After Ye Fan left the villa with Li Zhaojun and others, three people remained inside: Ling, Wu Ding, and Han Qing'er.

The three women shared a common trait: in the past or in the future, they were to become Ye Fan's servants. Among them, Han Qing'er admired Ye Fan's cultivation and willingly became his servant. Ling had a transactional relationship with Ye Fan, bowing to his current dominance in the Pan Gu secret realm, and would stay by his side for nearly four months in the future of Earth's history.

Among the three, Wu Ding was the most conflicted. Her decision to stay with Ye Fan was entirely to atone for the Tianxuan Sect's previous conspiracies against the Li Huo Sect and Xuanyue Palace, as well as Hua Wu and others' schemes against Ye Fan and the slaughter of cultivator sects in the secret realm. She was deeply troubled, unsure of how to interact with Ye Fan. Ye Fan was no longer a disciple of Tianxuan Sect, and even she no longer considered herself a part of it because she was disappointed with the sect. She could have left, but she didn't want to be irresponsible.

Now, Ye Fan had told her a true way to get along: this time, he would treat her as just another servant like Han Qing'er or Sang Yuan, completely possessing her. She would no longer need to offer much advice to Ye Fan, nor even think about anything. She would be an ordinary woman, serving Ye Fan in the most direct way possible, even being treated as a plaything, and she had accepted this.

After Ye Fan left, Han Qing'er walked into the room with pride. In her eyes, she looked down on Ling and Wu Ding. Her cultivation was like an ant compared to theirs, but they had become Ye Fan's servants earlier. In her heart, Ye Fan was like an emperor, and she considered herself an early concubine, feeling her status was definitely higher than Wu Ding and Ling's. She returned to her room just to wait for the monarch to return and please him.

Ling only recently regained her freedom. Ye Fan's previous possession of her made her feel a deep sense of humiliation. She was now ordered to help Ye Fan with tasks, but she felt powerless, unlike her former decisive and vigorous self.

Ling cast a last, complex glance at Wu Ding before finally walking out the door to contact people from the Diyuan Sect. Within these four months, she had to work for Ye Fan, as long as it wouldn't harm Diyuan Sect's interests, she had to comply unconditionally. She didn't want the Diyuan Sect to be ultimately annihilated by Ye Fan.

"What are you still doing here? Come out!" Just as Wu Ding was lost in her thoughts, a sudden voice made her feel anxious, for it was her master, Hua Wu.

Wu Ding looked around but couldn't figure out where the voice was coming from. Yet her body started moving in a direction beyond her control, not even knowing why this was happening.

She felt like a puppet, her body being commanded, while her mind couldn't control it. But oddly, her mind was absolutely clear, knowing she was being manipulated. Accustomed to Ye Fan's earlier discourse, she wondered if while killing before, she had been conscious but forgot everything afterward. Wu Ding shuddered at the thought: "Was I awake when killing, but completely forgot afterward?"

Wu Ding's body had already left the villa, heading to the west of Hua Hai City. Just as she felt there was no point in living as a puppet anymore, preparing to end herself, she suddenly sensed a strong spiritual energy. There, in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of the city, stood a person in the second-floor window, looking out at the fields. It was her master, Hua Wu.

Wu Ding involuntarily entered the factory, not able to speak yet as Hua Wu turned to examine her, slightly frowning, seemingly finding Wu Ding's demeanor different than before.

But Hua Wu didn't hesitate or waste words, directly asking, "What is Ye Fan up to lately? Report truthfully, leave nothing out."

Wu Ding thought of the scene when leaving Tianxuan Sect, when she had declared the end of their master-disciple relationship. Why was she now being asked about Ye Fan? Why would Hua Wu expect her to be truthful?

Seeing Wu Ding silent, Hua Wu said angrily, "What, did you not hear me?"

"Master, what are you talking about?" Wu Ding wore a look of disbelief.

This statement took Hua Wu by surprise; she hadn't expected Wu Ding to still possess independent awareness. Observing Wu Ding, she said disbelievingly, "Impossible, your restriction... was undone? It's unbreakable!"

"That might not be the case, Sect Master Hua!" a voice came from afar, one familiar to both Wu Ding and Hua Wu, belonging to none other than Ye Fan.

Though Ye Fan was supposed to go to the East Sea to explore the Divine Artifact beneath, he returned to Hua Hai City with only Sang Yuan and appeared in the old factory. When Hua Wu saw Ye Fan, she felt disaster looming. Being a sect master, she didn't bother escaping, but she still couldn't understand how Ye Fan had lifted the restriction on Wu Ding.

"You..."

When Ye Fan and Sang Yuan settled in, Wu Ding regarded Ye Fan with a complex expression, likely understanding the situation. Ye Fan had previously mentioned to her that disciples of Tianxuan Sect could be used as puppets. Back then, she believed him only half-heartedly, not knowing how Ye Fan had partially lifted her restriction, allowing her to be consciously used by Hua Wu as a puppet, thus making her realize Hua Wu had always been using her—just as much as he was using Ye Fan. She never expected Ye Fan to escape Tianxuan Sect's control and return to Earth.

Hua Wu sneered, "Alliance Hierarch Ye, weren't you supposed to be at the East Sea? Why appear here?"

"Haha, Sect Master Hua visiting my Earth, as a member of Earth, it's only right for me to greet you, isn't it? The East Sea is too near Hua Hai City; if I didn't come over, it wouldn't be polite." Ye Fan carried the bearing of a superior.

With a few hints of a grim smile, Hua Wu said, "Fine, since you've discovered everything, I have nothing to say. Whether you want to kill or cut, do as you wish. But even in death, I will turn Earth upside down. The catastrophe that befalls Earth then will be of your making!"

"Master, you said no matter what we do, it shouldn't affect Earthly mortals." Wu Ding felt her worldview crumbling at this revelation, realizing her lifelong trusted master had been using her. The one unraveling these mysteries was none other than the young junior brother, Ye Fan, whom she had once underestimated.

"Silence! You dare team up with outsiders against your own sect? Tianxuan Sect has no disciple like you; from now on, you are no longer of Tianxuan Sect!" Hua Wu roared at Wu Ding like a fierce she-leopard.

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