When the Female Lead Becomes Obsessive – Chapter 79

Volume Four: Those Years When I Was a Master

[Rough and not set in stone: Foundation Establishment → Enlightenment → Integration → Temptation → Golden Core → Nascent Soul → Soul Division → Body Integration → Void Glimpse → Mahayana → Void Shattering → Tribulation Transcendence → Supreme Immortal]

Cold-hearted and Disloyal

The seal over the Cangshan Blood Sea was broken, tearing a bottomless chasm in the void.

That was the entrance to the Demon Realm, and also the passage from the Demon Realm to the human world.

Just as Yu Wan Zhao had said, after she took Yu Wen Nuan away and imprisoned her in the Fire Cold Cave Abode, she truly did not unleash a massacre upon the human world.

Moreover, although the breaking of the seal caused widespread panic, people gradually discovered that the spiritual qi in the human world had suddenly increased significantly, as if returning to the flourishing state of a century ago.

Some asserted that it was precisely because the seal on the Cangshan Blood Sea had been broken that the spiritual qi it had siphoned from the human world over the last hundred years had now returned.

And after the seal was destroyed, the demon seeds and demon beasts from the Demon Realm did not run rampant and wreak havoc in the human world either.

For a time, the human world and the Demon Realm reached a state of bizarrely harmonious coexistence.

Even though the old grievances between the human and demon races were hard to dispel, both sides understood that their current state of affairs was the most suitable one. If either side were to initiate a conflict, neither would let the other off easily.

With the resurgence and great increase of spiritual qi in the human world, demonic qi also began seeping into the human world through the rift, causing mystic realms of various sizes to appear everywhere.

Some were the burial grounds of celestial beings, others were the final resting places of mighty cultivators, and some were even battlefield ruins from a hundred years ago.

For a moment, this attracted widespread attention from both the human world and the Demon Realm.

The most eye-catching were the three great mystic realms: the South Sea Weiyang Mystic Realm¹, the Central Marshwood Mystic Realm, and the ancient battlefield ruins within the Cangshan Blood Sea.

Needless to say, mystic realms were bound to be filled with countless cultivation techniques, medicinal pills, and spirit beasts, much like the Divine Mire Mystic Realm from a few years ago. The people of the world had already scoured clean the treasures in its outer and Inner Gloom Barrier. Only the Place of Buried Bodies remained, which cultivators below the Nascent Soul realm could not enter. Cultivators above Nascent Soul but below the Body Integration realm would have their power suppressed by immense spiritual pressure upon entering. Only those whose cultivation surpassed the Body Integration realm could freely explore for treasures within.

And deep within the Place of Buried Bodies was the true burial ground.

The most astonishing treasures or even the inheritance of a High Immortal might be stored there. But the burial ground was not so easily found. Unless one was the fated person designated by the High Immortal, who would then personally appear to bestow the opportunity. Another possibility was for a cultivator of a very high realm to use their spiritual sense to search for clues and investigate the burial ground’s location.

With the appearance of the three great mystic realms, everyone scrambled to get there.

The South Sea Mystic Realm and the Marshwood Mystic Realm drew the most people, but for now, humans dared not set foot in the ancient battlefield ruins of the Cangshan Blood Sea.

The main reason was that the three great Demon Lords of the Demon Realm had already led their demon armies to garrison the ancient battlefield ruins first.

This act by the demon race wasn’t exactly a forceful occupation of the mystic realm; rather, it was because this realm was the closest to them. They would eventually go to the South Sea Weiyang Mystic Realm and the Marshwood Mystic Realm as well. As for whether human cultivators wanted to come to this ancient battlefield—well, that depended on whether they dared.

After all, of the three great mystic realms, the ancient battlefield ruins were the most malevolent.

This was the burial ground for tens of thousands of human cultivators and demon soldiers. Resentment flared and viciousness ran rampant, making it a land of great evil and baleful energy.

And this ancient battlefield ruin was a place Yu Wan Zhao had to go. She needed to claim the demon soul inheritance of Demon Lord Kui Yuan.

Hearing her decision, Liu Qingsui asked in astonishment, “Are you planning to switch to demonic cultivation?”

A demon soul inheritance was equivalent to a High Immortal’s inheritance for humans—an extremely powerful force. If Yu Wan Zhao planned to accept Demon Lord Kui Yuan’s inheritance, she would have to give up her human spiritual power cultivation. Otherwise, when the immense demonic power entered her body, her spiritual power would be completely suppressed, devoured, and eventually vanish.

Furthermore, Yu Wan Zhao was Demon Lord Kui Yuan’s blood daughter, so accepting the demon soul inheritance would be relatively easier for her than for any other demon.

