Otto's Words Shatter Su Mei's Mental Defenses! Chi Yuan Breaks Free, Her Fifty-Thousand-Year True Spirit Finally Returns!

"So, the moment Otto broke the seal, Su Mei's entire world came crashing down," Chang Gongwei said slowly. "Everything she had meticulously planned, the 'rebirth' she had waited countless years for, was utterly crushed by this madman from another land."

Within the Light Screen, the scene returned once more to the forbidden grounds behind Mount Taixu.

Under Otto's gaze, Su Mei's face turned pale inch by inch. Her lips trembled faintly, and her fingers clenched tightly around the hilt of her sword, her knuckles whitening from the force.

"You... what exactly do you know?" Her voice was hoarse. "How could an outsider like you possibly know..."

"I know a great deal." Otto smiled faintly, his tone as casual as if discussing the weather. "For example, the true purpose behind the 'murder of your master' you plotted was never to save your Fourth Junior Sister."

Su Mei's pupils suddenly contracted.

"You were in love with Fu Hua, weren't you?" Otto's voice was calm, yet it pierced straight into Su Mei's heart like a sharp blade. "You loved her for countless years, but she never truly looked at you. She treated you no differently from her other disciples. Only Lin Zhaoyu received a little more of her attention—and only because Lin Zhaoyu was the first disciple to enter her tutelage."

"You envied Lin Zhaoyu. Your jealousy drove you mad. Countless times, you imagined how wonderful it would be if Master belonged to you alone. But you knew Fu Hua would never belong to anyone. She was Immortal Chi Yuan, the Adeptus who protected Shenzhou. Her heart held only one word: 'duty.'"

"That was why you plotted the murder of your master."

Otto's voice suddenly lowered, carrying a trace of icy mockery. "You told yourself it was to save your Fourth Junior Sister,