Chapter 1016: A New Turn of Events

Wang Jianqiang held the soft jade in his arms, a fragrance like that of flowers lingering at the tip of his nose.

He rested his palm on Chen Jiaojiao's slender waist and patted it lightly.

Chen Jiaojiao understood his intent and broke free from Wang Jianqiang's embrace.

She stood obediently by Wang Jianqiang's side.

At this moment, there was not a shred of the dignity of a powerhouse left in her; she looked more like an obedient handmaiden.

Wang Jianqiang looked at Chen Jiaojiao, "Come with me, I have some things I want to ask you."

After saying this, he turned and left the great hall.

Not long after.

Wang Jianqiang brought Chen Jiaojiao back to his residence.

He walked straight to a chair and sat down.

He looked up, his expression froze, and his eyes widened slightly.

"Jiaojiao, where is your Dharma Robe?"

Chen Jiaojiao was stunned, "Uncle Wang, weren't you wanting to..."

Wang Jianqiang rolled his eyes, "I brought you back because I truly want to discuss matters."

"Oh."

A flash of disappointment crossed Chen Jiaojiao's eyes, and she was just about to manifest her Dharma Robe.

Wang Jianqiang suddenly gave a dry cough, "Although I, your Uncle Wang, didn't intend to, since you are so eager, then I shall indulge you."

"Who else would dote on you as much as I do?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Jiaojiao blushed and nodded, "Thank you, Uncle Wang."

Twenty days later.

Wang Jianqiang leaned comfortably in a chair, while Chen Jiaojiao stood obediently behind him, gently massaging his shoulders.

Wang Jianqiang smiled, "Jiaojiao, I have already told you, you are not my handmaiden, you don't need to do these things."

Chen Jiaojiao shook her head and continued to massage him.

Wang Jianqiang shook his head, stopped trying to persuade her, and changed the subject, "What is going on with your appearance? I can feel that your Soul and physical body are perfectly compatible; it does not seem to have come about through Possession."

"And how did your cultivation level improve? This speed of improvement is simply too fast."

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's inquiry, Chen Jiaojiao did not hold anything back and told him everything.

Back in the Cold Pool Secret Realm, not long after she was severely injured, she encountered a native Secret Realm Creature of the Cold Pool Secret Realm.

She was unable to resist and could only flee for her life.

During her escape, she inexplicably felt a summons deep within her heart.

She could not resist it and instinctively followed this summons, fleeing to the edge of a cliff.

With the Cold Pool Secret Realm Creature pursuing her from behind, she had nowhere left to retreat and could only jump down.

At the bottom of the cliff was a vast sea of magma.

Originally, she thought she was surely going to die.

But after falling into the magma sea, she was astonished to find that the scorching magma did not cause her any harm.

After entering the magma sea, the sense of summons in her heart became even more intense.

Following the summons in her heart, she found a giant Fire Lotus within the magma sea.

Instinctively, she entered the Fire Lotus and began to cultivate.

During this period, the power within the magma sea continuously poured into her body, as if it had been her power all along.

Her cultivation level soared rapidly.

At the same time, some fragmented memories kept appearing in her mind.

As these memories continued to surface, she gradually understood.

These memories were all her experiences; to be precise, they were the experiences of her past life.

In her past life, she was known as Phoenix Fairy and was a top powerhouse of this world during the ancient times.

Phoenix Fairy possessed the bloodline of the Phoenix and had the ability to be reborn through fire.

After encountering an irresistible, powerful enemy, she was killed several times.

Rebirth through fire was not infinite.

Moreover, each time was more difficult than the last.

After being killed for the fifth time, her rebirth through fire finally encountered a problem.

She could not be resurrected again.

But Phoenix Fairy was gifted with peerless talent and managed to find a glimmer of survival from the desperate situation.

She first tried every possible way to preserve a strand of her Residual Soul, and later saved her own power and memories.

She wanted to wait until that strand of Residual Soul incarnated into a human, then rely on the connection with her power to regain her strength and memories, completing her resurrection.

