Chapter 443: Seeing the Moon Noble Consort: The Secret of Luo'er's Rebirth!

Li Qingluo was completely dumbfounded.

If she were the Moon Noble Consort, she would be Duan Rongshi's birth mother, Zong Zheng Qingyue.

Where exactly am I now?

She looked around and found that everything was filled with birdsong and floral fragrance, beautiful scenery everywhere, not unlike a mortal realm fairyland.

She was lying on the grass, having awakened beneath a tree.

Zong Zheng Qingyue sat beside her.

Seeing her awaken, Zong Zheng Qingyue gently stroked her head and said, "Silly child, you have suffered."

In an instant, a strange memory surged into Li Qingluo's mind like a tide...

It turns out that after death, souls immediately follow the guiding fireflies to leave the mortal world and enter the path to the Netherworld.

Li Qingluo, however, did not immediately reincarnate after freezing to death in that little cabin.

Instead, she first arrived in the Netherworld.

But the Netherworld is also divided into upper, middle, and lower realms.

All mortal souls first enter the lower realm, walking the Yellow Spring Road, passing through the Ghost Gate, and crossing the Bridge of Helplessness.

Finally, they line up to enter the Netherworld Court, where the Judges pass judgment.

And all wicked ghosts who committed evil deeds in life will enter the Eighteen Levels of Hell to begin the path of atonement.

Li Qingluo, having died tragically and never committed any wrongdoing, lightly followed the guide to the middle realm.

The Netherworld Court offered her a choice: continue into the six paths of reincarnation, or remain in the Netherworld.

Li Qingluo had had enough of the suffering of the mortal world, so she no longer wished to be human and thus stayed.

But she had not yet grown accustomed to her new life in the Netherworld when Zong Zheng Qingyue promptly found her.

Li Qingluo was brought to the upper realm, where she saw this peerless beauty.

Her beautiful and compassionate visage was exactly like that of a goddess.

Her nature was gentle and kind.

Her bearing was pure and noble.

She ought to be seated high upon a divine altar, not lingering here in the Netherworld.

Even though her dwelling is already a fairyland within the Netherworld, it stands in stark contrast to the surrounding darkness and gloom.

"Are you Li Qingluo?"

Zong Zheng Qingyue was delighted to see her.

"Wonderful."

"I have finally waited for your arrival."

Li Qingluo: …?

"Have you finally waited for her to die?"

Zong Zheng Qingyue spoke in a gentle voice: "Sorry, I have indeed been waiting for you to die."

"Only in this way can I meet you."

Li Qingluo wondered: "But why do you wish to see me?"

"We don't seem to know each other."

Zong Zheng Qingyue: "It doesn't matter; let us get to know each other from now on."

"I am Zong Zheng Qingyue, a female ghost who has been dead for sixteen years."

"I am also your senior; you may call me Sister Qingyue."

Her warm and easygoing manner left Li Qingluo feeling flattered.

For those sixteen years of her life, no one had ever spoken to her so kindly and gently.

Zong Zheng Qingyue was the first.

Li Qingluo: "But why… have you been waiting for me?"

Zong Zheng Qingyue took her hand and led her into her own palace.

"No rush; listen as I slowly explain."

From then on, Li Qingluo resided in the upper realm.

She gradually learned that, in life, Zong Zheng Qingyue had been a Noble Consort of the DaLiang emperor and also the Eldest Princess of Da Chu.

Her noble status brought blessings to the peoples of both states; after death she received boundless merit and incense, making her now the second-highest figure in the Netherworld, after only the King of Hell.

Her abode, too, differs greatly from other places in the Netherworld because of her abundant merit.

Zong Zheng Qingyue also did not beat around the bush; once Li Qingluo understood who she was, she revealed the truth: "Only you can change the fate of my imperial son."

Li Qingluo stared in shock: "Me?"

"Your imperial son is none other than the Yanluo Killing God, Prince Su, Your Highness?"

"Could there be some misunderstanding?"

"I have never met him, and now that I am dead, I am an obscure nobody who can do nothing—how could I alter his destiny?"

Zong Zheng Qingyue: "Luo'er, hear me out."

"After my death, thanks to a fortunate opportunity, I have been receiving endless incense and sincere devotion, so in this Netherworld office I no longer need to be subject to the King of Hell like an ordinary female ghost."

"One could say I have transcended the identity of a mere female ghost."

"If willing, I could already leave the Netherworld for a higher realm; however, because I still harbor regrets and unresolved knots, I have not yet taken that final step."

"Luo'er, do you understand what I mean?"

Li Qingluo nodded.

She did not know why, but as Zong Zheng Qingyue spoke leisurely, her mind became crystal clear.

「You mean, if I can resolve your lifelong knots and regrets from your life, you can let go of all past worldly affairs and ascend to heaven to become an immortal. 」

「I wonder if Luo'er has said something wrong? 」

Zongzheng Qingyue praised her: "You are very smart."

