In the end, the Saintess did not make a choice.
Because the You Emperor did not give her a chance to choose. He made his own choice.
In the legends.
Back then, in order to kill the You Emperor and prevent him from fusing with the original sin, the 3,000 Great Dao not only invited people from the sacred grounds, but also the incarnations of Father and Mother Earth, and even the Elder of Heavenly Secrets, who was known as the embodiment of karma.
Unfortunately.
In the end, not only did they fail to kill the You Emperor, but they also failed to stop him from fusing with the original sin. Not only that, but Father and Mother Earth were also defeated by the You Emperor. As for the sacred grounds, they did not make a move. Even the Elder of Heavenly Secrets did not make a move.
No one knew why.
It was a mystery even now.
Back then, just as everyone thought that the You Emperor would fuse with the original sin and cause a calamity, unexpectedly, the You Emperor ignited the Karmic Fire of the Original Sin and turned into ashes.
This was the You Emperor's choice.
For the Saintess, and for the Great Dao, the You Emperor sacrificed himself.
Some people said that the You Emperor, who had always been tyrannical and sinful and had turned the vast wilderness upside down, would not be so noble.
Perhaps.
This was not important.
What was important was that he did ignite the Karmic Fire of the Original Sin and turned into ashes. Most importantly, the Great Dao did not cause a calamity because of the arrival of the Wudao Mountain.
The sun set in the west. It was almost dusk.
The sunset was very beautiful.
It was so beautiful that the Saintess could not get enough of it day after day, year after year.
Not far away.
There was another person standing there.
It was also a woman.
However, this woman looked very tall and powerful. She was like a mountain and had an imposing aura.
Almost everyone who was familiar with the Saintess knew that she had a follower by her side.
This follower's name was only two words, Qian Shan.
No one knew what kind of existence Qian Shan was. They only knew that her body was as hard as a rock and she was very strong. She could topple mountains and overturn seas.
Even those Great Dao Star Monarchs and Great Dao Sovereigns had to respectfully greet Qian Shan as Senior when they saw her.
Perhaps this had something to do with the Saintess, but everyone knew that Qian Shan was definitely qualified.
She looked at Su 'Er, who was standing by the lake, and then looked at the sunset. She shook her head and sighed. She wanted to say something, but when the words reached her mouth, she didn't speak. After a long time, when the sun had completely set and the sunset had disappeared, she finally spoke.
"Your Highness, there's something that I don't know if I should say."
Su 'Er did not turn around and continued to look at him as she softly replied, "What is it? Tell me."
"Your Highness clearly knows that Emperor You has come back to life, so why don't you go and find him?"
Actually.
Qian Shan had been holding this question in his heart for a long time.
Ever since she found out that Emperor You was still alive, she had been wanting to ask.
She didn't understand.
He didn't understand why Her Majesty was so indifferent even though she had been looking for Emperor You and had been waiting for him to return. Now that Emperor You had really returned, why was Her Majesty so indifferent? Not only was she indifferent, Qian Shan realized that ever since Emperor You had come back to life, Her Majesty's face didn't have a single trace of happiness or excitement. Instead … her face was filled with worry every day.
After a long time.
Su 'Er opened her mouth and said, "I … don't know if I should go and see him."
Should she see him?
Qian Shan didn't understand and asked again, "Your Highness doesn't want to see him?"
"I don't know if I want to see him either."
Su 'Er's voice sounded. Qian Shan was even more confused as he asked, "If Your Highness doesn't even know if you want to see him, then why have you been searching for him for so many years and waiting for him to return?"
"That's right …"
Su 'Er's incomparably clear and pure eyes looked at the gradually disappearing joke as a trace of hesitation flashed across them. She murmured, "All these years, I've been searching for him for so long and waiting for him to return. Just why … could it be that it's because of an obsession in my heart?"
"Obsession?" Qian Shan furrowed his brows and asked, "Hasn't Your Highness always loved him?"
"Do I … adore him …?"
Su 'Er shook her head slightly and murmured, "I don't know."
"I don't know where this obsession in my heart comes from. Whether it's karma or fate … or whether it's because of this obsession in my heart."
The more Qian Shan listened, the more confused he became. He had no idea what Su 'Er was talking about.
She didn't understand either. How could love suddenly become an obsession in her heart?
Su 'Er just stood there silently, the confusion in her clear and pure eyes becoming more and more intense as she muttered, "What are you going to do?
"Is he still him? Is he still the same person as before? Maybe, maybe not. I don't know. "
"I don't even know if I'm still the same person as before. Maybe, maybe not. I don't know either."
"I've lost myself … I've lost myself in this obsession of love. I've also lost myself in whether he's still the same person as before and whether I'm still the same person as before …"
Qian Shan, who was standing not far away, couldn't completely understand what Su 'Er was saying. However, he could more or less guess. He said, "Your Highness, are you worried that Emperor You is no longer the same Emperor You, but … the Emperor You who has already been ruled by the original sin?"
"Is that important?"
Su 'Er shook her head in denial. "No, it's not important."
"Why?"
"Because I've already lost myself in karma …"
"Your Highness, didn't you already transcend yourself a while ago?"
"It's because I transcended myself … that I … lost myself."
Lost herself because she transcended herself?
Didn't she transcend herself because she lost herself?
Why was it the other way around?
Qian Shan couldn't understand what she meant no matter how hard he tried.
"Everything is illusory," Su 'Er continued.
"There's no other shore or end to karma. The so-called shore is just a fetter. The so-called end is just an illusion."
As she spoke, Su 'Er closed her eyes again. It was as if she was feeling the dusk here. She murmured, "This obsession has really troubled me for a very, very long time … how can I resolve it? How can I transcend?"
There was a long silence.
Su 'Er didn't speak again.
She just closed her eyes.
Until dusk disappeared and darkness descended.
Only then did Su 'Er slowly open her eyes. She shook her head and sighed softly. Looking at the phoenix soaring in the sky and the red-crowned crane circling the mountain peak, a faint smile appeared on Su' Er's holy and pure beautiful face. She said, "If there's a next life, I really, really want to be a bird and fly freely in the sky."
Then.
She looked up at the sky again as disgust flashed in her eyes. She said, "This damned karma, this damned fate. I'm so annoyed …"
Standing not far away, hearing Su 'Er curse karma and fate, Qian Shan couldn't help but be startled. He pursed his lips but didn't say anything.
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