The candidate for the supervisor of the Time and Space Monitoring Department had to undergo ten thousand years of reincarnation before taking office.
Qing Lan's head was filled with rumbling heavenly thunder; he couldn't bear it!
Ten thousand years had already left him mentally exhausted, wishing for death.
One hundred thousand years!
It would not only take his life but also cause his soul to dissipate.
He remembered Hongjun mentioning there was a backup candidate.
Since this one still required waiting for a hundred thousand years, he placed all his hopes on that backup.
"The position of supervisor is crucial, affecting the normal operation of all worlds.
It involves monitoring the three thousand great worlds and numerous small worlds within the three realms.
One must travel through various timelines, identifying and rectifying any deviations.
Correcting people and events that stray from the ordained path, absolutely without emotional involvement.
The supervisor is best suited to be someone with a solitary Yin destiny, devoid of emotions and love.
I meticulously searched and screened every being in the three realms.
There were two such individuals.
One was the younger brother of the Moon God in the Lunar Palace.
He was the Son of the Moon, possessing a natural solitary Yin destiny.
He was the ideal candidate for supervisor. The other, while not having a solitary Yin destiny,
was fated to be a Heavenly Solitary Star, also a suitable candidate."
Hongjun stroked his white beard and looked out at the rolling sea of clouds beyond the Zixiao Palace.
As if to see through the endless void and discern the mysteries of fate.
"Since that Son of the Moon has already entered reincarnation,
and it will take a hundred thousand years for him to return, there's no need to wait any longer.
Let the backup candidate take over directly and handle the handover with me.
I don't want to spend another moment in the Time and Space Monitoring Department.
Ever since I went there, I haven't had a single peaceful night's sleep.
I'm as busy as a headless chicken, and it's draining my mind and spirit. I've developed neurasthenia!"
Qing Lan poured out his grievances, unwilling to wait any longer.
He pleaded with Hongjun to activate the backup plan and have that Heavenly Solitary Star replace him.
"No, do you know who the Son of the Moon fell in love with?
It was that very backup candidate. She is already dead.
Although she hasn't entered reincarnation, she is bound by an oath.
She must also wait until the Son of the Moon completes his thousand lifetimes of reincarnation before she can return.
Therefore, regardless of which of them
comes to replace you, you will have to wait another hundred thousand years.
Only when they return can you leave the Time and Space Monitoring Department."
Hongjun smiled, turned, and walked into the back hall, leaving Qing Lan stunned.
"I refuse! Why should I have to endure another hundred thousand years?
I'm not the most suitable candidate. One is a solitary Yin individual,
and the other is a Heavenly Solitary Star. Two people who should never have crossed paths.
Why should they meet, fall in love, and be entangled for a thousand lifetimes?
They are pursuing romance while I'm toiling away in the Time and Space Monitoring Department. This is unfair.
They are violating the rules of heavenly operation and disrupting the world's trajectory.
As the acting supervisor of the Time and Space Monitoring Department, I have the responsibility and obligation
to guide their destinies back on track and have them return to take office sooner."
Upon hearing that both potential successors would only return after a hundred thousand years,
Qing Lan initially wilted like a frost-bitten eggplant.
Did he really have to endure another hundred thousand years in the Time and Space Monitoring Department?
Then he thought about the current situation of these two individuals.
Wasn't this a deviation from heaven's arrangement? It fell squarely within the purview of the Time and Space Monitoring Department.
His spirits immediately lifted, and with righteous indignation,
he shouted a few times at the entrance of the Zixiao Palace before turning to leave.
In his heart, he intended to use the guise of public duty for personal gain.
Using his authority as acting supervisor, he would interfere with their thousand lifetimes of reincarnation.
Under the pretense of heavenly law, he would break them apart.
This would hasten their return and allow for an earlier succession.
Then he could hand over the troublesome hot potato of the Time and Space Monitoring Department.
Even if he couldn't expedite their return, he could slack off for a hundred thousand years.
Doing a job was better than constantly running around to various worlds,
dealing with trivial and annoying matters. This was his work.
Even Hongjun wouldn't be able to find fault.
He was currently the acting supervisor, responsible for monitoring all worlds.
He quickly located the world where the Son of the Moon was reincarnated.
