Chapter 355

Chapter 355: Bai Qiulan, Falling!

Lin Chuyue was currently reeling from this mind-blowing revelation.

Lu Ye is not just a Great Emperor, but a Celestial Lord!

He’s actually a Celestial Lord!

Damn!

Infinite Celestial Lord, no wonder I never heard Lu Ye mention anything about being an Infinite Celestial Lord, since he is one himself.

Incredible!

It’s just too incredible!

Not only is he a Celestial Lord, but he’s also a Celestial Lord who has reversed time—meaning he has already experienced everything happening now in his previous life.

Did the previous Lu Ye know her?

Did Lu Ye also join Heavenly Gate?

It’s quite likely because time reversal seems to require the Heavenly Dao’s involvement.

So, before his reincarnation, Lu Ye must have had a good relationship with the Heavenly Dao.

No wonder Lu Ye became the Grand Master of Heavenly Gate the moment he joined—he had connections!

…

“No!”

“It’s not like this!”

Sun Ruowei, despite her increasing strength, had never loathed her growing power as much as she did at this moment.

Not like this!

Not like this!

Bai Qiulan, such a wonderful person, how could she turn out like this!

She’s not like this!

There must be something wrong.

Right! It’s the Chaos Yin Poison; it must be that the pain was too much for Bai Qiulan that she became like this.

That Chaos Yin Poison hurts so much; we saw Yue Hongling barely able to handle it.

She must have been in so much pain to act this way.

But Yue Hongling’s memories won’t stop just because Sun Ruowei doesn’t believe it.

The memories keep moving forward.

Everyone from the Nine Heavens saw that Lu Ye was initially ready to forgive them, but then felt disappointed due to Bai Qiulan’s malicious acts.

Not to mention Lu Ye, everyone in the Nine Heavens wouldn’t dare to forgive such a wicked Bai Qiulan; if you were to bring that home, who knows the troubles it could stir!

They witnessed Bai Qiulan pleading for mercy.

To this day, many still believe that Bai Qiulan was unconscious when the Chaos Yin Poison flared up.

She was simply in survival mode, unleashing all her Chaos Yin Poison out of desperation.

It’s like a drowning person grabbing hold of someone trying to save them, acting recklessly without thoughts for anything else.

However, even so, there’s no value in forgiveness; it merely makes them feel a bit sorry for Bai Qiulan.

After all, issues of constitution, especially one’s natural constitution, are not something one can control.

The Chaos Yin Divine Body is far too overbearing; what could Bai Qiulan do?

Seeing Bai Qiulan willing to let Yue Hongling use the Nine Li Soul Stealing Technique to control her seemed to suggest she truly realized her mistake.

But everyone understood that the situation was far from over.

If it really was over, why would they be seeing this current scene unfold?

Sure enough.

They witnessed Yue Hongling’s punishment of Bai Qiulan.

Sun Ruowei, watching this unfold, was already in tears.

“No! Don’t! Qiulan! Please don’t!”

Sun Ruowei cried out in horror as she watched the events proceed.

She knew Bai Qiulan better than anyone.

This couldn’t continue; if it went on, Bai Qiulan would be forever tarnished, remembered as the most hypocritical and vicious mentor in history!

But clearly, the story wouldn’t stop just because Sun Ruowei wished it to.

With Lu Ye rushing madly forward, he finally entered the scene.

Dressed in a long dark robe, Lu Ye stood tall and proud, with long black hair cascading over his shoulders. His eyes were as deep as chaotic voids, wielding a bloodied stone sword, appearing before Bai Qiulan and Yue Hongling with a calm yet indifferent expression.

Bai Qiulan looked at Lu Ye as if he were her last hope.

“Lu Ye, stop! Have Yue Hongling stop; help me!”

“Lu Ye, I’m your mentor, please help me!”

“I’m your only mentor!”

“Lu Ye, I’ve realized my mistake!”

“Just make Yue Hongling stop, I’ll do anything! From now on, I’ll be your servant, and I promise I’ll never act so pretentiously again!”

“Lu Ye, I truly understand now!”

But Lu Ye ignored her.

Though the murderous intent within him was boiling over, he didn’t mind waiting a moment longer at this critical juncture.

Yue Hongling’s memories continued.

Finally, under Yue Hongling’s relentless training, Bai Qiulan slowed down her infusion of the Chaos Yin Poison!

Yes!

She really slowed down!

And looking at how steady that slowing was, it was clearly not a struggle.

She had always had the ability to slow down the Chaos Yin Poison.

But she didn’t want to feel the pain herself, so she passed all the pain onto her close companions.

The closer they were, the more pain they bore for her!

And she would forever place herself in the position of the innocent.

This is Bai Qiulan—a deeply selfish and hypocritical person.

The moment the speed of the Chaos Yin Poison slowed, she fully tore off her hypocritical mask before Yue Hongling.

And now, in front of all the beings of the Nine Heavens, at that moment when the Chaos Yin Poison slowed, her hypocritical mask was stripped away entirely.

Gasps echoed through the crowd.

The entire Nine Heavens seemed to be in turmoil; those with weaker lung capacities even suffered from a lack of oxygen due to the surrounding gasps.

Struggling Bai Qiulan froze at that moment.

Never before had she felt something like this, her mask completely ripped away.

It was as if all her clothes and armor were stripped off in that instant.

She had nothing left to hide behind.

Ethics and morals!

Kindness and friendliness!

Gentleness and grace!

Loyalty and affection!

All vanished.

Her hypocritical and filthy soul was laid bare in front of everyone.

Bai Qiulan felt utterly humiliated, shame washing over her.

Everything she had held onto shattered at that moment; her name would echo for a long time.

But, at that moment, undeniably…

She felt so light!

The burdens she could never cast aside throughout her life were finally lifted.

For the first time, an unprecedented lightness filled her heart.

As this lightness enveloped her, countless memories surged back into her mind.

All the past…

Bai Qiulan closed her eyes.

The image that appeared most frequently in her mind was Lu Ye’s smile.

That smile filled with comfort and healing.

“Mentor, don’t be afraid!”

“Mentor, I’m here!”

“Mentor, I’m not cold!”

“Mentor, you have no psychological burdens, not even if the sky falls, I’ll hold it up for you.”

“Mentor, don’t worry; I’m working on deriving the technique; maybe this technique will turn out well.”

“Mentor, I feel so happy!”

“Mentor, how wonderful it would be if we could stay like this forever!”

All the past flashed rapidly in Bai Qiulan’s mind.

Bai Qiulan regretted it, truly regretted it, but it was all too late.

If only, if only none of this had happened, how great it would have been if Lu Ye had smoothly crossed the tribulation to reach sanctity!

But, there are no ‘ifs’ in this world.

She opened her eyes, filled with gentleness and a smile.

“Husband, I’m sorry!”

Lu Ye nodded, calmly accepting this apology that Bai Qiulan owed him, but he would never forgive her.

“If there’s a next life…”

“You won’t have a next life!”

The stone sword lifted.

A thousand words of Bai Qiulan were stuck in her throat.

She closed her eyes.

As the sword light fell, Qiulan withered amid the sea of flowers.

Bai Qiulan, falling!