Although Wang Hao inherited the memories of his previous life in the Primordial World era, it was only a preliminary integration, not a complete Complete Integration, especially of those fragmented and unimportant peripheral memories.
Simply put, these peripheral memories are like a library; although they are all stored in Wang Hao's mind, a retrieval process is required.
Since transmigrating to the Smiling Proud Wanderer World, he has spent his free time browsing and pondering these memories, discovering many interesting things, including those related to possession.
The concept of "body possession" is not uncommon in the Primordial Great World, but few people would attempt it unless absolutely necessary.
Every living being is unique. Although possessing another's body can grant a second life, it is not a perfect match and will leave fatal flaws in oneself. It is also a form of contamination of the True Spirit Will.
This is quite terrifying, because in the Primordial Great World, all cultivation paths pursue purity and perfection, especially in terms of True Spirit Will. If there are any flaws, it is easy to trigger inner demons.
Inner demons, simply put, are a form of schizophrenia, essentially another version of oneself. Once they appear, they are almost impossible to cure and can cause immense harm to the individual.
Even the most radical Devil Dao cultivators are extremely cautious in this regard, so unless pushed to the limit and there is no other way to survive, they will not attempt to possess other living beings.
Wang Hao's possession of the Smiling, Proud Wanderer is a form of body snatching. If what Xiao Mengmeng said is true, then he has been completely tricked. When merging memories, it is equivalent to polluting his own True Spirit Will, and it is an irreversible process.
But he didn't realize there was anything wrong with his thoughts, nor did he show any signs of schizophrenia, which was very strange.
So the body he possessed had a problem, and he had a vague suspicion about it, which was the main reason why he changed his attitude and pursued Zhou Xueyi.
After all, Xiao Mengmeng's comment about using someone else's body to... well, you know, for your own wife was really infuriating. Imagine if he were to return to the Smiling Proud Wanderer World after he's become powerful, and Zhou Xueyi had a child, would that child truly be his?
This is really painful!
He would never make such a mistake before solving this problem, and he had already vaguely found a solution, or more precisely, a reason to refute Xiao Mengmeng's statement.
"How boring!"
After a moment of silence, Xiao Mengmeng, who was in the System Space, pouted, looking very unhappy, but she did not deny the matter.
"This can't really be called possession. Strictly speaking, your current body is a reincarnation of yours, essentially your own physical body. Your Primordial World past life was your first life, and the one on Earth before you transmigrated was your last life."
Ultimately, this is your body, so there's naturally no risk of possession.
Wang Hao nodded thoughtfully, then seemed to understand something and said, "In other words, your statement needs to be reversed. It wasn't because of a strong Cause and Effect relationship with Dongfang Bai that you chose this body, but rather because of a strong Cause and Effect relationship between Dongfang Bai and me in this life that you made this choice, and even chose this Smiling Proud Wanderer World because of that."
These two statements seem similar, but in fact, the priorities are completely reversed, and there is a huge difference between them.
"Your thinking isn't entirely wrong. The system's transmigration itself is aided by the Power of Reincarnation, and the network is your previous reincarnations, that is, your past lives."
Among these past lives, only those with Cause and Effect connections to women of Fortune are chosen. For example, the negative Cause and Effect connection between you and the female protagonist, Dongfang Bai, in this life serves as a bridge to draw upon the Fortune of this world...
Xiao Mengmeng explained this point in considerable detail; in any case, she didn't intend to keep it a secret any longer, and Wang Hao would find out sooner or later anyway.
The reason she didn't say anything before was mainly because Wang Hao was too weak and not qualified to access these secrets. She wouldn't reveal them unless Wang Hao consciously realized it.
" The Power of Reincarnation? You mean the Six Paths of Reincarnation that Empress Houtu) transformed into?"
Wang Hao grasped the key point in Xiao Mengmeng's words: according to the memories of her previous life in the Primordial World Era, the evolution of Empress Houtu into reincarnation was not just a mythical legend, but a real event.
