Years later, the Cyan Lotus Sect finally established a foothold in the land of the South Demon, occupying a large mountain and naming it Cyan Lotus Mountain.
Mo Nantian had already suffered from a damaged foundation, and in his grief over the loss of his wife Yi Suqin, soon he too passed away.
Chun Hongxue raised their child, leading the remnants of the Cyan Lotus Sect in a difficult survival in the land of the South Demon.
A hundred years later, Chun Hongxue's old wounds relapsed, and she finally couldn't hold on.
Before her death, she called Yi Suqin and Mo Nantian's child to her side; by now that once infant boy had become a weathered man.
Chun Hongxue revealed to him the hidden location in the depths of a great mountain in the South Demon land, instructing that this secret must be passed down through generations.
Send people to retrieve the Ice Lotus Frost World Array from there in four hundred years, and make the person within it the Sect Leader of Cyan Lotus Sect, with all members protecting the child within the array with their lives.
After giving these instructions, Chun Hongxue looked towards the sky, her gaze gradually disbanding.
"Jinglian, I leave the Cyan Lotus Sect and the child to you. Sister Sheng, Suqin, Nantian, I'm coming..."
In the next moment, the image of the Colorful Bone vanished, and Chun Hongxue's Colorful Bone flew back into Qin Gengyun's hand.
For a moment, the cultivators below all fell silent.
Only after a long time did someone sigh deeply:
"A matter of five hundred years ago, so complicated and poignant. A lament for a once proud daughter of heaven who met the wrong people."
"If Sheng Tanglian were alive today, what a magnificent sight the Hongzhou Continent would be! How could it be that no one in the Four Domains can achieve Divinity Transformation?!"
"What does it matter if we can't transform? Think of the majesty of Sheng Tanglian, Chun Hongxue, Yi Suqin from five hundred years ago! We cultivators of the Four Domains of Hongzhou should emulate our predecessors and carve out our own path!"
"Saintess Xia has done so, her cultivation reaching the heavens, elegance unmatched, not at all dishonoring her mother's great name!"
"Hongzhou is fortunate to have Saintess Xia!"
"What a pity we were deceived by the Zhenyang Sect at the time, mistakenly thinking the Cyan Lotus Sect was the Demon Sect; we truly deserve to die!"
"May the Saintess pardon us!"
"We are willing to follow the Saintess and restore the ascension spectacle of Hongzhou Continent from ten thousand years ago!"
"We are willing to follow the Saintess!"
The cultivators' sighs finally turned into admiration for Xia Qinglian and Sheng Tanglian, mother and daughter, as countless people saluted towards Qiu Zhihe in the sky.
Qiu Zhihe was somewhat surprised; she and Qin Gengyun had originally intended to publicly reveal the truth from five hundred years ago, letting the world know the true nature of Zhenyang as a Demon Embryo.
Yet, she hadn't expected things to turn out this way.
Qin Gengyun smiled at Qiu Zhihe, saying, "My lady, from today on, you're not only Cyan Lotus Sect's Saintess, but the Saintess of Hongzhou Continent!"
Qiu Zhihe was a bit confused: "I don't know what to do?"
Previously, she had only carried the responsibility of revitalizing Cyan Lotus Sect, and now she's somewhat fulfilled the wishes of the sect's predecessors.
But if she were to shoulder the world, she hasn't prepared herself mentally for it.
Si Minglan said, "Your mother was a proud daughter of heaven; you are the Saintess of Hongzhou, just act according to your heart."
Liu Su laughed heartily, "Yeah, miss, we'll all support you!"
Qin Gengyun also smiled and nodded at Qiu Zhihe, and after a moment of silence, Qiu Zhihe finally nodded:
"I'll give it a try."
Beside her, Luo Niansheng remained puzzled: "But why can Orchid Fairy cause Senior Sheng's pendant to react?"
At this time, Xia Jinglian's Residual Soul flew to the sky, recounting her experiences:
"Four hundred years after Hongxue and the others passed away, the descendants of Cyan Lotus Sect followed her instructions and rescued me and Cyan Lotus from the Ice Lotus Frost World Array."
