It Turns Out, They Are the Protagonists

The Primordial Witch exhaled sweetly, a satisfied expression on her face.

She looked at Wei Mengrou, a faint smile in her silver eyes.

Mu Zhian reacted almost immediately, shielding Wei Mengrou behind him.

“You really care about your maid, are you that worried I’ll devour her?”

The Primordial Witch’s beautiful eyes held a mixture of annoyance and resentment as she stared at Mu Zhian.

“Don’t forget, she’s the main body of the Primordial Witch. Even if I enter her cauldron, I’ll only merge with the Primordial Witch within her body, it won’t affect her.”

Mu Zhian was silent for a moment, then hesitated, “Are you truly an independent individual?”

“You can consider me an individual, or you can consider me the Primordial Witch.”

The Primordial Witch took half a step forward, as if wanting to approach Mu Zhian.

The light of the World-Purifying Green Lotus floated in mid-air, enveloping Mu Zhian, blocking the Primordial Witch’s approach.

The Primordial Witch smiled faintly at Yao Meng.

This woman was much calmer than she imagined. She had thought her actions would enrage the Jade Empress, but as expected of the Jade Empress of the Dao of Tranquility… even if she was angry, she still maintained a calm smile on her face.

The Primordial Witch smiled sweetly and gently, “The Primordial Witch can create all things in the world. Back then, she divided her seven emotions and six desires into several spiritual senses, while the main body lost all emotions and was sealed with immortal gold chains.”

“Joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, and desire. And I am the combination of love and desire,” the Primordial Witch revealed the truth.

Mu Zhian’s eyes flickered: “Then what is Sister Mengrou?”

“She is the Primordial Witch’s vessel.”

Mu Zhian continued asking, “What exactly is within the black mist of the Southern Wilderness? I heard that any living being who steps into the black mist will have their existence devoured, and no one will remember them.”

In this world, there was something even more terrifying than death, which was having no one remember you after you die.

And the black mist of the Southern Wilderness was such a dangerous thing.

“The Heavenly Dao,” the Primordial Witch revealed a truth that shocked Mu Zhian.

“The existence deep within the Southern Wilderness black mist is the Heavenly Dao?” Mu Zhian stared intently at the Primordial Witch’s eyes, “How is that possible? The Heavenly Dao is lofty and beyond reach, unable to interfere with the Nine Provinces. How could it be in the depths of the Southern Wilderness black mist?”

The Primordial Witch said calmly, “The Heavenly Dao is lofty and beyond reach, unable to easily interfere with the Nine Provinces. Without anyone violating the rules of heaven and earth, it can’t send down Heavenly Punishment, because even the Heavenly Dao itself is bound by the rules of heaven and earth.”

“But there are always exceptions.”

Hearing the Primordial Witch’s words, Yao Meng’s expression turned slightly dazed, and she murmured softly, “The Heavenly Dao indeed can’t directly send down Heavenly Punishment without violating the rules of heaven and earth, but there are indeed exceptions… I once heard that if the Heavenly Dao is willing, it can erase a person’s existence.”

She paused, then continued, “However, the price is that the Heavenly Dao will also be affected, damaging its origin.”

“Jade Empress, although you haven’t been at Dao Integration for long, you’re very smart. No wonder Mu Lang took a liking to you,” the Primordial Witch smiled brightly, “What’s deep within the black mist isn’t exactly the Heavenly Dao, but the Heavenly Dao’s Origin Arrow.”

“The black mist itself doesn’t devour a person’s existence. However, the black mist is influenced by the Heavenly Dao’s Origin Arrow, so it erodes all living beings that approach it, devouring their very existence.”

“The Heavenly Dao once forcibly acted against a certain living being on earth, thus damaging its origin?”

Combining the words of the Primordial Witch and Yao Meng, Mu Zhian seemed to realize something, his eyes widening slightly, staring at the Primordial Witch, and reaching an astonishing conclusion.

At this moment, countless images flashed rapidly through Mu Zhian’s mind, like a runaway film projector.

He recalled being in that secret room in Two Polarities Peak with Senior Sister Lan and mistakenly entering a mysterious grotto-heaven. And within the depths of that grotto-heaven was a woman… Her body pierced by an arrow, seemingly in slumber.

