The Emperor's Domineering Favor, the Evil Consort's Unparalleled Reign

Ying Li lay in Yin Lie's arms, his body almost completely drained of Ghost Realm blood! If this continued, Ying Li would die like the other superhumans, caught in the dirty power struggles between the Spirit and Ghost Realms.

"Ying Li, wake up, Ying Li!" Yin Lie kept calling in Ying Li's ear, but Ying Li was too unconscious to wake up. The Devouring Spirit Stone was broken, and the Bone Ring was dormant. Yin Lie could not summon the eight guardian spirits within the Bone Ring with his power.

"Let me do it, okay?!" Jiang Huai walked through the crowd and squatted down, carefully looking at Ying Li's unconscious face. He smiled helplessly, "She really can sleep. Every time, she sleeps so peacefully, completely oblivious to how worried the people who care about her are. Suddenly, this side of Ying Li makes me feel really annoyed."

"Can we trust you?! You broke Ying Li's heart, you left her and married another woman, how... can we still trust you?!" Li Xiyue stood in front of Ying Li and pushed Jiang Huai hard. Suddenly, the spiritual energy on Jiang Huai's body fell into Li Xiyue's fingertips, and the latter's face was shocked!

Seeing this, Li Xiyue snorted coldly. She suddenly thought of Shen Lie, her husband. Shen Lie had this very expression when he learned someone had touched the Immortal-Slaying Sword. Shen Lie was a heartless man, and so was Jiang Huai! They only valued power and intrigue. Shen Lie wanted the Purple Gold Hall, while Jiang Huai wanted the entire Spirit Realm! Such ruthless people! She absolutely could not let Jiang Huai get even a step closer to Ying Li!

"I only took some of your spiritual power, and look how heartbroken you are! You still dare to touch Ying Li?! As long as I live, you won't be able to harm a single hair on Ying Li's head!"

"Xi Yue! Alright, let him come over." Yin Lie, holding Ying Li, looked at Jiang Huai, whose face was pale. His expression darkened, and he helped Ying Li up, saying, "I believe you. This time, I believe you, Jiang Huai."

“But he’s a heartless man. If he hurts Ying Li, we won’t be able to defend ourselves at all…” Li Xiyue stared at Yin Lie with red eyes, arguing incredulously, “I won’t listen to you, Yin Lie! In this world, I only listen to Ying Li! She brought me back to life, she was my friend, she protected me, I remember all her care for me. She never even thought of using me, even knowing I was a Wood-type Shadow Guard, she never considered using me. She never mentioned it to me. Anyone who touches her will have to die!!!”

"Xi Yue!" Nangong Lin grabbed Li Xi Yue and said, "Yin Lie is Ying Li's older brother. He must have his reasons for saying that. Besides, didn't you see?! Jiang Huai just saved all of us! He's our savior. We can't..."

"Stop talking! I won't change. No one can touch Ying Li unless I die! Once you've betrayed her, you'll do it again! How many times has Jiang Huai betrayed Ying Li?! Have you forgotten?!"

However, Li Xiyue's attitude was very firm; she simply did not believe Jiang Huai, who had always been aloof towards Ying Li! She just couldn't believe it!

Jiang Huai looked at Li Xiyue's determined eyes, shook his head after a long while, and finally let out a long sigh and said, "I am very relieved that she has friends like you. I originally thought that this world was too unfair to her and that she had suffered too much. No matter what, I would stay with her until the end. But now it seems that I didn't have to. It was fate all along."

"What are you saying?! You..." Li Xiyue frowned as she listened to Jiang Huai's nonsensical words. Before she could finish speaking, a dazzling blue spiritual light burst forth beneath Jiang Huai's feet!

The purest blue spiritual energy intertwined with a cloud of blood mist. Jiang Huai stood at the center of the red and blue, yellow earth swirling beneath his feet. Black runes slowly rose and coiled around his body, layer upon layer. Jiang Huai wore pure white robes, the cold wind billowing them and his cascading black hair. He smiled, revealing a playful canine tooth, his face radiating the dashing charm of a young man…

"Jiang Huai! Jiang Huai! What are you doing?! Stop!" Yi Bicheng pushed Li Xiyue and Nangong Lin aside and rushed to Jiang Huai first. However, before he could get close, he was hit by a huge impact and was forced back two steps.

This is...this...

Yin Lie carried Ying Li step by step to Jiang Huai. Jiang Huai took Ying Li, and Yin Lie transformed into a ray of light and fell into Ying Li's skeleton ring. "Don't be afraid, Ying Li, don't be afraid..."

