"How dare you try to steal my husband?!"
The cold female voice seemed to come from the distant past, faint at first, then echoing continuously until it resounded throughout heaven and earth.
Yu Zhibo found the voice unfamiliar yet strangely familiar. He looked up at the sky and witnessed a scene he would never forget.
Above the churning black mist, a beam of golden light, accompanied by the voice, pierced the firmament like a sharp blade, dyeing the ink-black cloud walls on either side into a brilliant gold.
The black cloud tide was continuously illuminated by the golden light, all darkness and evil being purged. Eventually, the entire world transformed into a dazzling golden ocean.
Sacred, vast, yet not blinding.
"Is this the spiritual world evolved from a wisp of will of a Great Luo Golden Immortal? Truly terrifying power."
Yu Zhibo was deeply shaken, but what followed was even more astonishing.
Even though his heart was prepared, when a familiar figure gradually materialized at the very center of the sky, Yu Zhibo couldn't help but widen his eyes.
The figure was Bai Chanyi, yet not entirely the Bai Chanyi he remembered.
The Bai Chanyi he remembered had hands like soft reeds, skin like congealed fat, a graceful head, delicate eyebrows, a charming smile, and captivating eyes, as if she embodied all the beauty in the world.
But the Bai Chanyi before him was not.
She was beautiful to the extreme, and also... majestic to the extreme.
At this moment, Bai Chanyi wore a magnificent fiery red immortal fox empress robe, flamboyant and glorious. The fiery red sleeves, like butterfly wings about to take flight, were adorned with dazzling golden patterns. The immortal robe was covered with sharp, golden immortal fox motifs that seemed poised to break through the nine heavens, looking down upon all realms.
Her immortal posture and jade-like bones, her red eyes held the flickering of stars and the rise and fall of myriad paths.
In the swirling golden clouds, her silver-white hair floated gently, each strand crystal clear, with stars appearing on every strand, as if she stood in a brilliant universe, the sole ruler of the world.
She was beautiful, so beautiful that words could barely describe her, but what drew more attention was her unparalleled, supreme aura, as if all things past, present, and future were beneath her notice.
"Is this my wife?"
Facing such a Bai Chanyi, Yu Zhibo felt a profound sense of unfamiliarity. The gap between them was like the difference between a grain of sand and the starry sky.
At this moment, Bai Chanyi resembled a lofty deity. But upon seeing Yu Zhibo, this deity gained emotion.
Bai Chanyi looked at Yu Zhibo, her gaze pressing down like the entire world, yet it did not make Yu Zhibo feel suffocated. Instead, it brought him a sense of peace from within.
Her eyes were filled with joy as she looked at him, her eyes holding only him.
And so, under that gaze that could not contain anything else, Chen Kuhe couldn't even scream before being directly annihilated on the spot.
"Husband!" Bai Chanyi called out softly, her voice no longer carrying the cold disdain she had shown Chen Kuhe, but only nostalgia.
This incredibly down-to-earth "husband" was too much of a contrast to Bai Chanyi's current image, causing Yu Zhibo to pause in surprise.
But before he could react, a face so beautiful it was almost suffocating suddenly appeared before him.
The back of his head was covered by a slender, soft palm, his forehead was pressed against hers, Bai Chanyi's delicate nose was less than a centimeter from his, and a sacred, sweet aura enveloped him.
Irrepressibly, Yu Zhibo's heart began to beat violently.
The next second, a charming and pleasant laugh reached his ears: "You're so shy, my little husband!"
Is the future Bai Chanyi this domineering and assertive? Is it really true that after many years of marriage, the roles of husband and wife are reversed?!
Yu Zhibo could barely maintain his composure. He raised his head and looked away, "Are you future Xiao Jiu?"
"Mwah~"
Bai Chanyi kissed him on the cheek, then, as if still wanting more, took a step back and said, "What do you think?"
Yu Zhibo touched his cheek and said helplessly, "If you really are Xiao Jiu, you should know I hate riddles the most."
Bai Chanyi pinched his face, "You've reached the Nascent Soul stage, and you're still so impatient. But you're much more interesting than when you were a formation master in your previous life. It seems letting you walk a new 'Dao' in this life was the right choice."
"Previous life? Formation master?" Yu Zhibo's eyes flickered. A certain thought crossed his mind but quickly vanished without a trace, leaving no clue.
This made him feel a sense of unwillingness and anger.
He had long realized that some of his memories were sealed. Whenever he tried to recall them, they would be erased by some unknown energy.
"Don't overthink it. It's not time yet, after all..." Bai Chanyi pointed above his head, "Something is watching you."
Yu Zhibo nodded slightly, then asked again, "Does Chen Kuhe have anything to do with me? I always feel like being captured by it this time wasn't a coincidence."
Hearing this, a mocking expression appeared on Bai Chanyi's face, "Just a foolish demon, ungrateful and coveting you. Although it lost memories related to you under the influence of **(censored)**, some instinct still remained."
What is **(censored)**? The Heavenly Dao?
Yu Zhibo looked confused, but was quickly drawn to the information revealed in Bai Chanyi's words, "So, I saved it in my previous life?"
Bai Chanyi glanced at him indifferently, "What do you think? I've told you long ago not to be so kind-hearted. Immortals and demons have different paths. Don't repeat the same mistakes in the future."
Recalling Chen Kuhe's almost pathological possessiveness, Yu Zhibo felt a pang of guilt. He wanted to change the subject to extract more information, but Bai Chanyi interrupted him the next second.
"I know what you want to ask, but it's not time yet."
"I've seen through everything that has happened during this period, and I'm very satisfied that you didn't casually find other companions while 'I' was away," Bai Chanyi's eyes showed a hint of admiration.
Yu Zhibo was speechless, "I've never been a fickle person."
Bai Chanyi chuckled softly, as if agreeing with his words, and then said, "There's something I want to remind you of."
Yu Zhibo's expression turned serious, "Go ahead."
He knew that if even someone of Bai Chanyi's caliber had to specifically mention something, it must be extraordinary.
Bai Chanyi said, "I know you subdued a little snake in the Boundary Vein Land and named it Hei Si, right?"
Yu Zhibo nodded, "That's right. I always felt that name suited it perfectly. Black snake, Hei Si, is there a problem?"
"A big problem!" Bai Chanyi held her forehead, "Hei Si shouldn't be interpreted like that."
"Oh? How should it be interpreted then?"
"An enforcer born from darkness, presiding over the guidance of reincarnation, hence the name Hei Si!"
The moment Bai Chanyi finished speaking, the system interface in Yu Zhibo's mind suddenly erupted with a dazzling burst of light.