“Great Black Dragon…” Bai Qingnian’s voice became hoarse, his blue eyes were fixed on Long Qianling, his face was full of pleading, as if he was afraid that she would really agree to leave Tiandao.
As if he hadn't heard his call, Long Qianling raised her red eyes and looked back at the Heavenly Dao.
"I want him." The voice was devoid of emotion.
"Ruthless, do you know why you are called Ruthless? It is because you are meant to be ruthless. To be precise, your compassion is for all living beings. Since you are so stubborn, then don't blame me for being ruthless."
The eyes of Heaven instantly lit up, a burst of light appeared, and a powerful force surged toward Bai Qingnian.
Upon seeing this, Long Qianling flashed in front of Bai Qingnian and waved his hand, instantly creating a shield.
"How dare you defy me!" Heaven roared.
Long Qianling showed no fear. "Since protecting the common people is my mission, then protecting him is my responsibility."
The Heavenly Dao, enraged, laughed, "Your responsibility is to protect all living beings." With that, it intensified its attack. Long Qianling felt the pressure increase exponentially, but she gritted her teeth and persevered.
The shield in front of her gradually shattered. Although she possessed the power of laws, her power was originally bestowed upon her by the Heavenly Dao. How could she possibly contend with the Heavenly Dao?
"Big Black Dragon, don't worry about me, you go quickly!" Bai Qingnian said.
He wasn't afraid of death, but he was afraid of the Great Black Dragon dying!
"I won't leave..." Long Qianling gritted his teeth and uttered these two words before the shield in front of him shattered completely.
The power of Heaven struck Long Qianling unexpectedly.
Blood slowly oozed from the corner of her mouth, but she made no sound, as if she felt no pain.
"Great Black Dragon!" Bai Qingnian watched her retreating figure, his tears long since dried. "Great Black Dragon..."
Bai Qingnian seemed to lose all strength and slowly slid to the ground.
He looked up at the heavens, hysterically shouting, "Long Qianling, she's not your puppet! She has a heart, she has feelings! She is Long Qianling, she lives only for herself! What worldly people? That's what you should be protecting! Not her! Not her!!!"
"Insolence!" The voice of Heaven turned cold. An invisible force bypassed Long Qianling, broke through the protective array, and lifted Bai Qingnian up.
"Bai Qingnian!"
Long Qianling tried to fly over and snatch him back, but she was bound by the power of Heaven. A look of worry appeared on her expressionless face.
Bai Qingnian turned around and met her red eyes, then suddenly smiled.
"Great Black Dragon, I may have to break my promise..."
Long Qianling was puzzled, but she had a vague sense of foreboding.
Her heart skipped a beat.
Bai Qingnian took one last deep look at her, as if trying to remember her appearance, before slowly turning his head to meet Tiandao's gaze once more.
"What do I care about the people of the world? I want her, to live only for myself!"
Buzz—
The blue mark on Bai Qingnian's forehead suddenly lit up, and blood beads seeped from his skin.
"Great Black Dragon...see you in the next life..."
Bai Qingnian looked back at Long Qianling one last time, and tears welled up in her eyes, which had already dried up from crying.
"What are you doing?! Stop! Stop!" Long Qianling shouted, his unease growing stronger.
"The newly ascended god Bai Qingnian possesses a brilliant mind. Today, he will exchange his life, his soul, and everything for Long Qianling's freedom, so that he will no longer be bound by the Heavenly Dao!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a single tear fell and landed on Long Qianling's brow.
Long Qianling only felt a warm sensation there, but the owner of that tear had already disappeared before her eyes.
She stared intently at the spot where he had once stood.
Even Heaven never expected that it would pay such a price to restore Long Qianling's freedom.
But all his efforts were in vain.
After all, how could Long Qianling, who had lost her memories and had her emotions stripped away, possibly escape her control because of his death?
But the next moment, she heard Long Qianling's hysterical roar.
"ah--"
Kara.
The restraints on Long Qianling's body shattered, and he spat out a mouthful of blood with a "pfft," feeling a warm sensation on his face.
I raised my hand and touched it; these were—tears!
She knelt down on the cloud with a thud, the temperature between her brows growing increasingly hot, her heart aching terribly.
Dead... Bai Qingnian is dead?!
Her heart felt as if it had been ripped out, leaving it empty.
Long Qianling was trembling violently as he struggled to look up at the Heavenly Dao, his voice icy cold.
"Since you are unwilling to let him leave with me and have forced him to this point, then I will abandon all living beings in this world."
"Ruthless! This was your destiny from birth, this is your mission!" Heaven roared.
Long Qianling sneered, "Destined from birth? Is this my mission?"
Her memories were forcibly erased, turning her into a puppet devoid of any emotions. Even the person she had etched into her soul died for her.
What is the purpose of this mission she has?
"ruthless!"
Tiandao didn't know what to say to her, so he could only angrily call out to Long Qianling.
Previously, in order to train her to grow, she secretly manipulated everything. The destruction of the dragon race, the 30,000-year seal, everything was her intention.
The idea that Heaven cannot interfere in the conflicts between different races in different realms is just a lie.
All peoples and races operate under her rules, so why can't she interfere?
After a long silence, the Heavenly Dao spoke up: "Stop being so stubborn."
“Okay…” Long Qianling slowly stood up.
Upon hearing this, Tiandao's voice softened slightly, "Let's go, to where you belong."
"good……"
Long Qianling nodded slightly, and the moment he turned around, his figure flashed and disappeared from the sight of the Heavenly Dao.
"ruthless!"
The Heavenly Dao roared in anger, but she could no longer sense Long Qianling's presence, as if she were no longer in the Six Realms.
However, at this moment, Long Qianling stood in a state of chaos, holding an ice lotus in her hands.
"I won't let you disappear!"
Long Qianling sent the ice lotus into the air, raised her hand and pressed it to her brow. With a sudden pull, she extracted a nearly vanished soul from her brow.
She quickly sent that wisp of divine soul to the ice lotus, and it soon emitted a dazzling light.
Fortunately, Bai Qingnian was clever. On his deathbed, he put his broken soul into that tear and placed it on Long Qianling's divine seal.
In this way, even if he really dies, he can still stay by the side of the Great Black Dragon.
But to his surprise, Long Qianling noticed and took him directly to the Chaos Land of the Heavenly Dao, where he picked one of the only two Ice Lotuses of the Heavenly Dao and used it to reshape his body.
The Heavenly Dao is completely unaware of all this; it is currently busy searching for Long Qianling's whereabouts across all realms.
The ice lotus enveloped Bai Qingnian's soul, and its light gradually stabilized.
Long Qianling stared intently at everything before him, and saw the ice lotus slowly transform into a human form, with Bai Qingnian's face gradually appearing.
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