In ancient times, they secretly became gods in the deep mountains.

Chapter 48 Intending to Break Through the Foundation Establishment Stage
The ghost's soul lying on the ground was almost transparent. Gu Yuexi channeled her spiritual energy into its body, and the ghost's soul slowly solidified, revealing a stunningly beautiful young woman out of thin air.

A chilling aura swept over them, sending shivers down everyone's spines. Unlike the others, Madam He stepped forward.

She gazed at the familiar yet unfamiliar face, scrutinizing it carefully, and said in a trembling voice, "Sister?"

"You are... my sister?" As soon as she said it, her eyes filled with tears, and in a daze, Madam He felt as if she had returned to twenty years ago.

The monster on the ground had shed its terrifying appearance and was clearly her own sister, but hadn't her sister died more than twenty years ago?
"Hehe!" The ghost's voice was hoarse and unpleasant: "Little sister, you still remember me?"

"Sister, it really is you!" Mrs. He exclaimed excitedly, falling to the ground. She crawled to the ghost and asked in surprise, "Why? Why are you here?"

The goblin screechs, "Didn't you hear everything? I want to use your body to be reborn!"

She glared at the light and shadow in the distance with extreme resentment: "It's all her fault! If it weren't for her, I could have completely taken over your body and gained a new life in just two more years. I never imagined that I would fail because of her!"

"Sister, why?" Madam He refused to accept the ghost's words. She didn't understand; they were sisters!

Overwhelmed with grief, she said sorrowfully, "We are sisters!"

The monster let out a piercing, high-pitched laugh: "Hahaha!"

As if Mrs. He had stepped on her sore spot, her sharp nails scraped incessantly against the wooden planks on the ground, making a chilling and eerie sound. She shed a few lines of bloody tears: "Yes! We are sisters. I have always been more diligent than you since I was a child, and I have always been more loved by our parents than you."

She seemed to be caught up in painful memories.

“I am a beauty praised by everyone in the entire Qinyang County, a talented woman admired by countless people, proficient in all the arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and renowned for my beauty. I am far superior to you.”

"Because I am better than you, I was betrothed to the former prefect as his daughter-in-law, while you can only marry a scholar from a poor family. If nothing unexpected happens, I will be the prefect's wife in the future, while you will only be the wife of a county magistrate until you die."

"Hahaha!" She looked up and laughed bitterly, tears of blood streaming down her face. "Fate is cruel. My husband's family was exterminated for colluding with foreign enemies. Before I could enjoy a few good years, I was taken to the execution ground with my children and beheaded."

“After I died, I was filled with resentment and became a lonely ghost. I watched you and your husband being loving, watched you having many children, watched you enjoying happiness and joy, but all of this had nothing to do with me.”

“I often think that if my husband’s family hadn’t rebelled, if I hadn’t died, I would definitely be living a better and happier life than you!”

He Jinzong was furious and asked coldly, "So you covet my wife's life and want to take her place?"

"Hehe!" The ghost sneered and looked at Madam He: "Originally, I did not choose you. Although you are alive, you are too old to live for more than a few years. Unfortunately, I finally found a young blood relative, but her soul was stolen. I have been searching for a long time but have not been able to find her."

"We can only settle for second best and replace you, my sister, with the symbiotic secret technique." The monster wept blood, his smile cold and sinister.

Ho Chun-chung exclaimed incredulously, "You want to replace my daughter!"

Madam He felt a pang of heartache upon hearing this.

The older sister not only hurt her, but also wanted to hurt her daughter?

Ming Ke breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's a good thing I put Miss in my ghost realm, otherwise she would have been in grave danger."

A gentle breeze blew by, and Gu Yuexi teleported in front of the ghost. She asked, "Where did you learn the symbiotic technique?"

The ghost looked at her warily and fearfully. Just now, the mysterious light and shadow had only made a few casual moves, and she was powerless to fight back.

Instinct told her that this person was extremely dangerous!

Gu Yuexi and the ghost exchanged a glance, and the ghost blurted out the whole truth.

"After the people from the former prefectural governor's office were executed, they were all thrown into the mass grave outside Qingchan Temple. After they became ghosts, I was filled with resentment and lost all reason. The abbot of Qingchan Temple picked me up and gave me a secret method to cultivate."

