Chu Sheng frowned slightly.
"Ji Ning?"
The guy he had met on Jining Star in his previous life, the one who called himself the Heavenly Dao.
He was also the first senior transmigrator Chu Sheng knew of.
[That's right. I originally thought that with my help, he would gradually grow stronger and eventually help me retrieve the Dao Marks and complete the plan.]
[But he was simply too useless. Even protecting himself was a problem, and later, he nearly got discovered by those people.]
[Left with no choice, I merged him into Jining Star and made him part of that planet, existing in a form similar to the Heavenly Dao so that he would avoid detection.]
Chu Sheng had just been about to press for answers when the Heavenly Dao continued.
[This failure made me realize that while ordinary people from the Dust Mortal Realm would not be easily discovered, they had no ability to break the deadlock.]
[So, I thought of the Spirit Venerable who had died in battle in the Dust Mortal Realm.]
[The Heavenly Dao of the Dust Mortal Realm found his remnant soul and fused it with a human soul, creating the second Child of Destiny.]
[That was the previous life of this body—Chu Sheng.]
"Wait!" Chu Sheng could not help interrupting. "You still haven't told me what happened to Ji Ning afterward."
[Once I finish telling you about Chu Sheng, you will naturally understand.]
[After fusing with the Spirit Venerable's remnant soul, his strength rose at an astonishing rate. But I never expected him to lose control. In barely over a year, he forcibly ascended to the Xuan Huan Realm.]
Chu Sheng's pupils contracted sharply. "Barely over a year!? Impossible!"
Long Yufei had said before that she and Chu Sheng had met again a hundred