After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

Whether it was the words of the girl who looked just like Jun Qianrou, or the words of the ancestor, Donghuang Li realized it all.

He might be facing his death soon.

She is a disciple of the Taiyi Sect.

She is a direct descendant of the Eastern Emperor.

Along with the powerful talent of the Eastern Empress's descendant, [Harmony with Heaven], also exists a calamity of death—

That kind of cursed death... isn't so easy to avoid.

To avoid death, my sister lived almost entirely in anonymity.

Until today.

Very few people know that the little princess of the Taiyi Sect has an older sister.

It won't be until three years later, when my sister breaks through the threshold of the Nascent Soul Realm, that she can be considered to have truly overcome the life-and-death barrier and escaped the calamity of death.

And myself...

Donghuang Li's lips were deathly pale.

She cried and poured out everything to Shi Yan.

She once thought that the death calamity was just a joke.

But...only when he was truly face to face with death did Donghuang Li realize—

Don't want to die!

I don't want to die!

Shi Yan held the girl in his arms and gently patted her back.

"It's okay—"

"It's okay."

Shi Yan comforted Donghuang Li again and again, "I will overcome your calamity."

Hearing Shi Yan's words, Donghuang Li felt as if her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, had been eased a little.

Holding Donghuang Li in his arms.

An answer was gradually emerging in Shi Yan's mind.

Why... why was Donghuang Li, whom I had clearly built up a lot of goodwill towards, so... distant when she first faced me?

Why is Donghuang Li, who is quiet and elegant in the game, now acting like a crazy girl?

Why did Donghuang Li transform from a wild girl into a symbol of gentleness and elegance, and become the proper representative of the Taiyi Sect, in just a few years?

According to Donghuang Li, she actually had an older sister at the Taiyi Sect.

From that moment on, a sister who didn't even know Shi Yan.

There's only one answer left.

In the game's worldline—

The real Donghuang Li had already died in Le'an City.

Years later, he barged into the Jade Spring of the Taiyi Sect, where a girl, with dignified and fearless eyes, stared at him—a girl whose favorability he had forcefully cultivated...

It's not Donghuang Li at all.

It was Donghuang Li's older sister.

Donghuang...Li.

Then everything makes sense.

Donghuang Li is close to me because I have maximized Donghuang Li's favorability.

The girl's favorability also increased.

Donghuang Li had seen her and Wen Ruya's art collection at her sister's place.

It's because Donghuang Li, who has gained so much favor from him, can't help but be drawn into his portrait even when he only sees it.

And... Donghuang Li's awkwardness after being pinned down by him during their first meeting.

It's also because... her feelings for him weren't at the point of being devoted to each other until death.

She was just someone her sister liked.

at the same time--

The doubts surrounding Donghuang Li were also resolved.

Why didn't 'Donghuang Li,' who specializes in the Seven Meridians Technique, use the secret methods of the Taiyi Sect to raise her innate talent to the level of all eight meridians?

For the Taiyi Sect, mastering all five major techniques is a qualitative leap, and each additional technique represents a significant improvement.

Logically speaking... the Taiyi Sect should have tried every means to help Donghuang Li improve her aptitude and innate talent.

But they didn't.

Perhaps... it's because 'Donghuang Li' has already been upgraded once.

Only after improvement can she reach a level similar to her sister, mastering all seven meridian techniques.

“I’m so glad—” Shi Yan said, holding Donghuang Li’s hand.

"I met you in Canglang City."

Hearing Donghuang Li's words, which sounded almost like a confession, the girl's eyes widened.

Shi Yan didn't seem to have any feelings about that.

But this time... she will definitely change Donghuang Li's fate.

only--

Before that... Shi Yan suddenly recalled the almost delighted smile of the tavern proprietress.

Could my encounter with Donghuang Li really be a coincidence?

A huge question arose in Shi Yan's mind.

However... this question may no longer need an answer.

Holding Donghuang Li's hand tightly and carrying a green lantern, Shi Yan led the girl towards the seemingly non-existent end of the street.

And behind the girls—

The place where Donghuang Li and Shi Yan cried and complained.

"Gah!"

A blue swan slowly landed on the ground.

She raised her right arm, then held up her hand, looking at the tips of the feathers.

The long, blue feathers... were stained crimson at the tips.

"Gah!!!"

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He put his arm around the girl's shoulder.

It felt like holding her in my arms.

Carrying a dim blue lamp, Shi Yan led Donghuang Li slowly toward the end of the street.

Girls always want to know just how hurt Shi Yan really is behind the scenes.

He wanted to get behind Shi Yan.

But... he was pulled into Shi Yan's arms rather forcefully.

Strands of hair fell across Donghuang Li's neck.

He could smell the almost sweet scent emanating from the girl behind him.

Donghuang Li could only stagger along.

"Are you alright?"

She thought of her teacher's comforting words.

"How could nothing be wrong..."

"So much blood."

"Shiyan definitely doesn't want me to worry."

Shi Yan gripped her blood-stained right hand tightly, and Donghuang Li didn't even have the strength to pull it away.

In front of Shi Yan... she felt as if she were about to be crushed, with no room for resistance whatsoever.

but--

Donghuang Li could feel that her right hand was sticky.

There must be a lot of blood.

Perhaps Shi Yan wasn't seriously injured to begin with, or perhaps Donghuang Li didn't see much blood at first.

However, in this situation, girls will only imagine things to be more and more intense.

Without actually seeing the wound on Shi Yan's back, she could only imagine it.

Then...the guilt gradually deepened.

If it weren't for myself...

Sentences like these kept looping in the girl's mind.

Actually, Shi Yan wasn't seriously injured.

If the injury was serious, Shi Yan wouldn't even need Donghuang Li to remind him; he would simply find an alleyway next to a silk shop and slip inside.

Then Donghuang Li bandaged his wounds.