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At sunset, the lake is calm, yet it conceals a skeleton and a grudge that have been deliberately buried for seventy years.

After several twists and turns, Si Teng and Su Ning finally confirmed that this was the place where Bai Ying's remains were hidden.

However, Bai Ying, who was also resurrected using the characteristics of the Yi tribe, would not surrender easily.
Sure enough, just as Si Teng was trying to collect the remains, Bai Ying, who had already been resurrected, suddenly launched an attack!
Two powerful forces collided violently on the shore of Sunset Lake, causing the demonic energy to surge and the water to explode.

Bai Ying's attacks were ruthless and cunning, but her use of her modern body was ultimately not as skillful as Shi Teng's.

After a brief struggle, she feinted an attack.

Taking advantage of the moment when everyone was intimidated by the evil wind and their vision was blurred.

He transformed into a blur and swiftly fled, disappearing into the vast night.

When Si Teng realized what was happening, he looked in the direction where Bai Ying had disappeared and revealed a very complicated expression.

In fact, Si Teng and Bai Ying are one and the same, one doing good and the other doing evil, as if black and white are reversed and they will never cross paths.

"Sito, are you alright?"

"It's alright! We're finally getting closer to the truth."

……

For a while afterward, everything was calm, as if nothing had ever happened.

Then one day, Cang Hong, the president of the Suspended Master Association, who had "recovered" from his injuries, reappeared before everyone.

His words and actions seemed no different from usual, but the occasional glint of cold, unfamiliar light in his eyes made Si Teng understand...

Bai Ying has already usurped the throne, fully adapted to this era, and chosen the most unexpected identity to lie low.

However, Si Teng saw through the plan but did not say anything, deciding to turn the tables and set a trap, determined to kill him in one blow.

As expected, "Canghong" took the initiative to suggest that he talk to Si Teng alone as a way of reconciliation.

Yan Furui, unsuspecting, smiled and led them to the pavilion in the back garden, even thoughtfully preparing tea for them.

Wang Qiankun nervously swallowed, bracing himself to follow behind "Cang Hong," his palms sweating profusely as he mentally rehearsed when Miss Si Teng would launch her cane attack.

However, before Si Teng could strike first, "Cang Hong" suddenly let out a cold and charming female voice that was completely different from his old voice!

"Sito, why put on this show anymore?"

'Canghong' slowly tore off the disguise, revealing Bai Ying's true face. His gaze swept around mockingly. "Your trap is far too obvious."

Wang Qiankun was so frightened that he screamed and scrambled back into the house. Together with the astonished Yan Furui, they used all their strength to hold the door shut, as if a monstrous flood was outside.

There was no movement outside the door for a long time; Si Teng did not appear as Bai Ying had imagined.

Yan Furui, his hands trembling, quietly lifted a corner of the curtain to peek inside...

"boom!"

A tremendous force suddenly blasted the two of them apart!

Bai Ying's figure passed through the door like a ghost and stood coldly inside the room.

Her gaze swept over Wang Qiankun and Yan Furui, who were paralyzed with fear, and finally landed on Su Ning, who was standing to the side.

"Speak! Where is Si Teng hiding?" Her voice was chilling, her five fingers like claws, hovering over Su Ning's throat. "If you don't speak, I'll kill him right now."

Yan Furui was terrified and couldn't help but cry out, "Miss Si Teng! Help!"

At this critical moment, Suning, who had been standing to the side and seemed equally terrified and helpless, suddenly moved!

Several thick vines shot out from his sleeves like lightning, instantly binding Bai Ying tightly!

Bai Ying was horrified and struggled desperately: "You?!"

Suning's face and figure rippled and changed slowly like waves on water...

What was finally revealed was Si Teng's cold and aloof face!
It turned out that she had already switched places with Su Ning, waiting for Bai Ying to walk into her trap, and sure enough, Bai Ying was captured without resistance.

Yan Furui and Wang Qiankun were both surprised and delighted, while Su Ning, who had been hiding in the bathroom, finally came out.

Si Teng said no more, spread his five fingers slightly, pressed them on Bai Yingtian's crown, and began to forcibly extract her life's worth of demonic power, which he then poured into Su Ning's body!

