Chapter 545

Chapter 545: Another Story

Lu Ye just exchanged a glance with Shen Xitang, and that look…

Honestly, if the “Three Lifetimes Tribulation” hadn’t been resolved, and Lu Ye was still in a state of lacking love, that look from Shen Xitang could have made him tear up.

It was full of heartache for himself!

Shen Xitang began to speak.

“If I were Yin Qingcheng…”

“I joined the Forgetful Emotion Celestial Palace at a young age, becoming the Saintess of the palace, devoted to the Forgetful Emotion Dao. I disregarded all my peers, so I focused on cultivating the Forgetful Emotion Dao.”

“Later, while practicing my sword under the peach tree, I noticed a guy secretly watching me. I took action, but was shocked when he knocked my sword away with just one move. I thought he must be some ancient dude refusing to age while still looking like a young man, but learned from elders that his name was Lu Ye, and he was my age.”

“Not only was he the same age, but he was also powerful and had mastered various arts, rising steadily from the First Heavenly Layer.”

“Honestly, I was really surprised. He truly deserved the title of a generation’s Tianjiao, and he even looked pretty good. So I dug deeper and found out he had six wives, one of whom was his master. This guy was such a flirt?”

“At that moment, I dismissed the thought of him being my Dao Companion, but my master told me that someone like him was actually more suited as a Dao Companion, because despite his many partners, he hadn’t abandoned any of them, bringing all his companions along. A guy like that might be a player, but he was also loyal and righteous.”

“If I could take a man like that as my Dao Companion, my Forgetful Emotion Dao would absolutely skyrocket. If I could absorb all his emotions and then forget them, my Forgetful Emotion Dao would be perfected, and I’d be soaring high, with even the Great Emperor being a minor detail.”

“But alas, I just couldn’t stand his flirtatious ways.”

“I thought that was that—I’d just keep cultivating, but the Dao was progressing very slowly. I realized I needed to experience the world and feel love and emotions. Then unexpectedly, during one experience, I was chased by the Demon Clan, and bumped into this guy named Lu Ye again.”

“This time, he was even stronger, his speed of improvement left me astounded. Plus, chatting with him revealed he wasn’t just powerful but down-to-earth, even charmingly funny. He made me chuckle with just a few words.”

“My master’s words kept flashing in my mind.”

“I’d gone through the world, yet hadn’t found anyone who moved my heart.”

“Eventually, I began to approach Lu Ye, and once I did, I realized being by his side was so much better than I’d imagined. I had never met someone so willing to invest in others—plus, I got to see Lu Ye’s six silly wives.”

“The day I officially became Lu Ye’s Dao Companion, my previously sluggish Forgetful Emotion Dao began to surge wildly. Lu Ye’s love was so thick, it felt like being enveloped in a world full of affection; I knew I’d found the right person.”

“Afterward, I advanced rapidly, all while having six wives. I can’t even fathom how much stronger I would be if Lu Ye had only me as his wife.”

“I wanted to capture all of Lu Ye’s love, so I began loving him twice as much. Now I understood that Lu Ye was someone deeply lacking in love, and his Dao was Guarding the Great Dao.”

“I thought if I just gave Lu Ye more love, he’d return all his affection to me, but then I realized I was wrong—part of his love was already given to others, and he didn’t want it back.”

“I tried to drive those people away, but couldn’t pull it off.”

“I wasn’t willing to give in, because to elevate my Forgetful Emotion Dao to its peak, I needed him to give me all his love while I returned that love fully.”

“I found it increasingly hard to tolerate Lu Ye’s other wives, but I didn’t expect afterward, he rescued another woman, and that sent me into a fit of rage.”

“I was about to burst.”

“Then, as dark turmoil descended, I knew the opportunity had come.”

“Lu Ye wanted to take us to safety, but I secretly snuck away. Sure enough, I found my chance when the Dark Emperor launched a sneak attack. I knew if I intervened, I would surely die.”

“Yet, I was also very clear that Lu Ye wouldn’t let me die.”

“So even though I knew that this blow wouldn’t kill Lu Ye, I went out to block the attack for him.”

“As that attack shattered my protective imperial artifact, and my ruined body fell into Lu Ye’s embrace, I saw his blood-red eyes, and I knew I had made the right gamble.”

“Lu Ye lacked love, right? I bet my life to give him love; I refused to believe I couldn’t claim all of his affection!”

“What I never expected was that my cultivation of the Forgetful Emotion Dao would unfold right before me, and equally surprising was Lu Ye’s self-deception, twisting his memories to assume my Dao had transformed into the Forgetful Emotion Dao because of the Forgetful Emotion Celestial Lord.”

“I deeply understood Lu Ye was fooling himself now, but one day, he would wake up as his strength grew.”

“I also knew that with my talent maxed out at the Great Emperor level, I had reached my limit.”

“I had never forgotten that my goal was to become the strongest. Watching Lu Ye’s power increase, I still couldn’t secure all of his love. Seeing him get closer to becoming a Saint, I wondered if the Guarding the Great Dao would still affect him once he achieved that level.”

“If Lu Ye becomes a Saint and the Guarding the Great Dao stops influencing him, then the true natures of his several wives—including my own—would be exposed.”

“He might just abandon us.”

“So, I couldn’t let him become a Saint!”

“I had to sabotage his ascension!”

“Thus, I recruited the scheming An Li to help plan a grand scheme; in my predicted scenario, Lu Ye’s last life would belong to me, the Reincarnation Celestial Lord would become a Saint, and An Li and all of them would die.”

“But I never expected Lu Ye would self-detonate.”

“Reborn, I was dumbfounded, unable to understand why Lu Ye would self-detonate. Lost and confused, I started inquiring about Lu Ye’s circumstances, and when I found out he had returned to life and cut ties with other women, I was overjoyed.”

“So, I began to work on entering Lu Ye’s heart again.”

“But as it turned out, I couldn’t get in…”