It Turns Out, They Are the Protagonists
Chapter 538: Ye Lingxuan: Forbidden Zone Empress Mode p2

In the Nine Provinces, no one in any Forbidden Land had ever successfully passed the twentieth step of the Forbidden Ancient Path.

Because any further, there was the risk of one’s spiritual sense collapsing.

The future Forbidden Zone Lord looked at her daughter, her eyes filled with heartache. She opened her mouth slightly, about to transmit her voice to Ye Lingxuan.

But just then, the Forbidden Zone Lord held his wife’s hand and gently shook his head.

The man’s gaze, imposing without anger, was fixed ahead.

The future Forbidden Zone Lord followed his gaze and, at this moment, noticed another person had appeared on the Forbidden Ancient Path.

He was ascending from the first step, walking towards Ye Lingxuan step by step, almost without any obstacles.

This scene made everyone’s eyes widen in disbelief.

“Mu Zhian? Why can he also walk on our Forbidden Zone’s Forbidden Ancient Path?!”

“He doesn’t have the Forbidden Zone bloodline, does he? Why…?”

Even the elders were stunned, staring at this scene in astonishment.

The future Forbidden Zone Lord subconsciously looked at her husband, “You don’t seem surprised at all?”

The Forbidden Zone Lord’s gaze was deep as he looked at the young man walking on the Forbidden Ancient Path, and he said softly, “Since he could undergo the Reincarnated Pool trial, being able to ascend this Forbidden Ancient Path isn’t impossible.”

But as he spoke, his heart was also filled with doubts.

Among those present, only he knew that the Forbidden Zone’s rules were actually mostly related to the Heavenly Dao.

Mu Zhian being able to undergo the Reincarnated Pool trial was understandable, but why could he also ascend this Forbidden Ancient Path now?

Ye Lingxuan’s breath was slightly ragged, sweat dripping from her forehead. Although her eyes were filled with determination, she knew in her heart,

the eighteenth step of the Forbidden Ancient Path was her limit.

This was the furthest anyone had ever reached in any Forbidden Land in the Nine Provinces.

However, she still felt unwilling.

As a chosen one who had never experienced failure in her life, she never thought she wouldn’t be able to completely traverse this Forbidden Ancient Path.

Even during the Reincarnated Pool trial, she had reached perfect completion.

But this Forbidden Ancient Path, she could only go this far.

At this moment, Ye Lingxuan felt as if a lofty god was looking down at her from the end of the Forbidden Ancient Path, mockery in its emotionless eyes.

This Forbidden Ancient Path was a trial of the Heavenly Dao. As long as someone reached the end, the Forbidden Zone’s rules would be completely independent from the Nine Provinces.

Countless Forbidden Zone clan members had been working towards this day.

But perhaps this trial was a sham from the very beginning.

After establishing the rules, the Heavenly Dao itself also had to abide by them.

But long before that, the Heavenly Dao had already changed this game into one that was impossible to win.

Even Ye Lingxuan could only reach the eighteenth step.

A mysterious Dao Rhyme, intertwined with complex runes, silently spread downwards from the twentieth step. Ye Lingxuan felt the runes bombarding her spiritual sense, repelling her.

As if saying: You may go this far, but no further.

This was the Heavenly Dao’s ‘mercy’ towards the world. As long as you followed the rules it set, you could still be the future Forbidden Zone Empress, and stay by Mu Zhian’s side.

One more step, and her spiritual sense would completely collapse.

Intense drowsiness assaulted Ye Lingxuan’s will, her eyes constantly closing then opening again, desperately resisting giving up on this trial.

The young woman bit her lip tightly, her resolve unwavering.

In a daze, she seemed to have a dream.

One day, long ago, a young man held her hand, his warm hand reassuring.

In a forest in the Eastern Continent, sunlight filtered through the lush branches and leaves, the dappled light dancing on the ground as the wind blew through the trees.

The young man holding her hand suddenly said, “Sister Lingxuan, the Heavenly Dao’s Origin Arrow has locked onto me.”

“I can only accompany you this far.”

Still in her youth, her feelings just budding, she asked him, confused, “Are you going somewhere, Brother Mu? By the way, Brother Mu, I’m hungry.”

The young man was silent for a long time, then smiled gently, “Alright, I’ll be back.”

Ye Lingxuan sat in the forest, waiting and waiting, but the young man never returned.

She couldn’t accept this reality. As she waited from daytime until sunset, she finally started crying.

But crying seemed useless. In the past, whenever she cried, the young man would always appear in time, comforting her gently, but now, no one could comfort her.

Later, Ye Clan members found her and wanted to take her back to the clan. She asked them about Mu Zhian’s whereabouts, but they seemed to have lost their memories, completely forgetting him.

They even suspected the young lady was hallucinating.

That night, after she returned to the clan, heartbroken, a woman appeared before her.

That woman said, Go and reincarnate.

You will definitely meet him again in the future.

The young Ye Lingxuan didn’t understand anything, just felt that the woman was amazing. She seemed omniscient and omnipotent, as if nothing in this world could stump her.

Therefore, the young girl naturally felt goodwill towards that woman.

But she couldn’t remember the woman’s face clearly.

The woman in her memory was blurry, but very, very beautiful.

After reincarnating nine times, she became the Forbidden Zone Lord’s daughter. One day, her father took her to the Two Polarities Sect to visit the Sect Master.

It was then that the Forbidden Zone imperial daughter, whose talent surpassed all her peers, felt goodwill towards a woman she met for the first time, even developing a blind admiration and affection for her.

There was no reason, she simply liked that woman, she found her beautiful.

Ye Lingxuan had never carefully thought about why before.

Until this moment, she finally understood.

Because she vaguely remembered that it was this woman who told her how to find her Brother Mu.

Ye Lingxuan suddenly felt a hand holding hers from behind.

She abruptly snapped out of her daze and opened her eyes.

The young man in white robes had appeared behind her at some point. Reaching the eighteenth step was also a great trial for his cauldron. His Spiritual Energy was depleted, making his face slightly pale, but a gentle smile remained.

“Brother Mu, why are you here?!” Ye Lingxuan’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Follow me,” Mu Zhian said softly.

In the deathly silence, countless gazes were fixed on this scene.

Mu Zhian held Ye Lingxuan’s hand and firmly stepped onto the nineteenth step.

The twentieth step!

Standing on the twentieth step, Ye Lingxuan’s face was incredibly pale, her forehead covered in sweat. She could feel that she had truly reached her limit.

And at this moment, Mu Zhian released her hand.

Then, she heard his usual gentle voice, “Go.”

“I can only accompany you this far.”

After she inherited the position of Forbidden Zone Empress, there was nothing more he could do for her.

In a daze, Ye Lingxuan seemed to be back in that lush green forest, vaguely recalling the events of her first life.

The setting sun painted the sky in hues of red.

Under the afterglow, Ye Lingxuan slowly closed her eyes, feeling the power of rules intertwining within her body.

Her dress seemed to burn in the setting sun, her figure slender and holy.

You can only accompany me this far.

But from now on, we can walk the rest of the way together.

Ye Lingxuan slowly opened her eyes. In the setting sun, her beautiful purple eyes seemed to flow with a majestic golden light.

Complex Dao patterns intertwined and coiled behind her, forming a wondrous, world-altering vision.

The first Forbidden Zone Empress to fully control the power of rules was born.