Breaking the Heart Demon

"Give up, you're too cowardly. Leave it to me, let me do it. Let me slaughter them until the world turns upside down, let them bleed like rivers. Let me clear away all the obstacles in our path. You just need to finish them off."

"Let me do it, let me do it..."

Shen Ge hesitated; he began to waver. Every time the scene of Mu Wan disappearing flashed before his eyes, his heart wavered a little more.

Outside, a plume of black smoke erupted, and an evil aura permeated the entire space.

"Let me do it, let me do it..."

Venerable Yaoguang frowned, a hint of helplessness appearing on his face. "Fellow Daoist Shen, why be so stubborn?"

At that moment, the music stopped abruptly with a sharp "clang," and all the strings broke—not just one.

Miaoyin looked at her guqin with a pale face. After a long silence, she took out Phoenix Cry and began to play.

However, this time she didn't play any comfortable and gentle pieces, but instead began to play her signature piece— the Immortal Ascension Melody!

This piece evokes different feelings in different people. For example, an ordinary cultivator might only feel longing upon hearing it, but if someone in dire straits hears it, it will ignite their will to survive.

She didn't know what state Shen Ge was in right now, but she felt that only this piece of music could help.

As Shen Ge was slowly succumbing to temptation, she suddenly heard a voice in her hazy state.

"Shen Ge..."

"Shen Ge..."

"Who's calling me? Is that you, Mu Wan? Is it you? Mu Wan, stop messing around, please come out." Shen Ge shouted and looked around frantically, but he couldn't find anything, which made him even more desperate.

"Mu Wan, say something! Say something!"

"Stop thinking about it, she's dead, dead. You killed her, why don't you just die too!"

"Furthermore, you even Hehuan Sect Bai Lili from the Hehuan Sect. How can you face Mu Wan? Do you still have the face to live?!"

The inner demons' allure caused a deathly aura to gradually emerge from Shen Ge's body. Seeing this aura, Yaoguang in the air couldn't help but shake her head and sigh, "Alas, indeed, only love can wound the most deeply."

At that moment, a Qingfeng swirled around Shen Ge, miraculously dispersing some of the deathly aura.

Seeing this, Venerable Yaoguang couldn't help but marvel. "It's clearly just an ordinary Qingfeng, yet it can dispel a person's death aura. That's truly strange."

At this moment, Shen Ge, who was lost in his own world, suddenly heard Mu Wan's voice again.

"Shen Ge, have you... forgotten... me... Qingfeng, Chaoxia... I've always been by your side..."

"Shen Ge, can you feel it? I've always been by your side."

"Shen Ge..."

"Impossible! She's dead!" the inner demon roared. "What nonsense are you spouting? She's dead, her soul has been scattered, she can't even be a ghost anymore! What nonsense are you thinking! Ah, you think you can bring her back to life with your wild imagination, that she's really by your side? Impossible!"

At this moment, Shen Ge suddenly laughed. He turned to look at the inner Mo Yi and said calmly, "Aren't you also a manifestation of my chaotic emotions?"

"You..."

The inner demon wanted to say something, but suddenly a sword light flashed, and he was cleaved in two, his body slowly dissipating.

"Hehehe~" The inner demon laughed loudly as he looked at Shen Ge: "You and I are one, you can't get rid of me. Your Dao heart is flawed, this body will be mine sooner or later, and I will always be waiting."

Shen Ge ignored her and instead listened attentively.

"Shen... Ge... hello..."

As the intermittent sounds faded away, a tear slid down Shen Ge's cheek.

"Mu Wan..."

Outside, Venerable Yaoguang stared at the dissipated deathly and demonic energy, his eyes widening involuntarily. "Tsk tsk tsk, how novel! That Qingfeng actually woke him up."

Below, Shen Ge opened his eyes. Although tears still clung to the corners of his eyes, he had regained some of his former composure. "Thank you all for your help, otherwise I would have been in grave danger this time."

"Fellow Daoist Shen, there's no need to be so polite. I haven't been of much help; it's all thanks to your own abilities."

"Thank you anyway, Your Excellency."

"Brother Shen, one of my zithers is broken, you have to compensate me," Miaoyin said with a smile, putting away her Phoenix Cry.

"I'll compensate you, I definitely will. I owe you so much this time, otherwise I might have Qi Deviation." Shen Ge said with a light laugh.

After exchanging pleasantries, Venerable Yaoguang others declined Shen Ge's invitation to dinner and returned home. Shen Ge, without insisting, immediately began his seclusion.

This breakthrough in overcoming his inner demons gave him some insights, which he must digest as soon as possible.

Back in the sect's courtyard, Gu Ye plucked a flower from the ground and handed it to Miaoyin, sighing, "Between life and death, the deepest sorrow is for those with the strongest feelings."

"Yes, love has always been the most hurtful thing, especially for those of us who have lived long lives. Love should never be taken lightly." Miaoyin took the flower, rolled her eyes at Gu Ye, and said irritably, "I don't know what was wrong with me back then. I actually agreed to marry you in a moment of madness. I regret it now."

"Regret?" Gu Ye smiled wickedly, putting his arm around Miaoyin's shoulder and saying, "Too late. You can't escape this lifetime."

Miaoyin didn't struggle against Gu Ye's actions; she simply leaned quietly on his shoulder.

At this moment, falling petals, Qingfeng, and the murmuring of flowing water, together with the man and woman, create a breathtakingly beautiful scene.

"Miaoyin, promise me you won't do anything dangerous again, okay?"

"Brother Shen's experience has frightened me, and I'm afraid of you... If something happens to you, I really won't be able to bear it."

Feeling the hands tightly wrapped around her shoulders, Miaoyin felt a warm current rise in her heart. She closed her eyes and leaned against Gu Ye's shoulder, saying playfully, "Okay, then you can only listen to me from now on."

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

"So, will the child take my surname?"

"You're kidding? That won't do, Miaoyin. Let me tell you, there's no room for discussion. The child must take my surname."

"Then why do you say you'll listen to me no matter what?"

"I'll listen to you on everything else, but I absolutely won't listen to you on this."

"Gu Ye! You think you've gone too far? Believe me or not, I can crush you with one hand!"

"Even if you suppress me, there's no room for negotiation. The child must take my surname. This is a matter of dignity, and there's no room for discussion!"

Although love can be painful, countless people still risk their lives for it.

Although parting is painful, the emotions evoked by the sight of familiar places years later are the most touching.