Night. Just another night.
Bai Qianshuang had not spent the night in Ye Chuan’s room. After simply taking in some spirit liquid, she returned to her own room. She did not rest. The Luo Xuan Imperial Seal remained deep within her brow, as though there were still a fragment of memory that had not truly awakened—
Bai Qianshuang sat silently at the edge of her bed for a long while. At last, she closed her eyes once more and sank her consciousness into the depths of the Luo Xuan Imperial Seal between her brows.
The memories that had stopped began to flow again, and the shattered Immortal Realm reappeared before her eyes.
The sky of the Immortal Realm was riddled with cracks. Countless streams of dark-red mist poured in from outside, while vast immortal palaces continued to crash down amid thunderous roars.
Luo Xuan Empress stood before the core of the Immortal Realm, controlling a massive imperial formation with both hands. Several cracks had already appeared in the Luo Xuan Imperial Seal between her brows.
In her eyes, the core of the Immortal Realm had been sealed off by the Outer Gods. Only by opening the final layers of the formation could she awaken the Great Dao of the Immortal Realm once more.
That was why she had been undoing the seals all along.
But Bai Qianshuang could see the true scene. Those formations being undone were not restraints left behind by the Outer Gods—they were the final line of defense of the Immortal Realm!
Every time a layer of the seal was removed, the dark-red mist outside drew a little closer, and another blurred shadow appeared within the core of the Immortal Realm.
Luo Xuan Empress had noticed nothing at all!
In her eyes, the dark-red mist was the recovering light of the Great Dao, while those trying to stop her had all become monsters controlled by the Outer Gods!
Only now, while watching these memories, did Bai Qianshuang realize the truth.
In her previous life, she had been controlled by the Outer Gods all along!
A heavily wounded Great Emperor tore through the void and rushed to the edge of the imperial formation, raising a hand in an attempt to stop her from opening the seal any further.
“Luo Xuan, stop!”
But what Luo Xuan Empress heard was nothing more than an ear-piercing whisper. In her eyes, countless dark-red eyes had also sprouted across the Great Emperor’s face.
Without the slightest hesitation, she raised her hand and brought down a beam of imperial light, blasting the Great Emperor straight into a shattered immortal palace.
“Another one.”
Looking at the fallen figure, Luo Xuan Empress even believed that she had eliminated yet another enemy controlled by the Outer Gods.
But Bai Qianshuang saw everything clearly. There was not the slightest trace of corruption on that Great Emperor. He had only been trying to stop the core of the Immortal Realm from opening any further.
More people came rushing from the distance, calling Luo Xuan Empress’s name again and again. Yet once those voices reached her ears, they all turned into temptations from the Outer Gods.
She could no longer distinguish friend from foe.
Nor could she distinguish what she was doing.
The Outer Gods had not completely taken control of Luo Xuan Empress’s body. They had merely altered the world she saw and changed the way she judged everything.
Thus, she remained conscious and could still wield her power normally. It was just that every decision she made pushed the Immortal Realm closer to destruction.
Luo Xuan Empress looked toward the Chaos Heavenly Emperor in the distance.
Ye Chuan was resisting the projection of an Outer God beneath the shattered firmament, but in her eyes, that place held only a black shadow that had never moved.
She even began to suspect that the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had likewise been corrupted, and that this was why he had sealed the core of the Immortal Realm ahead of time.
As long as she reopened the core, everything would return to normal.
That was what Luo Xuan Empress believed more firmly than anything else.
Another tremor came from within the core of the Immortal Realm. Under the control of the Imperial Seal, the third layer of the seal slowly began to dissipate—
Behind the seal, three blurred figures had already drawn close to the Great Dao of the Immortal Realm. Only the final two layers stood between them and true descent.
At that moment, a sword cry rang out from the distance!
Sword light tore through space and time. Luo Xi stepped across the shattered immortal palaces and arrived here, her robes already stained red with blood. Fine cracks covered the imperial sword in her hand.
“Luo Xuan!”
Luo Xuan Empress raised her head, but there was not the slightest trace of recognition in her eyes.
In the scene she saw, dark-red mist coiled around Luo Xi’s body as well, while the imperial sword in her hand had transformed into a flesh-covered spear dripping with blood.
“You’ve been controlled by it too.”
A trace of disappointment flashed through Luo Xuan Empress’s eyes. Then she raised her hand and sent a beam of imperial light toward Luo Xi.
