Douluo Continent: Little Huo Niang Taken Away by Di Tian

Within the undead demiplane, there is only endless darkness and desolation.

The gray-brown scorched earth stretched as far as the eye could see, with no sunlight overhead, only a suffocating, thick, impenetrable darkness.

Two souls, tightly bound by mysterious runes, floated in the void.

"Aaaaaahh ...

Zhongli Wu's soul struggled frantically within the rune network.

The harder he tried, the tighter the gray-gold runes tightened, each line burning his very soul like a red-hot iron, emitting a chilling sizzling sound.

The other soul remained as still as stagnant water.

Ye Xishui did not struggle. She didn't even open her eyes. The purplish-black soul light flickered slightly under the suppression of the runes, like a candle in the wind, but her heart was surprisingly calm.

"Don't waste your energy," she said calmly. "Here, the more you struggle, the slower you'll die. Just wait quietly."

Zhongli Wu ignored her; his soul continued to twist and thrash in vain, like an insect nailed to a specimen board.

Ye Xishui didn't mind, and just smiled silently.

Suddenly, a ripple appeared in the space.

In the dark void, a black and white halo appeared out of thin air, slowly rotating and expanding.

Then two figures stepped out from the circle of light.

It was Mu En and Huo Yutong.

Immediately afterwards, a flash of light appeared in the void, and Electrolux's phantom slowly emerged.

He stood beside Huo Yutong, the staff in his hand, condensed from pure spiritual power, emitting a faint gray-gold light, while the Tower of Eternity slowly rotated above his head.

"Senior Electrolux's methods are truly powerful," Moon exclaimed sincerely.

Electrolux didn't say much, only nodded slightly.

With a wave of his staff, the runes binding Ye Xishui's soul loosened slightly, "pulling" her out of her restraints and placing her before Mu En.

Ye Xishui's illusory soul slowly coalesced and took shape before Mu En's eyes.

"Xi Shui..." Mu En's voice trembled slightly.

"...It's been a long time, A-En," Ye Xishui said softly.

"Xiaoyao...he..." She hesitated for a moment, but still asked.

Moon's eyes instantly reddened. He took a deep breath, his voice low and hoarse: "He's dead."

Ye Xishui remained silent for a moment, her soul light rippled slightly, but quickly returned to calm.

"As expected..." she said softly, her tone not showing surprise, but only a faint sadness that she had long anticipated.

Moon looked at her, his lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but he swallowed it back.

"Ah En, ask whatever you want." Ye Xishui looked at Mu En calmly. "Back then... I was the one who wronged you and Xiaoyao."

Moon remained silent for a long time.

"Your second martial soul... is the Phoenix of Light?"

Ye Xishui nodded.

"That's a long story," she said softly, her gaze passing over Moon and looking into the endless darkness, as if looking at a distant, blurred memory.

"I am an orphan. I was picked up by the Holy Spirit Cult when I was a child. As you know, the Holy Spirit Cult is best at abducting children and brainwashing them from a young age, turning them into the most loyal vicious dogs. When I was six years old, I awakened my martial soul in the Holy Spirit Cult—innate full soul power, twin martial souls."

Her voice was calm, as if she were telling someone else's story:

"One is a puppet, the other is a Phoenix of Light. I deliberately concealed the Phoenix of Light. Everyone thought I had a puppet martial soul with innate full soul power. Even the elders in the sect were deceived."

Moon's breath hitched slightly.

"Later, the previous leader, Old Ghost Zhongli, noticed my talent and took me in as his personal disciple, bestowing upon me the title of Holy Maiden." Ye Xishui paused here, glancing at Mu En's reaction.

Moon's expression changed, but he did not interrupt.

"As you all know, for thousands of years, some high-ranking officials of the Sun Moon Empire have been colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult. After being taken in as a disciple by Old Ghost Zhongli, I grew up in the Sun Moon Empire. When I was twelve, he sent me to the Sun Moon Royal Academy to study soul tools..."

A hint of warmth suddenly appeared in Ye Xishui's voice:

"Then... came the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament. That's when I met you and Xiaoyao."

A slight upturn of her lips revealed a nostalgic smile, a smile that held the shadow of the girl from two hundred years ago.

"Looking back now, those ten years traveling around the mainland with you guys after the competition... were the happiest time of my life."

Moon's heart suddenly clenched with pain.

"But I can't tell you the truth." Ye Xishui's smile gradually faded. "I approached you with a mission. Old Ghost Zhongli sent me here to turn you all against each other. So..."

She took a deep breath, and the light of her soul trembled slightly:

"So, I accepted your confession. Then, on the night we drank together, I put sleeping pills in your drink and... an aphrodisiac in Xiaoyao's drink. Then I pretended to be drunk and mistook Xiaoyao for you."

After those words were spoken, the undead demiplane fell into a deathly silence.

Moon's body swayed slightly. Electrolux's phantom moved slightly, and he gently patted Moon's shoulder. Huo Yutong stood to the side, her eyes filled with worry.

Moon sighed deeply.

"The next morning, Xiaoyao ran away as soon as he woke up," Ye Xishui continued, her tone as flat as if she were reading a report. "I also pretended nothing had happened. Anyway, the seed had already been planted. But soon... I couldn't pretend it hadn't happened."

She paused for a moment, her voice suddenly becoming very soft:

"I am pregnant."

Moon suddenly opened his eyes.

"Then I ran away again." Ye Xishui gave a bitter smile. "After I gave birth to the child, I gave him to a good family to raise... For so many years, I have been secretly watching over this child. He awakened the Martial Soul of the Radiant Phoenix—My Radiant Phoenix."

She looked at Moon, a complex light flashing in her eyes:

His son... is named Yan Shaozhe.

Moon's body stiffened.

really.

He had already guessed it.

"You know what happened after that." Ye Xishui withdrew her gaze, her voice returning to calm. "I became an evil soul master... and gave birth to a son for Zhongli the Old Ghost—" She glanced at Zhongli Wu, who was struggling frantically in the distance, a hint of mockery in her tone, "Later, when Zhongli the Old Ghost was injured, I took the opportunity to kill him, absorbed his cultivation, and broke through to the Limit Douluo level. And then... I was killed by the Beast God, and in the form of a soul, I face you."

She told everything.

After saying that, Ye Xishui felt an unprecedented sense of relief.

"Xi Shui..." Mu En's voice choked with emotion. His eyes filled with tears, which slid down his aged face. "Goodbye."

Ye Xishui looked at him, her soul light shimmering softly.

She closed her eyes, a relieved smile appearing on her face—a smile exactly like that of the girl from over two hundred years ago.

"Goodbye, Arne."

Electrolux slowly raised his staff.

Ancient necromancy was chanted from his mouth, each syllable seemingly emanating from the deepest abyss, carrying a majesty that sent shivers down one's spine.

The gray-gold runes wrapped around Ye Xishui's soul suddenly shone brightly, and those runes began to shrink inward.

Ye Xishui's soul became increasingly faint and transparent in the light of the runes.

She did not struggle, she showed no fear, she simply stood there quietly, smiling, until the last glimmer of her soul dissipated into the darkness of the undead demiplane.

His soul was scattered and his spirit was destroyed.

Nothing was left behind.

Moon stood there, tears streaming silently down his face.