Three days—three whole days. With the heavens as their blanket and the earth as their bed, their bodies entwined as spirit, flesh, sweat, and blood fused together. In this ultimate pleasure, she was intoxicated, forgetting all pain and sorrow. Pleasure masked the agony, numbed the wounds, and allowed her to discard all worries. Her heart no longer ached so intensely; they could live again.
The only price was herself.
‘Feminine submission is quite nice. It’s nice to be a woman. It’s nice to be pinned down by Zhou Xuan and admit defeat. It doesn’t matter anyway. I’m just a woman who loves him.’ She found herself relishing this endless, lingering joy.
“Ah Xuan, my head hurts so much.” As the storm of passion subsided, Zhou Xuan pulled her into his arms. she softly confessed her discomfort.
“Did you hit it?”
Zhou Xuan caringly rubbed her forehead and asked, “Does it still hurt?”
“It still hurts…”
“Where?”
“Inside my head. Ah Xuan, can you seal that part of my memory? Don’t unseal it until you resurrect them in the next era.”
The Blood Succubus pressed her face against Zhou Xuan’s chest, listening to his strong, steady heartbeat, and whispered softly.
“I’m a failed man. I can’t carry those burdens anymore, so I don’t want to be ‘Mr. Bai’ anymore. I don’t want to be a man, either. Let me just be a seductive little slut who betrayed her original body and deserves a wretched death.”
Zhou Xuan didn’t seem surprised by this. His fingertips stroked the girl’s crimson hair, lightly tapping once or twice on a patch of gray-white. He smiled faintly. “Your disciple will surely obey the Master’s command.”
“However, Master, you must love me well from now on.”
“Mhm.” The Blood Succubus nodded, exhausted. She leaned against the man’s chest and fell asleep.
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“Have you seen enough?”
The Blood Succubus leaned against the corner of the wall, twirling an Immortal-Exterminating Stone Needle in her hand. Tears slid uncontrollably down her face as she shot a cold glance at Gong Qianxue.
“If you’ve seen enough, then leave. I won’t go with you, and I can’t leave. Take the original body and get out of here quickly. There’s no telling when Ah Xuan will return. Just let me rot like this. Consider it my atonement.”
Hearing this, Gong Qianxue suddenly let out a long sigh. She walked quickly to the Blood Succubus and raised her hand, delivering a sharp slap to her face.
“Are you awake yet?”
“You!” The Blood Succubus was both shocked and enraged.
“Are you awake yet?” Another slap followed immediately.
“What are you doing?” The Blood Succubus scrambled back.
“Beating some sense into you, of course.”
Gong Qianxue sneered, her hands not stopping even as tears welled in her eyes. “Those were the children you raised, so naturally, they were the children I raised too. We are all ‘Su Bai.’ If you are grieving, do you think I am not?”
“But the more it hurts, the less you can abandon yourself. You cannot become a coward because of failure, nor can you admire the strong just because you are powerless. You cannot continue to numb yourself with base pleasures. ‘Su Bai’ wouldn’t do this, and those children wouldn’t want you to be like this.”
“Give cultivators the freedom to pursue longevity, give mortals the right to look up at the starry sky, and give the living beings of the Five Regions and Two Heavens the hope to freely pursue a happy future.”
“A rebel against injustice, a worshiper of freedom—you are the banner in the hearts of those children!”
“They would never want to see the Mr. Bai in their hearts turn into this current state, and they certainly wouldn’t want Mr. Bai to yield to that monster for their sake.”
“You think this is atonement? You think they will hate you because of failure? You think they will thank you after they are revived in the next era?”
“No! They won’t!”
“Because the ‘Mr. Bai’ in their hearts would never be like this!!”
The Blood Succubus gritted her teeth hard, forcing herself to stop crying. She no longer hid but looked up at Gong Qianxue—the side of the original body that represented “loathing” and “hatred” toward Zhou Xuan.
Gong Qianxue continued, “I hate him! The debt of saving my life, the love of raising me, the fate of achieving the Dao—which of these wasn’t a great kindness? Which wasn’t the grace of being reborn? And yet, he treated me like this!”
