Jade Maiden Sect, Panlong Peak.
Lin Luochen lay on a rocking chair, pouring and drinking for himself, looking at his reflection in the cup, which was as young as ever, filled with emotion.
If one only looked at his young and handsome appearance, who would know that he was about to die?
He sighed, having spent his life embodying the phrases: never bully a young person in poverty, never bully a middle-aged person in poverty, and never bully an old person in poverty.
Now, all that remained was for the deceased to be honored!
But it would be soon, for today was his final day.
Lin Luochen was abandoned in the desolate mountains when he was young, picked up by an old hunter who had no children, and grew up by his side.
After his foster father, Lin Changsheng, died, Lin Luochen was left without support and originally intended to leave the deep mountains, marry, have children, and live an ordinary life.
Who would have thought that fate had other plans? That day, as he was fishing by the shore, a Fairy suddenly fell from the sky!
He rescued Leng Yueshuang, the Saintess of the Jade Maiden Sect, who was severely injured, and then followed her as they fled, experiencing life-and-death situations together.
The two even, by a strange twist of fate, became husband and wife. He initially thought it was a wonderful immortal edge, which could lead to an extraordinary life.
Little did he know, that was the beginning of his life's nightmare!
He was captured by Gu Qinghan, the Sect Master of the Jade Maiden Sect, and imprisoned on this Panlong Peak.
Because the Supreme Emotion-forgetting Art cultivated by the Jade Maiden Sect required severing emotions and desires to hope for the Great Dao.
His brief affair with Leng Yueshuang shook her Dao Heart and became her Heart Demon.
Gu Qinghan hoped that Leng Yueshuang could slay her Heart Demon, seal her heart, stabilize her Dao Heart, and Breakthrough to a higher Realm.
However, Leng Yueshuang simply couldn't bring herself to do it and continuously pleaded with Gu Qinghan to let Lin Luochen go.
But the more she did this, the angrier Gu Qinghan became, imprisoning Lin Luochen in the Jade Maiden Sect, waiting for Leng Yueshuang to make her move.
The Jade Maiden Sect provided Lin Luochen with everything he desired, teaching him poetry, songs, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, but never Cultivation!
Lin Luochen knew that Gu Qinghan wanted Leng Yueshuang to watch him age day by day, thereby letting go of her obsession.
But unfortunately, when Leng Yueshuang repaid him earlier, she had given him a Youth-Retaining Pill.
Although Lin Luochen would not age, he would still die!
Over these past hundred years, Lin Luochen tried every method, but still couldn't escape the Jade Maiden Sect.
Leng Yueshuang tried her best to help but failed to rescue him, and was even punished several times for it.
Lin Luochen only had the Qi Refining introductory method that Leng Yueshuang taught him. After achieving Qi Refining Great Perfection, he simply didn't know how to Breakthrough.
He tried to create his own Cultivation Technique, but he knew nothing about the Dao of Cultivation.
After messing around a few times, Lin Luochen almost killed himself and aged even faster!
Now, a hundred years later, his Lifespan was nearing its end, having achieved Qi Refining Great Perfection.
During these hundred years, every time Leng Yueshuang came to see him, she would only watch him from a distance, accompanied by Gu Qinghan.
Initially, her eyes were tearful, and she would sob uncontrollably, saying she was sorry.
Later, as time passed, Leng Yueshuang seemed to gradually become numb, watching him silently each time.
Lin Luochen watched her gaze change from guilt to calmness, and finally to complete indifference.
He knew that Leng Yueshuang's Supreme Emotion-forgetting Art was becoming more profound!
At this moment, recalling his ridiculous and laughable life, Lin Luochen couldn't help but drain the fine wine in his cup.
"Immortal fate? Ill-fated relationship!"
Suddenly, his peripheral vision caught two streaks of light flying towards him, which were two women, ethereal like Fairies.
Lin Luochen put down his wine glass, and a flicker of hatred instantly crossed his eyes.
Gu Qinghan, Leng Yueshuang!
The two landed not far in front of him. One of the women looked at him with a complicated expression and slowly walked towards him.
The woman had an exquisite face, a graceful figure, and a cold demeanor. Dressed in a long blue and white gown, she resembled a Fairy from the Nine Heavens, making people forget the mundane world upon seeing her.
Lin Luochen looked at Leng Yueshuang with a complicated expression, poured himself a cup of wine, and chuckled self-deprecatingly.
"Are you finally going to make your move? If you don't, I'll die of old age!"
Leng Yueshuang stopped in front of him, a hint of sadness and helplessness flashing in her eyes, before she slowly parted her red lips.
"Do you have any unfulfilled last wishes? As long as I can do it, I will fulfill them for you."
