"Wake up." Shouting at the top of her lungs, she wasn't talking to Yang Ze, but to the damn spiritwing. She was almost there, but at the last moment, this little bastard wasn't able to hold on.

"TAKE ME BACK." With her hand covered in internal energy, she almost wanted to crush it to death.

Sensing danger, the spiritwing tried to move, but it couldn't. It was already a miracle that it could take her through four memories and even let her view the last memory from a different perspective. It just stayed in its position, completely out of energy. It even spread out its wings as if telling Cang Yue to do whatever she wants.

"DAMN IT." Gritting her teeth in anger, Cang Yue tried to shake Yang Ze awake. She was hoping that even if she failed to grab him at the last moment, perhaps he would have followed her back. But no matter how hard she tried, he just wouldn't open his eyes.

Cang Yue looked at the soul gem in front of her, intending to drip her and Yang Ze's blood on it once more to give it a try, but before she could even raise her hand, the soul gem suddenly cracked.

*Crack...

With a loud noise that could pierce one's soul inside the ruins, the entire soul gem was filled with innumerable cracks before it shattered into countless pieces.

"...." For Cang Yue, what shattered wasn't the soul gem, but her hope and future. With Yang Ze's deteriorating condition, she wasn't sure if he would survive a few more days or not.

She could only reach out to the shattered fragments of the soul gem, wanting to hold them in her hand, hoping that one of them might be able to help her out. But before she could even catch the nearest one, it turned into dust before scattering in the air.

It wasn't just that one, but every single shattered piece turned into dust before disappearing completely.

What was left was Cang Yue's raised hand, which was still in the air, frozen in the midst of wanting to catch one.

"...." Cang Yue sat in that position for a while before gritting her teeth and shouting at the top of her lungs.

"HELP ME." If someone were here, they would have thought that she had finally gone crazy, but Cang Yue didn't stop.

"HELP ME OUT." She was looking directly in front of her as her voice filled the entire trial ruin.

"....." But no matter how much she shouted, no one showed up. The entire trial was engulfed in silence as if the only people there were her and the unconscious boy on her lap.

"Hah..."

"HAHAHAHA"

Cang Yue just let out a crazed laugh before she waved her hand and took out a long, thin needle. This was her personal weapon. It had accompanied her since childhood, and it was this weapon that had helped her in countless life and death situations.

She gently stroked it before pointing the top towards her heart, slowly moving it forward and stopping at the moment when it touched her skin.

"I am asking you last time."

"If you aren't willing to help me, then I might as well die."

Cang Yue's words weren't false. Now that her mother had stepped into the realm of Heaven Step, there was no hope for her to get revenge, even if she practised all her life with all the resources of the Azure Dragon Continent.

She knew her limitations, and at best, Soul Tempering Realm was her limit.

Other than her mother, she also wanted to kill the bitch in the black mask as well as the Sword Sect's leader, Jian Yu, who was in cahoots with her mother.

Out of these three, one was going to die ten years later.

Even if she got extremely lucky, she could only step into the Core Condensation. That was far from what she needed to kill Jian Yu.

In that case, she could only watch her die a natural death.

The second person was the black masked woman, but she had no clue about her identity. The only person who knew about her was Yang Ze, and he was definitely not going to tell her. At least not in his current state.

That left her with only one person... her mother, Yun Ning.

And this brought her back to the very first step...

If there were no unforeseen circumstances, this was her future. But with Yang Ze by her side... Not only could she kill all three, she could even reach the heights that no one had ever reached before.

She... the saintess of the Duality Sect who had gone through living hell, wasn't an indecisive person.

If she couldn't get her revenge and only spend her life grieving and forever in the shadows of her enemies, then it was better to just die early. In this way, at least she could accompany her sister's departed soul.

She didn't know who the old woman she met during the third trial was, but she was definitely not an ordinary person. Someoen who could give her Soul gem this easily and even leave behind those sword marks on her chest was a true powerhouse. She didn't know if her mother, who was in the Heaven step, could do it or not, but those in the realm of Soul Tempering could definitely not do something as profound as this.

"Since you let me pass the third trial and even gifted me a soul stone, then it must mean I am important to you. I don't know how or why, and I don't care."

"If you can not help me, then I will just kill myself."

"Then you can find another person for whatever you want to do."

Cang Yue's chilling words filled the entire trial region as her hand slowly pressed the needle further, breaking her skin and letting a drop of blood seep out.

"..."

"..."

But even after a while, when nothing happened, Cang Yue just let out a sigh before lowering her hand and looking at the boy's resting head on her lap.

Even when he was stuck in a nightmare and his life was slowly fading away, his face was still as perfect as ever.

She just let out a wry smile before slowly lowering her head.

With this action of hers, her naked upper body lowered too as her milky breasts pressed on Yang Ze's face for a moment before she moved his head forward.

She then slowly pressed her face towards him.

As the distance between their faces grew closer, she could feel the otherworldly charm on him even more intensely than before.

She just admired his perfect face that made him look like an immortal before gently leaning in and slowly placing her lips on his.

