985: Nine lifetimes of karma, Guanyin

The small island in the center of the azure lake was enveloped in a hazy, white mist, like an Immortal Realm, and around the azure lake, green lotuses floated, as if a supreme Dao was nurtured here, giving birth to green lotuses.

Chu Ying stepped on the water, his footsteps like a breeze, not touching the surface.

For some unknown reason, the closer Chu Ying got, the more his heart pounded, as if something was deeply attracting him.

A resonance from the depths of his Soul.

"Could it be..."

Chu Ying frowned, He did not know if it was related to his "Origin." Although He was indeed a Transmigrator, that was only his previous life. His Origin, his root, was a green lotus that had lived for eternity, not in this Universe, or rather, it had already transcended the scope of the Universe.

And Chu Hongyi was a red lotus that accompanied him, born with him. Both were eternal beings who transcended the scope of the Universe. Of course, that was their Origin, and now both were merely "newborns" who had undergone countless Reincarnations over unknown ages.

Looking at the misty island ahead, Chu Ying finally stepped onto it.

As soon as He stepped onto the island, Chu Ying felt that feeling become clearer. His gaze blurred, as if he saw a beautiful and ethereal figure between the clouds and water in the sky.

He seemed to have lost his mind, flying over extremely quickly... At this moment, a stunningly pure female figure stood quietly between the clouds and water on the island.

Her plain white palace dress was untainted by the Mortal World, her skirt layered like newly bloomed lotus petals, with a light golden sash tied around her waist, which, when gently swaying in the wind, resembled the Tassels (Buddhist rosary tassels) of a Bodhisattva descending to the Human Realm. Her black hair was unadorned and unpinned, loosely tied behind her with a single moon-white silk ribbon, her hair tips trailing three inches on the ground, like a cascading Milky Way.

The woman's face seemed to have been cleansed by the pure water before a Buddha—her eyebrows were like distant mountains with a hint of solemn dignity, her slightly downturned Phoenix eyes held the clear compassion for all living beings, and when she gazed, it reminded one of the moonlight reflected in a deep pool of an ancient temple. Her nose bridge was as elegant as a white jade pure vase, her lips were very pale like early spring cherry blossoms, and whenever she lightly chanted scriptures, the natural curve of her lips was like a compassionate, shallow smile before a lotus platform.

Most striking was the Crystal Radiance (lapis lazuli radiance) that enveloped her entire being; her skin, set against her white robes, was almost transparent. As she walked, mysterious green lotus platforms appeared as illusions beneath her feet, and the moment her slender jade fingers formed a mudra, fragmented Sanskrit flowed from her fingertips.

When the drizzling Misty Rain brushed against her robes, the water droplets actually coalesced into crystal-clear Buddhist beads, hanging by her ears, as if all things in heaven and earth wished to become witnesses on her path of Cultivation.

Such a sacred and transcendent demeanor caused the galaxy to dim its light. Even the most arrogant Devil Head in the world would feel a desire to prostrate themselves before her, fearing to disturb this sacred purity.

"Fairy, are you the master of this Misty Rain Immortal Palace, Guan Miaoyin?"

Even Chu Ying, at the moment he saw Guan Miaoyin, couldn't help but feel a sense of inferiority, simply because Guan Miaoyin was too sacred, as if she could purify and eliminate all defilement and evil in the world. The power of Buddhahood seemed to flow within her.

Chu Ying couldn't help but wonder if she Cultivated the Buddhist Dao.

What made it even harder for Chu Ying to suppress his inner excitement was that the sense of longing that had haunted his Soul actually originated from the woman before him.

"Young Master Chu, I have a heart of yours."

Guan Miaoyin spoke softly, her voice ethereal and distant, like a celestial melody, giving Chu Ying the illusion of having been separated by several Reincarnations.

Guan Miaoyin raised her hand and scattered a shower of light, and then the scene before Chu Ying's eyes changed... In those hazy years, Chu Ying was a traveler who journeyed through all the heavens and experienced the Mortal World.