Lin Luochen glanced at Gu Qinghan, the Sect Master of the Jade Maiden Sect, in the distance, a deep hatred flashing in his eyes.
He drained the fine wine in his cup, stood up, and scrutinized Leng Yueshuang before him.
A hundred years had passed, yet she was as she had been when they first met; her aura was even more ethereal, making one hesitant to profane her in the slightest.
Perhaps this was the Fairy Gu Qinghan wanted her to become?
Untouched by the mundane world?
A wicked smile curled on Lin Luochen's lips. He raised his hand, lifted Leng Yueshuang's chin, and spoke with a hint of mockery.
"Leng Yueshuang, I want to have some fun before I die, will you fulfill that for me too?"
A trace of surprise flashed in Leng Yueshuang's eyes; she seemed not to have expected him to make such a request.
Although the two of them had been intimate, it was merely a twist of fate, and they had not been close since.
At this moment, faced with Lin Luochen's request, she was momentarily at a loss for what to do!
And Gu Qinghan was trembling with anger, knowing full well that this fellow was deliberately trying to disgust her.
She was about to step forward to teach this reckless fellow a lesson, but Leng Yueshuang's voice transmission sounded in her ear.
"Master, you are attached to appearances. The body is merely a skin. Having emotions or not has nothing to do with this."
Gu Qinghan couldn't help but look at her in surprise upon hearing this, not expecting her to have reached such a Realm.
Perhaps, for Shuang'er, this was the best opportunity to break with the past!
Seeing Leng Yueshuang's lack of reaction, Lin Luochen's lips curled into a cold smile as he looked at her earnestly.
"What, didn't you say you'd fulfill anything I asked, as long as you could do it?"
"To die beneath the peony is to be a romantic ghost. Perhaps, to die on you, is also a good choice."
Leng Yueshuang pursed her red lips and said seriously, "If this is your wish, I will grant it!"
Gu Qinghan was about to say something when Leng Yueshuang's voice sounded in her ear again.
"Master, this is what I owe him. Don't worry, I will personally send him on his way!"
Gu Qinghan could only coldly snort upon hearing this, "Lin Luochen, do you still have the strength?"
This fellow only looked young, but his bodily functions must have long since deteriorated!
Lin Luochen laughed heartily, "Do you want to try?"
"You!!!"
Gu Qinghan was once again infuriated, but Lin Luochen said casually, "'You' what 'you'? If you're not convinced, come on!"
Seeing the two about to quarrel, Leng Yueshuang simply said softly, "Let's go, into the room."
Lin Luochen was annoyed by her calm demeanor. He directly pulled her into his embrace.
"What room? Besides you all, no one else comes to Panlong Peak, so right here is fine."
A hint of panic appeared in Leng Yueshuang's eyes upon hearing this, and Lin Luochen directly and roughly kissed her lips.
She knew Lin Luochen wanted to disgust Gu Qinghan, and she sighed softly in her heart, not pushing him away.
Leng Yueshuang cast a spell with one hand, and clouds and mist surged around them, concealing their figures.
She was clearly not as open-minded as she claimed.
At the very least, she didn't want anyone other than the man before her to see her body.
Gu Qinghan only saw that detestable fellow glance at her, then, with a wicked smile, tear her disciple's clothes.
She wanted to step forward and stop him, but remembering what Leng Yueshuang had said, she halted her steps.
A moment later, Leng Yueshuang's muffled groan and someone's triumphant laughter could be heard from within.
"What if she's the Saintess of the Jade Maiden Sect? She's still Lin Luochen's woman!"
"Leng Yueshuang, you say you're pure and innocent, but your body is very honest, isn't it?"
"Stop putting on that expressionless face, you look like your dead Master, it makes me so angry just looking at it!"
...
Gu Qinghan listened to the sounds coming from inside, and couldn't help but imagine the scene, gritting her teeth in anger.
This bastard, he truly deserved to be cut into a thousand pieces!
She wanted to go and drag that fellow out and beat him up, but she was worried she might see something she shouldn't.
After much hesitation, the commotion inside grew louder, and her disciple's heavily suppressed sounds also became audible.
Gu Qinghan clenched her delicate fists, quickly turned and left, preferring to avoid seeing it.
"Old hag, why are you running? Aren't you supposed to be pure and desireless?"
"Hahaha, old hag, your heart isn't calm, what kind of Taishang Wangqing are you Cultivating?"
"If I have a next life, I'll make you kneel and cry for your parents, hahaha…"
Lin Luochen's wild and arrogant laughter emanated from the mist, as if to vent all the grievances he had accumulated over the years.
Gu Qinghan trembled with anger, spending an eternity in the distance, restless and uneasy.
This old fellow was still causing trouble even on his deathbed!
