Gu Youwei's Betrayal

The white-robed elder stared at the youth slumped on the ground, his heart a tumult of conflicting emotions.

"Unfortunately, my origin has been damaged, and I still need to instruct my successor. Otherwise, I could have shared some of my origin power to help you weather this calamity."

"Once we part, we may never meet again. Is there anything you wish to say to her?"

The Young Heavenly Emperor opened his mouth, but stopped himself.

Misery filled his eyes. In the end, he merely drew Gu Youwei into his embrace, and the words never left his lips.

His eyelids grew heavier and heavier. Finally, he collapsed limply to the ground.

Within the scene, the white-robed elder took Gu Youwei and flew into the sacred land. That beautiful Immortal Realm gradually vanished from this world.

Gu Changqing tightened his grip on the Wordless Heavenly Book in his arms.

"Youwei..."

"Brother may not get the chance to avenge our parents' blood feud..."

Amid a whisper as faint as a mosquito's buzz, the scene fell completely into darkness.

"He ultimately still couldn't bring himself to tell Miss Youwei about her blood feud."

"Perhaps... he didn't want Miss Youwei to bear all of this."

Beyond the realm, the cultivators wore strange expressions, and the entire Heavenly Palace was steeped in a heavy silence.

Gu Youwei crumpled to the ground. Her eyes brimmed with endless bitterness and regret.

"Why did you never tell me?!"

"This was your Immortal Root to begin with! If you wanted it, all you had to do was say the word!!"

Gu Youwei could hold on no longer.

Tears poured forth like floodwaters bursting through a breached dam. Her face turned pale, and her body trembled.

The hatred that had accumulated over countless ages collapsed into utter ruin in that instant!

For the first time, she felt just how laughable she was.

Her life, the Immortal Root she had been so proud of, even her master's lineage—her brother had yielded all of it to her!

Her brother had given up everything, protecting her without asking for anything in return.

Yet what he had received in exchange was betrayal that turned them against each other!

Scenes from the past echoed through her heart one after another.

"The Heavenly Emperor is cruel and heartless. How is he worthy of being my brother? From this day onward, I, Gu Youwei, sever all ties with him."

"The Heavenly Emperor's crimes are beyond all measure. He deserves death!"

"The Heavenly Emperor has entered seclusion. Now is the best time to destroy him. I will work with you from within and without."

"Brother!!"

At this moment, Gu Youwei wept as though her heart had been torn apart.

She had never known that the brother she hated to the bone had done so much for her.

Seeing Gu Youwei in this state, Ye Chen gently consoled her. "Youwei, it's all in the past..."

"It is true that the Heavenly Emperor did much for you, but later, he changed."

"He became cruel and lawless, persecuting all living beings. His crimes were beyond all measure, and that is why heaven and earth alike have turned against him today. The fault is not yours—it is his."

Gu Youwei's emotions surged out of control as she cried herself hoarse, "But what does that have to do with me?!"

"If he wanted my Immortal Root, then it was only right! It was his to begin with!"

"He became cruel and lawless, abandoned by all living beings—but I shouldn't have abandoned him too!"

"I'm unworthy! I have no right, do you understand?!"

"He fed me with his own flesh. He traded his life for the person I am today! What right did I have? Tell me, what right did I have to betray him?!"

Watching Gu Youwei lose all composure, the other cultivators all fell silent.

The Heavenly Emperor might indeed have become cruel and lawless later on, but judging by everything he had done for Gu Youwei, her reaction was entirely natural.

Had this happened to any one of them, they likely would have been the same.

"I want to save him! I want to save him!"

"He cannot die! No matter what, he is my brother!!"

At some point, an incomparably terrifying aura suddenly erupted around Gu Youwei.

Her vast presence was as deep as an abyss and as boundless as the sea, drowning the heavens.

Gu Youwei stepped upon the firmament, crushing immeasurable space-time beneath her feet. Gathering boundless Imperial Might, she suddenly unleashed it toward the Bronze Ancient Mirror.

"No!"

At that moment, every powerhouse's expression changed.

No one had expected that this woman, once the most unyielding in her stance to crusade against the Heavenly Emperor, would turn her back so decisively.

If the Heavenly Emperor were released, the entire Justice Alliance would likely be annihilated beneath the Heavenly Emperor's wrath!

"Enough!"

Jiang Minghuang took a step forward, sending boundless waves of laws crashing outward.

The void instantly collapsed, and countless great stars were shaken into dust beneath that single step.

That step was like the World Destruction footfall of the Divine Ancestor who had created heaven and earth, descending upon the source of all Dao. Everything in the world was suppressed.

Even the infinite Imperial Might that flooded the heavens was briefly smoothed away!

"Jiang Minghuang!"

Gu Youwei ground her teeth, her beautiful eyes filled with frost.

The Empress who, just moments ago before the Bronze Ancient Mirror, had been an utter emotional wreck finally revealed her Imperial Might at this instant.

Untouchable, cold as an iceberg devoid of all emotion!

"Today, whoever stands in my way, I'll kill them!!"

Those icy words, devoid of the slightest emotion, slowly left her lips.

They were just as resolute and awe-inspiring as the eight-year-old boy in the mirror when he faced the White-robed Saint King.

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After Mei Gongzi deflected Cao Yuwei's attack this time, she did not rush to counterattack. She merely stood where she was.

Cao Yuwei's brows drew together slightly. Was this little girl's perception truly so sharp? After he formed armor from flames, he still had other methods at his disposal. If Mei Gongzi had pressed on with an attack, he was confident he could use one of them to restrain her. But Mei Gongzi did not advance, forcing the ability he had been readying to interrupt.

The warblade slashed out once more, its formidable blade intent several degrees stronger than before. Cao Yuwei moved with the blade, man and blade as one, charging straight at Mei Gongzi.

The Heavenly Secret Plume in Mei Gongzi's hand activated the Heavenly Mysterious Circle once again, and with an instantaneous teleportation, she switched positions. While neutralizing her opponent's attack, she also broke his lock-on. In the next instant, she was already on the other side. A golden-red gleam flashed across Cao Yuwei's body. Had she not dodged so swiftly, another ability would undoubtedly have descended upon her.

A battle of attrition! It seemed she intended to wear Cao Yuwei down.

Yet no one questioned the origin of this ability. After all, the Peacock Demon Race's greatest innate gift was Stellar Transposition. Her technique had the same wondrous effect through a different path.

After Mei Gongzi deflected Cao Yuwei's attack this time, she did not rush to counterattack. She merely stood where she was.

Cao Yuwei's brows drew together slightly. Was this little girl's perception truly so sharp? After he formed armor from flames, he still had other methods at his disposal. If Mei Gongzi had pressed on with an attack, he was confident he could use one of them to restrain her. But Mei Gongzi did not advance, forcing the ability he had been readying to interrupt.

The warblade slashed out once more, its formidable blade intent several degrees stronger than before. Cao Yuwei moved with the blade, man and blade as one, charging straight at Mei Gongzi.

The Heavenly Secret Plume in Mei Gongzi's hand activated the Heavenly Mysterious Circle once again, and with an instantaneous teleportation, she switched positions. While neutralizing her opponent's attack, she also broke his lock-on. In the next instant, she was already on the other side. A golden-red gleam flashed across Cao Yuwei's body. Had she not dodged so swiftly, another ability would undoubtedly have descended upon her.

A battle of attrition! It seemed she intended to wear Cao Yuwei down.