"Don't interrupt, listen to me.
At that time, my soul went to the Thunderwind Realm and entered the body of the former Wan Lei. The former Wan Lei was truly a dissolute scoundrel who committed all sorts of evil..."
"Are you finally willing to tell me your origin now?"
"There's nothing to hide. Haven't you also not hidden anything from me? I'm different from you. You are Fang Xiaoyu, but I am not Wan Lei.
You have residual consciousness from a past life, while I was not reincarnated. After death, my soul was directly guided here by Gouzi.
At that time, Wan Lei had already been struck dead by the heavenly tribulation. I took advantage of the situation and occupied this body, coming back to life."
"Oh, an异魂入体 (foreign soul entering a body). It's fine, I don't mind. No matter who you are, as long as you are the one I love."
"I know. If it were the former Wan Lei, you probably wouldn't have even glanced at him."
"Who were you in your past life?"
"Like you, a born deity, the God of Thunder."
"I knew it, you truly are a god."
"...Weren't we talking about the fox... and the young girl?"
"Continue."
"When I first awoke, I relied on the soul of the God of Thunder to attract some thunder energy. Wan Lei was originally a congenital thunder body and couldn't absorb spiritual energy, thus remaining a powerless invalid his entire life.
Perhaps it was due to the heavenly tribulation, but his congenital thunder body awakened, allowing him to absorb thunder. Although he could also absorb spiritual energy now, his efficiency was very slow, worse than ordinary cultivators.
I survived the first wave of heavenly tribulation and returned home. The next day, I met another scoundrel, Sui Xiaohang."
"Sui Xiaohang? That name sounds familiar, I think I've heard it somewhere."
"He's the newly accepted disciple of Master Xuan Dan from the Heavenly Elixir Pavilion."
"Oh, oh, I remember now."
"Sui Xiaohang also attracted heavenly tribulation, and I took it for him. Later, I went to the academy and was betrayed...
At that time, I was close to losing, and she appeared, helping me fight Wan Jin...
After the fight, she wanted to kill me again. I defeated her, and that's when I learned her name was Qi Manyao."
"Heh."
"After that, there were the academy competitions, and later I heard there was a Lightning Refining Pool to the south...
There I met Tian Suanzi, who was the only third-generation disciple of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion...
I stayed there for a month and survived the eighth heavenly tribulation...
Upon returning, I participated in the clan competition and defeated Wan Liuchuan, whom you know.
After becoming first, I went to the ancestral hall to receive the inheritance of the Thunder Emperor Art. But before two days passed, a young girl appeared before me.
That young girl, she was so arrogant, she wouldn't even look me in the eye, but she was truly beautiful. She wore a pale yellow long dress, that face, that figure, tsk tsk tsk...
At that time, I only saw her as an opponent. I never expected that she would become the most important person in my life.
Do you know who she is?"
"Hehehe... It's me."
Fang Xiaoyu smiled coquettishly and leaned against Wan Lei's chest.
"So clever."
"No."
Fang Xiaoyu suddenly raised her head.
"What's wrong?"
"So, when you fought with me, you had only been cultivating for a little over two months?"
"Yes."
"You only cultivated for two months, and you didn't even try that hard, just enduring lightning strikes, yet you could fight me to a draw after I'd cultivated for over ten years?!"
Sister Xiaoyu immediately felt unbalanced.
"Yes."
Young Master Lei's tone became even more smug.
"No, I need to work harder. I can't just lie in bed with you every day, freeloading and being a salted fish."
"..."
"Continue, and don't think you'll have peace until you explain your relationship with that vixen!"
"...After you left, I was unconscious for two days. It was time to face the final wave of heavenly tribulation. At that time, the rebellion of Second Master's family happened.
Gouzi helped me absorb the Heavenly Dao from the tribulation, and I also broke through to Core Formation.
After that, we went to the prefectural city and met Masters Xuan Dan and Ming Ji."
"The Xuan Ming Elders?"
"Yes, Tian Suanzi was originally Ming Ji's disciple, and Xuan Dan took a liking to Sui Xiaohang's aptitude and accepted him as a disciple.
After coming out, I encountered the registration for the Ten Thousand Prodigies List and was somehow tricked into registering.
At the auction, I offended a Nascent Soul cultivator, and after coming out, I killed him.
Upon returning home, I encountered the other three families attacking the Wan family. I killed three Nascent Souls. Qi Xiaoxiao from the Sky Splitting Sword Sect escaped.
It was also then that I avenged Ba'er Nu, and she was willing to acknowledge me as her master, but I didn't take it seriously.
It was also then that I obtained 'Wind鹤唳' (Wind Crane Cry).
After that, Tian Suanzi and Qi Manyao and I went to the Lightning Refining Pool again. We stayed for two months, then went to the prefectural city, preparing to participate in the Ten Thousand Prodigies List."
"Did you do anything else during those two months?"
"Nothing much, just cultivated, improved my strength, and prepared for the Ten Thousand Prodigies List competition."
"Is that so? Given your lecherous nature, how could you resist a beautiful young lady like that?"
"Honestly, I didn't have any romantic thoughts at the time because, at that moment, there was someone who loomed over me like a mountain.
At that time, I couldn't afford to stop for a moment, fearing that I would be inferior to her when I met her.
After all, that previous draw was the only blemish in my series of victories. I didn't want another draw; I had to defeat her.
I just didn't know that the opponent turned out to be exactly as I thought."
"Hmph, our fight isn't over yet. This glorious undefeated record can only belong to one of us."
"I have already won."
"Pah, I clearly won."
"Who would have thought that the two people who swore to kill each other would now be lying in the same bed? Fate plays such tricks."
"Stop changing the subject. You haven't explained clearly what your relationship with Qi Manyao is."
Under normal circumstances, Fang Xiaoyu wouldn't bother to remember a woman's name.
But it was different now; this was a love rival, so she had to remember her firmly, hmph!
"Didn't I say? It's just like that. We're like partners, very important partners, after all, we traveled together for half a year."
"Oh, half a year, that's quite a long time. Then tell me, in your heart, who is more important, me or her?"
This is a question any girl would ask, even if they clearly knew they were more important and knew what the other person would answer, they would still ask.
It's for that tiny bit of sweet certainty.
"Of course, you are important. I only spent half a year with her, but I've slept with you for over two years.
Besides, I've said it long ago, you, Fang Xiaoyu, are my wife, my Dao companion, the one I will walk through life with, supporting each other."
"That's more like it. I'll let you off today. If I find out you still have feelings for that little vixen, just you wait and see how I deal with you."
Fang Xiaoyu waved her small fists.
"Alright, you don't need to say the following plot. There's nothing special about the Ten Thousand Prodigies List."
"No, I must say it."
Young Master Lei's eyes were tearful, filled with grievance.
"They were too cruel!"