De Gui Jun completely collapsed, holding Ye Zhizhou while despairing, 'Why is it like this? If you really get married, wouldn't your gender... And why is it to the guoshi... Karma, this is Karma. Back then I shouldn't have listened to Sha Yue Guoshi and raised you as a daughter..."

Ye Zhizhou, who was currently guessing the identity of his lover, was shocked back to attention. He was surprised and asked, "Father, you had me pretend to be a girl because you believed Sha Yue Guoshi's words?"

"It's all because you father was too naive back then," De Gui Jun took him into his arms and wept, "After I became pregnant with you, I went to Ming Yue Palace to ask Sha Yue Guoshi to do a divination for you. The divination results were 'greatly inauspicious' and said that the fetus could not be kept. But how could I accept this? I angrily refused the guoshi's proposal to help me abort you and went back to De Lan Palace and began to care for you with trepidation. At that time, I thought, 'So what if you were greatly inauspicious, even if giving birth to you would cost my life, so be it."

(inauspicious: not conducive to success; unpromising)

When Ye Zhizhou heard this, he frowned fiercely and quickly sent out his spiritual power to comfort De Gui Jun. He then drew a large Z mark on Sha Yue on his mind! The time when De Gui Jun was pregnant with the original host happened to be shortly after Sha Yue had given birth to the protagonist. The divination results were greatly inauspicious? It was more like Sha Yue's jealous heart was greatly inauspicious.

"Then afterwards, why did father raise me as a daughter?"

De Gui Jun's mood calmed down a little under his pacification. He released Ye Zhizhou, wiped a tear, and said, "Saying it is a little unbelievable. I always had accidents when I was pregnant with you. I almost lost you several times. I was startled and scared everyday. Instead of becoming fat, I became thin. Later, your grandfather sent a dependable eunuch and the situation became slightly better. With great difficulty, I managed to carry you to term, and as a result, the moment you were born, that eunuch died! Yan'er, I was afraid. The people around me were all saying that the eunuch had blocked the disaster for you. They also said that the first time was blocked, but the second time wouldn't be... Later... Later, Sha Yue Guoshi came and gave you another divination. He said you should've been a girl, but you were born in the wrong body. so you still carried resentment and had to be raised as a daughter. Otherwise, you would bring harm to the family."

Ye Zhizhou's expression could already be described with the words "pitch black". This Sha Yue really could talk nonsense! He was afraid that Sha Yue was the one behind all the accidents and the eunuch's death when De Gui Jun was pregnant. If De Gui Jun gave birth to a daughter, would Sha Yue have deceived him to raise the daughter as a son? In any case, falsifying the imperial family gender registry was a huge crime. Once it was exposed, De Gui Jun, his child, and his relatives would all be finished!

"Yan'er, I gave birth to you. I'm perfectly willing to die for you, but I still have my parents, my two younger sisters, an-and the Emperor... I can't be so selfish, so..." As De Gui Jun talked, his eyes became red again. "You were fine when you were young. Boys and girls all looked the same, and as long as you grew up happily it was fine. But now that you grew up, you should marry, study, and enter the court, gaining, gaining that final position. I really regret it. I also thought it through. What guoshi, what divination, they're all nonsense! Later, I found an eminent monk to check your eight characters. The other said that you should've had the fate of a rich and honorable life. But as a result, because i changed you gender, it became the fate of dying young.. Yan'er, I wronged you. The eminent monk was right. I hurt you. I didn't think properly. It all my fault..."

The eminent monk was a little powerful, ah. The original host really did die young... He comfortingly hugged De Gui Jun and said in a warm voice, "Father, it's ok. You also said that divination is deceptive, so the eight characters that the eminent monk saw may not be necessarily accurate. Isn't it just mother emperor wanting me to marry the guoshi? I will marry him. Maybe the guoshi really does love me and doesn't care about my gender." If he dared to, he would immediately castrate him!

"How can things be as simple as you think." De Gui Jun was still worried, but he gradually found his rationality. "Now that imperial edict has been issued and De Lan Palace has been surrounded, your emperor mother seems determined to marry you to the guoshi. I just don't know what the guoshi is thinking and how the marriage was decided... Don't be afraid, Yan'er. I'll go write to your aunts at once and see if they have any ideas."

"No." Ye Zhizhou hastily pulled him to persuade him, "Emperor mother's mind is unpredictable. It's better no to involve aunties for the time being. The marriage is between me and the guoshi, Don't worry, father. I'll go and have a talk with the guoshi. Maybe there's a way to redeem this situation." If he guoshi was his lover, then things would be to everyone's delight and satisfaction. If not, he had some ways to get the other party to rescind the marriage!

De Gui Jun was a bit hesitant. "You, you want to go see that monster?"

"Don't worry, father. It's ok." Ye Zhizhou quickly mobilized his spiritual power to coax him. after coaxing out the other party's consent, he worried out of his ow yard, straightened out his clothes, and walked towards the entrance.

