The Fallen Ye Xuan

Inside the barrier, everything proceeded as smoothly as water flowing into a channel.

All struggles, all resistance, all humiliation...

Under absolute power and the spell suppression Ye Xuan deliberately applied, Mu Qingxue's defenses collapsed completely.

In this confrontation laced with vengeance, she went from vowing to die rather than submit, to half-hearted resistance, and finally to utter surrender.

When all was calm again.

Mu Qingxue sat up abruptly from the warm jade bed, clutching her scattered garments tightly. Her stunningly beautiful face was written with panic, shame, and a strange fluttering she herself could not understand.

Just then, a pair of strong arms wrapped around her from behind.

Ye Xuan rested his chin on her shoulder, his tone carrying a hint of surprise and undisguised mockery: "So you were still a virgin after all."

Hearing this, Mu Qingxue's delicate body trembled. Then, gritting her teeth, she let out a cold, sarcastic laugh: "Your dao companion is little junior sister Bai Ningbing, not me! What, is Senior Brother disappointed?"

Even she herself did not notice the thick bitterness and jealousy laced within her own words.

Ye Xuan released her. Slowly, methodically, he dressed himself in white robes, and said coldly: "She betrayed me. She no longer has that qualification."

Hearing Ye Xuan personally deny Bai Ningbing's position, an irrepressible flash of strange joy flickered deep in Mu Qingxue's eyes.

Ye Xuan turned around, his gaze piercing like a torch, his voice turning frostbitten and bone-chilling: "Now you tell me. What really happened back then? The poison on my body — could you truly not have detected it? Why did all of you, without exception, speak with one voice to frame me?"

Mu Qingxue's entire body shook violently.

She looked into Ye Xuan's eyes. Her psychological defenses shattered completely, and tears burst forth once again.

"We're not fools..." Mu Qingxue sobbed, her voice filled with agony and helplessness: "What cultivation technique you practiced, whether you were poisoned or not — how could we not know you were innocent?"

Ye Xuan's pupils contracted sharply. The killing intent surrounding him churned like physical substance: "If you knew, then why did you stand by and watch my immortal bones be stripped?!"

"It was Master's order! We had no choice!"

Mu Qingxue screamed in utter breakdown: "Master issued a death command — all the blame had to be thrown on you, to preserve the reputation of Bai Yujing! If we disobeyed, she would destroy us with her own hands! What could we do?"

Ye Xuan's expression shifted slightly.

So that was it. No wonder these junior sisters, who had once shared deep bonds with him, had acted as if possessed after Bai Yujing appeared, unconditionally favoring that hypocrite they had only known for a month!

So the true mastermind behind all of this was none other than the Cold Moon Immortal Venerable who had raised him — Luo Qingqiu!

And at this very moment, the heaven-defying law of [One Conquest, Eternal Conquest] had already silently taken effect.

Mu Qingxue's gaze began to change.

The shame and resentment in her eyes were rapidly fading, replaced by a pathological dependence.

She threw herself into Ye Xuan's arms without hesitation, apologizing profusely: "Senior Brother, I was wrong... I truly had no choice. Can you forgive me? From now on, I'll listen to everything you say!"

But Ye Xuan merely sneered and shoved her away.

He looked down at the groveling woman on the ground with extreme contempt: "No choice? To protect yourself, you would shove me into the abyss? Mu Qingxue, you disgust me. Get out. I don't need a hypocritical woman like you."

Mu Qingxue trembled all over, tears streaming down like broken pearls: "Senior Brother... don't cast me out... I truly was forced!"

Seeing that the heat had reached the right temperature, Ye Xuan crouched down, pinched her chin, and a glint of cunning flashed in his eyes: "Want me to forgive you? Fine. Go back to Bai Ningbing and Bai Yujing's side and be my pawn. Any movement from them — report to me immediately."

Already thoroughly twisted in her emotional cognition by [One Conquest, Eternal Conquest], Mu Qingxue had no trace left of her proud pride as a holy land's genius.

She nodded eagerly, as if grasping a lifeline: "I agree! Don't worry, Senior Brother, I'll tell you everything. I won't let you suffer the slightest injustice again!"

Soon, Mu Qingxue tidied herself up. With every step, she looked back reluctantly, her eyes filled with attachment, before finally leaving the barrier.

The barrier dispersed.

