"The divorce papers are finalized today. You, Nalan Yanran, have absolutely no connection with my Xiao Clan or with me, Xiao Yan!"
The young man's powerful words were like a tiger roaring down a mountain in the silent night. His roar truly resonated in everyone's hearts, causing them to tremble. At the same time, they couldn't help but look at Xiao Yan with a hint of amusement.
Divorced Nalan Yanran!?
It seems that Xiao Yan has not only become a useless cultivator, but also that his brain isn't working properly.
Divorcing one's wife is even more humiliating than breaking off the engagement. Xiao Yan's actions not only slap Nalan Yanran in the face, but also offend the Misty Cloud Sect.
This will be a disaster for Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan.
"You... you dare to divorce me!?" Staring at the thin, bright red divorce letter on the table, Nalan Yanran's pretty face turned red, revealing an expression of disbelief, as if she had witnessed something incredible!
With her beauty, talent, and background, how could she be divorced by a good-for-nothing boy from the lowly Xiao Clan!?
How ridiculous!
Seeing Nalan Yanran's astonished expression, Xiao Yan revealed a hint of satisfaction. Then, he stopped looking at the arrogant woman, turned around, and kowtowed heavily to his kind father.
"Father," Xiao Yan's voice was a little hoarse, and he didn't say much, but with just this simple address, Xiao Zhan understood a lot. No one knows a son better than his father, and no one understood this son better than him.
From the very beginning, he was a genius boy who was far ahead of others in the path of cultivation, breaking records for his entire family and even the entire city, leaving countless so-called geniuses only able to look up to him.
Back then, Xiao Yan was a role model for Youren.
He shone like a sun, rising from the increasingly weakened Xiao Clan, vast and dazzling, as if he were about to become a new legend, leading the Xiao Clan to a new level.
However, an unexpected event occurred.
At that moment of great attention, Xiao Yan's Dou Qi regressed instead of progressing, turning him from a once-genius youth into a useless Xiao Clan whose Dou Qi Dou Qi day by day!
Such an exaggerated change in identity is unthinkable for a child.
Even Xiao Zhan himself absolutely could not accept it.
Memories flooded back. Xiao Zhan patted his son's head, his heart filled with guilt. He forced a bitter smile and said calmly, "It's alright."
"I believe my son won't be a good-for-nothing forever. These mere rumors and setbacks are nothing. In the face of reality, they will all crumble on their own!"
"Your father believes in you!"
" Xiao Yan will not disappoint Father!" Xiao Yan kowtowed heavily, then stood up without hesitation. He scanned Youren around him, finally fixing his gaze on the elders of the Misty Cloud Sect. "The divorce papers are finalized, but I will still remember the Three-Year Agreement. I will definitely pay my respects to the sect then!"
"Snort!"
The old men snorted coldly, looking at Xiao Yan as if he were a dead man.
Xiao Yan didn't care at all and walked back the way he came. From today onwards, he would prove himself.
Even after the boy walked out the door, he didn't look at Nalan Yanran again, which made the latter angry for a moment, but it was as if she was performing a monologue. Her originally proud eyes were now filled with a little confusion.
The letter of divorce on the table was like a resounding slap in the face.
Qian Renxue stroked her chin, her Swan -like neck long and graceful, her fair face showing a hint of emotion. "Is this Xiao Yan's story? So this guy has these kinds of stories."
After a moment, Qian Renxue frowned.
wrong!
The Xiao Yan in the picture is clearly of marriageable age, a young man approaching twenty, not the eight-year-old boy she knew.
"This Xiao Yan is different from usual. Not only does he look more mature, but his real age must be approaching twenty. What's going on?! Could it be that I foresaw his future?!"
Qian Renxue looked around blankly, but all she saw was a vast expanse of white.
Her jade-like feet were stretched out, long and white, as the girl looked around. "What exactly is this space? Why can I see these things? Are they real or fake?!"
Then, before she could make a move...
The once white sky was now filled with rows and columns of images, like a series of comic strips, each depicting a different event.
Xiao Yan cultivates in the Hundred Beast Mountain Range
Get to know Xiao Yi Xian
Encountering Yun Zhi
Obtain the Heavenly Flames and take away the Seven-Colored Phosphor Snake.
