The star was engulfed in a ring of black flames. The flames were not hot, but rather strangely cold, turning the entire star into ice and making it dim and without light.
The fact that the Ziwei star's life fire devours and replaces it signifies a significant change in the mindset of the star's host.
Lu Pianpian reached out to try to extinguish the flame, but the flame sensed her intention and suddenly shot out a wall of fire several meters high, forcing Lu Pianpian back.
A chill instantly enveloped the surroundings, freezing half of the star chart in frost, and causing the surrounding stars to dim one after another.
Lu Pianpian clenched her fist and left into the night sky.
Since Qu Fuyi's death, Qu Surou has stayed in her residence, never leaving the house and seeing no one.
Others thought that Qu Fuyi was just her master in the lower realm, and that they had developed some master-disciple relationship. They thought that she should have let it go after a period of heartbreak, and they didn't know why she couldn't get over it for so long.
Because the people here only regard her as Fairy Su Rou, only Qu Fuyi regards her as Qu Su Rou.
No matter how wonderful the Heavenly Realm may be, it cannot compare to the few short years she spent with her master in the mortal realm.
In that desolate valley, in that dilapidated little sect, she was Qu Surou, a woman of flesh and blood, and Qu Fuyi was the one who picked her up and raised her.
These memories of affection were deeply ingrained in her soul, and even after she returned to the heavens, she could not let them go.
Therefore, the other immortals did not understand what Qu Fuyi's death meant to Qu Surou.
This means that all her beautiful memories have collapsed and disappeared, and the soul of Qu Surou within her has been extracted because of Qu Fuyi's death.
There is no altar for immortals to worship when they die; they turn to ashes and dissipate into the clouds and smoke, which is the most normal fate for them.
Qu Surou also dared not set up a memorial altar for Qu Fuyi. She couldn't do it, nor did she want to. She didn't want to face a cruel death.
The locked window was gently pushed open from the outside, and a ray of light shone in. Qu Surou shielded her eyes with her hand.
"Senior sister," Lu Pianpian called softly from the window.
Qu Surou was dressed in white mourning clothes, her eyes red and swollen. She lowered her hand, saw Lu Pianpian's appearance clearly, and after a few moments of stunned silence, she recognized her: "Pianpian?"
"It's me."
Qu Surou slowly walked to the window. "What's wrong? Where have you been these past few days?"
"I'm fine. I went to the mortal realm to take care of some things these past few days." Lu Pianpian changed the subject. "Senior Sister, don't be sad. If Master were here, he certainly wouldn't want you to be sad."
Qu Surou bit her lip and remained silent, tears welling up in her eyes again. She hugged Lu Pianpian through the window and choked out, "I went to ask the Heavenly Lord... I asked him if Master would be reincarnated... He said that before Master died, he did everything in his power to protect the Buddha-Slaying Pestle, leaving himself no way out, not even a trace of spiritual power to protect his soul..."
"Master, there will be no more reincarnations..."
Their master can no longer appear before them.
Lu Pianpian stared at the sky, her bloodshot eyes devoid of any emotion, numb as if soaked in blood.
His senior sister leaned on his shoulder and sobbed. After a long while, he reached out and touched her head. "Senior sister, did Master leave any words before he left?"
Qu Surou stood up straight, looked at him with a puzzled expression for a moment, and then remembered her master's last four words, "He said, 'Don't seek revenge.'"
The color of the butterfly pattern between Lu Pianpian's eyebrows suddenly deepened, the blood red almost being swallowed by the dark color.
Qu Surou noticed the change in him and asked with some concern, "The lines between your eyebrows have become more pronounced. What happened?"
Lu Pianpian didn't tell her anything, and calmly patted her head again, "Senior sister, wait for me."
Ever since Ah Fen was captured by the Heavenly Lord Juntian that day, she and the other demons were imprisoned in the Demon Realm's dungeon.
She was a little pig demon who hadn't been awake for six hours, and she didn't quite understand what fear was. She only saw that the demons she was locked up with were decreasing day by day.
Ah Fen felt strange. Had these demons been released by the Heavenly Lord Juntian?
Because after those demons left, they never came back.
But if the Heavenly Lord would let them leave, why are the demons around her either howling and begging for help, or sitting motionless with empty eyes, as if they have lost all hope?
Ah Fen didn't understand.
A demon imprisoned next to her, probably seeing that she was silly and didn't understand anything, said to her with a look of pity, "Lord Juntian, you want to exterminate our demon race."
Ah Fen said, "But all those demons have been released."
Since they were let go, why would they want to kill them all?
The other person looked at her with even more pity. "He has set up a formation, using the lives of us demons as a sacrifice. Once the formation is complete, not only us demons, but the entire demon realm will be destroyed."
Ah Fen was stunned when she heard this.
"Ha... What a load of bull! Such a cruel and ruthless way of exterminating people, he's even more insane than us demons!" He cursed Juntian, then recalled the days when the former Demon Lord was still alive, "If the Demon Lord were still here, he would not have stood idly by, he would have already torn this black-hearted God Lord to pieces and fed him to the demon dogs!"
He didn't have much time left and wanted to vent his anger before he died. He was about to continue cursing when he saw the little girl next to him suddenly transform back into her demon form, turning into a little pink pig and squeezing through the crack in the cell door to get out.
She groaned and squeezed, took a deep breath, shrank her belly, and leaped out with a powerful kick of her hind legs.
