The sword seller, dressed in red, deserves applause for the prankster.

Jingming looked at Chi Miao with surprise: "You reincarnate once every ten years on average, how can you die so easily? Really?"

His big ears twitched involuntarily.

Chi Miao rubbed his forehead and smiled bitterly, with a hint of helplessness: "How should I put it? None of this was what I wanted. What he said is probably true. You saw it yourself, my spiritual sense is excessively strong... Perhaps it's because I've reincarnated too many times."

As she said this, Jingming's expression gradually changed, her brows furrowing with a hint of pity: "Paving the way for eternity?"

Chi Miao: "...Right?"

Although she didn't know which road it was or whether she had even embarked on it, she had to take it.

Otherwise, she might not have lived past twenty.

Jingming pursed her lips and asked again, "But why can't you live past twenty?"

At this moment, Fatian, who was watching the drama unfold from the sidelines, spoke up: "Because her soul's origin has been cursed."

Jingming: "A curse?"

Chi Miao nodded: "Yes, it's a curse. This curse torments my soul every moment, preventing me from living past twenty, but at the same time, it makes my soul immortal... constantly reincarnating."

"Even I myself cannot erase my soul."

Chi Miao's few words were simple, yet Jingming could understand how much bitterness was hidden within them.

The soul must be tormented at all times, immortal and indestructible, and can only be reincarnated repeatedly.

What a powerful curse, what a severe punishment!

It is important to know that the most powerful curse in Buddhism is that the soul is immortal after death and is trapped in hell, suffering torment at all times.

Chi Miao's situation is even worse! She can't escape it even in reincarnation.

"Who planted this curse of Yama on you?"

"Who knows? Do you know?" Chi Miao looked at Fa Tian.

Fatian's smile froze: "I know, but I can't say... After you become an immortal, she will discover you and appear before you."

Both of their expressions tensed up instantly.

"After becoming an immortal?"

Fatian: "You came to this cave because you wanted to know the secret to becoming an immortal, didn't you?"

Chi Miao: "But I'm suddenly very curious, you were clearly beings from the Dark Ages, before the Annihilation of the Dao, so why are you appearing in the later world, and even in the Heavenly Sorrow Cave?"

Fa Tian smiled without saying a word: "Then this involves the secrets of the cultivation world. Speaking of which, this matter is inseparable from you, the curse on your body, and the existence that gave you the curse."

Chi Miao was taken aback: "It involves such a large area? Could it be that even the fall of someone like you is related to it?"

Fatian: "Intelligent."

Yes, all of these things are closely related.

But Chi Miao just couldn't connect these things together; it was too disjointed, and the impact was far too great!

Fatian added, "If I absolutely must say something, then there's only one thing..."

"Everything was born because of you, and everything will perish because of you. Everything... is the sin of the common people."

"Whether it was the cataclysmic event that destroyed the Dao, the birth of the demon race, or the current end of the Dao in the world, no one has been able to become an immortal..."

"You are the source of everything."

Chi Miao pursed her lips, feeling as if her soul was about to fly away, and for a moment she felt incredibly insignificant.

Being in the thick of it all, the more you understand, the more you realize how little you know.

Just then, even the Gou Shi System, which hadn't spoken for a long time, finally spoke up: "Wait, sister, you wouldn't happen to be some kind of villain who's going to destroy the whole world, would you?"

Chi Miao: "Huh???"

You've reappeared; she thought you were dead!

Jingming also looked at Chi Miao with a worried expression.

Chi Miao was completely bewildered. Suddenly, she understood why her nascent soul liked to scratch its own head.

She's scratching now too.

"No, am I really the biggest villain?"

"Then what was the purpose of all this? To destroy the world? Was I that idealistic in my past life?"

Fatian remained silent, closing his eyes: "..."

"If you were truly such a heinous scoundrel, we would not have protected you for thousands of years. Even if we perish, we would use our remaining power to connect our reincarnations with yours, entangled for all eternity."

"We follow you because... you are the solution, the only solution!"

Chi Miao breathed a sigh of relief: "Then it's fine as long as I'm not the main villain. I don't like playing villain roles. I'm the kind of person who will suddenly shout about friendship, bonds, and love when I can't win a fight."

Otherwise, she herself would feel quite embarrassed.

Even so, there's still a lot of information to be had.

She sounds like she's really incredibly awesome.

Fatian didn't know how to evaluate it, he could only say that Chi Miao's abstract art was passed down through a single lineage, and each generation was stronger than the last.

"Returning to your earlier question, why were we, before the Annihilation of the Dao, found inside the Heavenly Sorrow Cave?"

"We can't know for sure, since it's not from our time, but I can sense that this place isn't anyone's cave, but rather... the world we've always existed in."

"What I mean is, we've been here from the very beginning, never moved, and never changed in any way."

"At first we were surprised that there was no one here, until later a little fairy named Tianbei told us that he was under the arrangement of some Tantric saintess Jiangyue to protect us here."

"Putting everything else aside... that Tantric saintess named Jiangyue is indeed quite capable..."

"In this degenerate age, she was actually able to deduce a path to immortality; that's truly remarkable."

"Unfortunately, she doesn't seem to have any talent for cultivation."

Chi Miao was stunned.

The amount of information that Fatian spoke of was simply too vast.

Some things were even difficult for her to understand.

Did the Heavenly Sorrow Cave exist before the Annihilation of the Dao?

They haven't moved from their place, so does that mean this place is Miaohua Continent from thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago?

that……

Where is Miaohua Continent where they are?

Also, the Tantric Buddhist saintess Jiangyue... Does the Tantric Buddhist sect know about these things?

All the doubts and questions troubled Chi Miao, making her usually brilliant and arrogant mind feel like it was about to explode.

It was only after Fatian quickly tapped her head that she regained consciousness.

"Instead of getting caught up in your own worries, you should start the trial left behind by Tianbei as soon as possible. Everything... will come to you naturally."

"For example, you have already realized where the Dao essence and Dao seed of the Heavenly Compassionate Immortal came from..."

"Tianbei, he is a special existence... He was practically a pawn who existed solely to stay and reveal the truth."

"However, he seems willing to be a pawn, so let's not keep him waiting too long."

Fatian continued talking to himself, marveling at how wonderful the situation was.

He looked at Chi Miao.

Suddenly, as if by some strange twist of fate, he said, "They've sacrificed so much for you. This time, they're betting everything on you at the same time. I guess something unexpected has happened in the Celestial Court, and they're making a desperate gamble."

"Come on... take back what you hid here with me many years ago, what belongs to you. After you take it back, the Trial of Heavenly Sorrow will truly begin."

Chi Miao blinked curiously: "My things?"

"Yes, your... Dharma form."

—Author's Note—

This chapter contains a lot of information, so don't overthink it; you'll find out everything later.