Tao Heart, death would be the best outcome.
What’s more, Wu Yao has past experiences, so Celestial Erosion Monarch dares not be careless.
"It’s not as serious as you think, just someone thinking about me."
Before Wu Yao’s voice trailed off, Celestial Erosion Monarch sighed in relief.
"Turns out it’s just someone thinking about you..."
"Wait, who is thinking about you? And it triggered your senses?"
Seeing Celestial Erosion Monarch’s face suddenly change and his words shift, Wu Yao helplessly smiled again.
"I noticed ever since I resurrected, you’ve been so jumpy."
"I’m the Celestial Witch, now also serving as Granny Meng, not some fragile porcelain doll."
Embarrassed, Celestial Erosion Monarch blinked, knowing he couldn’t say "you are a porcelain doll in my eyes," so he switched topics again.
"Who’s thinking about you? Could it be Xiluo?"
Celestial Erosion Monarch’s suspicion isn’t unfounded; most who knew Wu Yao are dead.
Among them, besides Xiluo, there’s hardly anyone left who would think about Wu Yao.
"Probably her!"
"It’s a pity she always hides from me, unwilling to even come to Fengdu City."
Wu Yao’s hesitant words made Celestial Erosion Monarch’s eyes widen again.
"What do you mean ’probably’?"
"Yes or no..."
"Since when did you start liking speaking ambiguously?"
With a slight upward curve on her mouth, Wu Yao softly and emotionlessly said.
"Because I have already abandoned ’Celestial Destiny Divine Power,’ becoming unable to foresee things as I once did."
"When it comes to foresight abilities, I might not be as good as you with your ’Omen Divine Power’ now."
Upon hearing this, Celestial Erosion Monarch’s expression could no longer be described as shock.
"Abandoning ’Celestial Destiny Divine Power’?"
"When did this happen? Why?"
Celestial Erosion Monarch’s confusion is normal, as it’s his first time learning Wu Yao has abandoned her ’Celestial Destiny Divine Power’.
It was Wu Yao’s core Divine Power, one many would go to great lengths to obtain.
"Since the moment I assumed the role of Granny Meng."
With a look as though Celestial Erosion Monarch was a curiosity, Wu Yao calmly continued.
"I’ve believed in destiny throughout my life, only to be taught a lesson by the younger generation."
"Destiny can be known but not necessarily followed."
"I once prided myself on seeing through ’destiny’, living comfortably, facing any plight with ease."
"But in reality?"
"During the process of seeing through ’destiny’, I gradually got tamed by it."
"So, back then, I went to my death calmly, pinning hopes on the Descent Celestial Being thousands of years later..."
At this point, Wu Yao’s voice paused slightly.
"Yet that Celestial Being shattered my understanding of ’destiny’."
"Not only did he successfully resurrect my dead spirit, but also ushered an era I couldn’t comprehend."
"From that moment, I suddenly realized how ridiculous ’destiny’ is."
"It thought my death would make my kin better off, leading me to obediently go to die."
"In retrospect, if I hadn’t died, perhaps I could have rewritten this ’destiny’!"
For some reason, Celestial Erosion Monarch caught Wu Yao’s self-denial from her words.
The tone of disdain and determination sounded as if she were critiquing others from an observer’s standpoint, completely separating past self from now.
[It’s like... the current Wu Yao is different from her past self.]
This thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
In the next moment, Celestial Erosion Monarch quickly shook his head to dispel this terrifying idea.
Wu Yao is Wu Yao, past or present, Celestial Erosion Monarch must firmly believe in this.
"What happened to the Celestial Destiny Divine Power you gave up?"
Feeling slightly perturbed, Celestial Erosion Monarch instinctively asked.
To start, Celestial Erosion Monarch didn’t care much about the Celestial Destiny Divine Power; he just wanted to use this topic to shift his thoughts.
But when Wu Yao turned to look at the Bridge of Helplessness, Celestial Erosion Monarch followed her gaze.
Then, he saw the huge Three-Life Divine Stone at the bridge’s end.
From Fengdu Ghost City to the banks of Forgetfulness River.
That Three-Life Divine Stone stands on every ghost’s path of passage.
Only after enlightening through the stone, ensuring no lingering affections in this life.
Would the ghosts step onto the Bridge of Helplessness, drink Granny Meng’s Soup, thus re-entering the six paths of reincarnation.
Legend holds the Three-Life Divine Stone has the power to illuminate past and present, letting all ghosts see their former and current lives, resolving lingering desires.
Celestial Erosion Monarch initially thought the stone was Emperor Fengdu’s masterpiece, a manifestation of his "Three Soul System" in the Netherworld.
But suddenly, Celestial Erosion Monarch realized clearly, that stone is undoubtedly the Supreme Divine Artifact transformed from ’Celestial Destiny Divine Power’.
Just like the original ’Celestial Destiny Bone Armor’.
This Three-Life Divine Stone not only requires no conditions from the user but is also very convenient to use.
If there is a flaw to mention, it’d be that ’Celestial Destiny Bone Armor’ can be carried along.
While the Three-Life Divine Stone stands several meters tall, connected to Fengdu’s ground, it can’t be moved by ordinary means.
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