It Turns Out, They Are the Protagonists
Chapter 566: Taboo Submits

Just tell me who suppressed the Nine Forbidden Lands already, stop being so cryptic or I’ll have to resort to disciplinary action…

Mu Zhian looked at ‘Taboo’s’ cold and beautiful face as she gazed up at the sky and said in a low voice, “Who is this person you’re talking about?”

He already had a vague idea, but he needed confirmation from Taboo.

Taboo didn’t answer directly, but instead spoke of a seemingly unrelated matter, “After the birth of the Nine Forbidden Lands, all living beings in the Nine Provinces lived under the control of the forbidden rules. Later, a great power appeared and suppressed the Nine Forbidden Lands… I couldn’t identify her, because she wasn’t bound by the rules of heaven and earth.”

“Since the birth of the Forbidden Lands, she suppressed almost every lord who emerged… And among the Nine Forbidden Lands, only the master of the Forbidden Land of Life and the lord of the former Eastern Continent Forbidden Zone were mercilessly killed by her.”

This matched what Mu Zhi had said, so it seemed she wasn’t lying… Mu Zhian pressed further, “Why did that person have to kill those two lords?”

“After a Forbidden Zone Lord dies, the Forbidden Land becomes masterless. And the one who killed the lord can replace them, control the forbidden rules, and become the new lord.”

The goddess known as Taboo revealed a huge secret.

He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster… This quote randomly popped into Mu Zhian’s mind.

“That person controlled the rules of the Forbidden Land of Life and the Eastern Continent Forbidden Zone, but she didn’t become their lord. Instead, she took a portion of their rules… At first, we were all searching for her whereabouts, but we couldn’t find her hiding place.”

She looked up at the Two Polarities Sect, shrouded in forbidden rules, and said faintly, “But it seems the reason we couldn’t find her is because she already controls parts of the rules from three Forbidden Lands… She’s hiding here.”

So it’s Sect Master Sister after all… Mu Zhian was surprised to find he wasn’t particularly shocked. He had vaguely suspected this after hearing the story earlier.

But back then, he thought that even at her strongest, the Sect Master was at most a Dao Integration Realm expert. Logically, she shouldn’t have been able to suppress the nine Forbidden Zone Lords.

Especially during the time when forbidden rules covered the entire Nine Provinces.

“But there’s one strange thing… Even now, I can’t sense any trace of the aura she emitted when fighting against the lords from the Two Polarities Sect Master. Her realm seems to be only at Dao Integration, and her Dao Rhyme is much weaker than before,” Taboo said again.

“You can sense the Sect Master’s aura from here?” Mu Zhian asked, somewhat surprised.

Taboo snorted coldly, “You underestimate me. I can instantly locate and even identify anyone connected to the Forbidden Lands.”

“Even you, I can see all your information… Although the identity of the Mu family’s young master of Tianxuan City is just a fabricated disguise.”

Someone had shielded Mu Zhian’s destiny, even creating a fake identity to conceal it, so Taboo only saw some useless tags from Mu Zhian earlier.

Mu Zhian’s interest was piqued, “Then what can you see from the Sect Master now?”

Taboo closed her eyes slightly and said in a cold voice, “Two Polarities Sect Master, shotacon, versatile, eccentric, closet pervert, and… reincarnator.”

Closet pervert… So my initial judgment was correct, Sect Master Sister really is a closet pervert… Hearing the tags from Taboo, Mu Zhian wasn’t surprised.

If she weren’t, she wouldn’t have shown such a seductive demeanor when he was suppressing her Karmic Fire.

As for shotacon… If it were before, Mu Zhian might have been doubtful, but he had just seen the scene of his younger self and Sect Master Sister in his memories.

Therefore, he wasn’t particularly surprised by this tag.

Just then, Mu Zhian suddenly recalled something and asked, “Is that all the information you have?”

Taboo nodded gently, “She sealed her true self and suppressed her emotions, so the information I can see is limited.”

Mu Zhian was about to ask something else when he suddenly saw a silver light flash nearby.

At some unknown time, another woman appeared within the vast sea of lightning.

