“Besides, as far as I know… this Celestial Clan doesn’t seem to belong to you, does it?” Gu Liyan said with a smile.

Tianxuan looked up at Gu Liyan, about to reprimand him, when he noticed a flower-shaped mark at the corner of Gu Liyan's eye. He couldn't help but exclaim, "The true soul of the Flower Goddess?! How did it end up on you?!"

Gu Liyan sneered, "Heh, what? Are you surprised? Or are you panicking because your secret, which you've kept hidden for so many years, has been discovered by me, a member of another race!"

Gu Liyan was furious, both at herself and at Hua Baixian. The Heavenly Palace was far from the peaceful and beautiful place she had imagined.

All the memories of the Flower Goddesses were in Gu Liyan's mind: scenes of sorrowful farewells, life-or-death situations, and sacrifices made for principles...

Gu Liyan trembled all over, glaring at Tianxuan with uncontrollable rage. "I never imagined that such kind and beautiful flower goddesses would have their hopes destroyed time and time again by you, causing them to lose their beloved, breaking their principles, and forcing them to give up their will to live! The ultimate goal is simply to catalyze the natural evolution of their meager life force!"

"How could you, a foreigner, understand the great cause of my Celestial Clan! What is this little sacrifice compared to the Celestial Clan's victory in the upcoming great war!" Tianxuan said coldly.

Upon hearing this, Gu Liyan exuded a chilling aura. "This little sacrifice? Have you even counted it yourself? Using your purest souls to commemorate the victims and pass on the legacy to the next generation, an endless cycle of sacrifice—have you counted how many lives and deaths you've endured? And all of this is because of a prophecy you fear! What difference is there between you and the demons who seize what belongs to others!"

Tianxuan slammed his fist on the table and stood up. "Demon, you'd better know your place! You're a different race! I can kill you at any time!"

"Ha, a foreign race? What a foreign race. But let me tell you, in my world, you are high above, but you are all dispensable beings, because you dare not come down and confront us face to face, for you are afraid that what you possess is not even one ten-thousandth of what we have!"

"Shut up! Do you want to die?!" Tianxuan's aura surged, and a powerful pressure swept towards Gu Liyan.

Gu Liyan sneered, "So you resort to force when you can't win an argument? Fine, then let me use my inexhaustible power to perish together with the Celestial Clan!"

Tianxuan clenched his fists, then finally let them loosen in despair. "Alright, you win. I will abolish all the heavenly rules that impose inequality on other races."

Gu Liyan coldly looked at Tianxuan, "You should know that this is not a decision made by you or me, but by the kind souls within me who were forced to their deaths by you!"

Gu Liyan patted his chest and said with a firm expression, "I will inherit their kindness, and I will protect the Celestial Clan, as long as you can protect what I want to protect!"

Tianxuan didn't say anything, just nodded, taking it as a permanent promise.

Gu Liyan gave it a cold glance, then turned and left.

Stepping out of Tianxuan Pavilion was not as easy as he had imagined. Looking up at the dark vortex that made the world pale in comparison, Gu Liyan felt a strange sense of fear rising in his heart.

"Compared to the darkness of Thousand Absolute Mountain, the darkness here is even more chilling."

Perhaps his biggest fear is that he won't be able to protect the person he wants to protect...

He shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

——Divider——

Gu Liyan returned to Hua Baixian's room, but did not see her. Just as he was wondering where she had gone, he heard a series of shouts and curses coming from outside the Hua residence in the distance.

"Hua Baixian, you're shameless!" Hua Qingqing pushed Hua Baixian to the ground and cursed her without any politeness, "You no longer have the true soul of the Flower Goddess, yet you still have the nerve to stay here? Why don't you just die?"

"Get out of here, you good-for-nothing! The Flower Mansion doesn't welcome you!" The surrounding flower fairies chimed in.

The news of the loss of the Flower Goddess's true soul somehow reached Hua Xi and the others, who came straight here like a pack of hungry wolves to question Hua Baixian about her mistake.

The already weak Hua Baixian turned even paler as they pulled her along.

Hua Baixian struggled to her feet and rushed into the Hua residence, pleading, "Don't send me away! Please, he won't be able to find me..."

Hua Xi pushed her down again. "Hua Baixian, you are no longer a member of the Hua family. You'd better stay away from the Hua family, or we'll throw you into the Flower Mourning Pool!"

Hua Baixian was filled with terror, her whole body trembling uncontrollably. The previous Flower Goddess had perished in the Flower Lament Pool, flower thorns piercing her very bones, flower poison rotting her flesh and blood—

Seeing Hua Baixian's terrified expression, Hua Xi said smugly, "You'd better behave, or we'll throw you into the Flower Desolation Pool and ruin your appearance, turning you into an ugly monster. Let's see if anyone in this world will still like you!"

Hua Baixian was so frightened that her legs went weak—

What are you doing?!

Gu Liyan pushed through the crowd and saw Hua Baixian kneeling on the ground, her face streaked with tears and her eyes glazed over. His heart tightened immediately. "Xiao Bai!"

Gu Liyan rushed over to catch Hua Baixian, but she struggled and cried out, "Don't come any closer! I don't want to go! I don't want to go to the Flower Sorrow Pool! Ah—"

Gu Liyan was startled and immediately realized that Hua Baixian, who had lost the true soul of the Flower Goddess, did not have the mental strength to bear those cruel and sad memories.

Gu Liyan hugged Hua Baixian tightly with heartache, "Little Bai! Little Bai, don't be afraid, I am Gu Liyan, I am your little fox!"

Hua Baixian huddled in Gu Liyan's arms, trembling all over. "Little Li, Little Li, I'm scared... I don't want to go to the Flower Sorrow Pool!"

"It's alright, it's alright, I'm here..." Gu Liyan kept comforting Hua Baixian, and then Hua Baixian fainted weakly in his arms.

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