Sealed into the Soul-Collecting Mirror

Taolin shot Yunxi a reproachful glare with his beautiful peach-blossom eyes, then smoothed his temple hair and said,

"Why are you so nervous? This God Venerable never said I wanted to possess you."

Yunxi fixed him with a cold stare from her almond-shaped eyes. "Do you believe that yourself?"

Taolin met Yunxi's gaze and froze for a moment before raising a brow. "Xi, you don't remember?"

Without giving anything away, Yunxi countered, "What do I need to remember?"

Taolin looked at Yunxi thoughtfully. "So you sealed away your memories before descending to the lower realm."

That single sentence let Yunxi spin countless melodramatic stories in her head, but she changed the subject instead. "Sometimes, becoming a god is not necessarily a good thing! Because you can remember everything you have experienced and every person you have met. There will always be someone who leaves an indelible mark in your memories.

"Sometimes, because I remember too clearly, whenever I recall the scene of her Godfall, I feel powerless. Even if time were reversed, I still could not change her choice. And you are the chief culprit behind all of this. It is enough for me to remember who my enemy is!"

With that, she gripped the Deadly Staff in both hands and smashed it down viciously, aiming squarely to kill Taolin.

Because of Yunxi's words, "Taolin" reacted a beat too slowly. Although his spirit body had turned ethereal, with a crack, his true body was struck by the Deadly Staff. The thousand-year-old peach tree was split in two, and Taolin's figure instantly faded.

Following the principle of pulling up weeds by the roots, Yunxi flicked out a blossom of Profound Thunder Purple Flame onto Taolin's true body. The massive peach tree, stripped bare of its fruit, instantly burst into flames.

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