From Yu Buxiaâs troubled expression, it was clear: the Balance Goddessâs reason was slipping away, her despair meter soaring toward collapse.
It shouldnât be like thisâtruly, it shouldnât!
Muttering to herself, Yu Buxia strained to level the scaleâs pans. No matter how she tried, the balance would not budge. She could only adjust by handâbut how could one use manual tweaks when casting a divine technique?
Seeing her distress, Ye Yu immediately commanded Little White to fetch two mismatched divine beasts. Before Yu Buxia reached her breaking point, Little White returned with an Infernal Bear of the True God Realm and a Dao Fate Deer at the peak of the Greater God Realmâpower levels wildly unequal.
Ye Yu tossed the beasts to Yu Buxia. âUse your artifact with
Balance Technique
. Put the lowerârealm creature on the left pan, the higherârealm one on the right.â
At once Yu Buxiaâs eyes lit up. She placed them on the scale.
âBalance.â
As she whispered the word, the Infernal Bearâs power climbed into the late Greater God Realm while the Dao Fate Deerâs strength waned to the early Greater God Realmâboth stabilizing at the same tier. But the next moment, the left panâs pattern glowed, and the bear surged again into the final Greater God substage. The deer remained unchanged.
One grew strong again; the other stayed weak.
Yinghuo, standing by, gasped. When
Balance Technique
lost its evenness, its effect changed utterly! Had the scale acted this way against the FleshâEaten Evil God Shen Kangren, boosting her strength by two sublevels, she would have crushed him utterly.
Yu Buxiaâs face lit with delightâthen furrowed in thought. Her artifact had indeed grown stronger, but that violated her Dao: balance must reign supreme!
Ye Yu stepped forward and reclaimed the beasts. Little White dispatched them with two bites,
crunch crunch
!
Facing Yu Buxia, Ye Yu spoke earnestly: âBalance is vital to your Dao, but when life and death hang in the balance, life matters most! Only by living can you pursue your path. Die, and all is lost.â
This simple truth struck home. âI named it
Fate
to remind you: destiny lies in your hands. As long as the scale is yours, you decide whatâs right and wrong.â
A fervor sparked in Yu Buxiaâs eyes. Yesâfate must be hers to command! The final sentence thrilled her:
I decide whatâs right and wrong!
So exhilarating.
Her cheeks flushed with excitementâuntil the scale tilted again, uneven without any weight. Her smile fell. âUgh, itâs so ugly! Why design it like this?â For an obsessiveâcompulsive soul, the discomfort was excruciatingâshe half longed to destroy it. Yet it was her destiny artifact, now more powerful than ever. Destruction was impossible! But she could not bear looking at it.
Torn, Yu Buxia sank into indecision. Ye Yu had no mind to lingerâhe turned and departed with Yinghuo. âFrom now on, your emotions must stay steady. No more flying off the handle.â
On the road back to Balance City, he continued âteachingâ Yinghuo life lessons. She nodded earnestly and promised never to lose her temper again. âEven if I encounter the unimaginable, Iâll hold back until I consult you, husband!â
Ye Yu smiled. Half a month later, thanks to Yinghuoâs efforts, a
Ten Thousand Flower Robe
emergedâwoven from countless divine blooms, immune to all illusions and boasting strong defense. Its only flaw was its garish brightnessâclashing with Ye Yuâs preferred black robes. He felt awkward refusing his wifeâs work after so long, though he truly hadnât anticipated such vivid colors.
Fortunately, under Ye Yuâs ongoing guidance, Yinghuo had learned to read his expression. She swiftly cast a cosmetic
Divine Art
, turning the robe jet black and concealing all but a tiny floral motif at the cuff. âIs this to your liking, husband? From now on, it will shift color and style at your will. Iâve added cleansing and repair arraysâno worry of damage.â
Thoughtful!
Ye Yu beamed. The style was restored, yet a gentle floral fragrance lingeredârefreshing and invigorating. âHey, sister, your Daoist partner smells nice!â
Just then Yu Buxia returned. Since the misunderstandingâs end, sheâd moved back into her own sectâs hall in Balance Cityâafter all, it was her divine city, and she should live there! But she hadnât expected a daily feast of PDA. Watching Yinghuo and Ye Yuâs displays of affection, she felt numb. The more she resisted, the bolder Yinghuo became, as if sheâd won some bet.
Yu Buxia nearly ran away, but remembered: this was her cityâwhy should she leave? âYou love feeding me dog food? FineâIâll give you a taste of magic attack!â
And °⢠N đ v đ l i g h t â˘Â° so she began flaunting her admiration for Ye Yu in front of Yinghuo, striking provocative poses. âHey, you canât make a moveâyou promised Ye Yu you wouldnât lose your temper!â
At that, Yinghuo truly held back.
From that day on, Yu Buxia entered turbo mode on this trackâteetering daily on the edge of disaster.