A-Fen didn't run away before because she didn't want to leave the Demon Realm. Lang Xu told her to wait for him in the Demon Realm, and she had to do as he said.
So it's okay for her to stay in the prison. When Langxu comes, he will definitely rescue her.
But things are different now.
If that cold-blooded god destroys the Demon Realm, the Demon Prison will disappear, and everything in the Demon Realm will vanish.
Even the rooftop where she was waiting for Langxu would disappear.
All of these have disappeared; Langxu couldn't find her when he returned!
Ah Fen cannot let this happen.
She escaped from prison not to flee the Demon Realm, but to return to that rooftop. She was afraid that Langxu wouldn't be able to find her when he came back. Langxu, Langxu, she couldn't let Langxu not find her.
Ah Fen's demonic power was weak, and her demonic body was very small, so it wasn't too difficult for her to evade the patrolling gods.
She had been in the Demon Realm for a long time, and with the help of a little dragon, she was very familiar with the Demon Palace.
A-Fen successfully found the rooftop where she had said goodbye to Lang-Xu. She climbed up the wall, panting heavily. When she finally reached the rooftop, she was exhausted and collapsed on it, motionless.
Langxu, you must come back soon, or you will never see me again.
As Ah Fen gasped for breath, she silently prayed in her heart.
Suddenly, a dark shadow enveloped her. Overjoyed, she thought it was Lang Xu and jumped up to see who it was. But an ice spike came flying at her, its sharp tip piercing her small body.
Ah Fen fell from the roof, her eyes wide open as she looked at the person who attacked her.
The cold moon hung low, and the night sky was filled with stars. A tall figure stood on the high eaves.
He was a high and mighty god, as aloof and cold as the moon, yet his expression was deathly still.
That expression looks so familiar.
Ah Fen's body crashed heavily to the ground. Her small body was enveloped in cold and pain, and she convulsed uncontrollably. Blood stained her fur.
So it was him...
Ah Fen felt her body getting colder and colder. Was she going to die?
But she can't die yet; she hasn't seen Langxu yet, and she hasn't fulfilled her promise to him.
More importantly, she wanted to tell Langxu: "Langxu, you've been deceived by him, we've all been deceived by him!"
Ah Fen's vision grew increasingly blurry. That towering figure was still looking down at her from the rooftop, intent on watching Ah Fen slowly die.
Isn't he a god?
Why is he even more indifferent than a demon like Langxu or a devil like Huan Changming?
Ah Fen couldn't understand it, and no one could tell her the answer.
She slowly closed her eyes. Just as all the warmth in her body was about to be swallowed by the cold, a gentle force lifted her up, and the cold places slowly began to warm up, gently nourishing her stiff limbs and bones.
Ah Fen struggled to open her eyes and saw a person with a full head of white hair and a clear demonic mark between his eyebrows.
It's a demon saving Ah Fen.
But Ah Fen felt that this demon was warmer than anything else in the world.
Ah Fen closed her eyes in relief.
Jun Tian raised his hand from a distance, calmly crushing the ice spikes inside A Fen's body. "Senior Brother."
Lu Pianpian rescued Afen from the gates of the underworld, took out a vine from his sleeve, gently wrapped it around Afen, and put it back into his sleeve.
Jun Tian watched his actions from the side, saying, "She is a demon by Lang Xu's side, harboring evil intentions. She cannot be kept like a demon."
Lu Pianpian leaped onto the rooftop, stood under the bright moon, and raised her head so that her junior brother could see her current appearance.
"I am a demon now, do you intend to treat me the same way they did?"
Jun Tian stared at the increasingly dark demonic markings between Lu Pianpian's brows and said in a deep voice, "You are different from them."
"You are a divine child of heaven, how can you be compared to these filthy demons?"
He approached Lu Pianpian, his tone seemingly soothing, but his expression remained icy. "Senior brother, I said I would restore you to your divine position. Give me some time, and I will never break my promise to you."
After listening to his junior brother's words, Lu Pianpian remained silent for a moment before asking softly, "Are you hiding something from me?"
Jun Tian pondered for a moment and said, "I haven't had a chance to tell my senior brother about my coming to the Demon Realm yet. This was arranged by the Heavenly Lord..."
But that's not what Lu Pianpian wanted to hear at all.
He gripped the flesh of his palms tightly with his ten fingers, using the pain to mask the turmoil in his heart.
"Junior brother."
Jun Tian stopped. "Senior brother, what's wrong?"
He noticed that Lu Pianpian's complexion was not good, probably due to the influence of demonic possession. "Is your inner demon tormenting you? I'll calm your inner demon down for you."
He grabbed his senior brother's hand, intending to channel his spiritual power into his senior brother's body, but his senior brother dodged him.
Jun Tian felt his palm fall empty, and he asked in confusion, "Senior brother, are you blaming me?"
Just because he wanted to kill that pig demon?
“Senior brother is kind. If you wish to spare that pig demon's life, I will never interfere again.” Jun Tian silently withdrew his hand. “Now that senior brother has come to the Demon Realm, it's convenient for us to be together for a while, which will also make it easier for me to suppress your inner demons…”
He was still thinking of his senior brother. He seemed unchanged, still the same junior brother who was not good with words and only focused on doing his work.
Lu Pianpian closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, the wavering in her heart had been erased.
“When I was in the lower realm, I made a pair of earrings for Huan Changming. Later, when he left the sect, you asked me to make you a pair that were exactly the same.”
Do you remember this?
Jun Tian remained expressionless. "I remember."