Chapter 558

Chapter 558: Let the Cursing Begin

Shangguan Huanling had been awake in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner for quite some time.

A faint grudge had coiled around her soul. Despite the Vermilion Bird doing its utmost to shield her from the torment of the banner, that was simply its nature.

But Shangguan Huanling was a tough cookie.

She didn’t even think entering the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was a particularly terrible thing.

After all, as long as it allowed her to keep up with her big brother Lu Ye, she could endure these pains without a second thought.

What kind of pain, precisely? Only Shangguan Huanling herself could know.

Without Shangguan Huanling, the Vermilion Bird’s cultivation speed had skyrocketed.

But ascending to the Seventh Heaven was still quite a stretch.

Inside the glowing screen.

An Li’s figure appeared, dressed in a long black gown, her features exquisite, her skin fair and almost glowing.

Despite lacking any adornments, her beauty exuded a clean, radiant charm.

To be honest, An Li had lived her entire life in the Dark Clan, and from a young age, she had become a Saintess, undergoing transformations as a result. The people she interacted with were very few since her peers in the Dark Clan were too afraid to approach her.

She was genuinely as pure as a little white flower.

Lu Ye was initially drawn in by this aura, and he ended up stealing her away because she seemed pitiful.

Who knew, though—she was pure but twisted.

Once she set her sights on something, she would go mad and never give up.

People from the Nine Heavens had seen the scene with An Li.

“Is this the Nine Lives Celestial Lord’s woman from the last life? Let’s not even mention anything else, but when it comes to the Nine Lives Celestial Lord’s taste, it’s truly impeccable,” someone remarked with a chuckle.

“Indeed, and everyone has their strengths. The Celestial Lord has a truly broad range of interests.”

“Tsk, this time I really want to see how this lady is going to accuse the Celestial Lord.”

Unlike last time—during the last projection from the Nine Heavens, Lu Ye was still in the Fourth Heaven. While there were quite a few who knew him, many were unaware of exactly what kind of person he really was.

But now things were different.

Lu Ye had blasted through levels, and anyone who opposed him had been wiped out. The others left behind harbored hatred, but they could only resent silently; there was no way they would voice it.

No one could guess how far Lu Ye would go in the future or what kind of reckoning awaited.

Even speaking ill of Lu Ye now would be too risky.

Their hearts were filled with fear towards Lu Ye.

An Li knew that she was now in front of countless people.

Slowly, she began to speak.

“My name is An Li, one of Lu Ye’s ex-wives in the last life. I’m appearing before everyone now to tell Lu Ye that if he hates me, well, here I am in the Nine Ghosts Forbidden Land, bearing the antidote for that eighth poison he’s been so obsessed with. If he wants me, if he can shatter this forbidden land, he can kill me and get that antidote.”

An Li’s expression was cold.

“If you don’t come, I will reveal your sins to the world, let everyone know how lowly the so-called Nine Lives Celestial Lord is in front of women.”

“I want everyone to know you’re unworthy of the title Celestial Lord!”

“Nine Lives, come kill me!”

Lu Ye was also watching the glowing screen. Not just him—Shen Xitang and Little Heavenly Dao had rushed out, as had Stone Sword, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and the Tree of Enlightenment.

The Tree of Enlightenment was furious.

Damn An Li, how dare she insult the master like this! One day, the Tree would take vengeance for its master.

No, it had to avenge him now!

Just as the Tree of Enlightenment vanished, Lu Ye reached into the void and pulled it back.

“Master, let me go! I’m going to kill this woman who bullied you!” the Tree of Enlightenment exclaimed angrily.

“Behave, or I won’t take care of you anymore!”

With that one sentence, the Tree of Enlightenment was stunned. It couldn’t imagine what its life would be like if the master truly abandoned it.

Lu Ye furrowed his brow slightly.

To be honest, Guarding the Great Dao was indeed a big issue. The Tree of Enlightenment had been absorbing it more and more, and it was beginning to become a bit extreme.

It was always thinking about protecting itself, even to the point of neglecting everything else.

Looks like it needed some adjustment.

“Lu Ye, are you not coming over yet?”

An Li said.

“Well, I might as well talk about your first sin.”

“Lu Ye’s first sin is hypocrisy!”

“Extreme hypocrisy!”

Lu Ye nodded seriously, that was indeed true—he was a bit hypocritical.

“You probably don’t know that Lu Ye is an orphan. He constantly claims he lacks love, using this excuse to fool around. Initially, he had a fling with his junior sister Yue Hongling, but after just one Genius Ancient Battlefield, he got close to Shangguan Huanling and the Vermilion Bird!”

“He says he lacks love but then uses this claim to act loving, repeatedly disappointing others who care for him. Isn’t that a hypocritical person?”

“When he had Shangguan Huanling, he also liked the Vermilion Bird and Shangguan Huanling. When he had these three, he even took his maid Chu Ling into his chamber, not sparing even his master.”

“Where’s the love-lacking guy who’s this lustful and shameless?”

“He once said he’d only keep those five, but what happened? First Jiang Die, then Yin Qingcheng, and finally, me!”

“Full of lies and extreme hypocrisy! Does someone like that deserve the title of Celestial Lord?”

“Lu Ye is nothing but a hypocrite!”

Lu Ye, upon hearing this, couldn’t help but nod lightly.

From this perspective, she was right.

But so what?

Lu Ye’s heart was calm, waiting for An Li to continue.

People from the Nine Heavens were also paying close attention.

Men in this cultivation world sometimes have loyal Dao Companions, yet Lu Ye’s actions were indeed hypocritical.

As the saying goes, a man’s words are false charms.

But so what?

An Li waited again, noticing that Lu Ye still hadn’t come forward.

“The second thing is Lu Ye’s stupidity!”

“He’s incredibly foolish, unable to see a single one of his eight women clearly. One of his women is named Shangguan Huanling, who cultivates the Emotional Dao, yet she has completely collapsed her Emotional Dao, and Lu Ye, in his stupidity, hasn’t discarded her but instead created a non-Dao cultivation method for her, dragging her into the Emperor Realm… how foolish is that?”

“Not just in this life, but with that maid Chu Ling, he knew she was in danger in the last life and once he rescued her, he not only didn’t tell her the truth but kept hiding it from her!”

An Li was having a grand old time in the Nine Heavens, accusing Lu Ye of all his crimes.

However, after she mentioned Lu Ye’s stupidity, the expressions of the people in the Nine Heavens changed.

Huh?

Lu Ye!

Is he really like that?