Deceive You Ten Thousand Times

After dealing with the noise, Bai Qiangu abruptly turned her head and looked at Ye Xuan.

Her entire body was trembling—out of excitement, longing, and also fear.

Her eyes were filled with struggle, anticipation, and unease, like a gambler betting all her remaining chips.

"You..."

Her voice was heartbreakingly humble, laced with pleading and trembling:

"Are you really willing to go back with me and be a normal married couple?"

Ye Xuan looked at her and asked back with a calm expression:

"If I go back with you, will you still torture me like before?"

"I won't!"

Bai Qiangu shook her head frantically, moving so vigorously that her hair bun came undone, leaving a few strands of dark hair hanging messily against her cheeks:

"Absolutely not! I will treat you as my husband, as the dearest person to my heart!"

Ye Xuan asked again:

"Will you find a bunch of men to make me angry, just like before?"

"I won't!"

Bai Qiangu cried out, so emotional that she was on the verge of tears.

"From beginning to end, you are the only man I've ever had. Those male concubines are all fake! I've never let them touch even a single finger of mine!"

"I only used them to provoke you. They are not worthy, nor is it possible for them to touch me."

"If you are unhappy with them, I will slaughter them all right now."

"As long as you are willing to come back... I will listen to everything you say!"

Her tears fell continuously and her voice choked with sobs; she looked incredibly fragile and humble.

Ye Xuan sneered in his heart.

As expected, this female demon was still as stupid as ever.

He suddenly reached out his hand, palm facing up, with a natural expression:

"Since you love me so much, why not give me some resources?"

"As you know, I have the Five Elements Spiritual Root, and my cultivation is very expensive."

"I also spent quite a lot just now to coax Xia Lengyue and Ye Qingcheng."

"I'm a bit strapped for cash right now."

Bai Qiangu froze for a moment, her pupils shrinking slightly.

They had just been talking about love and their future together, so how did it suddenly turn into asking for money?

She looked at Ye Xuan's self-righteous demeanor, a trace of helplessness and a somewhat bitter smile flashing in her eyes.

"You... you really are a massive liar."

"You are just swindling my money."

Although she said this, her hands were very honest.

She unhesitatingly took off the blood jade ring on her finger, which served as the token of the Demon Sect Master. It was the symbol of her power, yet right now, she shoved it into Ye Xuan's hand as if throwing away trash, her movements urgent.

"Take it!"

"More than half of the Limitless Demon Sect's resources are in here!"

"As long as you leave with me, the entire Demon Sect is yours!"

Her eyes were filled with a humble anticipation, as if waiting for a master's praise.

Ye Xuan held the heavy ring and swept it with his divine sense.

Good heavens!

It was richer than Xia Lengyue and Ye Qingcheng combined!

Truly worthy of being the leader of the demonic path.

"Not bad, I am very satisfied."

Ye Xuan put the ring away, a sincere smile appearing on his face, his eyes revealing a satisfied gleam.

Bai Qiangu stared fixedly at him, her eyes full of longing and apprehension.

She cautiously reached out her hand, her fingers trembling slightly as she tried to pull on his sleeve, her movements humble and probing:

"Husband, are you... leaving with me now?"

"Are we going home... to cook soup?"

Her voice was as light as if she were dreaming, and a hopeful light flickered in her eyes.

Ye Xuan smiled faintly but did not take her hand.

Instead, he raised his hand and gently touched his extremely swollen, bloodstained face, a trace of coldness flashing in his eyes.

"What's the rush?"

"Madam, you just slapped me forty times."

"Look at how swollen it is."

A trace of guilt and heartache flashed in Bai Qiangu's eyes. She hurriedly took a step forward, hovering her fingers near his cheek but not daring to touch it:

"I... I have the best holy healing medicine, it will heal right away..."

"No."

Ye Xuan interrupted her, his tone turning serious and cold, his gaze sharp:

"This is not something medicine can cure."

"This is a matter of dignity."

"Even though I, Ye Xuan, am just a piece of trash at the Golden Core stage, I am still a man."

"I don't ask for much."

"I want to slap you in the face in front of everyone."

"Only then will we be even, and only then will the anger in my heart dissipate."

"What?"

