According to the reincarnation of the Nascent Soul Incarnation, the past and present lives are the same person, inseparable from each other. However, a glance at the past Dong Miaozhu and the present Lin Yourong reveals that both their past and present lives have situations where they seem like totally different individuals.
The reason behind this actually relates to Lin Yourong and Dong Miaozhu themselves. Their personalities in their past and present lives are completely opposite, which suggests that something extraordinary must have happened before the reincarnation of the Nascent Soul Incarnation that led to a "soul possession" scenario, where the past life devours the present one. In short, there are yet-unknown secrets between Lin Yourong and Dong Miaozhu.
