After rebirth, the eldest sister voluntarily abdicated and gave way to the wise.

Chapter 624 The Bright Moon Shines (4)

I once saw a god.

I gave her all of my sacrifice.

Finally, a miracle occurred.

Returning to the dark and boundless desolate forest, returning to the year when I was most miserable.

My senior sister, whom I have thought of countless times, the one whose image is etched in my heart like candlelight, has finally appeared before me once again.

Living and breathing.

Vague and ethereal.

Dressed in white as snow, breathing out warm air.

In the same place, in the same desolate forest, she was as beautiful as a goddess under the moonlight.

"Senior sister..." I murmured.

She, who was about to continue forward with her fellow disciples, suddenly turned her head and looked at me in the dark corner.

—Once again, once again, the gentle, thin moonlight shone upon me.

Going back in time, I wanted to make changes; I couldn't let anything happen to my senior sister again. I did a lot: I investigated the clues of the demons' resurgence, informed the sect leader of the calamity that would befall them in the next hundred years, and secretly spread the news of the God-Demon Sealing Array throughout the entire sect.

If the tragic fate cannot be changed, then it should be borne by more and more people so as not to crush one person.

I did so much more: I warned my master, kept it a secret from my senior sister, and inquired about returning to the sect from my eldest brother... I thought that as long as I was well prepared and planned thoroughly, and avoided all the places where tragedies would happen, the cultivation world would be safe, Zhenfeng would be safe, and my senior sister would be safe.

But to my utter surprise, the demons, driven to the brink of despair, did not choose to prolong their lives, but instead launched a great war against the cultivation world ahead of schedule.

At that time, the sealing array between gods and demons was about to be repaired, and the war between immortals and demons quickly turned the entire cultivation world into a giant meat grinder—the situation became even worse. Not only could I not change my senior sister's fate, but I also had to watch helplessly as another catastrophe descended and as she died in front of me once again.

Master is dead.

Second Senior Brother is dead.

Third Senior Sister is dead.

The eldest brother is dead.

Fourth Senior Brother is dead.

Without shedding a single tear, the senior sister resolutely took on the mission of being a disciple of the First Immortal Sect and rushed to the battlefield.

But when she saw city after city fall into the hands of the demons, when she saw husbands weeping over their wives' corpses, when she saw children crying out "Mother" before dying before her eyes, she finally reached her limit.

I will never forget that day.

The lingering sunset on the horizon blended with the dim night, like a piece of paper splattered with ink, tangled and sticky, impossible to separate.

And viscous.

The city was covered in blood, bones, and scorched earth. My senior sister, dressed in blood and disheveled clothes, knelt on the ground and broke down in tears, hugging me tightly.

"Help me!"

"Junior brother, save me, please, save me..."

Her tears soaked my heart, chilling me to the bone.

No matter how hard one tries, no matter how desperately one fights, one person's strength is nothing more than a drop in the ocean or an ant trying to shake a tree in the face of a global catastrophe.

Those who survive always have to endure a thousand times more suffering.

My senior sister has gone missing.

I searched for her everywhere like a madman.

When she reappeared in my sight, she was clad in divine armor, standing tall on the battlefield between immortals and demons, the Heavenly Sword radiating a dazzling light, like an unbreakable peak.

"This is a pair of Xuanlei Ruyi Tongxin Zhenling Pearls that I obtained by chance. There are some words of inscription next to the pearls. The inscription says that no matter how far apart the two people who possess these pearls are or how many reincarnations they have been separated from, they will be able to meet again... Ayou, I'm giving them to you. Let's leave the regrets we didn't finish in this life for the next life."

"...I'm sorry, please forgive me..."

don't want!don't want!

I desperately tried to grab those hands.

The sword formation that bound me firmly pinned me to the spot. I cried out in anguish, calling out "Senior Sister," but all I could see was devastation and bloodshot eyes.

Master, eldest brother, second brother, third sister, fourth brother, sister... none of them are here anymore.

And I am, as they say, the last spark of life left behind.

The peaks were empty, and the cold wind rushed wildly into my collar.

"I'm all alone now. I'm the only one left in Zhenfeng. Senior sister, how am I supposed to live...?"

"You will remember me, won't you? In the next life, and the life after that, you will remember that it was I who sacrificed myself for you."

I really want to disappear into the world with her, never to be separated again, and never to experience sorrow again.

But, but, I remember, I remember how heartbroken and desperate she was, begging me to save her.

Please save her.

I have started my third cycle.

This time, something was different.

Instead of joining the Array Peak and becoming fellow disciples with the eldest brother, the senior sister joined the sect leader, Qingzhi Immortal Venerable, who had always admired her, and became the supreme senior sister of the Tianqian Sect.

And so it went in every subsequent cycle, without ever changing.

Her contact with Zhenfeng became less and less frequent, and their communication dwindled. Her life seemed to have slipped onto a different track, a different track that appeared "correct" and "predetermined."

I don't know if this change is good or bad, but I know that no matter whether Senior Sister is the junior sister of Zhenfeng or the senior sister of Jianfeng, as long as she is still a member of a reputable sect and as long as she insists on taking the well-being of all people as her responsibility, her final fate will not change.

I made a decision.

A decision that will send me to hell.

I killed disciples of the immortal sects. One wasn't enough, so I killed two. Other immortal sects wouldn't do, so I killed the Tianqian Sect... I even attacked her other junior brother, whom she cherishes most now, and then pointed all the evidence at my senior sister.

I will sow discord between her and the sect, and between her and the righteous path. I will use every means to force her to submit.

He forced her to become a demon.

From then on, the rights and wrongs of the world were no longer relevant to her.

It's laughable, it's laughable that... Senior Sister would rather be imprisoned in a dungeon and tortured, rather endure the agony of soul-searching to prove her innocence, than give up the Tianqian Sect and the Dao in her heart.

Senior sister, what should I do?

Fortunately, God gave me a wonderful opportunity.

My master found me. He discovered my secret and sadly advised me to turn back before it's too late.

I knelt before him and kowtowed three times.

"Master, please, please help me save my senior sister..."

I am not a good person.

I am deeply sinful.

I deserve to be torn to pieces and die a horrible death.

But before that, please help me save my senior sister.

I injured him unexpectedly and sealed him deep in the desolate forest, while deliberately revealing my whereabouts.

The Peak Master of Zhenfeng disappeared, and soon after, the disciples of the Discipline Hall found me. I was tortured, but I still refused to reveal the whereabouts of my master. On the verge of death, I cried and told my senior sister that I was innocent and begged her to believe me.

My senior sister, she always seems to have too much trust in the people close to her. She easily believed that I had been framed just like her, little did she know that I was the real "culprit".

Knowing that the re-education camp had sentenced me to death, she helped me escape.