As soon as these words came out, all the surviving demonic cultivators around them were stunned, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

Asking the leader of the demonic path, a mighty expert at the Tribulation Transcendence stage, to be publicly slapped by a Golden Core stage piece of trash?

This was simply an extreme humiliation!

Bai Qiangu also flew into a rage, her face instantly turning red.

She instinctively took a step back, a flash of shame, anger, and resistance in her eyes:

"You wouldn't dare! I am the leader of the demonic path. If you hit me in public, where will my prestige be?"

Her voice was sharp, her body trembling slightly, and her eyes were filled with struggle.

Ye Xuan did not back down; instead, he stepped even closer.

He ignored the fury in her eyes and whispered in her ear, his voice gentle and bewitching:

"If I don't do this, the anger in my heart won't go away."

"If the anger doesn't go away, I will be in pain, and I will hate you."

"There will be a rift between us in our future days together."

"Qiangu, you don't want me to suffer, do you? You don't want us to live the rest of our lives with resentment, right?"

"As for dignity?"

Ye Xuan sneered, his gaze contemptuous and sharp:

"Have you ever had any dignity in front of me?"

"Back when you knelt before me begging me not to die, did you have dignity?"

These few words were like sharp knives, accurately carving away Bai Qiangu's last shred of reason.

Her body trembled violently, her face turning pale and then ashen.

Yes.

In front of him, what dignity did she have left?

As long as she could be with him... as long as she could eliminate the rift... what did a slap matter?

Bai Qiangu's whole body trembled, her heart struggling fiercely, her eyes pained and vacant.

At the thought of truly having the chance to be with Ye Xuan and live a normal life supporting her husband and raising children, her heart, lonely for thousands of years, was completely shaken.

Finally.

She took a deep breath, gritting her teeth, tears welling up in her eyes.

She slowly closed her eyes, her eyelashes trembling, and tilted her face up, revealing her slender, fair neck:

"Fine... I will let you hit me."

"As long as after this hit, you completely belong to me, and we start anew."

Her voice was heartbreakingly humble, carrying deep anticipation and pleading.

But Ye Xuan still didn't make a move. His eyes remained calm as he said coldly:

"You are a Tribulation Transcendence expert, and your physical body naturally possesses a rebounding force."

"If I hit you, my hand will break."

"I demand that you withdraw all the protective demonic qi in your body and completely suppress your cultivation, letting me hit you like a mortal."

The surrounding demonic cultivators went completely crazy, kneeling on the ground and roaring with heart-wrenching voices:

"Sect Master! Absolutely not!"

"This boy harbors malicious intentions! He wants to kill you!"

"Once you withdraw your protective demonic qi, if he uses a killing move..."

Bai Qiangu suddenly opened her eyes, a fierce killing intent flashing in them.

She shouted sternly, her voice carrying an unquestionable authority:

"All of you, shut up! Whoever speaks another word, I will exterminate their nine generations!"

She turned her head back, looking at Ye Xuan with an obsessed and crazed expression, tears sliding down her cheeks:

"I don't believe them. I believe you."

"Husband, I believe you truly want to live with me."

After saying that.

Bai Qiangu really slowly dissipated the terrifying demonic aura around her, and that pressure that changed the color of the world gradually disappeared.

The surrounding air became fresh.

At this time, except for her slightly stronger body, she was completely defenseless, like a little wife waiting for her husband's punishment, fragile and submissive.

"Alright, you can hit me now."

Bai Qiangu closed her eyes again, her eyelashes trembling slightly, with teardrops still hanging on her long eyelashes.

There was even a hint of expectant, happy smile on her lips, and her cheeks were slightly red:

"But after you hit me, you must go back with me. We will live together..."

Ye Xuan looked at this beautiful, defenseless face that was so close.

Looking at that face with tear stains, with expectation, with a happy smile.

In his eyes, there was not a single trace of emotion.

Not a single trace of hesitation.

Only killing intent cold to the extreme, and bone-deep hatred.

"Okay."

His voice was frighteningly calm.

The next moment.

Clang!

The Heaven-Slaying Sword, which had been ready to strike, was suddenly unsheathed, carrying all of Ye Xuan's spiritual energy, killing intent, and desire for freedom!

The sword light was like snow, the cold gleam piercing the bone!

This sword was as fast as a startled swan!

