At the time, the recognized Saintess of War was Miss Mu Anning, the daughter of the Mu family, which was ranked alongside the Qiu family of Canglan Continent as the foremost family on Canglan Continent. Thus, they were quite displeased with my sudden appearance and targeted me. I didn't blame them then.
Although I didn't understand what a Saintess of War meant, A Yuan had told me that once a Holy Son or Saintess was chosen, it could not be changed, even if the person involved was unwilling. I was forced into the ancient battlefield.
In the end, I silenced those who targeted me with my achievements: entering the ancient battlefield at the youngest age, exiting it completely at the youngest age, and clearing it in the shortest time. However, the Mu family continued to obstruct me. I still didn't blame them, merely tried to act as if nothing was happening.
Later, on my way to find A Yuan, I passed through a forest and saw a tea tree that, according to books, could turn ordinary people into cultivators. The tea tree was currently being struck by lightning and burned by fire.
I recognized the tea tree but didn't want to intervene. However, as I turned to leave, my body felt as if it were being torn apart, and my head felt like it would explode. Only one voice echoed in my mind: I had to get the tea leaves! I absolutely had to get the tea leaves!
I was unwilling to get involved, but the immense pain made me oblivious to the outside world. I only felt my soul being ripped apart. Finally, I couldn't bear it any longer and agreed to it. Only then did the pain disappear.
Helplessly, I contended with the Heavenly Dao. The outcome was predictable; I died under the Heavenly Dao's lightning.
However, I had actually faked my death to deceive the Heavenly Dao. But due to the sudden intrusion of two demon race disciples, who took advantage of the Heavenly Dao's focus on me to snatch the not-yet-fully-dissipated tea leaves, they were discovered by the Heavenly Dao and fled in disarray. One of them fled towards me, and a massive bolt of lightning struck him, also implicating me. Thus, I died.
This time, I woke up two months later. I didn't know why I could still wake up, because before I died, I clearly saw my soul leave my body. Later, I learned that my contracted beasts had saved me, and they had paid a great price for it.
Thinking about the cause of my death, I couldn't hide my hatred. I eventually killed the other demon race disciple who had escaped the Heavenly Dao's punishment with my own hands. However, I didn't feel any relief. It wasn't until my contracted beasts recovered that I finally felt at ease.
I knew that my death and the matter of my contracted beasts were not their fault, but I couldn't help but lash out at them. As for the reason, I didn't know myself.
I actually had two questions: why the Heavenly Dao was fooled by my faked death, and why it kept following me afterward.
Later, during a casual chat with the Heavenly Dao, I asked about it. It told me that my soul did not originally belong to this world. Even though I was alive in the original host's body, I still didn't have a name in the Heavenly Dao's records. It couldn't perceive my life or death. At that time, in its eyes, I was merely a puppet endowed with life. Later, it discovered I was a living person and had been following me ever since, recognizing my soul.
After killing the other demon race disciple, I went into seclusion in the Luoyun Palace. In fact, my cultivation had been smooth sailing since I started, without any obstacles, until I failed to break through to the fourth stage Golden Immortal. This was my first failure.
I tried many times, but each attempt ended in failure, and I became very anxious. My Saintess master, seeing my distress, came specifically to enlighten me. With her help, I discovered the source of my bottleneck. It was likely due to my promise to avenge the original host, but ten years had passed, and I had almost forgotten about it.
Recalling this, I explained to the Domain Lord that my cultivation had hit a bottleneck and I needed time to resolve it, thus securing two years. Under the guise of seclusion, I returned to the Ancient Spirit Continent. However, on the way, I encountered the Asura King. He entrusted me with a task, and thinking it was a small favor and considering the good relations between our two races, I agreed.
Upon returning to the Ancient Spirit Continent, I intended to directly eliminate my enemies. However, as I passed by the Ling Mansion, I had a sudden thought: I wanted to meet the original host's family. In the original host's memories, her family had treated her very well, and since I was an orphan, I went there.
Indeed, everything was as in the original host's memories. They treated me very well too. I knew they mistook me for the original host, but at that time, I didn't care at all. However, after the initial joy, I suddenly felt disappointed that they hadn't noticed I wasn't the original host!
I no longer remembered my feelings at that time, only thinking about revenge. However, the Heavenly Dao was constantly watching me, so I couldn't act on my own. I decided to cultivate the Ling family to get my revenge, after all, revenge feels more satisfying when you do it yourself, right?
I began cultivating the Ling family, using resources I "borrowed" from other Holy Sons' and Saintesses' palaces. These were beginner-level resources, and their palaces had plenty more, so I felt no guilt in using them.
While I was cultivating the Ling family, A Yuan suddenly arrived. With the "help" of the Heavenly Dao, he almost caused the death of people on a sky boat. Speaking of which, A Yuan and the original host's elder brother didn't have any special interactions back then. But why did they get together after I went into seclusion? And they were already at the stage of discussing marriage?!
Every time I asked about it, A Yuan wouldn't say anything, leaving me still unaware of the specific circumstances between them at that time. Later, they missed each other for a hundred years due to a misunderstanding, but they are living quite well now.
To return to the matter at hand, the Ling family's development was very good, which made my enemies increasingly wary. They feared that if the Ling family continued to develop, they would avenge the events of ten years ago, so they decided to strike first. However, the Ling family was no longer what it used to be. In just four months, they had undergone a complete transformation. Not only did they fend off the enemy's attack, but they also avenged the past.
With the Ling family's great revenge achieved, my bottleneck was also resolved, and my cultivation returned to the right path, proceeding smoothly. At this time, I was unaware that the original host had always believed I would fulfill my promise to avenge her, so she had already reincarnated with her parents.
During this breakthrough, I also grew a second divine bone. By this time, I was no longer the confused me regarding divine bones. I knew what divine bones meant: I would die from being unable to withstand the power of the divine bone, my soul scattered, and I would have no afterlife. At this point, I had no solution and could only take things one step at a time.
Later, I went into seclusion. To resolve my issue with being stimulated by red, I made peace with the other me in my sea of consciousness. Although I hadn't fully accepted her, she no longer affected me. When I emerged from seclusion, less than three months remained until the two-year agreement.
I thought I would spend the remaining time accompanying the original host's grandfather as Miss Ling. This was because I knew I wouldn't be able to return after this departure, and I wanted to fulfill my filial duty for the original host. More deeply, I also wanted to know what it felt like to have a grandfather. Before becoming an orphan, I had a mother for a short time, and she was my only mother.
However, before doing this, I had to resolve one matter: the extraterrestrial demons were about to enter the Ancient Spirit Continent, and these extraterrestrial demons were the enemies I would face next. Before this, I had only seen their images. I knew they were very brutal, but I had to protect the Ling family, in the original host's identity.
This time, with the Heavenly Dao and the restrictions and limitations of the seniors, we won. The extraterrestrial demons only entered the Tianxuan Domain, and the casualties were confined to the Tianxuan Domain, not harming anyone else.
After completely annihilating the extraterrestrial demons, I didn't concern myself with the aftermath. I returned to the Ling family and slowly waited for the agreed time to end. A Yuan and I returned to the Upper Realm. After that, I only sent things to the Ling family and my master periodically, and never saw them again.