Shao Cheng who was preparing to protect himself from the mysterious purple fog that seemed to be quite dangerous from his senses can only blink his sapphire eyes with resignation when he was unable to properly protect himself as that purple fog enters inside him.

When he was waiting for the danger or crisis to happen, as time goes by, Shao Cheng only felt a comfortable and warm feeling of finally having a place of belonging, it was the feeling of finally having a warm familiar home while his spirit or mostly his soul seemed to be getting stronger at the same time.

As time goes by, even though he felt doubtful and suspicious about what is currently happening regarding the purple fog, all Shao Cheng can do is close his sapphire eyes while waiting for everything to come to an end.

Somewhere away from the Chang Capital, a pretty delicate woman dress in a simple blue robe raise her head up, pale purple eyes gazing in a certain direction with a complicated emotion within it.

Even though everything about the grown-up woman appeared normal her entire aura speaks differently as she emits an aura of a person that doesn't seem to belong to this world.

"... sigh… disappearing quietly and entering the cycle of reincarnation should have been better outcomes for you… but then again, you have always been unpredictable... "

"You… and you too... the two of your fate is always changeable… this time also… something is happening again… after all this time, is the heaven still refusing to let go of you?... No…wait... it wasn't heaven… but… ah… I see… alright...I get it..."

After staying silent for a while when finishing to speak those mysterious words, the grown-up woman slowly stood up before walking further deep into her sleeping quarter while the other silent maidservant respectfully follows along.

"Red leaf, I am going back to the Palace. Prepare the carriage at once."

Red leaf blinks her eyes in surprise before bowing her head in respect, "Yes, honorable lady."

Soon, during the night time, a low key carriage left the simple humble residence which resides high up in the mountain while numerous hidden guards follow along as they protect the person riding inside the carriage from any danger as they travel back to the Capital of Chang Empire.

Shao Cheng doesn't know how long he has been in a mysterious place, when he once more open his eyes, it was already in the afternoon which he doesn't know what day it was because it might be the next morning or a few days that he was pulled in a different place.

Unconsciously, the first thing he did was to float to a certain location where he can sense the presence of Ren Yuan before stopping with his eyes widening in bewilder.

What is he doing? Shouldn't he check himself first then looking for the person he has been against for a long time even though he doesn't see him as an enemy anymore?

With a confused expression on his beautiful handsome face, Shao Cheng instantly turns around to get into a better place and check about what just happened to himself.

Soon, after checking out and observing his spiritual body, Shao Cheng felt some kind of power inside him while feeling that his spirit or soul has somehow become stronger just like he notice before as minutes pass by, Shao Cheng tried to deeply figure out what is currently happening toward himself when a neutral sounding voice belonging to a woman reach his ears.

However, after becoming a spirit Shao Cheng has learned to ignore those voices around him since he was sure that it wasn't him that those people have been speaking, to begin with, however, soon sapphire eyes widen considerably while his head swiftly turns around when his name has been called out.

"It's been a while, Shao Cheng, even though you have been dead and surprisingly became a spirit, you are still calm and at ease as always."

Instantly when Shao Cheng saw the woman figure, his eyes narrowed down dangerously and warily, since he has always felt that this woman has something against him when he was still alive, although she has never done anything to cause him trouble and danger, however, because of this woman identity that Shao Cheng has never lowered his guard down and even went so far as to evade meeting her directly.

After all, this person has a special identity in the Chang Empire, a person with real ability to predict and caught a glimpse about their certain future, a person that can understand Heaven will if he were to explain it in a simple form.

Jiayi, the honored High Priestess of the Chang Empire!

And even though she left and went to seclusion after Chang Pei was established as the new Emperor, this person has always been secretive without anyone knowing what she really is thinking in the end.

And as a person who has transmigrated into Shao Cheng body, of course, he has been wary of this woman's power, thankfully, she wasn't all-powerful while being limited about what she can do even though she has the power to predict some of a future event.

"I am here to explain your confusion and question right now with the best of my ability and what I am allowed to speak off, I will try to answer everything you want to ask."

A gentle smile instantly appear on Shao Cheng beautiful face after hearing the woman speak, despite being dead, the mask he master was something that he can never erase and stop because it already has been a part of him for many years.

"I see… but oh, honored High Priestess Jiayi, I won't ask why you are doing this right now but, since I am dead, I have been quite curious about why you have always had a certain grudge against me? After all, I never dare to even go against you in the past but somehow I seemed to have done something wrong to make you hostile toward myself."

