The morning light filtered through the gap in the curtains, casting a soft glow on Su Di'er's forehead.
Li Moran, who had long since woken up, walked silently to the window and pulled the curtains tightly shut.
In the dim, quiet room, a faint luminescence radiated from the young girl's forehead.
It was the Ice Lotus mark Li Moran had left behind during her first playthrough.
By now, Li Moran had already navigated the early stages of the plot. The storyline had just reached the point where Su Di'er took her as a master and began her martial training.
This was the favorite stage for all cultivators. They would often deliberately slow down the pace of their cultivation, purposefully delaying Su Di'er from truly entering the Qi Condensation stage for as long as possible.
In a way, it was similar to how many players of Red Dead Redemption 2 in her previous life, after clearing the game, would choose to keep Arthur in the town of Valentine forever.
Li Moran did not intentionally stall for time.
In fact, she couldn't have stalled even if she wanted to.
The stats granted by the Ice Lotus mark were simply too absurd. Su Di'er gained experience points every day just by breathing and sleeping...
Because of this, Li Moran simply slowed down their cultivation schedule. Instead, she took a page out of Zhou Qiaoling's book and frequently brought Su Di'er along to do things unrelated to cultivation.
The only difference was that while Zhou Qiaoling would take Su Di'er out to scam and swindle people, Li Moran preferred to take her sightseeing to enjoy the beauty of nature.
At this moment, looking at the icy, translucent glow radiating from the mark on the young girl's forehead, Li Moran could not help but frown.
Because Su Di'er's level had increased again.
This also meant that they were one step closer to the final ending.
The hopeful goodwill from her first playthrough had, in a sense, become a curse in her second playthrough.
Li Moran let out a soft sigh, revealing a rare expression of gentleness.
Just as she stepped up to the bed, she was caught completely off guard when the young girl suddenly threw herself into her arms.
"Li Ang."
"I had a dream."
"In my dream, you were riding on seven-colored auspicious clouds, just like the storytellers say... and with a single strike of your sword, you opened the Gates of Heaven."
"But..."
The young girl's back suddenly began to tremble slightly, her voice choking with emotion.
"But when I tried to hug you, you shattered into pieces... just like the clouds..."
"Li Ang... please, don't leave me..."
Li Moran fell silent.
Memories that had been buried beneath their recent happy times suddenly came rushing back.
Looking at the tearful girl in front of her, an overwhelming sense of heartbreak caused her usually stable emotions to surge violently.
"Bang!"
A massive boom echoed through the Bingyi Pavilion.
Under the intense emotional fluctuation, the spiritual energy within Li Moran's body shattered the restrictions of the Illusion Tower, instantly severing her connection to the illusion.
"An inner... demon?"
Li Moran frowned but quickly dismissed the thought, immediately circulating her cultivation technique.
Under the influence of her Ice Phoenix Sword Physique, Li Moran had been born aloof and devoid of worldly desires.
The outside world generally believed that this emotionlessness was the price of possessing the Ice Phoenix Sword Physique, and that experiencing emotions would ruin its power.
That was why a strong sense of crisis welled up in Li Moran's heart the moment she noticed her own intense emotional fluctuations.
However, as she circulated her technique and her emotions began to settle, Li Moran gradually sensed something wondrous—
Her Ice Phoenix Sword Physique, which had remained completely stagnant since birth, was actually showing signs of breaking through its shackles at this very moment!
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Lihuo Peak, Lingyu Pavilion.
[Emotion Points +99999]
"It worked!"
Lu Ze clapped his hands in excitement, gleefully exiting the illusion.
It was exactly as he had predicted. For a cultivator like Li Moran, the Demonic Path Points generated from an emotional breakdown were far higher than those of ordinary cultivators!
Somehow, he had managed to push her to the point of disconnecting this time, and the Demonic Path Points he earned were even greater than what he got from those top-tier big shots!
"Not bad, not bad at all. With this, I can break through again..."
Lu Ze narrowed his eyes as he examined the emotion points in the system interface.
After all the grinding in this second playthrough, his Demonic Path Points had skyrocketed, pushing him all the way to the threshold of the late Nascent Soul stage.
Just as he was preparing to meditate and break through on the spot, a terrifyingly cold, frosty aura swept over from the distant Wenjian Peak.
Lu Ze suddenly shuddered.
"Why do I feel..."
"A chill down my spine..."
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