Perhaps it was a final burst of energy, but Lin Luochen was exceptionally vigorous.
Half an hour later, Leng Yueshuang wiped away the dirt and grass clippings clinging to her body and changed into a clean dress.
As her clothes covered the bruises and marks of intimacy on her body, she transformed back into the cold, noble Saintess of the Jade Maiden Sect, sacred and inviolable.
If not for the lingering blush on her face, one would not have known that she had just been at Lin Luochen's mercy.
Lin Luochen sneered, "Your mouth says no, but your body is very honest! You don't have any other men, do you?"
Leng Yueshuang's expression was a little unnatural as she recalled what had just happened, but she answered him very seriously.
"Apart from you, I will not be intimate with any other man, rest assured."
Lin Luochen smiled slightly, lay flat like a wooden board, looked at the blue sky and white clouds, and said calmly, "You make your move!"
Leng Yueshuang sat beside him, watching his aura grow weaker and weaker, her expression extremely complex.
"Lin Luochen, do you regret saving me?"
Lin Luochen scoffed, "What do you think? If I had another chance, I would never save you, you jinx!"
Leng Yueshuang's eyes showed guilt, and she whispered, "I'm sorry!"
Lin Luochen closed his eyes and said weakly, "Stop talking nonsense, if you don't kill me now, I'll die anyway..."
He felt Leng Yueshuang take his hand, slip something into it, and interlace her fingers with his.
"This is the reincarnation defying fate tablet that bound us together. I know you don't like it, but legend says it has the power to reverse the Karma of Reincarnation."
Leng Yueshuang's slightly choked voice came, and it seemed something was dripping onto his face.
"If there's a next life, don't ever meet me, this jinx, again! If there's Reincarnation, I will definitely repay you..."
It wasn't that she didn't care about him, but the more she showed her concern for him, the more Gu Qinghan would not let him go.
Leng Yueshuang could only appear detached and desireless, secretly Cultivating with all her might.
Unfortunately, she still couldn't rescue him before he died of old age, and could only personally send him off.
Lin Luochen wanted to open his eyes, but was too weak to do so, and could only tightly grip her hand.
Leng Yueshuang squeezed his hand back, muttering something, as if trying to alleviate his pain.
Lin Luochen felt as if he was drifting in the endless Void Realm. Leng Yueshuang didn't make a move, but his time had come.
Leng Yueshuang's voice seemed to come from across time and space, echoing continuously in the Void Realm.
He subconsciously chanted along, and their voices gradually merged into one, as if a single person was chanting.
"Fate as a string plucks the past, Reincarnation as a blade severs the former; tracing the long river of time, reversing the Dao of Karma as a blade."
"I see the green lotus blooming in the sea of suffering, reflecting the Karmic Obstruction of three lives; I wield Reincarnation to sever the past, reshaping my true destiny."
"This body serves as a tablet to suppress the long river of fate, this thought as a fire to burn the Heavenly Dao's shackles—even if myriad calamities befall me, only the unextinguished green lotus remains!"
...
"I see fate, I am fate, therefore I see my true self, my true self shapes my former self, this is fate, and also Reincarnation!"
As the last sentence was uttered, a bright light pierced through the Void Realm, and in the darkness, a round seed slowly sprouted.
The next second, a vast black river flowed forth, and scenes from his life flowed before his eyes.
"Damn, this is a deathbed hallucination!"
Lin Luochen looked around frantically, searching for his never-before-seen parents and the old hunter, waving at him.
But he didn't find them; instead, he was pulled by a force and violently crashed into that black river.
"F*ck!"
Lin Luochen instantly woke up, opening his eyes to look at the dilapidated wooden hut before him, feeling somewhat bewildered.
"I... didn't die?"
Wooden hut?
Did that woman just abandon him in a wooden hut to fend for himself?
No, why was this wooden hut so familiar, and his voice seemed a little off.
Lin Luochen sat up, looked at the scenery before him, and then at his hands, filled with disbelief.
A moment later, his maniacal laughter, both insane and ecstatic, echoed from within the wooden hut, lingering for a long time.
"A fleeting dream, like another lifetime, no, it IS another lifetime, hahaha..."
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Luochen finally calmed down and began to ponder why he had Rebirth.
Could the reincarnation defying fate tablet truly possess Heaven-Defying power?
Also, what was the meaning of the scripture Leng Yueshuang chanted? Lin Luochen instinctively repeated the scripture.
"Fate as a string plucks the past, Reincarnation as a blade severs the former..."
The next second, he was dragged into a pitch-black ocean, standing on a black stone.
The black sea surface was utterly silent, with only a budding green lotus gently swaying.
One of its budding petals lit up, like an oil lamp, illuminating the surroundings.