Chapter 883 - 825: Nanzhi’s Memoirs

Chapter 883: Chapter 825: Nanzhi’s Memoirs

[Year of the Earth Rooster, December 23rd, Little New Year]

Since entering the Demon Realm, it’s been over thirteen years. Today, I suddenly remember that it’s already Little New Year in the Mortal World.

In the past, when I was with Little Bai, she would always make some food and good wine, sharing the mortal holidays with me, enjoying a rare half-day of rest.

Now, she has even forgotten such a thing.

Fortunately, there is still some aged Spiritual Wine in the Storage Ring, barely enough for a small toast with her to celebrate Little New Year.

...

Little Bai says that the Human Clan’s Spiritual Wine is terrible, not even as good as the deadly water of Chana Lake, spitting it out after just a sip.

I suddenly realized that in the past, when she appeared in front of people with Immortal Qi and drank with abandon, that carefree demeanor was all an act!

Looking back, how much of her former carefree and unrestrained self was real?

Bound by the morals and conventions of the Human Clan, she always pondered before acting, considering teachers, family, and the Sect’s influence, bound and restricted.

Thus, in front of people, she was Fairy Wangshu, a paragon of righteousness, while in private, she was the Blood Hand Yama, Chenzhou Wanderer.

Now, perhaps this is Little Bai’s most genuine, unfettered state.

With misfortune comes fortune, perhaps not all bad, I must remind myself not to worry about Little Bai regaining her memories.

Believe that everything has its destined course, let her be happy for a while, or else when her memories return, she will bind herself again under the ’human’ character.

The demonic energy here is dense, even the Void is filled with Chaos Qi, the coldness is unlike any true water or mystical ice I have encountered before.

We have decided to temporarily stay in the Luozhe Ice Palace for cultivation.

This cultivation will surely be long, but fortunately, with Little Bai by my side, I often recall the warmth from the days at the Nine Dragon Ruins.

This time, there are no formidable enemies or life-and-death crises, we can cultivate slowly, but when it comes to Divinity Transformation, I fear...

Forget it, let’s not mention it!

I released Youmeng to guard the entrance, preventing the few Ice Demons by the Holy Ancestor Pond from entering and disturbing our cultivation.

*

[Year of the Wood Rabbit, April 8th]

Awakening from meditation, five years have passed, steadily reaching the Peak Nascent Soul Realm.

Indeed, with Little Bai beside me, my meditation is serene, without any worries, allowing for longer meditative states and higher cultivation efficiency.

The ancient techniques of the Ice Demon Clan are indeed formidable, five years of cultivation here equals at least fifteen years of hard work elsewhere.

I’m suddenly conflicted, whether to continue this way or abandon this method, but if I want to escape the Demon Realm, the higher the cultivation, the better.

Upon waking, Little Bai’s true form sits opposite me, with the Unceasing Spring at the center of the Ice Palace as the boundary, she in the east, I in the west.

Five years ago, the chill beyond the hundred steps of the Unceasing Spring was unbearable for us, five years of cultivation and we can move ten steps forward.

I suddenly noticed that Little Bai had hung that bell at her waist, just as I have one at mine.

It was found in the warehouse crevice, named ’Golden Orchid’, symbolizing a bond of friendship, an Ancient Treasure, activated by both demonic and spiritual energies.

Now it seems, those nondescript items in the warehouse were probably for practicing the refinement of this bell.

It’s unknown for whom the Ice Demon Ancestor refined it or why it was discarded, but the two bells can sense each other regardless of distance, even ignoring Realm and space constraints.

The bell’s sound is clear, refreshing the mind, dispelling Heart Demons, and during confrontation, it can emit thunderous sounds, attacking the opponent’s Divine Soul, and if the Divine Soul is weak, it shatters after three rings.

Little Bai hanging the bell at her waist suggests her trust in me still surpasses that of her so-called ’brother’.

(smile)

*

[Year of the Wood Rabbit, May 1st]

Little Bai, as usual, attains meditation with her true form, with two clones busy at their own tasks.

One clone reads in the study, while the other roams around with a rusty axe, knocking here and there.

She says that meditative cultivation, consuming air and mist, is not as satisfying as chewing things, and she accidentally discovered the extraordinary ice constructing Luozhe Ice Palace is quite delectable.

Little Bai chipped a bowl of crushed ice from the Ice Pillar for me to try, indeed... not bad.

In just five years, she almost completely dismantled a passage. At this rate, within thirty years, Luozhe Ice Palace will cease to exist.

I once tried slicing it with my sword; the bricks constructing the Ice Palace are extremely hard. My sword only left light marks, yet Little Bai can chip away chunks with her rusty axe.

It’s unclear whether it’s the rusty axe that holds some secret or her strength that is peculiar.

In the study, with another of Little Bai’s clones, having learned Ancient Demon Text, besides venturing out to comprehend the Great Dao Erosion Text on the central platform of the Ice Palace, spends time reading in the three studies.

