Whenever An Kuangming faced An Jinqiu’s pleas,
he always replied with a bitter smile: “Yue’er is still young. When she sees others with mothers, she longs to be held by her mother too.
I can’t keep telling her that her mother is traveling somewhere far away.
Besides, I don’t ask for much—I only wish Yun Jiexin would come back and see her two children.
Even just once would be enough.”
At that, An Jinqiu had nothing more to say.
Their father, An Kuangming, had already been gone a long time now. She hoped his wish would come true.
Just as An Jinqiu was lost in thought, she heard something heavy fall.
Looking up, she saw An Kuangming had returned.
He collapsed to the ground, covered in blood.
An Jinqiu hurried to support him, but realized he was at death’s door.
His immortal energy barely held by a thread.
She tried to give him a pill, but was stopped.
An Kuangming weakly said, “Yun Jiexin has planted the Soul-Devouring Gu in me. It’s unbreakable.
Right now, do nothing but listen to me.”
“Your mother Yun Jiexin has gone mad chasing the Dao.
She refined her immortal body into a Gu parasite and now targets An Jieyue’s body,
seeking to refine her into a new Gu.”
“You must take her away quickly.”
“Before leaving, kill every immortal in the sect.
Make it look like the Suguang Immortal Sect was destroyed, only then can you survive.”
“Run—escape with your sister!”
“You must protect her!”
Hearing this, An Jinqiu felt cold all over.
Before she could react,
An Kuangming wailed in pain.
Struggling on the ground, he begged An Jinqiu to end his suffering.
Seeing her father in such agony,
An Jinqiu could only suppress her grief and ended his life.
This entire scene was witnessed by her younger sister, An Jieyue.
After much thought, An Jinqiu chose not to tell the whole truth.
She feared her sister would break down upon learning everything.
Their mother, whom they never met since birth, severely wounded their father, An Kuangming,
seeking to torture him to death.
Now, she even aimed at her own youngest daughter.
For a little girl, such things were unimaginable and unbelievable.
Since childhood, both An Jinqiu and An Kuangming had comforted An Jieyue,
telling her she was not an unwanted child.
“Your mother loves you very much but can’t return for now.
Don’t envy others—you are happy too.”
In such a situation, overturning these words now
would be illogical.
An Jieyue wouldn’t believe it.
So some things were better left unsaid for now.
They could be told when An Jieyue grew older and stronger.
Moreover, An Jinqiu had more important matters now.
To fulfill An Kuangming’s last wish and protect her sister,
she steeled her heart and began the destruction of the entire Suguang Immortal Sect.
Fortunately, she was extraordinarily gifted since childhood and had become the sect’s strongest.
Killing all the immortals was no difficult task for her.
After completing this,
she destroyed the Suguang Immortal Sect utterly
and then took An Jieyue to a remote northern part of the Heavenly Realm,
locking her away in seclusion.
This was to prevent Yun Jiexin from finding her sister.
Meanwhile, An Jinqiu began to cultivate madly.
Centuries later, she finally reached the peak Immortal Lord Realm.
Yet despite such caution, Yun Jiexin found her
and demanded An Jieyue.
If denied, Yun Jiexin threatened to kill her as well.
By then, Yun Jiexin was an Immortal King Realm master, so she spoke with full confidence.
Though prepared mentally for vengeance,
An Jinqiu still hesitated upon seeing Yun Jiexin.
So she begged that, if only An Jieyue could be spared,
she would willingly become the vessel to refine Gu worms.
But Yun Jiexin only laughed
and revealed a secret to An Jinqiu.
Yun Jiexin’s only daughter was An Jieyue.
As for An Jinqiu, she was an abandoned baby of the Heavenly Realm,
luckily found by An Kuangming and taken in as a daughter.
No blood of Yun Jiexin flowed in her veins,
so Yun Jiexin naturally looked down on her.
Upon hearing this,
An Jinqiu felt as if struck by lightning, her hopes shattered.
Yun Jiexin said that any sacrifice was worth it to achieve the Dao,
even if it meant sacrificing her own daughter.
“You’re an outsider.
It’s hard enough for you to live in the Heavenly Realm, so why meddle in their family affairs?
Tell me where An Jieyue is, then get lost!”
An Jinqiu was stunned and speechless,
but her eyes grew even firmer.
Memories flashed through her mind.
Even if not her biological daughter,
her father An Kuangming had treated her as such,
and before dying had entrusted her to protect her sister.
She would do just that!
If anyone wanted An Jieyue’s life,
that person must die!
That day, An Jinqiu broke through her bottleneck and stepped into the Immortal King Realm,
then personally killed Yun Jiexin.
Soon after, the Heavenly Realm catastrophe arrived.
When An Jinqiu woke again,
she secluded herself for a long time.
Finally deciding to forever hide these matters in her heart,
never to let An Jieyue know.
Her birth mother wanted to kill her;
her father died at her mother’s hands.
And she, an outsider, bore the blood of her biological parents.
If she told everything,
how could An Jieyue endure?
So ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) even though this burden suffocated An Jinqiu,
she never intended to reveal it.
Often, she wished for death.
But thinking that if she died, An Jieyue would be alone,
she felt great pain.
Thus, she created Yourong City,
hoping to give her sister a safe and secure place.
As for those matters of the previous generation,
let them fade away with them.
After confessing this,
An Jinqiu wept like rain, but her heart found a moment of peace.
Ye Yu, on the other hand,
couldn’t help but take a sharp breath.
Such a twisted story could fill a whole novel.
He even had a title in mind: “The Secrets of the An Family”—a guaranteed hit.
But usually, those who suffer in silence don’t end well.
Thinking of all An Jinqiu had done,
Ye Yu suddenly felt pity for her.
So he gently embraced her and whispered,
“It’s all over now. The kindness you showed An Jieyue can never be repaid.”