A surge of immense power rushed in, and Su Ning's body instantly became as hot as fire, with a red glow seemingly flowing beneath his skin.

Yan Furui panicked and quickly went to find a cold towel to try to cool him down.

However, amidst this extreme heat and power, deep within Su Ning's consciousness, a profound incantation...

The "Heaven and Earth Harmony Technique" was awakened as if by instinct!
Unconsciously, he began to guide the rampaging demonic power within his body, circulating it through his body according to the incantation, frantically refining and absorbing this foreign power.

At the same time, Wang Qiankun, with red eyes, sternly questioned Bai Ying about where he had taken his master, Cang Hong.

Although Bai Ying was being controlled by others, she still sneered and frankly said that the old guy had long lost his usefulness and had naturally been "dealt with" by her. Her words were full of cruelty and indifference.

Wang Qiankun was so angry that he trembled all over and rushed forward to strangle her to avenge his master.

Unable to break free from the vines, Bai Ying could only cast pleading eyes at Si Teng: "Si Teng! Although I killed you back then, I never allowed anyone to defile your body! For that little bit of kindness..."

Si Teng remained silent for a moment, a complex emotion flashing across her eyes, before finally waving her hand to signal Wang Qiankun to release her.

Once she could catch her breath, Bai Ying reluctantly revealed that Cang Hong had not died, but had been injured and imprisoned in the storage room in the back garden.

Si Teng continued to transform his power, while Bai Ying felt her power rapidly draining away. She couldn't help but scream and curse, her words extremely vicious.

Meanwhile, Suning's aura was rising at an astonishing speed!
The "Heaven and Earth Harmony Technique" efficiently refined pure demonic power, helping him break through all the way and directly enter the fifth level of the Qi Refining stage!
Although Si Teng was unfamiliar with the cultivation system, he could clearly sense the powerful aura within Su Ning's body that had suddenly become surging and almost bursting out of his body, and saw that it had reached its limit.

The main reason was that Bai Ying was really about to die, so he slowly stopped.

……

Looking at Bai Ying, who was tightly bound by vines but still had a venomous look in her eyes, Yan Furui couldn't help but scold, "Even tigers don't eat their cubs! How can you so ruthlessly use and kill your own flesh and blood? Don't you have any guts at all?!"

To everyone's surprise, Bai Ying let out a shrill and manic laugh, filled with endless sorrow and despair: "My son? Hahaha... He died long ago! Shortly after his birth, his good father and Qiu Shan joined forces to regard him as an ominous monster and 'deal with' him! What do I have to worry about?!"

Upon hearing this, Si Teng's heart sank.

She stared at Bai Ying, whose personality had drastically changed and who was cold to the point of being twisted. She simply couldn't connect her with the woman in her memory who was willing to wash away her makeup, endure worldly criticism, and even sacrifice her life for Shao Yankuan.

The stark contrast made her look at Bai Ying in front of her and want to ask: In the short seven years between marrying into the Shao family in 1939 and her own misfortune in 1946, what exactly did Bai Ying go through that could freeze her burning heart so cold?
However, she said no more, slowly placing her hand on Bai Ying's forehead, her powerful demonic energy probing deep into his consciousness, tracing back to that deliberately sealed past—

The scene suddenly changed.

Si Teng "saw" how overjoyed Bai Ying was when she first married Shao Yankuan. In order to please her beloved, she tried her best to change herself, even changing her name to be more gentle, just to be a qualified wife for him.

At first, Shao Yankuan treated her extremely well, showering her with love and affection, and the vows they made to each other still echoed in her ears.

But soon, his businessman-like nature of prioritizing profit over parting was exposed. He gradually lost interest in her, and his sweet words turned into cold perfunctory replies and deception.

Shao Yankuan soon married a young and beautiful third concubine, indulging in nightly revelry, leaving Bai Ying alone in the desolate courtyard, guarding a solitary lamp.

Extreme jealousy and resentment consumed her.

