It Was All Fate

Li Tianming had Yinghuo, Miaomiao, and Xianxian join forces to deal with the Supreme Darkfiend Sacred Dragon.

The other side had come seeking a glorious death. Li Tianming had no way to talk it out of it and could only restrain it.

He hurried over to Xuanyuan Muxue.

The seventeen-year-old girl was deathly pale, blood still staining her clothes. Her injuries had not healed, and amid the howling ice and snow, her lips had frozen purple.

"How are you?" Li Tianming asked.

"I'm fine. I just need to find a physician when we get back and use some spiritual essence. Don't worry." Xuanyuan Muxue glanced at Xianxian's Origin World Tree body and roughly understood how Li Tianming had defeated Xuanyuan Yuheng.

"Congratulations. You've avenged that shove."

She gave a bitter smile.

Whether one lost or won this battle, there was no way to feel happy about it.

"Where is the Sea Soul Lifedragon?" Li Tianming asked.

"It became a companion spirit. He still had a bit of conscience left, I suppose. He helped me set up a living spirit barrier."

"Was that necessary? To lure me out, did he have to kill your lifebound beast...?"

"He only had one chance. He was afraid our relationship wasn't close enough, so he had to be ruthless enough to draw you here." Xuanyuan Muxue lowered her head, her gaze dim.

"I'm sorry. I was too confident and dragged you into this," Li Tianming said.

With one lifebound beast gone, she was still a beastmaster. Her cultivation level and strength had been preserved, and she could continue cultivating, but her future accomplishments would inevitably fall short of what they might have been.

Honestly, the conflict between Li Tianming and Xuanyuan Yuheng had nothing to do with her.

"You don't need to apologize. You weren't