“Master, please rest well now.”
Mu Chenxi spoke softly, helping Bai Yue lie down again.
Bai Yue had been overly excited after discovering the golden finger earlier, but now that the excitement had faded, a wave of exhaustion washed over her.
She had no choice but to lie down obediently and continue resting.
It seemed that this heaven-defying golden finger still had a few side effects after all.
Time passed, and soon it was dark the next day.
Mu Chenxi leaned against Bai Yue’s embrace, sinking her consciousness into the future once more.
This time, Mu Chenxi was full of confidence.
She firmly believed she could defeat Su Qiuyue.
After all, this was her Sea of Consciousness, her home ground, and even though Su Qiuyue had once been a peak cultivator of the Dao Inquiry Stage, now only a wisp of Remnant Soul remained.
At the same time, she had also understood Su Qiuyue’s attack methods.
Moreover, within her own soul, there was the profound Origin Ice Power of Dao Rhythms, and now she had also comprehended the Infatuated Sword Dao.
With all these, the advantage was hers.
With this in mind, the confident Mu Chenxi was brought to the small mountain by Yan Hua just as before.
She walked to the broken sword, grasped it, and drew Su Qiuyue’s Divine Sense to invade her Sea of Consciousness.
“Su Qiuyue, both our parents were killed by Yue Shanming. We share the same enemy. Can we not be enemies, and instead join forces for revenge?”
Mu Chenxi proposed directly.
“How do you know my identity? Did that old dog Yue Shanming send you to deceive me?”
Su Qiuyue had been betrayed by Yue Shanming before; now, she trusted no one.
As she spoke, she immediately tried to Soul Devouring Mu Chenxi.
Countless blood-colored Sword Rain formed within the Sea of Consciousness.
The negotiation broke down instantly, but Mu Chenxi had expected this, so she said nothing more and directly activated the ice-cold power within her Divine Sense.
In an instant, the Sea of Consciousness turned into a world of ice and snow.
Countless ice crystals appeared out of thin air, their power surpassing even the previous time.
This time, it was Su Qiuyue who struggled to hold on against the Sword Rain, her heart filled with shock.
Mu Chenxi was only at the Nascent Soul Stage, yet she had already touched Dao Resonance and could wield it so proficiently!
But Su Qiuyue carried a deep-seated grudge of blood. How could she give up so easily?
She decided to go all out, activating the secret technique Soulburn Return Essence, transforming into a streak of blood-red light and charging straight at Mu Chenxi.
But Mu Chenxi had been prepared.
A gentle ice-blue radiance instantly enveloped her, Dao Resonance flowing across her consciousness.
That was her Dao—her Infatuated Sword Dao.
The soft barrier was like her master’s embrace, wrapping around her to form an invisible shield.
Su Qiuyue’s desperate Remnant Soul crashed into the barrier and was violently repelled.
Under the combined backlash of the counterforce and the secret art, Su Qiuyue’s soul was nearly torn apart.
Su Qiuyue collapsed onto the frozen Sea of Consciousness, her Remnant Soul flickering like a candle in the wind.
So cold…
So painful…
It hurts…
Father…Mother…
At the edge of oblivion, a childhood memory surfaced in Su Qiuyue’s mind.
A small version of herself wearing new Thousand-Layer Shoes sewn by her mother, running swiftly.
“Yue’er, slow down, don’t fall.”
Her mother’s gentle reminder.
The mischievous her didn’t listen, still running wildly, and then, in a careless moment, she tripped over a Bench in the yard, falling heavily to the ground with a thud—almost chipping her baby tooth.
The pain made her burst into tears, eyes full of tears as she looked towards her parents.
Her mother hurriedly put down her needlework and rushed over, while her father, who was chopping firewood, also hurried over.
“You child, why don’t you listen to your mother…”
Her mother said with a heartbroken face, preparing to squat down and help little Qiuyue up.
But her father gripped her mother’s wrist, shaking his head at her.
Little Qiuyue was so scared by this scene that her crying stopped.
She had heard the village elders say that disobedient children would be abandoned by their parents.
Small and tear-streaked, Qiuyue sniffled, forced herself to stop crying, and looked at her parents pitifully.
“Yue’er doesn’t cry. Didn’t Yue’er say she wanted to be a heroine when she grew up? Yue’er, come on, stand up by yourself.”
Her father smiled encouragingly at her, this honest man hoping his child would learn to be strong and brave.
“That’s right, Yue’er doesn’t cry. Come on, stand up.”
Her mother’s gentle voice also carried encouragement.
“Yue’er doesn’t cry. Yue’er, come on, stand up!”
The gentle encouragement of her parents echoed in Su Qiuyue’s mind, her broken, fading soul trembling.
“Father, Mother, I miss you so much.”
Su Qiuyue uttered in a hoarse voice, and to her surprise, blood-like tears flowed from her Remnant Soul, her broken, dim spirit trembling.
“Yue’er, come on, stand up!”
The gentle voice echoed endlessly.
In the memory, little Qiuyue wiped away her tears and snot, used all her strength to stand up, and rushed into her parents’ embrace like a swallow returning to its nest.
“Yue’er, come on, stand up!”
The gentle voice still echoed. Her Remnant Soul trembled, and unbelievably, she shakily stood up!
Mu Chenxi watched Su Qiuyue with a complicated expression but didn’t take the chance to strike her down.
She had no memories of her own parents, so seeing Su Qiuyue like this left her feeling empty inside.
She and Su Qiuyue had suffered similar fates, and seeing Su Qiuyue so pitiful, she truly couldn’t bring herself to refine Su Qiuyue’s Remnant Soul.
In the Sea of Consciousness, Su Qiuyue smiled.
Her beautiful face, scarred by centipede marks, was streaked with blood tears, making her appear both hideous and heartbreaking.
Yet that smile was genuine from the heart, so shattered it evoked pity.
“Father, Mother, I miss you so much.”
She murmured, and her flickering Remnant Soul floated gently out of Mu Chenxi’s Sea of Consciousness and into the dim sky.
From the center of her broken soul, a faint white light began to radiate, growing ever brighter.
The glow gradually illuminated the darkened sky, shining down on Mu Chenxi as well.
Mu Chenxi awoke from the Sea of Consciousness, sensing a profound Sword Intent from within the glow.
“How did she come out again?”
Yan Hua bit her finger, tilting her head as she stared at the sky in confusion.
“I don’t know either…”
Mu Chenxi stared blankly at Su Qiuyue in the air, watching the white radiance flow from Su Qiuyue’s Remnant Soul.
As the sword intent in her chest grew brighter, Mu Chenxi’s delicate body trembled.
It’s the Sword of Linglong Heart! Su Qiuyue has awakened the Sword of Linglong Heart!
Ancient texts recorded that some peerless sword cultivators, at the brink of death, would awaken the Sword of Linglong Heart, see through confusion, and comprehend the Dao in a single moment!
That strange Dao Resonance began to circulate around Su Qiuyue.
All of this left Mu Chenxi deeply shaken.
Su Qiuyue was truly comprehending the Dao!
She was using the Sword of Linglong Heart to comprehend the Dao as a Remnant Soul!
Su Qiuyue closed her eyes, her childhood memories still echoing.
“Mother, I want to embroider a little duckling on these new Thousand-Layer Shoes.”
She made her request to her mother with a childish voice.
“Alright, alright, Mother will embroider a cute little duck for you.”
Her mother pinched her nose affectionately, making her giggle.
In reality, the soft glow condensed into threads of luminous white, weaving into her broken soul.
The radiant white threads seemed to be held gently by her mother’s skillful hands, gradually mending her shattered soul, slowly healing her broken heart.