Extra: Chronicle of Broken Swords in Shenzhou, Part Two

At the Memory Sword Manor.

Under the fading light, the seventh sword of the former Seven Swords of Tai Xu, "Ink Dye Fragrance" Qin Suyi, confronted the green-haired girl opposite her, sword in hand.

Beside them lay "Young Master Chuan" Li Shen, fallen and silent on the ground.

"Jiang Muyue... I never imagined that after so many years, you'd still be the same," Qin Suyi said, holding her sword towards the girl. "I knew there had to be something strange about what senior brother and sister did back then!"

"Eh? No way, no way, you're already blaming me for everything so quickly?" The girl called "Jiang Muyue" seemed to hear a joke. "I just opened my mouth. The ones who made the final move were you all."

Qin Suyi gritted her teeth: "It must have been you sowing discord!"

"Heh..." The girl let out a scoff. "Me sowing discord? Doesn't that just prove that you never fully trusted Chi Yuan? Otherwise, how could I have succeeded with just a few words?"

Qin Suyi was speechless.

"Sigh... what a pity. Even at the very end, she was still thinking of you, wanting to protect you," the girl said with a strange smile. "Her final strike was aimed at me. Otherwise, with Chi Yuan's abilities, you wouldn't have had a chance to survive when she kicked you away."

Qin Suyi's pupils constricted.

For years, she had dreamt of that scene. She had also doubted if her master had held back, but she dared not admit it, fearing she would lose the courage to live.

She despised herself for it, yet she didn't dare to face, or even think about, the possible truth. She had numbed her own heart. If not for the birth of her daughter, Li Sushang, she might have become a mere shell of a person, living only for the sake of living.

"After all, she's Chi Yuan. Even with her strength greatly diminished, dealing with you all is still easy," the girl shrugged. "But while she went all out against me, she never truly exerted herself against you."

"Shut up!"

Qin Suyi's hands trembled. Her state of mind had been severely impacted. Her already shattered sword heart seemed to continue to ravage her body. She was filled with rage, unsure if it was directed at the girl standing before her, laughing mockingly, or at herself for drawing her sword against her master back then.

"I remember Sumei told me, 'Once a master, always a father.' Is this how you treated your master, Chi Yuan? I was a little surprised back then~" the girl's voice continued to torment Qin Suyi's mind. "If I recall correctly, weren't you the one Chi Yuan took in?"

"You shut your mouth!"

"Oh, don't be so impulsive!" The girl pinched Qin Suyi's sword strike with two fingers. "Look, your swordsmanship is all over the place. This can't even be called swordsmanship anymore, can it?"

The girl slightly loosened her grip on the sword and kicked Qin Suyi away. Qin Suyi thrust her sword into the ground, sliding back several meters before stabilizing herself, then spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"See? A casual kick from me can send you flying like this, yet Chi Yuan's kick back then only left you with superficial wounds," the girl sighed theatrically. "Speaking of which, you and I have some connection, don't we? I never expected Chi Yuan to be able to save you back then. If not for Chi Yuan, you and your parents might not have even left a single bone behind."

"What did you do?!" Qin Suyi's reason completely snapped. Years of regret and pain crushed her at this moment. Her eyes were now fixed solely on the girl, and she swung her sword at the girl without any regard for her own safety.

"The Seven Swords of Tai Xu, in the end, are nothing more than this. Don't worry, your master won't come to save you this time," the girl taunted. "You Seven Swords of Tai Xu will also reunite once more very soon..."

Qin Suyi's sword never managed to touch the girl. The girl didn't even take it seriously, easily dodging Qin Suyi's attacks while bringing her back to the past she least wanted to face. "Speaking of which, I actually wanted to use you as a shield against Chi Yuan back then. But I didn't expect Chi Yuan to just lightly kick you and then counter with a Tai Xu Sword God. You were the ones who killed your master, yet you went so hard on me. Sigh... do you think Chi Yuan has gone senile?"

"You shut up!"

"Oh, are you crying now? You're an adult, why are you still like a child?"

"Shut up, shut up, shut up!"

"So rude. How did Chi Yuan teach a disciple like you? I must say, her role as a master was somewhat a failure, raising a disciple who doesn't even know basic manners. Oh, since you dared to kill your master, you probably never had manners in the first place, right?"

"Ahhhh..."

Qin Suyi's mind completely collapsed. She dropped her sword, hugged her head, and knelt on the ground.

"Oh dear, you can't take much, can you? Alright then, it's time for everything to end."

Under the night sky, flames engulfed the Memory Sword Manor, burning everything within.

Leaning against the ruined walls, Qin Suyi, with no hope of recovery, asked the girl, "...Who are you?"

"Who am I?" The girl spread her arms. "I... am the last Fallen Angel, walking the world in the name of Midrash, in this puppet body... the Fallen Angel of Calamity."

She watched as Midrash merged into the shadow beneath her feet and finally understood the immense disaster the Seven Swords of Tai Xu had brought upon them.

Moments later, after Midrash departed, a familiar figure appeared in Qin Suyi's fading vision.

"Suyi... what happened here?" The voice was exactly as she remembered, but compared to the coldness in her memory, Qin Suyi felt a long-lost concern.

Master...

Tears streamed down her face. Even though her eyelids were so heavy she could barely keep them open, she still tried to use her last bit of strength to get a clear look at the person lifting her.

She wanted to tell her master that the demon had gone to find the other senior brothers and sisters. But then... she thought, what right did they have to ask their master to save them again after making such a shocking decision as killing their master? What right did they have to call her "Master"?

Thus, her last words on earth were: "I'm sorry, Immortal Chi Yuan..."

Under the solitary moon, Midrash stood on a rooftop, looking up at the sky, and murmured, "Chi Yuan, Chi Yuan, no, I should call you Hua. Look at the ungrateful disciples you've taught... But it doesn't matter, I'll be cleaning house for you soon. However, I always like to do things without leaving my name, so it's better if everyone thinks you did this."

Her expression turned solemn again, and she looked at her chest. "I thought this body was supposed to be immortal and indestructible. I never expected the Tai Xu Sword God could actually kill me... It seems that to eliminate all potential threats, I need to find the strongest among the Seven Swords of Tai Xu, Cheng Lingshuang, and then kill her."

She had been granted death by the Moon Witch and the Fallen Angel of Storms. She had faced Finality alongside the Fallen Angel of Dawn. She had once pursued death, and in this long passage of time, within this puppet body, she had long forgotten her original wish and chosen to follow the most primitive desires of her heart.

To bring disaster to the world, to bring strife to civilization.

But from beginning to end, she had also followed the commands of that one.

"Ah... Lord Lucifer, the glorious Morning Star... why did you abandon me?" she asked the starry sky countless times. "Like everyone else, I was willing to dedicate everything to you, but why was it me who was left alive? Boss Yu Feng..."