Seeing Yu Wan Zhao not answer his question, a thought flashed through Liu Qingsui’s mind. He exclaimed in shock, “You’re not actually planning on demon-spirit dual cultivation, are you?”

Yu Wan Zhao said in a low voice, “It’s not impossible.”

“Are you f#cking crazy!” Liu Qingsui said anxiously. “When the demon soul enters your body, your demonic power will surge. The spiritual power inside you will definitely be devoured. How can you possibly dual cultivate?”

Seeing her remain silent, he said angrily, “You already have Yu Wen Nuan under your control. Her life and death are for you to decide. What more are you dissatisfied with? Why won’t you give up spiritual cultivation? Do you have to torture yourself to the point of a painful death by exploding before you’ll stop?”

“That’s none of your business,” Yu Wan Zhao didn’t want to waste any more words with Liu Qingsui. “I must obtain Demon Lord Kui Yuan’s demon soul inheritance.”

The look in Liu Qingsui’s eyes screamed, You must be insane.

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Ever since that one time Yu Wan Zhao had a moment of kindness and cooked for her, which ended up being a rather unpleasant meal, she had never cooked for her again. She didn’t come to see her often either. She had only moved her from the Fire Cold Cave Abode and imprisoned her in Blood Control Pavilion, still bound by chains.

Footsteps sounded outside the room. They were heavy—a man’s footsteps.

The only man who could come to Blood Control Pavilion should be the male lead, Liu Qingsui.

Hearing the door open, Wen Nuan looked up, and their gazes met in silence.

Liu Qingsui walked up to her and spoke first. “Yu Wan Zhao wants to take Demon Lord Kui Yuan’s demon soul inheritance and then continue with demon-spirit dual cultivation. If she keeps cultivating so recklessly without regard for her life, she will die.”

The male lead was truly worried about the female lead’s safety.

Wen Nuan felt a pang of jealousy and bitterness.

But what the male lead said was indeed a matter that needed to be handled with priority. If the female lead accepted the demon soul inheritance, the spiritual power in her body would be completely devoured by demonic power.

Yet, if the female lead wanted to forcibly dual cultivate, she would have to raise her spiritual power to a level where it could contend with the demonic power, all while the demonic power was rapidly increasing.

What could rapidly increase one’s spiritual power to the point where it could resist a surge of demonic power?

Wen Nuan thought about the original plot and asked, “Did you two obtain a pill from the Divine Mire Mystic Realm that can instantly boost spiritual power?”

Liu Qingsui hadn’t expected Wen Nuan to know they had been to the Divine Mire Mystic Realm, let alone guess that they had brought out a pill!

“A Saint-grade mid-tier pill, the Taiyi Clear Void Pill²,” Liu Qingsui told her honestly.

Since Yu Wen Nuan had already figured it out, there was no need for him to hide it.

The Taiyi Clear Void Pill, a Saint-grade pill, could help a cultivator gather the spiritual qi of heaven and earth into their body.

When a cultivator consumed this pill, the benefit was a surge in cultivation level towards a state of perfection. The risk was that if the cultivator couldn’t withstand the immense influx of spiritual qi, they would explode and die.

Yu Wan Zhao planned to consume the Taiyi Clear Void Pill and then accept the demon soul inheritance. This way, the two powerful forces would reach a perfect peak balance within her body.

But the risk was also at its peak.

【This female lead is getting more ruthless with each world!】 the System lamented.

Wen Nuan looked at Liu Qingsui. “You came to me hoping I would persuade Wan Zhao to give up?”

Liu Qingsui nodded. “Yes. She will listen to you.”

“…??” Wen Nuan felt like she wasn’t on the same page as the male lead. She looked astonished. “She’ll listen to me?”

The female lead wants to kill me, and she’ll listen to me?

Liu Qingsui’s expression was serious. “Mhm, if you persuade her, she will definitely listen to you.”

“Why do you think Yu Wan Zhao would listen to me?” Wen Nuan asked, thoroughly confused about the current relationship between the three of them, given how earnestly he was speaking.

Could it be that the male lead still thought the female lead would abide by an old-fashioned rule like “a teacher for a day is a father for life”?

If she used her status as Master to demand the female lead give up the demon soul inheritance, she’d probably be sent to meet Demon Lord Kui Yuan first.

When Liu Qingsui heard her question, he looked a bit sheepish and stammered, “Didn’t you two… didn’t you two already… do that? For the sake of… that kind of thing, Yu Wan Zhao would listen to your persuasion, right?”

That kind? What kind?

Wen Nuan felt she really couldn’t understand the male lead’s words.

Her brow furrowed. “Can you be more direct?”

