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The sword was trembling, but it hadn’t yet fallen.

Lan Xi suddenly smiled at Lan Yan, "Mother, let me do it myself! If I must die, so be it. As long as the one who kills me isn’t you."

She thought that if she ended it herself, she’d feel a bit more at peace.

And her mother wouldn’t have to suffer so much.

But Lan Yan gripped the sword, unable to let go.

It wasn’t that she wouldn’t release it, but that she couldn’t. Ever since she became a demon, her eyes were no longer black but a blood-like red.

If she took the Goddess Sword and ran, nobody in the world could do anything to her.

Lan Yan’s fingers trembled as she lifted the Goddess Sword with a headache that felt like it would split her head open and chopped down heavily.

The red in Lan Xi’s eyes grew more intense until it seemed as if black and red flames were burning in her pupils.

Just as the Goddess Sword cut half an inch into her neck, a folding fan struck the Goddess Sword, sending it flying away, causing Lan Yan to stagger back several steps, almost falling off the altar.

"Apprentice sister, what’s wrong with you?" Mi Xi looked at the girl’s face, covered in blue veins and black scars, and felt nothing but heartache.

Just a moment ago, how beautiful she was.

Standing at the highest point, admired by all, beyond compare in all the world.

The next moment, she sacrificed all her Spiritual Energy and life to the Mortal World and was left with this hideous appearance. What she got in return was her mother’s own punishment.

Lan Yan snapped back to awareness and, seeing Mi Xi, instantly became furious, "Who let you up the altar? Get down from here."

But Mi Xi ignored the Goddess’s rage and quickly picked up the kneeling Lan Xi, comforting her, "Apprentice sister! You’ll be all right, I’ll take you away. I will definitely find a way to heal you."

The Goddess Sword in Lan Yan’s hand had fallen and disappeared, nowhere to be found for the time being.

How could Mi Xi take Lan Xi away?

If she caused calamities in the future, she would be the greatest sinner.

"Stop them! They must not be allowed to leave. Lan Xi has become a demon," Lan Yan’s words boomed like thunder, instantly causing all the immortals to scream in shock.

The Emperor of the Heavens hadn’t even reacted before exclaiming, "What on earth is going on?"

"I think it may be that Your Highness Lan Xi purified the Mortal World but absorbed too much Demonic Qi, leading herself to become demonized," a quick-thinking Immortal Family member immediately realized.

The Emperor, hearing this, showed great shock and unhesitatingly ordered his celestial soldiers to encircle the altar inch by inch.

Meanwhile, Lan Xi buried her head in Mi Xi’s embrace.

She thought she must look very ugly.

All the people in the world didn’t believe in her, thinking that once her eyes changed color, they could never go back.

If she became a demon, she would go mad, kill indiscriminately, and recognize no kin.

But at this moment, her mind was frighteningly clear.

"Apprentice brother, let go of me. If I really have become a demon and lose my mind, then the world will be doomed. By saving me, you will become a sinner against the world," Lan Xi even hid her hands under her sleeves, not wanting to expose her ugliness for others to see.

But Mi Xi descended the steps with unwavering steps, one by one, looking at the girl in his arms, "If such a day comes, I am willing to be that sinner. But I believe you won’t."

Because before that day arrives, he would heal her ailment.

Lan Xi giggled from within his embrace.

It turned out that in addition to Ah Qing, there was another person in this world who believed in her unconditionally, her apprentice brother.

How had she not noticed before that Mi Xi was so good?

Even the mother who had raised her since childhood did not believe in her, yet he stood unconditionally by her side.

"Apprentice brother, if you had to make a choice between the countless lives in the Mortal World and me, what would you choose?" Lan Xi asked with a laugh. After asking, she felt only desolation. Love Above All, wasn’t that the principle advocated by all immortals?

By asking this, she simply wanted to hear him say that he would choose the lives of the world, and then she would persuade him to let her go.

Because she feared she would betray his trust.

She was willing to die for her principles, preferring to be a pure immortal rather than a demon scorned by all.

Upon hearing this, Mi Xi halted in his steps, his gaze resting on her soft strands of hair as he said word by word, "Even though my master taught me to love generously and to put the masses first. Yet, what do the world’s people have to do with me, if I can’t even protect the person I want to protect?

What right do I have to speak of the world’s people? "

Lan Xi bit her lip, her vision already blurred by tears.

Even as Lan Yan placed the sword against her neck, she remained unmoved.

Yet at this moment, she felt an unprecedented sense of relief.

Mi Xi walked on, then suddenly stopped.

The steps of the altar were surrounded by a dense throng of heavenly soldiers.

With an ugly expression, Zhong Li roared, "Mi Xi, hand over Lan Xi quickly. Do you realize what you are doing? Do you want to be an enemy of the Heavens?"

Mi Xi remained composed, looking into the distance, "I am taking her away, didn’t you hear?"

"How dare you! The Goddess has commanded that you must not be let go. The Heavenly Emperor has decreed, if you persist in your delusion, you will be killed without mercy." Zhong Li pointed his Trident at Mi Xi’s head.

"Killed without mercy..." Mi Xi gritted his teeth, cut off Lan Xi’s cloak, placed a scarf over her head, scooped her up in one arm, pulled out a fan with his other hand, and faced off against Zhong Li. "If you can, then come. If you can kill me, you’re impressive. If you can’t, I will definitely take her away today. "

As his words fell, his entire being turned into a wisp of smoke and vanished on the spot.

When he appeared again, he was a hundred meters away.

He forcefully fanned the plain white folding fan, and a fierce gale instantly blew over a swath of heavenly soldiers.

He brute-forced his way through the wall of people, carving out a broad path.

Seeing that Mi Xi was unrepentant, Zhong Li looked towards the Heavenly Emperor.

The Heavenly Emperor felt it was a pity to look at Lan Xi.

Although he had hoped that Lan Xi would marry Crown Prince Ya, now that she had become a demon, the Immortal Realm could no longer contain her.

If she were to go to the Demon Realm, she would become the greatest enemy of the Heavens.

As powerful as she was in the Heavens, she would be just as formidable in the Demon Realm.

Weighing the pros and cons, it was natural to snuff her out in the cradle.

"Someone, shoot arrows!"

Following Zhong Li’s command,

A dense array of archers appeared before Mi Xi.

Then, countless arrows showered down on him like a violent storm.

Mi Xi’s face showed shock as he waved his fan, dodging repeatedly.

But two fists were no match for four hands.

An arrow hit him in the leg because he wasn’t quick enough to dodge, all to protect Lan Xi.

Even though he turned around, crouched down while holding her, using his back to block the thousands of Arrows coming from behind.

Lan Xi only felt coldness, her body going from a pinprick of stinging pain to rigid immobility, and then to trembling from the cold.

She curled up in Mi Xi’s embrace, feeling so warm.

The sharp smell of fresh blood enveloped her, an endless chill, as if the depths of winter had arrived instantly, the ice and snow enveloping the land.

The arrow rain ceased.

The wind blew away the scarf from Lan Xi’s head, allowing everyone to clearly see her face.

Before, she was as beautiful as could be.

Now, she was just as hideous.