Zhou Kingdom's imperial palace, inside the Yangxin Hall.

Xiao Mo slowly opened his eyes.

Xiao Mo lowered his eyelids.

In his heart, there was a sense of melancholy and loss, always feeling empty inside.

Although this was merely an experience of living a life, and Xiao Mo was just playing the role of "Xiao Mo" but Xiao Mo had spent over ten years in the Book of a Hundred Lives.

And Xiao Mo possessed all of "Xiao Mo's" memories.

In the Book of a Hundred Lives, everyone had emotions, flesh and blood.

So even though it was just "acting," Xiao Mo had completely immersed himself in the role and truly regarded Jiang Qingyi as his own disciple.

Although she was fake, constructed by the Book of a Hundred Lives but in Xiao Mo's heart, she was real.

This was like reading a novel or watching a television series.

After reading thousands of chapters continuously, after watching dozens of episodes, how could you not have feelings for the female protagonist?

Not to mention that the female protagonist was someone he had personally cultivated.

"Sigh, no point thinking about it. Reality is what matters most."

Xiao Mo sighed and opened the Book of a Hundred Lives again.

This life experience was over. Let's see what rewards he could get this time.

[The Book of a Hundred Lives is calculating task rewards. Settlement will be completed in one hour (real time). During this period, the host can enter the Book of a Hundred Lives as an "observer" to watch Jiang Qingyi's subsequent experiences, but cannot intervene.

Note 1: After one hour, the first life segment's settlement will be complete, and the host can no longer enter the first life segment.

Note 2: When the host enters the Book of a Hundred Lives as an "observer," it's like stepping into the river of time, with time flowing at more than a thousandfold speed. When the host returns to reality, there may be some discomfort.

Does the host wish to enter the Book of a Hundred Lives?]

"Yes!"

Xiao Mo didn't hesitate at all and chose to enter the Book of a Hundred Lives.

He wanted to see what happened to Qingyi afterward.

Even if Qingyi was fake.

He still hoped Qingyi would have a good ending.

In a moment of confusion, Xiao Mo's consciousness entered the Book of a Hundred Lives again.

Xiao Mo found himself standing in front of the gates of Prince Xiao's mansion but the difference was, Xiao Mo discovered his body was transparent, like a soul-like existence, and he couldn't touch anything.

"Boom!"

A tremendous crash came from the front courtyard of Prince Xiao's mansion.

Xiao Mo floated inside.

In the courtyard, Ye San Dao had already struck two blows against Xiao Mo's sword domain but just as Ye San Dao delivered his final strike, beyond everyone's expectations, Xiao Mo's sword domain collapsed on its own.

This strike raised enormous clouds of dust.

A young woman holding the Xuanshuang longsword walked out from the dust.

The young woman had tear stains at the corners of her eyes. Her eyes were like those of the dead, without the slightest luster.

"Dead..."

"All dead..."

"All gone..."

"I have nothing left..."

She walked forward step by step, her longsword dragging on the ground, creating sparks as it scraped against the marble.

She was muttering something, her entire being seemed completely broken.

With each step Jiang Qingyi took forward, the sword qi around her became more concentrated and fierce.

Her realm kept climbing upward.

Xiao Jing frowned, "I never expected that even with his soul scattered, he would still return the sword bone to you. It seems Xiao Mo truly valued you."

"Shut up!"

Jiang Qingyi roared angrily and took a step forward.

Ye San Dao tried to block Jiang Qingyi, but she had already passed by him.

"So fast!" Cold sweat broke out on Ye San Dao's forehead.

Jiang Qingyi's speed was completely incomparable to before.

Was this her strength after regaining the sword bone?

"Your Highness, be careful!" Ye San Dao shouted loudly but it was already too late.

Jiang Qingyi instantly appeared before Xiao Jing, her cold gaze seeming to seal away her own soul, "You have no right to mention his name."

She swung out her sword.

Blood flew from Xiao Jing's left shoulder, and an arm fell to the ground.

"Father!"

Xiao Han was shocked and wanted to rescue his father.

"Don't come over!"

Xiao Jing shouted loudly but it was already too late.

Jiang Qingyi turned her head, her eyes black as ink and cold as frost, glancing at Xiao Han.

With just one look, Xiao Han felt as if he had fallen into an abyss.

His body couldn't help but tremble, and he even unconsciously retreated two steps.

By the time Xiao Jing reacted, that frost-covered longsword had already reached his face.

"Clang!"

This time Ye San Dao caught up and blocked this sword.

The longsword struck the blade of Ye San Dao's weapon.

Ye San Dao felt his body grow heavy, as if struck by a great mountain. His entire body fell backward, smashing through the courtyard wall, and finally embedding hard into the formation array of Prince Xiao's mansion.

If not for the formation acting like an invisible wall covering Prince Xiao's mansion, Ye San Dao would have been sent flying hundreds of meters by the force of this sword.

Ye San Dao drew in a sharp breath and opened his eyes. He felt every bone in his body had been shattered.

The sword bone had originally been taken from Jiang Qingyi's body, so naturally they were perfectly compatible.

Therefore, Ye San Dao wasn't surprised at all that Jiang Qingyi had entered the Nascent Soul realm because of the sword bone but he hadn't expected that upon just entering the Nascent Soul realm, her strength would already be so terrifying.

Was this the innate sword bone?

No wonder it was called a sacred body that appeared once in ten thousand years.

"Little girl, what a pity. You have unlimited prospects, but you can only die here. I'll send you to meet your master right away."

Ye San Dao raised his long blade, and the Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation appeared behind him.

The Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation could only be deployed by Jade Simplicity realm cultivators. Sword cultivators could also use it, but it consumed enormous amounts of spiritual power.

Most sword cultivators, when engaged in deadly combat, would choose to deploy their comprehended sword domains instead.

Ye San Dao's blade momentum kept gathering.

At the same time, Xiao Jing waved his hand, and the formation array of Prince Xiao's mansion gradually condensed the phantom of a fire phoenix.

This was the final fire phoenix that Xiao Jing had condensed by exhausting all of Prince Xiao's mansion's formation power.

Both of them wanted to kill her with one decisive blow, even if the sword bone was destroyed, it didn't matter!

She absolutely could not leave alive.

Otherwise, once she grew stronger, all of them would die!

"Die!"

Xiao Jing pressed down with his hand. The fire phoenix cried out to the heavens, its call echoing throughout Liang Kingdom's imperial capital, as it flew toward Jiang Qingyi.

At the same time, Ye San Dao struck down with his blade toward Jiang Qingyi but she still stood in place.

She seemed to care about nothing.

She just raised her head to look at the sky.

Tears gradually slid down from the corners of her eyes.

"Master, can you see your disciple's sword domain..."

The moment the young woman's tears touched the ground, the hard marble floor actually rippled in circles.

In an instant, the entire Prince Xiao's mansion was covered within the young woman's sword domain.

The maids and servants of Prince Xiao's mansion looked at everything around them.

Under the dusky evening sky.

The ground had become a vast lake surface but different from the ordinary lakes.

The lake water was actually pitch-black ink.