A useless person with five spiritual roots? I sacrificed the proud daughter of heaven.

He's just a five-elemental root. Even if he tempers his fire elemental root with the Azure Flame True Fire, what good will it do? He doesn't even qualify to participate in the Myriad Sects Grand Competition.

In the end, the Azure Flame True Fire was forced to be given away by someone with a knife to its throat.

It doesn't matter. Even if we don't have the Azure Flame True Fire, we can use fire spirit stones, which are far less effective than the Azure Flame True Fire. Sheng He never gave up. She didn't want to accept her mediocre life like this.

Despite Qin Lang's repeated explanations to her that she was inferior to Zhao Yanran, she should save her time and give him the resources she had gained from the training. He was an inner disciple, and who knew he might catch the eye of an elder and become a personal disciple someday.

Zhao Yanran covered her mouth and chuckled, saying from the side, "Yes, yes, I think the two senior brothers and sisters are a perfect match. Why don't they become Daoist partners?"

Zhao Yanran was surrounded by admirers, with several senior disciples from various sects eager to fawn over her. She looked down at Sheng He with an air of superiority, seemingly enjoying watching Sheng He being entangled with Qin Lang.

But Sheng He refused. She believed that human will could overcome fate, and that night she fought Qin Lang in front of everyone.

When she dragged her injured body back to the outer disciples' residence, she told herself that it was okay and she must not give up. She didn't care what others said; she would become stronger step by step so that no one would dare to question her.

But when she woke up the next morning, she suddenly gave all the treasures she had painstakingly saved up over the years to Qin Lang.

She couldn't explain what was wrong with her; it was as if she were under a spell.

Qin Lang said that she needed a thousand-year-old mystic crystal to forge her natal sword, so she went to the volcano to collect it for him herself.

Qin Lang said he was injured during a sword fight, and she immediately spent all her savings to buy him medicine.

No one cared about her sudden change; everyone laughed at her, saying she was playing hard to get and was trying to curry favor with Qin Lang.

Qin Lang looked at her with his chin held high, but when Zhao Yanran looked over, he bowed and greeted her with a smile.

She woke up in the dead of night and desperately cultivated herself. After the sun rose, she seemed to have become that fool who only loved Qin Lang again.

"It was my fault."

Another female voice came to my ears, filled with endless regret and self-blame.

Looking at her helpless self from her past life, trapped in Xiaoxiang Terrace once again, Sheng He felt as if she had become completely awake, yet also as if she had become completely desperate.

She personally crushed the golden elixir that had taken countless efforts to refine, choosing to perish together with everyone else.

Sheng He remained silent. After many years, she saw that immortal again.

She still had a head of white hair, her clothes fluttering in the wind. Yuan Chen stood in front of Sheng He, his eyes full of apology.

"All I know is that you are the last ties that bind me before my ascension, and it is my destiny to guide you to the Qingyun Sect at that time."

"But it wasn't until after my ascension that I learned your destiny had been altered. My momentary lapse in judgment caused you a lifetime of suffering; it was my fault."

“I foresaw that you would die at Xiaoxiang Terrace, so I deliberately left a clone here. I owed you a piece of gold and stone, and now I return it to you. I owed you a life, and now I have repaid that as well.”

"The path to immortality is long and arduous. There is not much I can do for you. I hope you will cherish yourself and attain enlightenment as soon as possible."

It's about destiny again. Back in Snowstorm City, Sheng He had heard the city lord of Snowstorm City mention his destiny.

Sheng He naturally understood that the alteration of his destiny was inextricably linked to Zhao Yanran and her system.

But by the time she wanted to ask something more, Yuan Chen's figure had already slowly disappeared.

Sheng He suddenly woke up. In the dark cave, dozens of people had their eyes closed and were holding eggs in their hands with pained expressions.

This egg can pull people into an illusion, but what about everything she just experienced?

Is it also an illusion?

A cracking sound came, and Sheng He looked down. The shell of the giant black egg shattered into pieces, revealing a fist-sized piece of gold.

It really was gold and stone.

But in this life, she hasn't had a chance to do anything yet.

Was the illusion we just experienced real?

Before Sheng He could think, the cramped cave suddenly began to shake violently, and countless stones fell from above. The next moment, the familiar dizzying sensation came, and when they opened their eyes again, they were back on Xiaoxiang Terrace.

"What happened? How did they get out so quickly? Has someone already obtained the gold and stone?"

The cultivators present whispered among themselves, their eyes constantly searching through the crowd. They had wanted to see who had obtained the gold and stone, but soon they found themselves surrounded.

Dozens of Golden Core cultivators surrounded Xiaoxiang Terrace, and Rank 5 Thunder Talismans were affixed to the six beams and pillars of the terrace.

They are now trapped on Xiaoxiang Terrace, unable to go in or out.

This scene was almost exactly the same as the one in his previous life, and Sheng He subconsciously gripped the metal stone tightly.

But she is no longer the Sheng He of her previous life.

Sheng He approached Mu Yao and Yun Qianshan discreetly and hid the gold and stone inside the mystic crystal on his wrist.

"Senior sisters, are you alright?"

"It's alright." Mu Yao's expression was somewhat regretful. "It's just that neither Xiao Yun nor I obtained the gold stone. We'll have to wait another sixty years next time."

There were many people around, so Sheng He didn't reveal that she had already obtained the gold and stone. She only comforted her two senior sisters and told them to come back next time.

Suddenly, Sheng He felt that sharp gaze fall on him again, that familiar feeling of being watched.

Sheng He turned her head and looked at the man leaning against the side of the corridor. His face was covered with a layer of spiritual power, making it impossible to see his appearance.

Seeing Sheng He looking at him, he waved to Sheng He with a meaningful smile on his face.

He came for me.

Sheng He reacted almost instantly.

Was it for Jinshi? Or for... Zhao Yanran?

Having been in the Qingyun Sect for so many years, Sheng He has offended quite a few people, and many people dislike him behind his back.

Chu Heng and Zhao Yanran were both punished and confined to the Cliff of Repentance. Jiang Xuanli was dead, Shen Ci had returned to the Wuji Sect, and the remaining people were nothing but a rabble.

Shen Ci?

Sheng He looked at the thunder talisman pasted on the beam and pillar; it really might be him.

Who is that man leaning against the side of the corridor?

Shen Ci is a talisman cultivator, extremely vulnerable in close combat. Even though he has reached the late Golden Core stage, Sheng He doesn't believe he would dare to take on so many cultivators on Xiaoxiang Platform all by himself if no one is around to protect him.

As for the Golden Core cultivators surrounding them, after experiencing two assassination attempts by the Seven Kill Pavilion, she recognized them at a glance as professional assassins who only cared about killing and collecting bounties. When things got chaotic, no one would care about their lives.

As Sheng He was pondering the possibilities, some cultivators couldn't contain themselves and started making a fuss.

"Who are you? We are from the Wuji Sect. We have no grudge against you. We came to Xiaoxiang Terrace only for the Golden Stone. Now that we haven't obtained it, why are we being trapped here for no reason?"

"Yes! Since you've had people surround us here, why don't you explain yourself? Wuling Valley is only open for a month. Do you expect us all to waste our time here with you?"