“He said that as long as I replace my blood relative, I can be reborn as a human being by using my blood relative’s body and lifespan.”

"In order to return to the human world, I cultivated day and night, and finally made some progress a year ago. That's why I went down the mountain to find my blood relatives who can give me a second chance at life."

Gu Yuexi said, "It's the abbot of Qingchan Temple again."

She then looked at the ghost: "You only have two choices now. First, I will eliminate you. Second, you will be reborn as an animal for ten lifetimes. After the cycle ends, you may be able to be reborn as a human."

"Your Majesty..." Madam He looked at the ghost with eyes full of pity.

“It’s no use pleading. She has no way back since she started practicing the symbiotic secret technique. She was already full of resentment, and she also practiced evil magic. I even injured her soul during the battle just now. In her current state, she has no right to be reincarnated as a human.”

"Her body is weakened by evil influences, and I can only guarantee that her soul will not be scattered."

"Moreover, even if she is reborn as an animal for ten lifetimes, there is no guarantee that she will be reborn as a human after the cycle of reincarnation ends." Gu Yuexi emphasized to the ghost, "You need to accumulate enough merit in these ten lifetimes. Only with merit will you be qualified to be reborn as a human!"

"Otherwise, you'll still die when the cycle of reincarnation ends!"

The ghost asked in surprise, "You'll help me?"

She thought the figure in front of her would eliminate her without warning.

Gu Yuexi laughed: "Otherwise what? Get rid of you? What good would it do me to get rid of you?"

"This lady will not kill every ghost she sees. I can let you off the hook since you haven't committed any serious crimes yet."

She changed the subject abruptly, saying, "Of course I can't help you for nothing. I want your Ghost King Pearl!"

The ghost asked in confusion, "Ghost King Pearl? What's that?"

Gu Yuexi placed one hand on the top of her head, and suddenly a black and red bead appeared from the top of the ghost's head, emitting an eerie and frightening light, as black as ink and as red as blood.

“This!” Gu Yuexi showed the bead in her hand to the ghost, explaining, “You have already reached the Ghost King level, and this is the only source of your ghost power.”

"Ghost King!" Ming Ke's expression changed.

Although he is a red-clothed ghost, there are several levels above him. This ghost is a ghost king, no wonder he was able to play him for fools before.

"If you're willing, I'll send you to the animal realm right now," Gu Yuexi confirmed with the ghost.

The ghost's expression changed to one of pain.

For someone who had been proud her whole life, it was tantamount to having her bones and flesh ripped out.

After much internal struggle, she finally made up her mind and said, "I...I do!"

She had no other choice!

Otherwise, the ethereal figure before her, referred to as "Empress," would kill her.

Reincarnating as an animal was the only way she could find to survive.

Gu Yuexi communicated with the system using her divine sense: "How do I open the Gates of Hell?"

[Host, I forgot to mention, there is no underworld here, but the world still has the law of reincarnation. You can use the power of this law to send this ghost to reincarnation, and the world's laws will automatically replenish the cycle of reincarnation.]

There is no underworld?

No wonder Mingke said that the ghosts who died more than ten years ago had not been reincarnated; it turns out that the rules of reincarnation had not been established.

Although there are laws that help ghosts reincarnate, it's like guessing a blind box. The laws randomly grab ghosts to be reincarnated, and some ghosts who stay in the human world for too long will lose their minds and become wandering ghosts, losing their eligibility to be reincarnated.

Guided by the system, Gu Yuexi connected with the power of the laws and sent the ghosts to the cycle of reincarnation.

"Sister!" Madam He cried bitterly, unable to bear the loss.

At this moment, the ghost let go of his obsession: "Little sister, I'm sorry. Just pretend I don't exist as your older sister!"

She disappeared from everyone's sight.

Having consumed too much spiritual energy while communicating with the power of the laws, Gu Yuexi felt that she had reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

Gu Yuexi communicated with the system using her divine sense: "Zero One, help me exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills. I need to go to the Divine Palace to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage."

【Good host】

With a thud, Zhao's mother knelt on the ground.

"I beg the Golden Saintess to send my grandson Mingke to be reincarnated as well! This old servant is willing to give everything for this!"

The appearance of the ghost made Zhao's mother realize Gu Yuexi's power. She knelt down and prayed to the gods, hoping that she could also send Ming Ke to be reincarnated.

(End of this chapter)