Luo Xi turned aside and dodged it. Behind her, an immortal palace and an entire small world were reduced to ruins by the imperial light.
She did not strike back. Instead, she called Luo Xuan’s name once more, hoping to awaken her from her false perception.
“Luo Xuan, look at me.”
Luo Xuan Empress did indeed look at her, but her gaze only grew colder.
“Don’t use her voice to deceive me again.”
With that, she once more activated the Luo Xuan Imperial Seal. The fourth layer of the seal around the core of the Immortal Realm cracked open as well!
Luo Xi finally understood. No matter what she said, Luo Xuan Empress would interpret every word as a deception by the Outer Gods.
The more familiar they were with each other, the more memories the Outer Gods could use against her.
At that moment, a Great Emperor who had lost half his body lay amid the ruins, using the last of his strength to hold together a formation that was on the verge of shattering.
“She is connected to the core of the Immortal Realm.”
“As long as she remains alive, the seal cannot be closed.”
Luo Xi tightened her grip on the imperial sword. She could see that Luo Xuan Empress’s divine soul had not been completely corrupted.
It was merely that the world she saw had become entirely false. No matter how hard she struggled, she could not find a way out.
Therefore—
Luo Xuan Empress had to die.
She had to sever Luo Xuan Empress’s connection to the core of the Immortal Realm before the final layer of the seal was opened.
But the one Luo Xi needed to kill was only that corrupted body.
She had to find a way to preserve the part of Luo Xuan Empress’s consciousness deep within her divine soul that had not yet been corrupted.
Luo Xi deliberately dispersed the imperial power around her and stepped into the imperial formation, allowing an attack to graze her shoulder.
When blood spilled, a moment of hesitation appeared in Luo Xuan Empress’s eyes, and a trace of clarity returned. Luo Xi seized that opportunity to reach her back.
At last, the scene in Bai Qianshuang’s memory connected with the sword strike from yesterday.
“Luo Xi, help me stabilize the imperial formation.”
After a moment, Luo Xi answered quietly.
“All right.”
The imperial sword pierced into Luo Xuan Empress’s back and then passed straight through her heart.
This time, Bai Qianshuang finally saw clearly what that sword had truly severed.
After passing through the physical body, the blade also severed the connection between the Luo Xuan Imperial Seal and the core of the Immortal Realm.
The final layer of the seal, already riddled with cracks, stopped opening once more. The three figures of the Outer Gods deep within the core were temporarily blocked!
Luo Xuan Empress lowered her head and looked at the blade protruding from her chest. The world in her eyes rapidly shattered amid the agony.
The so-called light of the Great Dao vanished.
The Great Emperors she had mistaken for monsters returned to their true forms—though most of them had already fallen beneath her attacks.
At last, she saw the true core of the Immortal Realm.
There was no Great Dao recovering within it. There were only three Outer Gods on the verge of crossing through the seal.
“So it was me.”
Luo Xuan Empress finally understood.
The person who had been helping the Outer Gods open the core of the Immortal Realm had been none other than herself.
The moment the dark-red mist sensed that she had regained her clarity, it surged out from the depths of her divine soul, attempting to seize control of her body once more.
Luo Xi gave it no chance.
She poured all her strength into the imperial sword, forcibly severing Luo Xuan Empress’s body from her divine soul, then left the corrupted imperial body before the core of the Immortal Realm!
A nearly transparent divine soul emerged from the body. The last trace of the Luo Xuan Imperial Seal that had not turned dark red still remained between her brows.
Luo Xi reached out and caught that divine soul with one hand, while pressing down on the imperial body that continued to struggle with the other.
That body still possessed all the power of the Luo Xuan Empress, but it had already become a vessel left behind by the Outer God in the Immortal Realm!
Luo Xi had no time to destroy it.
All she could do was use the Emperor’s Sword to pin the imperial body in place, then forcibly cleave open a rift leading to reincarnation!
“Stay alive!” Luo Xi sent Bai Qianshuang’s soul from her previous life—Luo Xuan—into the cycle of reincarnation.
The memory ended.
Sitting on the edge of her bed in the Myriad Realms Apartment, Bai Qianshuang stared blankly as she recalled everything. Only then did she realize that Luo Xi had never betrayed her.
Rather, she had been controlled by the Outer God, leaving Luo Xi no choice but to sever her soul with a sword and send it into reincarnation.
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
