Chapter 2: The Girl Who Returned From Death

A dull ache spread through her body.

It was unlike any pain she had ever experienced.

Heavy...

Weak...

Human.

For a long moment, she could hear nothing but the steady rhythm of a heartbeat.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

"...Miss?"

A soft voice drifted into her ears.

"...Miss, please wake up."

She slowly opened her eyes.

The ceiling above her was unfamiliar—aged wooden beams crossed with faded silk curtains, simple but carefully maintained. Sunlight slipped through a paper window, painting golden patterns across the room.

She frowned.

"I'm... alive?"

The last thing she remembered was shattering the Eternal Origin Heart.

There should have been nothing left.

No soul.

No body.

Nothing.

Yet here she was.

She raised a trembling hand before her eyes.

Small.

Smooth.

Unscarred.

Not the hands of the woman who had fought for centuries.

The hands of a child.

A sharp pain suddenly exploded inside her mind.

"Ah..."

Memories that did not belong to her flooded in like a broken dam.

Li Yue.

Age: Thirteen.

Youngest daughter of the Li Clan's third branch.

Spirit Root...

Broken.

Cultivation...

None.

Mother...

Dead.

Father...

Missing for six years.

The servants mocked her.

The younger disciples bullied her.

Even members of her own family treated her as though she were invisible.

A month ago...

The fiancé chosen for her since childhood publicly canceled their engagement.

He had looked at her with nothing but contempt.

"A cripple like you is unworthy of standing beside me."

She had smiled weakly.

Gone back to her room.

And cried until she fainted.

The original Li Yue never woke up again.

Silence filled the room.

The woman closed her eyes.

"So..."

"I borrowed another person's life."

There was no joy in her voice.

Only acceptance.

She had witnessed countless reincarnations during her first life.

She never imagined she would become one herself.

A maid noticed the strange look in her eyes.

"Miss... are you feeling better?"

The woman turned toward the girl.

The maid flinched.

Those eyes...

Why did they suddenly feel so cold?

So ancient?

It was as though an immortal had awakened inside the body of a young girl.

"I'm fine," she replied quietly.

The maid hesitated before nodding.

"I'll prepare breakfast."

As soon as the door closed...

The room fell silent once more.

Li Yue stood.

Her legs trembled from weakness, forcing her to lean against the wooden table.

"So this body truly cannot cultivate..."

She examined herself.

The spiritual meridians were damaged.

The dantian was nearly empty.

Even breathing spiritual energy into this body felt like trying to pour water into a cracked jar.

If this had been anyone else...

Their future would have already ended.

But she simply smiled.

A faint smile.

"Broken..."

"I've repaired worlds."

"This body is nothing."

Just then...

A tiny silver light flickered in front of her chest.

One spark.

Then another.

The room suddenly froze.

The air became strangely still.

The world around her seemed to fade.

A familiar voice echoed from the depths of her soul.

"Soul compatibility confirmed."

"Host recognized."

"The Eternal Origin Realm... awakening."

Her golden eyes widened.

"No..."

"I destroyed it."

The silver light expanded until it swallowed her entire body.

The room disappeared.

The walls dissolved into countless stars.

She felt herself falling—not through the sky, but through endless layers of space.

When her feet finally touched the ground...

She found herself standing beneath an enormous silver tree.

Its trunk was wider than a mountain.

Its branches stretched into a sky filled with galaxies instead of clouds.

Every glowing leaf shimmered with mysterious runes.

The air itself overflowed with spiritual energy.

Before she could take another step...

A small white fox with nine elegant tails emerged from behind one of the roots.

Its sapphire-blue eyes filled with tears.

It lowered its head until its forehead touched the ground.

At last, it whispered,

"Welcome home..."

"...Master."

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