「It's just a pity, everyone in the Li family is blind. They just keep trampling on your sincere heart. 」

「Luo'er, they are not worthy of you. 」

She gently and affectionately stroked Li Qingluo's head, as if caressing her own child.

Although she looks only not even ten years older than Li Qingluo.

Li Qingluo stared blankly at her, and her eyes turned red.

Before her death, she was filled with resentment, but she never expected that after her death, someone would still feel wronged on her behalf.

And this person turned out to be a noble princess and consort.

Zongzheng Qingyue patted Li Qingluo and then continued: "Because of my special nature, even in this netherworld there will be many talented people who want to curry favor with me."

「As early as ten years ago, because I was worried about Xiao Wu, I had a highly skilled Daoist calculate Xiao Wu's fate. 」

「Widowed, orphaned, lonely, and disastrous— a lonely star of calamity. 」

「Moreover, because of the heavy karma of killing, they cannot die a peaceful death; they won't even live to the age of thirty and will die young. 」

「I have checked Xiao Wu's register of life and death, and that Daoist did not lie. 」

「My imperial son can only live to twenty-nine. He will suffer from incurable bodily ailments and be tortured to death. 」

Li Qingluo listened quietly.

Although I still don't understand what these have to do with a dead female ghost like myself?

But she still behaved obediently, not interrupting, and continued to listen.

Zongzheng Qingyue: "I want to change Xiao Wu's fate."

「So I spent another five years seeking throughout the netherworld before obtaining a result. 」

「Xiao Wu was originally destined to have a predestined marriage. 」

「Because a soul from another world disrupted the spatiotemporal order of the three realms, many things have gone wrong in succession. 」

「This includes the deviation of Xiao Wu's marriage star, causing its orbit to diverge from his. 」

「In other words, the person destined for Xiao Wu is fated never to meet him in this life, let alone fall in love. 」

「If he could find that marriage star, perhaps he could break the fate of the lonely star of calamity, and thus would not die young again. 」

Li Qingluo: "I see... but I still don't understand how I can help Prince Su, Your Highness."

「I am merely a female ghost, and also someone raised in the mountains and wilderness... 」

Zongzheng Qingyue: "Luo'er, why do you underestimate yourself? Wasn't the founding empress of DaLiang also from a rural background?"

「Luo'er, growing up in the countryside doesn't make you any shorter than others. 」

「Moreover, your suffering is not something you were born to deserve, but a disaster imposed upon you by evil people. 」

「You dare to contend with your fate once more? 」

Li Qingluo: "How to contend?"

Zongzheng Qingyue: "If I could send you back to the past, letting you restart and choose your life's path, perhaps you could change everything."

Li Qingluo widened her eyes in shock.

「Me? Why me? 」

Zongzheng Qingyue: "Because of your fate."

「Your beauty faded early, but your fate star is cracked and broken. 」

「I don't know why this is, but those talented individuals have all examined it and say only you can change my imperial son's fate. 」

「Even in the register of life and death, only your name flickers, never settling. 」

Li Qingluo, if not in the netherworld, could not believe such a heavenly book.

She took a while to fully accept this.

The resentment still lingering in her heart also gradually rose.

If life could be restarted, wouldn't she also be able to take revenge?

「But how can I return to the past? 」

Seeing her moved, Zongzheng Qingyue immediately excitedly grasped her hands: "I will help you."

「With my merit and incense, I can let you be reborn into the past. 」

「You can rewrite your own fate register, and even... take revenge on everyone who has harmed you! 」

「Luo'er, are you willing? 」

Since this is an opportunity that can be encountered but not sought, why couldn't she?

Li Qingluo nodded heavily: "Okay, I am willing."

However, when Zongzheng Qingyue sent Li Qingluo back to the past, she sealed this memory of the netherworld.

So when she opened her eyes, she still thought she had just died and been reborn.

She was reborn at the moment when her resentment was sky-high, having just frozen to death in that shabby hut, and seeing Li Qingzhu return to the mansion, full of resentment upon learning the truth.

Upon returning to the netherworld again, Li Qingluo felt as if she had been separated from the world.

And for Zongzheng Qingyue, it had only been a few months.

However long Li Qingluo lived longer in the mortal world than in her previous life, that much time also flowed away in the netherworld.

Li Qingluo recalled everything, recalling that her return to the past was not only for her own revenge, but also to change Duan Rongshi's fate.

It turned out that her rebirth... had always been for him.

Thinking that she had known Zongzheng Qingyue from early on, Li Qingluo couldn't help but become excited: "Senior Sister Qingyue, what on earth is going on?"

Why did I suddenly faint and return to the underworld?

Could it be that, after being given a second life... I still died early?

Also, has A Shi's register of life and death undergone any change?