Chapter 171

They cared only about the outcome.

And the outcome was that Immortal Hàn Rì had transcended the tribulation and become an immortal, and the Barrier between the Cultivation World and the Demon Realm had been opened.

Only now, when the System brought it up, did everyone present consider the question for the first time.

That was right!

There really were so many things that didn't add up!

Li Zi asked, [So can you give us a reasonable explanation?]

The System said, [No one knew. What Si Yaoxie excelled at was a bewitchment technique. He couldn't cast it through the Barrier, but over decades, he spoke with Immortal Hàn Rì every day, using his technique to control her as imperceptibly as rain soaking into the earth.]

[After Immortal Hàn Rì grew up and her Cultivation advanced, she became aware of what had been done to her body and began to resist. The time she spent getting to know Cang Qing was when she felt freest. She had been fighting for control of her body all along, but whenever she got too close to the Barrier and heard Si Yaoxie's voice, she would fall under his spell again.]

[Cang Qing learned of this too, so he stayed by Immortal Hàn Rì's side and quietly protected her. That Magical Artifact was not meant to open the Barrier. It was meant to help Immortal Hàn Rì transcend the tribulation and become an immortal. Si Yaoxie assembled a great army and opened the Barrier. Immortal Hàn Rì's plan succeeded: she became an immortal through tribulation and killed Si Yaoxie.]

[But Immortal Hàn Rì and Cang Qing still made a mistake, one they could not bear the consequences of alone. If the Cultivation World had discovered Si Yaoxie's plot in time, perhaps the Barrier would never