Watching the two of them battle, Ye Wan sighed softly. As she turned away, tears glistened in her eyes, and she flashed back to Qianlai Mountain's main peak.
"Let them fight. Men are male animals; it's their nature. They're merely competing to prove who's stronger."
Madam Seven Emotions stepped forward to catch Ye Wan, who threw herself into her arms.
"Mother, must I marry into the Black Squid Aristocratic Clan?"
"The war on the Mixed Origin Continent is going badly, and things are terrible on the other continents too. Only the power of the Dao Sea Deep Ocean can reach all four continents and help us wipe out the Immortal Race's running dogs. You must marry..."
"Is what we're pursuing truly worth it?"
What woman would willingly exchange her own happiness for some supposedly glorious cause? Back then, she had steeled her heart and mustered tremendous resolve to endure the pain of letting Mu Bai return to Eastern Ridge alone. Making her marry into the Black Squid Aristocratic Clan now meant ending things with Mu Bai completely.
Under Madam Seven Emotions' persuasion, it had not felt quite so painful before. But now Mu Bai was right before her eyes. He had come as though driven mad with anxiety and was battling Heigong Er like a madman. He still held her in his heart, and she still held him in hers.
"One person's happiness certainly matters, but compared with the lives of the Origin Realm's countless living beings, compared with the survival of the entire Origin Realm, it can be sacrificed. Besides, you belong to two different races, after all. The Dao Sea Deep Ocean is where our Beast Race originated and where we belong."
"Mother, the Origin Realm's living beings matter, but I believe Mu Bai will also have enough