When the priest outside saw him coming out, they all turned their heads to look at him, staring straight at him with faintly shining eyes. Ye Zhizhou's small heart trembled under their gaze and his bullshitting character arose. He raised his head and said indifferently, "Let your guoshi come out. I have something I want to talk to him about."

The priests all turned their heads and motioned to a small bamboo grove not far from the palace.

Ye Zhizhou frowned and said, "Sha Yuang Guoshi is over there? He was watching from outside the palace all along?"

The priests tool back their hands and bowed their heads, silent as if they were just pillars guarding a gate.

"..." No doubt about it. Looking at his behavior, that Sha Yang had to be his lover... Everything was fine. He rubbed his face, looked down at the women's clothes on his body, and walked toward the bamboo forest with a mentality of "Only everyone's terror is real terror."

About three minutes later, he arrived at a small pavilion deep in the bamboo forest. In the pavilion, with his back to him, sat a tall man with white robes and long hair, and outside the pavilion stood a bright and handsome young boy.

The young boy bowed down to Ye Zhizhou and saluted him. He then moved aside and gestured for him to enter. Although his words and expression still carried a trace of childishness, it could no hide his charm.

Ye Zhizhou looked at him carefully and quickly recognized his identity-- Male lead number one, Rong Guangyan. All of a sudden, he understood why the original host secretly fell in love with this 14-year-old boy. This boy, raised to be like an immortal by the Moon Palace, was really eye-catching. But was this Rong Guangyan blind? He actually fell in love at first sight with that skirt-chasing protagonist, lost his heart to her the second time, and was dead set on her by the third time...

"He's good-looking?"

The clear and light voice was like spring water flowing out of a deep mountain. Ye Zhizhou felt his ears becoming numb and his heart jolting at this familiar tone. He turned his head to look at the tall man whose back was still facing him. He could not help grinning and revealed a smile before sending out his spiritual strength. "The people raised by Ming Yue Palace are naturally good-looking." He thought he could quickly feel the familiar spiritual power, but he felt nothing. The smile on his face stiffened and he frowned. It shouldn't be like this, ah. The spiritual power of his lover was very strong in his last life, so it was impossible that he did not awaken in this life... Did he make a mistake?

His heart jumped and he quickly stepped forward, walking around to face the man. His spiritual power once again advanced towards the man, unwilling to give up. However, he didn't expect that his spiritual power would be blocked by an invisible barrier when it got close to the other's brain. It could only rotate outside, unable to advance.

The immortal-like beautiful man who gave off a cold aura put down the book in his hand, looked up a him and indifferently with emotionless eyes, and asked, "You're Leng Yan?"

This reaction was not right! The spiritual strength situation was even more wrong! Although the other side was good-looking, what wasn't right right was just not right!

The Smile on Ye Zhizhou's face disappeared completely. He frowned and looked at him carefully. He asked, "Are you Sha Yang?" This Sha Yang looked 70 to 80 percent similar to the protagonist... Thinking of this, he couldn't help but take a look at Rong Guangyan again, and a guess appeared in his mind... What if the reason Rong Guangyan fell in love with the protagonist at first sight was because she looked like Sha Yang, so Rong Guangyan might actually be secretly in love with Sha Yang?

"You keep looking at Guangyan... Is he good-looking?" Sha Yang's gaze moved, and he tilted his head thoughtlessly, revealing his perfect side view and his half-covered collarbone.

Ye Zhizhou was stunned at first, then glanced at his handsome side view and perfect collarbone before rolling his eyes and looking him with dead, fish-like eyes. "yes, he's very good looking. I like this ind of fresh and young grass; I don't like to gnaw on old grass." As he said this, he sent his spiritual power towards Rong Guangyan who had been standing outside the pavilion since the beggining.

Sha Yang's face finally showed some emotion. He frowned coldly and shouted, "Leng Yan!"

The familiar spiritual force came rolling over. He snorted coldly. He had already prepared for this, so he stopped the spiritual power and returned it. He then fiercely knocked against it before tightly wrapping his own spiritual power around it. As he did this, he also physically rushed towards Sha Yang, sat on him, raised his hand, and pinched his neck! "Pretending! You keep pretending! You don't want to live with me anymore, right? Ok, I'll grant your wish for you. The marriage will be cancelled. Let's break up!"

Rong Guangyan who was standing outside the pavilion widened his eyes when he heard this.

Sha Yang's body stiffened for a moment, the quickly relaxed and tightly hugged Ye Zhizhou. His gaze was full of a complicated emotion that changed a few times, and then he sighed. "I'm sorry... Xiao Zhou." In fact, when he couldn't hold back from following the other into this world, he had already lost. Now these pretentious disguises were just to deceive himself... They shared ten worlds of entanglement, even if the him in every world was incomplete... He couldn't help tightening his hand, and a dark light flashed through his eyes. All those soul fragments had already set their minds on this person, so in that case, he would entangle this person to the end.

