Lin Chen sat cross-legged, golden runes appearing all around him.
"Roar—!"
The runes glowed brilliantly, gathering around Lin Chen.
As he poured in his soul power, a powerful force surged forth, carrying the aura of the Great Dao and the principles of heaven and earth.
It transformed into dark golden starlight and sank into Zhao Wuji's back!
"Ugh..."
Zhao Wuji groaned miserably.
His face twisted with pain. He could feel the formidable poison of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, which had tormented him for decades, being forcibly driven out by that divine, immense power.
It gathered at the back of his spine, in the center of his vertebrae.
The excruciating pain caused Zhao Wuji's body to twitch uncontrollably, but Lin Chen's expression remained calm and composed.
"Your body's ability to endure poison isn't too bad. Hang in there."
With his left hand, he channeled the power of the Heavenly Manifestation Great Dao into Zhao Wuji to suppress the poison.
With his right, he casually scribbled on his Diary with a pen.
[The scene before me is really clear now. So that was the truth behind that incident...]
[That girl really did have a soul bone. Dai Mubai never had the chance to obtain it. She couldn't take it from him and give it to the person she truly loved, either. But there was no way around that.]
[She chose to forgive him, out of the kind of pity and shared suffering people feel for each other. She'd lived her life as a mere supporting character.]
[So... I'm just a supporting character. I've said all that to you, and you really believed I'm not a supporting character anymore? What were you thinking?!]
[Even if she eventually followed Dai Mubai into the Divine Realm and gained the so-called God of Speed's Second-Class God Position, so what? Wasn't she still just a supporting character? She'd always been Dai Mubai's appendage.]
[But, hey! I have to admit... this is actually pretty interesting.]
At that moment, Zhu Zhuqing—
Who had already sunk into darkness and was doomed to kill Dai Mubai—
stopped moving when she read the words "a thousand years later."
"A thousand years later... how did that happen..."
[A thousand years later, amid Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's feud, a young man appeared who had inherited the power of the Clear Sky Hammer. His name was Tang Yuhao, and he was the son of the God of Destruction.]
[What a result! Dai Mubai, who had already become a God of War in the Divine Realm, was actually plotting against his own descendant?]
[To take revenge on Tang Yuhao for killing Dai Mubai's son, he became Tang San's dog. Tang San then ordered Tang Yuhao to kill Cheng Zilan more than a thousand times!]
[The mental torment, the physical pain, that kind of hellish life... Ah, but unfortunately, Zhu Zhuqing doesn't know any of this.]
[But do you think Dai Mubai didn't know? He was in the Divine Realm with Tang San, sworn brothers and all. Of course he knew! But what did he do? He chose silence. He chose to stand by and watch.]
[Maybe that was what his brother wanted, though?]
[And in the end, he even begged Huo Yuhao and the God-King of the Divine Realm to spare his life. Dai Mubai actually had the nerve to forgive the person who'd wanted Tang Yuhao dead.]
[But honestly! Dai Mubai may have been spineless and obedient to Huo Yuhao, but that's still better than being Tang Yuhao's dog and helping murder his own son's beloved.]
[From his perspective, that was the capriciousness of royalty, the selfishness and cruelty hidden beneath the surface. And a thousand years later, he'd still be just as domineering in Suotuo City.]
[Because the Dai family couldn't stand the thought of him having a wife? That woman had become a supporting character?]
[In the end, Huo Yuhao still ended up as Tang San's most loyal dog. And you, Zhu Zhuqing, became a sacrifice for Tang San's designs. Your future husband was that shameless man.]
"Enough... Don't say any more..."
Zhu Zhuqing lowered her head, utterly devastated.
If Dai Mubai's betrayal of her had only made her hate him, then that tragic life a thousand years later—
and Dai Mubai's indifference as he watched from the sidelines—
felt like a poisoned blade, shattering the last of her fantasies about her family and her partner.
"Dai Mubai, you really deserve to die!!"
Dai Mubai wasn't being wronged. He really was that selfish.
He could become that sort of heartless bastard because that was exactly who he was.
"Hahahaha..."
Zhu Zhuqing let out a low, eerie laugh that sent chills down one's spine.
She raised her head. Her once-clear eyes were now filled with an utterly chilling killing intent.
Rather than wait another thousand years to suffer that miserable fate, she'd rather die right here and now.
The Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
Qian Ling'er was reading her Diary. The teacup in her hand crumbled to powder in an instant.
"Tang San... ordered Tang Yuhao to kill someone a thousand times? His own descendant?"
Her beautiful, enchanting face showed shock for the first time. She felt a pang of sympathy for the innocent, adorable little Xiao Wu.
At the same time, Mi Ruoxi was even more furious.
She'd never imagined that the Tang San who acted like a dog in human form would become such a cold and cruel ruler in the Divine Realm.
Meanwhile, in the Spirit Hall—
Bi Biyao read the Diary entry about Huo Yuhao being tortured a thousand times and couldn't help laughing.
"So that's what the Divine Realm you longed for is like?"
"Forget Tang San—even the Divine Realm is full of a bunch of rotten bastards!"
Ah Zhen, who was writing in her Diary, paused. The words on the pages were the thoughts that had come straight from her soul.
That Tang San—was he really her son?
Had he already been corrupted by the power of the Spirit Hall?!
Lin Chen kept channeling power into Zhao Wuji, as the poison in Zhao Wuji's body had reached its most critical point.
"Ptooey!"
Lin Chen's eyes flashed.
He abruptly thrust out his palm. A golden torrent, carrying the aura of the Great Dao, surged into Zhao Wuji's body and formed a golden vortex.
"Roar—!"
Lin Chen's face turned grave. He sensed an immense force of resistance.
The Heavenly Manifestation's first divine ability was potent, but his current soul power was still too weak!
"Glacial Golden Body!"
Lin Chen's icy-gold body erupted with brilliant light. He forcefully suppressed Zhao Wuji's roiling blood and poured all his soul power into this single strike.
"Roar—!"
A column of sickly light shot into the sky, scattering the clouds over Sunset Forest. Zhao Wuji let out a pained, chilling howl, and his previously somewhat aged appearance suddenly regained the vigor of a young man.
The poison in his body had not completely disappeared, but it had been thoroughly sealed within his bones. It could no longer threaten his life.
What surprised Lin Chen was—
His soul power had risen from level eleven to level ninety-three, and he had also gained a soul ring.
He'd gained a soul ring too!
"It worked. The poison hasn't been completely neutralized, so I'll still need to purge it slowly. But it's no longer life-threatening."
Lin Chen spat out a mouthful of blood.
This process had cost him a great deal of soul power, but fortunately, he'd managed it.
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