Chapter 250: Di Jiaoyang Deserves the Best of the World’s Favor

[Whether it’s a man or a woman, if they write in characters I don’t recognize, I’ll curse them out.]

Prince Seven was nearly laughing himself to death. His sister was indeed a hot-tempered little pepper.

“Speak up, or I’ll burn you!” Ah Bao had been fiddling with it for half the night and didn’t want to have done it in vain. She turned to the unofficial history and shouted angrily.

[I don’t recognize the characters, but I can listen to the story! I don’t believe it doesn’t have a listening function.]

The characters on the page of the unofficial history began to glow one after another, and a storyteller’s voice started to emerge.

As the first character popped up, Prince Seven and Feng Zhuo felt a throbbing pain in their heads and were immediately stunned. Ah Bao wasn’t spared either.

She seemed to fall into a dream.

She saw distant scenes, like a dream, yet so real.

The three realms were collapsing, the people were displaced, demons were not demons, immortals were not immortals, and humans were not humans.

A woman in red stood atop a cloud, looking down at the three realms.

Her ink-black hair fluttered, and her clothes billowed.

“One person attaining the Dao does not count as attaining the Dao. Peace in the world, tranquility in the three realms, that is the true path. Ah, it’s enough. What I seek is merely the safety of the people, with no worries in the three realms and six paths,” the woman murmured.

She loved a beautiful world.

The woman slowly closed her eyes, touching her forehead. Spiritual energy transformed into a sharp blade, slicing through her brow, gradually separating her soul from her flesh and blood.

“Don’t!” Ah Bao’s tiny body rushed forward! She passed through the red-clad woman’s body, turned around, and saw that the woman had opened her eyes, seemingly looking in her direction, and smiled gently.

“Only you, only your three souls and seven spirits can calm the disasters of the three realms and six paths. Only you…”

She felt her body splitting apart, as if a hand was hollowing out her organs and her three souls and seven spirits.

The pain of soul separation was excruciating, stripping her skin and bones.

Every soul and spirit felt like it was tearing her apart at the moment of separation.

Until her whole body went numb from the pain, with no sign of life left.

The three souls and seven spirits she had extracted scattered across the three realms and six paths.

The heavenly soul shook the divine realm.

The human soul soothed the underworld.

The earthly soul protected the demon realm.

The seven spirits balanced the six paths, aiding the human realm.

From then on, the three realms and six paths, with her soul and spirit as a sacrifice, had their disasters end and peace restored.

Later, not knowing how much time had passed, Ah Bao felt an overwhelming cold and pain around her, as if she was the only one left in the world, all alone.

She felt like crying, but only blood tears flowed.

She saw a beautiful world where people seemed to have forgotten the woman in red.

The scene shifted, and numerous voices appeared in Ah Bao’s mind.

“I am the God Emperor, the Yama, the Demon Lord, the God of Life, the Rain God, the God of Pestilence, the God of Divine Retribution, the God of Prophecy, the God of Literature, the Goddess of Fortune. We wish to make a contract with your three souls and seven spirits using the seals of our ten chief gods, to worship you for countless lifetimes and share incense with you until your resurrection.”

Each chief god was responsible for protecting each of her souls.

Three souls, seven spirits, ten chief gods!

Ah Bao stood coldly on the cloud, looking at the ten figures in front of her.

These ten faces were all so familiar.

It was them!

The ten little brothers she had picked up a long time ago.

Others picked up scraps, she picked up people.

The difference was that while others’ scraps remained scraps, the people she picked up, after her three souls and seven spirits were scattered, had all ascended to become gods, ranked among the immortals, and became the ten chief gods.

Each one had achieved success.

Even the little Demon Lord was among them.

Ah Bao cried tears of joy, amazed at her incredible luck!

But, she was foolish.

Only those ranked among the immortals had divine seals.

How could they use divine seals to make a master-servant contract with her?

Once the divine seal was abandoned, one was no longer a god!

Her three souls and seven spirits could no longer see the light of day. Did that mean… they would live in darkness forever, doomed eternally?

As Ah Bao was filled with horror, a new scene appeared in her mind.

After her three souls and seven spirits were scattered, the seven spirits returned to the human realm. Powerful forces arose in the nine heavens of the human realm, dividing territories and establishing various nations.

Ah Bao recognized a man in the middle wearing a robe with the emblem of the Tiansheng Dynasty!

“Chief, are we really going to do this?” an elder asked.

Di Kui, holding a staff and with long white hair down to his ankles, looked quietly at the temple in front of him. “A thousand years have passed. I must release one of her spirits. Our land, we will guard ourselves. Our deity deserves her freedom. She has given so much.”

