...Wang Mu.

I didn't mean that.

"No."

"Oh? How is that not so?"

"People are nostalgic," Wang Mu said. "What's appealing isn't the chime of the Unrivaled Bell from a thousand years ago, but the sentiments from that time."

"So, you think I'm not as good as I was a thousand years ago? Already getting nostalgic, are you?"

"I never said that," Wang Mu replied.

"Cut the crap," Mu Hongyuan said coldly. "According to you, if you are to die, you should die cleanly. Now that you've repaired the Unrivaled Bell and severed this karma, shouldn't you be on your way?"

"I can grant you whatever kind of death you desire."

"How about I chop you into eight pieces?"

...Wang Mu.

Not so good.

"Why the silence?" Mu Hongyuan attached the Unrivaled Bell to her waist and said nonchalantly, "I think being chopped into eight pieces is quite good. Oh, perhaps seven. I can send a piece to each of the others. That would be just perfect."

"No, eight pieces would be better. My disciple still needs her share, after all."

"Which piece of you, Yan Sword Immortal, do you think I should send?"

The Shadow Hong Saber reappeared.

Mu Hongyuan stared at Wang Mu.

...Wang Mu.

This really is a dilemma, isn't it?

Judging by this, is she serious?

"Feeling wronged, are you?" Mu Hongyuan sneered. "This isn't like you. At a time like this, aren't you going to argue and fight for yourself a bit?

"I've even thought of all the excuses for you. Aren't you going to offer a single word of defense?

"Things like, 'It wasn't my choice to engage in severing feelings; Mo Xilan forced me. It wasn't my fault.'

"Or, 'Besides, I never wanted to sever our romantic destiny. I even considered killing myself rather than severing my feelings for you. How could it possibly be my fault?'

"Or, 'You can't kill me! Actually, I do have feelings for you; they're just temporarily gone. They can come back!'

"'If I were to die, Bi You would avenge me.'

"'Do you really have the heart to kill me?'

"And, 'Look, I even repaired the Unrivaled Bell for you. I've depleted all my Essence Blood. Life beneath the Heavenly Demon Divine Pond wasn't easy for me! Even if I haven't earned merits, I've certainly endured hardship, haven't I? Are you really going to kill me?'

"Furthermore, 'I didn't betray you *that* much, did I? When I made that promise a thousand years ago, I never said I'd be solely devoted to you! Our understanding was clear. You claim I deceived your feelings—how could that be? Right? I definitely have feelings for you! It just doesn't stop me from having feelings for other beautiful confidantes too! It's normal for a man to have several female confidantes, isn't it?'

"Or even, 'You all suffered through these thousand years, enduring the pain of longing, but my past millennium wasn't great either. So why kill me? At worst, we can just part ways, can't we?'"

...

As Mu Hongyuan listed these potential excuses, one by one, Wang Mu felt an inexplicable cold sweat begin to form.

This Witch is truly formidable, as if she can see through anything.

"After all that, you still don't want to offer any defense?" Mu Hongyuan said coldly. "Putting on a fearless act in front of me, are you? If you'd just offered a casual excuse, perhaps I would have softened."

"You are an Ascension Realm cultivator, and I am at Foundation Establishment," Wang Mu stated. "You could annihilate me with a flick of your finger. After a thousand years, I am no longer who I was, and you are no longer who you were. All these arguments are meaningless."

"Look at this calm demeanor," Mu Hongyuan chuckled. "Anyone who didn't know better might think *you* were the one who had weathered a millennium of ups and downs to reach Ascension. Such a Heart Realm is truly befitting of Dongfang Mu, whose will managed to survive even in that boundless darkness."

"Truly remarkable."

"Thank you for the compliment," Wang Mu said.

...Mu Hongyuan.

Silence.

「Moments later.」

"Answer one question for me," Mu Hongyuan said slowly. "Answer it correctly, and I won't kill you."

"Go ahead," Wang Mu nodded.

Good, there's still a chance for things to turn around.

The fact that Mu Hongyuan is still talking to me, instead of attacking directly, clearly shows she doesn't actually want to kill me.

"You..." Mu Hongyuan paused. "When you last awoke in the Refining Emotion Cave... whose shadow was that in your eyes?"

...Wang Mu.

This question... it's unavoidable, isn't it?

"You can rest assured about that," Wang Mu said. "It definitely wasn't you."

...

Instantly, Wang Mu felt the previously deathly still Heavenly Demon Divine Pond below begin to surge tumultuously!

The Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth started to churn violently.

As expected of an Ascension Realm cultivator; a single breath could stir the Circulation Spirit Qi.

Wang Mu knew he was speaking the truth.

That shadow... I could only vaguely make out that it was a woman, but it definitely wasn't Mu Hongyuan. Nor was it Yan Qingwu... It must be someone I haven't encountered yet.

"Then who could it be?" Mu Hongyuan chuckled softly. Although her true smile wasn't visible, one could still imagine from the sound of her laughter that her expression was a chilling one.

A murderous intent surged. Wang Mu sensed it wasn't directed at him, yet it felt as if he might drown in this boundless killing intent at any second.

"It's not important."

Wang Mu shook his head.

"Oh, if it's not important, then let's forget about it." Mu Hongyuan's laughter suddenly turned somewhat coquettish. "Brother Mu, have you decided? How should your body be divided?"

That address of "Brother Mu" fully revealed Mu Hongyuan's innate, captivating charm.

It was rather soul-stirring.

After a moment of silence, Wang Mu said, "Just leave my head here. That will be enough."

"Why the head?"

"Because only my head will be able to see you one last time before I die."

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