At that moment, Yun Yun could hardly believe that her reunion with the young man who had found his way into her heart would take place under such circumstances.
Looking at Nalan Yanran's slightly pale face, how could Yun Yun fail to understand what was happening before her?
"Yao Yan... was Xiao Yan... I should have realized it from the start..."
Bitterness filled Yun Yun, and a deep trace of self-mockery surfaced in her beautiful eyes.
The memories of their time in the Magical Beast Mountain Range now seemed like blades, stabbing mercilessly into Yun Yun's heart.
Xiao Yan was silent as well.
For him, this reunion with Yun Yun was no less unexpected and bitter.
Given his relationship with the Misty Cloud Sect, he found himself at a loss as to how to deal with all the tangled ties between himself and Yun Yun.
"Yun Zhi... Yun Yun..."
Xiao Yan drew a deep breath, a quiet, self-mocking murmur escaping his lips.
"Heh... to think I ended up entangled with the Misty Cloud Sect like this after all."
"Yao Yan..."
Seeing Xiao Yan's bitter expression, Yun Yun felt her heart clench. She was about to speak when his gaze suddenly turned toward her.
"Sect Master Yun Yun, I am Xiao Yan. I came here today to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement I made with Nalan Yanran."
Those words stopped everything Yun Yun had been about to say.
Yun Yun understood that, from this moment onward, the two of them could never return to the way things had been.
The Misty Cloud Sect stood between them as an insurmountable obstruction. Coupled with Yun Yun's relationship with Nalan Yanran, it sealed the ending awaiting them both.
Elsewhere, Su Tian hovered in midair, the wings behind him beating as he watched the scene with