"It's you, isn't it..."
Han Dong stood in the void, her coldly beautiful face appearing especially sinister and demonic under the backdrop of the Nether Demon Moon. Her beautiful eyes were filled with complex emotions as she gazed at Gu Qingfeng. Her expression gradually shifted from initial confusion and bewilderment to calmness, no longer strange or doubtful, but turning melancholic and helpless... tangled...
"It really is you. I can feel it, it must be you...
You've really returned...
But why did you come back?"
"You shouldn't have returned...
You shouldn't have..." Han Dong looked at Gu Qingfeng, murmuring melancholically to herself, shaking her head slightly. "Your return will only make you sink deeper and deeper..."
Opposite her.
Gu Qingfeng had been staring at Han Dong the whole time. He was puzzled why Han Dong had suddenly seemed like a different person, her every gesture and movement resembling Feng Zhuyue—her demeanor, her tone, even her eyes were strikingly similar to Feng Zhuyue's.
Was Han Dong influenced by the Demon Moon Heart, or was there truly some connection between her and Feng Zhuyue?
"Who are you?"
Gu Qingfeng asked in a deep voice. This question caused Han Dong, who had just regained her composure, to become confused and bewildered again. She murmured, "Who am I...
Yes...
Who am I...
Why can't I remember who I am..."
"Are you Han Dong or Feng Zhuyue?"
"Feng Zhuyue?
Han Dong?
Such familiar names...
They really are so familiar...
Why are these two names so familiar..." Han Dong pondered bitterly. The more she thought, the more confused and bewildered her expression became. She shook her head, murmuring to herself, "Who exactly am I...
Who am I..."
She kept asking herself who she was, her tone growing increasingly intense, her expression more and more pained. At the same time, the Nether Demon Moon Dharma Aspect above her head became increasingly unstable.
"Who am I!
Who exactly am I!"
"I!
Am!
Who!"
Han Dong looked up at the full moon in the night sky, letting out an angry roar. The Nether Demon Moon Dharma Aspect above her head spun wildly, growing more intense, as if vying with the night moon itself!
"Who am I!"
Han Dong stared at the full moon, leaped up, and charged toward it.
"Leave Han Dong to me. You go back to Yaoyue Palace and wait."
Gu Qingfeng flashed after her.
Only Feiyan was left standing alone in the void, confused and worried.
Her cultivation wasn't high, and she was injured. She couldn't last long in the void Gang Wind. Earlier, it was only because Gu Qingfeng had protected her that she wasn't affected by the Gang Wind. With Gu Qingfeng gone, she had no choice but to leave quickly.
Not long after they left, two figures appeared here again.
One was a woman three meters tall, as massive as a mountain.
The other was an extraordinary, peerlessly beautiful woman, stunning as a celestial being.
They were Qianshan and Su Hua.
After appearing, the two looked around as if searching for something.
Indeed.
Just moments ago, they had suddenly noticed something strange in the night sky—it seemed like a dark, gloomy full moon was hanging in the void. Under the moon's glow, there was an aura of sinister demonic energy and a desolate, cold bleakness. Finding the situation bizarre, they had rushed over immediately, but when they arrived, they found nothing.
"Miss, what was that just now?"
Qianshan asked in confusion. "What was that sinister demonic power that appeared in the night sky just now? Why was it so strange?"
"That power just now was extremely sinister and demonic, like a dark moon—cold, desolate, and devoid of life..." Su Hua frowned and murmured, "It reminds me of a peculiar Dharma Aspect."
"What Dharma Aspect?"
"The Nether Demon Moon Dharma Aspect."
Hearing this name, Qianshan's expression suddenly stiffened in shock. "You mean the legendary Nether Demon Moon Dharma Aspect of Yaoyue Palace? That can't be, right? In Yaoyue Palace, only Feng Zhuyue has ever achieved this Dharma Aspect. Could it be... someone else in Yaoyue Palace has also nurtured this terrifying Dharma Aspect? Who could it be? Feiyan? Impossible, she can't even refine the Demon Moon Heart. Could it be Han Dong? That's also unlikely. Han Dong's cultivation is only at the Nascent Soul stage, she hasn't even reached Shape-shift, nor has she forged her Dao-heart. How could she possibly nurture a Dharma Aspect?"
Suddenly.
Qianshan thought of another possibility and said in a deep voice, "Could it be that Feng Zhuyue has returned? Feng Zhuyue disappeared mysteriously decades ago. No one knows whether she's alive or dead, or where she went. Could she have returned?"
Su Hua shook her head. She wasn't sure either. Just as she was about to go to Yaoyue Palace to see what was happening, a voice reached her ears.
"If Feng Zhuyue has really returned, things are about to get lively."
The one who appeared in response was a woman in black. The woman wore a veil, through which a charming face could vaguely be seen. She appeared without warning, holding a chilling black cat in her arms.
"It's you?"
Su Hua recognized the woman in black, but only knew her. Apart from knowing her name was Ruying, she knew nothing else about her. Although she also knew Ruying was a Decree Holder, she didn't know what kind of decree. Moreover, Su Hua could sense that this woman's identity wasn't as simple as just being a Decree Holder; it was probably more complicated than imagined.
"Fairy Hua, we meet again. I trust you've been well."
Ruying gave a faint smile, stroking the sleeping black cat in her arms, then looked up at the bright moon hanging in the night sky, as if pondering something.
"Did you see if it was Feng Zhuyue just now?"
Ruying also shook her head. "No. When I noticed it, I immediately sent out my divine sense, but unfortunately, I was still a step too late. Only..."
"Only what?"
"A demonic moon, nether light, desolate aura, life force fading... What appeared just now was definitely the Nether Demon Moon Dharma Aspect, no doubt about it. It's just unclear whether it was Feng Zhuyue. It's hard to say. After all, the Heavenly Mandate is about to descend. Feng Zhuyue, who disappeared decades ago, reappearing wouldn't be strange. What do you think, Fairy Hua?"
"Perhaps."
"Has Fairy Hua also come for the Heavenly Mandate?"
Su Hua just looked at Ruying without answering the question. Instead, she asked in return, "Do you know for certain that the Heavenly Mandate will descend in the Great Northwest?"
"I don't know, and I can't be sure."
"In that case, what's the point of asking this question?"
"Of course there's a point. If Fairy Hua isn't here for the Heavenly Mandate, then you must be here for karma, right?"
Hearing the other mention karma, a strange glint flashed in Su Hua's beautiful eyes. "What do you mean?"
"Who in the world today doesn't know that Fairy Hua has been searching for the whereabouts of the Chixiao Monarch? Now that a successor claiming to represent the Monarch has appeared in the Great Northwest, how could Fairy Hua miss this opportunity?"
"Oh? You mean Gu Qingfeng?"
"Who else?"
"Do you know his identity?"
"Heh, that's exactly what I wanted to ask Fairy Hua."
"Unfortunately, I don't know either."