When the Heaven Omen appeared, heralding the descent of the Calamity Star, Su Hua immediately rushed towards the Shangqing Sect. Yet, no matter what, she never imagined that the Calamity Star descending upon the world would turn out to be Xiao Jinr.
Su Hua knew Xiao Jinr's existence was extraordinary.
She had practically watched Xiao Jinr grow up, knowing the little girl had been different since childhood. Over all these years, the little girl hadn't grown up, nor had she matured like ordinary people. Instead, she remained as well-behaved, adorable, and innocent as she was in her youth.
That wasn't the important part.
The important part was that the little girl had always been strange since she was young.
For instance, the little girl could communicate with all things between heaven and earth. Even the most ferocious beasts would become docile upon seeing Xiao Jinr, and she could even see through their thoughts.
Even more inconceivably, the little girl seemed to possess a pair of wise eyes, capable of seeing many strange existences. These existences grew increasingly mysterious, ones even Su Hua couldn't detect, yet the little girl had many such friends.
Moreover, the little girl also seemed to possess the ability of foresight. Often, things Su Hua didn't know, the little girl understood perfectly clearly.
The little girl was strange.
She always had been.
Su Hua knew this.
But no matter how strange, Xiao Jinr couldn't possibly become the Calamity Star descending upon the Present-Ancient Era.
Su Hua couldn't understand.
At this very moment, gazing at Xiao Jinr within the Crimson Beam of Light, Su Hua's heart bled. Xiao Jinr looked to be in great pain. Her azure-blue hair had turned silver-white, her once well-behaved and adorable face was deathly pale without a trace of color, and especially those lively eyes of hers—a deep crimson flickered within them, like a pair of bloody eyes.
"Jin'er!"
Su Hua tried to approach, but the moment she touched the Crimson Beam of Light, she immediately felt a terrifying power.
"Elder Sister Hua! Don't... don't come over!"
Xiao Jinr seemed terribly afraid of hurting Su Hua, retreating a step. She shook her head, biting her lip, and cried out, "You go! Elder Sister Hua, don't worry about Jin'er, you go... please go!"
"Jin'er, tell me what's happening. Elder Sister will help you."
"Elder Sister Hua, you go. Don't worry about Jin'er, don't worry about me..." Xiao Jinr kept shaking her head, saying, "Jin'er just wanted to help Big Brother, but... but I never thought it would become like this. Jin'er doesn't want to hurt anyone, Jin'er really doesn't... Jin'er is so scared..."
"Jin'er, don't be afraid. You haven't hurt anyone," Su Hua tried to console her. "The so-called appearance of the blood moon doesn't necessarily mean you are the Calamity Star. Even if you really are the Calamity Star, Elder Sister will definitely protect you. I won't let you hurt anyone, and I won't let anyone hurt you. You have to believe Elder Sister. I swear to you, I can definitely do it. Don't you believe Elder Sister?"
"No! That's not it! Elder Sister Hua, Jin'er doesn't not believe you, Jin'er just..." Xiao Jinr seemed to be enduring something. Her long hair grew increasingly silver-white, her eyes grew increasingly crimson, her face grew increasingly pale, and the power contained within the Crimson Beam of Light grew increasingly powerful and terrifying.
"Elder Sister Hua, Jin'er isn't worried about being some Calamity Star, not worried at all. Jin'er just doesn't want to go back to before, doesn't want to wake up... Jin'er doesn't want to... Jin'er doesn't like who she was before, doesn't like it..."
What did she mean by not wanting to go back to before? And not wanting to wake up?
Su Hua was momentarily unable to comprehend. Could the 'before' Jin'er spoke of be her Previous Life? But Jin'er wasn't someone who had undergone reincarnation.
Wait.
Not being a reincarnated person didn't mean she didn't have a Previous Life.
It was just that if one wasn't a reincarnated person, it was almost impossible to awaken a Previous Life.
Even if awakened, it was mostly just the awakening of memories.
It didn't have much impact on the present life.
Thinking this, Su Hua tentatively asked, "Jin'er, the 'before' you speak of, is it your Previous Life?"
"I don't know, Jin'er doesn't know... Jin'er just doesn't want to go back to before, doesn't want to wake up..." Xiao Jinr pleaded, "Elder Sister Hua, you go, okay? Don't worry about Jin'er."
Suddenly!
With a whoosh, the Crimson Circular Moon in the night sky abruptly began to rotate. The Crimson Beam of Light also grew stronger, and Xiao Jinr seemed to be lifted up, her body rising into the air.
"No! Don't!" Xiao Jinr raised her head, staring stubbornly at the Crimson Circular Moon. "Jin'er won't go back to before, and she definitely won't awaken. She won't... Jin'er would rather die than go back to before..."
Whoosh!
The Crimson Circular Moon slowly rotated like a giant wheel. The Crimson Beam of Light lifted Xiao Jinr higher and higher into the air. Xiao Jinr hugged herself tightly, as if trying to resist the Crimson Beam of Light and the Crimson Circular Moon.
Su Hua raised her hand, a sacred, radiant beam of light shooting forth, attempting to stop the Crimson Beam of Light from taking Xiao Jinr away. However, the moment her radiance touched the Crimson Beam of Light, a crackling sound erupted. Not only did it fail to hinder the Crimson Beam of Light, but it caused Xiao Jinr inside to vomit a mouthful of blood with a cry.
"Jin'er!"
Su Hua panicked and attacked again. Yet, when her radiance touched the Crimson Beam of Light a second time, Xiao Jinr vomited another mouthful of blood. Only then did Su Hua realize that the Crimson Beam of Light had already begun to fuse with Xiao Jinr. Harming the Crimson Beam of Light was equivalent to harming Xiao Jinr herself.
What to do?
Su Hua was momentarily flustered. She stopped trying to attack the Crimson Beam of Light and instead used other methods to see if she could stop Xiao Jinr. Unfortunately, it was useless. Without harming Xiao Jinr, stopping the Crimson Beam of Light was simply impossible.
"Elder Sister Hua, Jin'er doesn't want to go back to before, doesn't want to awaken, doesn't want to hurt anyone. She doesn't want to... but... but Jin'er can't hold on much longer..." Xiao Jinr wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, gritting her teeth and enduring with great difficulty. She raised her head; on her ashen face, a pair of eyes grew increasingly crimson. She looked at Su Hua and pleaded, "Elder Sister Hua, can you kill me? I beg you... kill Jin'er, okay? If... if Jin'er can die by Elder Sister Hua's hand, Jin'er would be very happy too. Elder Sister Hua, please do it, okay?"
What!
Su Hua was greatly shocked. Her mind was in turmoil, her eyes reddening. She shook her head fiercely. "Jin'er, don't give up. Nothing in this world is absolute. Everything will get better."
"It won't... Jin'er can feel it. Elder Sister Hua, I beg you, kill Jin'er, okay... Jin'er is in so much pain right now. Elder Sister Hua, please strike."
Su Hua wasn't unaware of Xiao Jinr's pain, but how could she bring herself to strike and kill Xiao Jinr?
What exactly had happened? She didn't know.
Nor did she have the mind to consider it now. The only plan at present was to first stabilize Xiao Jinr, then think of another method.
But... what other method could there be?
Su Hua pondered, but the more she pondered, the more chaotic her heart became. The more chaotic her heart, the greater her worry grew.