This sword was ruthless and merciless!

Without any fancy moves, without any hesitation, it went straight for Bai Qiangu's slender, white neck!

"Pfft!"

Blood splattered, like a blooming spider lily, blossoming into a poignant arc in the air.

An absolutely beautiful head, still bearing the un-dissipated expectant smile and the teardrops at the corners of the eyes, flew high into the air, spinning.

Those eyes that were originally expectant and happy suddenly opened at the moment they flew up, the pupils full of shock, disbelief, and despair.

The whole place was dead silent.

All the demonic cultivators were dumbfounded, their minds blank.

They watched helplessly as their invincible Sect Master was beheaded by a mere Golden Core stage ant.

Beheaded with one sword!

Ye Xuan held the blood-dripping longsword, blood slowly sliding down the blade.

He looked at the head rolling on the ground, looked at those eyes full of despair, and suddenly burst into wild laughter, laughter shaking the heavens:

"Hahahahaha!"

"After so many years, Bai Qiangu, how are you still so stupid!"

"Still so easily deceived by me!"

"Removing your defenses? Letting me slap you? Is your brain filled with water?"

"A Tribulation Crossing mighty figure killed by a Golden Core ant, you are truly the biggest joke of all time!"

Ye Xuan's laughter was full of mockery, the thrill of revenge, and resentment suppressed for years.

However.

Just at this moment.

A sudden change occurred!

That headless corpse did not fall down, but instead... began to twitch violently, fingers curling like spasms.

The head rolling on the ground suddenly opened its eyes to the extreme!

Those eyes that were originally full of love and expectation were now completely filled with endless black aura and madness!

Hellish flames burned in the pupils!

"Ye... Xuan!"

An extremely shrill, heart-tearing roar came from that head, the voice full of endless hatred, madness, and despair.

Immediately after, countless black, squirming flesh buds grew madly from the severed neck, writhing like countless poisonous snakes.

The corpse suddenly raised its hand, grabbed the head on the ground, and fiercely, recklessly pressed it back onto the neck!

Crack! Crack!

The sound of bones realigning was hair-raising, flesh and skin healing, blood flowing backwards.

In just one breath.

Bai Qiangu, resurrected!

Undying Demonic Body!

One of the supreme physiques of the Demonic Path, as long as the divine soul is not destroyed, the physical body will not die!

Boom!

A demonic aura ten times more terrifying than before erupted into the sky like a volcanic eruption, rolling black clouds covering the sky and sun.

Bai Qiangu's entire aura erupted, her nails growing three inches long, pitch-black as ink, flashing with a cold gleam.

Her eyes turned completely crimson, the whites disappearing, leaving only endless blood color. Her whole person was like an evil ghost crawling out of hell, hair disheveled, face twisted.

"You lied to me..."

Her voice was hoarse and trembling, carrying despair and madness:

"You lied to me again!"

"I will tear you into ten thousand pieces! I will eat your flesh! Drink your blood!"

She had completely gone mad, the expression on her face twisted beyond human shape.

Reason? Love? Under this sword, all vanished into nothingness.

Leaving only pure, bone-deep desire for slaughter!

"Die!"

Bai Qiangu clawed forward, her nails tearing space, the void shattering to reveal pitch-black cracks.

Facing this sure-kill strike, Ye Xuan sighed, his eyes still calm.

"The Undying Demonic Body is truly a troublesome thing."

He had anticipated this scene long ago.

Just at the moment the ghost claw was about to crush his skull, only half an inch away.

Ye Xuan advanced instead of retreating.

He suddenly took a step forward and once again did something that made everyone's jaws drop and left them dumbfounded.

He grabbed the berserk Bai Qiangu, hugging her tightly, ignoring the demonic flames burning on her body.

Then.

Above that neck he had just severed once, on those bloodstained, twisted, and mad lips.

He kissed her fiercely!

"Mmph?"

This kiss was caught off guard.

Like a thunderbolt, it struck fiercely into Bai Qiangu's chaotic brain.

Her terrifying ghost claw stopped abruptly on the back of Ye Xuan's head, the tips of her fingers only an inch away from his scalp. Just one more inch, and she could crush his head.

But.

She froze, her whole person as if struck by lightning.

All the killing intent, all the fury, in this instant, actually paused for a moment.

