Su Nianyin returned to the Demon Realm.

The first thing to do is to run for your life!

She failed to obtain the Red Fox Demon Power; the Demon King will surely punish her!

This teleportation artifact will become ineffective after it has been used once.

I have to run on my own!

But before she could run far, a terrifying black fog swept over her and enveloped her.

Su Nianyin was so frightened that she collapsed to the spot.

"Demon... Demon King..."

The black mist let out a deep, terrifying laugh, "You messed things up, and you think you can just run away?"

"You can't kill me! You can't kill me!" Su Nianyin sat on the ground in fear, trembling as she shrank back. "I am the female lead... the true ruler of this world!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing the birthmark on her hand.

"This is a unique birthmark that Heaven bestowed upon me!"

"If you kill me, the world will be destroyed!"

"You will disappear too!"

The black mist laughed wildly, as if it had heard a joke.

"Let me tell you, this birthmark of yours was merely a whim of mine, when I stirred up a wisp of demonic energy and released it into the human world."

"I thought you would help me achieve my great cause."

"I didn't expect that you couldn't even handle a small red fox."

"What use are you to me?!"

Su Nianyin seemed stunned.

"How could it be... how could it be you..."

"Why not me?" The black mist swirled around her, "When I sent you into the sect, I thought you could wreak havoc on the righteous path, cause Cang Liuyu to go mad, and completely eliminate my obstacles."

"But you haven't accomplished anything."

"I am truly disappointed."

Su Nianyin refused to believe it, her eyes wide with fury as she rubbed the birthmark on her hand, "It wasn't you...it wasn't you...it was clearly the will of Heaven..."

"I am the darling of Heaven... how could I possibly be a puppet of the Demon King!"

"It wasn't you...it wasn't you!!!"

Seeing her near-madness, the black mist laughed even more terrifyingly, "Don't bother."

"This birthmark can never be removed no matter what."

"Unless the righteous path kills you once, using their highest cultivation to suppress the demonic energy, and nurtures your remaining soul in a reincarnation vessel for hundreds of years, you can be reborn as a human and your path to immortality will be upright from then on."

"It's a pity... no one will go to this lengths for you."

Su Nianyin felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

They stood there, stunned.

In my past life...

Cang Liuyu "killed" her and nurtured her soul in a vessel...

But with her final killing intent, she drove him to the brink of madness...

turn out to be……

So he was actually helping me...

"No!" she screamed in disbelief, "You're lying to me...you're lying to me!"

"How could I be wrong?"

"How could I have misunderstood him?!"

"He's clearly cold-hearted and heartless..."

If he truly loved her, how could he not develop feelings for her?

He has never protected himself the way he protected Shen Zhiyi!

What she wanted was that blatant favoritism!

Instead of being a blank-faced puppet, spending all day talking to her about morality and responsibility!

The black mist chuckled.

"Ungrateful...that really does make them look like demons."

"Unfortunately, I don't think much of you!"

It suddenly became several times larger!

With the power of the Demon King, completely devour Su Nianyin!

She screamed in agony, and in the last moment before her consciousness faded, she suddenly remembered a scene from her past life.

Cang Liu sat down before her soul.

After dripping his blood into a container, he said to her coldly, "I have no emotional ties and cannot repay you with love."

"Now, I return half of your cultivation and these few drops of your heart's blood to you, which can be considered to fulfill our master-disciple relationship."

The bond between master and disciple...

It turns out that from beginning to end, it was just a teacher-student relationship!

Su Nianyin vanished completely, filled with resentment and regret...

*

Shen Zhiyi was taken to a place with extremely beautiful scenery.

The world was clear and pure, unlike the mortal realm.

A vast meadow stretches out to meet a clear blue sky and a crystal-clear lake.

A gentle breeze ripples across the water, creating tiny golden shimmers, like scattered stars.

Surrounded by blooming flowers, glistening with dew.

Extremely beautiful, extremely serene.

The only sound came from a few birds flying by occasionally, their calls echoing as they landed on the lake.

Shen Zhiyi was stunned.

How could she not know that such a beautiful place existed in the world?

She snapped out of her daze and looked at Cang Liuyu. "Didn't you say you were going to show me your Daoist partner?"

Where is it?

There wasn't a soul in sight here.

Only a few wisps of thin clouds drifted by in the distance.

Cang Liuyu tilted his head, pointed to the lake, and said, "It's inside."

Shen Zhiyi's watery eyes widened.

"In the lake?"

She ran to the lakeside, lifted her skirt, and bent down to look into the water. "You didn't find some kind of monster or demon, did you?"

"Turtle or fish?"

She opened her eyes and looked at it inch by inch.

The lake bottom was clear, and several fish were indeed playing around the aquatic plants.

"Which one?" Shen Zhiyi frowned. "Although love has nothing to do with species, your leap is too big."

Why don't you reconsider?

Cang Liuyu sighed and touched his forehead.

"Your Hehuan Sect has had it pretty tough too."

"What do you mean?" Shen Zhiyi straightened up and turned to look at him.

Cangliu Yu did not answer.

Suddenly they drew near.

Shen Zhiyi was startled and stumbled backward, but an arm reached out and caught her firmly around the waist.

He pressed her close to him, his voice slightly hoarse and filled with helplessness.

"No wonder you're at the bottom of the class." He flicked her forehead with his finger. "How did your head get so big? It's really something else."

Shen Zhiyi clenched her fist in anger.

Ugh—it's infuriating!

I was just about to speak up and refute.

Cangliu Yu raised his hand behind her, unleashing a powerful sword intent.

The lake water rose up in response, condensing into a mirror-like surface in the air.

The arm around her waist used force to flip her over, so that her back was against his chest, and then he pinched her face, so that she was facing the mirror.

"Let's see."

Shen Zhiyi was caught off guard and bumped into his arms, her breath catching in her throat.

I looked up and gazed at the crystal-clear mirror.

A face was clearly reflected there.

Her face.

Shen Zhiyi's heart skipped a beat as she met his downcast gaze in the mirror.

Those eyes, which were always cool and frosty, were now surprisingly deep, as if they were filled with dark fire, burning intensely as they locked onto her through the mirror.

"Can you see it clearly now?"

His lips parted and closed, brushing lightly against her sensitive earlobe. "My Daoist partner."

Every word he spoke was clear and slow, accompanied by his hot breath.

Shen Zhiyi's face flushed red instantly.

"You... how come you're even better than the Hehuan Sect members..."

She tried to escape, but he held her tightly in his arms, pressing her firmly to prevent her from leaving.

"Shen Zhiyi, don't hide."

He tilted his head slightly, his nose almost brushing against her cheek, and said, "Tell me."

"Would you be willing to become my Daoist partner?"