Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

He left the Azure Sky Alliance and searched the three great heavens for a way to revive Qu Wenxue. In the end, he found the only way to bring Qu Wenxue back to life.

Demon-Slaying Cauldron.

This cauldron contains the aura of the demonic path. If that aura of the Great Dao is combined with the Corpse Puppet Technique, which is known to all among evil cultivators, an immortal demonic puppet with complete self-awareness and memories of its previous life can be created.

So he sought out his old friend who had fought alongside him and asked him about the whereabouts of the Demonic Cauldron.

But he never expected that the Demonic Cauldron would fall into the hands of the Buddhist sect. He himself came from the Buddhist sect and later returned to secular life, but he had no choice but to break the Buddhist precepts.

He stole the Demon-Slaying Cauldron, severely injured Buddhist disciples, and even killed people.

This also made him an enemy of all the righteous disciples.

However, given Qu Wenxue's current condition, she does not yet possess sufficient conditions to be resurrected.

Firstly, Qu Wenxue's physical body and soul are unstable, making it difficult for her to be resurrected.

Secondly, the art of corpse puppetry had been lost for many years, and Liu Xunkong simply did not know it.

But if you don't try, you'll never know what will happen.

No one could have imagined that, as if heaven was on his side, after he threw himself into the River of Death, in the abyss of the cave at the bottom of the river filled with corpses, he met a person.

A woman dressed in white.

That woman was only a fleeting memory for him, but she left behind a book for Liu Xunkong.

The book contained the method of creating corpse puppets.

Liu Xun Kong didn't know who she was or why she wanted to help him. In his memory, he only remembered that the woman had said one sentence.

"I admire your courage to give everything for your loved one."

That's it.

And after that—

Liu Xunkong searched for everything needed for Qu Wenxue's resurrection, even going so far as to kill his former mentor and bring demons into her body. In order to become stronger and escape his enemies' pursuit, he was even willing to refine his body with blood and become a demon cultivator.

He did so much, so much that he himself couldn't count it all.

In the end, he brought Qu Wenxue to the Five-Jade Pagoda and resurrected her using the Corpse Puppet Technique and the Breath of Demonic Path.

He witnessed the scene he had dreamed of all these years—the moment when the dead opened their eyes, and Qu Wenxue shed tears.

She was in a state of death, but she was also awake.

No one understood Liu Xun Kong better than her. She watched her beloved man gradually fall into demonic ways, becoming the very thing she used to hate the most.

She could see it clearly.

Because she is one of the twenty-one ultimate beings...

The direct descendant of the unpredictable nature of life and death.

In the instant before her death, Qu Wenxue received the favor of the Impermanence of Life and Death. Everything about her became everything to the Impermanence of Life and Death. Although she was dead, the inheritance of the Impermanence of Life and Death gave her the opportunity to be reborn.

In fact, even if Liu Xunkong did nothing, Qu Wenxue would be resurrected in ten years due to the impermanence of life and death.

……

Yes.

Everything Liu Xunkong did was meaningless.

Whether it's becoming a demon, killing one's mentor, tempering one's body with blood, or killing to drink blood and steal souls...

Betraying one's sect or becoming an enemy of the entire world...

Everything is meaningless.

But Qu Wenxue saw everything he did.

She knew that Liu Xunkong loved her.

That is why he was willing to abandon his former status as the righteous leader of the alliance and transform into a demon.

She also loved Liu Xun Kong.

So when she was resurrected, with tears in her eyes, she used Liu Xunkong's sword to pierce Liu Xunkong's heart.

"Why……?"

He knelt before her, his eyes wide with disbelief, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, his body trembling as he clutched his heart.

"This is the only thing I can do for you..."

Qu Wenxue gazed at her beloved with a sorrowful look throughout.

The Liu Xun Kong she loved now exudes a chilling demonic aura. His cultivation was built with the blood and hearts of countless innocent people... His former righteous spirit has vanished.

This is all because of her, because of Qu Wenxue.

Now, the whole world is against Liu Xunkong. If he takes a single step out of the Five-Colored Exquisite Pagoda, he will be besieged and killed by tens of thousands of righteous cultivators.

She didn't want him to die.

So she killed him—which may sound illogical, but she did.

Only in this way can Liu Xunkong be saved.

She passed on the unpredictable nature of life and death to Liu Xunkong.

Yes.

She willingly abandoned the Twenty-One Ultimate Inheritance, the inheritance that countless cultivators dreamed of... yet she handed it over to someone else.

Qu Wenxue believed that as time went by, the evil Liu Xunkong would disappear from people's sight, and when Liu Xunkong awoke due to the impermanence of life and death, he would have already been forgotten.

Then... he'll be safe, right?

"Forget me when you wake up."

Qu Wenxue smiled, walked up to Liu Xunkong, took off the engagement ring, and placed it beside Liu Xunkong.

She bent down and kissed her lover.

She kissed him for a very long time, a really long time...

So long that time seemed to stand still, frozen eternally in that moment.

However, nothing lasts forever, not even time.

She eventually left, dragging her body, which had become increasingly frail from losing her direct descendant who was subject to the vicissitudes of life and death... and departed from the Five-Jade Pagoda.

……

Due to the impermanence of life and death, her body was constantly shrinking... Her age began to regress, becoming a slightly mature age, then a naive young woman just coming of age, and then a delicate and refined young lady...

Her body continued to decay and weaken until finally, she no longer had the strength to walk.

Qu Wenxue, who looked only four or five years old, collapsed under a large tree in the Thousand Ghost Forest, panting heavily, already unable to hold on any longer.

Because her physical body was too weak and her soul was constantly on the verge of collapse, her body, which contained the breath of the Great Dao, was about to be unable to withstand this terrifying energy.

It's almost impossible for such a small body to conceal that demonic aura.

Qu Wenxue knew that her time had come.

She lay under the tree and let out a long sigh.

"How long has passed since then?"

She spoke softly, her voice sounding as faint as the struggling words of a dying person.

Qu Wenxue shook her head and then let out a long sigh.

"That's fine then..."

She has done everything she could...

Liu Xun Kong should have woken up by now...

After that, did he eat properly? Did he dress properly? Did he cultivate diligently and avoid provoking those people? If I wasn't around, surely many girls would have their eyes on him, right?

I really envy those girls... they get to meet such great men...

Unfortunately... I might have to wait until my next life.

I'm sorry, but I may not be able to keep the promises we made in the bridal chamber back then.

-

Qu Wenxue closed her eyes helplessly.

But in the next moment, she suddenly felt as if she were floating.

No... I was picked up.

who……?

Qu Wenxue tried to open her eyes, but found that she no longer had the strength to do so.

She wanted to know who it was... but she could only hear the person's voice.

"finally found you."

That was a very familiar male voice.

"But... they're so small... this is the first time I've ever seen them like this."

The man chuckled, and immediately Qu Wenxue felt the demonic energy that had been accumulating within her body for so long being drawn out at an extremely fast speed.

That's the aura of the demonic path! Those who cannot control the demonic path will be completely corrupted if they even come into contact with it, let alone manipulate it.

Qu Wenxue, having had her demonic energy extracted, felt much more relaxed, but even so, she still found it difficult to open her eyes.

"Just like you said before, Xue'er."

"This is the only thing I can do for you—"

The man placed his hand on the top of young Qu Wenxue's head and said.

Forget about me.

next second.

Qu Wenxue's vision was completely dark.