Liu Qingsui’s eyes widened. “More… more direct? Are you cultivators all this open-minded?”

Wasn’t this Elder Yu of the Qianyuan Upper Palace rumored to be a taciturn and ice-cold person?

She didn’t seem like it.

“Open-minded?” Wen Nuan was completely lost. “Who was open-minded with whom?!”

Seeing her so unreserved, Liu Qingsui figured he didn’t need to be embarrassed either. “You and Yu Wan Zhao have already supported each other through thick and thin and tumbled in the sheets. Just whisper some pillow talk³ in her ear and get her to calm down and stop torturing herself, won’t you?”

Wen Nuan: “…”

【…Did I miss some part of the plot?】 The System flipped through the plotline, completely bewildered. 【When did you get involved with the female lead behind my back?】

Wen Nuan: “…Can I say that I also don’t know when I supposedly tumbled in the sheets with the female lead?”

How did such an absurd rumor, where even the person involved doesn’t know it happened, reach the male lead?

Could the female lead have said it?

Impossible!

Besides, we didn’t do anything. Why would the female lead tell such a ridiculous lie?

And she even tricked the male lead, making Liu Qingsui so certain that she and the female lead had already done the deed!

The System guessed: 【Maybe she’s trying to ruin your reputation, to let everyone know you’re a sanctimonious fraud, that you’re all surface and no substance, that you’re a lustful lecher, a sex-starved demon, that you…】

“…” Wen Nuan’s eyes narrowed. “Are you f#cking asking to die?!”

【…..】

“Did Wan Zhao tell you this?” Wen Nuan asked.

Liu Qingsui replied, “I saw it with my own eyes. Why would I need her to tell me directly?”

Wen Nuan’s voice rose in astonishment. “You saw it?”

Did the male lead see a ghost!?

“Mhm, I saw it,” Liu Qingsui said. Seeing Wen Nuan’s expression, he looked at her suspiciously. “That day, in the Fire Cold Cave Abode, you were hugging and kissing each other passionately. I saw it as clear as day. With that look on your face, don’t tell me you’re not going to own up to it?”

Wen Nuan: “…”

Seeing her silence, Liu Qingsui thought Wen Nuan really was planning to deny it. He immediately strode forward, pointed his finger at Wen Nuan’s nose, and said furiously, “Yu Wen Nuan, I’m telling you, Yu Wan Zhao’s feelings for you run so deep. If you dare betray her, I’ll be the first one who won’t let you off!”

Wen Nuan: “…What?”

Whose feelings for whom run deep?

Who’s betraying whom?

“What is this attitude?” Liu Qingsui’s face darkened. “Can you not feel Yu Wan Zhao’s affection for you?”

Wen Nuan shook her head.

Honestly, every time the female lead saw her, she looked like she wanted to kill her.

If any feeling ran deep, it was probably deep hatred, right?

Seeing Wen Nuan shake her head in denial, Liu Qingsui was so enraged he smashed the table with a palm strike. “You are simply heartless and ungrateful⁴, cold-hearted and disloyal! For the last five years, in order to have you, Yu Wan Zhao has been cultivating day and night, recklessly attempting demon-spirit dual cultivation. Everything she has done was to be with you, and yet you are so unfeeling towards her! This is truly outrageous!”

Wen Nuan: “…”

The System scratched its head and roared: 【Did I really miss some important plot point?! Why can’t I understand a single word the male lead is saying?! Ahhh…】

Liu Qingsui saw Wen Nuan’s silence as a tacit admission, a full confession to what he’d said.

His anger instantly flared. He raised his hand, about to strike Wen Nuan to vent his fury.

“Enough!” Yu Wan Zhao strode in quickly from the doorway, her cheeks flushed red, the embers of a fire seeming to burn in her eyes.

She was trembling with anger. Pointing at Liu Qingsui, she scolded, “What nonsense are you spouting to her?”

Liu Qingsui, thinking Yu Wan Zhao was still protecting Wen Nuan, said resentfully, “She’s not sincere with you at all! Why are you still protecting her?!”

Wen Nuan: “…”

“…” Yu Wan Zhao was so incensed by Liu Qingsui’s words that her eyes nearly rolled back in her head. “You… you…”

“Wan Zhao?”

Hearing the call from behind her, Yu Wan Zhao felt the hand hanging by her side being hooked by someone else’s. The fingertips were scalding hot, so hot it made her body tremble.

Wen Nuan held Yu Wan Zhao’s hand and asked tentatively, “Wan Zhao, you like me, don’t you?”

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The author has something to say:

Male Lead: Get out of the way, I’m going to push the plot forward!

System: Same old, same old… sigh…

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LP: I like this male lead

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