"What is that?! Yi Bicheng, tell me what it is?!" Fu Cheng grabbed Yi Bicheng by the neck and pressed her for an answer, even though he already had one in his mind.

Yi Bicheng turned to look at Jiang Huai, a helpless smile playing on his lips. "What else could it be?! A Ninth-Level Spirit Saint Sacrifice Array. The Ninth-Level Spirit Saint Sacrifice Array that Ying Li has been searching for for a long time. Jiang Huai was able to stop Chu Jue in the Spirit Beast Mountain Range; if he weren't a Ninth-Level Spirit Saint, how could he have succeeded?!"

"It's Jiang Huai! The person in the Dead Spirit Mountain is Jiang Huai! He became a ninth-level Spirit Saint in the Dead Spirit Mountain! How could he be like this?! How could he be so infatuated with Ying Li!!!" Fu Cheng's hands trembled. He released Yi Bicheng, turned around and looked at Jiang Huai, his heart struggling with pain, unable to find a way out.

He had always thought that love in this world was so simple, that no one could break free from the constraints of life and death to love another person wholeheartedly. But he was wrong. No matter how worldly or false the love that people talk about may be, true love is always there, always by your side.

He thought Jiang Huai wouldn't be so persistent, but he was wrong!

"Jiang Huai! Stop! You'll die! We have other ways! We must have other ways! This is Xuan Ye's territory. We can find the secret manuals here. We'll definitely find a way to save Ying Li! Don't go down this path! If Ying Li were awake, she would rather kill herself than watch you walk down this road! Jiang Huai! Stop!" Chu Lianyi forcefully knocked Mu Huan to the ground, tightly binding her hands and feet, and shouted loudly.

She didn't want Ying Li to wake up with a lifetime of regret. She didn't want Ying Li to spend the rest of his life in hatred and killing. There must be another way. There must be another way!

Jiang Huai smiled slightly, gazing at Chu Lianyi, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. "You know, Ying Li can't wait any longer..." Jiang Huai looked tenderly at Ying Li, his lips trembling slightly. He raised his head, looking at Chu Lianyi again, and said despairingly, "And I, too, can't wait any longer..."

Chu Lianyi was suddenly stunned. Jiang Huai's right arm had turned completely black; his Gu poison had taken effect, and his life hung in the balance. Jiang Huai's gentle eyes were filled with boundless pain and regret. He used his hand to smooth Ying Li's hair, his eyes turned cold, and the entire formation began to spin rapidly!

Chu Lianyi and the others were immediately trapped outside the great formation. The powerful force forced them to retreat continuously, making it impossible for them to advance and stop the attack!

Red, black, and blue intertwined, enveloping the two of them in two immense forces! Ying Li lay pale in Jiang Huai's arms, while tiny specks of blue starlight began to emanate from Jiang Huai's body, scattering onto Ying Li's hands and between his brows... The Bone Ring, summoned by the sacrificial array, suddenly appeared with a "boom!" The eight Guardian Spirits enveloped the two of them, each beginning to absorb the spiritual energy from Jiang Huai's body!

Eight blue spiritual energy branches were simultaneously draining Jiang Huai's body. Soon, his legs gave way, and he knelt on one knee, still holding Ying Li. His skin turned snow-white, the blood at the corner of his mouth turned black, the emanating spiritual light gradually diminished, and the power of the black runes continued to increase!

The blood mist was thick and black. Jiang Huai's lips trembled incessantly, while Ying Li's pale face regained color. Her eyelashes trembled, as if she was about to wake up.

"Uh..." Jiang Huai looked at Ying Li's gentle eyes with reluctance. A tearing pain came from his heart and lungs. As his strength decreased, the power to protect his heart meridian was weakening. The little snake was devouring his heart and lungs. Soon, he would die!

"Faster! Faster!" Jiang Huai roared. With a "boom," blue spiritual light burst forth from his body, flowing entirely into Ying Li's eight guardian spirit masters! At the same time, the power the eight guardian spirit masters had received from Jiang Huai was transferred into Ying Li's body!

Ying Li's body trembled violently as a powerful force washed over her. She began to awaken, and the power within the Ghost Realm seemed to be summoned by something, gathering in front of her!

The blood of the Ghost Realm ceased its loss and began to heal slowly. Meanwhile, the power of the blood of the Spirit Realm reached its peak after the time it takes to brew a cup of tea!

"Pfft!" Jiang suddenly loosened his grip on Ying Li's arms, a dull pain shot through his internal organs, and a mouthful of blood spurted out along with his shattered internal organs!