After Changing Her Fate, the Vicious Female Villain and the Protagonist Got an HE! - Chapter 26

Chapter 26: Changing Destiny

Wen Shurong and Qin Niyun stood on a massive boulder, surveying their surroundings, and were astonished to find that the cliff walls, which had been largely collapsed, had inexplicably been restored to their original state.

She was incredibly surprised in her heart.

“Senior Sister, do the Spirit Pearls also have the effect of tracing back time and restoring all things?”

Qin Niyun also looked puzzled.

“As far as I know, Spirit Pearls can only be used for increasing cultivation. However, these natural treasures of heaven and earth possess many strange properties, so there is indeed a possibility that they contain unknown effects.”

Wen Shurong waved her sleeve and took out the Wood Spirit Pearl, observing it carefully.

Other than the pearl’s luster being dim due to the excessive consumption of wood-attribute spiritual qi, she found nothing else.

Her mind shifted, and she remembered something.

“Senior Sister, the Fire Spirit Pearl has been nurtured for over half a year now. What is its current condition?”

Hearing this, Qin Niyun flipped her delicate hand, and a jade bead with a pale red exterior instantly appeared before the two.

“It’s still recovering. Looking at the situation, it will probably take another…”

Her words were cut short by a sudden anomaly.

The Fire Spirit Pearl and the Wood Spirit Pearl flew up uncontrollably on their own, circling the two in the air several times, erupting in a dazzling spiritual light.

After a moment, dense, ancient characters suddenly appeared on the surrounding cliff walls.

Wen Shurong was about to look at the characters carefully when the anomaly reappeared in the next instant.

The appearing characters turned into wisps of black ink mist, gathering high in the sky. Immediately afterward, a series of ink wash paintings quickly presented themselves before the two.

The scenes flowed continuously. Wen Shurong and Qin Niyun fixed their gaze on them, and in the unseen world, they understood many truths they hadn’t known before…

Five zhuxiang later, the ink wash paintings suspended in the sky gradually dissipated, and the Wood Spirit Pearl and Fire Spirit Pearl returned to the front of the two.

At this moment, neither Wen Shurong nor Qin Niyun collected the Spirit Pearls, both being immersed in the knowledge they had just gained.

What they saw was the truth behind the enemy’s constructed dream.

Zhou Kong, in the past, after devouring the World Origin Power of the Canghai Realm, used it to catalyze a spiritual treasure that could simulate and deduce the future: the Ten Thousand Transformations Book.

The Heavenly Destiny Jade Scroll that abruptly appeared and threatened Wen Shurong, worsening her Cold Poison, was a puppet created by Zhou Kong by intercepting a portion of the Ten Thousand Transformations Book’s power.

The future displayed by the Heavenly Destiny Jade Scroll, having been deduced by the Ten Thousand Transformations Book, was half-true and half-false, making it difficult to find flaws.

This way, the viewer would be more inclined to believe it completely.

If Wen Shurong had not been naturally pure and kind-hearted, and had maintained her bottom line when threatened, the current outcome would indeed have been difficult to predict.

When Zhou Kong awoke from his slumber, Qin Niyun and Wen Shurong were not yet born.

The fiend’s physical body was destroyed by the Heavenly Dao, leaving only a remnant soul. He managed to seize the body of Zhen Xuanzi of the Taiyi Sect.

He was bolstered by the majority of the Canghai Realm’s World Origin Power, and his strength could completely crush Zhen Xuanzi. However, having been punished by the Heavenly Dao, his Destiny had not only returned to zero but was also plagued by bad luck. When he seized Zhen Xuanzi’s body, he was almost counter-devoured by the latter’s soul, which was extremely perilous.

In this situation, his desire to ascend to the Immortal Realm in the future was tantamount to a pipe dream.

Therefore, Zhou Kong began planning to seize enough Destiny.

To achieve this goal, he used the Ten Thousand Transformations Book to deduce the future and finally learned that the Daughter of Heavenly Destiny was about to be born.

The Ten Thousand Transformations Book revealed the general life experience of Qin Niyun.

In the corresponding deduction, one person frequently appeared: Wen Shurong, Qin Niyun’s destined Dao companion.

Qin Niyun was protected by the Heavenly Dao. Before her Destiny was harmed, no one except her destined person could injure her. Zhou Kong was naturally no exception. Therefore, he set his target on Wen Shurong.

In fact, the so-called innate Cold Poison was a scheme initiated by this fiend from the very beginning.

