How could a little fairy possibly be wrong?

Qin Wuyou had long expected Lin Qingxue's unreasonable attitude.

Aside from being somewhat pretty, this woman had absolutely nothing going for her.

Even her position as Holy Maiden had only come about because Qin Wuyou had pushed her into it.

Without Qin Wuyou's help over the past three years, without his dantian, Lin Qingxue becoming the Holy Maiden would have been nothing but a fairy tale.

Any other woman treated with such wholehearted devotion by Qin Wuyou would have been utterly devoted to him and refused to marry anyone else.

Yet despite everything Qin Wuyou had done for her, Lin Qingxue showed not a shred of gratitude. She even took it all for granted.

Even taking Qin Wuyou's dantian had left her conscience perfectly clear.

She had even shoved all the blame onto Qin Wuyou.

Standing beside her, Lin Fan knew Lin Qingxue was in the wrong, but he still had to stand up for his woman.

The moment Lin Qingxue finished speaking, Lin Fan roared furiously,

"Qin Wuyou, do you think bullying a woman is fun? If you've got the guts, come at me! Whatever grievances you and Qingxue have from the past, I'll take them all on."

"If you're a man, fight me here on the Martial Stage and settle this once and for all!"

"The loser will get out of the Xuantian Holy Land and Xuantian City forever!"

But Qin Wuyou merely sneered disdainfully at his provocation.

"Lin Fan, only you would still treasure a woman like this! Even if she paid me to take her, I wouldn't want her!"

"Since you're so willing to take responsibility, pay back the spirit stones the Lin Lineage owes me first."

That single remark from Qin Wuyou was undoubtedly a killing blow.

It instantly left both Lin Fan and Lin Qingxue speechless.

How could they possibly come up with three hundred million high-grade spirit stones in compensation?

Seeing the shameless pair struck dumb, Qin Wuyou could not be bothered to waste any more time on them. He put away the Contract with a wave of his hand and said coldly,

"Lin Qingxue, go back and tell your father to have all the compensation ready. In one month, I'll personally come to the Lin Lineage to collect it!"

"If I don't make your Lin Lineage pay until you've lost even your underwear, my name isn't Qin Wuyou!"

With those words, Qin Wuyou strode away with effortless poise.

Only Lin Qingxue, frozen like a wooden chicken, and a utterly bewildered Lin Fan remained on the Martial Stage.

With Qin Wuyou's departure, the grand spectacle of the year temporarily drew to a close.

Yet the fallout had only just begun.

In less than two hours, the news had spread throughout the entire Xuantian Holy Land.

Lin Qingxue, the goddess who was to formally become the Holy Maiden in a month, instantly fell from her pedestal. On everyone's lips, she became a vicious slut who cheated on her betrothed, drifted like water and swayed like willow, forgot kindness, and repaid grace with malice.

Even the Lin Lineage behind her, having accepted a heaven-high bride price, became the chief culprit condemned by everyone in speech and writing.

As the central woman in this incident, Lin Qingxue was now hiding in a corner, sobbing her heart out.

Even now, she could not understand how things had come to this.

Even now, she could not understand what she had done wrong.

"All I did was break up with someone I didn't like and choose someone I did. Is even that wrong?"

"No! I did nothing wrong! How could being with someone I like be wrong?"

"How could a little fairy possibly be wrong?"

"Qin Wuyou is the one who's wrong!"

"If he hadn't thrown mud at me, how could anyone be laughing at me?"

"It's all Qin Wuyou! It's all his fault! All I did was break up with him, and he maliciously humiliated me and ruined my reputation."

"He's jealous! He's taking revenge!"

"Heavens, how can there be such a vile man in this world? What a disgusting creep!"

Wuyou Peak.

Qin Wuyou had now returned to his own Wuyou Peak.

As the Holy Son of the Xuantian Holy Land, Qin Wuyou had a mountain peak all to himself as his cultivation grounds.

Originally, with Qin Wuyou's cultivation in the Myriad Phenomena Realm, no one could have shaken his position as the Xuantian Holy Land's Holy Son.

But three months earlier, to heal Lin Qingxue's injuries, Qin Wuyou had voluntarily dug out his own dantian and transplanted it into her.

That was what had left his position as Holy Son hanging by a thread.

Although everyone knew Qin Wuyou's removal as Holy Son was as certain as a nail driven into a board, no one dared strip him of his rights as Holy Son until the holy land formally announced it.

Thus, this mountain peak, which only a Holy Son could possess alone, remained his residence for the time being.

And for now, he was still, in name, the Xuantian Holy Land's sole Holy Son!

The disciples' tournament is in one month. If I can restore my cultivation before then, no one will be able to take my position as Holy Son!

Qin Wuyou's eyes flashed like lightning as he quickly sorted out his current circumstances.

Although he held the exalted status of an Imperial Scion of an Emperor Clan in the Upper Realm, his lineage had grown deeply displeased with him for wasting three years in the Lower Realm for Lin Qingxue.

Moreover, two years earlier, a genius possessing the Cangtian Tyrant Body had emerged within his lineage, and all its nurturing efforts had shifted to that bearer of the Cangtian Tyrant Body.

A year earlier, to force him to return to the Emperor Clan, they had even withdrawn the Dao Protectors assigned to him.

Thus, he was currently alone in the Lower Realm, without any backing he could rely on.

Relying on a Dao Protector to support him was therefore out of the question.

Furthermore, if word reached the Emperor Clan that he had dug out his own dantian for a woman, his time as Imperial Scion would be over as well.

As things stood, Qin Wuyou could not rely on the Emperor Clan's powerful backing.

He could only rely on himself, and the... mysterious woman in his mind!

The moment he closed his eyes, Qin Wuyou's consciousness entered his mind.

Deep within it, he saw a tightly shut Bronze Gate.

It was a rust-speckled Bronze Gate towering in the depths of his mind, with a space of its own surrounding it.

Feeling the desolate aura emanating from the Bronze Gate, Qin Wuyou seemed to see an ancient, terrifying demonic beast appear before his eyes. Its immense presence pressed down on him until his soul trembled.

Hiss! How did this Mysterious Gate appear in my mind?

Looking at the magnificent Bronze Gate, Qin Wuyou was filled with curiosity and confusion.

In his previous life, he had only learned that a Mysterious Gate existed within his mind at the moment Lin Fan killed him.

And the voice of the mysterious woman who had granted him rebirth had come from behind this Mysterious Gate.

Qin Wuyou's soul lingered before the Mysterious Gate, quietly waiting for the mysterious woman's voice to sound again.

Yet even after he waited a long time, the Mysterious Gate remained still, and the mysterious woman's voice did not appear.

Realizing that waiting like this would accomplish nothing, Qin Wuyou's soul form kowtowed toward the Mysterious Gate, then called out clearly,

"Junior Qin Wuyou has come to hear your teachings, Senior!"

He did not dare forget for even a moment that he had obtained his chance at rebirth in exchange for ten conditions.

Thus, after shaking off that shameless pair and returning to Wuyou Peak, Qin Wuyou had immediately come to pay his respects to the mysterious woman behind the Bronze Gate.