âDa Ge! Qin Da Ge! Quickly, get up! You absolutely cannot die!â Mu Rongyue used up all her strength to help Qin Yu sit upright as tears pooled in her eyes.
âDâDonât worry about me⊠Jâjust goâŠâ Qin Yuâs lips trembled as he spoke almost inaudibly. Right now, his situation was even worse than when he had used Blood Shadowâs Evasion. Last time, he was able to move a little but now, he didnât even have the strength to speak. Even a child could casually poke him to death with a finger.
If Mu Rongyue didnât leave, he feared that she would be buried along with him. But how could Mu Rongyue just abandon him?
When the Madamâs pain eased, her voice almost cracked as she released a terrible screech. âYou group of trash, go and dismember their bodies into ten thousand pieces!â
The Yi Familyâs subordinates finally reacted. One by one they charged forth to kill them.
âXiao Yue, hurry up and leave!â This time, Qin Yuâs voice seemed to be more audible than earlier.
Qin Yu was startled and hastily used his internal strength to inspect what was happening inside his body. Apart from theăSecrets of Eternal Lifeăhelping to restore his body, the small black Earth Spirit Pearl in his sea of consciousness was sending him its energy. But as a result, the pearlâs light started to dim.
Qin Yu was quite touched. He had lived two lives and the Earth Spirit Pearl had accompanied him through both of them. There were many times it had not hesitated to consume its own energy to help him at the critical juncture between life and death.
Unfortunately, the Earth Spirit Pearlâs current grade was too low. The energy it could give was limited so it was impossible for it to help him quickly restore his energy in a short amount of time.
Therefore, when Qin Yu saw the Yi Familyâs cultivators aggressively charging at them, a despairing smile appeared on his face. I wonder if my soul will resurrect once again after I die this time, he thought.
âAll of you, stop.â
Suddenly, a calm and apathetic voice rang in the air. The tone was very mild as if she was just speaking casually, but it actually contained a formidable force behind it that made it even stronger than the roaring of a hundred thousand people. The voice quickly resounded through the area, causing everyone to jolt to a stop.
Hearing this voice, the Yi Familyâs subordinates seemed to have fallen into a spell as all of their faces filled with reverence and fear. The weapons in their hands clanged as it fell on the ground. A very strange scene soon followed. One person dropped to their knees with a *plop* before everyone else also kneeled down one by one, piously crouching on the ground as if they were waiting as a god descended.
Even the miserably bawling Madam stopped her crying and resisted the sharp pain as she knelt down on the floor devoutly with the rest of the Yi Family.
Qin Yu and Mu Rongyue were flabbergasted. What happened? Did they see a ghost?
Soon, a strong aura surged in the air. Qin Yu seemed to sense something. The familiar aura caused his heart to shake as he thought, Itâs her! How could she be here?
In the air, minuscule ripples formed as a figure tore open the space as she directly strode out from the tear in the air. 1
A person who could directly tear apart space to travel meant their strength was unparalleled. Their strength was a special type of strong. In fact, they were so strong that they couldâve already surpassed the Martial God realm.
It appeared as if the Yi Familyâs members had already experienced this personâs strength before since apart from the deep reverence in their hearts, they did not appear very shocked. Naturally, this was because they had already been shocked before.
Mu Rongyue, an ordinary cultivator, was different. Nevermind seeing such a person, she had never even heard of or thought that somebody in this world could be capable of directly tearing apart space to travel through. Therefore, she was completely and utterly shocked.
Qin Yu was just as shocked. However, it wasnât because of how strong the cultivator had to be in order to travel through space, rather, it was because the person who had stepped through space was somebody he knew.
A beauty that could cause the downfall of nations with a perfect body, cold appearance and arrogant aura in a pink cheongsam 2 stepped through. Her aura was so powerful that anyone from the secular world would fall onto their knees in worship upon seeing her. For Qin Yu, all of that was extremely familiar. For a moment, memories relating to her surged up violently in his head, forming a complete scene:
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The sunsetâs glow was akin to blood.
The blood-red light shone behind the tall mountain peak, illuminating a manâs dignified figure and drawing out his long shadow. Behind his shadow, a beautiful woman in a pink cheongsam knelt on the ground. Tears dripped down her face like rain.
âXie Di, why⊠why are you doing this? You can accept all those other women but why canât you accept me? Tell me! Tell me ah!!! Is there really not a single redeeming feature on me?!â The woman cried these words out questioningly before starting to sob. She was heartbroken.
*Sigh* The imposing and domineering man sighed as he raised his head to look at the fiery sunset before responding in a cold tone, âYe Siyu, do you still need to ask me why? You yourself should already understand the reason why.â
âI know, itâs my fault. On our wedding night, I should not have kicked you off the bed and insulted you by calling you trash. However, itâs already been many years since then. Could it be that you still canât forgive me? Could it be that all these years Iâve spent doing everything for you still canât make up for that one night? In your heart, could it be that I mean nothing to you?â
Endless questions, endless tears, and endless pain.
âAi.â The man sighed as he helplessly shook his head. âYe Siyu, you still donât get it. Iâve long forgotten about that. The reason why I canât accept you is because your heart is too narrow and too vicious. Meng Qi was a kind-hearted girl who only had feelings for me, yet you almost killed her. Tell me, how should I deal with you?â
After the man spoke, an oppressing pressure was suddenly released from his body. However, when he looked at the delicate woman in his arms, his eyes revealed a trace of tenderness and guilt.
