Even hybrid monsters have their day

It turns out that everything started more than a thousand years ago.

More than a thousand years ago, the supreme god Dongfang Liancheng glimpsed a heavenly secret: a great calamity would befall the human realm because of Mount Buzhou. Dongfang Liancheng, along with his disciple Su Yun'er, descended from the heavens to the mortal realm to investigate the secrets of Mount Buzhou.

After descending to the mortal realm, the two searched everywhere on Mount Buzhou, finally discovering that the mountain's life force had shattered. Upon discovering this, Dongfang Liancheng immediately began repairing the Tianji Stones, but after piecing them together, he discovered that several pieces of the Tianji Stones were missing.

He left Su Yun'er at Buzhou Mountain to guard the secrets of heaven, while he went to search for the lost Tianji Stones.

"But he never imagined that his decision would almost destroy the human world." As he said this, Peng Yuxian's voice became somewhat sorrowful, and his eyes also dimmed.

Geng Miaowan was quick-witted. After listening to Peng Yuxian's words and recalling the momentous event that had destroyed the human world more than a thousand years ago, she immediately came to a conclusion: "You mean... a war between the three realms?"

"Indeed, a chaotic war raging across the three realms."

"Wasn't it said that the war in the three realms was caused by the Demon Emperor taking advantage of the Demon Clan leader Luan Hao's grief over losing his human lover to incite him to join forces with him in launching an attack on the human realm?"

After listening to her, Peng Yuxian merely glanced at her indifferently. That single glance was enough for her to know that her version was probably just hearsay. She thought back carefully. It seemed that Luan Hao hadn't said or admitted anything from beginning to end. Thinking this way, she felt even more strongly that there was a hidden story behind it all.

"The war in the three realms was indeed an attack launched by the demon and monster races against the human realm, but it was not because of any human lovers. It was because of Su Yun'er."

"Su Yun'er?" Geng Miaowan couldn't help but raise her voice. She never expected that this matter would be related to Su Yun'er, but then she thought about it again and felt that it was not impossible. Because she had noticed Luan Hao secretly staring at her in a daze more than once. At those times, she had the feeling that he was looking at someone else through her. She never expected that it would be Su Yun'er.

So they must have known each other for a long time.

For some reason, this realization made her feel a little uncomfortable, but it was quickly overshadowed by her strong desire to know the whole story.

One day, Luan Hao, who had come to the human realm, encountered Su Yun'er, who was alone on Buzhou Mountain, and fell in love with her. At that time, the Demon Emperor was racking his brains to find a way to attack the human realm. However, fearing that it would attract attacks from other realms, he set his sights on Luan Hao, who was also in the human realm. Although Luan Hao was born as a demon, he disliked fighting and killing. In addition, since he was devoted to Su Yun'er, he naturally wouldn't do anything that Su Yun'er disliked, and thus rejected the Demon Emperor's suggestion without hesitation.

Undeterred, the Demon Emperor plotted to kill Su Yun'er and then turned his attention to humanity, finally inciting Luan Hao to join forces with him to launch an attack on humankind.

"And then?" Geng Miaowan listened to Peng Yuxian's words. This should be the closest version to the truth, almost the same as what she heard from Huangfu. It's just that the female protagonist changed from a human to a fairy.

"Later..." Peng Yuxian sighed deeply and said, "When Dongfang Liancheng learned of the war between the three realms, he rushed back to stop it. Although he managed to stop the war, he couldn't save Su Yun'er. However, the only thing that made him feel fortunate was that Su Yun'er's immortal soul hadn't completely dissipated. He protected her immortal soul and placed her on the life force of Buzhou Mountain, hoping to use that life force to maintain Su Yun'er's immortal soul until he found a way to save her."

"And then what happened?" Geng Miaowan originally wanted to ask Dongfang Liancheng if he had found a way to save Su Yun'er. But then she thought, if he had found a way, how could Su Yun'er's body have been sleeping alone on Buzhou Mountain for so many years?

Peng Yuxian shook his head. "No, Su Yun'er's immortal soul is fading away day by day, which makes Dongfang Liancheng very sad. Looking at Su Yun'er lying there motionless, the scenes of their life together over the past thousands of years are like a scroll constantly flipping through his mind, making it impossible for him to calm down and do anything. He even almost became a demon because of it."

"Does Dongfang Liancheng...love Su Yun'er?" she asked cautiously, voicing her question.

"Love?" Peng Yuxian chuckled softly, his tone mocking and desperate. "He is a god. He has lived for millions of years, knows countless things in the world, and can pity all living beings, but he doesn't understand what love is! When he realized that he almost fell into the demonic path because of that thought that disturbed his mind, he resolutely pulled that spirit out of his body and discarded it."

Geng Miaowan was stunned, never imagining that such a thing could be done. Being a god is truly capricious; even the spirit can be separated from one's body, keeping only what one wants and decisively discarding what one doesn't.

Peng Yuxian ignored her surprise and continued, "After that obsession with Su Yun'er was withdrawn from his body, he returned to being the calm and responsible god he once was, Dongfang Liancheng. Moreover... he once again peeked into the secrets of heaven and knew that more than a thousand years later, a part of Su Yun'er's immortal soul would return to the demon realm. Soon, he thought of a way to retrieve the lost Tianji."

"What method?" Geng Miaowan asked aloud, but in her heart she couldn't help but wonder if this so-called Su Yun'er's immortal soul was referring to her...

"He took a piece of Tianji Stone from the life force of Buzhou Mountain, put Su Yun'er's immortal soul into it, and used his own essence and blood to catalyze it. After hundreds of years, an infant was finally born. He had his mount take her to the demon realm to wait for the arrival of that immortal soul."

"So... that person really was me? Then, was the mount that took me to the demon realm Zuo Lengdan?" Seeing Peng Yuxian nod, she asked again, "And what about him?"

"He knew he had twice pried into the secrets of heaven, committing a grave error that would inevitably bring divine retribution. He also feared that the heavens he had spied upon might be altered by some unknowable force, just as his descent to the mortal realm with Su Yun'er to save humanity had triggered a chaotic war within the three realms because of her. He feared that his prying might cause Su Yun'er's celestial soul to vanish from the world. Therefore…"

Peng Yuxian paused, seemingly hesitant to speak, but ultimately continued, "So, with the help of the Nuwa Stone's spiritual power, he transformed every drop of his essence into a person, and through the connection of Buzhou Mountain, he teleported them to various spaces, hoping to find Su Yun'er's immortal soul and protect it from harm until it returned to this space." (To be continued.)