She widened her eyes, her pupils shrinking violently, her eyes full of astonishment, confusion, and disbelief.

Just in that split second when Bai Qiangu's mind went blank and fell into chaos.

Ye Xuan suddenly let go of her, moving like lightning, retreating backward without any reluctance, his movements clean and crisp!

"Open!"

He instantly threw out a miniature palace model emitting a faint purple light from his hand.

Purple Firmament Palace!

Boom!

The Purple Firmament Palace expanded wildly in the wind, instantly transforming into a towering immortal palace, purple aura surging for thirty thousand miles, thousands of auspicious colors, myriad rays of glowing light.

Ye Xuan grabbed Ying'er, who was already scared silly and trembling all over, and directly darted into the gate of the Purple Firmament Palace.

Bang!

The door slammed shut, purple light shining brilliantly.

The next moment, Bai Qiangu snapped back to her senses.

She looked at the tightly closed door, the expression on her face changing from confusion to shock, then to disbelief, and finally completely twisting into madness!

She let out a heart-tearing, extremely shrill roar of rage, her voice full of despair, anger, and pain:

"Ahhhhh! Ye Xuan!"

"Smash this palace for me!"

Boom boom boom!

Countless demonic cultivators, along with Bai Qiangu herself, madly attacked the Purple Firmament Palace, demonic aura rolling, world changing color.

Bai Qiangu's eyes were crimson, tears mixing with blood flowing down. She bombarded the palace door recklessly, her nails breaking, dripping with blood.

But this Purple Firmament Palace was a top-tier supreme treasure, its defensive power astonishing.

Under this storm-like attack, it actually stood firm and unmoving, only the purple light dimming slightly.

The Purple Firmament Palace slowly rose into the sky, transforming into an unstoppable streak of light, streaking through the demonic aura.

At the moment it was about to disappear.

Ye Xuan's figure appeared on the terrace of the Purple Heaven Palace, his robes fluttering in the wind.

Looking down from above, he gazed at the frantic Bai Qiangu below. Her hair was disheveled, her face covered in tears and blood. He wore a brilliant, mocking smile that would make anyone grind their teeth in hatred.

"Bai Qiangu."

"You cannot defeat me. You will never win."

"Because you love me, and that is your greatest flaw."

"As long as you love me for even a single day, I can kill you a thousand times and deceive you ten thousand times."

Below, Bai Qiangu stood with her hair in a messy tangle, her hands dripping with blood. Tears and blood mingled as they streamed down her face, completely ruining her makeup.

She roared at the sky, her voice hoarse and exhausted, screaming until her throat tore:

"Ye Xuan!! You are not the only one for me!"

"I will kill you! I swear I will kill you!!"

Her voice was filled with hysterical madness and despair.

Ye Xuan glanced at her, a flash of cruelty and indifference passing through his eyes.

A cruel, teasing sneer curled the corners of his lips.

"What a coincidence."

"I was thinking the exact same thing."

As he spoke, Ye Xuan deliberately slowed his movements right in front of Bai Qiangu.

He pulled the terrified, trembling Ying'er into his arms, holding her tightly against his chest.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, and beneath Bai Qiangu's furious, jealous, and nearly maddened gaze...

Smack!

He planted a heavy, deliberate kiss on Ying'er's fair cheek, the sound ringing out loudly.

The kiss caused little physical harm, but the insult was astronomical.

"Ying'er is much more obedient, unlike a certain old hag who only knows how to fight and kill."

"Ahhhhh! Go to hell!!"

Bai Qiangu completely broke down, her eyes bloodshot.

She spat out a mouthful of blood, the crimson liquid exploding in the air. Her demonic aura ran completely out of control, directly shattering the space for dozens of miles around her as black rifts spread outward.

However.

The Purple Heaven Palace had already turned into a streak of light, completely vanishing at the edge of the horizon.

Leaving behind only a light, laughing sentence that echoed between heaven and earth, transmitting clearly into Bai Qiangu's ears:

"Farewell, ex-wife."

"When I find a way to kill you, I will return."

"Mwah."

The ocean breeze howled.

Only Bai Qiangu remained, standing in the devastated sky, surrounded by her kneeling, trembling demon sect subordinates.

