Chapter 1: Previous Life? This Life? Rebirth? Time Travel? Confused!

“Go, go… While all tragedies have yet to unfold, you still have time to change everything…”

“To save the world and its people… This is your responsibility as the heir of the medical lineage…! And also… to repay his deep affection throughout his life…”

What…?! What is going on? Who is speaking? Who are they talking to? This voice… it feels like it’s right next to my ear!

It’s true that I am indeed the heir to the ancient medical lineage of Huaxia, and I have practiced martial arts since childhood with the ambition to save the world, but… what does it mean to repay his deep affection throughout his life? As a key talent cultivated and protected by Huaxia, I don’t even have a boyfriend yet, so who is this ‘he’…?!

Mu Ling suddenly opened her eyes and surveyed her surroundings… Seeing this, she was completely bewildered!!!

The empty room contained a few simple antique furnishings, and aside from the rustling of leaves outside the window, there was not a single person around…

The “Phoenix Cry No. 1” biological engineering experiment had just been successfully tested, and at this time… shouldn’t I still be in the laboratory? Why… where is this? Have I been kidnapped?

Just as Mu Ling was lost in her thoughts, a torrent of unfamiliar memories surged into her mind…

Mu Ling, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty and Valor, a girl destined for a life of wealth and nobility, was labeled a “disaster star” from birth due to a mysterious master’s words: “Born with disaster and calamity.”

Strangely enough, on the same day, Aunt Lan from the Marquis’ residence also gave birth to a girl. Surprisingly, this child was praised by the master as a “blessing star,” capable of bringing prosperity, able to benefit her brothers, in short, she could bless everyone!

The old matriarch held that child and called her “sweet treasure” and “darling” affectionately.

She even went so far as to officially record this child, who was supposed to be a concubine’s daughter, in the family register, naming her Mu Fuxing, making her the rightful daughter of the Marquis’ residence.

Mu Ling, who should have been the legitimate daughter, was instead…

The old matriarch wanted to drown her immediately, and her biological mother, Susan, along with her maternal uncle Mu Zonghui, and her two brothers—who were all eager to achieve success—unanimously supported this decision.

However, due to the strong objections from her maternal grandparents, they reluctantly spared her life.

Despite that, just two days after her birth, the wet nurse took her and was driven away by the Marquis of Loyalty and Valor’s family to a remote farm, simply wanting the two of them to fend for themselves.

After learning of this, her maternal grandfather personally went to the Marquis’ residence to scold his daughter, hoping to fight for a better fate for his unfortunate granddaughter, but Susan coldly replied, “Grandfather, I’m not well, and my two sons still need to pass their examinations. We cannot afford the troubles of a disaster star. Not drowning her is already showing respect for you. However, if you feel sorry for her, you may take her to raise, but if this disaster star brings us misfortune, we, the Marquis’ family, will not take responsibility.”

General Su was furious at his daughter’s cold-bloodedness. He would have liked to take the child away, but his wife had passed away long ago, and he and his two sons were stationed at the border, rarely returning home. How could he take care of a small infant?!

The farm where they were living was not far from the capital; it only took a little over an hour by carriage to get there.

General Su did not fight further, thinking that he could send people to look after them more often, ensuring that the child would grow up safely. After he grew old and resigned from his post, he would bring the child back to care for her. By then, with his identity as a general, finding a suitable husband for her wouldn’t be difficult.

The wet nurse could only take Mu Ling to live on the farm. Although General Mu and his two sons were stationed at the border, they never forgot about the little girl living in the suburbs, and would send people to check on them every month. Life, though difficult, remained quite ordinary.

Thus, ten years passed in a flash.

When General Mu returned to the capital, bearing injuries and illnesses after resigning, the emperor, in gratitude for the old general’s contributions to the Great Yan, ordered the reconstruction of the general’s residence and rewarded him greatly…

Upon returning to the capital, the first thing the old general did was to bring Mu Fuxing back from the farm.

