After Severing Her Emotions, the Whole Sect Was Overwhelmed with Grief - Chapter 49:

Chapter 49: He Refuses to Let His Fifth Junior Sister Leave the Sect

Holding the Chaos Celestial Pill in her hand, Bai Ying was keenly aware of the principle: “an innocent man gets in trouble for holding a treasured jade.” A treasure this rare would certainly attract countless greedy eyes. Right now, no one dared make a move due to the balance between major sects. But once she left this place, there was no doubt someone would try to take it by force.

Though unmatched among the younger generation, Bai Ying knew that if a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator attacked her, she would stand no chance.

She was preparing to leave quickly when Meng Xingchen suddenly said, “Since this Chaos Celestial Pill is mine and I gave it to you, I’ll escort you part of the way. If anyone dares try to take it from you, crush this token—I’ll appear immediately and deal with them.”

As he spoke, he tossed a token toward Bai Ying.

Bai Ying caught it and bowed slightly. “Thank you.”

Meng Xingchen waved it off. “No need. I just find your techniques interesting. Guard your spiritual root well—I’ll come for it next time.”

After that, he took Ying Ren and left.

Bai Ying didn’t know much about Meng Xingchen, but she did know one thing: his word was absolute. If he said something, he would definitely do it. That sort of integrity didn’t seem to match the typical image of a demon cultivator.

With the Demon Sovereign’s protection, Bai Ying finally felt relieved. Otherwise, she wouldn’t even be able to retrieve the belongings she had left in the Radiant Sun Sect.

Seeing this turn of events, many cultivators who had initially stayed in hope of acquiring the Chaos Celestial Pill gave up and bid farewell to the sect master.

Bai Ying stowed away the pill and prepared to return to her residence in the Radiant Sun Sect to pack up. Lin Yizhi ran toward her excitedly.

“Boss! You’re amazing!”

He didn’t try to make her stay—he was genuinely happy for her.

If it were him in her shoes, he’d have left long ago. With Senior and Junior Brothers and a Master like hers, he wouldn’t have lasted even a day.

He’d seen favoritism before, but never anything as outrageous as what Bai Ying had endured. Ruan Xinyou had gone that far to hurt Bai Ying, and yet Immortal Qin Hua still let her off lightly. Yan Zhilin was even worse—he had tried to turn Bai Ying into his puppet.

“This kind of place—you should run from it as far as possible,” Lin Yizhi said with regret. “If I weren’t the sect master’s son, I’d leave with you. But it’s fine. Once you find a new sect, I’ll come visit you.”

Bai Ying nodded and pulled a sword from her storage ring, handing it to him.

“This is something I forged for you in the past two days. Since you call me ‘Boss,’ it’s only right.”

Lin Yizhi’s eyes lit up the moment he saw the sword. He knew how skilled Bai Ying was in artifact refining—this gift meant the world to him.

“Thanks, Boss! I’ll help you pack up!”

Watching the two leave together, the Sect Master of the Radiant Sun Sect felt his heart bleeding. Their bond was strong—he had once wanted to arrange a marriage between them.

Turning to Immortal Qin Hua, he said bitterly, “What were you thinking? Have you gone mad? You give up such a good disciple for someone like Ruan Xinyou? I really don’t understand you anymore.”

“Now look—our sect’s secret treasure is in the hands of the demon race, and the Chaos Celestial Pill is gone too. That pill was what you needed the most! With it, you might have broken through to the Soul Formation Realm, and our sect would have risen in power…”

He clenched his fists, his voice rising in frustration. “You might not be crazy, but you’ve driven me insane!”

Immortal Qin Hua, however, showed no change in expression. He merely said slowly, “During my recent closed-door cultivation, I had a dream. In that dream, Ruan Xinyou not only reached the Soul Formation Realm—she even stepped into the Void Refinement Realm. Meanwhile, Bai Ying was utterly defeated, trampled beneath her feet.”

The Sect Master was stunned.

With someone at Immortal Qin Hua’s level, dreams were not ordinary—they often bordered on prophecy. His predictions were usually terrifyingly accurate.

No wonder he chose Ruan Xinyou over Bai Ying. In the long term, it seemed Bai Ying’s potential paled in comparison.

“The Void Refinement Realm… if we produce one, we could dominate the continent.”

Immortal Qin Hua nodded.

The Sect Master grew excited. “Then we must focus all our resources on Ruan Xinyou. Help her break through as soon as possible! Though… it’s a shame about the Chaos Celestial Pill. With Meng Xingchen’s token, we can’t force Bai Ying to hand it over.”

Immortal Qin Hua’s eyes darkened.

When he dreamt of Bai Ying being crushed under Ruan Xinyou’s feet, he had already given up on her. He never liked her much to begin with—he always thought she was scheming and bullied Ruan Xinyou. If it weren’t for her strong fortune, he wouldn’t have taken her as a disciple.

Now, seeing her fortune wasn’t as high as he once thought, and clearly inferior to Ruan Xinyou’s, he no longer valued her.

Still, when he personally told Bai Ying to leave the sect, he felt a strange sense of loss.

Perhaps because, despite her hidden thoughts, she had always treated him with sincere respect. Whenever she got something good, her first thought was to offer it to him. Whenever she achieved anything, she always hoped to receive his praise.

If only he hadn’t driven her away, that Chaos Celestial Pill might’ve been handed over willingly.

While he brooded, his eldest disciple Su Yu arrived in a hurry.

Su Yu had missed all the commotion because he’d been fetching Sixth Junior Brother Qin Zijin from the Cliff of Reflection. A mishap delayed them.

Upon returning, he was shocked to learn that Bai Ying had left the sect!

To him, it felt like the sky was falling.

He knew Bai Ying had long harbored resentment toward them. Their relationship had deteriorated, and ever since Bai Ying chose to disperse her cultivation and restart on the Emotionless Path, he’d feared this day would come.

But he never thought it would come so soon.

She had cut ties with them emotionally, and now she was leaving the sect too?

Su Yu couldn’t accept it.

He didn’t want Fifth Junior Sister to leave the sect!

He rushed to Immortal Qin Hua and dropped to his knees.

“Master, please take back your order. Don’t let Fifth Junior Sister leave! I beg you!”

As he spoke, he kowtowed deeply.

Immortal Qin Hua looked at his eldest disciple with a frown. After a long silence, he seemed to reach a decision.

“Fine. For your sake… If she’s willing to hand over the Chaos Celestial Pill, I will allow her to stay.”