Even with memory loss, even transformed into a demon, Little Bai remains curious about everything in the world.

Whereas I focus more on my own cultivation, the affairs of heaven and earth mostly irrelevant to me, so I do not spend energy pondering over them.

*

[Year of the Metal Monkey, August 15th, Mid-Autumn Festival]

Another five years have passed, everything remains the same within the Ice Palace, we and Little Bai have reached seventy-five steps from Unceasing Spring, our cultivation approaching Perfection.

My heart trembles in fear, fearing the moment of Divinity Transformation is the time of my Demon Transformation.

Today’s Mid-Autumn Festival, holiday times arouse homesickness. I wonder what the situation is in the Heavenly Interence Sect today, are they still troubled by the Star Alliance?

Little Bai remains carefree, and today, for some reason, perhaps triggered by a feeling, suddenly asked me for wine.

We drank by the spring, chatting casually.

Little Bai gave me a scroll, which contained some cultivation stories casually written by the Ice Demon Ancestor back in the day.

After reading it, I truly began to understand the Ice Demon Ancestor.

In her notes, she mentioned that she greatly admired someone, and because that person was a woman, she often appeared before others as a woman herself.

She also mentioned that it was that person who told her to "use the strengths of others to overcome them."

Thus, she began secretly traveling among the Human Clan, learning everything about them.

That person also told her, "Peace should be the mercy of the strong, not the plea of the weak."

Therefore, she sought to level the Three Realms.

But her purpose in leveling the Three Realms was not to make the Demon Clan the rulers of heaven and earth; it was for the equality and coexistence of all beings.

The pair of Golden Orchid Bells was refined by her for that person.

Unfortunately, they must have parted ways in the end, or else how could the bells have been abandoned in a corner?

I suddenly realized that the saying was true: only the strong have the right to seek peace, while the weak can only kneel and beg for survival.

I decided that, regardless of the outcome, I must first make myself strong!

*

[Year of the Wood Ox, July 20]

Another five years have passed, 55 steps away from the Unceasing Spring.

Little Bai is still cultivating, reading books, dismantling the Ice Palace, comprehending the Great Dao Erosion Text.

During this time, she even secretly went out, intending to capture six True Demons cultivating by the Holy Ancestor Pond, but to no avail.

Youmeng fell to the ground laughing, laughing until all fours were in the air.

In anger, Little Bai, in the form of a Mirage Demon Beast, rolled around and fought with Youmeng.

In the end, her face was scratched by Youmeng, and she cried a lot.

Youmeng seems to be somewhat unusual.

*

[Year of the Metal Horse, June 6]

Another five years have passed, 30 steps away from the Unceasing Spring.

My body has started to undergo changes.

When Little Bai was 50 steps away from the Unceasing Spring, she was repelled and couldn’t proceed further.

Only I can continue to approach.

The ice in the spring is the first ice born between heaven and earth, provisionally called ’Source Ice.’

As I continuously incorporate the cold air from the spring into my body, my cultivation progresses rapidly, no slower than Little Bai dismantling the Ice Palace, eating Ice Bricks, and absorbing Void Chaos Qi.

However, my body is also gradually turning into ice. The Demon Bone that was reshaped in the Earth Spiritual Realm has already turned into Mystic Ice.

I have a premonition that when I undergo Divinity Transformation and merge my Divine Soul, Sword Heart, and Nascent Soul, it will be the time I fully undergo Demon Transformation.

No matter, I will proceed and see, even if I fall into demonhood, I am still Lu Nanzhi, whom no one can control!

*

[Year of the Wood Pig, October 30]

Another five years have passed, five steps from the final steps of the Unceasing Spring.

I can clearly see that there is a sword beneath the spring, akin to the Ice Soul Sword in my hand, like lovers resonating with each other.

To take the sword, the time is not yet right, no rush.

Little Bai has already begun preparations for Divinity Transformation; although she seems carefree, she is thoughtful, carefully leaving east and west tunnels when digging around.

Using the Unceasing Spring as the boundary, she will undergo Divinity Transformation at the easternmost side, while I will stay at the westernmost side.

She even used the exquisite cold ice dug out from all around to set up layers of Great Arrays to prevent interference between us when the time comes.

However, she said she has no assurance, always feeling that her Divinity Transformation would be perilous, making her unable to eat whenever she thought about it.

She also said that whether she is human or demon will be revealed when the Divinity Transformation Tribulation comes.

If it’s a Heavenly Tribulation, she is human, indicating her brother deceived her.

If it’s an Earth Tribulation, she is a demon, indicating... I deceived her.

In any case, I only wish for Little Bai’s smooth Divinity Transformation!

*

[Year of the Wood Tiger, January 1, New Year]

Three years passed, finally reaching the spring.

Today, take the sword!