When Li Yan saw Outer God Moon Princess say, "Become the Eclipse Moon Commander," in the projected scene,
his heart gave a thump, and he was already sweating bullets.
Was Eclipse Moon Longyue?
From the very beginning, Li Yan had thought Eclipse Moon's gaze seemed familiar, with those phoenix eyes and that cool, detached air.
But although he'd suspected it back then, Longyue's remnant soul was still inside Yan Qing Qing, so he hadn't suspected that connection.
"That can't be right..."
"Longyue's remnant soul is inside Yan Qing Qing, so who is this Eclipse Moon?"
Li Yan furrowed his brow. Then, inspiration struck, and suddenly everything clicked.
"Could it be that Longyue severed her own humanity, and the part she left behind reincarnated as Yan Qing Qing?"
As the thought crossed his mind, the Longyue in the projection really did sever her one remaining good intention.
In the scene, Longyue held her sword against her snow-white neck.
"If you're willing to enter White Jade Capital and act on my behalf, I'll resurrect your dead friends, as well as your disciples and their descendants."
Longyue looked at the countless corpses floating on the seabed: old friends from days gone by, and the female disciples who had once stayed by her side.
With no way out, she decided to accept Outer God Moon Princess's terms.
As the sword in her hand turned, Longyue cast aside her humanity. Before she left, she murmured softly,
"Go reincarnate, and find Master for me..."
And with that, the projection of the ambush against Longyue came to an end.
Li Yan sat in silence for a long time. He'd never imagined that the Eclipse Moon Commander was his own disciple, Longyue.
No wonder she had looked at him with such a complicated gaze, full of resentment and