There were no words... no excessive movements, and she didn't even roam her hands all over his body.

At the moment, she quietly kissed him.

Though it was awkward at first, she gradually became proficient in it.

Till now, she never understood why a few people would do something as stupid as this. She even hated the stage shows where a female emperor, after going through so much, finally ends up with a helpless scholar who saved her life once. Whenever she saw the two of them kissing, she always felt confused. What was so good about it?

Often, the members of the Duality Sect, after kidnapping men and playing with them, would brag about how they used their tongues and did all those things.

At that time, she felt disgust. Just the thought of letting her tongue touch another person's sent a shiver down her spine.

But now...

Gently using her right hand, she pulled open his mouth before using her tongue to invade his mouth.

And when her tongue finally touched his... Cang Yue even forgot to breathe.

She felt like there were a million lightning bolts coursing through her body. She just awkwardly used her tongue to first lick his, then play with it.

In less than ten seconds, she was already proficient in it.

She kept on tasting his tongue, which to her tasted like a nectar of immortality.

She didn't know how much time had passed, and for a while, she didn't even want to stop. She only wished that it could go on and on and on...

After a long time, she finally lifted her head with her mouth still open and her tongue out in the air, with a long thread of saliva connecting it to Yang Ze's tongue.

Her face was now flushed red as if she were having a fever.

She looked at Yang Ze's pale face for a moment before gently caressing his face before taking a deep breath, picking up the needle and closing her eyes.

She then pointed it towards her chest, at the three sword mark on her chest, before plunging it with all her might.

"...."

"...."

To Cang Yue's surprise, she didn't feel the expected pain.

Opening her eyes in confusion, she finally saw the figure of the old woman who was standing in front of her with an annoyed face.

"Alright." The old woman couldn't help but grit her teeth.

"The younger generation is sure getting more and more courageous."

"To think you want to die for such an ordinary mortal?"

She couldn't help but shake her head.

"Can you heal him?" Cang Yue's hand was still frozen in the air, and no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't move it.

But this was not her concern. She wanted to know if the old lady could help her out.

The old woman didn't reply but gazed deeply at her.

"I can't understand you." Her words confused Cang Yue, who was expecting a different answer. But before she could think further, the old woman continued.

"You clearly have a heart of indifference and slaughter. Someone like you is perfect for the Demonic Path. And yet..."

The old woman bent her knees as she looked at the unconscious man in front of her.

"Yet, you act so differently for a mere mortal?"

"Why!?"

"Why would someone as extraordinary as you throw her life away for a mortal man? What is so special about him?"

Speaking till now, she grabbed unconscious Yang Ze's wrist as a deep frown appeared on her face.

"Ordinary Mortal... 37 years old... no cultivation talent... no luck... no future...." She kept on muttering to herself, but every single word of hers shocked Cang Yue.

She knew better than anyone how extraordinary the boy was. Even though he was a mortal, his Supreme Dao Body and his extraordinary appearance weren't something common.

For the old woman to be unable to see his age, his Supreme Dao body... She couldn't help but narrow her eyes.

'It looks like there is more to him than what meets the eye.' She quietly glanced at Yang Ze while taking a deep breath. She would have plenty of time in the future to think about it all, but now... now she needed to wake him up.

"Can you help him?" She once again asked the old woman.

This time, the old woman didn't twist her words. She simply closed her eyes as an invisible ripple spread out of her body.

It wasn't until a few minutes had passed that she exhaled a mouthful of air before looking at the man beneath her with surprise.

"There are three scars on his soul."

Her simple words confused Cang Yue, who couldn't make sense of what she was trying to say.

"I will tell you all about it the next time we meet. But for now..."

She first tapped Yang Ze's head, then his chest and finally his stomach.

When she tapped his stomach, Yang Ze's body floated in the air before trembling violently and then falling back on Cang Yue's lap.

"I have put a wall around those scars. This will help him for the moment."

"But remember..." Her voice turned incomparably serious as she spoke further. "It is just a temporary method. If one day these walls come crashing down... he will be better off dead."

"So, how do I heal him fully?" Cang Yue didn't want any half-assed measures. She wanted to know if she could help him completely.

"With your current strength?" The old woman looked at her from top to bottom before shaking her head in response.

"What do I need to do?" Cang Yue wasn't willing to give up. She asked again, hoping to gain a clear answer.

"Nothing for the time being." The old woman's voice was flat.

"Think of it like me sealing away some of his memories."

"He wouldn't remember any of them, but at the same time, his personality will go through a complete change."

"He will act like he normally would without those events."

"So, do not be surprised if he turns into a completely different person."

Her words stunned Cang Yue, who was having a hard time understanding them.

"Wait." She shook her head before asking again. "How could I truly heal him?"

"To do that, you need to..." Before the old woman could even complete her sentence, her body began to fade before disappearing completely, leaving behind Cang Yue, who couldn't react for a moment.

And before she could react, she felt the world around her changing before she found herself back in the outside world, sitting in front of the large sword with Yang Ze's head quietly resting on her lap.

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