The Feather God Sect was rife with warring factions, its internal struggles reaching a vicious intensity. Within a hundred years, it would collapse entirely. What
Controlling the entire Feather God Sect would be Nie Li's first step against the Sacred Emperor!
After returning, he needed to advance to the Destiny Realm as soon as possible. The Destiny Realm was a crucial step in cultivation!
Nie Li walked along a winding path when a young woman approached from the opposite direction. Upon spotting Nie Li, her steps faltered slightly.
This path was the only route to that valley!
Nie Li looked up and was equally stunned. He hadn't expected to run into
Long Yuyin clearly hadn't expected to encounter Nie Li here either. The moment she saw him, her heart seemed to clench tight. She didn't know what to do with her hands and didn't dare step forward to greet him. Normally, with her personality, she would never have given anyone the time of day. But ever since Nie Li had thoroughly defeated her, something in her mindset had shifted.
Even Long Yuyin herself couldn't understand why she grew so nervous around Nie Li. This wasn't like her at all!
The place was desolate and empty, with only the two of them present.
An indescribable emotion welled up inside her, leaving her completely at a loss.
Nie Li stopped in his tracks and looked at Long Yuyin. "What are you doing here?" he asked. Though he couldn't help recalling the aggressive, overbearing Long Yuyin of his past life, he remembered his master's words. Across both lifetimes, many grudges and entanglements needed to be resolved, and that resolution had to begin with him.
The current Long Yuyin might be a bit arrogant and overbearing, but she hadn't reached the point of being beyond redemption.
Since he had been reborn, it was indeed possible to resolve this particular grudge rather than letting it fester any deeper.
"I came here... to find someone," Long Yuyin said, her voice trembling slightly.
Nie Li was somewhat perplexed. This young woman before him—so nervous that her cheeks had flushed crimson—was she really the same arrogant, overbearing Long Yuyin from before? Was she really the unreasonable, fierce woman from his past life?
The two stood far apart, making conversation awkward. Nie Li took a step forward.
Long Yuyin's body stiffened and she quickly retreated a step. "What do you want?" she asked in a trembling voice. She recalled what had happened before—the humiliation Nie Li had inflicted on her—and her cheeks burned even hotter. He wouldn't refuse to let her go here, would he? With only the two of them present, she was no match for Nie Li at all. Even in physical strength, her greatest source of pride, she had been utterly crushed by him. Facing Nie Li now, she didn't even have the will to fight.
Nie Li was a bit stunned. Since when had Long Yuyin become so timid?
"Relax. In the Heavenly Spirit Courtyard, there's nothing I can do to you!" Nie Li couldn't help but find the situation somewhat amusing and stopped walking. Though he had tried to follow his master's advice and resolve this grudge, actually running into her like this left him unsure of where to begin.
Though some resentment toward Long Yuyin still lingered in Nie Li's heart, the circumstances of this life were different from the last. After hearing his master's teachings, he had decided to let it go.
Nie Li had never expected that their previous confrontation would cause the always fierce and domineering Long Yuyin to become so meek and fearful. She was completely unlike the Long Yuyin he knew. Nie Li thought about it carefully and then understood. In his past life, Long Yuyin had displayed extraordinary talent from a young age, and everyone had coddled and flattered her, gradually fueling her arrogant nature. As time passed and her cultivation grew ever stronger, she became increasingly domineering, willful, and self-centered—looking down on everyone and everything, aggressive and overbearing, believing herself the supreme being in all the world. In the end, she had driven Nie Li's master to death.
But in this life, Long Yuyin was still young and could still be reformed!
Since Nie Li had thoroughly defeated her, it had already sparked some change. Though she was still just as competitive, at least she had reined in her domineering nature somewhat.
For now, though, she had only yielded to Nie Li. When facing others, she would absolutely not be this timid.
It seemed that Long Yuyin in his past life had simply lacked proper guidance—which was how she had ended up with that personality.
Looking at the extremely nervous Long Yuyin before him, a sly smile crept across Nie Li's lips. Since he had found the root cause of the problem, then in this life, he would reshape her properly. From now on, she would learn to be a decent person.