Ying'er walked over, cheeks puffed with jealousy, her small face written with possessiveness.

She pinched Ye Xuan hard on the waist and couldn't help but ask: "Since you hate her so much, why did you still sleep with her?"

Ye Xuan casually patted the dust off his robes, his eyes carrying an ultimate disdain: "She's merely a pawn. However, she does still have some value."

"Aren't you afraid that once she leaves, she'll immediately betray you and tip off Bai Yujing?" Ying'er asked, confused.

Ye Xuan laughed. His smile carried an arrogant dominance over all things: "She already had a foundation of feelings for me. Now that I've slept with her, her feelings for me have been locked at their peak by my law [One Conquest, Eternal Conquest]. In the depths of her soul, I have already become her only dao companion. Betrayal is simply impossible for her. Just like Bai Qianqiu before."

Ying'er was stunned.

She stared blankly at Ye Xuan. Then her face flushed red, and she glared at him fiercely: "So that's why... So that's why every time after being intimate with you, I feel as though I'm floating in a fairyland, ready to die for you willingly... You bad man!"

Ye Xuan smiled faintly and ruffled her hair: "Naturally."

Over the following days, exactly as Ye Xuan predicted, Third Junior Sister Su Xingyao came knocking on his door.

Like Mu Qingxue's replica, she too arrived tearfully, begging for mercy on Bai Ningbing's behalf, attempting to use past bonds of affection to stir Ye Xuan's "conscience."

Facing Su Xingyao, Ye Xuan didn't even bother with unnecessary words. He was thoroughly impatient. So he applied the same formula.

The barrier rose once more. The warm jade bed appeared again.

Su Xingyao's resistance lasted only a fleeting moment. When the law of [One Conquest, Eternal Conquest] took effect, she fell completely.

She clung desperately to Ye Xuan's chest, crying like a pear blossom drenched in rain: "Senior Brother, back then when I watched you have your bones stripped and be sunk into the lake, I really was in so much pain..."

"It was Master's order that made us side with Bai Yujing. I know you carry bitterness in your heart. It's only right that you resent me..."

Ye Xuan sneered inwardly, thinking how hypocritical these women were, but on the surface he still reached out and patted her back, offering a few idle words of comfort.

Soon, everything proceeded as smoothly as water.

Ye Xuan likewise assigned her a mission — making her the second nail embedded within the Jiutian Holy Land.

Su Xingyao agreed eagerly: "Don't worry, Senior Brother. I will definitely tell you everything. That hypocrite Bai Yujing, I've long since seen through him!"

Then, her eyes filled with infatuation, she too left reluctantly.

Watching Su Xingyao's departing figure, Ye Xuan didn't turn his head, his expression utterly indifferent.

Ying'er stood by his side, watching these absurd scenes play out one after another. Finally, she couldn't hold back and tugged at Ye Xuan's sleeve.

Her voice trembled slightly: “Husband, you… you’ve become so strange. Before, you were cold, but you would never toy with people’s hearts like this.”

Ye Xuan turned his head and glanced at her. That gaze was no longer the gentleness of the past, but an ultimate indifference that seemed to have seen through all the ages: “Because just now, I awakened yet another layer of deep memories.”

His voice was a little hoarse, carrying a hint of self-mockery: “Those memories made me realize that, from beginning to end, I was never a good person at all.”

Ying’er grew anxious, her eyes reddening as she retorted: “How can you say that! In Ying’er’s heart, husband will always be the best person in the whole world!”

Ye Xuan let out a bitter laugh, his gaze helpless yet tinged with sorrow: “Ying’er, what you see is only an illusion. The real me is a hundred times worse than you can imagine. Do you know why Mu Qingxue and Su Xingyao—those two women who once betrayed me—have become so devoted to me in such a short time?”

Ying’er shook her head in confusion: “Isn’t it because of your law called ‘One Conquest, Eternal Conquest’?”

Ye Xuan laughed, a strange smile on his face: “That is only the result. In the process… when I was intimate with them, I used a bit of lust magic.”

“Lust magic?” Ying’er froze, her face full of disbelief, “But I’ve never seen you learn such a despicable evil art!”

Ye Xuan’s eyes darkened, and the corner of his mouth curled into a sinister, cold smirk: “Then let me have you taste it yourself.”

Before the words had even faded, Ye Xuan raised his hand and set up another barrier, pulling the startled Ying’er into his embrace.