"Y... I went back, but that Immortal Emperor was no longer the Immortal Emperor. My junior brother became the new Immortal Emperor. He rose from a mere disciple of the Feather Palace lineage to become the Lord of Cloudsand Isle, and was about to become the greatest emperor praised by all... He brought peace to Cloudsand Isle, but I was the one who plunged it back into a nightmare..." Lady Meng Xue's eyes brimmed with sorrow. She seemed to have neither the hatred of revenge nor the elation that came before it.
"You succeeded in taking your revenge, didn't you? Cloudsand Isle fell into chaos again, didn't it?" I sighed inwardly. Nothing was more bone-deep than having one's lover murdered. Of course, revenge and vengeance like this did not bring the relief one expected. Only the person involved could know the bitterness hidden within it.
"I still remember that day. He ascended the throne as the new emperor, facing tens of thousands of immortals bowing and worshiping... I still remember how he looked down on everything, with eyes only for me as I walked up the high platform step by step with my sword in hand. He even raised a hand and had all the immortals withdraw... I will never forget the moment I plunged my sword into his heart, either. He would rather tell me that he had been among the disciples sent to Feather Palace Mountain with me back then, yet he did not draw his sword or resist in the slightest..." As Lady Meng Xue spoke, crystalline light shimmered in her eyes, as if her tears were about to fall, but she stubbornly held them back.
"He and you were among the same batch of disciples who entered Feather Palace Mountain? Yet you didn't recognize him?" I