The Possessive Villain Is Too Clingy [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 72.1

Everyone had prepared for a fierce battle with the Unhindered Aspect Venerable, only to find the crisis resolved just like that even Purple Mist True Person and Yuntai True Person didn’t get a chance to act.

Ye Zhixia immediately asked Yuntai True Person about Ruan Ning’s whereabouts. Yuntai True Person pointed toward the backyard: “She should be in the tunnel under the banyan tree.”

Hearing this, Ye Zhixia turned to head toward the backyard. Now that everything was over, she just wanted to reunite with Ruan Ning as soon as possible to ease her worries.

But at that moment, an aged hand grasped her arm once again.

“Daughter, you can return to the East Sea with your father now.” The Dragon King’s tone was casual, as if his earlier alliance with the Unhindered Aspect Venerable had never happened.

Unlike Xu Sui, Ye Zhixia harbored no personal feelings of affection or resentment toward the Dragon King. To her, she was merely a mission executor, and the Dragon King was just a medium for the Dragon Maiden’s appearance.

“Do you really think, with your strength, you could forcibly take me back to the East Sea?” Ye Zhixia asked coldly, her expression indifferent.

The Dragon King thought back to the moment the Unhindered Aspect Venerable had turned to ashes and slowly released his grip.

Ye Zhixia straightened up and advised him, “Go back and explain everything to your queen. The mistakes you made are yours to fix.”

“And don’t even think of scheming again, no more kidnapping people to impersonate me. Otherwise, with my current power, tearing down your Dragon Palace would be effortless.” She added a threat for good measure.

With that, she turned to head toward the backyard in search of Ruan Ning, only to see Ruan Ning emerge from around the corner and run straight into her arms.

Ruan Ning hadn’t followed Baili Xin’er into the tunnel. Instead, she had stood beneath the banyan tree, gazing past the rooftops at the sky, watching Ye Zhixia’s battle unfold.

When the Unhindered Aspect Venerable had flown back from the cosmos, followed closely by Ye Zhixia wielding a sword she had never seen before, Ruan Ning knew the fight was about to resume.

But after waiting for a long while with no sounds of battle from the front courtyard, she hurried over to check.

Ye Zhixia held Ruan Ning close, stroking her back. “It’s over. From now on, I’ll stay with you and explore the mortal world together.”

Hearing this, Yuntai True Person felt a pang of helplessness. Even though Ye Zhixia had remembered everything, the fabricated memories were so vivid that she still couldn’t distinguish reality from illusion.

“You are the Divine Maiden, not some ‘Minister Ye’ from the Quick Transmigration Bureau,” Yuntai True Person said bluntly, unsure how else to explain the convoluted situation.

Ruan Ning immediately pulled away from Ye Zhixia’s embrace, standing straight as both of them turned to look at Yuntai True Person.

Ye Zhixia had always trusted Yuntai True Person, so she only responded in surprise, “Why didn’t you say so earlier?”

Yuntai True Person froze awkwardly. “Would you have believed me if I had?”

Ye Zhixia had considered countless possibilities perhaps she needed to recall the entire story to unlock the Divine Maiden’s power, or maybe remembering her identity would lead to another mission. But it had never crossed her mind that her true identity was actually the Divine Maiden.

Ruan Ning suddenly smiled and spoke up. “Xiaxia, I can take you to the River of Time to recover your memories.”

With that, she took Ye Zhixia’s hand and vanished into the void.

Purple Mist True Person draped an arm over Yuntai True Person’s shoulder and said softly, “Have faith in Xiaoyu.”

But Yuntai True Person replied with a hint of complaint, “She has a name, it’s Ningning.”

In the murmuring flow of the river of time, Ruan Ning carried Ye Zhixia forward until they stopped at a scene from a thousand years ago on Mount Wuliang.

The Goddess monitored everything in the world daily through the Kaleidoscope Mirror. Since the world was recreated by Nüwa, it had remained peaceful and prosperous.

On Mount Wuliang, the Goddess was alone. In her leisure time, she could only accompany herself with the glow of dawn and clouds, chat with flowers and birds, and even adopted a little stray cat that had wandered in from outside.

Over time, nourished by the mountain and the Goddess’s presence, the clouds, dawn, flowers, and birds gained sentience, and the little kitten even learned to speak.

One day, the kitten, Xiao Mi, proudly dropped a white fish at the Goddess’s feet, declaring, “Look, I’m a cat who can catch fish!”

The Goddess immediately recognized that this was no ordinary fish, it was a divine fish from the river of time.

She scolded Xiao Mi and forbade her from playing in the river of time again. Then, she traded a small piece of spirit stone with Xiao Mi, sending her to the market at the foot of the mountain to buy some food.

Afterward, the Goddess summoned her four guardians the cloud, the dawn, the flower, and the bird to find a way to care for the little fish.

She tended to it diligently every day, intending to return it to the river of time once it recovered.

But when the fish regained its health, it transformed into a woman, imitating the Goddess’s appearance.

Though her face wasn’t identical to the Goddess’s, she was still a striking beauty.

She said she didn’t want to return to the river of time, she wished to stay by the Goddess’s side.

Mount Wuliang was abundant in resources, so keeping one more little fish wasn’t a problem. The Goddess agreed to let her stay.

And so, the group of beings lived a peaceful life together.

