Light, very light.
Jiang Qingxue felt her body becoming weightless, as if she were floating in the sky.
It seemed as though she was dreaming, yet at the same time she had entered a world that was both illusory and incomparably real.
Unknowingly, she forgot about Gu Lingxiao’s sudden intrusion and became completely immersed in that world.
In that world, she returned to the Azure Sovereign Holy Land and saw Ye Han once again.
Just like when they first met, Jiang Qingxue and Ye Han quickly acknowledged one another and uncontrollably developed affection.
She watched everything as if she were an observer, seeing herself and Ye Han experience the things they had once gone through.
Only in this world, there was no Gu Lingxiao.
Her relationship with Ye Han grew better and better.
Ye Han became the number one of the younger generation, and she married him, becoming his formally wedded wife.
Their love story naturally became a celebrated tale.
After their marriage, foreign races plunged the Sky Vault Continent into chaos.
Amid this crisis, Ye Han and Jiang Qingxue grew rapidly.
Yet what left Jiang Qingxue slightly helpless was how astonishingly fast Ye Han advanced.
When Ye Han had just entered the Azure Sovereign Holy Land, Jiang Qingxue had still been ahead of him, progressing side by side.
But by the time the foreign races ravaged the Sky Vault Continent, she was already struggling to keep up.
Although they ultimately worked together to resolve the world-destroying crisis and ascended together to the Upper Realm.
In the eyes of outsiders, they were an enviable immortal couple.
But only Jiang Qingxue knew that while Ye Han’s strength surged forward, the number of his confidantes also grew rapidly.
Especially after arriving in the Chaotic Immortal Domain, Ye Han seemed like a fish in water, and his growth became incomparably terrifying.
Jiang Qingxue, who had once barely managed to keep pace, could no longer even see his back in the Immortal Domain.
Ye Han had to cultivate, participate in countless competitions, and explore ruins for trials.
The time they met grew increasingly scarce.
Although cultivators possessed long lifespans, in later years Jiang Qingxue sometimes could not see Ye Han for several years at a time.
This drove her into despair.
She was like a caged canary in Ye Han’s inner courtyard.
More and more women surrounded him.
Each one was stunningly beautiful, hardly inferior to her in appearance.
They were born in the Immortal Domain and could offer Ye Han far greater assistance.
At certain stages, they even possessed strength comparable to his.
She often recalled their days in the Lower Realm thousands of years ago.
Back then, they still saw each other often.
No.
Absolutely not.
Boom.
A surge of unwillingness shattered the dreamlike world.
Jiang Qingxue jolted upright, gasping for breath. Fine beads of sweat covered her forehead, as though she had awakened from a nightmare.
“What did you do to me!”
Her sharp gaze locked onto Gu Lingxiao beside her.
This man had used some unknown method to drag her into a dream.
And that dream had felt terrifyingly real.
“What did I do? I merely let you glimpse your own future in advance.”
Gu Lingxiao spoke calmly.
Over the past few days of studying the mysterious bead, he had discovered a new function.
It allowed one to see the future.
More precisely, it allowed one to see a possible future.
Across countless parallel universes, Gu Lingxiao had observed innumerable possibilities between Ye Han and Jiang Qingxue.
More than ninety percent showed Ye Han dominating all eras and standing invincible across the Immortal Domain.
Only in a few rare scenarios did Ye Han die due to accidents.
While repeatedly observing these possibilities, Gu Lingxiao unexpectedly discovered that Jiang Qingxue, whom he had once dismissed as merely decorative, was far from simple.
She was actually the reincarnation of a Saint from the Immortal Domain.
However, limited by his current cultivation realm and his comprehension of the Path of Destiny, Gu Lingxiao could not yet deduce which Saint she had once been.
But since she was a Saint’s reincarnation, her value in his eyes had risen significantly.
Thus, he used the bead to calculate her destiny and deliberately showed her one of the worse possible futures.
“No… impossible.”
“Impossible? Deep down, you know perfectly well whether what you saw in that dream could truly happen.”
Originally, Gu Lingxiao had encouraged the Jiang Family to bring Jiang Qingxue and Ye Han together merely to stir chaos in Ye Han’s harem.
“And what does that have to do with you?” Jiang Qingxue steadied her mind. “What happens between Ye Han and me is none of your concern. If you think that a rift between us will make me look at you instead, you are gravely mistaken.”
Gu Lingxiao let out a mocking laugh and sat down leisurely in a chair. “Jiang Qingxue, are you overly confident in your appearance? You should know there are many in this world equal to or surpassing you in beauty. I have no interest in obtaining you.”
Jiang Qingxue remained wary. “Then get out.”
Before she could finish, Gu Lingxiao’s face filled with killing intent. A chilling aura locked onto her like an invisible hand gripping her throat, suffocating her.
Her fair face flushed red as she struggled like a drowning person, feeling herself teeter on the brink of death.
The agony stretched endlessly.
Only when she lay on the ground, barely alive, like a dead dog, did the terrifying aura withdraw.
“You may try speaking disrespectfully again.”
Gu Lingxiao had come here because of her identity as a Saint’s reincarnation.
But she was still merely a reincarnation, not a true Saint. She was not yet qualified to offend him.
Jiang Qingxue clutched her throat, coughing violently, her entire body trembling.
The icy look in Gu Lingxiao’s eyes had truly shaken her.
She forced out, “Then why did you come?”
“To help you.”
“You would help me?”
Gu Lingxiao raised an eyebrow, neither confirming nor denying.
“How would you help me? And what do you want in return?”
“By helping you, I obtain what I want. As for the methods, you need not concern yourself.”
She let out a cold laugh. “I refuse.”
“In that case, so be it.”
Gu Lingxiao spoke lightly and vanished before her eyes.
Jiang Qingxue stared at the empty space ahead, unable to believe he had truly left so easily.
She sat back on the bed, reflecting on everything that had happened that night. Her thoughts drifted again to the world she had just experienced.
It had felt real.
She had detected no flaw within it.
She believed that everything that had happened there could very well unfold here again.
“No. I absolutely do not need his help. Foolish Gu Lingxiao, thinking I would take the bait. Now that I know what future may occur, I will never allow that future to become reality.”
Jiang Qingxue possessed a firm will.
Within a short time, she steadied her heart.
The night soon passed, and the sky gradually turned pale with the first light of dawn.