Wei Xun panicked, fearing that the Dragon Clan was behind it all. He hurriedly returned to the Heavenly Palace on Penglai Immortal Island to find the Dragon Empress Dowager and Jingyi, only to be told that their people had not found Ning An, and that the village was not destroyed by them. Furthermore, he had caused damage to the Dragon Clan's reputation by taking Ning An to elope, resulting in the failure of the marriage alliance. Wei Xun was expelled from the Dragon Clan and was forbidden from returning to the Heavenly Palace.
After being expelled, Wei Xun could only search for Ning An's whereabouts in other places. However, he did not know that the Empress Dowager and Jing Yi had lied to him. Ning An had been captured by a dragon clan expert, and the village had been destroyed by them.
Ning An was taken back to the Heavenly Palace and imprisoned in the Demon-Suppressing Tower, the deepest part of the Heavenly Palace. She was locked in the dungeon at the bottom of the tower.
Jingyi imprisoned her without her consent. He said to Ning An viciously, "Since you are unwilling to have a grand wedding with me and become the Dragon Queen of the Dragon Clan, then be my prisoner."
Ning An's magical power was sealed by a mysterious forbidden spell of the Dragon Clan, rendering him essentially a cripple.
Unable to resist the obsessive and perverse Jingyi, she could only respond with indifference.
The more indifferent she was, the more Jingyi cared for her. Whenever he was unhappy, he would go to the dungeon at the bottom of the tower to torture her.
Ning An was once in despair, thinking she would be imprisoned until death. Unexpectedly, ten years later, a riot suddenly broke out in the Heavenly Palace, and two celestial servants broke into the tower and rescued her.
Only then did she learn that Jingyi's most favored concubine was a spy from the demon race. That concubine had cast the most vicious curse on him, gradually corrupting his mind and eventually controlling his spirit, turning him into a cruel puppet.
The Demon Emperor manipulated Jingyi to kill the Dragon Empress Dowager and the four elders, causing a riot in the Heavenly Palace. The Demon Emperor then took the opportunity to lead the Demon Realm army to attack the Heavenly Palace.
Chaos reigned in the Heavenly Palace.
When Ning An came out of the tower, she saw that the once magnificent palace had been reduced to ruins during her escape. Even the peach grove she loved to visit had been burned to the ground. There were corpses of heavenly soldiers and generals everywhere, and blood stained the ground. Countless demon soldiers were still burning, killing and looting in the heavenly palace. The surrounding area was like a purgatory.
Ning An was shocked. He never expected that the Heavenly Palace would become like this in just ten years.
Is this retribution for the many evil deeds committed by Jingyi and her son?
Even so, it was the ordinary soldiers and fairies who suffered.
At this moment, the demon soldiers on the other side noticed them and charged towards them menacingly.
Ning An's cultivation was sealed, and two celestial servants rushed forward to protect her.
The celestial servants were not powerful enough to resist the demon soldiers. At the critical moment, Wei Xun arrived with reinforcements and repelled the demon soldiers. Wei Xun came to Ning An's side, feeling guilty and heartbroken: "Ning An, I'm sorry, I'm late."
He searched for her for 10 years, and only recently did he learn that she was secretly imprisoned in the Demon-Suppressing Tower. When the Heavenly Palace was in turmoil, he took the opportunity to send his celestial servants to rescue her. Fortunately, he arrived in time and saved them.
When Ning An saw him, she was overwhelmed with emotion. She never expected to see him again, and this time it was him who helped her again.
Wei Xun said urgently, "You all leave the Heavenly Palace and go to the Underworld first. I'll handle things here."
Ning An was unwilling to leave: "Although Jing Yi and Empress Dowager Long are not good to me, many people in the Heavenly Palace are still friendly to me. When I was imprisoned, several celestial servants even risked their lives to secretly take care of me. Now that there is a riot in the Heavenly Palace, I want to stay and protect them. Please help me break the curse on my body."
Ning An is a disciple of Houtu Niangniang, inheriting her divine duty to protect all living beings. There is no way she could stand by and watch someone die.
Wei Xun understood her and stopped trying to persuade her, helping her to break the curse.
After Ning An's cultivation was restored, he joined forces with Wei Xun and led the Netherworld army that came to their rescue to fight against the demon soldiers.
This battle was exceptionally fierce, lasting for a month, and ultimately ended with the demon realm suffering a crushing defeat and retreating in disarray.
Although Wei Xun's side won, it paid a heavy price. Ning An sacrificed himself in the battle, and in an extremely violent way, his body was shattered to pieces and his soul was scattered.
After the great battle, the once magnificent Heavenly Palace was reduced to ruins. The Empress Dowager was killed, and Jingyi, who had gone mad from his cultivation, was captured by Wei Xun and sealed beneath the snow-capped mountains outside Youdu City.
The dragons were leaderless, so they had no choice but to respect Wei Xun. However, Wei Xun had no intention of becoming the Dragon Emperor. He divided the dragons into four factions, each guarding one of the four great seas. The master of each sea was called the Dragon King.
After settling the dragon clan, Wei Xun returned to Youdu City. He was worried about Ning An and wanted to revive her, so he traveled all over the Three Realms to collect her scattered soul fragments and nourish them with his heart's blood.
After being nurtured for thousands of years, Ning'an's soul was finally able to reunite.
He replanted the lotus seed in the blazing pool of the underworld. Once the seed grows and blooms again, he will merge Ning An's soul with the lotus, and she will be reborn.
The growth cycle of lotus seeds is extremely long, taking thousands of years to grow and bloom.
Wei Xun waited patiently. On the day the lotus bloomed, he merged Ning An's soul with that lotus and nourished it with his cultivation every day.
He waited with hope that Ning An could be reborn, but to his surprise, the Demon Emperor was not giving up and led his army to attack Youdu City.
After a great battle, the Demon Emperor was killed and his soul was scattered. The Demon Army was routed and fled back to the Demon Realm in panic. The Youdu City took advantage of the victory and set up many barriers in the Demon Realm to prevent the demons from easily passing through the barriers and causing further harm to the three realms.
In this great battle, the Emperor of Fengdu perished, and Wei Xun was also severely injured. To make matters worse, he was cursed by the Demon Emperor.
The Demon Emperor cursed his beloved to die a tragic death, and that he would never receive love.
The only person he loved was Ning An.
In fact, he fell in love with Ning An at first sight back then.
Ning An had only recently taken human form when he went to the Empress Houtu's place on business and happened to see her wearing a long red dress, dancing by the lotus pond.
She danced beautifully, her bright and radiant smile completely out of place in the dark underworld, like a ray of sunshine piercing through the darkness.
His heart suddenly raced, and from that moment on, that figure was deeply imprinted in his mind.
Later, he had many more encounters with Ning An.
Ning An is kind, upright, cheerful, and optimistic. The more he interacted with her, the more attracted he became to her, and the more he liked her.
Because of their respective identities, he dared not express his feelings openly.
Later, his master, the Emperor of Fengdu, noticed his feelings and encouraged him to pursue her. So, he planned to go to another place to complete a business trip and then go back to confess his love and propose marriage to Ning'an.
Unexpectedly, when he returned, Ning An had already been sent by the Great Emperor of Dongyue to the Dragon Clan for a marriage alliance, becoming his future sister-in-law.
Left with no other choice, he could only hide his feelings of love in his heart.
Later, he went to the Heavenly Palace and saw Ning An again. She was being bullied by the Empress Dowager and Jing Yi and was depressed. He felt sorry for her and tried to comfort her as an ordinary friend.
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