âYou actually want to punish me for her? I donât accept it! I am unwilling!â Ye Siyu cried indignantly. âShi Bingying, You Ying, Su Xue⊠I know I canât compare with these women and Iâm perfectly willing to be placed beneath them. However, that woman⊠why⊠why is she also above me? I hate her! I want to kill her!â *Sobs* âI act like this all because I love you so how am I wrong?â
âLove?â A disdainful sneer spread across the manâs face. âYe Siyu, do you even understand what love is? Tell me, why do you love me?â
âIâŠâ Ye Siyu stuttered. After a long time, she answered, âLoving someone doesnât need a reason.â
âIs that so?â The man continued to sneer as he said, âIn this world, thereâs no such thing as loving or hating somebody with no cause or reason. What I noticed about you since day one is that you never loved me. The reason why you wanted to be my lover all these years was only to fulfill your own vanity and greed. Furthermore, the way you treat Yingâer and the rest of them with such envy and hatred is justâŠâ
âNo! No, itâs not like thatâŠ! Listen to my explanation!â
âI donât need an explanation.â An overbearing voice interrupted Ye Siyuâs words as an ice cold and imposing aura was released from the manâs body. A split second later, cracks appeared and distorted the space, creating long tears in the void as it formed an iron entrapment around Ye Siyu.
Ye Siyu was shocked as she screamed, âWhat are you doing?! Do you want to kill me?!â
âI have enough reason to kill you based on the fact that you killed Meng Qi. But considering your many years of contribution along with your father and uncleâs contributions, Iâll spare you this time. However, even though you are exempted from death, you are not exempted from hardship. Listen carefully, immediately leave the Godly Prefecture. 3 You are forbidden from taking even half a step into this place for the next ten years, otherwise, donât blame me for what happens after. Youâd better follow this rule!â
The man spat out these words icily before restraining his oppressing aura. His body flickered and the imposing figure faded away as his image dissipated. There, on the high mountain peak, only an indignant and grieving woman remained.
The setting sun glowed like blood behind her, illuminating her frail and distressed figure.
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Ye Siyu, she actually came here?
Qin Yu returned from his trip down memory lane and sighed in his heart as a bitter smile formed on his face.
That day, in order to tame her by wearing down that womanâs temper and ruthless personality, he had no choice but to banish her. However, he never thought that Ye Siyu would end up here. Now he knew why Yi Suo was able to use the first form of âRainbow Startling Sword.â He had almost thought that he was mistaken. If his guess was correct, then Yi Suo most likely learned from Ye Siyuâs teachings or what Ye Siyu passed on to others. When he had created the swordplay that year, he had taught it to Ye Siyu.
Unfortunately, the world liked to mess with people. Who would have imagined that the former wild and tyrannical Xie Di wouldâve fallen and that they would meet again in such a place? Before, it was Xie Di who was facing Ye Siyu, but now the situation had changed. He was a weakling who couldnât possibly be weaker.
Back then he had thought that after being banished for ten years, Ye Siyuâs temper wouldâve curbed. However, who couldâve imagined that they would meet again before ten years was up but with different people involved.
If Ye Siyu knew that the Xie Di who had previously banished her had now turned into an ant, nobody could imagine what she would do!
Fortunately, after Ye Siyu was banished and left the Godly Prefecture alone, she went to the Underground City where no news from the outside world would be able to reach her. Therefore, she couldnât have known that Xie Di had already died and that the ant in front of her eyes was once the worldâs most tyrannical man, Xie Di. In this respect, Qin Yu could happily rejoice.
âGreetings to the Holy Immortal!â
Ye Siyuâs presence was like an immortalâs. Her beautiful face remained as cold as ice while she strode down from the air as if there was a staircase under her that came down from the heavens. This kind of power was simply unfathomable.
She walked slowly and unhurriedly toward the Madam.
The Madam trembled in fear and trepidation. Her arrogance and overbearing attitude from earlier was nowhere to be seen now. Currently, she was only a petty and lowly servant who shivered as she knelt on the ground. Her head was bowed so low that it almost burrowed into the soil.
Ye Siyuâs ice cold gaze landed on the Madam. Her tone was cool as she said, âA grand cultivator at the apex of Transformation Realm like you was actually beaten by an Origin Realm ant? Speak, what should I say to you?â
âHoly Immortal, please punish me! Iâm useless! Iâm trash! I⊠I⊠Ah!!! No, Holy Immortal! Please spare my life! Ah!!!â
The Madamâs miserable shriek caused everyone to tremble as a layer of frost covered her body. The frost erratically spread across her body, freezing her. In a flash, the Madam had completely turned into an ice sculpture, unable to make another sound.
âSince youâre useless, then thereâs no need for you to continue living in this world.â
Mu Rongyue and the others felt their hearts tremble violently. She was too scary! She didnât even need to move since her icy gaze alone was enough to directly freeze a person to death. How high must a personâs cultivation be in order to do this ah?
Water spiritual nature evolved into water spiritual power. Water could change into ice and ice could freeze over a thousand miles so freezing only a single person naturally wasnât anything difficult.
Qin Yuâs heart also couldnât help but tremble. This womanâs strength had grown even stronger. At the very least, her mastery over the spiritual power of water had reached its pinnacle. However, one thing hadnât changed, which was her ruthlessness. In fact, she was as ruthless as ever.
1. TL Note: To further explain what is going on, here is whatâs happening: When you strike at air with enough power, the space âbreaksâ or âtearsâ apart and whatâs inside the tear is the âvoidâ or the space that is mentioned. Essentially, when she tears open and crosses through the space, she is portaling. She was at one area before she tore open space at that area as a shortcut and enters the void and then exits the void by tearing apart space again.
2. A cheongsam or âqi paoâ is a traditional Chinese dress for females. Google it! Itâs very pretty~
3. Interestingly enough, the Godly Prefecture (ç„ć·) was actually the old name for China