In the Ten Thousand Transformations Book’s initial deduction, Wen Shurong had no Cold Poison and no major difficulties in this life.

Born into a wealthy mortal family, she was spotted by Yue Lan on her travels at the age of nine. With her parents’ consent, she was brought to the Lingxiao Sect and accepted as a disciple.

Due to her extremely high comprehension, despite having dual spirit roots of wood and metal, her cultivation speed was not slow at all compared to single spirit roots. At the age of fourteen, she successfully formed her Core and was known as one of the Twin Jewels of the Lingxiao Sect along with Qin Niyun.

Although the Senior and Junior Sisters had different masters, they cherished each other, often spending time together discussing Dao methods. Over time, mutual affection developed.

Six years later, both advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage. With the witness of their respective masters and many fellow disciples, they held a Joint Ceremony and became Dao companions.

Afterward, they traveled together, obtained multiple fortuitous encounters, advanced to the Soul Transformation and Mahayana Stages, and finally successfully passed the tribulation and ascended.

This was the life Wen Shurong was supposed to have.

With Zhou Kong’s interference, she endured many more hardships, and her life experience underwent earth-shattering changes from childhood.

Before she was born, her hometown was massacred by the puppet sent by Zhou Kong.

Her mother narrowly survived but was afflicted with Cold Poison. After Wen Shurong was born, the Cold Poison was transferred to her. Her mother spent her days in depression and soon passed away.

It was also at that time that she met Yue Lan, who was traveling outside.

Yue Lan, pitying her tragic background, brought her back to the Lingxiao Sect to raise her. At the age of seven, her spiritual roots first manifested, and she embarked on the path of cultivation.

Due to the existence of the Ice Soul Cold Poison, she suffered countless hardships since childhood.

Although her Master tried her best to treat her, she could only suppress the Cold Poison but never completely eradicate it.

Zhou Kong had been secretly monitoring her situation, looking for a suitable opportunity to use her to deal with Qin Niyun.

The fiend knew it would be difficult to turn two people who were meant to love each other into enemies. Therefore, he used the power of the Ten Thousand Transformations Book to create the Heavenly Destiny Jade Scroll. Through the dream, he told Wen Shurong the method to resolve the Ice Soul Cold Poison, while fabricating her tragic experience of being tormented by Qin Niyun, attempting to incite hatred in her heart.

According to Zhou Kong’s original plan, Wen Shurong, upon waking from the dream, should have deeply resented Qin Niyun. Afterward, in order to exact great revenge, she would willingly become his puppet and do his bidding.

However, he hadn’t expected Wen Shurong’s inherently pure nature. Even after experiencing ten years of torment in the dream, she held no resentment toward her Senior Sister in reality.

When Zhou Kong learned of this, he was enraged and privately cursed her as a soft-hearted piece of trash who only knew how to take things lying down.

In fact, Wen Shurong’s personality was not like that.

The reason she didn’t resent her Senior Sister after waking from the nightmare was that in the dream, she was the one who coveted her Senior Sister’s Golden Core and plotted to harm her first.

She only regarded the suffering inflicted by her Senior Sister afterward as atonement.

Given Zhou Kong’s character, he naturally could not understand her thoughts.

In Zhou Kong’s view, seizing the Golden Core was just that. It was obtained by one’s own capability to treat the Cold Poison. Why harbor guilt? In a world where the strong prey on the weak and deceit is rampant, such things are commonplace.

Their philosophies were poles apart, and his scheme was destined to fail.

Later, Zhou Kong controlled the Heavenly Destiny Jade Scroll to threaten Wen Shurong, saying that if she did not act as seen in the dream, the Cold Poison would worsen further. Wen Shurong did not compromise and resolutely embarked on the path of Changing Destiny.

If her character truly was as submissive as Zhou Kong believed, she would not have resisted the threat at all.

Compared to her original life, Wen Shurong endured many hardships due to Zhou Kong’s interference. However, because of this, she and her Senior Sister obtained the Fire Spirit Pearl and Wood Spirit Pearl earlier, and their cultivation greatly advanced.

The saying “fortune and misfortune are intertwined” was proven true by their experience.

In addition, Zhou Kong, through the Ten Thousand Transformations Book’s deduction, had discovered the location of the Fire Spirit Pearl long ago.

However, such a treasure was not something he could forcefully seize. He had tried many methods to seize the Fire Spirit Pearl, all ending in failure. He was even almost seriously injured because of it, and eventually had to reluctantly give up.

