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

Upon hearing Chi Miao's answer, Jiang Yue was noticeably silent for a moment, her eyes seemingly able to speak, extremely lively.

She said, "Yes."

Chi Miao felt goosebumps all over his body. He subconsciously rubbed his shoulders, stared at Jiang Yue, and couldn't utter a word for a long time.

Fuck!

Holy shit!

They were actually the first Heavenly Dao?!

Jiang Yue was both amused and exasperated, but she didn't disturb Chi Miao. She knew all too well how much information was involved and how terrifying it was. When she first learned about this, she had the same reaction and couldn't utter a single word for several days.

It took a long time before I could finally let it go.

Therefore, she can give Chi Miao a lot of time to calm down.

Is one day enough? How about two days? Time is quite tight...

Just then, Chi Miao spoke up, her eyes bright: "No wonder she looks just like us, she's a master copycat! So... what's it like to be the Heavenly Dao? Is it awesome? Can you do whatever you want, do whatever you want?!"

Jiang Yue choked up: "..."

How did this little girl adapt so quickly and get used to it so early?

Chi Miao pinched his chin and couldn't help but laugh: "Does becoming the Heavenly Dao mean you can completely crush everyone without cultivating? Tsk, for the sake of our friendship, as long as Jin Shengfei and the others are willing to beg me, I'll mercifully protect them."

Chi Miao grimaced, clearly already indulging in wild fantasies.

Jiang Yue's bright eyes suddenly lost their luster, her mouth slightly open, and she stared at Chi Miao for a long while.

"Hey girl, where did your mind wander off to?"

Chi Miao: "How dare you! I, the Heavenly Dao, came to Miaohua Continent to cultivate and have fun. Those who flatter me will be rewarded! Those who anger me will be killed!"

Jiang Yue: "..."

I thought she would have a hard time accepting it, but I didn't expect her to accept it so quickly and so well.

Of course!

Chi Miao now feels that he was born to be a genius!

Gou Shi System: "Actually, I think she's just simply crazy."

Jiang Yue remained silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

This is truly an astonishing ability to adapt; no wonder she chose this child.

However, Jiang Yue still had to bring Chi Miao back to reality: "Wake up first. We're just the first generation. Now we're the second generation. Who will be the third generation is still uncertain. Don't be so happy so soon."

"Let's think about the worst-case scenario: what if you were killed by the sins of the common people before you even had a chance to possess the power of the Heavenly Dao?"

These words were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing all of Chi Miao's flames.

She said listlessly, "Okay, I'm going now."

Jiang Yue: "..."

How come your downward speed is faster than your upward speed?

Jiang Yue pinched her brow, feeling so embarrassed that she curled her toes at the thought that this thing was a child she had chosen and that it shared the same soul as her.

It's almost like digging out an entire Miaohua Continent.

She said, "Besides, how easy is it to become the Heavenly Dao? I thought I could do it back then, but I only realized at the last moment that... the past is the past, and we have completely lost the qualification to become the Heavenly Dao."

Chi Miao: "??!"

"Sis, don't try to fool me! My heart can't take it!"

Jiang Yue was both amused and exasperated, and pinched Chi Miao's cheek: "The Heavenly Dao is not a kind of strength, nor a kind of realm, but represents the will of the world."

"To bear this will, one must gain the world's recognition... and one necessary condition is that it must be conceived and nurtured by heaven and earth themselves."

Chi Miao frowned: "For example?"

Jiang Yue: "For example, the first Heavenly Dao, which is our first life, was born along with the world. Therefore, she was nurtured by heaven and earth and carries the will of the world."

"The Way of Heaven can be the wind or the rain of the world. All things in the world are governed by the Way of Heaven and are controlled by it. Therefore, the Way of Heaven controls everything in the world."

"As she meticulously untangled every thread, other life forms began to emerge in the world, from single-celled organisms to multicellular organisms, from simple to complex... They regarded the First One as a faith, calling him—the Immortal."

Chi Miao was stunned: "An immortal?"

Is it the fairy she's thinking of?

Jiang Yue chuckled and said, "Yes and no."

"In the beginning, Xian was just a name, the name of the first generation. She was the only being in the world with power."

"When living beings prayed to her for power, she would divide her power and the will of the world among them... Anyone who can reach the pinnacle of a path can inherit that will, which is what we now call becoming an immortal."

"After the power of the immortal was divided, she was still powerful, but she could no longer easily control everything in the world. As time went by, more and more living beings became immortals, and more and more living beings divided her power. The world was controlled by the living beings themselves, and she gradually became less special."

"People thus downplayed the existence of 'immortals,' and from then on, immortals transformed from a single individual into a group of living beings—any living being possessing the power of the Dao."

"The more power there is, the more strife there will be... The evil thoughts and desires of living beings are so intense that even the world itself cannot ignore them, and thus the evil of all things is born. She is different from the immortals; she is born selfish and cruel, and she can disguise herself."

"She possessed the same power and appearance as the immortals. The immortals were unaware of her ugliness and treated her like a junior or a sister. However, she was inherently a scourge of all things, and her nature was incorrigible. She secretly plundered and reclaimed the 'Dao' of living beings. By the time the immortals realized what was happening, they had already had their power stolen and were cursed."

"Because among the negative emotions of living beings, besides strong emotions such as ruthlessness, there are also far more cowardice and fear."

"She feared that the immortal would one day return to kill her, but she could not truly kill him, nor could she erase his soul. So she gathered all the power she possessed as the second-generation Heavenly Dao, which was all of the world... and planted a curse deep within the immortal's soul, a curse that would cause him to die young and be unable to gain power."

Chi Miao was stunned; the amount of information was overwhelming!

But she tried her best to remain calm and quietly asked, "Then... then this curse is the Yama's Curse?"

Jiang Yue laughed and shook her head: "This is only half of the Yama's Curse."

Chi Miao gasped in shock, her mouth agape: "Huh??"

No, it's only halfway through at this point?

Is this curse really that powerful?

She and her past lives were truly blessed... they survived for so long under the curse of this power!

Jiang Yue raised an eyebrow at her, teasingly asking, "Guess what the other half of the Yama Curse is? And who cast it?"

Chi Miao's brainstorming session was a burst of brilliant and rare brain activity.

Finally, she tentatively asked, "Could it be that the fairy herself cast it?"

Jiang Yue nodded emphatically: "Yes, the other half was given by the immortal himself."

Chi Miao's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally died.

Yama's Curse, you have quite the background! You have quite the influence!

—Author's Note—

In case you don't understand, let me explain it simply.

There were no immortals in the world originally. An immortal is just a person, the name of the first Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao divided up the power, and those who had a bit of that power were said to have "become immortals". Thus, the immortal became the immortal in the current sense.

The Celestial Court is the residence of a celestial being, only the celestial being is too kind.

The idea that immortals are inherently good, while the evil of all things is inherently evil, is a philosophical question.