The Mortal World Trial ended very suddenly.
Lin Jing, or Lin Xuanjing, returned from her dream of training. Her bewildered eyes refocused as she stared blankly at the magnificent cave before her.
After a short while, having processed all the memories of the mortal world, Lin Xuanjing regained her composure.
This wasn't the first time Lin Xuanjing had experienced the Mortal World Trial, nor was it the first time she had gained memories of another life. She didn't feel there was anything wrong with anything she had done in the mortal world.
The person who has been through trials is the 'id', which is her most fundamental desire. How could the 'id' make a wrong choice?
If she made a mistake, then she should be plagued by Inner Demon.
After that, Lin Xuanjing thought that this Mortal World Trial was just an ordinary experience, just a mortal experience in her thousands of years of life, and she did not take it to heart.
She is still the daughter of the sect leader of the Yuxian Sect, and a high-ranking personal disciple.
Later, she heard that there were some problems with the formation for the Mortal World Trial, so she became quite curious and participated in it.
"The appearance of such a god of condensed consciousness in this Mortal World is truly beyond our expectations," said an elder of the Yuxian Sect.
Many people have participated in the mortal world formations in the immortal realm. In addition to allowing their disciples to temper their immortal hearts and reduce the probability of Inner Demon through these formations, they also fear that there may be traps in the mortal world formations. Therefore, they will add some formation patterns of their own sects to the mortal world formations to ensure the safety of their disciples.
Now that the Mortal World Trial formation has malfunctioned, everyone is very worried because many disciples are still undergoing training. If the formation causes them to lose their 'true selves,' they will become completely vegetative and unable to wake up.
Moreover, Lin Xuanjing also participated in this discussion. As the daughter of a sect leader, no one objected to her participation, especially since the Yuxian Sect has a fairly strong presence in the Immortal Throne.
What did Tu Jing Yi say?
"I don't know yet. He said he's still looking for the reason, but he's got some clues. He said it seems to be because too many immortals went to train."
"Since Fairy Jing also participated in this Mortal World Trial, does she know what happened in the Mortal World?" one of the elders asked.
Lin Xuanjing shook his head and said, "I don't know. I only spent about thirty years in this training before I withdrew, and at that time there were no major changes in the Mortal World."
"That's a pity," the elder sighed.
"I wonder what's so regrettable about it?" Lin Xuanjing asked curiously.
This is just a formation for testing one's immortal heart. If you leave, you leave. If you haven't tested yourself enough, you can always go back in another hundred years.
"During this Mortal World Trial, a minor Heavenly Dao was born in the world. This minor Heavenly Dao possesses incredibly powerful abilities. If you hadn't withdrawn, you might have gained even greater benefits from this trial," the Grand Elder stroked his long beard and sighed softly.
Lin Xuanjing frowned slightly and said, "It's just an external possession, it's nothing to worry about."
Anyway, she didn't think that the mortal realm could give birth to any powerful minor Heavenly Dao, so if it's gone, it's gone.
After the discussion, Lin Xuanjing returned to her cave to cultivate.
Then, a few years later, she was woken up.
A fierce battle was taking place outside the sect. In order to prevent the other side's battle from affecting their own sect, all the elders and senior disciples needed to go outside the sect to prevent those two from accidentally attacking.
"Who is fighting? It's so terrifying." Lin Xuanjing looked at the sky on the horizon, which seemed to have been shattered by the fighting, and asked the servant beside her.
The servant boy quickly replied, "Fairy Jing, it's a fight between disciples of the Wushi Sect and the Holy Maiden of the Youmiao Sect outside. Many sects and cities have already been affected."
"The Wushi Sect, the Youmiao Sect..." Lin Xuanjing knew about this sect.
The Youmiao Sect is a demonic sect of the modern era, nothing much to say about it. The Wushi Sect, on the Wushi Sect hand, was once the most powerful sect, because its leader was one of the strongest people on the Immortal Throne. Unfortunately, after the leader of the Wushi Sect died, the sect also declined, and its members rarely appeared in front of the world, as if they had disappeared.
"I heard about this sect when I was a child. I never thought I would hear about it again thousands of years later. Could it be that the ruins of this sect have been unearthed?" Lin Xuanjing asked.
The servant boy was a little embarrassed and said, "Fairy Jing, it's normal that you don't know because you usually stay in seclusion to cultivate. Although the Wushi Sect has fallen, their sect is still doing well; they just haven't started accepting disciples anymore."
"Oh, I see."
