Upon hearing this, Yun Qi immediately felt that his rare act of kindness had been wasted, especially since he had been worried about this woman being in danger.
But what was with that woman's gaze? It was as if he shouldn't have come.
"Li Muge, I didn't realize you had such big ambitions. You even want to be the Empress." Yun Qi leaned down, a faint smile playing on his lips.
"Is this what you truly want in your heart, Li Muge?"
“Of course… no.” Li Muge suddenly grabbed Yun Qi’s hand and threw a punch. Yun Qi dodged backward, avoiding the force of Li Muge’s punch.
Li Muge then kicked Yun Qi directly in the stomach.
Yun Qi clutched his abdomen with his left hand and his waist with his right, his disheveled appearance making Li Muge laugh.
"Demon Lord, to be honest, you may look young on the surface, but your body has actually deteriorated. You don't seem that useless."
"It's not that I'm saying anything, but for someone like you, I still prefer someone younger and more capable," Li Muge said, raising an eyebrow with a mischievous tone.
Yun Qi: "..."
"Li Muge, it seems you're really courting death." Yun Qi gathered black energy in his palm, and the atmosphere in the temple began to tense.
It was so quiet you could hear someone breathing. Another wooden door appeared in front of Li Muge. She took out a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully.
It is indeed a door.
Li Muge ran to Yun Qi's side and pulled him away, saying, "Alright, let's leave here first. Demon Lord, you're so petty and can't tell what's important."
Before Yun Qi could react, Li Muge pulled him inside.
"Shakya, look and see if there are any flaws in my newly mastered swordsmanship." A woman in armor, holding a sharp sword, had a piercing gaze.
Li Muge pulled Yun Qi to squat down beside her and observed the woman's swordsmanship.
The woman's swordsmanship was full of murderous intent, making it difficult to find any flaws.
Moreover, Li Muge also remembered that this woman's appearance was exactly the same as Ye Luo, the ancient human war god depicted in the mural.
Yun Qi narrowed his eyes slightly: "Actually, this woman's swordsmanship, though seemingly flawless, still has a fatal weakness."
"What weakness?" Li Muge leaned closer to Yun Qi and lowered his voice.
“Of course…” Yun Qi turned around, his lips just touching Li Muge’s face. He was immediately flustered and his words took a complete 180-degree turn.
"What's it to you? Do I have the right to tell you?"
“…”
Li Muge's eyes twitched. She told herself to stay calm. This was a test of her mind. She shouldn't kill Yun Qi.
She must have lost her mind and eyesight during her ordeal to fall for such a wicked man.
Buddha Shakyamuni turned the prayer beads in his hand, his eyes filled with a faint doting affection as he looked at Ye Luo.
"Ye Luo, although your moves are sharp and impressive, your sword techniques are too cold and hard. If your opponent is an extremely calm and composed person..."
"I will surely be able to see the many flaws in your moves." The beauty mark at the corner of the Buddha's eye made him even more captivating.
Li Muge couldn't help but sigh, "Demon Lord, you know, this Buddha Shakyamuni is so handsome. Every woman in the world must be somewhat moved when she sees him for the first time."
"Why is the God of War so unmoved, his heart as firm as a rock?" After saying this, Li Muge suddenly remembered that Shakyamuni's obsession had also called her Ye Luo.
Li Muge asked himself, if he were Ye Luo, with ambition and aspirations, many things in the world would be much more interesting than those of men.
Yun Qi narrowed his eyes, and for some reason, he felt that the scene was extremely familiar.
It was as if he had experienced it himself.
Meanwhile, Xiao Xue and her group also reached the Questioning Realm. Xiao Xue believed that she was kind-hearted and had never done anything bad in her life, so she was sure she could pass the Questioning Realm.
But no one asked about the sudden change in his state of mind.
A loom appeared in front of her, and Xiao Xue ignored the palace servants who were attending to her trying to stop her.
She sat on the loom and began to weave, thinking of her poor daughter, Mianmian.
I recall what Mianmian looked like when she was still an infant, and how adorable she was when she was five or six years old.
Xiao Xue felt even more guilty, and a tear rolled down her cheek, landing on the loom.
The loom began to change.
The palace servants realized something was wrong: "Your Highness, something's wrong, let's go!"
Unfortunately, her reminder was useless, and Xiao Xue was sucked directly into the loom.
Inside the loom, Xiao Xue regained her sight, and her surroundings slowly transformed into her former home in the mortal realm with the deceased Heavenly Emperor.
"This room?" Xiao Xue's expression was complicated. She remembered that at this time, the deceased Heavenly Lord had not yet discovered that she was a demon.
They spent ordinary but happy days together, and every part of the house was built by the Heavenly King himself.
"Mother."
Xiao Xue's eyes flickered when she heard the voice; she seemed afraid to face it, and didn't even dare to turn around.
"Mother, it's me, Qi'er! Turn around and look at me!"
“Qi’er.” Xiao Xue turned around and saw Yun Qi as a child. He was only five years old at the time.
His body and face were covered in bruises, and his arms were covered in purple and blue pinch marks and whip marks.
As a child, Yun Qi reached out his hand, his innocent eyes filled with longing.
"Mother, hug me."
"No, you can't." Xiao Xue's panic and unease gradually turned into a ferocious expression.
She is no longer the same person she once was in the Immortal Realm, so how could she possibly have a lowly demon son?
Xiao Xue kept backing away.
She returned to those dark days when the Heavenly Emperor abandoned her. She was in so much pain that she transferred all her hatred to the son she had given birth to.
Raising him is like raising a dog.
If he suffers any hardship outside the home, he will torment Yun Qi even more when he comes back.
Xiao Xue covered her face with her sleeve; she couldn't bear to face her former self.
Suddenly, Yun Qi's adult form materialized within the Realm of Inquiry, with a large hole appearing where his heart should have been.
The heart inside the body has disappeared.
"Mother, where is my heart? Give it back to me."
Xiao Xue turned and ran in fear, as if she had returned to the moment when her Mianmian first died.
She held her son's heart in her hand, while Yun Qi clutched his chest and staggered after her.
She kept calling out "Mother, Mother".
Xiao Xue stopped and gripped Yun Qi's heart tightly: "Stop shouting. You are a bastard. My life has only become unfortunate because of you."
"Since you call me Mother, then everything on you should belong to me, including your heart."
Xiao Xue didn't notice that as she spoke those words, the surrounding scenery gradually faded away.
The heart in his hand transformed into a man-eating demon, enveloping Xiao Xue in black mist.
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At this time, Li Muge and Yun Qi were unaware that Xiao Xue was in danger.
Of course, compared to asking about his state of mind, if Li Muge met Xiao Xue, a woman who was both stupid and despicable, he might want to send her to meet Buddha immediately.
If it weren't for this stupid woman, Yun Qi wouldn't have turned evil. If he hadn't turned evil, wouldn't he have stayed out of her path to the pinnacle of power?
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