The Xiao Mengmeng in the System Space licked an ice cream she'd gotten from who-knows-where, explaining, "No, what the Ancestral Wu Houtu evolved was only the Lesser Six Paths, not the Great Dao Reincarnation. It merely used the Lesser Six Paths as a foundation to draw out a trace of the Great Dao Reincarnation power, and its scope was limited to the Primordial World."
The Great Dao Reincarnation applies to all the myriad realms, but only to the Anomaly of Heaven and Earth. Apart from that, as long as the world in which one exists does not evolve to generate the power of reincarnation, the true spirit will perish and vanish with death, eventually returning to the world.
Anomalies are variables and opportunities for the development of the world. The first generation of anomalies were the three thousand Chaos Gods and Devils, including the most powerful Primordial Heavenly King Pangu.
With the fall of the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods and Pangu, the beings that evolved from their fragments of true spirit will become Anomaly of Heaven and Earth. The true spirits of these anomalies will bear the mark of the Great Dao Reincarnation and will be guided by the power of the Great Dao Reincarnation to continuously reincarnate in the myriad worlds.
Unless the true spirit is completely annihilated, this cycle will continue indefinitely until the world is destroyed.
This is absolutely true. Although Xiao Mengmeng was severely suppressed, she was still Escaped One Great Dao. As a representative of all anomalies, she could naturally use the power of the Great Dao Reincarnation of reincarnation.
This is also a major foundation for the system's ability to travel through time.
"Are you saying I am the reincarnation of a fragment of the true spirit of three thousand gods and demons? Then do I possess any unactivated Chaos Gods and Devils inheritances? And which Chaos Devil Gods is my true form?"
Wang Hao was completely excited and asked with great enthusiasm.
Those were Chaos Gods and Devils!
The origins of all the heavens and myriad worlds—anything related to these beings is synonymous with awesomeness.
"Don't be foolish. Although the fragments of the Chaos Devil Gods's true spirit are precious, you only inherited one in a trillion trillion, which is practically the same as nothing. Moreover, the strength of the true spirit is linked to comprehension and aptitude. Just look at what you were like in your previous life in the Primordial World world to know what kind of person you are."
However, don't be too discouraged. Although you inherited almost no fragments of the true spirit, they were passed down from the Primordial Heavenly King Pangu. This means that as long as your cultivation is sufficient, you can gather the Pangu's Power and even cultivate the supreme and Invincible Pangu True Body!
Seeing that Wang Hao was quite upset, Xiao Mengmeng felt sorry for him and told him some good news.
"Inherited from the Great God Pangu? That makes sense!"
Having regained his composure, Wang Hao nodded in agreement, clearly having anticipated this as well.
After all, he was born into the Jiuli Tribe in Primordial World previous life, and the Jiuli Tribe was a hybrid of human and witch, with the bloodline of the Witch Clan. The Witch Clan itself inherited the bloodline of the Great God Pangu, so it was only natural that his true spirit came from the Great God Pangu.
"Wait, so the Witch Clan, who inherited the bloodline of the Great God Pangu, are all Anomaly of Heaven and Earth? Then, was the reason for the Witch Clan's annihilation in the Great War of the Wu and Demons deliberately orchestrated by Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao?"
Suddenly, Wang Hao thought of the annihilation of the Witch Clan. If he was an anomaly who inherited the bloodline of the Witch Clan, wouldn't that mean that the entire Witch Clan was an anomaly? Then the annihilation of the Witch Clan must have been quite extraordinary.
"You guessed right. The Witch-Demon War was the result of the schemes of the old thief Hongjun and that stupid woman Tiandao. The demon race was also cannon fodder that Hongjun deliberately promoted. In fact, the Witch Clan had the opportunity to kill the demon race's high-ranking members during the first Great War of the Wu and Demons."
Unfortunately, Hongjun appeared and stopped them, thus losing this great opportunity. Acquired Dao even granted the demon race permission to access ancient stars, allowing them to create the Celestial Star Battle Grand Formation to counter the Twelve Heavenly Gods Baleful Intent Grand Formation of the Witch Clan.