"After emerging from the array, I realized that five hundred years had passed, and everything had changed; there were no longer any past acquaintances within the Cyan Lotus Sect."
"Then I heard that Zhenyang had ascended, but I knew this must be Zhenyang masking the truth of him being a Residual Soul; he must have transformed into someone else, secretly seeking a way to complete the Residual Soul."
"Cyan Lotus's heritage can't be known by Zhenyang the Demon Embryo, so I sent Cyan Lotus to a small village, having an ordinary couple adopt her, and secretly sent people to protect her."
"After that, I also adopted the name Nalan Yan, returning to the Cyan Lotus Sect and taking the Sect Leader position."
"I learned there were descendants of Suqin and Mo Nantian, which delighted me greatly, but found that there were no longer any Mo Family descendants in Cyan Lotus Sect."
"Upon inquiry, I discovered that after Suqin and Nantian passed away, Mo Family descendants went through four generations, starting from the second generation, losing the Colorful Bone legacy of Sister Sheng, turning them into ordinary cultivators with mediocre cultivation."
"By the fourth generation descendant, named Mo Rufan, his talent was even more ordinary, after years of cultivation only reaching the Early-period of Foundation Establishment."
"Mo Rufan became disheartened and left Cyan Lotus Mountain, vowing to live as an ordinary person."
"He went to Eastern Cultivation Land, settled in a remote village, married a woman, and had a daughter named Mo Xiaolan."
"I went to that village in Eastern Cultivation Land and discovered Mo Xiaolan had the Colorful Bone legacy, but Mo Rufan didn't want his daughter to be involved in the Cyan Lotus Sect and Zhenyang Sect's struggles."
"Therefore, I agreed with him, keeping this secret, allowing them to live a peaceful and happy life."
"But unexpectedly, years later, when the beast tides resumed, by the time I arrived at the village, Mo Rufan and his wife had died, and I only managed to save Xiaolan."
"Xiaolan asked me to take her as a disciple, but I had promised Mo Rufan not to let his daughter get caught up in the conflicts of the Cultivation Realm."
Xia Jinglian's Residual Soul looked at Mo Xiaolan, sighing with some guilt:
"Xiaolan, I'm sorry I didn't take you away then, letting you grow up alone in the deserted village, only watching over you from a distance, hoping you'd live as an ordinary person."
"But fate is unpredictable, you went to Yunling Town, met Qin Gengyun, encountered Cyan Lotus, and ultimately, you've ended up on this path."
Mo Xiaolan smiled and shook her head, her ponytail gently swaying, yet she was full of vigor:
"Senior, there's no need for that. Everything was my own choice, I'm very content now."
Xia Jinglian's Residual Soul looked at the cold, stunning Xia Qinglian, then at the spirited Mo Xiaolan, her eyes moistening, mumbling:
"Sister Sheng, you were so beautiful and heroic back then. They both resemble you greatly..."
Luo Niansheng stared blankly at Mo Xiaolan: "So, Orchid Fairy actually possesses the Colorful Bone legacy of Senior Sheng; no wonder Senior Sheng's pendant reacted to her. The pendant was sensing not Orchid Fairy, but Senior Sheng's own Colorful Bone!"
The cultivators below also exclaimed:
"So, Orchid Fairy's heritage is so intricate!"
"This means Saintess Xia is Sheng Tanglian's daughter, and Orchid Fairy is also Sheng Tanglian's descendant?"
"Yet Saintess Xia is Qin Gengyun's wife, Orchid Fairy is Qin Gengyun's concubine, how should this relationship be addressed?"
"Nonsense, Orchid Fairy is pure and flawless; when was she ever Qin Gengyun's concubine?"
As everyone was busy discussing, Chen Qingmo burst into laughter:
"You've spoken so much only to prove that the Cyan Lotus Sect suffered injustice five hundred years ago, but what does that have to do with me? I am the dignified Sect Leader of the Zhenyang Sect, yet you freely accuse me of being the Demon Embryo from five hundred years ago; isn't that utterly laughable?"