Mu Zhian stared blankly at the Primordial Witch, his face slightly pale, and asked urgently, “The one sealed by the Origin Arrow in the depths of the Southern Wilderness, is it the Primordial Witch?”

“You’ve been to the depths of the Southern Wilderness?” Now it was the Primordial Witch’s turn to be surprised.

“But how is that possible? If you’ve been to the depths of the Southern Wilderness, how could you not be swallowed by the black mist…”

Before she could finish speaking, Mu Zhian took out a black box from his storage ring and asked, staring at the Primordial Witch, “Do you recognize this black box?”

The Primordial Witch hummed in acknowledgement, “This is the black box another ‘me’ left in the World Sea.”

Hearing this, Mu Zhian finally couldn’t help but ask, “How many Primordial Witch spiritual senses are there?”

The Primordial Witch looked at Wei Mengrou, “Three. Besides me, another spiritual sense is currently within her body.”

Mu Zhian was silent for a moment, processing the Primordial Witch’s words.

Wei Mengrou was the Primordial Witch’s ‘main body’, and the obsession within her was originally just obsession. However, later, Imperial Advisor Gu Buxing of the Great Qian Dynasty summoned her spiritual sense, merging her obsession and spiritual sense… This was the Primordial Witch’s second spiritual sense.

In other words, the second witch’s spiritual sense from the World Sea was currently within Wei Mengrou’s body.

And the Primordial Witch before him was the third spiritual sense. She knew many unknown ‘secrets’ of the past.

“So, the current Sister Mengrou has become the true Primordial Witch?” Mu Zhian asked.

The Primordial Witch shook her head, “I said it just now, she is the Primordial Witch’s vessel.”

Mu Zhian pondered slightly for a moment and said softly, “Like the relationship between Ruoxi and the Palace Master?”

Thinking carefully, the reincarnated great powers who left behind measures for themselves seemed to all have ‘twin’ relationships. Ye Lingxuan and the Reincarnated Empress, Gong Lianyue and Bai Ruoxi, and so on…

A thought suddenly struck Mu Zhian, and he asked, “Then what about the Primordial Witch I saw in the black box? She seemed to be suppressed by the Heavenly Dao’s Origin Arrow—”

“She wasn’t suppressed by the Origin Arrow, she was suppressing the Origin Arrow,” the Primordial Witch’s tone turned unusually cold, her gaze no longer as gentle as before.

“A cultivator can suppress the Heavenly Dao…?” Mu Zhian asked in surprise.

The Heavenly Dao was the aggregate of all living beings. All living things were under the Heavenly Dao’s restriction. Only by transcending and ascending could one escape the Heavenly Dao’s control.

The Primordial Witch said faintly, “In this world, the only one who can suppress that Origin Arrow is her, but even she can only suppress it with her own body.”

So the Primordial Witch in the ‘black box’ appeared to be suppressed by the arrow, but was actually suppressing the Heavenly Dao’s Origin Arrow?

The ‘grotto-heaven’ within the black box led to the depths of the Southern Wilderness. Back then, he and Lan Mulian directly entered the black box’s grotto-heaven, so they weren’t affected by the Southern Wilderness’ ‘black mist’.

The Heavenly Dao’s Origin Arrow, the three witch spiritual senses, these things seemed chaotic on the surface, but in reality, all truths pointed to the black box.

In other words, the person who gave him the ‘black box’ was the source of the truth.

“Don’t you plan to return to Sister Mengrou’s body?” Mu Zhian collected his thoughts and suddenly asked.

The Primordial Witch pursed her alluring red lips, glancing at Mu Zhian charmingly, “I finally woke up from my slumber, how can I go back so soon?”

She sensed Yao Meng’s spiritual sense faintly locking onto her and chuckled softly, “Don’t worry, I’m not planning to take Mu Lang away now.”

“After all, he will be mine sooner or later.”

A complex formation faintly appeared beneath her feet.

Having finally found the third spiritual sense, Mu Zhian still had many questions for the Primordial Witch. Seeing her about to leave, he couldn’t help asking, “Where are you going?”

