Bengtie: My death fueled their madness.

Secular morality and rules.

Those seven words were like heavy shackles, imprisoning the unacknowledged feelings in Jingliu's heart.

From that day on, she seemed to have changed.

Retract all overstepping glances and hide those clever little actions.

I will no longer secretly touch him, nor greedily breathe in the scent he left behind.

When he stood in front of Qi Zhimu, he was as respectful as a jade sculpture without any emotion.

Whenever he uttered the words "Master," he always maintained a perfectly measured distance.

It was as if that was just an ordinary relationship title, rather than someone who had occupied her entire soul.

Qi Zhimu seemed quite satisfied with this change, or perhaps he didn't care at all.

In Jingliu's eyes, he will always be like this.

Shortly after, Jingliu submitted his transfer order.

The reason was perfectly valid: the war in Yaoqing had stabilized, and she applied to go to other immortal ships to provide support and continue to fulfill her hunting ambitions.

Qi Zhimu remained silent for a moment, neither trying to stop him nor asking any further questions, but simply nodding in agreement.

Mirror Flow has departed, drifting between Zhu Ming, Fang Hu, and Yu Que... Wherever there is war, there will be a flash of cold sword light.

She became numb to the killing, wallowed in bloodshed, and used endless battles to fill the huge void in her heart.

Until that name appeared.

——Hu Lei.

Bu Liren is the newly appointed war chief, a cruel and cunning wolf.

No one knows when Hu Lei rose to prominence, nor has anyone ever heard of him among the hunters of the Bu Li people.

However, this did not prevent the spread of his cruel deeds. Every time his intelligence was sent back, it was accompanied by the complete disappearance of several star system civilizations.

Countless fox-people were kept in captivity, bled to make medicine, and ultimately became food for them.

This atrocity enraged the entire Immortal Ship Alliance, and countless Cloud Riders vowed to cut off its head.

When the news reached Jingliu's ears, she was sitting on the ruins of a desolate planet, slowly wiping the edge of her sword.

At that moment, her eyes, which had been devoid of emotion and brilliance, suddenly flashed with a chilling crimson.

That was the hunter's excitement at smelling the best prey, an almost pathological desire.

Battle Head, Step-Off Person Battle Head...

Back then, Master killed the previous War Chief Wusa, leaving his mark in the Immortal Ship Chronicle, and was renowned for his military achievements.

What if... what if she also beheaded the new war chief, Hure?

Does that mean she can also reach that level?

Does this mean that I am finally qualified to let my master see me?

"Hu Lei..."

Jingliu gently stroked the sword, his fingertips tracing the sharp edge, drawing a thin line of blood.

The aimless journey began to have an extremely clear goal.

However, Hu Lei, that vicious wolf, was outrageously cunning.

They never directly confront the main force of the Cloud Cavalry, always setting traps with false information, causing the hunting forces of the various immortal ships to miss their targets time and time again.

Jingliu didn't care much, traversing the vast starry world, and killing any imposters or phantoms he found without mercy.

However, her killing intent grew stronger, and her obsession with catching up with her master was almost insane.

……

Astrological year 6745.

Jingliu returned to Yaoqing after a long absence.

The starship descended slowly, and the hatch opened.

The moment I stepped out of the cabin, a black warship on the opposite berth came to a stop.

A familiar figure, etched into my very bones, is stepping off the ship.

Eyes facing each other.

Jingliu's breathing suddenly stopped.

Many years have passed, but time has left no trace on him.

Master's figure remained as upright as a pine tree, with deep, unfathomable eyes.

Her mental defenses almost collapsed in that instant, and the urge to rush up and hug him, to tell him about all the years of longing she had felt, was stronger than a tsunami.

But the next second, the cold vocabulary echoed again from the depths of his mind.

Secular morality and rules.

Jingliu forcefully suppressed his surging emotions and performed an impeccable bow.

"Master."

His voice was steady and indifferent, as if he were greeting a regular superior.

Qi Zhimu paused slightly, his gaze lingering on her for a moment before he nodded slightly.

"Um."

After saying that, he withdrew his gaze and led Mianxue and the other person behind him toward the military council hall.

In the instant they brushed past each other, Jingliu caught a whiff of a scent that penetrated to the very marrow of his bones. His heart trembled violently, but he never turned back to look.

The holidays overlapped, and everything proceeded in an orderly and ordinary manner.

…If we ignore the fact that Qi Zhimu often lingers in the Mianxue or Qinghan rooms until late at night…

Unfortunately, she couldn't ignore it.

In fact, most of the time they would stay until dawn.

On rare occasions, the two sisters would stay overnight in Qi Zhimu's room.

With each experience, the darkness in Mirror Flow's eyes spreads a little further.

Just as she was about to lose control of her emotions that had been suppressed for hundreds of years, an urgent battle report came from the Tianbo Division.

Mo Tingquan's main force was ambushed by Hu Lei in the Yinghuo star field and requested reinforcements.

Without hesitation, the newly appointed General Zhuiyun issued an order: Qi Zhimu and Jingliu should immediately lead their troops to set off together and rush to the rescue!

Finally... finally this day has come, to fight alongside my master!

Finally… Hu Lei appeared!

Jingliu's pupils trembled slightly as he looked at the military order with their names printed on it in the Yuzhao projection.

Warships sped across the starry sky, descending upon the Mars star system, preparing to land on the planet from which the distress signal originated.

It had become a living hell, with the wreckage of starships and the remains of soldiers ravaged by war floating in the orbit.

The ground was a scene of utter devastation, with severed limbs and remains of Cloud Riders and Infantrymen scattered everywhere.

But at the coordinates where Mo Tingquan last sent out his distress call, there was no one there.

"They must have been evacuated urgently."

Qi Zhimu examined the holographic map with a calm expression.

After a moment's thought, he turned to look at Jingliu, his tone concise.

"We'll split into two groups. I'll lead the search to the north, and you'll go south. If you spot any enemy activity, signal immediately. Do not engage in prolonged combat."

"Yes."

Jingliu didn't waste any words, or even glance at him, before accepting the order, turning around, and leading his squad to set off at top speed.

She moved through the ruins, and wherever her sword passed, the wandering Bu Li scouts were beheaded.

As the search deepened, traces of the remnants of Mo Tingquan were finally discovered deep within a canyon.

He is facing a fierce, desperate struggle.

The surviving Cloud Cavalry in the rear had lost their weapons and were surrounded by a number of Infantry Wolf Soldiers, who outnumbered them several times over, with nowhere to retreat.

If Mo Tingquan hadn't single-handedly sealed off the canyon pass, it's easy to imagine what would have happened to those unarmed comrades.

A coordinate signal flare shot into the sky, turning half the sky red.

"kill!"

Jing Liu gave the order in a cold voice, and took the lead in charging into the encirclement. His cold sword energy crisscrossed, and he brutally tore a gap in Bu Liren's impenetrable encirclement.

Qi Zhimu arrived very quickly.

The moment the signal was raised, he learned that Hu Lei had already escaped.

This cunning new wolf king seemed to have anticipated the arrival of reinforcements and had fled three standard days into this world.

Qi Zhimu had just led his troops to the coordinates and had not yet given any orders when Jing Liu's urgent calls came through the communication frequency.

"Master! Come quickly! Senior Mo Tingquan, he..."

Qi Zhimu's figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

When he arrived at Jingliu's side, the scene before him made his eyes darken.