Someone had once told her that the light in this world had not existed from the beginning. It needed to grow and sprout, to bear fruit of its own.
But it also needed someone to discover it, to encounter it.
And so, when Yang Guo was twelve, just before she committed a sin, she encountered her light.
Thin and frail, Yang Guo had thought their figures looked so very tall from behind. She had never seen anyone so beautiful, so radiant. She thought she must have encountered immortals.
That year, she was saved. The many seniors of the Enforcement Hall pulled her completely out of the abyss.
She still remembered their stern figures from behind, and she remembered Hall Master Xia's admonitions.
Later, her talent was discovered, and she became a disciple of the Enforcement Hall's Inner Hall in one leap. She overcame her psychological barriers and made many friends.
Perhaps it was only then that she truly realized the seniors of the Enforcement Hall had not merely pulled her out of the abyss. They had given her a new life!
Perhaps it was precisely because that experience had left such a deep impression that she resisted the strange voice's beguilement.
The instant she regained complete clarity, she "saw" a wisp of black energy flee swiftly from her sea of consciousness. Had she not exhausted so much of her vitality, she would have made that thing pay!
An icy chill filled Yang Guo's eyes when she awoke, overturning her former image of meek obedience.
Yes, at that moment, all she wanted was to tear apart the filthy thing that dared play tricks on her.
Yang Guo returned to that expanse of white mist. She now understood that she had fallen into an illusion. Looking down at her hand, she saw