"Yun Zhi... Yun Yun..."
Xiao Yan drew a deep breath, a faint, self-mocking sound escaping his lips.
"Heh... I never imagined I'd end up entangled with the Misty Cloud Sect like this."
"Yao Yan..."
Seeing Xiao Yan's bitter expression, Yun Yun felt a sharp ache in her heart. 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 was 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 like an obstacle that could never be reconciled. Together with Yun Yun's relationship with Nalan Yanran, it had already sealed their fate.
Elsewhere, Su Tian hovered in midair, the wings behind him beating as he watched the scene with interest.
Beside Su Tian, Hai Bodong frowned deeply, seemingly unsure how to judge the situation.
"Don't worry. This battle between Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran was always going to need a final outcome."
Su Tian smiled faintly and glanced at Nalan Yanran, whose pretty face was filled with confusion, before slowly speaking.
Hearing this, Hai Bodong raised his brows and gave Su Tian a meaningful look.
"If there is nothing urgent, Sect Master Yun Yun, my battle with Nalan Yanran is not yet over..."
Xiao Yan took a deep breath and suppressed all the tangled emotions in his heart. When he raised his head again, his eyes were calm.
Then, without looking at Yun Yun again, Xiao Yan fixed his gaze on Nalan Yanran.
"Today's battle must settle things between us."
"That's what I want, too."
Meeting Xiao Yan's gaze, Nalan