Add to that the character's nature, while a Love Saint is a Love Saint, wanting to open a harem is still too difficult.
After all, the identity is right there.
If he were to directly tell the Moon God about this ending, Wang Mu assumes the Moon God might not accept it.
[Wang Mu: After personally witnessing the Imperial Princess of yesteryear ascend the throne and become an emperor, he chose to leave and became a hermit.]
[Moon God: Huh? Just that? I don't accept it! The Impe... Imperial Princess ascended the throne, they went through so much together, reached the end, and succeeded. Isn't this exactly when they should share the fruits of their victory? How can one just leave like that?]
No more, there's no way to conquer other female leads. Wang Mu thought.
[Wang Mu: You are still young, you don't understand.]
[Moon God: ? Do you even hear what you're saying? My immortal age far surpasses yours! Unless you are truly that Dongfang Mu, but I really don't see you like that!]
[Wang Mu: That being said, some people are born with responsibilities set upon them by fate. These are things he cannot escape from, that you must understand, right?]
The Moon God fell silent for a long time.
[Moon God: Yes.]
Wang Mu felt somewhat surprised.
[Wang Mu: The strategist is the same, born to assist the Imperial Princess in unifying the world, once the responsibility is fulfilled, then everything should be laid down. Staying too long invites disorder!]
[Moon God: I understand, so that's how it is... Sigh...]
Do you understand?
Wang Mu pondered, this Upper Realm Fairy is quite easy to persuade...
[Moon God: While I am satisfied with this ending, I do accept it. However, if I were the Imperial Princess, I wouldn't let that strategist leave. I'd catch him and keep him by my side!]
[Wang Mu: That's why you are not the Imperial Princess; you are just an immortal official.]
[Moon God: ...]
Moon Palace.
The Moon God gazed at the information in the Divine Light Mirror, hesitating to speak.
After hanging up the Divine Light Mirror, the Moon God sighed softly, and then... another message appeared.
[Mother: Little Yue, soon you will go to the Immortal Desolate Netherworld, if... you still wish to just be a small fairy in charge of marriage, I won't force you.]
[Moon God: No, I've managed the Marriage Fairy Official for too long... changing places might actually be good...]
[Mother: I'm glad to hear you say that... it's fine, you can wait a little longer if you like. Also... when you last went to the Lower Realm, did anything of significant change occur there?]
The Moon God wondered, why is Mother asking this?
The changes in the Lower Realm, shouldn't you know better than I do, Mother?
[Mother: What I mean is, subtle changes... like, do the cultivators over there have different dressing styles, behaviors, mannerisms compared to our Immortal Dynasty? In such a way, tell me everything about your encounters in the Lower Realm.]
[Moon God: Hmm... The Nine Provinces seem quite chaotic, in this regard, each region varies... only through experience...]
The Moon God coughed, daring not to lie to her Mother.
But if she were to explain everything, wouldn't her connection with Wang Mu become problematic?
With a sudden thought, the Moon God decided to describe her experiences from a third-person perspective, as an observer.
Gradually narrating.
After listening.
[Mother: Saint Dongfang Mu? Didn't expect that this great hero from millennia ago hasn't died yet... indeed, within the Regeneration Record, he is an existence that doesn't appear on the list... the birth of a hero certainly foretells a prosperous era of cultivation! It should be here by now, after all these years, the Lower Realm should have an Outer World Immortal emerging...]
Mother's sigh didn't surprise the Moon God.
This individual was indeed special.
[Moon God: Wasn't Mother from the same era as this Saint?]
[Mother: Yes. During those times, the Jianghu was chaotic. Although I unified the world, establishing a new dynasty, the Jianghu remained unstable and exceedingly chaotic. Back then, despite there being no spiritual energy, many powerful figures emerged to pose threats to Mother. The appearance of this great hero stabilized the entire Jianghu, said to have reversed the situation during its most perilous period, exterminating the era's largest evil cult, Piaomiao Palace.]