Life in the general’s residence was the happiest time in Mu Fuxing’s short life. However, this happiness was short-lived; two years later, a decree for marriage pushed her into hell. She hurriedly married the ailing crown prince, who had been promised to her since childhood, while Mu Fuxing got to marry the eldest prince as she wished…

Not long after, the crown prince passed away, and the empress, unable to bear the blow, left behind her only eight-year-old daughter, Mu Qing, and died.

With the empress gone, and the crown prince dead, throughout the capital… whether in the former court or the harem, or among ordinary commoners, all blamed it on the original “disaster star.”

Later, the eldest prince ascended the throne, and Mu Fuxing was crowned empress!

Yet despite this, the eldest prince still pursued a vendetta against Mu Ling and little Mu Qing, not knowing where he found a so-called Taoist priest. This despicable “Taoist” declared, “If the calamity on Mu Ling is not eliminated, the Great Yan will face a catastrophic disaster!”

Upon hearing this, the people panicked and begged the “Taoist” to save the Great Yan and themselves.

The “Taoist” calculated and proposed a scheme more nightmarish than a nightmare.

For this vile plan, even the innocent little Mu Qing was not spared!

He ordered people to strip Mu Ling and little Mu Qing naked and hang them at the city gate, at a height… within everyone’s reach! Moreover, this was only during the day; once night fell, the two girls would be laid flat on the ground, bound and unable to move, left to face the endless darkness without knowing what would happen to them!

Most infuriating was that the “Taoist” boldly claimed that anyone who took advantage of the two girls’ bodies would gain the favor of the heavens and have a smooth life ahead!

In a bid to save them, the old general was imprisoned in the sky prison by the eldest prince!

But being imprisoned was merely for show to the commoners; after all, the old general had great military achievements, and executing him would cause public outrage! As for being thrown into the sky prison, how could the eldest prince allow him to live?

The two poor girls lived in humiliation and torment for nearly three days! When they finally took their last breath, they were covered in filth, like two broken dolls…

However, just when Mu Ling was on the brink of death, that so-called blessing star appeared before her, wearing a strange smile as she leaned close to whisper, “Sister, do you know? You are the so-called disaster star, but that’s just a little trick of my mother! That master… haha, was hired by our maternal uncle and my mother to get rid of you and let me take your place! However, what we never expected was… your mother and brother would be so cold-blooded!”

“Oh, by the way, the crown prince’s illness was also orchestrated by the eldest prince! And…,” Mu Fuxing said, her smile more radiant than ever, “the emperor and the empress… they were not just mourning too much; they were poisoned to death by Concubine Qin, the current empress dowager! Haha! Surprised?!”

“My dear sister, now that you know the truth, how do you feel…”

Mu Fuxing said something else, but the original Mu Ling could no longer comprehend it; she finally swallowed her last breath of resentment!

However, her soul did not leave due to her death; it floated above the capital, watching as the eldest prince and Mu Fuxing ruled over the world! She hated! But felt powerless!

Until one day, the State of Chu attacked! She floated in the air and vaguely heard that the crown prince’s guard, Lang Yi, was searching for the emperor of Chu…

Next, blood flowed like rivers in the imperial capital, as Lang Yi sought revenge for the crown princess and little Mu Qing, ordering the soldiers of Chu to strip and violate all the women in the imperial capital! Especially that Mu Fuxing, who suffered humiliation many times worse than Mu Ling.

After nearly half a year, when the Chu army withdrew, the Great Yan capital was left with not a single living person! Only the lingering stench of blood remained.

Thus, the Great Yan was destroyed!

It was then that Mu Ling felt her soul being pulled away from the air, and when she opened her eyes again, she found herself…

Mu Ling took a deep breath here, truly confused about who she was. Was she the heir of the medical lineage from the twenty-first century? Or the “disaster star” who lived a tragic life? The two seemed to share the same name…

What on earth is going on?