He directly traversed time and space, pursuing him.
Inside the Zixiao Palace, Hongjun heard Qing Lan's shouts from outside.
A smile touched his lips, and he then closed his eyes, entering a state of deep meditation, his spirit wandering the void.
The Time and Space Monitoring Department, upon discovering that a world had deviated from its predetermined course,
was required to travel to that world and guide the relevant people or events back onto the right track.
However, they had to adhere to the rules of that world and could not interfere directly.
They could only subtly influence and nudge things along.
The people of that world had to remain the primary agents of change; direct alteration was forbidden.
Otherwise, it would lead to the collapse of that world and create even greater deviations.
Thus, Qing Lan followed the Son of the Moon, causing trouble from the sidelines.
He aimed to get him killed or to die of illness.
He even wanted to change his views on love and make him give up searching for his beloved.
In this manner, through Qing Lan's relentless efforts,
and coupled with the fact that the Son of the Moon's beloved never appeared when he found her,
after nine hundred and ninety-five lifetimes, the Son of the Moon, under Qing Lan's influence,
forgot the original purpose of his reincarnation and who his beloved was.
By the nine hundred and ninety-sixth reincarnation, he had become muddled and confused.
Qing Lan felt relieved. Four more lifetimes, and he could retire with honor.
He could escape the Time and Space Monitoring Department and return to sleep in the Zixiao Palace.
However, after more than nine hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, he was also tired.
According to the trajectory of heavenly operation, the Son of the Moon in this lifetime
would only live to his early twenties before dying in the outbreak of the apocalypse.
Furthermore, he had checked beforehand, and the woman was not in this world.
So, he returned to the Time and Space Monitoring Department for a nap.
When he woke up, he discovered an unexpected development.
The Son of the Moon in this lifetime, Ji Shiyou, not only did not die in the apocalypse
but also awakened his powers and survived.
Moreover, the Witch Princess Ming Yue, who had transmigrated, was the woman Ji Shiyou deeply loved.
What annoyed him even more was that Ji Shiyou had recovered his memories.
The two not only recognized each other but also fell in love!
Qing Lan was petrified. He had only taken a nap.
More than nine hundred lifetimes of effort were all in vain.
Fortunately, Ming Yue self-detonated, and the two entered reincarnation again.
Otherwise, if they had defied fate and earned the approval of heaven,
he, the acting supervisor, would have been stuck in the role permanently.
Therefore, in the final three lifetimes, Qing Lan became exceptionally diligent.
He used his avatars to directly interact with the couple, intending to hasten their deaths.
He also made great efforts to prevent their union, fearing they would gain heaven's approval.
He was afraid that if they succeeded in changing their fate, he would be relegated to the role of a miserable laborer.
In the last lifetime, in the Moonflower Realm, although he succeeded in killing them both,
at the last moment, facing life and death, Ji Shiyou and Ming Yue remained inseparable.
Their love was stronger than gold and still influenced heaven.
Although they both died, they had successfully altered their fate.
Heaven changed their destinies. Ming Yue did not have to have her soul scattered,
and Ji Shiyou did not have to be eternally lost in the mortal world.
The destinies of the solitary Yin and the Heavenly Solitary Star had vanished, and their fates were re-charted.
The thousand lifetimes of reincarnation concluded, and the couple was sent back to the apocalypse.
It could be said that Qing Lan, who had toiled for a hundred thousand years, had lost completely.
But he was not disheartened. After understanding everything, he did not give up.
He pursued them to the apocalypse and grovelingly begged the couple.
Could they take over as supervisors of the Time and Space Monitoring Department, overseeing the three thousand great worlds, numerous small worlds,
and the past, present, and future of countless parallel universes?
To persuade them to agree, Qing Lan extolled the position of supervisor in the most extravagant terms.
He boasted that they would be directly under Hongjun's command, second only to him, above ten thousand others.
That their power would be immense, even exceeding that of saints.
That they could travel freely through all timelines.
...
As a result, Ji Shiyou and Ming Yue responded in unison.
"We don't care!"
"Not interested!"
"Whether you care or not, you must take office. This is your destiny!"
Just as Qing Lan was at a loss, a voice echoed.
Qing Lan's face immediately lit up with joy, thinking to himself, "Savior has arrived."