With disheveled hair and tears mixing with blood, her makeup ruined, she looked utterly pathetic and wretched.

She let out a desperate, mournful shriek, her voice tearing through the firmament and echoing in all directions:

"Ye Xuan!"

Her fingers gripped the wooden hairpin so tightly that her nails dug into her palms. Drops of blood seeped through her fingers and splattered onto the ground.

It was the hairpin he had given her. It was also their final bond.

"Sect Master, that heartless ant is simply not worth you being so..."

A handsome male concubine, who was usually the most observant of her moods, gathered his courage and stepped forward.

He tried to reach out and support her, his voice carrying a self-smart flattery as he attempted to display his gentleness at this moment.

Before he could finish speaking, Bai Qiangu abruptly turned her head.

In her blood-red eyes, there was not a trace of warmth, only suffocating brutality and disgust.

"Touch me? Do you think you are worthy?"

She didn't even raise her hand, her gaze merely turned cold.

Bang!

The handsome male concubine's head exploded without warning, like a watermelon smashed by a heavy hammer!

Red and white gore splattered like a torrential downpour onto the luxurious robes of the other male concubines nearby. A thick stench of blood instantly exploded in the air.

The headless corpse swayed before crashing heavily onto the ground.

The entire scene fell dead silent, followed immediately by uncontrollable, terrified gasps.

The remaining male concubines were scared out of their wits. With a series of thuds, they all collapsed uniformly to their knees. Someone even lost control of their bladder on the spot, pale yellow liquid seeping through their luxurious silk robes.

"Sect, Sect Master, please spare our lives!"

"We didn't say anything, we didn't do anything! Have mercy, Sect Master!"

"Please, for the sake of the times we served you in the past, spare our worthless lives..."

They kowtowed madly, smashing their fair, smooth foreheads against the hard rocks until they were instantly battered and bloodied.

The aloofness and arrogance they had been spoiled into developing were torn to shreds. At this moment, nothing was left but the humility of dogs begging for mercy, their cries incredibly shrill.

However, Bai Qiangu turned a deaf ear to their miserable pleas.

She stared fixedly at the wooden hairpin in her hand, then looked around at the weeping men. A wave of intense nausea and self-deprecation surged in her eyes.

"I am so stupid..."

She muttered to herself, her voice as light as a sigh, yet it plunged the hearts of everyone present into an icy abyss: "How could I be so stupid as to use you trash, who can't even compare to a single strand of his hair, to try and anger him?"

"He was so resolute just now, unwilling to even spare me a second glance... He must think I'm dirty. He must have misunderstood me!"

She suddenly raised her head. Her originally sorrowful face instantly twisted into terrifying ferocity, the depths of her eyes filled with a sickly madness.

"It's all your fault... You disgusted my husband. You deserve to die!"

"Sect Master! No!"

Amidst the male concubines' utterly despairing screams, Bai Qiangu slowly raised her right hand.

Snap.

A crisp snap of her fingers echoed over the dead silent ruins.

In the next instant, it was as if the grim reaper's death knell had rung.

The magical collar artifacts worn around all the male concubines' necks, which were originally symbols of her favor, simultaneously emitted a blinding, deadly red light.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

A chain of deafening explosions rang out. There was no room for resistance, much less any possibility of escape.

The fine heads of dozens of gorgeously dressed male concubines were uniformly blown into the air!

Pillars of blood spurted several yards high from their headless necks. Then, like torn burlap sacks, they fell haphazardly into pools of blood. Shredded flesh and severed limbs were scattered all over, dyeing the already ruined ground into a shocking, grisly slaughterhouse.

Bai Qiangu stood amidst the raining blood, her protective demonic aura isolating all the filth, leaving her completely spotless.

She didn't even spare a glance at the mangled flesh on the ground, as if she had merely crushed a swarm of insignificant ants.

Her scarlet eyes locked onto the surrounding demon sect subordinates, who were already so terrified their souls were scattering, lying prostrate on the ground and not even daring to breathe too loudly.

"Pass down my decree!"

Her voice was freezing cold to the extreme, carrying a reckless, maddened killing intent:

"At all costs, search every inch of the Three Thousand Dao Realms, and find Ye Xuan for me!"

"If you cannot find him, all of you, along with your nine generations of kin, will accompany these pieces of trash in death!"