Yin Qingcheng...
Which sect was she from?
It seemed like she liked him, but was she really that foolish?
As expected, she didn’t come back.
In the Seventh Heaven, Yin Qingcheng stood frozen, unable to believe it. She couldn’t believe she had actually been surrounded and killed.
What? This was just the First Heaven. She had intended to rescue Yue Hongling and score some favor points with Lu Ye, but instead, she ended up getting surrounded and killed — and she didn’t even manage to save Yue Hongling.
This death was far more terrifying than the one in the orphanage.
Because this time, she died fighting.
Death...
Yin Qingcheng’s hands trembled slightly.
She had experienced death several times now. Even though she knew it wasn’t real, the sensation of dying was all too vivid, the pain lingering, wrapping around her like an icy shroud.
The light of the Three-Life Stone dimmed significantly, now riddled with countless cracks.
Judging by the current state, it seemed unlikely she’d be able to enter again anytime soon.
“Damn it! Why is it so difficult?!”
Yin Qingcheng gritted her teeth.
Lu Ye’s Three-Life Tribulation was a fortress of iron, sealed off from every angle. Nothing could get through.
She just wanted to leave a lasting impression on Lu Ye, to burn a perfect, irreplaceable image into his mind. Why was it so hard?
She refused to accept this!
The Three-Life Stone activated again.
...
In the Third Heaven.
Yue Hongling sat there, completely dazed.
“Dead... hahaha... so I really died!”
“Hahaha...”
First, they had cut off her limbs.
Then, they had severed her head.
She had truly died in utter despair.
“My Senior Brother didn’t stop me... and this is what became of me. I deserved it... I really deserved it!”
Yue Hongling burst into uncontrollable sobs.
So, this was the fate she deserved all along. Clearly, her Senior Brother had tried to save her, but instead, she had blamed and resented him. Clearly, in this world, only her Senior Brother had ever truly cared for her!
But now, her Senior Brother no longer wanted her...
“Aaaahhh!”
Bai Qiulan was just about to comfort Yue Hongling when she suddenly froze.
In that instant, a vivid scene appeared in Bai Qiulan’s mind.
The moment the scene played out, a crimson blush crept across Bai Qiulan’s face.
Because the image in her mind was unmistakably the scene where Lu Ye had helped her detoxify the poison.
...
Cold.
So cold!
Lu Ye tried to gather some warmth. He lifted his clothes, but the body that should have been warm was now bone-chillingly frigid. The cold was so intense that even his mind felt like it was freezing over.
He tried to move, to generate some heat through physical exertion.
But there was no warmth to be found.
His very soul felt like it had been plunged into a frozen abyss.
A mournful, sobbing voice echoed endlessly in his ears. The more he tried to move to find warmth, the louder the voice grew.
“Lu Ye! I’m your master, you bastard! Do you have no shame?! Leave now!”
Bai Qiulan gritted her teeth, her voice laced with fury and despair.
Lu Ye could feel a bone-chilling cold surging through his body, funneled in through a very specific point.
This wasn’t the first time it had happened.
But this time, the force of the influx was especially intense. Lu Ye felt that if this continued, he would surely die.
The sensation of impending death was overwhelming.
He would really die!
Because of that terrifying feeling, he desperately searched for warmth, for anything that could keep him alive.
Now, she was telling him to leave?
Lu Ye took a step back.
“Ugh...”
Bai Qiulan let out a strange sound.
The next second, the biting cold rushed over her, enveloping her completely.
Outside the room, Yin Qingcheng stood by the door, her fists clenched, teeth gnashing.
Damn Bai Qiulan! Just because she was older, she thought she could act like this?
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
Lu Ye stepped back, regaining control of his body, and immediately retreated further.
A layer of frost had already formed over Bai Qiulan’s skin.
Lu Ye continued to shiver, but a gentle warmth was now circulating through his body — the warmth generated from the pills he had refined and the true essence he was burning to maintain his life.
