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

Chi Miao was stunned: "It really is."

She's so smart; she guessed it right away.

"But what role did she play in the Yama's Curse?"

Jiang Yue pursed her lips and took a deep breath: "It is mainly divided into three parts."

"First, she separated a wisp of her own soul to bear 99% of the damage from the Yama Curse, so that all her reincarnations could alleviate the pain caused by the Yama Curse as much as possible."

"Secondly, by planting the seeds of memory within the Yama Curse, once we ascend, we can obtain all the memories of our past lives... This is why we can pave the way for countless lifetimes, because once we ascend... we can remember our mission and leave behind a legacy!"

"Third, it prevents our souls from self-destructing. Countless deaths will lead to countless rebirths and reincarnations. This is the ultimate root of the endless cycle of reincarnation. Otherwise... if any one of our souls were to self-destruct in any one of our lifetimes, we would be liberated."

Chi Miao gasped.

"So that's why it can't self-destruct! But why did she do that?" Chi Miao still didn't understand why the immortal wanted to perfect this curse.

Without a doubt, as a celestial being, her divine soul is incredibly powerful. Even before she has officially awakened, her divine soul is already overwhelming in Miaohua Continent.

No living being could erase her soul except through her own self-destruction; even the sins of the common people probably couldn't—otherwise, the sins of the common people wouldn't have gone to such lengths to plant the curse.

But if they could perish on their own, these reincarnated beings would be completely "free"—in fact, endless reincarnation is also a kind of suffering.

Jiang Yue propped her chin up, her eyes seemingly looking at Chi Miao, yet also at someone else, as if deep in thought:

"Yes...why is that?"

"Why be so selfish, forcing all reincarnated beings onto this path regardless of their own wishes?"

"Perhaps because... no one but us can save the people and the world from the scourge of humanity."

"Or perhaps it's because... you are one of the common people, and so am I."

Chi Miao was suddenly startled, and murmured Jiang Yue's words repeatedly: "You are the common people... and I am also the common people?"

Jiang Yue smiled and asked Chi Miao, "Do you still remember what Yan Shu said to Jin Qianzi back then?"

Chi Miao was stunned, but her memory was very clear.

She said...we knew each other in a past life.

Jiang Yue laughed: "Yes, we knew each other in our past lives... We signed a life-bound contract a long, long time ago, back in... the generation of immortals, the six of us already knew each other."

"Jin Shengfei, Ying Wuhuo, Rong Xuanji, Jingming, Yu Wuxin... In their previous lives, these five were the first to attain immortality. They had many years of entanglement and happiness with the immortals, and even... on the day the immortals fell, they sacrificed their own Dao as a sacrifice to ensure their eternal entanglement with the immortals."

"It was at that time that Xian Tie made up his mind... Even if our reincarnations are separate, even if everything is against our will, we will be forced onto this path!"

"Only we can save the people from the evil of the world. Saving the people is saving ourselves and everything related to us."

"And were there any reincarnated beings who refused to walk this path? Yes... but more often, like Yan Shu, they resolutely chose this path even knowing the truth!"

Chi Miao took a deep breath and felt an electric current run through her body from her toes, leaving her numb and unable to move even her fingers.

Tears began to flow uncontrollably, and by the time Chi Miao realized it, it was too late; the tears had already dripped onto her hands.

Her gaze was vacant, and she felt as if countless thorns were piercing her heart... These thorns came from countless reincarnations, and they hurt her deeply.

She said, "So... we knew each other so long ago... So, we were destined to meet from the very beginning, and they were destined to sacrifice for me from the very beginning?"

Is it worth it?

Jiang Yue smiled and said, "Perhaps it was destined before, but not in this life. The people you meet are no longer there because of the contract of fate, but because of true destiny."

"Because in your previous life, you were a reincarnation who only possessed a remnant soul... and quietly abolished this contract."

"As for whether it's worth it... when you're willing to share the opportunities you've gained with them, when you're willing to use your own heart to repair Ying Wuhuo's crippled body, when you're willing to sacrifice your reputation to stand up for Rong Xuanji, when you're willing to mend the sky for Yu Wuxin's childhood, when you're willing to let Jingming open her heart, when you're willing to do everything for Jin Shengfei..."

"The seeds they sowed have yielded the fruit."

"It's not that we can't let go of this world, but that we can't let go of the ties that this world holds for all living beings."

"Therefore... we have the power to pave the way for countless generations and defy fate—we are not only changing our own destiny, but the destiny of all living beings!"

"But... we are just one of the masses."

This moment.

The seed of Dao that sprouted in Chi Miao's heart was growing steadily. The tiny sprout broke through its constraints, grew taller and stronger, and became a sapling.

The path tree is about to be completed!

At this moment, Chi Miao broke through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

A complete change in her mindset led her to a new level of spiritual growth!

When she opened her eyes again, her gaze was even more resolute: "I understand... I finally understand the meaning of this path paved for all ages..."

"I am both the common people and all things... and we cannot separate ourselves from one another. Before disaster engulfs the world, someone must grasp the sword of Damocles—the sword that defies fate!"

"We are not the only ones capable of wielding this sword, but... we are the reincarnations of the primordial Heavenly Dao, the embodiment of the world and all things. Everything is our people, our friends... We are the most suitable to wield this sword and shatter the darkness!"

Jiang Yue suddenly smiled with great ease, as if the thing that had been making her tense and even anxious had finally been resolved:

"Even though I knew you would choose this, I still feel a little nervous... As expected of the child I chose."

Chi Miao blinked, focusing her attention back on these words: "From the beginning, you said that the child you chose... what is so special about me? And... you and I share the same soul, yet there is still reincarnation between us."

"What exactly happened?"

These words seemed to have hit the nail on the head regarding what Jiang Yue wanted to discuss, and her expression noticeably brightened.

"Good question. Do you remember that before your current life in Miaohua Continent, you had another life... In that life, you lived in a very low-level plane, on a planet called Earth, in a country called China."

Chi Miao: "???!"

"No...you know all this? Could this be related to my background?!"

Could it be that her greatest secret is—she's Chinese?!