Chapter 188
“Me, cruel?”
Qiu Chi raised an eyebrow in response, thinking Tao Zhiyuan must have a screw loose.
“Did you forget you were the one who made a move on Ge Yanling first? And now you’re here putting on a show of deep affection for me? Are you trying to disgust me on purpose?”
“Do you really think your acting is that good? You might not know this, but you’ve been the pride of the Tianyuan Sect for over a hundred years. No matter how deeply you feign affection now, it’s still tinged with a look of lofty arrogance.”
Qiu Chi wouldn’t have believed Tao Zhiyuan even if his acting were masterful, let alone with his garbage performance.
And yet, he was full of himself, which was just an eyesore.
So, she couldn’t help but use more force when she struck. She had originally planned to torture him slowly, but she ended up killing him outright.
Killed outright, the kind where even the Nascent Soul is destroyed along with the body.
Qiu Chi: “…” This guy is too much of a weakling.
Qiu Chi had accidentally killed Tao Zhiyuan, yet the world continued to turn. Time didn’t freeze or start over.
Qiu Chi raised an eyebrow. “If he’s dead, he’s dead. Saves me the trouble of wasting any more time.”
Ignoring the now-dead Tao Zhiyuan, Qiu Chi went straight to the location of the seal.
An aura was already present at the sealed location.
It wouldn’t be wrong to call her Ge Yanling, but to be more precise, she should be called: the consciousness of this small world’s Heavenly Dao.
That settled it. She no longer needed to break the seal herself.
After receiving the message of gratitude transmitted to her, Qiu Chi left immediately.
This time, she didn’t go to the system space but returned directly to the Xingyun Realm.
On the surface, the Xingyun Realm looked no different than before.
But Qiu Chi could feel that something was indeed different.
For instance, when the aura of this final small world flowed into her body, ascension from the Xingyun Realm became possible.
And once Qiu Chi arrived in the Xingyun Realm, she was no longer the only one who knew this.
All the cultivators whose cultivation levels were high enough for ascension could feel it.
They began entering seclusion to prepare for their ascension.
Qiu Chi began to prepare… to smite people.
Unlike the previous small world, cultivators in the Xingyun Realm had to be struck by lightning starting from the Golden Core stage. The higher their advancement, the more formidable the lightning tribulation.
As for the lightning tribulation for ascension, it was even more formidable.
Therefore, most cultivators who sensed they could ascend were preparing items to withstand the tribulation, striving to pass it and ascend successfully.
But someone was different. He came looking for Qiu Chi.
Qiu Chi was speechless as she looked at Qing Yue. “Shouldn’t you be preparing for your tribulation? What are you doing here? Looking for a beating?”
If Qing Yue dared to say anything else disgusting, she would beat him half to death without a shred of mercy, even if he was on the verge of his ascension tribulation.
Whether his injuries would cause him to fail the tribulation was none of her business. It was his own fault for courting death.
When she delivered the tribulations, she didn’t let personal grudges interfere. It all depended on what they had done. In any case, she was very fair when smiting people.
Qiu Chi shot Qing Yue a disdainful glance and snorted. “Spit it out. If you have nothing to say, then get lost.”
Having not seen him for a long time, Qiu Chi noticed Qing Yue had changed somewhat. He was much more silent and had stopped saying nauseating things.
He silently handed Qiu Chi a storage ring.
Qiu Chi gave him a sidelong glance. “What for?”
“These are the materials I’ve collected for the lightning tribulation.”
“Not necessary.” She herself was the heavens. Why would she need materials for a lightning tribulation?
Qing Yue pursed his lips. “I troubled you in the past. I won’t do so again. Please take these as an apology for my past actions.”
Qiu Chi was somewhat surprised. “How long has it been? Did you have a personality transplant? This is too big of a change. Did you finally figure out your own worth and realize you’re not good enough for me?”
Qiu Chi’s words weren’t exactly pleasant, but Qing Yue remained silent for a moment before nodding.
Now, Qiu Chi was truly curious.
“I’m glad you can see yourself clearly and have stopped trying to climb up to my level. But I’m extremely curious as to how you came to this realization. If you’re so set on apologizing, why don’t you tell me how you saw the light?”
Qing Yue remained silent, his gaze on Qiu Chi dark and tinged with a hint of resentment.
Qiu Chi: “…” Hasn’t he been cured? Why does he look like he’s having a relapse?
Just as Qiu Chi was about to raise her fist to threaten him, Qing Yue lowered his head and fell silent again.
Qiu Chi was very speechless.
She was getting impatient.
Just as she was about to drive him away, someone else arrived.
It seemed her place was very popular.
Qiu Chi glanced at the newcomer. Not recognizing him, she said impatiently, “And who are you? What do you want? Spit it out, and if it’s nothing, then get lost.”
Qiu Chi didn’t recognize the person, but Qing Yue did. “It’s you?!”
His voice held a note of shocked suspicion. When he saw Qiu Chi looking at him, he explained, “He has some ill intentions toward you. He showed up after you left during our… spar. I originally thought you two knew each other.”
Qiu Chi ignored how Qing Yue deliberately embellished “getting beaten up” as “sparring” and turned to look at the man, her eyes narrowing.
She had been annoyed at first, so she had only glanced at him without taking a good look. Now, upon closer inspection, Qiu Chi realized something was amiss.
Qiu Chi’s fists clenched.
Without a second word, she brandished a blade and slashed at him.
The man, who had been elegantly waving a fan, was stunned.
“Is this really necessary? Attacking me right off the bat? I mean well, I have no malicious intent!”
Qiu Chi sneered. “You may not have malicious intent, and you even gave me a hand, but did you really think I’d appreciate you forcing your help on me without asking?”
Even as she spoke, Qiu Chi didn’t stop her attacks. “Stop dodging and fight back!”
The man was powerful, stronger than anyone else she had ever encountered, stronger than any other Heavenly Dao consciousness.
But as for which of them was stronger, she’d have to fight him to find out.
However, they couldn’t fight here.
With a shift in her consciousness, the two of them were already in a vast, empty space.
Only Qing Yue was left behind, watching Qiu Chi attack and thinking that if she was outmatched, he would step in to help.
Seeing the two of them vanish, Qing Yue felt utterly defeated.
He used to think that even if Qiu Chi was a powerful fighter, they were both Mahayana cultivators. He might not be her equal, but the gap couldn’t be that large.
He had always believed there was a misunderstanding between them, and that if they could just resolve it, they might still have a chance together.
But the appearance of that man just now had shattered all those hopes.
Before, he couldn’t understand why Qiu Chi called him delusional and said he wasn’t worthy of her.
He had assumed she was just saying it in anger, but who could have known it was the truth.
The choice was between ascending or staying in this world to accompany Qiu Chi until the end of his life.
Faced with this choice, he finally realized just how conceited he had been, and how much trouble his conceit had caused Qiu Chi.
He didn’t love her as much as he thought. He only felt like he loved her deeply, but in reality, he loved himself most of all.
He wanted to ascend. He couldn’t stay here with her, watching himself walk step by step toward death.
Thinking of this, Qing Yue couldn’t help but sigh.
He had hoped to spend a little more time with Qiu Chi during this final meeting, but he never expected that man to come looking for them.
It seemed this meeting was over.
After placing the storage ring on the table, Qing Yue left without another word.
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