Under One Person: Did Zuo Ruotong and I switch bodies?

Throughout history, there has never been a precedent for "time travel," so no one knows whether changing the "known past" will change the future as well...

Or perhaps there is some mysterious force in the universe that "corrects" these changes, causing them all to point to the same result.

With Zuo Ruotong's current cultivation level and understanding of the world, he is far from being able to see through it all, but after reasonable deduction, he believes that "change" is the most likely explanation...

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to Longhu Mountain, nor would he have run into Zhang Huaiyi, and these "changes" would never have happened!

What is the "future"?

After "this moment," everything is the future.

When an action is taken that differs from the original plan, a series of "future" events will change, unless none of this is a "change" but rather "preordained"...

Zuo Ruotong is destined to travel to the future, obtain the "Original Root Method," and come to find Zhang Huaiyi. The Trinity Sect is also destined to be destroyed in the future...

That would be too hopeless for him!

Cultivators cultivate "hope," the "possibility" within the impossible, the "one" that disappears after the "fifty heavens of the Great Dao" and "forty-nine heavens." They dedicate their entire lives to breaking free of shackles and becoming "variables."

If everything is predetermined, and success or failure is a fixed fate, then what difference does it make whether one cultivates or not? Everyone is just a puppet, performing on stage, then leaving, repeating this cycle endlessly...

Then this world...

"That's so boring."

The tea was ready. Zuo Ruotong took a sip, savoring the aroma filling her mouth. The tea warmed her as it went down her throat, and she stared at the last tea leaf in the cup for a long time…

His eyes narrowed.

  

Just like the art of tea, every step from planting the tea seed is a "variable": cultivating the tea seedlings, picking and processing the tea, transporting the tea leaves, storing and selling them, as well as the water quality, water temperature, and brewing techniques...

All of these will affect the sip he takes.

This is not just about the pleasures of the tea ceremony.

It is also the joy of spiritual practice!

"Left Gate Master, what's wrong?"

Seeing that he seemed to be frowning, Zhang Jingqing smiled and asked, "What problem have you encountered? Tell me!"

Zuo Ruotong then came to her senses and smiled calmly: "It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly thought about whether everything in this world is predetermined... Celestial Master, what do you think?"

"Oh?"

Zhang Jingqing suddenly became interested, but without asking why he was thinking about this, she pondered for a moment and then asked, "Hmm... what if it's destined? And what if it's not?"

"If it is destined that our spiritual journey is beyond our control, then what is the meaning of this life?"

"Only by changing one's fate can one truly cultivate oneself, isn't that right?"

"That makes sense..."

Zhang Jingqing nodded: "If you ask me, I would also say that things in this world are not predetermined. The past is set, the present is unfolding, and the future is derived. The cause of this moment produces the effect of the future... This is how it should be."

"But in the end, it is a matter of heaven and earth, which is beyond our control. Even if everything is already destined, we can only move forward. Only by moving forward can we fight for that sliver of possibility in the 'destiny' and find a chance to break free."

"indeed……"

Zuo Ruotong smiled slightly. He thought so too, and could only think so. Even if his cultivation, everything, and even the future of the Sanyi Sect were predetermined, he had to fight for a chance...

This is spiritual practice!

However, he still had a question that he couldn't discuss with the Celestial Master: if things were to change in the future, it might create a "point of contradiction"...

For example, if Zhang Huaiyi had not been injured or gone into seclusion, how could I have met him and received this "fundamental method"?

If we had never met, how could I have come to Longhu Mountain to make this initial "change"?

"Perhaps the only solution is to transmigrate again..."

Only then can we find out.

As for whether he could still go to the future, Zuo Ruotong was still unsure, so he could only focus on the present and decided not to think about it anymore, keeping the question to himself for the time being.

After that, he communicated with the Celestial Master every day and observed Zhang Huaiyi's cultivation. He stayed for a full month until Zhang Huaiyi's thunder magic was initially perfected before preparing to return.

The night before leaving...

"Master Zuo, are you leaving already? Won't you stay a few more days?"

"No, I still have new disciples to train. Thank you for your hospitality these past few days, Celestial Master."

"Alright then. Since we have to travel, Master Zuo should get some rest tonight. I'll take you down the mountain early tomorrow morning and arrange a carriage for you."

"Then I'll trouble you, Celestial Master, to visit my Sanyi Sect another day."

"Haha! Definitely!"

After Zhang Jingqing left, Zuo Ruotong closed the door and squinted her eyes.

Although he didn't know when Zhang Huaiyi had originally practiced thunder magic, it shouldn't have been now...

Its "past" has been changed.

We'll see how it develops in the future.

"And Li Muxuan and Liu Deshui..."

Sitting down by the bed, the images of the two children floated into his mind again. Li Muxuan had not originally entered the Sanyi Sect, and in his original opinion, he would not have accepted Liu Deshui either, but now the two of them had become disciples of Sanyi.

"This is for my Trinity..."

"What else has changed?"

On the surface, the Sanyi Sect has gained two more talented disciples, and if they can be nurtured into talents, it will surely become even more prosperous. However, their future paths are completely different. Coupled with the great disaster caused by Li Muxuan, their future is still unknown.

"We can only try to discipline them properly for now."

Regardless of the disciples' abilities, as the head of the Sanyi Sect, the future of the Sanyi Sect ultimately rests on his own shoulders. Zuo Ruotong immediately sat cross-legged, focused his mind, closed his eyes, and sank his consciousness into the Niwan Palace.

wow——

His vision shifted, and a pure white nascent soul appeared before him, hovering quietly. He observed and sensed it carefully for a moment... and then his eyes flickered.

"That feels right!"

Ever since the Nascent Soul was formed, Zuo Ruotong had had a feeling, but she was busy looking for Zhang Huaiyi and then observing his condition, so she put it aside for the time being.

As cultivation continued and the nascent soul grew stronger, this feeling became increasingly intense, and at this moment, a single glance confirmed it:

"The two Nascent Soul cultivators are actually connected!"

This "connection" is not like before, which was just a vague feeling. Rather, it is that the two nascent souls seem to be the same, able to sense each other across the distance of time and space.

This sensation is subtle; though it cannot be controlled or exchanged, its existence can be clearly felt, as if the future nascent soul is right here in the Niwan Palace, just like…

"The two are originally one!"

Zuo Ruotong took a deep breath and suddenly realized something. This "Nascent Soul Cultivation" is the innate way, and the innate was before the formation of heaven and earth, when there was no "space-time".

"Therefore, it is one entity, only differentiated into two bodies!"

Although its purpose is unknown, it is still astonishing: "Perhaps as this nascent soul grows stronger, there will be even more changes?"

"perhaps……"

"Can I use this to explore the future?"

Just as Zuo Ruotong was guessing, tiny specks of colorful light suddenly appeared, which were the power of wishes that had been surrounding him...

"Is this... going to break up?"

Two months have passed, and this inexplicable wish is finally about to dissipate.

To his surprise, when the power of his vow completely dissipated, his spirit was also shaken, and an irresistible profound force came from the void...

Consciousness seemed to be severed in an instant...

He was plunged into darkness.