After the main character who took the blame retired, the female lead quit.

She can't do anything right... Without spiritual roots, she's just a useless piece of trash. Anyway, her mother already has a new daughter and doesn't need her anymore, so she might as well be dead.

The alliance between the Xuanling Sect and the Luo family was no small matter, and naturally it aroused the dissatisfaction of their mortal enemies. Thus, a plan to kidnap Li Yunshang began.

What happened next was quite simple. The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect launched a surprise attack, Li Yunshang was in danger, and she disappeared and wandered for nearly three months before returning alone with a blood-stained corpse.

She was reborn, gained spiritual roots, and her life took on new meaning. Her hero, or rather, her knight, disappeared without a trace after rescuing the princess from the quagmire, leaving behind only a clumsy substitute, as if the previous three months of her journey had been nothing more than her own self-indulgence.

A familiar feeling...

She was about to lose something again, just like her father who left and never came back.

She refused to accept it and didn't want to lose anything again. Last time, she could only watch helplessly as she lost everything—no spiritual roots, no strength. But this time was different.

She had spiritual roots and cultivation, and was now able to keep Xiao Yu. So, Xiao Yu, who had come out to investigate the situation that day, plunged headlong into the trap that Li Yunshang had carefully prepared.

The princess decided to take her relationship with the knight to the next level, developing a master-pet relationship so that he would stay by her side forever.

However… she messed up, and the relationship shifted to extremes: either master and pet, or pet and master.

Li Yunshang became a pet, an abandoned pet. The collar around her neck proved everything. She thought it didn't matter, that the effect would be the same, but unfortunately, every time she pounced on Xiao Yu, he dodged her.

Afterwards, it sniffed around in a disheveled state, looking for someone... just like a dog that had been abandoned.

Time and again, without realizing it, she drifted further and further away from Xiao Yu, until he was about to marry another woman.

Thinking of this, Li Yunshang felt a pang of heartache, couldn't breathe, and her sword-wielding movements slowed for a moment.

In that instant, the spear, its tip blazing with white flames, shattered the spirit sword and struck her, the flames at its tip instantly igniting with her as fuel.

The bewildered heart was swallowed by the white flames. In the chaos, through the firelight, he seemed to see a beautiful woman with white hair and eyebrows surrounded by flames, her face stern, and she snorted coldly.

In the flickering firelight, the woman's skin shone with a jade-like white luster. Her skin was as white as snow, her hair as white as frost, and her bright eyes were like shining glass beads, sparkling with a breathtaking snowy beauty.

So beautiful... She's like snow, yet she exudes a burning, intense heat.

Amidst that chilling snort that pierced the soul, the bewildered Li Yunshang regained a sliver of consciousness, and at the same time, a flood of information from the outside world arrived:

"Xiao Yu, I advise you to leave the secret realm as soon as possible. Soul Loss Syndrome is not an easy disease to cure, and the longer you delay, the more dangerous it becomes..."

The name etched in her heart rang out, which gave Li Yunshang a jolt of energy and restored some of her sense of touch. A warm sensation came from her body, unlike the heart-wrenching burning sensation of the white-haired woman. This feeling was warm and familiar, making her hard-won consciousness greedily indulge in it again.

When she regained consciousness, all she heard was a series of thunderclaps echoing in her ears.

Lightning flashed across the sky, but it was quickly frozen and sealed away by thick blocks of ice.

It was still that familiar warmth, and she was still leaning against someone's chest.

But the warmth didn't last long before a familiar scent, accompanied by a wisp of copper sparks, wafted over.

Deng!

The ice shattered, barely managing to block the attack.

A fiery aura wafted over me, unlike the comforting warmth, it was more like the scorching heat of a white-haired woman, but without the heart palpitations.

is her……

is her……

Long Wanyan of Qingyun Floating Sect, that bastard woman who stole her Senior Brother Yu.

In her hazy consciousness, Li Yunshang's body, which was out of control, seemed to sense something, and she clenched her teeth so tightly they made a cracking sound.

The approaching heat meant that her warmth was about to be taken away, like a large fire swallowing a small one.

Li Yunshang's heart, which had finally been warmed by a touch of warmth, turned cold again.

But... to her surprise: "Fellow Daoist Linglong, are you crazy? Were you just about to kill her?"

His hurried words carried a hint of anger.

Li Yunshang was taken aback. Her senior brother Yu was protecting her, doing this for her sake, instead of siding with Long Wanyan on the other side.

Senior Brother Yu still remembers her; he hasn't abandoned her yet.

He stayed by her side while she was unconscious, just like before.

Realizing this, warm tears streamed down Li Yunshang's face. For her, who was heartbroken, knowing this was enough.

Even though her body was trembling, she still gave the woman in the Taoist robe a smug look.

The woman in the Taoist robe frowned, seemingly noticing her subtle movement:

"Pretending..."

Then, flames and dragon claws attacked, but even with the fierce attacks, she was held tightly in his arms without any sign of letting go.

Amidst the turbulence, the fireball exploded, and she barely regained a sliver of consciousness before falling unconscious again.

In her hazy state, the warmth that belonged to her never left, and even so, she clearly heard one sentence:

"Calm down?! Put down that vixen in your arms first."

A vixen?!

She was the one who arrived first, she was the one who met Xiao Yu first. How dare this woman, who is good for nothing except for her big butt and slightly higher cultivation level, say such a thing?

Shameless queue-jumping woman...you philandering cat!