Unlike Taboo, who had a golden halo behind her, Miss Heavenly Dao had a crescent moon. Although their faces were similar, their temperaments, hair colors, and even figures were different.

Taboo’s peach-colored eyes saw Miss Heavenly Dao’s figure and said coldly, “Number One, what are you doing here?”

Her tone was calm, but a hint of undisguised hostility was evident.

Miss Heavenly Dao ignored Taboo, her gaze fixed on Mu Zhian, “It seems Taboo has submitted?”

Although she knew that Taboo would definitely submit after experiencing the Heavenly Court Spiritual Energy, seeing Mu Zhian and Taboo talking, Miss Heavenly Dao still couldn’t help but intervene.

Although the Heavenly Dao’s will was impartial towards all beings, after the ‘shackles’ placed by the Heavenly Dao gradually crumbled, the Heavenly Dao’s will would also develop some emotions.

And watching Mu Zhian and Taboo talking just now, for the first time, Miss Heavenly Dao felt something called jealousy.

“He did succeed. Isn’t this the outcome you wanted?”

Taboo gracefully took Mu Zhian’s arm, her tone calm and indifferent, “I’ve succumbed to the Spiritual Energy of the Innate Celestial Furnace, just like you, fallen and bathing in the Heavenly Court’s Spiritual Energy… This was your plan from the beginning, deliberately luring me to this sect where the rules of heaven and earth don’t apply, wasn’t it?”

Taboo was too confident in herself, and it was this very confidence that led to her downfall.

Miss Heavenly Dao casually glanced at Taboo’s intimate gesture and said in a calm and cold voice, “You shouldn’t act so intimately with a cultivator, Taboo.”

“Intimate…?”

A cold smile appeared on Taboo’s face. She placed her hand on Miss Heavenly Dao’s smooth and delicate lower abdomen, raised her pink eyes, and said faintly, “Number One, your intimate actions were far more outrageous than mine. You’re not qualified to lecture me.”

As fellow Heavenly Dao wills, Number One had shared her senses, so Taboo naturally knew exactly how much Heavenly Court Spiritual Energy flowed within Miss Heavenly Dao’s body.

Just then, Mu Zhian interrupted, “Taboo, I have a question for you.”

Taboo didn’t want to respond, but after glancing at Mu Zhian coldly, her heart inexplicably raced.

“Mmm… ask away,” she said, her voice slightly awkward.

“You said someone brought a little girl into the Forbidden Land of Life and made her the master… Do you know that person’s identity?”

Mu Zhian asked the question he was most concerned about.

When it came to the secrets of the Forbidden Lands, no one among the Heavenly Dao wills knew more than Taboo.

Hearing Mu Zhian’s question, she answered in a slightly shy tone, “It was a woman named Mu Wange.”

“She was the clan leader of the Mu Clan, one of the eight great families from the beginning of time.”

“Later, the Mu Clan fell, and Mu Wange found a talented little girl. Because the place where she found the little girl was filled with white zhi flowers (Angelica dahurica, a type of medicinal herb), Mu Wange named her Mu Zhi.”

The flower language of white zhi symbolized perseverance and longing, its blooming appearance like a woman holding an umbrella at the doorway, waiting for her husband’s return… Perhaps Mu Wange had already intended to make Mu Zhi her daughter-in-law when she adopted her.

Mu Zhian suddenly asked softly, “Was anyone ever sealed in the Forbidden Land of Life, only to be released tens of thousands of years later?”

“For example… was there ever someone named Mu Zhian, sealed within the Forbidden Land of Life?”

Taboo: “There was indeed a cultivator named Mu Zhian in the past. Mu Wange sealed him in the depths of the Forbidden Land of Life…”

She seemed to realize something and looked up at Mu Zhian’s expressionless face.

“Is that person… you?”

No wonder… If Mu Zhian was the Mu Zhian who was sealed in the Forbidden Land of Life tens of thousands of years ago, then it was no wonder he had such high talent, able to reach Soul Transformation Realm in such a short time.

The Mu family of Tianxuan City was just a cover, or rather, a fabricated ‘identity’ to avoid being detected by the Heavenly Dao.

