I, Qian Renxue, Will Remember This Grudge

Qian Renxue had broken through to Soul Emperor just yesterday. Today, she had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain her Sixth Soul Ring. She had hurried back in a good mood.

But just as she returned to Heaven Dou City and was about to enter, she stopped in her tracks.

The Heaven Dou imperial flag was gone from the city wall. In its place flew a banner she had never seen before.

Her smile faded. She gave She Long a look, and he slipped toward the city gate without a sound.

A while later, She Long returned with a strange expression and whispered a few words in her ear.

Qian Renxue went rigid. She stood there, stunned, unable to come back to herself for a long time.

Linyuan Pavilion had taken Heaven Dou.

She had spent twenty years undercover, pretending to be a man, playing the crown prince. She had been on the verge of stealing an empire. Who could have imagined that in the half day it took her to leave the city and obtain her Sixth Soul Ring, someone would overturn the entire chessboard she had so painstakingly arranged?

As the shock wore off, an indescribable frustration lodged in her chest. She could neither swallow it nor spit it out, and it left her struggling to breathe.

She could not accept it. Years of effort, gone just like that. Why should she?

"I'm taking it back." She strode toward the city gate.

"Young Mistress, calm down!" She Long rushed ahead and blocked her path. "Those people from Linyuan Pavilion are in the city right now. Charging in would be suicide."

Ci Xue hurried up beside them and agreed. "He's right, Young Mistress. Let's return to Spirit Hall first and decide what to do next. As