Chapter 246 - 118: Gu Xiangzhu: If I take the initiative to kiss him, I won’t be passive anymore?

Chapter 246: Chapter 118: Gu Xiangzhu: If I take the initiative to kiss him, I won’t be passive anymore?

But unfortunately.

The Demon Monarch was long gone.

He had become a part of Yang Mo.

Although he didn’t consider himself the same person as the Demon Monarch, this was a fact he had to acknowledge.

In other words,

he couldn’t even find his enemy to get revenge!

"CREAK!"

Yang Mo pushed open the back gate to his home and tiptoed back to his bedroom, afraid of waking his sleeping parents.

This soul-deep fear filled him with an intense self-loathing.

It was the same kind of self-loathing that made him reflexively want to cover his head.

He despised this feeling of cowering in fear.

Back in his room,

he burrowed under the covers.

The quilt was thick and soft.

Yet he felt as if he were lying in an ice cellar.

Zhao Ci’s words and the Self-Reflection Pill had originally rekindled his hope.

But now,

his heart was filled with nothing but helplessness and terror.

Zhao Ci had said joining the Prince’s Mansion was an investment. He was willing to back Yang Mo because he believed he could turn his life around, and he was prepared to provide a safety net.

But now, it seemed he was completely unworthy of that safety net.

’So... what will happen to me?’

’Is this what it means to have mediocre talent?’

’Is this what it means to be weak?’

’That fucking Demon Monarch is a real dumbass!’

"What if..."

A terrible thought bloomed in Yang Mo’s mind. ’What if I accept the Demon Monarch’s memories?’

He shivered.

’If I do that, will I still be me?’

He was caught in a torment of indecision.

But after a long struggle,

he gritted his teeth and completely opened himself up to the Demon Monarch’s memories.

Compared to becoming the Demon Monarch,

he hated being weak even more!

Memories flooded in.

Yang Mo had expected it to be a long and painful process. After all, so many memories were pouring in, and there was a high chance he would turn into someone else.

But to his surprise,

the influx of memories ended almost as soon as it began.

Aside from a conversation with Xiang Tiange, all the remaining memories formed a single, miraculous Secret Skill.

The Celestial Demon Body Refining Secret Technique!

Yang Mo was ecstatic. He never imagined that not only would he avoid becoming the Demon Monarch, but he would also obtain a heaven-shattering Secret Skill.

To be reborn from the ashes.

It could virtually eliminate all Innate and acquired shortcomings.

It could even restart the Body Refining process from scratch!

A Divine Technique!

A Divine Technique!

Unwilling to wait even a moment longer, he hurriedly immersed himself in comprehending the Celestial Demon Body Refining Secret Technique.

Then,

an hour passed.

He opened his eyes in despair.

’I don’t understand it!’

’I don’t understand it at all!’

’How can my comprehension be this bad?’

"Demon Monarch! Fuck you!"

...

「Demon Sect Headquarters.」

By the altar enshrining the Divine Pupa Fragment.

"This..."

Huangfu Song stared at the Divine Pupa Fragment, which had suddenly flared with light before growing even dimmer, his expression conflicted.

He looked at Shuimo. "Miss Shuimo! Lord Saint Monarch, he..."

Shuimo cut him off. "Are you about to ask if the Lord Saint Monarch’s reincarnation has any other distinguishing features?"

Huangfu Song nodded and performed a formal Demon Sect salute. "I implore you to tell me, Miss Shuimo!"

"Him..."

Shuimo gazed at the dim fragment, her eyes filled with heartbreak.

She thought silently, ’When he was reincarnated, he took nothing with him but the demonic arts he must cultivate and the memory of his bet with Xiang Tiange. Right now, besides knowing of the demonic arts, he has no distinguishing features.’

’Even...’

’He has most likely become someone with extremely ordinary cultivation talent.’

’Even with the demonic arts,’

’it’s practically impossible for him to successfully comprehend them.’

Shuimo’s gaze trembled. She felt that if the Saint Monarch was truly left to fulfill the bet on his own, she would likely never see that god-like man again in her lifetime.

She took a deep breath. "Huangfu Song, can I trust you?"

"Miss Shuimo!"

With a THUD, Huangfu Song dropped to one knee before the altar enshrining the Divine Pupa Fragment, his expression pious and solemn. "Miss Shuimo, we have worked together for so many years. Are you not aware of my loyalty to the Saint Monarch?"

"You’ve had no heart for managing the sub-branch’s affairs these past few years, but when have I ever hidden anything about the Lingge Sub-Branch from you?"

"Even this time, when I forcibly seized a body to go undercover in the Tenth Prince’s Mansion, it was all done right under your nose."

"My loyalty to the Saint Monarch is absolute."

"Can you not see that?"

Shuimo was silent.

In truth,

aside from Gu Xiangzhu,

she felt that all Four Guardians were exceptionally loyal to the Saint Monarch.

Especially Huangfu Song. He had held almost nothing back from her over the years, precisely because she belonged entirely to the Saint Monarch.

The Saint Monarch now

was undoubtedly in an extremely weak state.

If he got caught up in any trouble, it was likely that not even his bones would remain.

Therefore,

the safest course of action was to not let anyone know about the Saint Monarch’s reincarnation.

But Shuimo couldn’t do it.

She knew the Saint Monarch’s personality too well. Now that the bet was made, he would never take any shortcuts.

You could say

his new life was starting from a place of mediocrity at best—it might even be worse than mediocre.

Shuimo had memorized the Saint Monarch’s sayings word for word and had never raised a single objection, but in truth, she didn’t agree with the idea that "self-reliance overcomes all difficulties." To her, mediocrity was mediocrity.

The reincarnated Saint Monarch was not the Saint Monarch himself.

Because almost all of the Saint Monarch’s memories were sealed within this Divine Pupa Fragment.

This was a new person.

This newborn person was not what Shuimo wanted.

What she wanted was for this new person to reach the point where he could merge with the Primordial Spirit and become the Saint Monarch once more.

But to achieve that fusion,

he needed to reach at least the Divine Treasure Second Layer.

How could a mediocre person possibly reach the Divine Treasure Second Layer?

So Shuimo had no choice but to take a risk and announce the Saint Monarch’s reincarnation to the Four Guardians.

She claimed it was the Saint Monarch’s arrangement, but in reality, he had told her not to interfere with his reincarnation in any way.

The last time she came, it wasn’t to confirm that the Four Guardians and the Saintess had all arrived, but to confirm that Gu Xiangzhu had *not*.