As for the Wood Spirit Pearl, it had a deep connection with Wen Shurong. In her original life, the Wood Spirit Pearl did not exist under the Soul Severing Cliff. However, due to Zhou Kong’s interference, Wen Shurong’s destiny was altered, and the Wood Spirit Pearl’s location changed accordingly.

Zhou Kong had initially tried to search for it as well, but ultimately found nothing. Subsequent deductions with the Ten Thousand Transformations Book also yielded no results.

Had he known in advance that the Wood Spirit Pearl was hidden within the unnamed space under the Soul Severing Cliff, he would never have led the two to Jue Xian Valley. This was equivalent to handing an opportunity to his enemies…

Wen Shurong fell silent for a moment, having learned her original life trajectory through the ink wash paintings constructed by the two Spirit Pearls.

A surge of anger erupted from the depths of her heart, almost consuming her reason.

If the enemy were right in front of her, even if it cost her dearly, she would tear him to shreds to quell the hatred in her heart!

For a moment, a faint blood-red tint appeared in her eyes, a sign that her Inner Demon was about to emerge.

Qin Niyun acutely sensed the abnormality. She immediately took her Junior Sister’s right hand, calling out to her repeatedly, while silently reciting the Heart Cleansing Chant, transferring her spiritual power through their touching palms to suppress the Inner Demon.

Wen Shurong was originally in a state of extreme anger, isolating herself from external senses. However, in a daze, she heard a voice that brought her immense peace of mind.

Under the continuous calls of this voice, she slowly suppressed the hatred in her heart.

The blood-red tint in her eyes gradually receded. A familiar face was close at hand.

“Senior Sister…”

Tears welled up in Wen Shurong’s eyes. She tightly embraced the person in front of her.

She knew that her Senior Sister had saved her once again.

The two embraced for a long time. Wen Shurong calmed her emotions and collected the Wood Spirit Pearl suspended in front of her.

It was at this moment that some information suddenly appeared in her mind.

Qin Niyun saw the change in her Junior Sister’s expression. Guessing what had happened, she also collected the Fire Spirit Pearl and similarly received the corresponding information.

A look of evident surprise and joy appeared on her face.

“This is the secret technique to sever the Karma Dao Technique. If successfully cast, we can completely break free from the enemy’s threat, and he will no longer be able to use the Ten Thousand Transformations Book to deduce anything related to us!”

Wen Shurong, having experienced great joy and sorrow, was relatively calm at this moment, but her expression was similarly excited.

“Senior Sister, let’s cultivate this technique immediately. The sooner we sever this Karma Dao Technique, the better.”

Qin Niyun nodded happily.

The two simply set up a defensive array at the bottom of the cliff. Having both advanced to the Mahayana Stage, their auras were as profound as the sea. Even if there were still ghosts at the bottom of the cliff, they would not dare to approach.

The Zither Spirit Shan Hai and the Flute Spirit Cang Lan flew out from their treasures, landed outside the array, and maintained vigilance of the surroundings.

The secret technique to sever the Karma Dao Technique was relatively difficult to cultivate, but for the highly comprehending Wen Shurong and Qin Niyun, it was a minor matter.

In less than half a day, the two successfully completed the cultivation of the secret technique and then cast the spell together.

A moment later, a seven-colored spiritual light emerged within the array. At this moment, all the Karma Lines connecting the two to the outside world were completely severed.

From this day forward, not only would the enemy be unable to deduce their whereabouts, but no diviner in the Xuan Yuan Realm would be able to do so.

After the spell was successfully cast, Wen Shurong and her Senior Sister dismantled the surrounding array.

The Zither Spirit Shan Hai and the Flute Spirit Cang Lan returned to their treasures to reside.

All matters here were concluded. They did not linger at the bottom of the cliff and quickly set off, leaving the area…

Half a zhuxiang later, at the Lingxiao Sect’s mountain gate.

Wen Shurong and her Senior Sister flew along, approaching the sect’s station, and were startled to find that the Sect Protection Grand Array had been activated.

In their divine sense, there were no enemies outside the sect.

However, there must be a reason for everything. Relying on the sect’s specialized identity jade slips, they successfully passed through the array and arrived at Green Bamboo Peak.

Yue Lan saw their safe return, and the worry on her face immediately lessened significantly.

After performing the bowing ritual, Wen Shurong immediately inquired about what she had seen.

“Master, why was the Sect Protection Grand Array activated? Has something major happened within the sect these past few days?”

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