Although Shao Cheng knows that what he is doing is dangerous but he never cowers because of fear, so he waits for the woman next actions, however, when those pale purple eyes emit certain pain, sadness, and hatred when it looks toward him, however, it soon turns into resignation with intense hopelessness, guilt and blame toward her own self, which surprises Shao Cheng a bit since in his memories this woman has always been calm, steady without any waves of feeling capable to affect her emotions as she also handles the national affairs with complete focus.

"... because of your actions… a certain person died… but his life should have been different, he should have been able to continue living peacefully for a long time."

After hearing the answer he has been wanting to hear, Shao Cheng couldn't help but stay silent for a while before calmly replying with a bit of sympathy but never feeling regret because even though he has done many disastrous things in the past to help Chang Pei, but he was also protecting his own life at the same time.

"I see."

The only thing that makes him feel deep regret is the biological family of the current body that he has been using and about not treating properly well the most important person of his late master, after all, in the end, he wasn't a good person, to begin with.

Besides, although this woman can see the future, she is only a mortal, and the future is ever-changing no one can completely predict it.

So that person dying also has been a possible future, although, to make this always steady without a single care to any person and only focusing on handling the state affairs of the Empire makes Shao Cheng really curious about that supposed 'person'.

There is only one reason Shao Cheng could think of about what has caused this woman to feel emotion, it was the person the High Priestess Jiayi has secretly fall in love with.

And he was completely sure that it was not any family member of her since the moment that she was chosen as the next High Priestess, everything about her identity has to be cut off cleanly without any close relationship remaining as it isn't allowed for them to have in their entire life.

Basically, the 'High Priestess' can only be a tool to be used and sacrifice for the greater good of the common people and the entire Chang Empire.

High Priestess Jiayi that has been observing the expression of a spirit Shao Cheng couldn't help but sigh helplessly while the heavy emotion she has been feeling seems to disappear at this instant, after all, that event has been so many years when it happens and speaking it openly seemed to has set her free from the burden of emotion that she has been keeping within her for a long time.

In the end, she is also a cold person, forgetting the feeling she has in the past is something that she was capable to also do, she just needed to let go at the right time and this time was the right one.

"Shao Cheng you are really not a good person… but at the same time also not a bad person. Maybe that is the reason why this land favors you so much."

Huh?

High Priestess Jiayi suddenly let out a smile, "Shao Cheng, do you know that after Emperor Huan passed away, there was a final destined two ruler to choose from for the next in line of the Chang Empire?"

"Ren Yuan, is one of them right?"

Shao Cheng instantly answers because even though Ren Yuan's personality seemed a bit sketchy, but he has shown the ability of an enlighten ruler from the start, it was the reason why he has always seen him as a danger.

"Yes, you got that right." High Priestess Jiayi calmly replies back, although her pale purple eyes peek at him seemingly finding something funny after seeing his expression.

"From the start, I was actually greatly surprised and confused when I saw that there are two people who were destined to be one of the Emperor, do you know why?"

Without waiting for Shao Cheng reply, High Priestess continues speaking, "Because it was really mysterious about why the Son of Heaven Aura was split into half even though one person can only become the Emperor, I assumed that when one of them finally become the Emperor, the other half aura will go to the winner!"

"But when I saw Ren Yuan once again, and seeing your current situation I seemed to finally realize what I have been unable to discover the meaning of what I have seen in the past years!"

"Wait… you mean…?" Sapphire eyes widen in surprise, damn it, why is he getting all these shocking information nonstop?

"Sigh, you were quite abnormal though, even though you have the Fate of becoming the Emperor, who would have thought that you were not ambitious to the throne and has even made a person that isn't destined to be the Son of Heaven to become the ruler of the Chang Empire!?"

"Wait, wait, I get it, though I am surprised about it, but what does it get to do with Ren Yuan though?"

The High Priestess couldn't stop herself from rolling her eyes at this dense man.

"You two have been going against each other with the intent to kill in the past but then when I saw Ren Yuan again, there was a reason why the purple aura was split between the two of you."

Shao Cheng who finally remembers a certain someone sudden drunk confession showed a complicated expression before speaking with a matter of fact voice.

"I am not interested in men."

The High Priestess that heard Shao Cheng instant answer couldn't help but chuckle a bit, "No matter how much you deny it, the two of you have been destined to be together and rule the Chang Empire."

"The two of you are just so unlucky that a certain someone who has gotten mysterious fortune has come between the two of you and has cut off the chance of you guys becoming a fated lover."

Shao Cheng frown while ignoring the 'fated lover' words of the High Priestess at this time since he tried really hard to remember about why he has been against Ren Yuan from the start, soon as his memories of the past continue to rewind on his mind a certain someone figure appears.

"... Huang Ya?"