At this moment, Taboo finally pieced together the clues and arrived at a conclusion close to the truth.

“Are you planning to report this to the Heavenly Dao?”

Seeing Taboo’s silence, Mu Zhian couldn’t help but ask with a smile.

Taboo snorted coldly, “Since you already have the answer in your heart, there’s no need to ask me.”

The Innate Celestial Furnace could help the Heavenly Dao’s will ‘evolve’, gradually unsealing the emotions the Heavenly Dao suppressed within them… No Heavenly Dao will could resist such a temptation.

A satisfied smile appeared on Mu Zhian’s face. Then, he casually asked again, “Then what about Mu Wange? Is she truly my mother?”

Taboo hesitated slightly, not speaking.

“Just say it, you don’t need to consider my feelings,” Mu Zhian said.

“Mu Wange isn’t your biological mother,” Taboo said.

As ‘Taboo’, she knew everything related to the Forbidden Lands. She had met Mu Wange and could naturally tell whether Mu Zhian and that woman were blood-related.

Could it be that Mu Zhi saw Mu Wange bringing me into the Forbidden Land of Life and misunderstood our relationship…? Mu Zhian wondered inwardly.

After a moment of silence, Mu Zhian continued to ask, “Why did Mu Wange seal me within a formation?”

Taboo gently shook her head. She didn’t know the reason. After all, the Heavenly Dao’s will wasn’t interested in the affairs of the mortal world.

A brief silence fell, lightning occasionally flashing through the sea of lightning, illuminating Taboo’s slightly flustered yet expectant expression.

She glanced at Mu Zhian coldly and said, “Although I don’t know your relationship with Mu Wange, if you please me, I might be able to help you investigate…”

Come on, beg me, flatter me… and I’ll agree to your request… At this moment, such thoughts filled Taboo’s mind, seemingly confident of victory.

After all, Mu Zhian needed her help.

Looking at this scene, Mu Zhian couldn’t help but find it amusing.

Miss Taboo was truly stubborn. Although she had already submitted, she still maintained a lofty and arrogant attitude, completely inflexible, the opposite of Miss Heavenly Dao, Number One.

Just as Mu Zhian was about to say something, Miss Heavenly Dao, unable to hold back any longer, said coldly, “Master is planning to go to the Forbidden Land of Life, there’s no need for you to investigate.”

After saying that, Miss Heavenly Dao took Mu Zhian’s arm, glanced at him, then lowered her head respectfully and said, “Master, please come with me.”

Eh?

This unexpected development stunned Taboo. She was the Heavenly Dao’s will who controlled the Forbidden Ancient Paths, even Forbidden Zone Lords treated her with respect, and since Mu Zhian wanted to go to the Forbidden Land of Life, he would need her help, right?!

Without her protection, if he rashly entered the Forbidden Land of Life, if the master used the power of rules, he would be in danger!

It was precisely because she knew Mu Zhian needed her that Taboo was so brazen, even telling him to please her.

But those were just words… The pleasing she mentioned was, at most, just saying a few nice things.

No! If she let him go just like that, wouldn’t she be able to ‘report’ Number One’s actions to the Heavenly Dao?

Then Number One would be doomed.

However, as she thought of this, Taboo subconsciously placed a finger against her full, rosy lips, as if she could still feel the lingering warmth of Mu Zhian’s kiss.

Although the Heavenly Court Spiritual Energy was faint, its allure was irresistible.

At this moment, only one thought filled Taboo’s mind: I want more, more Heavenly Court Spiritual Energy.

“I… I can agree to protect you later, make you immune to the forbidden rules,” Taboo blurted out just as the two were about to leave the sea of lightning, hesitantly looking up through her pink bangs.

“Of course, on the condition that you can please me, make me happy… If you do, I can give you anything.”

A cold, arrogant look appeared on her usually indifferent and beautiful face.

Mu Zhian was about to stop, but Miss Heavenly Dao firmly held his arm and led him away from the sea of lightning.

Isn’t she worried about messing up…? Mu Zhian glanced at the cold and indifferent Miss Heavenly Dao and wondered inwardly.

