The improved female villains regained their memories.

Whether it was the Knot of Unity or mere suspicion, Xiao Qitian, who possessed the Destiny-Knowing Technique, had already learned everything. The Knot of Unity remained on his clone, which meant that Xiaoge Yun hadn't been able to gather any evidence.

Just like today, if the fight hadn't broken out and Xiao Qitian hadn't exposed his spiritual energy, Xiao Geyun wouldn't have known he was there at all.

He looked at the girl who was as small as a rabbit. Even though she was trembling from the suppression of his blood spirit energy, the determination in her eyes did not waver in the slightest.

He couldn't help but reach out and brush her red lips, laughing, "Don't you love your senior brother anymore?"

School Song Yun closed her eyes, trying to calm herself down. She took a deep breath and said, "I love you, senior brother. I'm not lying to you. I really do love you."

Xiao Qitian asked, "Even so, do you still want to be my enemy?"

School Song Cloud trembled as he said, "Senior Brother, I love you, but I also love the sect, Master, and my fellow senior brothers and sisters. I can't just watch you hurt them because I love you. I can't do that; it would be too selfish of me. But I love you too, Senior Brother. If you are punished by the sect because of this, I will go with you, no matter where you go, even if it's the Nine Abyss Underground..."

This was the first time Xiao Qitian had heard the girl speak like this. The determination in her eyes was different from the weak girl he usually remembered.

She knows everything, she understands everything; she is not that fragile girl who needs protection.

Ye Chufei was not the only one determined to bear both love and hate.

He was about to say something when suddenly he felt a chill down his back as Ye Chufei's fist struck.

The force of the punch grazed his ear, shaving off a few strands of his hair.

With blood dripping from his mouth, Ye Chufei charged forward again, looking at Xiao Qitian: "Senior Brother, don't drag your junior sister into men's affairs."

The burning spiritual energy continuously gathered around Ye Chufei, helping him resist the pain from his wounds.

Xiao Qitian raised his hand and grasped Xiao Geyun's chin, revealing an elegant smile amidst the girl's cry of pain: "Junior brother, this isn't a man's matter, it's a matter for our peak. You and junior sister each have your own abilities, and I, as the senior brother, can no longer control you..."

"Senior Brother!" School Song Cloud suddenly said, "All the evidence I've gathered over the years about your collusion with the Demonic Sect has been compiled into a magic artifact. Once I die, that artifact will automatically be handed over to the sect's Enforcement Hall. If you lay a hand on Second Senior Brother, I'll self-destruct right now!"

The spiritual energy of the school song cloud emerged, but its purpose was not to unleash a killing move or strengthen the protective spiritual energy. Instead, it blocked the meridians, preparing for self-destruction.

Xiao Qitian found it amusing: "Junior sister, if you had gathered evidence against me, you would have handed it over to the Enforcement Hall long ago. Why would you have waited so long?"

"Because I love you, I want to pull you back, I want to touch your heart!" Xiao Geyun held Xiao Qitian's hand, feeling a little short of breath, but still managed to say, "Of course, senior brother can also think that junior sister is lying to you, can also think that I am lying, but senior brother, you know me, I will not lie."

She made her demand: "Let the second brother go."

As the Knowing Fate Technique continued to operate, Xiao Qitian looked into the girl's eyes. Those eyes revealed the fate of an ordinary cultivator—sometimes unlucky, sometimes lucky, sometimes protected by benefactors, sometimes harmed by villains, sometimes used, and sometimes used by others.

Lacking the talents of heroes and the extremes of villains, he is ordinary and unremarkable. Whether he can cultivate spiritual roots throughout his life is a question.

Yet, it is this very person who is threatening me.

Xiao Qitian has evolved into a hero, and even has the cultivation of a celestial immortal. He is now on par with Li Yaoyang. If he wanted, he could carve out his own territory and establish himself as the ruler.

But now, he is being threatened.

He was threatened by someone whose fate he looked down upon.

"Fate is truly wondrous."

He looked down at the girl, his fingers repeatedly tracing her red lips, his eyes reluctant to leave her.

"Ordinary or wealthy, a bad fate doesn't necessarily mean a bad life, and a good fate doesn't necessarily mean a good life. Even heroes can be threatened by ordinary people."

The common man became angry and blood spattered five steps forward.

"Unfortunately, if you're too weak, everything will just be a joke."

*Pfft*

School Song Cloud paused, watching as the hand pierced through his body.

"Master, senior brother..."

"I'm here," Xiao Qitian said gently, "Junior Sister."

He said with a smile, then with a clench, destroyed the school song cloud's dantian.

The school song cloud let out a miserable scream and fainted.

"Junior Sister!" Ye Chufei's eyes turned red with anxiety, and he unleashed his spiritual energy once more to attack.

Xiao Qitian used his protective spiritual energy to envelop Xiao Geyun and transport her to the ground, then turned and struck Ye Chufei with a palm.

The collision of crimson spiritual energy and fiery spiritual energy caused an upheaval in an instant.

"Xiao Qitian, people from the Kongling Sect are here. How long are you going to keep fighting?" Li Chumo transmitted his voice from the sky.

Xiao Qitian replied telepathically, "Stop them. I must be the one to handle my junior brother."

Li Chumo was furious: "Are you kidding me? This will expose everything we have."

“Then I’ll expose myself.” Xiao Qitian’s eyes also flashed with madness. “If you can stop me, it will only raise suspicion. If you can’t, my identity will be confirmed, which will be more troublesome. But even so, I will not miss this opportunity.”

This is a perfect opportunity to kill the protagonist.

Ye Chufei had already revealed his killing intent and had taken the initiative to attack him. Xiao Qitian knew his junior brother's personality all too well. This stubborn fool, once he made a move, would fight to the death.

