Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 971 - 89: Seeing the Light of Day Again
Yue Jinghua unearthed the Emperor Nan Pearl beneath the mound.
A century ago, struck by the deaths of her mother Lie Rou and father Yue Nian, and to protect the Four Symbols City and her comrades,
Yue Jinghua detonated her inner core in a desperate move, perishing alongside Yue Potian. Yet, Qing Pu, at the last moment, used his Sky Witch power to shield her one remaining fragment of the Dark Pill, forcefully sealing her Primordial Spirit within the small sea clam given to Yue Jinghua by Jue Xin.
What he did was exactly the same as what the twelve Sky Witches did to protect him years ago.
Except, Qing Pu inhabited a Dragon Grass, while Yue Jinghua inhabited a sea clam.
The internal explosion of the Two Elements Profound Pill and Heavenly Witch Pill was enough to destroy the immensely powerful Dragon Body just reaching the Immortal Realm, but couldn’t destroy the hard shell of the Emperor Nan juvenile clam in the deepest part of the East Lin Sea.
The juvenile clam, left by Sea Witch clan descendant Jue Xin before she left, saved Yue Jinghua’s life.
At that time, Yue Jinghua barely preserved her final bit of Primordial Spirit, but her physical body was completely damaged, and her cultivation nearly lost. Yet, what pained her more than these was the sacrifice of Qing Pu.
It was only when Qing Pu disappeared that Yue Jinghua realized that the wicked and indifferent man had already occupied a place in her heart.
Qing Pu was the first person she met on the Canglong Continent.
Their relationship was something Yue Jinghua never fully understood until Qing Pu was on the brink of death.
They were both teacher and friend. Qing Pu was often silent and critical towards her, yet at the crucial moment, he was the one who protected her.
When Qing Pu sealed her Primordial Spirit, he also infused her memory with a long-lost Sky Witch witchcraft, advising her to dedicate herself to cultivation, and after surpassing the Body Seizing Realm and seizing the Spiritual Body of the juvenile clam, she could break out of her shell.
The Emperor Nan juvenile clam, born in the Dan Realm, had left Yue Jinghua needing to protect her Spiritual Sense from being devoured by the juvenile clam over the past hundred years, while simultaneously reforming a new Dark Pill.
Fortunately, she had the constant encouragement of her magical beast partners from the Demon Treasure Book and that... Jade Token. As the Emperor Nan juvenile clam grew, it secreted a special mucus originally used for polishing the Emperor Nan Pearl. While contending with Yue Jinghua for the body, the juvenile clam secreted large amounts of this mucus, which invisibly accelerated the formation of Yue Jinghua’s new Dark Pill.
The tranquil Boundary River waters washed away Yue Jinghua’s restlessness and ferocity, allowing her cultivation to reach new heights.
Just several hours ago, after a lengthy struggle, she finally devoured the Primordial Spirit of the Emperor Nan juvenile clam, succeeded in the Body Seizing, and broke the shell to reveal her human form.
These hundred years were both astonishingly long and fleeting.
The battle from a hundred years ago seemed like a dream.
Returning to the Canglong Continent, everything had already changed.
Yue Jinghua rescued those children from the Sky Witch Village and vaguely learned from them that the people of Four Symbols City and the July Mercenary Group were all doing well, and that was enough.
The present-day Four Symbols City has become a rare haven among the three great realms of Moon, Star, and Chen, and Yue Jinghua does not wish to drag Four Symbols City into the abyss of vengeance again.
The hatred for her parents, Qing Pu’s death, and a century of patience, all intertwine to lay before her a path strewn with thorns and blood.
This path is one she must walk on her own.
A century has passed, and the dynamics between the continent and planes have also undergone significant changes. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
From the mouth of the captured Demon Crocodile Man, Yue Jinghua extracted much information.
It turns out that after her sealing, significant changes occurred between the planes and the continent. The Moon and Star planes broke free from their previous subordinate relationship, with opposition forming between Human Race Dark Practitioners and Holy Beasts.
A century ago, the Demon Clan initiated an invasion of the Moon Plane, but in the end the Demon Army scattered, and the Demon Clan’s Emperor Demon vanished. In contrast, the three Demon Consorts of Emperor Demon Wu Ya seized control with their armies, establishing dominion over most of the Chen Plane.
The three Demon Consorts have been engaged in constant warfare, aggressively conquering. Most demon tribes have surrendered, while a few resist to the death, refusing to submit to any Demon Consort.
The descendants of the Sea Witch, Jue Xin, belong to one of the non-submissive tribes, and over this century, Jue Xin has continuously resisted with her tribe.
However, in recent years, the Donglin Demon Cave has suffered numerous natural disasters. Since the loss of the Emperor Nan Pearl, there have been no marine products. Clan Leader Jue Xin is at odds with the three Demon Consorts, as the Demon Clan frequently sends attacks, causing both internal and external struggles. Sea Beasts in the East Lin Sea either fled or died, and it was under these circumstances that these Demon Crocodile Warriors fled the East Lin Sea and ventured along the Border River Waters to the delta region.
They happened upon the children who had recklessly ventured into the delta, and harbored malicious intentions of predation.
Upon learning this information, Yue Jinghua spared the life of the Demon Crocodile Man.
She recalled an important matter, something mostly forgotten—the whereabouts of the Emperor Nan Pearl.
In the moment before Yue Jinghua was sealed, she saw the Green Witch Dragon seizing the damaged Dark Pill of Yue Potian, transforming into Yue Potian’s form.
Yue Potian’s body was destroyed; besides the Dark Pill, he should also have had an Emperor Nan Pearl acquired from Divine Empress Muhua.
With the help of the Gold Eater Worm, Yue Jinghua indeed found that Emperor Nan Pearl.
The Emperor Nan Pearl, under the guidance of the Gold Eater Worm, was excavated.
With Yue Potian dead, no one knew the Emperor Nan Pearl was here. Even if someone did, the Dimension Battlefield is vast, and without the help of a Divine Beast, it would be challenging to find.
Even after being buried for a hundred years, pearls are still pearls, and even a century of wind and sand couldn’t dull its original luster.
The Emperor Nan Pearl’s surface still gleamed with an elegance akin to the Luminous Pearl, unlike the black surface of the Emperor Nan Pearl.
With the Emperor Nan Pearl and Emperor Nan Pearl now in Yue Jinghua’s hands, placed together, they emitted a radiant treasure glow.
These two pearls are the most precious in the East Lin Sea, their mother clams once a pair of Holy Beasts protecting the sea in the ancient East Lin era.
Combining the two, and finding the mother clam of the Emperor Nan Pearl, there is hope to restore the vitality of the East Lin Sea’s early years.
"Who would’ve thought, the promise Wuxin made to Jue Shang years ago would now come true. But before then, a trip to the Shang Kingdom is necessary; perhaps Qing Pu’s Summoning Treasure Book still holds clues," Yue Jinghua once promised Jue Shang in the Netherworld Sea, before Jue Shang’s death, that she would find her successors.
Jue Shang was kind to her, and Jue Xin also aided the people of Yue Residence in escaping the Moon Plane.
Yue Jinghua is a grateful person. She decided that after returning from the Shang Kingdom, she would venture to the East Lin Sea to take a look at the Demon World.
The Jade Token given to her by Zong Shaoqing all those years ago is still with her, and she believes the blood within it originates from the Demon Clan.
Since leaving the Divine Ruins, she hasn’t heard from Zong Shaoqing.
This trip to the Demon World also gives her a chance to inquire about Zong Shaoqing’s whereabouts.
