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

"Still alive? Then how did I get here?"

"And... what does it mean to have lived as a 'human' for thirty years? Did she stop being human afterward?"

Yan Shu choked up: "..."

Although the words are rough but the reasoning is sound, this one is just too rough.

"She did indeed become inhuman. She didn't have any talent for cultivation, but that's not actually the case... Her talent for cultivation was very strong. She just spent her whole life researching the methods of immortality. Later, she cut off a part of her soul that carried the Yama Curse, endured great pain, and used a wisp of divine consciousness to separate her soul, becoming a special existence."

Chi Miao was taken aback: "A special existence?"

How special is it?

Yan Shu nodded, her expression becoming serious as she spoke: "Yes, she is very special. It can be said that she transcends the Three Realms, is not within the Five Elements, is neither human nor ghost nor beast nor demon, and is not within the known rules, Dao, or species of Miaohua Continent. No one can define her existence."

"She vanished from her physical form, leaving only a wisp of soul, which is neither perceptible nor visible. Perhaps she has already appeared, or perhaps she has not yet appeared, but I am quite certain... she is still alive."

"She can be considered the only one among our countless reincarnations who has truly escaped the curse of Yama and is no longer part of the myriad lifetimes, becoming a truly independent individual."

Hearing this, Chi Miao was also deeply shocked.

To sever the part of the soul containing the Yama's Curse! What difference is there between that and self-destruction? Yet Jiang Yue succeeded! What immense courage, determination, and ability that must have taken!

Gou Shi System: "Wow, Jiang Yue is amazing. Your Yama Curse took up 99% of your soul, while she only took up 1%, and she still survived."

Chi Miao felt that it was a rare opportunity to reach a consensus with the Gou Shi system.

She's incredibly awesome in every lifetime.

"However, the setting of being outside the Three Realms and outside the Five Elements... has given me an idea."

"Oh?" Yan Shu was taken aback, and also became curious: "What are you thinking?"

Chi Miao: "Zombies! That's the setting for zombies. Jiang Yue might already be a zombie. If I ever meet a zombie that looks like me, it's most likely Jiang Yue. Maybe we can even catch up!"

"But with my beautiful face, even as a zombie, I'd still be the most beautiful woman in the zombie world, right?"

Yan Shu clenched her fists, closed her eyes, choked back tears, and forced back the urge to hit someone.

Hold on! This is a reincarnation! And a viable one at that; if you kill it, it's gone!

Everyone said she was abstract, but now that she's seen Chi Miao, she's completely outclassed and no less impressive.

There's no comparison.

Yan Shu put her hands on her hips and said, "Stop guessing what Jiang Yue's identity is. She's finally free, so don't bother her again if you run into her."

"Paving the way for eternity, defying fate... These eight words are easy to say, but only those who truly experience them can understand how terrifying this endless cycle of reincarnation and death is."

"Do you know that after I became an immortal, I wasn't killed? I was under the curse of Yama, in the arms of my friend, in an ugly state, my body covered with holes... slowly dying."

"In each of our lives, we possess extraordinary talent and fortune, yet behind each life lies a predetermined death; all paths lead to the same end..."

"To defy fate, just how much does one have to defy the heavens? How powerful does one have to be to change their destiny?"

"Before you, weren't there any powerful reincarnations? Am I not strong? Is Li You not strong? Is Jiang Yue not strong? Everyone is strong; some became immortals, and some gave up on becoming immortals..."

"If I could escape this endless cycle of reincarnation like Jiang Yue, I would definitely do so... I am not that great. I once thought I was extraordinary, but my final fate... is to leave behind three copies of my legacy here, becoming a brick in this path against the heavens."

"I'm not that great, I'm just not capable enough... I can't break free from the cage of our fate."

As Yan Shu spoke, her eyes reddened, and she placed one hand on Chi Miao's shoulder:

"So, you have to keep going... You have to be better than all of us. You carry not only the name Chi Miao, but also the names of those we know and those we don't."

"I hope you truly are the end of this road, and won't end up like us."

At this point, Yan Shu laughed, and the tears that had been welling up in her eyes finally fell.

"Our era has ended. Please carry on Yan Shu's legacy and traces, and shine brightly in the era that belongs to Chi Miao."

"You should go back now."

With a casual gesture, a door appeared beside Chi Miao.

Chi Miao's fingers trembled, and he quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Yan Shu.

"Chi Miao will absolutely live up to his mission!"

"I will carry this name for all eternity... defy the heavens and change my destiny!"

He kowtowed once, took a step back, and finally stood at the doorway.

She looked at Yan Shu.

Yan Shu smiled, put one hand behind her back, and swung the other: "Let's go, let's go..."

Chi Miao turned around, entered the door, and left this world.

Yan Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Her hands, which were behind her back, had become transparent and slowly disappeared.

"well……"

"It's going to disappear..."

She looked up at the door.

"Following this arduous journey, one will eventually reach the stars..."

She slowly sat down, and her figure quickly disappeared.

In this world, even the last trace of Yan Shu has been erased.

Only... a small portrait that had always been hidden in her purse slipped out gently.

The woman in the middle has a bright smile, the monk behind her is secretly making a "V" sign, the silly boy next to her is pinching her cheek and is very angry, and there is a beautiful girl next to her with a faint smile and gazing at her affectionately.

The young man holding the zither sat to the side, playing the strings.

There was also a swordsman sitting in a tree, squinting and secretly looking ahead.

That is the memory that has sustained Yan Shu until now.

……

Chi Miao was unaware that the flow of time in the outside space was completely different from that in Yan Shu's space.

Although she only felt like she had been inside for a few hours, half a year had passed outside!

Within six months, even without Chi Miao in charge, the Tianjiao Group improved rapidly within the Tianbei Cave, with almost all members reaching the Nascent Soul stage!

The situation between the various races has finally stabilized, with each having its own faction.

The human race possesses two innate king beasts and three terrifyingly powerful prodigies, giving them almost fifty percent of the power within the Heavenly Sorrow Cave.

But in the past six months, no one has been happy or grateful for a single moment.

Inside the Bloodline Temple.

Led by Ying Wuhuo, with Yu Wuxin and Jin Shengfei as his deputies, they all arrived before the stone Buddha with a somewhat fierce aura.

Ying Wuhuo pointed his sword at the stone Buddha; his aura was already at the late Nascent Soul stage!

"Stone Buddha, we have made up our minds. No matter what, we must see her and Jingming today!"

"I want to see him alive or dead!"