Finally, one night, in front of Shao Yankuan, she revealed her demonic form and killed the favored third concubine with extremely cruel methods. She even used her demonic power to give herself a brand new, beautiful, yet unfamiliar face with a ferocious expression!
Shao Yankuan was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, unable to utter a single word.

Bai Ying, on the other hand, seemed to have gone completely mad, crying and laughing, questioning him whether he was satisfied with the new face.

From then on, filled with fear and dread, Shao Yankuan regarded her as a true demon, completely tearing off his mask of tenderness. He ordered her to be imprisoned in a secluded courtyard, never to set foot there again. Bai Ying naively thought that changing her face would allow her to say goodbye to her past, rejected self, unaware that she was only sinking deeper and deeper into Shao Yankuan's hypocritical love and her own obsession.

During her long years of imprisonment, she never saw Shao Yankuan change his mind again.

Instead, they overheard Shao Yankuan's conversation with his first wife...

It turns out that the dignified first wife was pregnant with another man's child, and Shao Yankuan, for the sake of the family's reputation, tacitly approved of it.

In despair, Bai Ying had an extremely humble idea: perhaps a child could win back Shao Yankuan's heart.
So she put aside all her pride and begged Shao Yankuan for forgiveness.

Whether out of pity or ulterior motives, Shao Yankuan did indeed spend a night with her.

Bai Ying also became pregnant as she had hoped.

However, Shao Yankuan's attitude did not warm up as a result; on the contrary, it became even more distant and indifferent.

Bai Ying, harboring suspicions, secretly followed them and discovered a truth that tore her heart apart...

The Shao family business was on the verge of collapse due to the war. In order to revitalize Huamei Textile Factory, Shao Yankuan secretly made a dirty deal with Qiu Shan!
Qiu Shan helped him revitalize his family business, and Shao Yankuan agreed to hand Bai Ying and her child over to Qiu Shan when Bai Ying was at her weakest after giving birth!
Although Shao Yankuan had some hesitation about the unborn child, in the end, his fear and disgust for Bai Yingjia's clan identity, as well as his emphasis on the interests of his family, led him to compromise.

Bai Ying, having seen through all of this, felt utterly devastated.

She rushed out of her house in the rain, distraught, and ran to the long-abandoned and dilapidated Huamei Textile Factory.

There, she met Si Teng, who came to dissuade her.

The extreme pain and despair twisted her mind, and she directed all her resentment at Si Teng, believing that if it weren't for Si Teng's existence, she wouldn't have ended up in such a state!
After a fierce conflict, Bai Ying, in a fit of madness, actually killed Si Teng, the only person who still had any kindness towards her!

Rainwater mixed with tears and blood streamed down her face. Holding Si Teng's gradually cooling body, she wept bitterly, finally realizing how absurd and wrong her journey had been...

But it was all too late.

From that moment on, Bai Ying, who was madly in love, died.

Instead, there is a heartless avenger who lives only for revenge and rebirth.

She began to meticulously plan and strategize with extreme calm, contemplating what would happen decades from now.

She remembered that Qiu Shan had mentioned that the descendants of the Sky-Supporting Tree had a special bloodline and possessed the power to revive the Kagyu tribe.

So she found the descendants of the Sky Tree, cruelly murdered her parents, took away their infant child, and secretly plotted everything, intending to pave a completely new future for herself seventy or eighty years later.

Finally, just as promised, Qiu Shan appeared at the moment when Bai Ying was at her weakest after giving birth.

As the blade pressed against her, Bai Ying's eyes held no trace of joy or sorrow, only a chilling hatred and unwavering resolve. She swore a deadly oath to Qiu Shan: "I will definitely return..."

Si Teng slowly withdrew his hand, and all the images receded like the tide.

The truth is brutally cruel. Those seven years, soaked in rainy nights, blood, and betrayal, are finally fully revealed, explaining the source of all the paranoia and madness.

……

Si Teng slowly moved his fingertips away from Bai Ying's forehead. Those past events, filled with betrayal, despair, and bloodshed, were like the coldest ice, deeply piercing into her heart.

Looking at Bai Ying, who was weak and barely breathing, her eyes surged with emotions—a heart-wrenching tenderness mixed with barely suppressed anger.

