Ch 289: Don’t Blame Your Past Self
Lan Yan was tricked by Yu Nian into the Devil Realm years ago, and she almost became a Cauldron for the Demonic Cultivators.
Naturally, she was extremely unwilling. Her hometown had suffered greatly from the persecution of Demonic Cultivators, especially the history of the Demonic Cultivators’ invasion of the Five Continents five hundred years ago, which had been passed down through generations.
That hatred was ingrained in the bones of the Righteous Path, so how could she willingly use her body to please the Demonic Cultivators?!
It was at this time that Lan Yan, the traveler, arrived.
Although this Outsider occupied her body, she also relied on the System’s help to leave the Devil Realm, escaping the tragic fate of becoming a Cauldron.
Initially, Lan Yan was quite happy about Lan Yan’s arrival, after all, the other party indirectly helped her.
And watching another person use her body to live a life of incredible ease was quite novel.
That so-called System could even predict future events, and by cooperating with the person who occupied her body, they amazed many people.
Lan Yan never thought ‘she’ would become so powerful!
The reason she came to the Devil Realm to kill Demonic Cultivators was that she felt undervalued by her family and Sect, and in her youthful spirit, she wanted to forge her own path, which led to the subsequent events.
After Lan Yan’s arrival, she not only taught those Demonic Cultivators who had bullied her a lesson, but also played them for fools, taking revenge for her.
This was exactly what Lan Yan had hoped for!
If her parents, older brother, and Senior Sister saw how powerful she was, they would surely praise her!
However, the joy didn’t last long.
Anyone who is locked in a pitch-black space for a long time, with only a small screen showing someone else living a different life using their body, would not be able to bear it.
Trapped, aimlessly waiting for time to pass…
Lan Yan also wanted to communicate with the other person, asking if she could be let out for a while. She didn’t want this; being alone and unable to speak to anyone would drive her mad!
But she didn’t even have the right to talk to Lan Yan.
Especially when she realized that she might just… die in an unknown corner.
To be trapped here for life, she found it hard to accept.
Until she understood what Lan Yan and the System meant: Lan Yan only needed to complete certain Conquest missions to return to her own world, and she would no longer be trapped here.
At that time, Lan Yan hoped Lan Yan would complete the missions quickly.
But she couldn’t imagine that Lan Yan’s mission was to carefully approach the Demonic Cultivators, climb into their beds, and even target Righteous Path Female Cultivators for them. Later… it even developed into something she couldn’t understand.
She found it difficult to accept and tried to regain control of her body when Lan Yan was at her most vulnerable, but failed.
So, she could only go through her days in a daze.
Collapse, numbness, despair…
She didn’t know if she should hate Lan Yan?
But without Lan Yan occupying her body, she might not have been able to escape the Devil Realm alive, but did living like this really have any meaning…?
Until the intrusion of a strange young woman.
Lan Yan saw the light of her own salvation, and so did she!
At that moment, the pitch-black space she was in was illuminatedโ
Like tiny cracks appearing in a sealed space.
Heavenly Dao found their long-lost child, and through this glimmer of light, revealed part of the truth of this world!
At that time, Lan Yan was even more excited than Lan Yan!
Without her knowing, someone had tried their best to save her, and someone else even risked their life to come to this world for her…
Tian Ning knew what happened after that.
“Although I know that Sister and the Heavenly Dao have been working hard to save everyone… but I still want to go home first…” Lan Yan scratched her head and forced a smile.
She could barely remember what her family looked like. After regaining her body, she wanted to go home, to see them.
The young man of that time was no longer young.
She felt like she had experienced a lot, and yet like she had experienced nothing. But her sharp edges had been smoothed.
She wanted to seek stability, to seek comfort from her family.
Lan Yan felt a little guilty as she spoke. She knew that there were others like her, who had their bodies taken without their consent. She should have helped them, but she had chosen to shrink back.
But she still intended to follow her own desires…
As she thought this, a Dimensional Pouch suddenly appeared in her hand, given to her by Tian Ning.
“Sister…”
Lan Yan was startled.
“For self-defense on the road,” Tian Ning said succinctly, “before the news of Lin Zeyu’s death spreads throughout the Devil Realm.”
If Yu Nian got the news, she would definitely not let them go.
At that time, it would be troublesome for Lan Yan to leave the Devil Realm.
After a moment, Lan Yan said seriously, “I’m sorry. I didn’t expect that person and the thing that came would be bad guys who would destroy everything. I even thanked her for her appearance…”
“And… if I had been smarter and not been deceived, perhaps that bad guy wouldn’t have come after me, and wouldn’t have hurt the Heavenly Dao…”
After being occupied for so many years, the pent-up emotions welled up, and even with her optimistic nature, Lan Yan couldn’t help but feel down.
She wouldn’t show weakness in front of Yu Nian, the culprit, but facing her mother, her pent-up emotions spilled out.
Seeing the woman before her, who was clearly taller than her but was extremely distressed, Tian Ning thought for a moment, slightly raised herself on her toes, rubbed her head, and said:
“What’s done is done. Don’t blame your past self. She once stood alone in the fog, lost and confused.”
Lan Yan was, and Lan Yan was too.
Don’t regret it, and don’t beautify the path you didn’t take.
Life is about stumbling forward; right and wrong both count.
Perhaps, the path you’re walking is the best path.
Lan Yan’s cheeks inexplicably flushed, and she nodded vigorously.
Noticing that Tian Ning was on her toes, she quickly squatted down obediently to let her rub her head.
Tian Ning: “…”
