In the depths of a cold and biting secret realm, thousands of miles of ice stretched, shrouded in pitch-black darkness. Endless ice seas and broken lands dominated the desolate landscape.
Through this desolate expanse, a beautiful figure moved swiftly. It was Qiu Ruohan, her determination burning bright.
“I can feel it. There must be something in the depths of this secret realm…” she mused. “The Evil Spirit Body can sense the fate of heaven and earth. If there truly is an immortal medicine, it might be able to prolong our ancestor’s life…”
In Qiu Ruohan’s beautiful eyes, a look of earnestness emerged. Before her own demise, she wanted to do everything she could.
She still remembered! When her Evil Spirit Body was born, her appearance was hideous. Her family had abandoned her, her parents even seeing her as a monster, abusing and beating her! Countless clansmen regarded her as an outcast, unwilling to give her any chance despite her extraordinary talent in cultivation. She was ridiculed as having a cursed physique.
Eventually, she was directly expelled by her family, exiled to the frontier, never to return! Even her name was stripped from her. It was a female elder of the Qingyun Daoist Sect who, seeing her pitiful state, adopted her.
Later, as Qiu Ruohan grew older, the ugly birthmark on her Evil Spirit Body gradually faded. The ugly duckling transformed into a swan! She became the celestial maiden of the entire Qingyun Daozong academy, her talent unparalleled! Subsequently, she successfully joined the Qingyun Daozong.
Qiu Ruohan was only eleven years old on her first day at the Qingyun Daozong’s outer sect. She had never seen so many people, so many prodigies. Shy, she constantly observed her peers around her.
A pair of teenagers caught her attention. The boy’s name was Lin Ang, and the girl’s name was Ye Cangxue. The two shared a close relationship, childhood sweethearts with unparalleled talents! They were the two most outstanding juniors in the outer sect that year.
Qiu Ruohan even heard that Lin Ang and Ye Cangxue had been engaged since childhood. Now that they had joined the sect, the two had agreed that after entering the inner sect, they would invite the elders to preside over their wedding ceremony!
At that time, Qiu Ruohan envied Lin Ang and Ye Cangxue from the bottom of her heart. She envied Ye Cangxue for having a companion since childhood. At the same time, the talents of Lin Ang and Ye Cangxue also captivated Qiu Ruohan’s attention.
Although Qiu Ruohan never spoke with Lin Ang during those years, she always had an impression of him. However, she remained a bystander.
Due to her childhood experiences, Qiu Ruohan appeared calm on the surface, but inwardly, she maintained a distance from everyone. She quietly observed everything around her, silently watching the world.
Only later… she didn’t know why. In that year’s inner sect selection, Qiu Ruohan and Ye Cangxue performed outstandingly, tying for first place and being directly promoted to chief disciples. But the equally excellent Lin Ang… did not appear for the sect assessment.
Later, Qiu Ruohan learned that it was Lin Ang who had offered his blood to Ye Cangxue, just to keep her alive…
And later, Qiu Ruohan became a disciple of the Supreme Elder, becoming the first chief and even attracting the attention of the Holy Land. She became a generation’s charming maiden, magnificent in the world. Ye Cangxue also awakened her talent, her elegance boundless. It was just that Ye Cangxue no longer had Lin Ang by her side.
One time, Qiu Ruohan returned to the inner sect and secretly visited Lin Ang. She saw that under the moonlight, the young man who used to be so radiant in the outer sect, the one she had once wanted to avoid, was now just sitting on the roof in a daze. His eyes stared blankly at the moon in the void. The young man’s deep gaze etched itself into her memory forever.
Since then, for several years, she hadn’t seen Lin Ang again. Until a few months ago, a chance encounter on Longhu Mountain saw Lin Ang kill the top ten disciples of the Baiyue Daoist sect’s outer sect with a single sword.
“Ye Cangxue… one day. You will regret it too, right? Regret that you abandoned Mr. Lin…”
“Just like I regret that I didn’t get to know you earlier…” Qiu Ruohan sighed softly.
Time passed. One day… five days… a week! Unconsciously, guided by the perception of her Evil Spirit Body, Qiu Ruohan reached the depths of the secret realm. In front of her was a cliff, and below it, an endless abyss. The loneliness and coldness of several epochs had been traversed.
Just above the cliff, a lotus bloomed with colorful streamers. Each petal was translucent, like glass, transforming into wisps of immortal energy, as if it would fly straight to the nine heavens and become the sun. The lotus bloomed in the void, its tendrils of fairy energy continuously spreading, completely suppressing the loneliness and coldness beneath the abyss. At the end of this secret realm, it had endured a dark era and was still blooming today. Its medicinal power was likely sufficient for tens of millions of years.
“That is… the Creation Colorful Lotus?”
Seeing this scene, Qiu Ruohan froze for a moment, then quickly recognized it. She had once seen records of this immortal medicine in an ancient book. Its effect was simple and direct: even those whose lifespan was nearing its end could directly increase their lifespan by a thousand years after consuming it!
And… it had the same effect on anyone, regardless of their cultivation. Even a saint, if their lifespan was about to expire, could consume the elixir and gain another thousand years of life!