The Primordial Witch revealed a sweet and captivating smile, “Mu Lang caring so much about me makes me very happy.”

“Don’t worry, we’ll meet again soon.”

After she finished speaking, the teleportation formation beneath her feet quietly lit up, dense black mist spreading.

Yao Meng raised her delicate brows slightly, flicked her finger, and threw out an inconspicuous green lotus seed. The lotus seed turned into a streak of light, shooting towards the Primordial Witch’s body.

However, before the green lotus seed could get close, it silently dissolved into liquid within the black mist.

The Primordial Witch rolled her eyes, her charm overflowing: “Don’t use such petty tricks before this Seat.”

The next moment, her figure silently vanished from the Southern Wilderness Divine Hall.

Mu Zhian looked up in the direction where the Primordial Witch disappeared. Her slender figure was already gone, but she gave him one last deep look.

He looked to the side, seeing Yao Meng and Bai Ruoxi gazing in the direction where the Primordial Witch left, seemingly lost in thought.

Mu Zhian couldn’t understand. The Primordial Witch’s ‘main body’ was right before her, why didn’t she enter Wei Mengrou’s cauldron, but left alone instead?

Where exactly was she going?

…

In any case, Regina’s crisis was resolved, and Mu Zhian’s agreement was fulfilled.

Although the Primordial Witch’s departure alone was puzzling, at least he knew what the arrow in the ‘black box’ was, and also learned a very important piece of information—the first Primordial Witch spiritual sense in the black box was suppressing the Heavenly Dao’s Origin Arrow.

Before leaving the hall, Mu Zhian looked at the two beauties not far ahead, one in white and one in green, then transmitted his voice to Xue Yi behind him: “Senior Xue Yi, don’t forget your oath from earlier.”

Xue Yi looked at Mu Zhian with complex eyes and replied via voice transmission: “Once an oath is made, even a Dao Integration Realm expert cannot violate it. I won’t devour her spiritual sense.”

Seeing Mu Zhian nod gently, turning to leave the hall, she hesitated, then asked again via voice transmission: “What exactly is your relationship with Mother?”

Mu Zhian pondered for a moment: “If you’re talking about Sister Mengrou, she’s my maid.”

Xue Yi’s eyes held a playful glint, and she transmitted her voice: “The formations in the Southern Wilderness Divine Hall were set by Mother in the past. The Jade Empress and the others can’t hear your voice transmission.”

“Although she’s my maid, she’s also one of my wives,” Mu Zhian said more sincerely this time.

He paused, looked at the Space God before him, gazed affectionately, and continued transmitting his voice: “Actually, you are too.”

Even Xue Yi, who was good at disguising herself, couldn’t help but give Mu Zhian a disdainful and annoyed look after hearing this.

Had this man already forgotten what he just did to her?

He actually had the nerve to say this now.

Xue Yi walked towards the hall entrance in her sexy high heels, her white dress trailing on the ground. Passing by Mu Zhian, she paused slightly, turned her head, and looked at him, “Do you dare say this to the Jade Empress and the others?”

She was originally about the same height as Mu Zhian, but wearing these sexy high heels, she was actually half a head taller than him. Her platinum blonde hair rested lightly on her shoulders, setting off her pure and charming face.

“Naturally, I dare,” Mu Zhian replied calmly via voice transmission.

He paused, “However, it’s best not to let a third person know about our relationship for now.”

So you still don’t dare… Just as Xue Yi thought of this, she heard Mu Zhian continue transmitting his voice: “The Southern Wilderness cooperated with the Western Regions and other places in the past, suppressing Yao Meng and preventing her Transcendence, right?”

Xue Yi shook her head: “That’s all in the past. Moreover, I didn’t know about this. The Southern Wilderness won’t collude with them again in the future—”

Mu Zhian took half a step forward, glanced at the hall entrance, then gently patted her beautiful leg through her dress, leaned close to Xue Yi’s ear, and whispered, “You should replace the past Three Pillar Gods of the Southern Wilderness and continue cooperating with the Western Regions and other places.”

“In the future, the Southern Wilderness will be in the dark, and I will be in the light, making it more convenient to gather information.”