Li Yunshang muttered to herself, but suddenly stumbled, realizing that the situation was not optimistic.

After all, she was Long Wanyan from the Qingyun Floating Sect. Even if Senior Brother Yu tried his best, he couldn't defeat her. But even so, he still held her tightly and didn't let go.

It's as if the knight who protected the princess has returned, only this time the one she has to face is an evil dragon.

"Senior Brother Yu..."

After her last murmur, she sank into darkness. When she awoke again, the familiar warmth was gone, and only a cold, hard stone remained to keep her company.

Meow!

"Oh, oh, oh... I almost forgot, Feng Ling, something terrible has happened! Ye Ba... he's in trouble!"

……

After a conversation with the two people and the cat around her, Li Yunshang realized the current situation.

So that's how it is... Senior Brother Yu sacrificed himself for her.

It's because of her being useless again...

The girl's mind once again sank into the same quagmire as before, but this time, it was different from before; it was a dark and sinking chaos.

She saw a light, a warm glow, a warmth that... belonged to those who hadn't given up on her; her senior brother Yu hadn't abandoned her.

She held onto one principle: even if she died, she had to crawl out of her coffin. That was enough.

The girl, who was sinking deeper and deeper into the darkness, made her first move and reached out her hand toward the warm light above.

So what if she's Long Wanyan?

What's there to be afraid of in the Nascent Soul Realm...?

She was the first to meet Xiao Yu. In her eyes, Long Wanyan was a cat that pounced on her chances to steal fish. Dogs... but they're not afraid of cats.

That act of subduing the enemy without a fight and handing over Senior Brother Yu to her will never happen again. She took away the knight who was protecting her without suffering any hardship. How could she let that woman get away with such an advantage?

The girl clenched her hand tightly in the warm light. As the light dissipated, a bright red rope, seemingly out of place in this latitude, appeared in her clenched palm.

The Gu worm, Yin Hongniang, is a magical Gu worm that requires pure love to activate. It was inserted into Li Yunshang's body by the Yantian Sect to intensify her emotions in order to sabotage their plan.

Something that can evade surveillance and be valued by the system at 100,000 points is no ordinary item.

But now this thing... belongs to her.

The fragile princess donned crimson armor, determined to reclaim her knight from the clutches of the scarlet dragon.

Senior Brother Yu... I already said that getting rid of her won't be that easy.

On the cold rock, a pair of beautiful eyes, as bright as the setting sun, slowly opened.

Chapter Thirty-Seven, Extracting Marrow from Bones

Peng!

The dense black aura, like a thick, dark cloud, condensed and crashed down from the sky.

Strands of golden light flashed as the Vajra Talisman Robe operated at high speed, protecting the yellow-clad girl completely from any influence of the profound energy. This alone was enough to demonstrate the high caliber of the senior sister of the Qingyun Floating Sect.

Amidst the raging Xuan Qi, countless mud-covered demonic beasts lunged forward, baring their fangs and claws. In the midst of the chaos, a pure and righteous Xuan Qi surged forth, rising like a radiant light within the circle of black Xuan Qi, standing in stark contrast to it.

"Amazing……"

Yun Qi's face was flushed, with a hint of relief at surviving a disaster. Her eyes sparkled as she watched the masked man, who was wielding a knife and swiftly slaying one demonic beast puppet at a time amidst the black aura, exclaim in surprise with her mouth agape.

Perhaps the scene before her stirred up memories, reminding her of another savior. Looking at the masked man's tall figure, she couldn't help but wonder what Brother Lei was doing inside the secret realm.

"I knock!"

Inside the scorching cave, Xiao Yu lay exhausted on the ground. The faint flush on his face, which had just risen from drinking, quickly faded, replaced by a deep, bone-deep weakness.

"That's enough, once or twice is enough. Any more and someone will die..."

The glistening dragon tail coiled around him, and a suffocating sensation, like a python coiling around his neck, clung to his cheek. The warm, soft scales pressed against his cheek, and the fluffy tail tip was stuffed directly into his mouth, bulging out to stop Xiao Yu from lecturing him any further.

It's as if he's saying that all he needs to do is be a ruthless machine that provides the essence of Yin, and he doesn't need to provide any other services like bed-calling.

At this moment, the person sitting horizontally on the top of the peak was clearly intoxicated. Her voluptuous body straightened, and the luster on her exquisite, translucent skin increased even more. "As expected... it still has to be the essence of Yin. The cultivation effect is much better than that of the ice essence. Just a little more and I can break through to the Nascent Soul stage..."

In the vertical dragon eyes, the dragon nature completely dominates, waiting only for it to settle down before the gentle human nature emerges to clean up the mess.

But... by then, will Xiao Yu still be alive?

Oh no! We've given her a taste of success; she's now determined to squeeze every last drop out of her!

Xiao Yu was speechless, inwardly groaning. When the physical strength of the two is not equal, for the weaker party, this kind of thing is probably just torture.

Take the end of the last battle as an example. In the heat of the moment, Long Wanyan subconsciously exerted force, her full and firm thighs seemingly breaking some bone in him.

Fortunately, with the support of the two moons in the sky, his injuries recovered at twice the rate of those outside; otherwise, he would probably be paralyzed on the ground by now.

Even though Xiao Yu has a martial arts foundation and hasn't fully activated his Ice Prison Phoenix Body, which comes with the added benefit of his icy skin and jade bones, he still can't compare to the physical enhancement brought by Long Wanyan's second or even third dragon transformation.