There has to be a resolution between the two of them.

"Li Yaoyang and two elders are here. Damn it, I couldn't stop them!"

"You can stop him. Although you are not a celestial being, your power of the Great Void is enough to make up for the gap. Believe in yourself, you will not die."

"you!!"

Li Chumo cursed and swore, but still went to stop them.

In this world, only Ye Chufei and Xiao Qitian exist.

Amidst torrential rain, lightning, and howling winds, Xiao Qitian laughed heartily: "Junior brother, now no one will bother us!"

Ye Chufei did not answer; he simply continued to gather his aura, channeling several deadly moves into himself.

His body was filled with spiritual energy comparable to that of a celestial being, and every punch he threw could destroy the heavens and the earth.

With a thought, Xiao Qitian summoned countless blood-red flying knives.

"Go." He waved his hand, and the throwing knives fell like rain, all aimed at Ye Chufei.

These flying knives are formed from blood spiritual energy, which is extremely damaging to the protective spiritual energy and physical body. An ordinary Earth Immortal would probably not be able to withstand two or three of these knives.

However, Ye Chufei amplified his killing move with his physical body, unleashing countless punches that knocked the throwing knives down one by one.

In the end, Ye Chufei prevailed over Ye Chufei in the battle of brute force.

Xiao Qitian sneered: "Junior brother, you still prefer to act recklessly as always."

He clapped his hands, and crimson vines sprouted from the ground.

If force doesn't work, then use softness to overcome hardness.

The vines grew very quickly, soon becoming taller than a mountain, blocking out the sky and pressing down on Ye Chufei.

Ye Chufei transformed his palm into a knife, slicing through the vines.

But then his expression changed drastically. He discovered that most of his body was stained red, and the terrifying blood spirit energy was constantly invading his body.

He let out a low roar, and the burning spiritual energy forcefully pushed the blood spiritual energy out.

The stolen key magical artifact gave him a continuous source of spiritual energy to burn, which was the capital that allowed him to fight Xiao Qitian head-on.

But everything comes at a price. The price of forcibly raising his realm is that Ye Chufei's life force is also burning. Once the life potential in his body is exhausted, his soul will burn as well.

Physical damage can be repaired, but a severe injury to the soul is much more difficult to remedy.

He might die, or he might become mentally impaired.

Afraid?

Of course afraid.

Ye Chufei is a human being, and he has people he cares about. How could he not be afraid?

He was afraid of dying, afraid that not going back would make Bai Nanrong sad, and afraid that he wouldn't be able to be with the person he loved.

Xiao Qitian truly lived up to his reputation as one of the people who understood Ye Chufei best. Ye Chufei had taken to heart everything Xiao Qitian had just said, including the possibility that Bai Nanrong might be with someone else. This was indeed Ye Chufei's greatest fear.

but--

"Men always have a time to shoulder responsibility, even if it means burning their lives."

“I am not only Bai Nanrong’s Daoist partner, but also the second disciple of Elder Yang Pingsheng of the Kongling Sect, Ye Chufei’s junior brother, a cultivator of the righteous path, and a member of the righteous path!”

"I don't understand what the system was talking about, such as protagonist and villain. But I do know when it's time for me to take responsibility. Xiao Qitian joined the Demonic Sect, which was a misfortune for our sect. As his junior brother, I am also to blame."

"I need to resolve this matter."

"This is my responsibility to handle!"

The spiritual energy burned wildly, bursting into light amidst the dark night and thunderstorm.

The wind howled fiercely. Ye Chufei raised his head and looked at Xiao Qitian through the gaps in the vines, shouting, "Senior Brother!"

The spiritual energy exploded, tearing apart countless vines, and Ye Chufei soared into the sky like an eagle.

Xiao Qitian was taken aback when the figure was already in front of him.

The blood-red spiritual energy and the burning spiritual energy collided once again.

On one side is a Celestial Immortal enhanced by the Demonic Sect's secret treasure, the Blood Skull; on the other side is a Celestial Immortal enhanced by the core artifact of the Void Spirit Sect's peerless grand formation. Blood and fire, good and evil, collide at this moment.

Neither side used any destructive immortal techniques, but they were still beyond the scope of ordinary celestial immortals.

"Damn it, how come your spiritual energy is always so abundant?" Xiao Qitian was able to put on a show at first, but the more he fought Ye Chufei, the more surprised and suspicious he became.

In battles between immortals, calculating the distribution of spiritual energy is a basic skill. Immortal killing moves generally have a high demand for spiritual energy, especially those with great power and strange effects. Immortals with limited spiritual energy capacity are prone to running out of spiritual energy if they don't calculate it properly—for example, Wen Shihan often runs out of spiritual energy while fighting.

When fighting, your opponent won't give you the chance to absorb spiritual energy, so you can only use the spiritual energy within your own body. This puts great emphasis on the configuration of spiritual energy. Whether you can use your best resources wisely is a skillful move. Xiao Qitian prided himself on being a skillful one, so he calculated things very clearly when fighting Ye Chufei.

However, Ye Chufei...

No matter what methods he used, this guy could only overcome all his skills with sheer force, unleashing a burst of spiritual energy stronger than his own to tear apart his maneuvers, and the more he fought, the more abundant his spiritual energy became.

"Is this the protagonist's fate? No wonder you're the world's darling." Xiao Qitian also became fierce. "But I don't believe you can always unleash your full power in desperate situations."

"I originally planned to save this move for Li Yaoyang, junior brother, but now it's yours."

He flicked his finger, drawing blood-red stripes, and pointed at Ye Chufei.

"go with!"

The bloodline moved extremely fast, striking Ye Chufei the instant it was drawn, leaving him no time to dodge.

Ye Chufei couldn't dodge in time and had no choice but to take the hit.