“What do you mean… that she never… existed?” Yun Che somehow found the strength to squeeze the words out of his throat.

The Ancestral Will explained, “On the day you were to marry Situ Xuan, someone poisoned the morning porridge she cooked for you. Although it was just a lowly mortal poison, it was absolutely fatal to someone with broken profound veins and a weak body like you.” 

“You were dead before the wedding ceremony had even begun.”

“This was an irreparable blow to her especially since she believed that she was the one who had caused your death. Sadness, self-blame, pain, despair…”

“Her soul was burdened with so much sorrow that it began to fracture under its weight.”

“As a result, the Ancestral Will—yes, it is I who am speaking to you right now—was awakened… or more accurately, forced out of my slumbering state.”

Yun Che: “...”

The Ancestral Will’s voice grew distant again, and a very familiar scene appeared in his soul sea.

Red curtains, burning red candles, a familiar layout… It was his room in the Xiao Clan back then. It was the day he and Xia Qingyue (Situ Xuan) got married, and one of the greatest turning points of his fate.

Turning point…

He had been reborn in the Azure Cloud Continent after he was poisoned to death on his wedding day. When he jumped down Cloud’s End Cliff on the Azure Cloud Continent, he revived again in his dead body with the memories of both lifetimes…

It was the greatest mystery of his life. He had never found an answer to it.

Even after he stood at the peak of the universe, he still had no idea what had truly happened to him back then.

When he had returned to the Azure Cloud Continent, he had been shocked to find that it was the Azure Cloud Continent from many years ago. The amnesiac Su Ling’er had also turned back into a girl.

Even more confusing was the fact that the young Su Ling’er had regained her memories with him at a later time. It...