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For a moment, everyone who caught sight of her appearance took a step back in terror, disbelief written all over their faces.

"Her eyes have turned red, she’s becoming the most terrifying Demon."

"Yes, red! It’s too scary."

"We must not let her go, allowing her to bring calamity upon the Six Realms."

Lan Xi’s hand accidentally touched some sticky fresh blood.

She lifted her head, her eyes brimming with tears as she looked at Mi Xi, "Senior Brother, why must you do this? I’m destined to die, my fate is sealed. Your struggle is in vain."

But Mi Xi was half-kneeling on the ground, holding her in his arms, despite being pierced through the heart by thousands of Arrows, the pain numbing him. When he opened his mouth, blood slowly spilled from the corners.

Yet, there was a tender, gentle smile on his face, "Junior Sister, if they want you dead, they’ll have to step over my corpse first. Otherwise, no one will get to you."

"Senior Brother! I beg you, let me go, just leave! As long as you let me go, no one will bother you anymore." Lan Xi clutched her sleeve in agony. She had lost all hope and didn’t want to drag Mi Xi down with her.

"You think so? From the moment I saved you from Goddess Lan Yan’s hands, we stood united.

Either we live together, or we die together.

" Mi Xi hugged her even tighter with one arm, a sorrowful curve appearing at the corner of his mouth, "Xixi, Senior Brother will find a way to cure you. As long as you don’t give up, what’s going to the Demon Realm! I’ll accompany you."

Lan Xi seldom cried, but for the first time in her life, she felt her existence wasn’t a complete failure.

In this life-or-death moment, there was still someone who believed in her, was willing to protect her, and wanted to treat her illness.

If one could live, who would choose to die?

Lan Xi leaned her head against Mi Xi’s chest, sobbing softly.

It had never rained in the Immortal Realm, yet suddenly, a fine drizzle began to fall.

The Emperor of Heaven looked at Mi Xi, his back filled with Arrows. Without further treatment, he was going to die. "Mi Xi, I’ll give you one more chance. Let go of Lan Xi and you can return to Taibai Hall. Otherwise, I will show no mercy today."

With a resolute gaze, Mi Xi looked up and faced the Emperor of Heaven, "A bunch of cowards, you don’t deserve my guardianship."

Lan Xi knew conducting the divine prayer would lead to death, yet she chose to sacrifice herself for the greater good.

And these immortals, unable to bear Lan Xi taking the affliction onto herself, rejected her.

Are heavenly laws that important?

Does it really matter to keep Immortals and Demons so distinctly apart?

"You..." The Emperor of Heaven, having his pride wounded, bellowed in rage. "Mi Xi, you remain unrepentant. Today, nobody leaves here alive."

Rong Feng and others like San Qi stood there dumbfounded, never expecting things to escalate this far.

Rong Feng was Lan Xi’s disciple; his master had pulled him back from the Demon Realm, but now she had become a Demon.

He stood there, watching the lady who’d been so high and mighty just a moment ago, now reviled by thousands, prepared to be killed.

He clenched the Longsword in his hand and charged forward.

Though he was fond of the Immortal Realm, enjoying his carefree existence,

without Lan Xi, there was no him.

"Uncle Mi Xi, take Master and run, I’ll hold them off."

The moment Rong Feng charged forward, he was suddenly flung away by an immense force.

Lan Xi stood up from Mi Xi’s embrace.

She struck Mi Xi’s body with her palm, knocking all the Arrows from his back, then picked up the veil that had fallen on the ground and put it back on.

Lan Xi acted swiftly, everything happening in an instant.

Nobody even saw her strike at Rong Feng, forcing him back.

She suddenly moved, and the people of the Immortal Realm were so frightened that they all took a step back.

With a grand sweep of her hand, Lan Xi’s magic sliced her dress into a more practical short garb.

The misty veil, she hid her hands within her sleeves.

Gazing at the fallen Rong Feng not far away, her voice tinged with regret, "I had wanted to take you back, to teach you the ways of cultivation, yet throughout these years, I have failed to impart to you anything substantial.

Now that I am severed from the Immortal Realm, Rong Feng, you must fend for yourself. "

"Master!" Rong Feng dashed out without hesitation, kneeling before Lan Xi, "No, Master is like a second parent to me, wherever you go. I will follow!"

Just like the beginning, when she decided to take him as her disciple.

She had never abandoned him, no matter the circumstance.

If it wasn’t for Lan Xi, there would be no Rong Feng.

"Don’t you understand my words? I have become a Demon, from now on you are no longer my disciple," Lan Xi declared firmly.

Afterwards, she no longer looked at Rong Feng, but at Lan Xi.

"Mother, just now you couldn’t bring yourself to strike successfully, and now you have let me escape. I’m sorry, suddenly I don’t wish to die anymore. Even if my days are shrouded in darkness, I am resolved to endure it."

After saying this, Lan Xi knelt to the ground, bowing her head in the direction of Lan Yan.

As she raised her head and looked towards Lan Yan again, her eyes were filled with cold indifference, "This bow, you may consider as if Lan Xi has already perished."

Lan Yan’s face showed both sorrow and regret.

At that moment, her brief hesitation had resulted in the lost opportunity to kill Lan Xi at the most opportune time.

Now it was too late, for as long as she wished to live, no one present could kill her.

"Lan Xi, what do you mean? You are a Divinity, revered in the Immortal Realm, are you now discarding the light for the darkness?" The Heavenly Emperor’s voice echoed with authority.

Lan Xi slowly stood up from the ground, her gaze piercing through the thin veil atop her head towards the lofty Heavenly Emperor, and she let out a derisive laugh, "If the light insists on my death, then I’d rather live in the darkness.

Heavenly Emperor, the mortal world’s catastrophe is partially your responsibility.

Both our hearts know the truth, and since all of you have abandoned me, my marital bond with the Heavenly Clan is henceforth null and void. "

The Heavenly Emperor clenched the armrest of his Dragon Throne, his expression darkening in an instant.

Lan Xi dared to accuse him to his face!

"You have become a Demon, naturally the marriage agreement no longer holds." The Emperor spoke coldly, still without a word of concession, even hesitant to admit his own fault.

"Very well, then I request Your Majesty to issue an imperial decree." As Lan Xi finished speaking, she turned to face the Heavenly soldiers surrounding her.

"If you let me go today, I can assure you of fifty thousand years of peace between the Two Realms. If not, Lan Xi will be forced to take offense."

Her stance was resolute, requesting from the Heavenly Emperor a decree to renounce the marriage.

She wanted the Heavens to release her honorably.

After a moment of contemplation, if they truly were to fight Lan Xi, they were sure to gain no advantage.

After all, she was someone endowed with Divinity, and even as a Demon, she was still formidable.

If she could guarantee fifty thousand years of peace between the Two Realms, that would be beneficial too.

Regardless, the transaction was worthwhile.

The Heavenly Emperor’s gaze turned serious as he looked at Lan Xi, "I have one condition—that you leave behind the Immortal Realm’s Divine Artifact, the Qiankun Gu."

Without hesitation, Lan Xi tossed the Qiankun Gu into the air, where Zhong Li caught it.

Only then did the Emperor satisfyingly write the imperial decree.

To dissolve the Heavenly Crown Prince Ya’s marriage to Lan Xi.

From now on, this marriage would be as if it had never existed.

With the imperial decree in hand, Lan Xi then turned her attention to the seriously injured Mi Xi.