The bastard really remembered him! Ye Zhizhou was angrier and pinched him even harder, saying, "You actually dare to refuse to see me. What, since you have your memories, you don't need me to help you cultivate your spiritual strength, and so you want to leave me? White-eyed wolf! Devoid of gratitude! Fickle and ungrateful!"

"I'm sorry." Sha Yang patted his back comfortingly. He moved his handsome face closer to him and said in a low tone, "I was just... Forget it, Xiao Zhou, do you want to leave this world?"

Ye Zhizhou stared at him blankly, and his heart started beating faster. He loosened his grip and asked carefully, "You, why are you asking?"

"It has been ten worlds already." Sha Yang raised his hand to touch his hair, eyes filled with an emotion that Ye Zhizhou could not understand. "Xiao Zhou, are you not tired? I can help free you from this endless cycle. So what if the world is destroyed. What does it have to do with you? I can protect you life, so there's no need to rely on someone else. If you want, I can offer you everything in these three thousand small worlds, so leave with me, ok?"

"You..." Ye Zhizhou couldn't help but step back a little, and after holding it in for so long, he finally uttered a trembling question from his throat, "Yun Ke?"

Sha Yang pulled him back into his embrace and and nodded his head, replying, "Xiao Yang."

"Ouyang Chun?"

"Xiao Cheng."

"Yan Mongyong? Zhong Qiu? Qin Mo? Ji Huai..."

"They're all me. I remember it all." Sha Yang interrupted his words, touched his eyes, and said, "Xiao Zhou, thank you. I love you." Before seeing this person, the memory of those ten worlds seemed to just be a story that happened to someone else. But after seeing this person, those deeply buried memories and feelings suddenly became vivid. They seemed to be cheering, shouting, and calling for the response of their loved one. The finally completed soul felt like it was missing a piece, and only by staying by the other's side could it feel complete.

Ye Zhizhou's hand twitched nervously. Then he lifted it up and squeezed his face. His voice was shaking and he was very excited. Maybe it was because the original host's tear ducts were too developed, that he unexpectedly started crying without stopping as he said, "You really remember everything? Bastard, of course you love me. If you don't love me, I'll beat you to death."

Sha Yang's gaze became tender, his heart softening. He couldn't help but move closer and kissed his eyes. "i'm sorry, I made you work so hard in every world."

"So you know that I worked hard, but you kept being domineering and jealous. sometimes I was in a hurry to do the mission, but you still made trouble..." Ye Zhizhou pushed him away, ruining the romantic atmosphere. He lifted his hand and wiped away his tears. With a hard expression he said, "I don't even know you real name. Tell me what your name is!"

"Dongfang Shu." Sha Yang persistently moved in to kiss him, his hand slowly rose to hold the back of Ye Zhizhou's head. "Don't be afraid, you'll be free soon."

Ye Zhizhou was kissed to the point of embarrassment and confusion by him, and he asked vaguely, "What freedom? What are you saying..."

[Warning! Warning! Detected fluctuations of Host's soul!]

A golden light suddenly appeared around his body, and his consciousness suddenly became hazy. His heart tightened and he said, "What have you done? I- I feel a little uncomfortable.."

"Bear with it. It'll be over soon." Sha Yang held his hand, slowly touching the space on his wrist. "How can my person have someone else's things on them? You can only be mine."

[The fluctuations of the host's soul are too violent. The protection mechanism has been activated.]

A milky white barrier suddenly appeared out thin air, blocking the golden light. Ye Zhizhou only felt that his body became both light and heavy, and his head started to throb violently. He quickly drew back his hand and held Sha Yang down, trying hard to ignore his body's discomfort as he said, "What kind of vinegar did you eat this time... Calm down for me; don't mess around!"

"Not messing around, I'm helping you." Sha Yang once again grabbed his wrists that held the space.

"Sha Yang!"

His wrist was grabbed and his body started to feel uncomfortable again. The system prompt constantly popped up, and he was both anxious and angry so he finally couldn't help but roar, "Dongfang Shu! Are you an idiot! Is there something wrong with you brain! What's wrong with me saving myself with my own efforts! If you dare send my soul away, I'll cheat on you with Tongtian!"

Sha Yang's hand stiffened, and his grip on Ye Zhizhou's wrist tightened. The milky white barrier shook, before suddenly breaking and disappearing.

"Ho- host..." a tender voice sounded feebly and very pitifully, "I- I'm still young, so please let me go..."

Ye Zhizhou: "!!!"

I'm really sorry for the late update QAQ

Virtual classes started and I just... died. Anyways, thank you for your patience, and for reading! There are two other chapters already, but I fell behind. Feel free to read them (novelupdates of course)! I'll be posting them here some other day... too many words, sorry. I apologize for any misspelled words.

Stay safe!