Chapter 489: Chapter 489

"Ah, host, why must you do this?"

After skillfully activating the Hidden Spirit Pearl and confirming there was no one around, nor any spiritual awareness spying, the system cautiously emerged.

"That... although the original host's identity is a bit troublesome, don't forget, the original host's main wish was to help take care of her own child, right?"

Looking at its own host, who had nearly suffered a backlash to the point of being critically wounded and fainting from forcibly altering her physical state, the system truly didn't understand.

Moreover, this was the first time its host had directly abandoned the identity of a mission target.

Ahem, although this identity was indeed a bit troublesome...

"You know it's troublesome too!"

Once again, taking the opportunity while drinking water, An Ning secretly placed a less-than-quarter piece of the Revival Spring Pill into her mouth. Feeling the strength recovered from her cultivation spreading through her body, she then gritted her teeth and said irritably.

This trouble was far, far more than just a little bit.

"And... if I'm not mistaken, the original body's request was only to protect that Child of Destiny, to prevent him from experiencing so many hardships. It didn't say she absolutely had to give him maternal love or anything, right!"

Why on earth insist on being a mother? Wouldn't being a carefree aunt be better?

Anyway, the original host was just an orphan sold by human traffickers. Her origins and background were unknown even to the Fu Family head who bought her back then. What's wrong with having a sister who has been cultivating in the mountains since childhood!

Once she completely "restored" this body, the risk of exposure later would be extremely low.

Of course, these weren't the main points.

The most important thing was the original body's temperament.

Righteous, magnanimous, unconstrained by trivialities, genuinely kind and generous, and not prone to holding grudges. Perhaps she could act the part well, but such a personality in the current cultivation world...

Well... alright, An Ning admitted, she really didn't like suffering losses!

Moreover, thinking about everything the original host saw as a remnant soul earlier, An Ning's gaze grew uncharacteristically somber:

"System, what do you think the Child of Destiny ultimately lacked that led him to such an end?"

"Was it power?" Looking at the stunned system, a rare, faint smile touched An Ning's pale lips.

Number one under heaven, the only half-step Golden Core cultivator in this world for hundreds of years, just one step away from crossing that threshold, stronger by more than a notch than that Xuanming Sect demonic cult leader.

That was even more laughable. You must know, when he reached this realm, he was just over thirty years old, and he was a rogue cultivator with scant resources. His talent skill points were absolutely maxed out, practically overflowing.

If it weren't so, that person from the Xuanming Sect wouldn't have been so anxious, sealing off areas and scattering manpower everywhere to find this youngest son the moment he left seclusion.

"Or was it creativity?"

A cultivation method casually written could rival the Earth-rank techniques of major sects. In his early twenties, a spirit sword he forged himself during mid Foundation Establishment could summon heavenly thunder.

Making almost every cultivator green with envy and covetousness.

Although this was partly due to the coincidental acquisition of a long-lost supreme-grade Mystic Crystal.

Without a solid foundation, using a few common, run-of-the-mill talismans and some serendipitous encounters, he could complete a broken formation and even create his own sealing array.

One has to say, he truly lives up to being a Child of Destiny.

Such terrifying talent even made An Ning feel a twinge of envy.

He didn't lack sharp wits either.

"But it was precisely such a person who ended up being irrevocably nailed to the pillar of shame as a teacher-killer, even a world-destroying demonic head, targeted by almost everyone, attacked and reviled by the whole world. Was it really just due to mere coincidence or his origins?"

"Um..." the system cautiously chimed in, "According to the original host's memories, the reason for the misunderstanding wasn't that this Child of Destiny happened to discover the seal at the entrance to the demon realm seemed loose and tried to find a way to reinforce it."

"And then... um, later... his identity was exposed, which led to him being misunderstood as having strayed onto a wicked path for the sake of cultivation, right?"

Sigh, the system scratched its head again.

It just so happened that at that time, he had also stepped into the half-step Golden Core realm that no one else had reached, plus there were various people with ulterior motives pushing things...

In short, with all these factors piling up, the misunderstanding grew bigger and bigger.

Finally, the Child of Destiny became utterly disheartened during the encirclement and demon-slaying by the masses.

"However, he truly lives up to being a Child of Destiny!"

"First-class kind-hearted, possessing great compassion. Even when nearly driven mad in the end, when crisis arrived, kindness and great love still occupied the high ground. After his breakthrough, instead of turning his blade against those ignorant people, he chose to sacrifice himself, completing the formation and ultimately sealing the demon realm completely."

From then on, the heavenly dao of this region no longer needed to expend most of its energy plugging the gap, and people of later generations could advance normally.

With this, the heavenly dao's mission was completely fulfilled!

"Is this the legendary 'even if the whole world wrongs me, I remain blameless before the world'..."

The system couldn't help but shine its eyes, extremely excited.

"Host, as long as you eliminate those bad guys early, clear up the misunderstanding, then join forces with the Child of Destiny to work hard and seal the demon realm..."

After a moment of silence, An Ning finally spoke:

"System, although your grade is a bit low, the cultivation world is dangerous after all. Unless absolutely necessary from now on, A-Tong should temporarily refrain from coming out."

"After all, the Hidden Spirit Pearl isn't omnipotent!"