Reincarnated as a Mosquito, the School Beauty I Sucked to Tears is a Reborn Empress

”You should know of the Map of Mountains and Rivers, right?”

”This map is a supreme treasure of Nüwa. Legend says that she used it to seal all twelve Witch Ancestors before killing every last one of them.”

”And this palace, which the descendants of the Witch Race call the Ancestral Hall, is a fragment from that very Map of Mountains and Rivers. The one it vanquished was precisely Zhu Jiuyin, the one among the twelve Witch Ancestors who commanded the Time Law.”

”Later, the Map of Mountains and Rivers shattered. This fragment, carrying the Ancestral Hall, drifted through the void and gradually evolved into its own pocket dimension.”

”The remnant will of that Time Witch Ancestor had long since merged with the Origin of this pocket dimension, becoming the core of this world, hidden deep within the Ancestral Hall.”

”Ten thousand years ago, by a stroke of fate, I stumbled into this place. I received the Time Witch Ancestor’s legacy and also obtained the Time Trace Hourglass.”

”I entered seclusion here to comprehend the Witch Ancestor’s Power. Using its Origin, I condensed and formed those twelve Witch Ancestor statues. At my peak, every single one of them possessed the combat power of the Divine Realm.”

”Later, the descendants of the Witch Race also found this place. Sensing the Witch Ancestor’s aura, they mistook this for their ancestral land.”

”They confronted me, called me a thief, and even tried to attack me... I couldn’t be bothered to explain, so I casually placed a curse on them in retaliation, then took the Time Trace Hourglass and the twelve stone statues and left.”

”From then on, the goal of those Witch Race People was to find me, make me lift the curse, and take back the Time Trace Hourglass.”

”Perhaps as the story was passed down through generations, it twisted into the saying ’the Time Trace Hourglass can lift the curse’... In reality, that’s just nonsense. My curse wasn’t even lethal; anyone in the Divine Realm could easily dispel it...”

Chu Sheng finally understood.

’So that’s how it was!’

’No wonder the so-called core of the Witch Race’s Ancestral Hall could activate the Time Trace Hourglass and so easily tame those twelve stone statues.’

’It turns out they came from the same source!’

These mysteries that had plagued him for so long were finally solved.

But he had even more questions.

For example, what was the Divine Revelation Era from a million years ago? And what about the Ancient Times before that? What great war happened ten thousand years ago? And what exactly was the relationship between the Spirit Realm and Blue Star...

However, Immortal Venerable Shi Xi interrupted him again.

”There’s no point in you knowing too much right now.”

”In any case, I will help you rescue Gu Yuexi. She is my reincarnated soul, after all. I have to save her.”

”However, I have one condition.”

Chu Sheng was taken aback. ”A condition? Is this a deal?”

”You could call it that,” Immortal Venerable Shi Xi nodded.

”I can tell you how to advance to the Divine Realm on the current Blue Star.”

”I can also help you reach the Divine Realm, step by step, and tell you the correct way to travel to the Spirit Realm.”

”But my condition is...”

”When the Human Race faces a crisis of annihilation, you... must help the Human Race once.”

Chu Sheng thought about it. The condition wasn’t excessive.

Just now, the Great Xia officials had saved his life. He was already thinking about how to repay this favor.

”Alright.”

Chu Sheng agreed right away, without the slightest hesitation.

”Good.”

On Immortal Venerable Shi Xi’s face, so strikingly similar to Gu Yuexi’s, a satisfied smile finally appeared.

For a moment, Chu Sheng almost thought his Little Empress had returned...

However, Immortal Venerable Shi Xi’s smile was fleeting. She looked at Chu Sheng and continued to speak calmly:

”Very good.”

”Though you are a Demon Beast, you possess a sense of righteousness. In that regard, you are far better than many from the Human Race.”

”Since we’ve reached an agreement, I naturally won’t let you get the short end of the stick.”

Her gaze carefully swept over Chu Sheng’s mosquito body. Those eyes, which seemed capable of piercing through ages of time and space, appeared to be analyzing every inch of Chu Sheng’s physical structure.

However, the longer she looked, the more her brow furrowed, seemingly without her realizing it.

She... couldn’t understand it.

Or rather, she couldn’t comprehend it!

”Your original Bloodline... was actually just an ordinary white-striped Aedes mosquito? This... how is this possible?!”

”I had assumed you were a variant of some ancient Bloodline.”

For the first time, a look of genuine shock appeared in the pupils of this Immortal Venerable Shi Xi.

But her emotions quickly calmed, and she shook her head:

”So be it. All things in this world, whether human or beast, have their own unique opportunities.”

”For you to have grown to such a stage with such an inferior Bloodline, you must have gone through a great deal.”

”However.”

She paused for a moment, her tone regaining its composure and carrying a hint of someone giving grand pointers:

”However, your power system is a chaotic mix and lacks structure. You must have taken shortcuts in your Cultivation, using only Cultivation Techniques that rapidly raise your realm...”

”This might allow for god-like speed in the early stages, but the further you go, the greater the hidden dangers become.”

”This is especially true when advancing from the King Realm to the Emperor Realm. That is a massive leap in one’s level of existence and requires absolute control over one’s own power. Otherwise, it’s extremely easy for your Energy to run rampant during the breakthrough, leading to your body and soul being annihilated.”

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi spoke with eloquent ease. With the perspective of someone who once existed above the Divine Realm, guiding a mere King Realm cultivator was naturally a simple matter for her.

”Well, for a Mosquito Beast like you, reaching this stage of Cultivation is indeed not easy. I can’t be too demanding.”

”As it happens, I have a Cultivation Technique here. It was created a million years ago, during the Divine Revelation Era, by a mighty Insect Beast expert. It is called the ’God-Devil Hundred Refinements Sutra’.”

”This technique can help you sort through the chaotic Energy in your body, temper it a hundredfold, and transform it into the purest Qi Blood Power.”

There was a trace of confidence in Immortal Venerable Shi Xi’s tone.

”If I impart this Cultivation Technique to you, it will be enough to increase your Cultivation Speed, on top of what you already have, by... ten times!”

In her eyes, this was already an unimaginable gift.

Ten times the Cultivation Speed!

Enough to drive any genius wild!

A Demon Beast at the Peak of King Realm who obtained such a divine technique would probably break through to the Emperor Realm within three to five months, with a stable foundation and no future repercussions.

She believed that the little mosquito before her would be incomparably excited and eternally grateful to her.

However, she waited for a long time, but the excitement and gratitude she anticipated never came.

She only heard Chu Sheng ask weakly, via spiritual voice.

”Huh? Cultivation?”

Chu Sheng tilted his mosquito head, restlessly rubbing his six legs together, his tone filled with confusion and innocence.

”But... I don’t need to cultivate!”

”...”

In that instant, the air seemed to freeze.

The confident smile on Immortal Venerable Shi Xi’s face also froze in place.

In those eyes that had seen through the vicissitudes of countless ages, an emotion called ”disbelief” surfaced once more.

And this time, she couldn’t suppress it.

”What?”

She suspected she had misheard.

”You’re saying... you don’t need to cultivate?”

”How is that possible?!”

”All living things, from the ants in the mortal world to the gods and devils of the nine heavens, cannot acquire power without the act of ’Cultivation’! Absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, refining the essence of the sun and moon, comprehending the great Dao of Laws... all of this is Cultivation!”

”If you don’t cultivate, then where did your Cultivation at the Peak of King Realm come from? Did it just fall from the sky?!”