In this life, Lin Yan had been engrossed in studying abilities until her death.
She had simply not wanted others to disturb her life, which was why she hadn't allowed the country to report on her deeds.
By the time Lin Yan's body could no longer sustain her, this world had fully resumed production and daily life, with zombies having become a thing of the past.
Although many envied the ease with which zombie cores boosted abilities, they cherished their current stable lives even more.
Abilities granted ability users very long lifespans, but Lin Yan, due to prolonged exposure to certain radioactive substances, had a lifespan comparable to that of an ordinary person.
When she died, flags at half-mast were flown in every country worldwide, and her news occupied the front pages of every television station and website.
The Lin Yan they mourned, however, opened her eyes in the next world.
Upon opening her eyes, Lin Yan saw a semi-transparent figure suspended mid-air.
She was wearing a bright red wedding gown, with embroidered mandarin ducks playing in the water on the red veil. However, the red of her wedding gown was somewhat dim, like the color of dried blood.
Beneath her feet, suspended in the air, were a pair of delicate embroidered shoes, also embroidered with mandarin ducks at the toe.
"System, what's going on?" Lin Yan lacked the original host's memories and had no idea how to react.
But the figure before her simply floated there, motionless.
"Host, this is a supernatural world, so the figure before you is a ghost."
"So? Why can I see her?" Lin Yan had already known that some worlds had ghosts.
In the martial arts world, the original host's soul had never reincarnated and had followed the male protagonist.
She had watched everything the male protagonist did. However, no one could see her.
Even though this was a supernatural world, it didn't mean everyone could see ghosts.
Yet, she could not only see, but see so clearly, which made her suspect she possessed some special ability or identity.
"Host, I can't explain it clearly to you right now. Do you want to receive the original host's memories and plot now?"
"Receive it," Lin Yan decided, seeing that the female ghost had no intention of harming her. She decided to receive the memories first. Her soul had already experienced so many worlds that the discomfort of memory transfer had greatly lessened.
Lin Yan glanced at her small hands, realizing she had transmigrated into the original host's childhood once again.
This world was the setting of a supernatural novel, where humans, demons, and ghosts coexisted.
The original host was the eldest daughter of a Xuanmen (esoteric arts) family, possessing immense talent and a leader among the younger generation.
At a young age, her spiritual power already surpassed that of many elders. She was the hope of her entire family and a role model for everyone her age.
But later, the Ghost King appeared and wreaked havoc. She led the younger generation to confront the Ghost King. However, the Ghost King's power was too great. To seal the Ghost King, and for the sake of the junior disciples who admired her, she used her own body as part of the formation to seal the Ghost King.
However, the original host's life was merely a backdrop to the story. After the Ghost King was sealed, the world entered a period of brief peace. But as the female protagonist leveled up step by step—yes, this was a novel about a female protagonist leveling up—
The female protagonist, for reasons unknown, fell in love with the sealed Ghost King. Thus, she went to great lengths to save him.
The Xuanmen world, which obstructed her, became a collection of wicked villains; the original host, who should have been called a savior, became the Queen Mother who broke up lovers.
The Ghost King was the male protagonist of this world, and thus everyone who prevented the male and female protagonist from falling in love became a villain.
The original host sealed the Ghost King with her own body, and her soul, as the formation's eye, continuously guarded the formation, keeping watch over the Ghost King who had wreaked havoc.
As a result, the original host became the greatest obstacle to the reunion of the female and male protagonists, or arguably, the biggest villain in the novel.
Amusingly, the Ghost King, who had once wreaked havoc, turned into a love-struck fool after falling in love with the female protagonist. He spent his days consumed by jealousy over the men around the female protagonist.
After the female protagonist rescued the Ghost King, she became the new savior by restraining him.
All the original host's achievements were thus buried in the annals of time, and even all the readers resented the original host for sealing the Ghost King back then; otherwise, the male and female protagonists would have long reunited and become a divine couple.
What sin had the original host committed? And what about the ordinary people who died at the hands of the Ghost King? Simply for obstructing the romance between the female and male protagonists, she became a villain.
The female protagonist even belittled all of Xuanmen, forcing the original host's relatives to admit their mistakes and never oppose the Ghost King again.
The Ghost King was considered to have turned over a new leaf, but the original host was destined for a soul-scattering demise. Moreover, the ordinary people sacrificed by the Ghost King had incomplete souls and could not reincarnate.
Xuanmen declined, and the female protagonist, with the Ghost King by her side, became overwhelmingly powerful. No one dared to speak ill of the Ghost King, nor dare to disrespect the female protagonist.
The female protagonist and the Ghost King lived happily ever after, and the book concluded with a happy ending.
When Lin Yan transmigrated, the original host was seven years old and was practicing opening her yin-yang eyes for the first time to build courage.
In the original host's memory, this exercise had yielded great rewards and solidified her reputation as the foremost figure among the younger generation in Xuanmen.
The greatest reward among these was the female ghost before her.
Children in Xuanmen began tempering their bones and muscles from the age of three, using various medicinal herbs to strengthen them.
From the age of four, they started learning to read and write, practicing talismans, swordplay, and memorizing various classics and recipes.
By the age of seven, they began opening their yin-yang eyes, encountering various ghosts and spirits, and their elders guided them to broaden their horizons.
Even with mediocre talent, one would not be inferior to those who practiced esoteric arts on their own. However, the female protagonist was an exception. She went from encountering Xuanmen to successfully defeating most of its practitioners in just one year.
Even with photographic memory, one could not master all the knowledge of Xuanmen in just one year. Moreover, Xuanmen knowledge is vast and encompasses everything; how could it be learned in such a short time?
Unless the female protagonist was a great figure from a previous life, reincarnated with her memories.
However, the rules of reincarnation are very strict, and it is impossible to bring memories along. Therefore, it must be that the Ghost King did something. It seemed the formation the original host used to seal the Ghost King was not airtight, allowing the Ghost King to maintain contact with the outside world.
Otherwise, how could there be the three-life pact between the female protagonist and the Ghost King? How would the female protagonist know where the Ghost King was sealed and what token was needed to open the seal and rescue him?
It was likely that not only the seal was problematic, but there were also informants of the Ghost King within the Xuanmen families.
The original host did not regret sealing the Ghost King. After all, if she hadn't acted then, she and the junior disciples behind her might have lost their lives there.
What she hated most was that she had done the right thing, yet she was branded a villain, and even her relatives had to apologize to this perpetrator.