"You know what I'm going to do. If I can't attain the Dao, I'd rather die than live on in cowardice." By this point, there wasn't the slightest hesitation left in Xue Qingcheng's eyes. She had decided to transform herself into the Dao—and she would do it right here.
"You're going to transform yourself into the Dao here?! No!" I hurriedly tried to stop her. The danger was no different from facing Primordial Qilin head-on!
She grabbed my arm, her eyes brimming with deep affection, but I wasn't in the mood to take another look at such affection.
"Yitian, you know what I want. The Heavenly Dao is right before me now. I can't simply do nothing. If I give up and go back like this, it won't just be other people looking down on me—even I'll look down on myself. If I don't dare to risk everything, I'll never possess something that truly belongs to me alone. You're the one person in my life I dared to risk everything for, and now, this is the matter I'll risk everything for in this life." Xue Qingcheng spoke with unwavering certainty.
I froze and shook my head, saying urgently, "No, we still have many ways. Really, there are plenty of choices! We don't have to rush this!"
"Yitian, it's now. I won't choose another path. If I succeed, I'll attain the Dao of the Heaven of Two Modes. If I fail... then I'll remain in your heart. If I'm gone and you miss me, you can go see that true Heavenly Dao Supreme. My thoughts... my longing for you, surely... no, perhaps they'll influence her. Even if I'm only one instant among her countless moments." After Xue Qingcheng finished speaking, she flung my hand away. When I grabbed her again, her