One day, the Kaleidoscope Mirror sounded an alarm, the Unhindered Aspect Venerable had begun to harbor treacherous ambitions. He roamed the world, leaving his mark everywhere.

The Unhindered Aspect Venerable believed himself to be peerless in divine power, unmatched in the world. Meanwhile, the Goddess was bound to Mount Wuliang no matter how capable she was, she could only command the actions of the heavenly deities.

Though she held the title of ruler over the three realms, she had no real authority and couldn’t even leave the mountain to punish traitors. So why shouldn’t he try ruling the three realms himself?

At first, the Unhindered Aspect Venerable restrained himself, merely secretly controlling the powers of some dynasties. But his ambitions extended beyond the mortal world, he wanted all the gods and immortals to bow before him!

His evil cultivation methods and ruthless purges of dissent gradually came to light.

The other deities feared his prestige and power, too afraid to act.

The Goddess wanted to awaken Nüwa, but Nüwa had expended too much divine power in creating the world and couldn’t be roused.

Finally, the cloud and the dawn came up with a plan, they suggested the Goddess enter the cycle of reincarnation to leave Mount Wuliang.

Without hesitation, the Goddess chose to be reborn into the dragon lineage to nourish her plant-based spiritual power.

But who could have guessed that, the moment she was born, the Dragon King was deceived and personally abandoned his own daughter?

“Tch!” Seeing this, Ye Zhixia couldn’t suppress her anger. Earlier, she had thought the preparations made by the Mount Wuliang team were flawless, who knew the Dragon King would become the biggest variable?

“What kind of father is this?” she couldn’t help but curse again.

Ruan Ning chuckled and urged her to keep watching.

If the Goddess had been able to cultivate peacefully in the sea for a few centuries, her memories and abilities would have been restored. But now, she had been unexpectedly trapped in the Xuantian Sect, forcing the cloud, dawn, flower, bird, kitten, and little fish to come up with another plan.

In the end, they decided to extract the Goddess’s divine soul and draw two ancient epochs from the river of time, allowing her to temper her personality and abilities.

Before this, everyone had fabricated memories about the Fast Travel Bureau and mission executors for the Goddess’s divine soul.

Later, Xiaoyu mustered all her strength to carry the Goddess, Yun, Xia, Hua, Niao, and Xiaomi across the river of time to the target world. In the process, Xiaoyu expended too much power to manipulate time, lost her memories, and her body turned into white stone, splitting into three pieces.

Yun and Xia used their spiritual energy to shape Xiaoyu into a girl in a small world, guiding the Goddess forward.

In the first life, they had the Goddess save Ningning, while Yun and Xia played tragic roles to spur the Goddess onto the path of battle. In the second life, the Goddess had already developed a strong, assertive personality, effortlessly helping Ningning seize the throne and bring peace to the world.

Seeing that the Goddess’s divine nature had been fully forged, they returned to reality once more to cultivate her divine power.

Only when the timelines merged did Ye Zhixia finally understand the full story of her life.

“Xiaoyu Ningning! Thank you for accompanying me through these three lives!” Ye Zhixia hugged Ruan Ning, overwhelmed with gratitude.

But then, Ruan Ning’s body weakened, and she gradually collapsed into her arms.

Ye Zhixia suddenly remembered, traversing the river of time consumed spiritual energy. Ruan Ning had carried her for so long; she must be suffering terribly now.

The two returned to Qiyuan Sect, where Ruan Ning’s fish tail reappeared. Ye Zhixia scooped her up and ran toward the inner courtyard’s chambers.

The previous dream about the river of time must have also been Ruan Ning secretly taking her there, which was why Ruan Ning had been unable to manifest legs afterward.

Still conscious, Ruan Ning lay on the bed and said weakly, “Since I was little, I dreamed every night, always seeing strange scenes. Over time, I realized that sometimes I could dream of the future.”

“I thought I was a sea demon, but it turns out. I was just a river fish.”

This time, Ruan Ning, who hadn’t fully recovered took her on another journey through the river of time. Everyone could only watch helplessly as Ruan Ning turned completely into white stone on the bed.

Ye Zhixia cradled the white stone, a faint smile on her lips, her eyes glistening with tears.

She knew Yun, Xia, Hua, and Niao had helped her immensely, but at this moment, she couldn’t find the words to express her gratitude.

“I’m returning to Wuliang Mountain first. You may do as you please.” With only these words, Ye Zhixia left with the white stone.

Ye Zhixia flew ahead, while Xiaomi’s new friend, the colorful cloud Liuli, carried Xiaomi as they chased after her. No matter how fast they went, they could only trail behind, with occasional droplets splashing onto Xiaomi’s face.

–

Three years later, Qiyuan Sect welcomed a grand event.

Sect Leader Yuntai Zhenren was to marry the immortal realm’s Zixia Zhenren.

Back then, Xuantian Sect had been annihilated by Qiyuan Sect for harming innocent people and aiding the rebellious Wuxiang Venerable.

Afterward, when Qiyuan Sect inventoried Xuantian Sect’s treasury, they found it filled with weapons crafted from the bones of beasts and humans. The world cursed Xuantian Sect for its cruelty and atrocities.

Meanwhile, Qiyuan Sect, having vanquished evil and upheld righteousness, earned even greater admiration.

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