Surviving against all odds, barely escaping death
He risked his life to extract charcoal from the fire, all for the sake of spiritual practice.
This young man constantly teetered on the brink of life and death, narrowly escaping danger time and time again, until finally the Three-Year Agreement was fulfilled.
He joined the Misty Cloud Sect.
"And then what!?" Qian Renxue anxiously, only to find that there were no more scenes.
"Want to know what happened next!? You seem to care a lot about Xiao Yan. Shouldn't this child be your enemy!?"
A neutral voice, indistinguishable in gender, rang out softly, its flat words carrying a hint of teasing. Its appearance amidst the vast expanse of white caused Qian Renxue to show a strange expression.
"Who are you!?"
"Instead of asking who I am, let's first ask who you are!? Or rather, who do you want to be!?"
Suddenly, fragments of memories flooded into Qian Renxue's mind. The confidantes Xiao Yan had encountered in his previous lives had transformed into Qian Renxue's appearance.
An Encounter with Xiao Yi Xian
His hazy encounter with Yun Zhi and the love hidden deep in his heart.
A love that is unforgettable for Xiao Xun'er.
In everything, the woman became Qian Renxue.
Each and every event from the past became Qian Renxue's personal experience, vivid in her mind as if it had just happened, and fresh in her memory.
Suddenly, a Sisi tears welled up in Qian Renxue's eyes.
"You cried, which proves you truly empathized. It seems you still have feelings for Xiao Yan, right? Although it wasn't exactly love before. But after what happened today, can you forget him? Or rather, you've fallen in love with him."
A loud laugh came from the sky, informing Qian Renxue of everything and highlighting Qian Renxue current predicament.
"This guy replaced my memories!? But why does it feel real to me, not fake!?" Qian Renxue numbly covered her eyes and gritted her teeth in pain.
" Zhuang Zhou dreamt he was a butterfly, and the butterfly dreamt he was Zhuang Zhou. You think you are the person outside the mirror, but in reality, you are the person inside the mirror. You think you are the person inside the mirror, but perhaps you are the person outside the mirror."
"Does it really matter whether it's true or false!"
Qian Renxue gritted her teeth, anger flashing across her beautiful face. "What exactly happened?!"
Everything in the picture, every little detail, every tree and blade of grass.
Whether it was the damp smell in the air or the slight wrinkles at the hem of his clothes, it was all unmistakably real. Day and night, people and things—everything reminded Qian Renxue that he had experienced three real years!
She became several women!
Several women with whom Xiao Yan has an inextricable and complicated relationship!
Several women have fallen in love with Xiao Yan!
So true!
It's so real it's almost unreal!
The problem is, it's definitely not true!
"You think I altered your memories, replacing Xiao Yan's confidante with your appearance!?"
"Isn't that right?!" Qian Renxue replied with a straight face.
"Of course not!" The voice chuckled softly, but the faint laughter made Qian Renxue feel suffocated. She couldn't see through the owner of this voice at all, and she didn't even know who it was.
"What exactly happened?!" Qian Renxue slumped down, the amount of information in her mind was too real, as if it were engraved in her life like a carving knife mark, no different from her original memories, or even more unforgettable, more exciting than her previous ten years of life.
"The world is like a straight line. Whenever something becomes possible, that line branches out. Then, the branch and the main line start moving simultaneously, and they will branch out again. This branching continues, eventually leading to countless possibilities."
Qian Renxue understood what she meant and murmured, "You mean to say that our current world might just be one branch, and that countless other possible worlds exist!?"
"In other words, those scenes in my memory are the possibilities of another storyline. The reason they feel real is because those events were real in another world, in another storyline!"
"Clever." The man in the air smiled even more broadly.
He added, "Even gods cannot make you replace certain people. These things are just a different possibility I presented to you using the special characteristics of this space. You and Xiao Yan are different from what we are now; it's another possibility."
"I want to see what will happen if the two of you who fought so fiercely and risked your lives for each other develop feelings for one another and have shared a brush with death!"
"Like you, Qian Renxue."
"After gaining this additional memory, would you still be able to kill Xiao Yan? Would you still be his enemy? Or, at this point, have you already fallen in love with this sun-like young man?!"
Qian Renxue fell silent.
The voice in the air was right. Could she still harm Xiao Yan the same way she did before?!
