Chapter 238: Slap!

“A mere cultivator at the Through Heaven Realm dares to trespass into the Devouring Heaven Mayfly Sacred Ground? Courting death!”

A thunderous roar echoed in Lu Ye’s ears.

Lu Ye’s expression changed. The Mayfly Sacred Ground?

“Die!”

“Wait!”

Lu Ye suddenly shouted, his voice booming.

Of course, no one stopped. It wasn’t as if his words could magically make them halt — they weren’t lunatics.

A strike came crashing down. Even though Lu Ye tried his best to defend, he couldn’t stop coughing up blood.

He was completely outclassed.

Escape!

In such a dire situation, anyone with half a brain would choose to flee.

In his previous life, however, after being discovered, Lu Ye had stubbornly forced his way into the Mayfly Sacred Ground, all to obtain the Devouring Heaven Demon Scripture for Shangguan Huanling.

As a result, he died.

Now, Lu Ye’s first instinct was to run.

Fortunately, with the system, his escape techniques had long since been honed to perfection.

One terrifying powerhouse after another chased after him.

The Devouring Heaven Mayfly Clan was a top-tier faction in the Fourth Heaven. Back when the Great Mayfly Saint was young, he had sired offspring, and when the Nine Heavens were divided, the Mayfly Clan established its base in the Fourth Heaven.

Too dangerous.

Lu Ye’s heart raced in fear.

After a frantic, desperate escape, Lu Ye, battered and heavily wounded, finally managed to shake off the pursuit of the Devouring Heaven Mayfly Clan.

He returned to his cave residence, only to be greeted by a figure approaching him.

“How did it go? Did you find a way?” Shangguan Huanling asked, her voice anxious.

“No,” Lu Ye replied firmly.

Shangguan Huanling’s expression changed drastically.

“My Affection Dao has dissipated, Lu Ye. It’s all your fault. It’s because of you that I can no longer cultivate!”

Lu Ye...

“You don’t even understand what it means to love someone. Do you think blindly treating someone well is love?”

“I can raise a cat or a dog and treat them well, but that’s not love!”

“You must help me. Without my Dao, I can’t cultivate. You have to let me cultivate again!”

Slap!

Inside the Three-Life Tribulation, Shangguan Huanling’s face was slapped to the side.

In reality, Shangguan Huanling also clutched her face.

“You lost your Affection Dao all on your own. What does that have to do with me?” Lu Ye asked, puzzled.

“Because my Affection Dao started because of you. You didn’t sustain it, so it’s obviously your fault. You—”

Slap!

“You ruined your own Affection Dao. You stopped loving me. And now you’re blaming me for it?” Lu Ye asked, even more perplexed.

Affection Dao meant you love me!

Now that the Affection Dao was shattered, it clearly proved that you no longer love me. How is that my fault?

Shangguan Huanling took a deep breath.

“Sister Jiang Die said that the collapse of my Affection Dao was your fault. If you hadn’t failed to make me love you, how could my Affection Dao have disappeared?”

Slap!

“You hit me again!”

“It was because of what you said that made me hit you. If you hadn’t said anything to make me hit you, how could I have hit you?”

A look of bewilderment appeared in Shangguan Huanling’s eyes.

“What do you mean? I don’t understand...”

Lu Ye...

In his previous life, he had assisted the Supreme Imperial Dynasty — that is, Shangguan Huanling’s family — in fighting against the coalition of foreign races.

During that battle, he was gravely injured, on the brink of death. But the Supreme Imperial Dynasty fell.

So, the life he had lost for Shangguan Huanling was actually during the search for the Devouring Heaven Demon Scripture.

Lu Ye looked at Shangguan Huanling and couldn’t help but feel a headache coming on.

Forget it. It wasn’t worth thinking about.

Slap!

“Lu Ye, why did you hit me again?”

Shangguan Huanling couldn’t hold back anymore.

“It’s because of your stupidity that I hit you. If you couldn’t control your own stupidity, how could I not hit you?”

“You’re bullying me... wuu wuu wuu...”

Shangguan Huanling ran away crying.

Lu Ye rubbed his temples. This woman... she definitely wouldn’t go looking for any new cultivation techniques on her own.

So, she wouldn’t die.

The final outcome would likely be that her cultivation stagnates, and she reaches the end of her life span.

Lu Ye’s figure vanished.

He was heading to his next tribulation point.

...

In reality, Shangguan Huanling was still clutching her face, her eyes shimmering with a strange light.

Lu Ye... actually hit her!

He actually hit her!

And yet, why wasn’t she angry? Instead, she felt deeply satisfied inside.

Her Affection Dao was rapidly growing stronger.

Shangguan Huanling’s cultivation began to break through.

She even started to wonder — if the Lu Ye of her past life had treated her like this, would her Affection Dao have remained intact?

“Brother Lu Ye...”

Shangguan Huanling whispered, her voice filled with infatuation.

Shen Xitong...

Oh no.

She’d forgotten to prevent this fool from seeing the content of the Three-Life Tribulation. Now that she had seen it, she was even more smitten with the host...

Tsk...

No wonder she was a woman to be feared. Truly terrifying!

...

At the bottom of Samsara, Vermilion Bird’s true spirit was trembling.

The Wheel of Samsara Lord appeared in front of the Vermilion Bird’s true spirit.

He scrutinized it closely, as though he had discovered something. Like a bolt of lightning, he quickly departed.

Infinite Samsara... Wait, I’m a Samsara Lord too.

Cycle of Samsara, damn it! It’s Heavenly Dao’s power... what the hell did Vermilion Bird do?

She’s already become a true spirit, yet Heavenly Dao can still locate her?

Better not provoke her!

This Vermilion Bird’s true spirit... I mustn’t interfere. Otherwise, it will definitely bring catastrophic karma upon me.

Other Samsara Lords might not fear Heavenly Dao at all.

But the Wheel of Samsara Lord was different.

The formation of Samsara was deeply intertwined with the Heavenly Dao’s power.

Though he was mighty — one of the top three Samsara Lords throughout history — he was also the most shackled by the Heavenly Dao.

Indeed, the next tribulation point was Vermilion Bird’s tribulation.

Currently, she was still trapped in endless pain, her obsession looping infinitely.

But today, something was different.

Because... a snack was added.

Within her obsession, a new scene began to ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) unfold.

“Don’t kill it!”

The stone sword was instantly intercepted by Vermilion Bird.

Behind her was a beast cub no more than a foot long, its eyes brimming with tears as it whimpered pitifully.

Vermilion Bird knelt beneath Lu Ye’s sword, shielding the cub with her body, her face filled with desperation.

Lu Ye’s eyes were bloodshot, his killing intent boundless.

“Move aside!”

“Lu Ye, please, I beg you! Don’t kill it. It was just born not long ago. How could it possibly be the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor? You’re mistaken. You must be mistaken.”

“You’ve killed too many demons already. Please, stop killing!”

Lu Ye stared at Vermilion Bird.

“Do you realize that as long as it lives, there will never be peace between humans and demons?” Lu Ye said coldly.

“It’s really not the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor, Lu Ye. Please, believe me!”

At this moment, it was as though two paths appeared before Lu Ye.

But the first path had only just emerged when Lu Ye instantly dismissed it.

The Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor was a formidable enemy. Even with the system, there was a chance he wouldn’t be able to defeat him in the future.

This creature’s talent was too monstrous.

Originally, the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor should have been the new protagonist of the world.

So, only the second path remained.

“If you truly believe it’s not the Myriad Spirit Demon Emperor, are you willing to touch it with your blood?” Lu Ye’s gaze bore into Vermilion Bird.