Jian Xin was slightly shocked, pretending not to notice, and his consciousness enveloped the entire manor.

It was like a massive gust of wind sweeping through the mountains, causing the trees, flowers, tiles on the rooftops, all to sway and tilt.

"Not here, huh?"

"This aura, how could it be her?" Jian Xin muttered in a low voice.

"This time, Red Sun is in trouble."

He sighed, "She has actually become a new Ancestral Dragon."

Silently, he was about to leave in a hurry, understanding the gravity of the matter and its deep entanglements.

Unintentionally, he glanced over the many useless items in the manor, finally landing on the weapons in the warehouse and the muddy artifacts, frowning slightly.

"This manor, such a place of sinister outsiders?"

"Forget it, since I'm here, I'll conveniently wipe out this place."

He raised his palm, rapidly enlarged it, covering the heavens and blocking the sun, smoothing out the entire range of mountains.

The palm needed only to press horizontally and vertically.

And the mountains and rivers, densely packed, were reshaped into this vast mountain range.

But at the next moment, he felt the minting license, his expression mildly muted.

Had it been an ordinary place with Demon Sect factions, he would casually destroy it, but clearly there was someone behind the scenes here, supporting its clandestine minting.

"Tsk, the Court keeps hidden more and more filth."

His voice was low as he chose to ignore it, sinking back into the clouds, gradually rising, and disappearing.

...

After a while, Ning Zheng finally emerged.

So this is the cultivator tasked with the pursuit?

Indeed.

Once awakened, an overlord would come to patrol and hunt down.

After all, these feral ghosts are too unstable.

Usually, the roaming soldiers and scattered fighters are already quite troubling, but if a truly awakened "King" emerges...

Completing the cognitive deficit, possessing a truly independent personality, it would be a catastrophe for normal sects, citizens, cultivators.

Wonder if Ning Jiaojiao's mother could escape?

The pursuit was ruthless.

Ning Zheng gazed up, looking at the clean, cloudless blue sky with a touch of envy.

Such an enormous soul body indeed!

After the Ninth Grade of the Body, Three Elements, Two Phases, is it the beginning of soul cultivation?

He speculated silently.

Considering that such a large soul, covering heavens and blocking the sun, is astonishing by mere thought.

This resemblance to the legendary Dharma Aspect Heaven and Earth.

After all, Dharma Aspect is the Dharma Body where mana converges, its appearance just matched quite well earlier.

Ning Zheng didn't ponder further.

To a existence like that, they didn't matter at all; as if passing by a village during pursuit, continuing the hunt after merely passing through.

Despite his daring nature, Ning Zheng refrained from proceeding up the mountain.

Because he suddenly thought of something that made his scalp tingle, that one sentence: How could it be her.

This alone dissolved his will to ascend the mountain; he needed to return and calm down.

...

Meanwhile, the blacksmiths on the mountain were also silent.

This physique was indeed mythical; this was the presence of a true Immortal Path overlord, fully exuding prowess, giving a sense akin to an Otherworld.

Though they were shocked by the sheer size, what weapons would they consider? With what would they buy weapons?

How could the smithy later cater to these overlords' weapon business?

But.

——How could it be her.

Such a statement was utterly terrifying upon deeper thought.

"Someone of such importance recognizes Jiao Wuyu." Su Yuniang took a deep breath, exchanging a glance with everyone.

If Jiao Wuyu was originally just an ordinary village girl, used as a stitched sacrificial offering, how could such a being know her?

Logically speaking, someone of that stature couldn't possibly know anyone from such a remote corner.

Then, who could he possibly recognize?

Who might have come into contact with his tier?

The initial jiao.

This thought brought an uncontrollable unrest to everyone.

"Jiao Wuyu was the jiao all along." Su Yuniang analyzed.

Everyone's mind was in turmoil, an invisible fear pervading their being.

"Could there be a chance of mistaken aura?" Daojiu raised his objection, "After all, Jiao Wuyu did inherit the body."

"This is impossible."

Jiucai Rong shook his head, "Firstly, the jiao's body was already stitched; inheriting only a small part, it's not the original anymore! Plus, such beings wouldn't mistake an aura; they see souls, not faces, nor physique."

It's unlikely to make such a low-level mistake.

If we reconsider the whole story with the premise that Jiao Wuyu was the jiao from the start?

They rearranged their thoughts:

Initially, the jiao was beheaded, lingering in the village, but she soon discovered villagers secretly weakening her. She didn't want to die, thus began seeking ways to preserve herself.

But how could she save herself?

"Under such circumstances, the only way was to entreat the villagers, splitting their internal unity, finding someone to assist her."

Medical Fairy said: "She found a village prodigy, a girl named Jiao Wuyu in a water well appeared."

"Ultimately, the two joined hands, survived, accomplishing what was deemed a miracle."

"But it wasn't a miracle; there was no need to possess jiao from the start; she herself was the jiao, reducing difficulty by half, merely needed to overthrow those greedy villagers."

Perhaps, this world never had true miracles.

All fortune might be calculation.

Fate's gifts were all marked with a price.

"If it ended here, it'd be a story of jiao falling for the scholar, the scholar saving her, celebrating with offspring."

"But then, Demon Cultivators arrived."

Perhaps even Jiao Wuyu didn't anticipate how arduous her destiny was.

Having just shed some greedy fellows, before recovering from weakness, another group of greedy people arrived upon hearing.

Even her husband Li Youzhu died at the village trying to protect her, she barely escaped.

This century, she lingered outside, struggling.

Left with only a dragon head, her body haphazardly stitched together, she'd inevitably seek out the pig-headed dragon, but couldn't find it.

Even if found, it might not be matchable.

Thus, the body continued to be stitched, altered, she was dying.

At this point, she had reached a dead end, the Red Sun of the century was approaching, her husband and children soon to be seized by the Earth Vein.

Faced with various perils, she had only two options.

1. Retrieve her headless body.

2. Or simply die once, and resurrect, resolving her body's complications.

So she chose to return and gamble.

The hope of the second life rested upon Li Youzhu.

She knew, she had to die in front of Li Youzhu to have a chance to be saved.

Her death might trigger Li Youzhu's complete awakening.

"Even exploiting the dead?"

Daojiu remained silent, "How could she ensure that once Li Youzhu awakened, he would certainly give his life for her?"

"Because flowers bloom thrice, I know who I am."

Su Yuniang sighed, "She knew better than anyone how deep Li Youzhu's love was for her; once he knew I am who I am, and reborn, it meant unquestionably, his love for her would be profound!"

"And at this time, Li Youzhu, without any hesitation, upon seeing her dying, would give her the flower of his rebirth."

Thus, she won the gamble, she survived.

This rebirth thoroughly resolves the patchwork issue of her body.

Like a puzzle of various limbs, death and rebirth into new life, stitching eagle claws, snake neck, fish skin… melding various beasts, transforming death into a new.

The conversion of life and death even achieved a sort of life evolution, seamlessly integrated, potential surpassing previous, becoming the new Ancestral Dragon as mentioned by that prominent figure, growing continuously with likely a very high ceiling, becoming a progenitor of a new dragon race.

All of it was calculation!

"Quite a wicked woman indeed." Su Yuniang sighed.

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