The Eight Empresses Betrayed Me, Only to Deeply Regret It After Being Reborn - Chapter 109:
Chapter 109: Laughed to Death:
Yue Hongling was furious.
“You’re the idiot who couldn’t cultivate your own path, and now you blame Senior Brother? Your path disappeared because of your own incompetence, yet you dare to blame him?”
Shangguan Huanling, suddenly finding some strength, perhaps fed up with Yue Hongling, retorted, “My path vanished, and he could’ve given up on me! I told him to give up on me! He always talked about ‘never abandoning, never giving up,’ but in the end, you all have your paths while I’m the only one stuck with a cultivation technique that can’t even form a path. How is that not his fault?”
Yue Hongling leaped toward her, ready to strike, but Bai Qiulan acted swiftly, grabbing her and holding her back.
“Hongling, calm down!”
“Argh! I’m so mad! Master, what nonsense is she spouting? Don’t stop me, I’ll beat her to death!”
Yue Hongling struggled in Bai Qiulan’s arms, flailing as if she were determined to settle the matter with Shangguan Huanling.
“I’m not wrong! I did nothing wrong!”
“Nothing wrong, my foot! Who told you that the Primordial Swallowing Scripture couldn’t cultivate a path? It’s just that you were too stupid to cultivate one! How could you possibly form a path when you got the technique so late, after your original cultivation base was already so high? At that point, any path would’ve already fused with your body and mind!”
“I’ve been reborn and started cultivating the Primordial Swallowing Scripture again, yet I still couldn’t form a proper path! I tried to walk the Invincible Path, but it’s so weak! That proves it’s the fault of this technique!”
Bai Qiulan froze in place, her expression stiffening.
Yue Hongling also stopped, her expression unreadable. Both of them stared at Shangguan Huanling as if she had just said the most absurd thing in the world.
“You said you chose what path?” Bai Qiulan asked, her voice cautious.
“The Invincible Path?” Yue Hongling repeated, disbelief dripping from her words.
“So what? What’s wrong with the Invincible Path?” Shangguan Huanling, sensing the sudden shift in their reactions, felt a creeping unease in her heart.
“Master, let go of me. I won’t hit her anymore.”
At that moment, Yue Hongling’s mood deflated.
Why argue with a fool?
She chose the Invincible Path?
Yue Hongling suddenly broke into laughter, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably as her face shifted between exasperation and mockery.
“What do you mean by that?” Shangguan Huanling snapped.
But her question only seemed to make Yue Hongling laugh harder.
“Ha… ha… ha… This is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard! Master, did you hear that? She chose the Invincible Path! Ha ha ha ha!”
Yue Hongling bent over in laughter, tears streaming from her eyes. Her mockery reached its peak, and Bai Qiulan, who always maintained her composed and gentle demeanor, let out a faint smile despite herself.
Though she quickly wiped it from her face, Shangguan Huanling caught it.
No, this couldn’t be. Bai Qiulan, known for her compassion, was laughing at her too? Why?
“What’s so funny about me walking the Invincible Path? I like it! I believe I can become invincible in this world! What’s so funny about that?”
Yue Hongling laughed even harder, holding her stomach as her whole body convulsed with mirth.
Shangguan Huanling turned toward Bai Qiulan, her voice tinged with panic.
“Sister Yue, why is it so funny? What’s wrong with me walking the Invincible Path?”
Bai Qiulan took a deep breath to steady herself, her expression turning serious as she explained, “Huanling, you’ve chosen the wrong path.”
Shangguan Huanling froze.
“You knew Lu Ye, didn’t you? How could you choose the Invincible Path when he exists? You knew his strength from your past life—didn’t you?”
“Do you think you can defeat Lu Ye?”
Shangguan Huanling opened her mouth but found herself speechless.
“But Lu Ye didn’t walk the Invincible Path,” she finally whispered.
“No, but anyone who claims to walk the Invincible Path will, at some point, have to face him,” Bai Qiulan said, her voice somber. “And those who do… will meet only despair.”
“Lu Ye is the final trial of the Invincible Path.”
“And you think you can walk it?”
Shangguan Huanling stammered, “But… but I haven’t seen that kind of invincible aura from Lu Ye!”
Bai Qiulan’s gaze turned sorrowful.
“That’s because his invincibility isn’t aimed at his allies.”
“It’s a shield for those he loves. A sword against his enemies. But never for us.”
“Moreover, do you even know what it means to walk the Invincible Path? True invincibility is carved through battles—countless, relentless battles that grind down even the strongest souls. You’ve faced what, twenty opponents in total? How can you even begin to talk about being invincible?”
Yue Hongling shook her head, sighing in exasperation. “Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous.”
Shangguan Huanling’s heart felt like it was being pierced by a thousand needles.
But anger quickly replaced her despair.
“And what about you? You’ve been reborn too! Lu Ye won’t stop you from being with Feng Wuxie anymore, so why haven’t you gone off to fly happily ever after with him?” she snapped at Yue Hongling.
Yue Hongling froze for a moment, then roared, “That’s it! I’m going to kill you!”
…
Lu Ye, meanwhile, was oblivious to Shangguan Huanling’s arrival at the Dao Sect.
After finishing his treasure collection, he returned to the sect and was about to head to the Pill Peak. But after a moment’s thought, he decided to visit Liu Changfeng first.
“Disciple Lu Ye greets the Sect Master!”
“Haha! I heard you charged into the heart of the demon forces, killed seven Tribulation Transcenders and four Scattered Immortals, and even looted their strongholds! Is it true?” Liu Changfeng asked, his excitement barely contained.
The more he looked at Lu Ye, the more he felt that his decision to bring him into the sect had been the best of his life. Lu Ye wasn’t just talented—he was decisive, resourceful, and bold.
Most importantly, he was utterly ruthless.
Lu Ye nodded. “Yes, I gathered a good amount of resources.”
But as he spoke, tears began to stream down his face.
Liu Changfeng blinked in confusion.
“What’s wrong? Why are you crying?”
Lu Ye wiped his tears and shook his head. “It’s nothing… just the sandstorms in the Desert of Buddha’s Fall were harsh, and my eyes are still irritated.”
He took out a storage ring. “Here are the treasures I collected but have no use for. They can be added to the sect’s resources.”
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RandomDude
She fought 20 people and most of the fights were fixed lmao