Su Mianmian had another nightmare. She dreamed of watching that familiar figure ascend toward the Heavenly Gate, step by step. She dreamed that no matter how she called that woman's name, she never once turned back...
Then she woke.
Su Mianmian sat dazed on the bed, still wrapped in her quilt, but all traces of sleepiness had vanished.
She had gone to the Heaven-Connecting Tower that day too, but she had arrived too late. By the time she saw Su Jiu, Su Jiu had already pushed open that spotless white Heavenly Gate.
She shouted from below until her voice gave out, but Su Jiu never heard a single word. In an instant, she disappeared through that great gate.
A Jiu... A Jiu...
A Jiu, you liar!
You promised you would come back. You promised we would rebuild the sect. Yet in the end, you left just like that, without even saying goodbye!
What family ties! What sisterhood! All lies!!! Liar...
She clutched her quilt in a death grip and clenched her back teeth hard, but tears still spilled uncontrollably from her eyes.
Everyone told her that A Jiu had ascended, that it was something worth celebrating. She alone felt no joy at all.
Because in that instant when Su Jiu turned away, Su Mianmian felt as though she had become a stranger.
She even wondered whether that really was Su Jiu. That A Jiu who always helped her resolve whatever difficulties she faced, that A Jiu who had been willing to exchange her own life for hers when she lay on the brink of death... Would she still be willing to do the same now?
Su Mianmian lowered her head, her eyes dim, her expression devoid of light.
When the Demon Realm first descended, she always wished it were only