It was just a pity.

Her luck was a bit poor; it was not until ten thousand years later that her strand of Residual Soul, by a stroke of coincidence, entered the body of a pregnant woman.

With such a long time passing, the true spirit belonging to her within that Residual Soul had long since been worn away, turning into a new life that shared the same origin as Phoenix Fairy.

In the end, the Residual Soul was reborn through the infant in the pregnant woman's body.

But it had already completely become an independent individual.

Chen Jiaojiao was derived from Phoenix Fairy's Residual Soul and shared the same origin as Phoenix Fairy, so naturally, she could absorb the power Phoenix Fairy had left behind.

This was also the reason why her cultivation level could break through so quickly.

Because she was not cultivating, but inheriting.

Inheriting the power of her past life.

But because she had already become an independent individual, although the memories of Phoenix Fairy had merged with her, to her, it was more like watching someone else's life.

Although this life was familiar, it could no longer stir her emotions, much less awaken the personality of Phoenix Fairy.

In other words, the power left behind by Phoenix Fairy had achieved Chen Jiaojiao.

Allowing her to complete a rebirth.

And her original personality had already completely disappeared.

……

"So that's how it is~"

After hearing Chen Jiaojiao's account, Wang Jianqiang revealed a look of sudden realization.

At the same time, he could not help but feel a wave of astonishment in his heart.

If she had not guessed wrong, that powerful enemy who had slain Phoenix Fairy must have been Xiaobai, right?

She wondered what kind of reaction Jiaojiao would have upon seeing Xiaobai.

Immediately after, he secretly shook his head in his heart.

Jiaojiao is Jiaojiao, no longer Phoenix Fairy; she probably wouldn't have much of a reaction even if she saw Xiaobai.

Following that, a trace of doubt appeared on her face.

"If, according to what you said before, you inherited the power of Phoenix Fairy, shouldn't you have reached the Great Vehicle Stage?"

Chen Jiaojiao nodded gently, "It should have been that way, but midway through my cultivation, I suddenly sensed that Uncle Wang was in danger, so I came out of seclusion early and failed to inherit all of Phoenix Fairy's power."

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianqiang suddenly thought of the time he was hunted by the Covering Heaven Great Hand.

He nodded in realization.

He could not help but feel a bit ashamed in his heart.

If it weren't for him, Jiaojiao would likely have already reached the Great Vehicle Stage.

Chen Jiaojiao seemed to see the guilt in Wang Jianqiang's expression, shook her head, and said softly, "Uncle Wang need not feel guilty; although I did not complete the inheritance of power, the part of the power that wasn't inherited did not disappear."

"It just needs to be slowly refined; it cannot be directly integrated into the body as before."

"After refining those powers, I can still reach the Great Vehicle Stage."

Wang Jianqiang nodded, and the guilt in his heart dissipated quite a bit.

Boom~

Just at this moment.

The entire Gentleman Alliance seemed to be experiencing an earthquake, trembling violently.

Wang Jianqiang and Chen Jiaojiao both frowned at the same time.

Their figures flashed, and they arrived above the Gentleman Alliance.

They then discovered that it was not just the area where the Gentleman Alliance was located; looking out, this boundless Northern Territory land was actually trembling violently.

"The source of the great earthquake seems to be the location of the former Luoxue Mountain!"

Chen Jiaojiao looked into the distance, her brows slowly knitting together.

"Luoxue Mountain?"

Wang Jianqiang was stunned, "Is the Boundary Wall Node located beneath the earth near Luoxue Mountain?"

He vaguely remembered that when he was attacked across the boundary by the Supreme Elder of the Xuanming Dao Sect, he had escaped all the way from the underground space where the Boundary Wall Node was located, and the spot where he appeared on the surface was very close to the snowy mountain.

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's reminder, Chen Jiaojiao immediately reacted, her expression changing, "Oh no, something must have happened at the Boundary Wall Node!"