[Mother: He became the most powerful in the world back then! Perhaps this powerful figure had already touched upon the boundaries of that era, he didn't choose to remain silent but instead used all his power to break through the boundaries of two realms at the time, opening the Gate of Apocalypse left by the Upper Realm, bringing down spiritual energy, changing the world. The Li Dynasty achieved utmost qi fortune, allowing me to bring the Li Dynasty to ascend to the Upper Realm within a century.]
Although understanding this history, after listening to Mother, the heart inexplicably surged, rising a longing for past deeds millennia ago.
[Mother: It's a pity that although Mother had seen the portraits of this Saint, I never saw him in person. Unexpectedly appearing in the Lower Realm, with the advent of the cultivation era, if given the chance, I must meet him.]
I might have met him already.
Hard to say if he's a great hero, but a great romantic surely he is.
If... he is indeed Dongfang Mu.
[Moon God: Mother, I want to ask a somewhat private question...]
[Mother: Since it's private, don't ask it.]
[Moon God: ...]
[Moon God: That Regent King has been deceased for so long, do you still remember him?]
As soon as the question was asked.
Suddenly, the Divine Light Mirror trembled, and from the surface, instantly emerged a slender, white finger, harshly striking the Moon God's forehead.
"Ouch!" The Moon God winced in pain.
Heart feeling uneasy...
Mother was angered.
[Mother: Do not ask this question, and besides, the Regent King... he is not dead.]
"?" Moon God.
Impossible!
The Regent King was merely a mortal a thousand years ago...
How could he not be dead?
"Looks like Mother still remembers..." The Moon God sighed.
How many ages have passed since the Immortal Dynasty, with Mother always alone, perhaps because she still cherishes the memory in her heart.
"If the story Wang Mu spoke of about the Imperial Princess and the strategist is a simplified version of Mother's story with the Regent King... then it indicates that the Regent King definitely died back then... just that Mother is unwilling to accept it."
The Moon God's heart was filled with emotions... now asking about matters of the Lower Realm, perhaps it's also to hold onto some hope?
Alas, as the Immortal Dynasty's sovereign, to find a person, not to mention the Nine Provinces, even other worlds, it's rather easy.
If they could be found, it would've been a long time ago... how could it be that after all this time, there's still no news?
The Moon God shook her head...
——
Anle Village.
Returning once more to this place, Wang Mu felt very peaceful.
The villagers of the village have changed greatly, while some have hardly changed at all.
They are the villagers of Anle Village, even if unable to cultivate, their average lifespan is at least over a hundred years.
Compared to them, having only cultivated for just over ten years is relatively short, naturally, most of them remain unchanged.
Upon returning to Anle Village, Wang Mu quickly refined the karma absorbed from Mo Xilan.
"Demon Ball transforming into soul, Gathering Soul manifesting..."
"The rules of the Heavenly Demon..."
In a small wooden house, Wang Mu sat cross-legged in the void, light and darkness intersecting around him, seemingly a black hole, occasionally exhaling strange light.
Those unaware might think he is a demonic path antagonist.
This is the phenomenon produced during Heavenly Demon cultivation, quite fitting for a villain's style indeed.
But Wang Mu knew, he was about to succeed.
The absorption went so smoothly, this karma also came too easily.
Moreover, in just two months, Wang Mu had almost completely absorbed all the karma from Mo Xilan.
A dozen or so days passed in a flash.
Within the Spiritual Acupoint, a completely dark humanoid figure had emerged, resembling a Nascent Soul but exuding a more terrifying and eerie power.
This was the soul of the Heavenly Demon.
Previously at the bottom of the Heavenly Demon Divine Pond of the Fengyue Sect, when Jiang Piaomiao was pulled into the Illusion Realm, he had been fortunate to witness Piao Miaoxu's Heavenly Demon King Soul.
That was also the key to her reincarnation, once condensed, it can be said to achieve true immortality, escaping the rules.
Even if it could be killed, it could attach to every corner of the world, and thus reincarnate anew.
"It's done."
What to say?
Like water flowing to its natural path?
Wang Mu opened his eyes and gently exhaled.
"The Grand Ascension Ceremony should be starting soon..."
Wang Mu pondered.
At that moment, the Divine Light Mirror brought another message.
This time, it wasn't from the Moon God, but from Mr. Lee.
[Mr. Lee: I've already sent my people down,]