For the first time, Lu Ye truly understood how precious warmth was.
How precious life was.
“Lu Ye...”
Bai Qiulan turned around.
She was so cold. Normally, when someone was freezing, they would wrap themselves up tightly, curl into a ball.
But Bai Qiulan’s chest was exposed, and what met Lu Ye’s eyes was...
Lu Ye immediately turned around.
“Master, this disciple was too reckless. I violated the norms of propriety. I will leave right now. I will never make such a mistake again!”
Without waiting for Bai Qiulan’s response, Lu Ye quickly walked away.
“Lu Ye!”
“Lu Ye!”
“I’m cold...”
“Cold...”
Her voice grew weaker and weaker as large chunks of ice crystals enveloped her entire body.
Lu Ye hurriedly opened the door and slammed it shut behind him.
Outside, the sun was warm and blindingly bright.
Sunlight bathed Lu Ye’s body, and for the first time, he felt as if he had been reborn.
Inside the room, Bai Qiulan’s body was consumed by the raging power of Taiyin, the chaotic lunar energy surging violently within her.
She was too weak to struggle, sinking deeper into the freezing abyss.
Her consciousness was gradually being shattered by the cold. Her soul was slowly being ground into dust.
Bai Qiulan died.
...
Yin Qingcheng stood outside the door, utterly dumbfounded.
What... Bai Qiulan just died like that?
Sure, this was the world of the Three-Life Tribulation and not the real world, but Bai Qiulan’s death felt too abrupt, too decisive.
She had no solution to Bai Qiulan’s affliction — not even the slightest clue.
As far as she knew, the only person in the world capable of suppressing the chaotic Taiyin power was Lu Ye.
Yin Qingcheng felt a wave of relief wash over her.
Thank goodness... thank goodness she managed to save her own life this time.
Not dying was already a blessing!
...
In the Third Heaven, the real Bai Qiulan sat in a daze.
She had died...
That time had been the first eruption of the chaotic Taiyin power. Before then, it was always just the ordinary Taiyin energy.
The eruption had been far more intense than usual.
That was also the time when Lu Ye had been most frenzied. By the end, she had nearly died, her entire body drenched in sweat.
She remembered that there was a moment when Lu Ye had stopped.
And in that moment, she had been so cold that she felt like she was about to freeze to death.
The reason Lu Ye had stopped...
It was because he had been frozen to death once.
He was literally risking his life to save her.
He had been in such excruciating pain.
But he never said a word. Not once did he complain.
Yue Hongling had only absorbed the Taiyin energy a few times, and she was already lashing out in anger.
But Lu Ye...
He always took care of her emotions, always considered her feelings, always shouldered the blame himself.
“Husband... sob... sob... husband...”
“I was wrong...”
Bai Qiulan broke down, weeping bitterly.
She had truly lost Lu Ye now. She couldn’t imagine what she would do if the day came when Yue Hongling refused to absorb the Taiyin energy for her. Would she die like the version of herself she had just seen in the Three-Life Tribulation?
Shen Xitong, standing nearby, wore a smug expression.
Hmph! They deserved to cry their eyes out.
As long as they were suffering, Shen Xitong felt all warm and fuzzy inside.
That damned host, now that he had let go of his past demons, he really was different.
If he had been like this in the previous life, maybe things wouldn’t have ended so tragically for him.
But then again, the Lu Ye of the previous life had been good too.
Because he had genuinely cared for others, believing that by being good to people, they would return {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} that goodness to him.
Too bad... not everyone had a conscience as big as Shen Xitong’s!
Thinking of this, Shen Xitong patted her chest proudly.
Conscience? She had plenty of it!
But judging by the way things were going, it seemed like Lu Ye was determined to let these eight women die in his Three-Life Tribulation.
Then what about the scene where he died for Yin Qingcheng? Would that appear too?
If Yin Qingcheng saw that... how would she feel?
Shen Xitong trembled with excitement.
Melons! Melons! Melons everywhere!