They were originally one and of the same origin, but they went down completely different paths of destruction.

Bai Ying's eyes were filled with tears, and her voice was weak as she repeated over and over, "I regret it," and "I was really wrong."

She struggled to reach out and touch Si Teng, as if seeking final solace and forgiveness.

The two were so close for the first time, sitting knee to knee, like sisters who had finally reunited after going through countless hardships.

Bai Ying recounted her inner pain and torment with earnest words and genuine remorse.

Si Teng's taut string loosened slightly. She thought that in the face of death, Bai Ying had finally shed all pretense and revealed the last remaining trace of her true feelings.

She did not reject the cold touch; in fact, a feeling of pity welled up within her.

However, in that seemingly calm moment—a sudden change occurred!
The sorrowful regret in Bai Ying's eyes was instantly replaced by extreme ruthlessness and madness!

With a flick of her wrist, a thin, black poison needle appeared between her fingers without warning and pierced Si Teng's fair neck with lightning speed!

"Ugh!" Si Teng groaned, shoved her away abruptly, and staggered backward.

Blood immediately gushed from the tiny needle hole and could not be stopped. Even more terrifying was that Si Teng's powerful self-healing ability was completely ineffective at this moment!

An ominous bluish-black tinge appeared around the wound and spread outwards at a visible rate.

"Don't waste your energy." Bai Ying stood up unsteadily, his face no longer showing any weakness or remorse, only a sly grin of triumph. "The needles were quenched with 'Yao Water' specially prepared for you. How did it taste? No matter how strong your demonic power is, it can't withstand this ancient poison, specifically designed to counteract the Kagyu clan!"

"you……"

……

Just then, Wang Qiankun was anxiously searching for his master, Cang Hong.

Qiu Shan's figure appeared not far away like a ghost. He coldly pointed in a direction, without glancing at Wang Qiankun or saying a word, and walked straight towards the villa. His steps were steady, but they carried a sense of oppressive tension, like a storm brewing.

Inside the villa, Bai Ying's laughter grew increasingly arrogant and unrestrained: "Si Teng, don't you understand? I've been using you from beginning to end! Reviving you was just to clear obstacles for me and reclaim my power! If you had just obeyed, that would have been fine, but since you're blocking my path, I'll naturally have to clean house myself!"

Sito pressed his hand against the bleeding wound, feeling his strength rapidly draining away with his blood, his body gradually growing cold and weak.

Looking at the face before her, so similar to her own yet so distorted, she finally understood Qin Fang's words from back then...

Since Bai Ying came into their lives, they have been unable to remain complete and independent individuals, becoming entangled and tormenting each other.

If the price of completeness is to contain this deep-seated evil and poison, she would rather live in the world as a half-demon forever!

“I would rather… forever remain only half of Si Teng…” Her breath was weak, but her words were clear and firm.

Blood stained her white clothes, and the shadow of death gradually loomed over her.

Bai Ying cursed viciously: "I curse you! Si Teng! I curse you to be like me, never to meet someone who truly loves you! Even if you do, you are destined to be unable to stay with him and to meet a tragic end! For all eternity, you will be alone!"

However, Si Teng had already calmed down.

All the truth has been revealed, and all the grudges seem to have been settled at this moment.

She turned a deaf ear to Bai Ying's curse; though her life was short, she had no regrets.

Yan Furui, who was standing to the side, was already too frightened to speak and didn't know what to do.

Under the incredulous gaze of everyone, especially Bai Ying.

With his last ounce of strength, Si Teng struggled and crawled toward Su Ning, who was sitting with his eyes closed, fully activating the "Heaven and Earth Harmony Technique" to stabilize his cultivation.

She finally leaned weakly against his warm and firm chest, listening to his steady and powerful heartbeat, as if she had found her final refuge and peace.

She closed her eyes contentedly, a faint smile of relief playing on her lips.

At this moment, she possessed something that Bai Ying had never obtained in his entire life, despite his countless schemes and tricks: unwavering protection and a serene acceptance of life and death together.

And this is the most thorough and silent revenge against Bai Ying.

...(End of chapter)