An Old Acquaintance

With the First Inner Palace sealed, and no way to struggle free,

Jiang Wang had never given up. He searched every possibility and thought of something.

Two hundred and eighteen years ago, Song Wanxi had been killed by Gu Yi.

Decades later, Zhuang Chenggan had slain Gu Yi, sparking a great war with the White Bone Sect. It had even drawn down the White Bone Evil God. After the battle, the White Bone Sect was destroyed, Zhuang Chenggan died, and Song Hengjiang was gravely wounded.

One could almost imagine the story: Zhuang Chenggan bearing humiliation and hardship, then avenging the woman he loved.

But that wasn't what Jiang Wang saw. He didn't believe Zhuang Chenggan was the sort of man whose decisions could be swayed by emotion. The Blood Coffin before him was proof enough.

What he saw was that Gu Yi's true identity was clearly the White Bone Sect's Saintess from back then.

And she had also been Zhuang Chenggan's wife.

Then who should the man who married the White Bone Sect's Saintess have been?

As it happened, Miao Yu had once told him the answer: the White Bone Saintess and the White Bone Sect Disciple were spouses for all eternity, and together they would rule the White Bone Divine Kingdom.

That might have been a genuine vision of the future, or merely an empty promise spun by the White Bone Evil God.

At the very least, until the White Bone Sect was completely destroyed, its followers had believed it without question.

So another identity of Zhuang Chenggan's had become clear: he was the White Bone Sect's Dao Child from back then, the vessel the White Bone Evil God had once chosen to descend into!

That also explained why an evil cult like the White Bone Sect had been