“I hate his base nature, I hate that Su Bai misjudged him back then, I hate that you’ve abandoned yourself, and I hate even more that I, as the original body’s backup plan, have had such slow cultivation for so many years that I cannot break through to the Deity Transformation stage!”
“I have Grade A talent. I inherited the dual Deity Transformation legacies of the Vast Ice Celestial Venerable and the Six Desires Celestial Venerable. I created the Heavenly Desire Heartless Physique and formed Twin Nascent Souls. My talent is extraordinary and rare in this world!”
“But I still can’t beat him. Before him, my fists are so weak. My body is so fragile. In fact, to keep him from suspecting anything, I have to bewitch my own soul every single time!”
“If I could die with him right now, I would explode myself alongside him without hesitation. But I can’t. I don’t have that ability.”
“I can only live. I live with my fists clenched, my face cold, and my chest held high!”
“Once I’m gone, it will be even harder for the original body to turn the tables. It will be even harder for that monster to face justice!”
“I want revenge! I want to kill him with my own hands! I want blood for blood for those children who once fought for me!!”
“Do you understand me?!”
Gong Qianxue roared.
The Blood Succubus ground her teeth and glared at Gong Qianxue. “Of course I understand!!”
“Then what should you be doing right now!”
The Blood Succubus stood up. Two streaks of tears stained her beautiful face, but her eyes were incredibly firm. She stared fixedly at the white-haired female cultivator. “Revenge!”
“For myself! For the original body! For those children who sacrificed themselves for me!”
A blood-stained battle flag appeared in the Blood Succubus’s hand. Countless names were embroidered upon it, forming four large characters:
*How can you say you have no clothes, when I share my robe with you!*
It was the Sun-Extinguishing Immortality Banner!!
At this moment, the founder of Sun-Extinguishing, the rebel against injustice, and the worshiper of freedom—Mr. Bai—had stood up once again!!
—
*Boom!*
The barrier of the Azure Emperor’s Palace suddenly exploded. Gong Qianxue silently sheathed the longsword in her hand and stepped inside. Moments later, two figures slowly emerged from the drifting smoke.
One was dressed in moon-white palace robes, her white hair flowing like a waterfall. Her expression was aloof, like an ice-cold beauty. The other wore a dark green Imperial robe, walking with a vigorous, powerful stride. Her heroic bearing was that of a peerless Empress.
“How is it?”
“Everything is currently going according to plan.”
“Very good.”
Having regained her freedom, Su Bai breathed in the fresh air deeply. She looked up at the sun in the sky, a cold sneer curling her lips.
“The weather is getting cold. Let the Azure Emperor’s Divine Palace descend into chaos.”
After speaking, Su Bai strode toward the uneasy Blood Succubus. She gave her a light hug and whispered into her ear, “Zhang Qi, Sun Lianshi, Yi Tianqiao… every single one of them, I remember.”
Tears instantly filled the Blood Succubus’s eyes.
“Since they were born for me, they shall surely live for me.”
“This is a promise from Su Bai.”
She thumped her right fist heavily against her chest—a gesture often seen as a sign of loyalty and credibility among men.
“Let’s go. We should leave this sea of misery as soon as possible.” Su Bai took the Blood Succubus’s small hand.
At that moment, Gong Qianxue took an item from her storage space and tossed it to the two of them. It was gray and white, shaped like a compass. It was the nemesis of the Emperor-Locking Spirit Formation—the Heaven-Deceiving Stone Plate!
“You two go. I’m staying behind to do something big.”
Gong Qianxue’s fingertips brushed against the cold blade of her sword, her tone calm and steady. Su Bai knew what Gong Qianxue wanted to do, and the Blood Succubus knew as well. The Blood Succubus wanted to argue, but she met those determined eyes.
Finally, leaving behind the words “don’t get captured alive,” Su Bai held the Heaven-Deceiving Stone Plate and had the Blood Succubus cast an invisibility spell. Then, pulling the Blood Succubus along, she ran toward the outside of the Azure Emperor’s Divine Palace.
The original body has been rescued; now it’s up to the rest of you.