In that memory, the two were as vast as the ocean, supporting each other on the brink of life and death. Xiao Yan's image was deeply etched in Qian Renxue's pure and angelic heart.
Have I really fallen for him!?
Qian Renxue murmured.
Then, she struggled to lift her head and asked softly, "What about Xiao Yan!? Does he also have this memory!? Or is it that in this memory, those women weren't me!?"
She would even rather Xiao Yan didn't have this memory, if those women weren't her.
This means that only he himself has become entangled in that so-called side quest.
"He doesn't have this memory because its origin is different from his own. He arrived in the Douluo Continent long before he divorced Nalan Yanran. What has already happened cannot be changed, because Xiao Yan had already embarked on this side story before it appeared."
Qian Renxue fell silent again, a hint of paleness appearing on her once fair and bright face.
Am I all alone?
"So you really have fallen for him!? Are you afraid that your feelings for him will only be unrequited, while he doesn't reciprocate those feelings!?"
"Yes." Qian Renxue actually admitted it directly, her pretty face flushed red with stubbornness, just like her personality.
"Don't worry, this space is not just a test, but also an opportunity. If you can pass it, you will receive unimaginable rewards. What you are going through is what Xiao Yan is going through too."
In the Qiankun Asking Love Valley, the Yao Lao who controlled the power of the Goddess of Love paused slightly.
Let Xiao Yan experience it too!?
Xiao Huo chuckled gleefully, "Old man, are you really willing to let your good disciple also experience a side romance where he risks his life and is consumed by love?! If he can't get through this test, Xiao Yan might be finished!"
This is exactly the situation that the Yao Lao was worried about.
Goddess of Love's tests were originally intended only for lovers.
But now that the Yao Lao has intervened, forcibly deducing the illusion, and even presenting a possible side story for Qian Renxue to experience, the latter has almost fallen into that side story.
This shows just how terrifying this seemingly real yet fake test can be.
If you don't get out of it, you'll be trapped in it for life!
Yao Lao looked at Xiao Yan's face and rubbed his eyebrows. The boy's smile was still vivid in his mind. His resolute appearance was like an indomitable steel bar. His strong willpower, which would make even granite blush, made Yao Lao's heart sink.
The old man shook his head and said, "I believe in Xiao Yan. He is not only my disciple, but also himself. This trial may have been a side story, an opportunity, or perhaps he was destined to be with Qian Renxue."
"Anyway, it all depends on him!"
I believe him!
As the words fell,
Yao Lao gently waved his hand, directing the power of the Goddess of Love to control the Qiankun Asking Love Valley, and channeling a gentle force into Xiao Yan's mind.
In the same bewildering space, Xiao Yan awoke.
He experienced the same thing as Qian Renxue.
Another side story is the tale of Qian Renxue.
There, Xiao Yan became Qian Renxue's pillar of support, and the two even fell in love. In that memory, Xiao Yan was both an observer and a participant.
Here, Qian Renxue's father did not die.
The Clear Sky Sect remains the top of the Upper Three Sects, possessing immense strength and numerous terrifying Titled Douluo.
Tang San, as a rising star, is the new generation of Clear Sky Douluo!
Xiao Yan then walked out of Holy Soul Village.
Tang San became the Spirit Hall's greatest enemy, attempting to establish a dynasty belonging to the Clear Sky Sect. Xiao Yan was ambushed by Hidden Weapon and poison while fighting Tang San, but was eventually saved by Qian Renxue with her Angel Holy Light.
The two fell in love.
In the end, everything passed, and in the vast, pale space, the two appeared opposite each other.
Xiao Yan.
" Qian Renxue ".
Countless images flashed through their minds—unforgettable memories. The images in their minds were not identical, but equally unforgettable and deeply etched in their memories.
There were many emotions in their eyes.
Familiarity, Strangeness, Love, Hate
Sorrow, love, and hate arise.
For a moment, both of them became mute, staring at each other without saying a word, as if it were a silent stage play where they were competing to see who could move first.
"Oh wow! Old man, I think you've gone too far!" Xiao Huo gloated.
The Yao Lao ruffled the little girl's hair roughly, then crossed his arms and squinted to observe her closely.
The real test is yet to come.
Now, the two of them have barely entered the game!
(End of this chapter)