If you won't come to the future, I'll go to the past!

Hundred Lands Mountain Range, within the orbital Heavenly Palace.

"Wu Zhen... there just to start a fight?"

Watching the Mystic Garden Gate gradually close, Li Jingshu rubbed her temples, feeling a slight headache.

Beside Li Jingshu, Lu Huaijin took off his armor and changed into his casual clothes before glancing in the direction of [Mystic Garden Gate]. "That guy is a spy. She must have been taking the opportunity to pass information to those great shamans."

Lu Huaijin had never liked Wu Zhen, who was neither entirely good nor evil and whose stance was unclear.

If Li Jingshu hadn't been watching him the whole time, Lu Huaijin would have already found a way to quietly knock her out.

Even so, within the limits of his authority, Lu Huaijin didn't mind causing the other party some trouble.

"Nonsense!"

Li Jingshu gently tapped Lu Huaijin's head, then immediately turned to look at Xiangliu and his nephew Ao Mo.

What are you two planning to do next?

"Will you stay with me and become the water god of the Hundred Lands Mountain Range?"

"Or should we return to the South Sea and vie for the position of South Sea Dragon King?"

At this point, Li Jingshu paused slightly, her gaze focusing intently on Xiangliu as she asked.

"Or perhaps you plan to take him back to the Great Xia and make him the Great Xia's God of Ominous Water once again?"

Faced with Li Jingshu's question, Ao Mo wisely did not answer, but instead looked at Xiangliu beside him.

Seeing this, Xiangliu also showed a rare thoughtful expression.

As one of Xiangliu's nine leaders, he wasn't particularly good at thinking and mostly appeared as an "executor." However, even in this situation, Xiangliu knew that his choices would determine the future fate of the two of them.

I think...

Just as Xiangliu was about to speak, a golden light suddenly appeared from behind everyone.

The next second, a woman wearing Nine-Headed Serpent crown and a long, scale-armored dress appeared out of thin air, immediately triggering a warning from the alert barrier. "They will remain in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range to oversee the integration of the Black Water Pool into the ' Mystic Garden Barrier '."

The woman's... or rather, Jiugui's voice, wasn't exactly domineering, but it conveyed an undeniable sense of authority.

"From this day forward, Ao Mo will become the new master of the Black Water Pool."

"As for my good-for-nothing brother, he will become the water god of the Yongshui Canal and help you build a waterway that leads directly to the South Sea." Li Jingshu stopped Lu Huaijin from reacting, glanced at Jiugui from head to toe, and then smiled.

"No problem, I trust your promise."

"I'm just curious, if your son inherits Black Water Pool, what about you?"

"Now that you've completely assimilated with the Golden Lotus of Merit, what are your plans next?"

Clearly sensing the wariness hidden in Li Jingshu's words, Jiugui hesitated for a moment, but ultimately chose to tell the truth.

"Atony, gratitude, and finding meaning in life."

It must be admitted that Jiugui's words successfully shocked everyone present.

Ao Mo, who had finally managed to revive his mother, was utterly astonished and completely unable to comprehend the meaning behind the other's words.

"I understand atonement and repaying kindness, but what about 'the meaning of life'?"

After a moment of silence, Lu Huaijin took the initiative to interrupt and ask.

This catastrophe originated with Jiugui, so she naturally has the responsibility to bear all the damage caused by it.

In fact, Jiugui's thoughts were far more delicate than Lu Huaijin had imagined.

Although she no longer possessed a complete personality after transforming into Mahoraga, the various scenes reflected in the sky remained in her memory. The always solitary, proud, and arrogant Jiugui realized for the first time that her willfulness had caused such terrible disasters to the world, especially after Suirenshi appeared.

In a daze, Jiugui returned to three thousand years ago, to the time when she was just born.

Back then, Suirenshi often uttered statements that Jiugui could not comprehend at all, and his gaze towards her was filled with pity and sorrow. Now, recalling those days, Suirenshi's appearance clearly showed that he already knew what would happen three thousand years later.

His every word and action, his earnest teachings, were all attempts to guide Jiugui onto the Orthodox Dao, so that she wouldn't make choices she would regret. Unfortunately, due to her young age, coupled with the corrective mechanisms of Long River of Time itself, she was unable to succeed.

Jiugui had initially ignored those words and teachings, but it wasn't until she experienced them firsthand that she came to her senses.

Of course, to say that Jiugui has completely reformed is pure wishful thinking.

How can a domineering personality formed over three thousand years be so easily changed?

Jiugui simply didn't want to see Suirenshi's disappointed expression again, and that's why she decided to make a change.

It means exactly what it says.

Raising an eyebrow at Lu Huaijin, Jiugui replied with a half-smile.

"Since my father's death, I've lived a muddled life, even worse than Xiangliu."

"But this incident made me realize something: my father has always been watching me, and I don't want to be in this dazed and confused state the next time I see him."

Despite being the one being stepped on, Xiangliu didn't pay much attention to that. Instead, he looked at Jiugui in surprise and asked her a question.

"Could it be...?"

As the saying goes, no one knows a sister better than her brother, Jiugui smiled and nodded in affirmation of Xiangliu's guess.

"That's right, I have already touched upon the ' Dao of Daluo '."

"If we just work hard, we should be able to go back in time to the era when my father was still alive."

Upon hearing this, even Li Jingshu couldn't help but widen her eyes.

"Since Father is unwilling to come to the future, then going to the past is the same."

"If I could rewrite my own origins, I might even become an existence more ancient than my father."

"By then, maybe I'll be the one adopting my father?"

It must be admitted that Jiugui's words successfully silenced everyone present once again.

Even Lu Huaijin, who always held the most radical views, couldn't help but rub his ears, looking like he was thinking, "Did I hear that right?" "Your Oedipus complex... it's hopeless."

He let out a deep breath, realizing that it was still his younger brother Xiangliu who had the sharpest criticism.

"However, I think your plan is definitely not going to succeed."

"Although my father doesn't Dao Ancestor, there are few things in this world that can be hidden from him."

"Even if you successfully rewrite the origin and become an existence even more ancient than Father, he will still be able to see through your identity at a glance." Hearing Xiangliu's unconditional trust, which was no less than that of Jiugui, one could understand the meaning behind his words.

Lu Huaijin and Li Jingshu Facial Features a glance, both feeling a sense of helplessness.

So... how did the conversation turn to this?

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