— I hope you all remember that as soon as you have any thoughts or intentions of betraying the demonic cult, I will come for you and your families. Now, get out.
After she finished speaking, the cult elders hurriedly disappeared, unwilling to spend another moment with the transformed Mu Qianying.
Stretching out on the throne, she placed her small hand on her chin and pondered.
"My beloved disciple, you have been so cruel..."
"To think that I trusted you so much..."
Crack!
The armrest of the throne cracked.
Mu Qianying had been the head of the demonic cult for over a thousand years, and she had always been determined to reach the pinnacle of martial arts. Her determination had been present since her childhood, and there were reasons for it.
To put aside all worldly concerns, forget about friends and family, and immerse yourself in meditation for decades, that's what she always did.
It seemed like it would last forever.
But the world is ever-changing, and at any moment, you may encounter a variable that you can't escape or run away from.
This was the case for Mu Qianying.
She looked at the empty bed with indifferent eyes, and in her phoenix eyes, she saw scenes from her past that had once been the most precious to her, but now seemed as distant as a dream.
The elders of the cult were wrong; she had not changed from cultivating alone for decades. She had not been affected by the demon of the heart, but had merely regressed back to the past.
Mu Qianying could not explain what had happened. As usual, she was cultivating alone in a remote area surrounded by ice and snow, far from the hustle and bustle of humanity.
Suddenly, hundreds of images flashed through her mind, scenes that seemed so unreal. Frame by frame, picture by picture, they added up to a single overall picture.
However, she soon realized that this picture was her future. She couldn't believe how a woman who was one of the most powerful living spiritual energy practitioners could have fallen to such a position.
Denying her future, Mu Qianying decided to check if everything was really like that and repeatedly became convinced of the inevitable.
It made her furious and desperate.
Since her memory had returned, Mu Qianying still remembered how happy she had been at the beginning.
On that day, she finished her ten-year period of solitary cultivation as usual and came out into the light. Her only disciple, whom she had taught since childhood, had grown from a boy to a man.
She spent a day with him, and then hundreds of years passed without her noticing. The woman, who had been indifferent to everything, fell in love with her disciple.
The world was shaken by their union.
Eventually, she became his wife.
Alas! Happiness did not last long...
In the year when the heavenly path was opened, a treasure fell from the immortal world and a great battle between the orthodox and demonic paths began. For seven days and seven nights, Mu Qianying fought against the head of the righteous path, and when she was about to decapitate him, her own heart was coldly pierced by her husband's sword.
There is no more heartbreaking love story to be heard.
The husband she had given up everything for at this moment was just a traitor...
Mu Qianying was currently unable to understand how she had ended up in this situation. Falling in love with a disciple? Dream on!
"Maybe I should just kill him..." — she thought, but shook her head, realizing that it was too easy.
This person… This scum in human form should have felt all her feelings for herself. Mu Qianying couldn't just let him die.
—The shadow! She said coldly.
Soon, a creature made of darkness appeared behind her, its eyes were scarlet in color and its body shape looked like a demon. He bowed slightly without saying a word.
— I want to know every step, every thought, and every movement of my disciple. No matter where he goes or who he talks to, I want to know everything!
The shadow nodded and disappeared without a trace.
Mu Qianying's expression turned even colder than a glacier as she relayed a message to the guards, expressing her desire to see her "good" disciple.
*****
— You heard, it seems the head of the cult came out of seclusion, I saw the elders leaving the mountain with ashen expressions. Maybe we should attack the Boundless Sect again?
— That's not true, my older brother overheard an elder talking to his disciple. He said that the elder's disciple packed up and left the demonic cult after their conversation.
— I also heard something similar. It seems that we ordinary disciples are about to face our demise!
In a small restaurant on the edge of the demonic cult, three young disciples were sadly discussing news both outside and inside the cult.
The conversations even reached topics such as the list of the cult's top beauties, and Xia Qing Yue, who was a well-known holy maiden, was only ranked second, with Mu Qianying undoubtedly taking the top spot.
In an inconspicuous corner, a young and handsome man sat with his back to the disciples, listening to their conversation with a blank expression. With each topic, the man's facial expression changed from ashen to happy.
This man was none other than Su Mingyue. While walking around the territory of the demonic cult, he happened to pass by a restaurant where he could hear people arguing loudly.
Out of curiosity, he listened to what they were saying and was slightly disappointed.
"To think that there's no information about the heroines..." — he thought sadly.
The irony of the situation was that he had no information about the heroines at all, and he didn't know their appearance or names. He only knew Xia Qing Yue because she was on the cover of the game, and he decided to skip getting to know the characters.
Therefore, Su Mingyue believed that since they were heroines, they possessed phenomenal cultivation talent and a goddess-like appearance, and rumors about their beauty should be spreading, but unfortunately, he was wrong.
Shaking his head, he dismissed these thoughts and focused on the present.
"The head of the cult left seclusion too early, perhaps they're right, and either we'll encounter the Boundless Sect or the heroine is involved." — Like many in the demonic cult, Su Mingyue knew that the head only emerged once every decade, and her early appearance was a clear sign of trouble!
"It seems I need to find a reason to leave the cult, preferably for a year or two."