Although Taboo had become more ‘human’ after being bathed in Heavenly Court Spiritual Energy, if she became embarrassed and angry later and reported Number One’s actions to the Heavenly Dao… it would be troublesome.

As it turned out, no one understood ‘herself’ better than Miss Heavenly Dao.

Seeing the two about to leave, Taboo’s heart raced, and she hurriedly shouted again, “Wait! I’m willing to help him, to protect him in the Forbidden Land of Life!”

Miss Heavenly Dao paused slightly and turned to look at Taboo, who was floating towards them. A faint smile appeared on her cold face, “Are you willing to give me your authority then?”

Taboo frowned slightly, “You want the authority over the forbidden rules?”

Miss Heavenly Dao nodded slightly, “Yes, from now on, we will be one.”

Taboo hesitated.

Giving her authority to Number One meant that their fates would be intertwined. Once the Heavenly Dao learned that its separated will had developed ’emotions’, it would reset them, no matter what.

Having finally gained emotions, Taboo was naturally reluctant.

Of course, more importantly, that kiss earlier wasn’t enough… she wanted more Heavenly Court Spiritual Energy.

If she merged with Number One, would she still have a chance to receive Mu Zhian’s favor?

As if guessing Taboo’s thoughts, Miss Heavenly Dao said calmly, “After we become one, we can both experience the Innate Celestial Furnace’s Spiritual Energy. As long as you’re willing, I can give you control of this body at any time.”

Taboo’s eyes lit up, but all that came out was a reluctant and cold “Hmph… Fine, let’s do it!”

…

Even Mu Zhian didn’t expect the Heavenly Dao’s will’s embodiment to agree so readily.

But after hearing Miss Heavenly Dao’s explanation, he understood.

According to Miss Heavenly Dao, both she and Taboo, lacking ’emotions’ before, only focused on carrying out the tasks assigned by the Heavenly Dao.

But Mu Zhian’s Heavenly Court Spiritual Energy unlocked the emotions within them, giving them ‘desires’.

And this desire was to obtain Heavenly Court Spiritual Energy and evolve.

“Mu Lang, are you alright?”

Seeing Mu Zhian descend from the sea of lightning, Bai Ruoxi hurriedly approached and asked with concern. Even her small steps seemed to make her ample bosom sway gently, soft and silky.

“Where’s Taboo?” Yao Meng also asked.

“Taboo has already given her authority to her,” Mu Zhian gestured towards Miss Heavenly Dao beside him and said with a smile.

“But I might have to put in a little more effort later…”

The implication in his words was clear.

To make a horse run, you had to feed it grass. This was basic common sense.

Bai Ruoxi and Yao Meng had both witnessed Mu Zhian’s forceful kiss with Taboo earlier and naturally understood the meaning of his words.

It simply meant he needed to satisfy Taboo’s… emptiness.

Bai Ruoxi bit her lip lightly, staring at Mu Zhian resentfully, and whispered, “Mu Lang hasn’t given me any Spiritual Energy for a long time.”

“That’s because I’ve been so busy recently…” Mu Zhian wanted to explain, but seeing Bai Ruoxi’s resentful eyes, he fell silent.

Then, he glanced at the beauty’s ample bosom, the fair skin beneath her dress incredibly alluring.

“If you don’t mind, we can do it now, Ruoxi…”

Mu Zhian suddenly wrapped his arm around the delicate young lady’s waist, his gentle voice whispering in her ear.

Seeing Bai Ruoxi’s blushing face, but her continued silence, Mu Zhian couldn’t help but smile. Then, he extended his other arm towards Yao Meng and asked tentatively, under the fairy’s amused gaze, “What does Jade Empress Sister think…?”

“You’ve become quite bold after being away for a while~”

Her casual tone seemed to disdain Mu Zhian’s actions.

Then, she paused and continued, “However, three people… I don’t mind.”

Mu Zhian’s heart leaped with joy.

“But if you can’t satisfy me later…”

Yao Meng’s tone suddenly changed. A faint smile appeared on her breathtakingly beautiful face as she brought her red lips close to his ear, her sweet and moist breath brushing against his skin,

“Sister will be very angry~”