Almost every day, she had lived in hatred, wishing she could kill Gu Chen at once!
Even in the dead of night, Shi Mengying would wake from nightmares of her clansmen being massacred.
All of it would vanish into ashes along with Gu Chen as the Phoenix Spirit Fire burned him away.
Now that Gu Chen was dead, Shi Mengying's next goal was to find her clansmen.
Then stop the tragedy of their slaughter!
"Sisters, I'm sorry."
"Gu Chen died by my hand first."
"Fortunately, the Phoenix Spirit Fire will make his death agonizing. You need not worry."
The figures of her other eight sisters surfaced in Shi Mengying's mind.
In their previous lives, they had all been renowned Empresses, yet they had only one shared goal.
That was to kill Gu Chen!
Now that her great vengeance had been avenged, Shi Mengying could finally lay one burden to rest.
But just as Shi Mengying intended to climb the crystal staircase and take the treasures of the Third Divine Hall—
She suddenly noticed that something was wrong.
Normally, Gu Chen was merely flesh and blood.
Even the Crimson Mane Fierce Lion from before had been burned away in less than a few minutes.
But so much time had passed. Why was the Phoenix Spirit Fire still burning?
Realizing something was amiss, Shi Mengying immediately fixed a wary gaze on where Gu Chen stood.
She instantly extended her inner-force senses, only for Shi Mengying to discover an utterly terrifying fact.
Gu Chen actually still showed signs of life!
East Desolation Commandery, Cangshan Sword Sect.
Gu Youwei raised her right hand, and Chiling within the stone wall instantly sensed her summons!
He Changsong's face darkened at once when he saw this.
He could not understand why the Spirit Sword would react to Gu Youwei's command.
As he thought of this, He Changsong narrowed his eyes slightly and muttered, "This Spirit Sword is called Chiling, isn't it?"
As the sect master of the Cangshan Sword Sect, He Changsong had naturally heard of Chiling.
Chiling had originally been one of the Four Divine Swords of ancient primordial times.
He Changsong had long felt that the Spirit Sword in the stone wall was extraordinary.
It was only today, from Gu Youwei's own mouth, that he learned this Spirit Sword was named Chiling.
"Interesting."
He Changsong muttered. He did not know why Gu Youwei recognized Chiling, nor why she could resonate with it.
But He Changsong knew that as long as he captured Gu Youwei and interrogated her slowly, every one of these mysteries could be unraveled.
By then, not only could He Changsong embrace the beauty in his arms, he could even obtain Divine Sword Chiling outright.
At that thought, the corners of He Changsong's lips rose slightly, his face brimming with smug satisfaction.
"What are you standing around for?"
"Take her down already!"
The Four Great Protectors unleashed their killing moves, and in an instant, darkness shrouded heaven and earth around Xuanjian Pond!
The killing intent in Gu Youwei's eyes grew ever more intense.
What she hated most was deception.
In her previous life, Gu Chen had deceived her and stolen her Heavenly Dao Bone.
In this life, He Changsong had deceived her and tried to defile her chastity.
Gu Youwei could forgive none of it!
At that thought, Chiling in the stone wall reacted even more fiercely.
Even the stone wall binding Chiling began to show fine cracks!
He Changsong could not help feeling worried, but he still calmed himself.
After all, he had laid seals over the entirety of Xuanjian Pond. Chiling would not be drawn out so easily.
What was more, even He Changsong himself had been unable to control Chiling back then.
Now, Gu Youwei was nothing but a useless wretch who had only just attained the Innate Realm. It was even more impossible for her to make Chiling stir.
But the next second, a scene He Changsong would never forget for the rest of his life appeared.
Just as the Four Great Protectors were about to seize Gu Youwei—
Chiling actually shattered He Changsong's seal and burst straight out of the stone!
At that moment, a thunderous boom rang throughout Xuanjian Pond.
The immense energy blasted a hollow straight through the clouds in the sky!
As though answering a summons, Chiling flew directly into Gu Youwei's hand.
The instant Gu Youwei and Chiling became one, He Changsong felt an immensely powerful pressure.
That pressure seemed to cross the river of time itself before descending directly upon him.
If he had to describe it—
It felt like the gaze of a god, sacred and inviolable!
Although the Four Great Protectors of the Cangshan Sword Sect all possessed Profound Gang Realm cultivation levels—
They could not withstand the ripples of energy bursting forth from Chiling at all.
Merely grazed by the edge of those ripples, they were sent flying straight back dozens of meters!
He Changsong simply could not believe what was before his eyes.
He could not believe that Gu Youwei had ignored the seals and summoned Chiling directly!
A question immediately rose in He Changsong's heart.
Just who was Gu Youwei?
At this moment, Gu Youwei held Chiling in her hand, scarlet, frenzied killing intent radiating from her entire body.
Her gaze had turned incomparably cold. A junior disciple of the Cangshan Sword Sect accidentally met Gu Youwei's eyes and was frightened to death on the spot!
Gu Youwei had once been an Empress, and in this life, she was destined to become one as well.
She and Chiling possessed an inborn, inseverable bond and resonance.
Across the entire Three Realms, only Gu Youwei was qualified to wield this Divine Sword!
"Gu Youwei! You have some nerve!"
"Chiling is the divine sword that guards my Cangshan Sword Sect. How dare you defile it?"
"You truly do not know the height of heaven or the depth of earth. You are simply tired of living!"
Suppressing the fear brought by that pressure, He Changsong stared at Gu Youwei and spoke in a stern tone.
Yet Gu Youwei merely lifted her eyes and met He Changsong's gaze.
At that instant, He Changsong felt as though his heart had skipped a beat. He was so frightened that he even forgot how to breathe!
Ever since He Changsong reached the Foundation Establishment Realm and became the sect master of the Cangshan Sword Sect—
He had not felt this way for decades.
Thus, He Changsong had no idea why Gu Youwei carried such overwhelming pressure.
"You, kneel."
Gu Youwei stared straight at He Changsong, her eyes filled with chilling coldness and murderous intent.
Though terrified, He Changsong still wore an expression of extreme displeasure.
This little girl should have been waiting on the bed for him to favor and ravage her.
Yet now, with the aid of a Divine Sword, she actually wanted him to kneel?
What a ridiculous joke!
"Gu Youwei, who do you think you are?"
"You are nothing more than a plaything the Gu family gave me. You are not even comparable to those lowly women in brothels!"
"A lowborn bitch like you should consider it an honor to be favored by me."
"And yet you dare speak such outrageous nonsense and demand that I kneel? You truly..."
Before He Changsong could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a fishy sweetness rise in his throat.
At first, he paid it no mind, but when he tried to speak again, he realized something was wrong.
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