"Xunyi, I'm sorry… my useless body has gotten your face all dirty."
"I… I know you love… cleanliness the most, but Xunyi, don't blame me. This time, I truly didn't mean for this to happen." The Bloodscale Monster Clan's Clan Chief spoke apologetically, his voice extremely weak and every word a tremendous effort.
"Stop talking and take this quickly." Zi Xunyi tried to push the pill into the Bloodscale Monster Clan's Clan Chief's mouth.
But the Bloodscale Monster Clan's Clan Chief waved his hand with difficulty. "I know my own body best. Even if a god descended from heaven, they couldn't save me."
"Xunyi, I want to tell you — being able to see what you looked like when you were young again, I'm truly happy."
"Al… although… although…"
"Although I know your youthful appearance isn't because of me."
With those words, the Bloodscale Monster Clan's Clan Chief tilted his head and collapsed completely into Zi Xunyi's arms.
"Zhen Ping!!!"
In that moment, Zi Xunyi let out a roar of utter anguish.
"Zhen Ping, wake up! I'm willing to marry you — just wake up! As long as you wake up, I'll go back to Demon Extermination Cave with you and become your wife."
"I'll never leave Demon Extermination Cave for the rest of my life. I'll never leave you again."
"I'll spend this entire lifetime by your side. You like the way I look now, so I'll stay looking like this forever — alright?"
"Wake up! Please, wake up! As long as you wake up, I'll agree to everything. This time I really mean it."
Zi Xunyi's face was drenched in tears. Every word she spoke was sincere, straight from the depths of her heart.
But these were words the Bloodscale Monster Clan's Clan Chief could never hear again — because he was already dead. Utterly, completely dead.
*Clap—* *Clap—* *Clap—* At that very moment, a burst of applause suddenly rang out.
It was the Zhou Heavenly Clan's Clan Chief.
As it turned out, the Zhou Heavenly Clan's Clan Chief, the Kong Heavenly Clan's Clan Chief, and the Zhou Heavenly Clan's Supreme Elder had been standing there all along, watching everything that had just unfolded as though it were a performance.
But there was not a shred of sympathy or pity on their faces — only mocking smiles.
"Truly a pair of ill-fated lovers. But there's no need to be too upset, because you'll be reuniting with him in the underworld soon enough."
With those words, the Zhou Heavenly Clan's Clan Chief raised the Ancestral Weapon in his hand and slashed toward Zi Xunyi.
Zi Xunyi could have dodged the strike, but she didn't. It seemed she no longer intended to live.
*Boom—* But in that very instant, a ferocious slash came hurtling from the depths of the Kong Heavenly Clan.
That slash was tremendously powerful, flying at an impossible speed, and it effortlessly scattered the Zhou Heavenly Clan's Clan Chief's attack into nothing.
"Kong and Zhou brats — do you still recognize this lord?"
The next moment, a roar filled with rage shook heaven and earth.
"That's…?"
Following the voice, the Kong Heavenly Clan's Clan Chief and the others from the Zhou Heavenly Clan all turned pale.
Because the one who had arrived was none other than Ying Mingzhao — and Chu Feng.
But in their memory, Ying Mingzhao had died over a thousand years ago. How could he possibly appear here?
"You're not dead?"
The Kong Heavenly Clan's Clan Chief asked in a panic.
Not only was the Kong Heavenly Clan's Clan Chief alarmed, but even the Zhou Heavenly Clan's Clan Chief and the elders of the Zhou Heavenly Clan were shaken.
Although they were both Second-rank True Immortals, Ying Mingzhao's combat strength was far beyond anything Zi Xunyi or that Bloodscale Monster Clan's Clan Chief could compare to.
Over a thousand years ago, they had indeed defeated Ying Mingzhao — but the preparations they had made and the price they had paid for that battle, only they truly knew in their hearts.
Now, together with Zi Xunyi,()