Finally, the Witch Clan was destroyed, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches, the greatest anomalies of Pangu, all perished. Even the last glimmer of hope left by the Primordial Heavenly King Pangu in the Primordial World, Buzhou Mountain, was destroyed, completely erasing the mark Pangu left on the Primordial World.
Xiao Mengmeng was in a good mood today. While licking her ice cream, she recounted the secrets of this world, making Wang Hao break out in a cold sweat.
"Those two guys are deliberately eliminating Anomaly of Heaven and Earth. Could I be eliminated prematurely as well?"
Wang Hao's face turned pale. He was thinking that when he returned to the Primordial Great World, he would try his best to avoid Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, and even keep his distance from the Sage, so as not to be wiped out.
"Don't worry, they'll only target powerful anomalies. They won't care about an ant like you. I've said before, anomalies are the source of the world's progress. Before the Primordial World reaches its peak and perfection, that old thief Hongjun and that stupid woman, the Heavenly Dao, won't completely eliminate the anomalies."
Xiao Mengmeng naturally noticed Wang Hao's worry, and curled her little lips in disdain, which was a form of comfort.
"That's good, you scared me half to death!"
Wiping the cold sweat from his brow, Wang Hao breathed a slight sigh of relief.
As long as it's not a situation where there's no chance of survival, at least I have the opportunity to develop stealthily, and then plot against Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao once I've grown to a certain level.
Even if I ultimately fail, living that long is still worthwhile.
"That's all you've got!"
Xiao Mengmeng curled her lips in disdain again, clearly looking down on Wang Hao's Star Dou, commoner mentality.
At the same time, he felt a pang of sadness and was not optimistic about Wang Hao's future.
If she hadn't been short on time, and if there hadn't been so few Anomaly of Heaven and Earth left in that era of Dharma decline, she wouldn't have chosen this guy!
Wang Hao didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he focused on digesting the secrets of heaven and earth he had just heard and making a general plan for the future, at least knowing what he could and couldn't do.
Before they knew it, a night had passed, and the first light of dawn was gradually appearing in the east.
" Wangcai, it's time to get up and get going!"
After kicking Wangcai, who was still sprawled on the ground and fast asleep, Wang Hao gazed at the mountains and forests to the south; that was his destination.
He had already planned this trip when he left the Treasure Island of Ryukyu. The first step was to obtain the treasures of the Sword Stained with Royal Blood and the A Deadly Secret, which he had already successfully completed, and even gained some extra rewards.
Acquiring a master like Ding Dian and a talented woman like Ling Shuanghua solved his immediate problem.
And now we need to move on to the second step!
What attracts him most in the Central Plains right now are those divine martial arts manuals. These things can not only be used to enhance his own martial arts foundation, but can also be sent to Dongfang Bai to exchange for Fortune Points, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Those martial arts manuals do indeed exist on the bodies of wandering martial artists, and since they don't have any special backgrounds, taking them wouldn't cause too much trouble.
However, wandering martial artists are scattered throughout the martial world, their whereabouts uncertain, and finding them depends entirely on luck.
In comparison, those sects have a much deeper foundation; a single visit can yield a whole bunch of divine martial arts manuals.
After all, sects have fixed locations, making them easier to find than searching the entire martial arts world for wandering rogues.
Of course, the strength of martial arts sects is countless times greater than that of a lone wandering martial artist. Without formidable strength, one would be lucky to even survive, let alone obtain their martial arts manuals.
Therefore, Wang Hao put a lot of effort into selecting these sects. First of all, he couldn't go to the eight major branches of Confucian School, because there were eight old monsters who Xiantian Grandmaster Realm.
With his small frame, going there would be a certain death for him.
Secondly, Shaolin Wudang Sect are not good either. I don't know about the Wudang Sect yet, but Shaolin Temple does have a Xiantian Grandmaster.
Therefore, Wang Hao set his sights on the next tier of sects, and there happened to be a suitable sect in the south.