The memory Guan Miaoyin gave him was from one of his Reincarnations, before he entered his next Reincarnation, he had given his heart, which was actually his lotus heart, to a woman who had saved his life to help him complete that life's Reincarnation. That was Guan Miaoyin's life.

And after receiving his lotus heart, Guan Miaoyin's life was able to continue, and then, because of his green lotus heart, she continuously underwent Reincarnation, for a full nine lives. It was only in this current life, the tenth, that Guan Miaoyin finally waited for him... When the memories returned, Chu Ying felt everything was vivid. Those were indeed things he had experienced. He opened his mouth, momentarily not knowing what to say.

"That lotus heart was given by Young Master Chu in the past, and now, I should return it to Young Master Chu." Guan Miaoyin's lips parted slightly, her gaze lingering on Chu Ying, filled with anticipation, relief, peace of mind, and a deeply hidden trace of shyness.

"Miss Miaoyin, how will you return it to me?"

Chu Ying, looking at Guan Miaoyin's face at this moment, no longer felt unfamiliar. It turned out that he had met Guan Miaoyin a long time ago; she had died to save him, and he had used his lotus heart to revive her, simultaneously entering his next Reincarnation.

He never expected to meet her again now. Chu Ying could only sigh with emotion.

As they spoke, Guan Miaoyin's steps were graceful, and green lotuses bloomed beneath her jade feet. In a blink of an eye, she arrived before Chu Ying, standing tall and elegant, untainted by the slightest dust, so sacred that she could not be desecrated.

That sacred and transcendent aura, which no evil or demonic Qi could approach, made Chu Ying fall into a trance, but he quickly came back to his senses, because Guan Miaoyin's words left him so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

"The lotus heart has long integrated with me, becoming my Origin. Now, if Young Master Chu wants to take back the lotus heart, he must take my cinnabar…"

Guan Miaoyin's voice was gentle, revealing a moving purity. As she spoke, Chu Ying's eyes widened, dumbfounded, and he was about to refuse.

But in the next second, a mysterious aura was released from Guan Miaoyin's body, and immediately a strange spiritual connection appeared, drawing Chu Ying, making his gaze ethereal and lost, as if in a daze.

In another blink of an eye, Chu Ying found that Guan Miaoyin had somehow already come into his embrace. "Miss Miaoyin, you..."

"Young Master Chu, Miaoyin is not scheming against you. Miaoyin and you have a romantic connection from nine lives ago, it is Karma, and also a Buddhist edge (affinity) and a marital affinity. Miaoyin has now Cultivated the Nine Lives Mortal World Buddhist Dao, which is also the fruit of the seed Young Master Chu planted."

Guan Miaoyin kissed Chu Ying's lips, her beautiful eyes shining as she said, "Young Master Chu, Miaoyin will now return the lotus heart to you..."

Then, Chu Ying felt a special profound sound flow into his mind. His spirit was drawn, following Guan Miaoyin deeper into an unknown, unfathomable wondrous realm... Time passed extremely quickly.

Chu Ying felt as if he had a dream of nine lives, having seen Guan Miaoyin's previous nine lives. It turned out that ever since she received his lotus heart, Guan Miaoyin had been thinking of finding him. In her second life, her third life... she had actually remained chaste for him, for a full nine lives, all of which she spent Cultivating the Buddhist Dao.

After nine lives, she finally became the Nine Lives Buddha of the Mortal World, which was both the Buddhist Dao and the Dao of Love.

Even Chu Ying was deeply moved. A full nine lives, and this current one being the tenth. Such willpower, such steadfastness. Chu Ying could not imagine how, in each of those lives, Guan Miaoyin had anticipated meeting and reuniting with him, and how she had experienced disappointment and regret.

At a certain moment, when Chu Ying Broke Through Guan Miaoyin's Cultivation Bottleneck, that Soul-stirring bond finally became exceptionally clear.