Shen Zhongyan’s true identity was that he was the disciple of Feng Zhengyuan and Feng Zhengkui.
These two Immortal King Realm masters had long been targeting An Jinqiu.
They held a grudge from the Battle of Zhijing Valley before the Heavenly Realm catastrophe.
Though, like An Jinqiu, they were both early-stage Immortal Kings,
they were simply no match for her.
Helpless, they set up this trap, sending their disciple Shen Zhongyan
to get close to An Jieyue,
planning to strike through An Jinqiu’s useless younger sister.
The plan proceeded surprisingly smoothly.
Not only did they lure An Jinqiu into their Five Elements Immortal Slaughter Formation,
but they also seized her natal immortal sword.
Under these circumstances, Feng Zhengkui and Feng Zhengyuan naturally believed victory was assured.
With a casual move, they sucked the Wuhui Sword from the ground into their hands, their smiles growing wider.
But at that moment,
An Jinqiu suddenly broke through the white light barrier before her and darted forward!
In an instant, she reached An Jieyue’s side and casually slew Shen Zhongyan beside her.
As she struck,
Feng Zhengyuan and Feng Zhengkui were not idle either.
They simultaneously unleashed a palm strike!
Immortal energy surged like dragons, fiercely attacking.
An Jinqiu shielded An Jieyue in her arms, taking both blows head-on.
Her internal energy was instantly disrupted, and she spat blood.
Yet she successfully carried An Jieyue thousands of meters away.
Seeing An Jiexue badly injured, An Jieyue was terrified and trembled as she whispered, “Why? Why?”
“You fool, you are my sister!”
“Have you not always wanted to leave Yourong City? Then go.”
“I’ll give you half an hour.”
“After half an hour, once I deal with these scum, if I find you, you’ll obediently return with me to Yourong City.”
“If I can’t find you, then I’ll set you free. I’m tired too!”
As soon as those words fell,
the sealing on An Jieyue instantly lifted, and her Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivation returned!
An Jinqiu’s mind stirred, immortal energy burst forth, and in an instant she sent An Jieyue flying tens of thousands of miles away!
Feng Zhengyuan and Feng Zhengkui did not stop her, only sealing off An Jinqiu’s retreat path front and back.
“Tsk tsk, what a deep sisterly bond. Now that your sister is gone, no worries remain—ready to die peacefully?”
An Jinqiu lowered her head slightly.
“Die peacefully? Maybe that’s not a bad choice. I am so tired... I want to rest.”
“In this life, I have borne too much, carried too much.”
“Perhaps death really is a relief!”
Meanwhile, above Yourong City,
Ye Yu, seeing the situation reach this point, felt very unhappy.
“This is completely screwed!”
“Two against one at the same realm, and one of them badly injured—this is definitely over.”
“He had said he would help An Jinqiu [N O V E L I G H T] ease the relationship with her sister.”
“But if she dies here, how can that happen?”
“Wait, no, hold on!”
“If the sister can’t do it, maybe the younger sister can!”
“An Jieyue’s wish was to never meet An Jinqiu again after today’s parting.”
“If before, the difficulty of that wish would be high, but now it’s quite easy.”
“An Jinqiu is probably going to die here.”
“As long as An Jieyue is found and taken away from Yourong City, wouldn’t that directly fulfill the wish?”
“If memory serves, this was a purple-tier wish.”
“The strongest below gold tier!”
“Getting rich, getting rich!”
The next moment, Ye Yu’s figure vanished from the spot!
He began searching for An Jieyue’s whereabouts,
silently praying that she would survive.
“If you two sisters both die, then all the time I spent in Yourong City will be for nothing!”
Elsewhere,
An Jieyue was rushing quickly toward Yourong City.
Her tears blurred her eyes, but her speed didn’t slow.
Yes, that’s right—she dreamed of leaving Yourong City!
But if it meant leaving at the cost of that woman’s death, she did not want it!
“What are you thinking?”
“What exactly are you thinking?”
“When you ruthlessly slaughtered the Suguang Immortal Sect back then, you were so resolute.”
“But now you save me with your life—is it to make me feel guilty forever?”
“Where did your cruelty go before?”
“Sister!”
...
For a Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivator, traveling thousands of miles was not a great distance.
In just a short time, An Jieyue was again thirty li outside Yourong City.
But to her surprise, besides the lingering surging immortal energy waves,
there was nothing else.
“Where are they?”
“Where are they?”
An Jieyue scanned a ten-thousand-li radius with her spiritual sense but still could not detect An Jinqiu’s presence.
Unexpectedly, she found Ye Yu.
She turned to look, eagerly asking, “Where is that woman? Where is she? And those two old bastards?”
Ye Yu softly said, “Perhaps to avoid affecting Yourong City, your sister left here and drew those two old men away.”
“Right now, no one knows where they are.”
“Judging by the time, the battle should have ended.”
Hearing this, An Jieyue trembled all over, her eyes vacant, murmuring, “No, no, impossible. I have to find her. I have to find her!”
Before her words fell, she transformed into a streak of light and dashed north.
Leaving Ye Yu standing alone.
“What a sisterly bond, but you two are going too far. Both running off?”
“That was an Immortal King Realm battle, and you’re just Heavenly Immortal Realm—what are you doing?”
“Do I have to deliver this head as a gift?”
After grumbling a bit, Ye Yu also chased after An Jieyue’s departing direction.
In his eyes, she was not just a fairy but a purple-tier wish.
“So this girl has to live!”
Several hours later, the Heavenly Realm brightened again; dawn had come.
Ye Yu’s heart sank.
It proved that there really was a gap between Profound Immortal Realm and Heavenly Immortal Realm.
From flying speed alone, you could tell.
Ye Yu truly failed to catch up with An Jieyue.
More importantly, after such a long time, An Jinqiu’s battle should have ended long ago, so logically, An Jieyue’s wish should have been fulfilled.
If someone dies, and An Jieyue can’t find her sister, that naturally means never meeting again.
But the sound of the wish being fulfilled never came.
According to Ye Yu’s speculation, there were only two possibilities.
One: An Jieyue was also killed but saw An Jinqiu before dying, so the wish wasn’t fulfilled.
Two: An Jieyue found An Jinqiu’s corpse, which also does not satisfy the wish of never meeting again.
No matter which, the wish failed, and Ye Yu felt deep regret.
It seemed all efforts were in vain.
Ye Yu sighed, but suddenly,
he sensed a familiar aura from the Immortal Sect ruins below.