Lin Xuanjing replied calmly that she didn't really care how Wushi Sect had changed, since it wasn't her sect anyway.
Then she flew into the sky and came to her father's side.
"Father."
"Hmm." The sect leader of the Yuxian Sect nodded lightly, and then said, "Look, these two are only a few thousand years older than you, but their strength is several major realms higher than yours. Do you think you've been slacking off in your cultivation?"
Lin Xuanjing's lips twitched. What the hell is this? They've been around for thousands of years. Don't you think there's something wrong with saying that?
"Yes, Father."
Faced with her father's scolding, Lin Xuanjing could only admit her mistake.
However, judging from their strength, they seem to be only slightly inferior to their father, but much younger than him. Considering all this, they are indeed geniuses.
"Father, what is the cause of this conflict between these two, one from the Wushi Sect and the other from the Youmiao Sect?"
"It seems to be because of a man. The Holy Maiden of the Youmiao Sect was also a disciple of the Wushi Sect. You can listen with your Thousand-Mile Ear; they are arguing while they are fighting."
"Oh?"
So it turns out the two of them were from the same sect? This is the first time I've heard that.
Although people from the same sect may compete with each other, it is rare for them to fight to the death, especially these two, who completely disregarded the bond between fellow disciples and attacked each other with ruthless force.
This surprised Lin Xuanjing quite a bit.
Lin Xuanjing's gossipy nature stirred slightly. Since she was already here guarding the mountain gate, she might as well take a look at why these two were fighting so fiercely.
"Lin Xier, it's all your fault that your senior brother has become like this!" Bai Qianqian slapped Lin Xier with a huge hand, her face full of anger.
"Oh dear, I think you're just jealous, jealous that you couldn't help your senior brother, hehe." Lin Xier didn't care at all, and with a whip, she cleaved the flying giant hand in two.
The giant hand, with undiminished force, split in two and struck the ground, creating two enormous craters that shook the surrounding area for miles.
This greatly alarmed the people of the Yuxian Sect.
"I'm not jealous of you. Don't worry, once your senior brother comes back, she'll definitely hate you. She'll know everything you did to Su Jiang!" Bai Qianqian said angrily.
She wouldn't dare treat her senior brother like this, but Lin Xier, this Witch who joined the demonic sect, has tormented her senior brother to this extent. She deserves to die!
She should have been killed back then when she betrayed the sect.
"Hehe, I was just letting my senior brother experience some joy. There was no harm involved. How could I bear to hurt my senior brother? I believe that Su Jiang's memories will become her most precious experience. When she returns to the Immortal Realm, she will definitely be eager to find me!"
Lin Xier said with delight, then snorted coldly, "Hmph, don't pretend to be innocent. Didn't you tacitly approve of what I did?"
Bai Qianqian paused.
Indeed, she tacitly approved of what Lin Xier did, and every time she wanted to stop Lin Xier, she would feel a very intense inner struggle.
Because he stopped Lin Xier, that senior brother might really be able to sever his last bit of emotion and desire, become a cultivator of the Path of No Emotion, and eventually possibly Combine with Dao, or fail to Combine with Dao, thus dying and his Dao disappearing.
Whenever she thought about the possibility of her senior brother's death, she felt extremely afraid, afraid of losing him like this.
She no longer had a master, and she didn't expect to have no senior brother either.
But if she doesn't stop Lin Xier, she'll torment her senior brother every day, which is driving her crazy.
Bai Qianqian paused for a moment, then said, "I did tacitly agree, but that was because I didn't want my senior brother to cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness. Why did you help my senior brother reverse time and space, making her pay that price?"
"Oh dear, you really are an idiot. It's because I feel that if things continue like this, we won't be able to change her mind before Senior Brother dies. If we don't completely change Senior Brother's background, how can we make her fail to cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness?"
Lin Xier spoke with great anguish, as if everything she had done was for her senior brother's good.
Bai Qianqian had long seen through Lin Xier. She loved to watch the drama unfold, so Bai Qianqian was certain that what she did was definitely not just to make her senior brother fail in cultivating the Path of Ruthlessness!
"Hmph! I can't argue with you. I haven't settled the score with you for betraying the sect back then!"
"Oh dear, if I hadn't betrayed the sect, how could I have gotten so close to my senior brother? Junior sister can come over too. I'll ask the sect leader to give you the title of Holy Maiden of the Demonic Sect so I can share with you all the information about my close interactions with my senior brother back then, hehe."