The elder said, “Her soul and spirit are protected by the ten chief gods. Once released, a chief god will inevitably leave, and our land will become the most barren place on the continent, without divine blessing, turning into a land of disasters. After establishing the nation, there will be no national deity. On ordinary days, no deity will descend to protect us.”

“The temple has no national deity, only the national deity in the heart. If it weren’t for her sacrificing her three souls and seven spirits back then to pacify the four realms and six paths, there wouldn’t be this peaceful and harmonious land today. Release her; she will achieve immortality, and one day, she will return.” Di Kui murmured, waving his staff and shattering the golden statue in the temple, extinguishing the eternal lamp.

A human-shaped spirit slowly appeared before everyone.

Di Kui and the others hurriedly knelt.

“I will return! I must record all my glorious achievements!”

Di Kui: ??

A heavenly book fell into Di Kui’s hands. He opened it, and it was written in Sanskrit.

Only the title had two characters: “Unofficial History.”

Just like her personality, wild.

From then on, the temple never again glowed with divine light.

The land grew poorer and more backward day by day.

Soon after, the seven nations arose, and the Tiansheng Dynasty was established on this land, with the Di family as the national surname. However, resources were scarce, and without the blessing of a national deity, and with no divine Dao descending, the Tiansheng Dynasty became the lowest-ranked among the seven nations.

The other six nations had national deities, but the temple of the Tiansheng Dynasty remained empty, unable to summon any deities.

Ah Bao saw the transformed remnants of the spirit falling into the underworld.

“She had once taken my mortal body before her soul scattered, guided me through tribulations, helped me ascend, and become the King of the Underworld. Now, she suppresses the four realms and six paths, and has saved me from deep waters and fiery flames, helping me reconstruct my golden body. She is my master. I wish to serve her for countless lifetimes, sharing incense with her, until she is reborn.”

Yama murmured, pouring all his cultivation into releasing the souls in the underworld, merging them slowly with the soul released by Di Kui.

Ah Bao saw a golden lotus slowly blooming in the River of Forgetfulness.

The human soul and the seventh spirit combined, falling into the center of the golden lotus, slowly forming a sleeping baby, protected by a gentle yet powerful barrier.

“Master, be reborn! We are all waiting for you. The four realms and six paths owe you, and so do we.”

The sleeping baby grew day by day, gradually becoming the red-clad girl of the past.

And her memories of saving the world slowly faded as she grew up in the underworld.

“Little Ah Bao, grow up quickly.”

“Little Ah Bao, you’re so beautiful.”

“Little Ah Bao has many things to do.”

The old Yama watched the little girl in front of him grow day by day, smiling with joy.

“Ah Bao, will you become the Yama? I entrust the underworld to you, alright?” The old Yama’s tearful words showed that his efforts were not in vain.

Ah Bao sat in the herbal garden of the underworld, crossing her legs. “I don’t want to be, I just want to be a lazy fish and eat and drink.”

Such a lack of ambition.

“Becoming the little Yama means you’ll be the boss of the underworld, eat and drink freely without anyone bothering you—perfectly lazy.”

Ah Bao’s eyes lit up. “Really? Hahaha, I’ll do it!”

The old Yama squinted and smiled, but the shrewd satisfaction in his eyes briefly flashed, unnoticed by the little girl.

“Why is your body becoming more and more transparent? What about your cultivation? Where are you going?”

“I…” The old Yama hesitated, rubbing Ah Bao’s little head. “When you grow up, we will meet again.”

Ah Bao pouted, “I’m not that little anymore.”

“My little Ah Bao, grow up quickly. If fate allows, we will meet again. The underworld is entrusted to you. I’ve instructed Lao Hei and Lao Bai. When the underworld can no longer sustain you, they will send you to reincarnation. You will definitely have loving parents and caring siblings. My little Ah Bao deserves the best love in the world because you are unique.”

Ah Bao felt a surge of deep sadness but still forced a smile. “Go on, go on, everyone go away. You’re all leaving me alone.”

“Ah Bao, live safely, grow healthily. As long as you are here, we are here.” The old Yama disappeared.

Ah Bao’s eyes turned red, she sniffled, and finally sighed deeply. “When you were crying and begging me to become the little Yama, you didn’t say you were leaving.”

Back then, she didn’t understand what the old Yama’s words “as long as you are here, we are here” meant.

Now, she understood.

The ten chief gods had always been worshiping and protecting her in places she couldn’t see, worshiping and protecting her through countless lifetimes.

