The man shot the beautiful woman an angry look. "My affairs are none of your concern. I will definitely kill that Immortal Bane."
With that, the man left directly.
The beautiful woman lowered her head, tears falling. She truly did not want things to continue like this. She did not want the man to remain consumed by anger, and hoped he could be like everyone else—like a normal person.
Inside a pavilion, a gentle middle-aged man was playing chess with a graceful, beautiful woman. They seemed very intimate, chatting and laughing as they played.
A maid entered and reported the news of the Immortal Bane's appearance.
The gentle middle-aged man's expression immediately turned solemn. Looking at the beautiful woman beside him, he said, "I think I need to leave for a while."
The smile faded from the graceful woman's face, replaced by a trace of sorrow. She asked, "Are you going to kill that Immortal Bane?"
The gentle middle-aged man nodded seriously. "That Immortal Bane must die. I do not want to see people who love each other as we do being unable to be together because of scum like him."
The graceful woman said nothing more and fell silent.
They had once been a deeply loving couple, but the appearance of the ninth-generation Immortal Bane had changed everything. She had been violated by the ninth-generation Immortal Bane, creating a rift between husband and wife. They could no longer love each other as they once had.
Although the middle-aged man did not mind, and the graceful woman desperately wanted to let it go, she did not know why she could never put the matter down. Sometimes, she even hallucinated about what she had done with the ninth-generation Immortal Bane back then.
She felt terribly sorry for her husband, so she