Lin Xier smiled charmingly, which made Bai Qianqian so angry that she almost had smoke coming out of her head.
In any case, Bai Qianqian felt that she could not possibly gain the upper hand over Lin Xier with words, so she had nothing to say. Whether or not she beat Lin Xier up, the anger in her heart was hard to dispel!
The two quickly resumed their fight, their earth-shattering energy collisions destroying several parts of the Immortal Throne.
If Tu Jing Yi hadn't stopped them, the two could have continued fighting.
Fortunately, the Yuxian Sect still had some luck protecting them, and neither of them managed to reach the Yuxian Sect's gates, otherwise they would have been in trouble.
Only after the two had fought far apart did the sect leader allow everyone to leave and return to their cultivation.
Lin Xuanjing frowned slightly.
Su Jiang... I wonder if the Su Jiang they're talking about is the Daoist partner I'm going to have in this Mortal World Trial.
Each time she Mortal World Trial, she would get married and start a family. However, many times her 'true self' would become too bored and lonely after starting a family, and would go out to seek excitement, which would lead to a tragic end for her.
In her previous experiences in the mortal world, she had even been drowned in a pig cage.
Perhaps her 'id' was just so restless, so she accepted that 'id'.
I never expected to hear about people from the mortal world again after returning this time.
For some inexplicable reason, Lin Xuanjing suddenly wanted to know what had happened to her Daoist partner in the mortal world, and was also curious as to why her Daoist partner had two such powerful women fighting for him.
Could Su Jiang be a disciple of the Wushi Sect, and the senior brother of these two?
Filled with curiosity, Lin Xuanjing sought out the Grand Elder. Their sect possessed a portion of the Mortal Realm Array, allowing them to see glimpses of that world through this array.
"The past cannot be recalled, let alone the trials of the 'id'. Everyone's 'id' will be unrestrained without the constraints of the 'ego' and 'superego', and will do many things that are hard to understand, so why should you hold a grudge?"
The Grand Elder assumed that Lin Xuanjing wanted to browse because he regretted his past affairs, so he stopped him.
"No, I just wanted to see someone's background. The Su Jiang that those two women mentioned is my Daoist partner in the mortal world. I want to see what he did to make these two celestial women so infatuated with him," Lin Xuanjing said, shaking her head.
After hearing this, the Grand Elder nodded and granted her permission to examine the item.
The scenes recorded by the mortal world magic array can be traced back.
So she set the recording time to the moment of her death, wanting to see what he did afterward.
Soon.
Lin Xuanjing saw Su Jiang and Su Yu's lives through the mortal world array.
In fact, Lin Jing's actions in the scene did not stir any emotion in her heart. Thousands of years of life had made her indifferent to external gains or losses, and she would not feel ashamed of Lin Jing's actions.
Then I saw the [Meta World] and learned about the Lesser Heavenly Dao that the Grand Elder and the others had mentioned.
Quite surprised. "How could a mortal realm give birth to such a minor Heavenly Dao?"
That seems a bit outrageous; no wonder the Grand Elder said it was a pity.
As she continued reading, she saw Su Jiang transform into a little girl, a red-haired little girl, and her name changed from Su Jiang to Su Xi...
For some reason, after seeing her Daoist partner in this state, she inexplicably felt a sense of elation, like seeing a prey for her...
And what does the "time reversal" that the Kurumi clones mentioned mean?
Did they experience another time and space?
After seeing most of the sights, Lin Xuanjing felt a mix of emotions. She hadn't expected her Daoist partner to become so adorable later on.
He then shook his head.
I hurt her too deeply in this mortal world; there's no way we'll ever have a chance to be together again.
After leaving the mortal formation, Lin Xuanjing returned to her cave.
She wanted to focus on her cultivation, but Su Xi's image kept filling her mind, making it impossible for her to calm down.
Wanting to sleep, she vaguely dreamt of strange things. In the dream, she and another person tortured the transformed Su Jiang with various props, ignoring Su Yu...
Upon waking up, a wave of immense regret and heartache washed over me.
The spiritual energy within his body instantly went berserk.
After vomiting several mouthfuls of blood, his spiritual energy finally calmed down.
Lin Xuanjing panicked; she had developed Inner Demon because of this dream!
"Why..."
"I didn't want to... Su Yu, please forgive me..."
"Su Xi... forgive me..."
Her murmurs were filled with immense heartache, almost suffocating Lin Xuanjing. The experiences of the past thousands of years could not suppress the Inner Demon born from the experiences of just a few years.