“Biting the hand that feeds you! What a fool!”
Yin Qingcheng couldn’t hold back and shouted angrily.
Lu Ye looked at her, surprised. “You... are you from Earth?”
After all, in this world, there was no such figure as Lü Dongbin.
Yin Qingcheng froze.
“Ah, yes. Are you... too?” she asked, her eyes lighting up with excitement.
Lu Ye...
What terrible acting!
Lu Ye had almost believed that Yin Qingcheng was a transmigrator like him.
“I feel like I’ve seen you somewhere before. Have we met?” Lu Ye asked, his voice soft.
“No, we’re meeting for the first time. But it feels like we’ve known each other forever,” Yin Qingcheng said, smiling sweetly.
Lu Ye nodded thoughtfully.
“You entered my Three-Life Tribulation and tried to deceive me. Although I don’t know your true intentions, one thing is certain — you’re not my friend. Therefore... you can die now.”
Yin Qingcheng’s pupils constricted sharply.
No way... Lu Ye knew this was his Three-Life Tribulation?
But he was only in the Great Dao Realm!
How could that be possible?
Lu Ye moved.
In an instant, he launched a fierce punch toward Yin Qingcheng.
Yin Qingcheng raised her slender, jade-like fingers to counter, pointing forward.
In that moment, wind and light collided, fists and fingers clashed fiercely.
Meanwhile, in the Jiang Clan, the Void Dao Realm of Jiang Wuyai had fully formed.
“There’s only a quarter of an hour. Enter quickly!”
Jiang Wuyai appeared to be struggling, his voice booming across the hall.
One by one, the Void Daos of the Jiang Clan members flowed into the Void Dao Realm.
Jiang Die heard the commotion outside and sneered. Was he trying to prove himself again?
Too late!
Her Void Dao also merged into the realm.
The radiance of the Void Dao Realm twisted and shimmered like a surreal dream.
Only one elder remained outside — the one who had refused to enter.
“Jiang Deng, is that you?” Jiang Wuyai’s eyes shone with a hint of nostalgia.
Jiang Deng flinched.
“You still remember me?”
“Of course. Back then, you were one of the most talented ones, gifted and perceptive. Though you’re old now, if you cultivate the Great Void Technique, you may yet reach the Quasi-Emperor Realm. Go ahead and enter.”
“You lived in my era. You know what kind of person I am.”
Jiang Deng hesitated.
“I’d rather not. I know my limits. Reaching the Ruler Realm was already a stroke of luck. The Quasi-Emperor Realm? I won’t pursue it,” Jiang Deng said, shaking his head.
“Are you sure?”
“I’m sure.”
Jiang Wuyai didn’t force him. He nodded lightly.
The Void Dao Realm closed.
Jiang Wuyai shut his eyes. Suddenly, a sliver of Void Fire ignited.
Jiang Deng’s expression changed.
In mere seconds, the Void Fire turned black, encircling the entire Void Dao Realm, flames roaring and surging.
Jiang Deng’s face darkened.
“What are you doing?”
“I advise you not to move. Otherwise, you will die,” Jiang Wuyai said coldly.
“Release them! Patriarch, these are the Jiang Clan’s strongest cultivators! You can’t harm them!” Jiang Deng shouted.
“You don’t understand,” Jiang Wuyai sneered. “The Jiang Clan’s strength has never come from them. Once I recover to my peak, the Jiang Clan will be the greatest power in the Seventh Heaven, all by myself!”
“They die, but the Fifth and Sixth Heavens will keep sending new ascendants.”
“So, I suggest you stay put, for old times’ sake.”
Jiang Deng roared in rage.
“Let them go!”
“Void Mirror!”
Boom!
Jiang Deng never managed to retrieve the Void Mirror. With just one strike, Jiang Wuyai killed him.
The Void Mirror and the Extinction Spear both hummed ominously.
“I am doing this for the Jiang Clan!” Jiang Wuyai shouted.
The two Emperor Weapons fell silent.
Both sides were Jiang Clan members. There was no clear right or wrong.
...
Lu Ye also won.
Yin Qingcheng was beaten to death by him in a single breath.
Yin Qingcheng had repeatedly claimed to be his Dao partner, and Lu Ye had indeed felt as if he knew her.
But at this point, Lu Ye’s cultivation was high enough that he could clearly sense he was experiencing a Three-Life Tribulation.
And Yin Qingcheng gave him no sense of being a partner.
In fact, she felt more like an enemy.
Therefore... she was expendable.
After dealing with Yin Qingcheng, Lu Ye turned to look at the black flames engulfing the Void Dao Realm.
Jiang Wuyai met his gaze coldly.
“Are you going to intervene?”
A faint smile spread across Lu Ye’s face.
“How could I? This is a Jiang Clan affair. As an outsider, it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to interfere.”
“So, farewell.”
Jiang Wuyai froze.
He watched as Lu Ye walked away swiftly, his expression puzzled.
But it didn’t matter.
Lu Ye had never been part of his plans. If he left now, that was his own business. Jiang Wuyai’s focus was on himself.
Let him go.
The black flames grew fiercer.
Every Void Dao that had entered the Void Dao Realm twisted and contorted. The horrifying power was shattering them one by one.
“Patriarch! Patriarch! We trusted you! Why are you doing this to us?”
“Jiang Wuyai! Are you really going to betray the clan?”
“Do you realize that your actions will forever brand your name as a traitor?”
Jiang Die was stunned.
Among the Jiang Clan members, she was relatively weak.
Within moments, her Void Dao began to collapse.
“Lu Ye! Lu Ye! Husband, save me!”
Jiang Die panicked, screaming for Lu Ye to save her.
Even her physical body was crying out.
But Lu Ye was already gone.
That last look he gave her was a farewell.
“Aaaahhh...”
Inside the Human Emperor Banner, Jiang Die’s true spirit suddenly let out a harrowing scream.
Purple energy surged around her, the aura ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) of resentment growing more intense. It coiled around her like a massive, suffocating python.
She finally remembered.
She finally recalled when Lu Ye had died for her.
It was right here!
Jiang Clan Patriarch — Jiang Wuyai!
In the previous life, Lu Ye had also pointed out the dangers of the Void Dao Realm. He had also been mocked and ridiculed.
But he hadn’t walked away.
Instead, he had entered the Void Dao Realm with his Void Dao, determined to protect Jiang Die and the Jiang Clan.
Jiang Wuyai, thinking he was in complete control, began absorbing the Void Daos to replenish his own fragmented Dao.
But he had not expected that though Lu Ye’s Void Dao had entered, his other Daos remained intact.
Inside the Void Realm, Lu Ye and Jiang Wuyai clashed in a battle that shook the heavens.
Lu Ye died once.
But as Jiang Wuyai was celebrating his victory, Lu Ye’s second life appeared.
Jiang Wuyai, already wounded from the previous fight, was no match for the fully restored Lu Ye.
In the end, Jiang Wuyai had to flee in utter humiliation.
Back then, Lu Ye had died once — for her.
And yet, she had still berated him, calling him an outsider, accusing him of interfering.
A man willing to die for her, and she had claimed he didn’t love her?
“Aaahh...”
“Aaahhh...”
“Aaahhhhhhh...”
Jiang Die’s agonized screams echoed within the Human Emperor Banner.
The banner’s aura intensified, growing more powerful as Jiang Die’s resentment and regret spiraled out of control.