Later, when she was occasionally bored in the underworld, she went out to play, sometimes picking up a small snake or a kitten.

The scene flashed by quickly, but she still caught sight of the flower, lying quietly in a blood-red soul-retrieving flower bed, always watching her.

Later, as the spiritual energy of the underworld weakened and even ghosts could not be supported, she let go of the little green snake.

Lao Bai told her she needed to reincarnate, to experience a new cycle and a new life.

Ah Bao woke up, her childhood memories from the underworld restored.

She sat on the ground, and Prince Seven and Feng Zhuo also awoke.

At the same time, the storyteller’s voice was gone.

“Sister, why did we all faint?” Prince Seven looked at Ah Bao first, relieved to see she was fine.

Ah Bao glanced at the unofficial history. The words on that page were still there.

She must have entered the book earlier. Since she didn’t recognize the characters, she watched the scenes to understand the origin of the national deities.

[Who would have thought, who would have thought.]

Prince Seven looked at Ah Bao secretly. What was she thinking?

Feng Zhuo was also puzzled.

Ah Bao was distressed. [I actually cursed myself! And I cursed pretty harshly!]

[This book… sob, sob.]

Written by her own hand?

Damn it, I never expected to shoot myself in the foot.

“Ah.” Ah Bao sighed.

[Now I understand, so that’s how it is.]

[But… the ten chief gods, ten little followers, it matched up, but it seems like I still have a disciple! How come, even though I’ve been dead for so long, I haven’t seen any trace of my disciple?]

Because of the content of this book, many sealed memories were stirred up within her.

She saved the four realms and six paths, and all living beings, which was her first life.

In her second life, she was reborn in the underworld.

In her third life, she became the current princess of the Tiansheng Dynasty.

Ah Bao pouted, shaking off those old memories, and focused on her current tasks.

She longed to see the Great Tyrant, “Seventh Brother, find Daddy, find Daddy…”

“Alright, alright, I’ll take you back to the palace to find Father.” Prince Seven, deeply concerned, thought his sister must have been frightened by what happened earlier.

But he seemed to forget that Ah Bao had always been fearless.

Ah Bao went to the imperial study and found the Great Tyrant. The little girl, like a ball, leaped into the Great Tyrant’s arms.

“Wuwuwu——”

“What’s wrong, Ah Bao? Who made you angry? Why are you crying so sadly?” The Great Tyrant was heartbroken, having never seen the little girl so distressed.

The Great Tyrant glared at Prince Seven. Prince Seven quickly waved his hand, “Father, I didn’t upset my sister!”

[Wuwuwu, I understand now why the Tiansheng Dynasty has no national deity.]

The Tiansheng Emperor’s heart trembled. Ah Bao had seen the unofficial history of the dynasty.

[It was Di Kui who helped me. I truly thank him and his ancestors! So what if the Tiansheng Dynasty has no national deity? I can lead the Tiansheng Dynasty to become the best among the seven nations!]

[Finally, as Di Kui wished, I, Ah Bao, have returned.]

[I will protect the Tiansheng Dynasty and ensure the safety of the Di family.]

Di Kui…

The Tiansheng Emperor was shocked, his eyes nearly falling out. Wasn’t that his great-great-great-great-grandfather?

The first ancestor of the Di family.

“Father, without Di Kui, there would be no me.” Ah Bao wiped her tears on the Great Tyrant’s hand.

The Great Tyrant smiled and didn’t think much of it. “Of course, Ah Bao is our Di family’s princess and the little lucky star of the Tiansheng Dynasty, my precious daughter.”

“Your Majesty, the six ministers are here urgently seeking an audience.” Eunuch Xi hurried in, panic-stricken.

The Tiansheng Emperor’s heart sank. The six ministers had arrived late at night, indicating a major issue. “Let them in.”

“Greetings, Your Majesty, and greetings, Princess.”

“What’s the matter that brings all of you here?”

The six ministers exchanged glances, and finally, the Minister of Revenue stepped forward to report, “There has been a major incident in the Lingnan epidemic area. The situation has worsened, and it is uncontrollable.”

The six ministers knelt, their faces pale.

“Lingnan—” The Great Tyrant frowned, “The Crown Prince has been in Lingnan for almost a year, and the Sixth Prince went there six months ago. With both princes there, how could the epidemic suddenly explode overnight?”

“We don’t know what happened there either, but according to our informants, the area is almost becoming a dead city. The two princes have vowed not to withdraw, and we, upon receiving this news, had no choice but to report to Your Majesty.”

Matters concerning the safety of the people and the princes’ lives were not decisions the ministers could make lightly.