Chu Yang intended to leave the Tianyao Mountain and head to the human world to continue his pursuit of the Dao. However, he had no clear direction and could only wander aimlessly.
As he prepared to leave Tianyao Mountain, a sudden, urgent noise echoed in the sky.
Chu Yang's eyes narrowed slightly as he saw a flash of cold light pass before him.
It almost grazed his head, the sword light raging around him.
A strand of black hair fell from Chu Yang's head, and the aura of death instantly enveloped him.
At that moment, a young girl in a white dress slowly emerged.
She had a flawless and delicate face, looking no older than seventeen or eighteen, with exquisite features and skin as fair as jade, smooth and unblemished.
In her beautiful eyes, it seemed as if a brilliant star was sparkling.
Her white dress was as pure as freshly fallen snow, immaculate and ethereal, like a celestial maiden descended to the mortal realm, captivating and breathtaking.
Her gaze was exceptionally pure, so pure that her inner thoughts could be seen through her beautiful eyes.
Innocent and naive!
This was Chu Yang's assessment of the girl before him.
And this girl was the sister of the Demon Emperor's consort at that time.
However, she was not wearing a veil as she had been before, revealing her delicate, doll-like face, though her expression was icy cold.
She hated the man before her to the bone, wanting to tear him apart.
But she was conflicted.
When Chu Yang revived Xiao Qi, the shocking phenomenon caught her attention.
At that time, she was secretly watching Chu Yang from not far away.
She was deeply moved by Chu Yang's actions—daring to venture into the river of time to protect Xiao Qi's true spirit and later giving up his great fortune to revive her.
The girl's thoughts were simple and beautiful. She couldn't help but wonder if she could meet a destined lover like Chu Yang, someone willing to sacrifice everything for her.
She knew Chu Yang's purpose in coming to Tianyao Mountain, and because of this, she felt deeply conflicted.
Before this, she had repeatedly pleaded with her sister and brother-in-law not to harm the Tianyao Fox Clan.
Especially when she learned that her brother-in-law intended to kill Xiao Qi, she begged desperately for them to spare the pitiful little fox.
But her words had no effect.
She looked up at Chu Yang.
Now that he had lost all his cultivation, if she wanted to avenge her sister and brother-in-law, she could do so with a single sword stroke.
But she hesitated.
To her, her sister and brother-in-law were guilty of great crimes, and Chu Yang was not wrong for saving the little fox.
She had intended to kill Chu Yang and then take her own life.
But she couldn't bring herself to do it.
She didn't harbor much hatred for Chu Yang; she felt her sister and brother-in-law had brought their fate upon themselves.
Chu Yang looked indifferently at the conflicted girl before him and said calmly, "You know I've lost my cultivation. If you want to kill me, do it quickly. I'm not your match now."
"If you can't bring yourself to do it, then move aside and don't block my way."
Yao Guang's face twisted with anger at Chu Yang's words, glaring at him furiously.
Her whole body trembled with cold rage.
But she couldn't bring herself to do it.
Tears rolled down her cheeks.
After a long while.
She finally made a decision, handing her sword to Chu Yang, and said, "You killed my sister and brother-in-law. I don't want to live anymore. If you want to kill, kill me too!"
Chu Yang stared at the girl in the white dress, momentarily stunned, and then said, "Are you crazy?"
If he had wanted to kill her, he could have done so in the Tianyao Palace.
Chu Yang didn't want to kill indiscriminately. He knew that Xiao Qi and the Tianyao Fox Clan suffered because of the Demon Emperor and his consort.
The guilty should pay, and the debtors should be held accountable.
This was Chu Yang's consistent principle.
But it was the first time he had seen someone asking to be killed.
How could there be such a foolish person in the world? Seeing what was happening in the Heavenly Emperor Mirror, the cultivators were equally stunned.
Countless gazes fell on Empress Yao Guang not far away.
They couldn't believe that Empress Yao Guang had such a strange thought back then.
To them, even if she couldn't bring herself to do it, how could she ask someone to kill her?
They couldn't understand.
Empress Yao Guang's face remained cold, but she felt a bit of regret in her heart.
Why hadn't she hardened her heart and killed him back then? If she had killed him then, none of this would have happened.
Shaking her head, she explained, "At that time, I believed that the fault lay with my sister and brother-in-law. Their actions were deeply sinful, which I hated, and the Emperor seemed like a good person to me then, so I couldn't bring myself to do it."
Hearing this explanation, the cultivators couldn't help but laugh.
So naive, so incredibly naive!
Who could have imagined that the Empress Yao Guang, who now suppresses the Three Realms with imperial majesty, was once as innocent as an ordinary young girl in the endless past?
Her thoughts were simple, distinguishing only between right and wrong.
One must understand that in this world, there is no absolute right or wrong.
Such a mindset is quite laughable.
But it was precisely this that made Ye Fan see Empress Yao Guang as a rare and precious beauty.
He wanted to win over Empress Yao Guang and thought this could be his starting point.
If he could touch her heart and bring her into his harem, wouldn't it be an easy task? Seeing this, he finally believed that Empress Yao Guang's hatred for the Emperor was not because her sister and brother-in-law were killed.
The cultivators also understood this, but knowing this only made them more puzzled.
"Empress Yao Guang, since you don't hate him, why did you turn against the Emperor later?"
In the War Against the Heavens, Empress Yao Guang had spared no effort to attack, clearly wanting to put the Emperor to death.
Empress Yao Guang's gaze grew distant, as if she had returned to those days, recalling everything that happened and the things the Emperor did to her, filling her heart with rage.
"Back then, for reasons I still don't understand, he suppressed me on the Solar Star without any cause, sealing all my cultivation. I endured a thousand years of torment there, and it was during that time that my Taiyin physique was destroyed."
Hearing this, the cultivators' eyes narrowed.
The Taiyin physique is most vulnerable to the Solar Fire, and the Emperor had left Empress Yao Guang on the Solar Star to suffer a thousand years of torment.
Such torture was far more painful than killing someone a hundred times over.
It was incredibly cruel.
How could the Emperor have done such a thing? This also caused Empress Yao Guang to lose her Taiyin physique.
The Emperor was too heartless.
He was simply inhuman!