Chapter 1: Reborn, but Cultivation is Abandoned

"Fuyue, I'm sorry..."

“After all, you weren’t going to live much longer anyway, but Lian’er is different from you; she can’t die here.”

"I choose Lian'er."

...

At the very bottom of the abyss, the eyelashes of the white-clad girl who had just been pushed down and was already lifeless suddenly twitched.

Lu Fuyue suddenly opened her eyes, and before she could react, she found herself lying on the ground covered in blood.

Where is she?

She remembered that she and Bai Lianlian were captured by the demonic cultivators and taken to the Endless End.

The demonic cultivator forced her fiancé, Mo Qianci, to choose between her and her junior sister, Bai Lianlian.

Unexpectedly, Mo Qianci chose his junior sister.

She was thrown off a cliff by the demonic cultivator and died.

Only after her death did Lu Fuyue realize that the place she was in was just a world within a book.

In this book, Mo Qianci is the male protagonist of a so-called harem cultivation novel, Bai Lianlian is his main wife, and she is Mo Qianci's deceased white moonlight fiancée.

Even more ridiculous is that the book states:

Centuries later, Mo Qianci became a powerful figure in the cultivation world, surrounded by many beauties of different styles.

But every time he was intimate with those women, he would think of his beloved, Lu Fuyue, the girl in white who had silently accompanied him when he was young.

Therefore, she became the woman most feared by all the women in his harem, especially by Bai Lianlian.

That's disgusting!

A chilling aura emanated from the ground, and the surroundings were pitch black, with only a faint light shining from where she stood.

The most critical issue is that there is absolutely no spiritual energy in the air.

Lu Fuyue's expression suddenly changed. This was the Endless Abyss, the place where she was buried in her previous life!

Unexpectedly, she was reborn, back to the time when she was pushed off the cliff.

So the voice she just heard really was... Mo Qianci.

At that moment, a cloud of black mist rushed out from the shadows. "Hahaha, I never thought I'd actually see a living person in this godforsaken place."

"...Although he's a living man who's not far from death, at least I can finally have a taste."

Lu Fuyue's pupils suddenly contracted, and her survival instinct made her drag her heavily injured body and subconsciously shrink back.

"Oh no, a Nightmare Beast!"

It is mentioned in the Records of Strange Tales of Cultivation.

Nightmare Beasts have no physical form and often appear in the form of black mist. They feed on dreams and indirectly devour the consciousness of dreamers, leading to their death!

"I never imagined that after all these years, there would still be people outside who recognize me."

"Then I'll give you a quick death today!"

After saying that, the black mist suddenly shot straight to Lu Fuyue's forehead and disappeared instantly.

Before long, her eyelids began to feel heavy, and drowsiness gradually crept in.

Lu Fuyue pinched her palm, trying to maintain the last bit of clarity, recalling the records about it in the book.

If... if one encounters a nightmare monster... unless the person has no dreams, they will likely die.

You absolutely must not dream...

But after Lu Fuyue held on for a quarter of an hour, everything went black and she fell into a deep sleep.

How can a person not dream? Besides, this Nightmare Beast's strength is equivalent to a human's Nascent Soul stage.

It was already extremely difficult for Lu Fuyue, a mere peak Qi Refining cultivator, to withstand the attack for a quarter of an hour.

Then she began to dream about things from her past life.

Lu Fuyue is the daughter of the sect leader of Tianxuan Sect, while Mo Qianci is the boy she liked for many years in her previous life, and also her fiancé.

They were mutually in love and childhood sweethearts.

Before Bai Lianlian appeared, his gaze was always fixed on her without reservation.

However, all of this began to change after her father brought Bai Lianlian back a year ago.

Her father, who had doted on her since childhood, always belittled Bai Lianlian openly and secretly to elevate her, criticizing her for being too calculating about gains and losses.

Her childhood sweetheart and fiancé gradually began to distance himself from her, while he grew closer to Bai Lianlian, and the two even became the most well-matched couple in everyone's eyes.

Even the fairy attendant who took care of her kept praising Bai Lianlian for her good talent and kindness.

In the end, everyone in the Tianxuan Sect sided with Bai Lianlian.

Every time, Bai Lianlian would say, "Senior Sister Fuyue is just worried that I'm getting too close to Senior Brother. Please don't blame her for my sake."

However, those people disliked her even more.

"Junior sister, you are so kind."

"Unlike some people, who only use marriage contracts to oppress someone who doesn't love them, always dressed in white, and pretending to be weak by coughing up blood at the drop of a hat."

But she wasn't faking her illness at all; she was born this way and was destined not to live past sixteen.

The entire sect knew about this, yet they chose to ignore it.

...

Outside the dream, Lu Fuyue's face grew paler and paler, and her breath grew weaker and weaker. Her brows were furrowed, as if she were dreaming of something bad.

Within its sea of ​​consciousness, the Nightmare Beast watched as the endless stream of dreams transformed into large, colorful bubbles floating in mid-air, and couldn't help but greedily inhale, "It smells so good."

At the same time, the black mist began to spread, forming a huge net that surrounded the colorful bubbles, just as it was about to swallow them whole.

Suddenly, a guqin with only two strings emerged from the depths of his consciousness, forcefully scattering the black mist.

The black fog net shattered instantly, and the colorful bubbles inside gradually disappeared.

The Nightmare Beast cried out in terror, "What exactly are you? How could you possibly dispel my true form?"

The guqin emitted a bright white light, and its two unique strings, one black and one white, suddenly began to play on their own.

Zheng—

"Ahhh, please spare me! Please have mercy on me! I promise I'll never do it again..."

The Nightmare Beast seemed to be scorched; the formless black mist gradually shrank and shrank until it disappeared completely.

At the same time, the luster of the guqin dimmed considerably, and the two strings became barely visible.

Once the Nightmare Beast was completely defeated, the guqin disappeared from Lu Fuyue's consciousness again.

Lu Fuyue was unaware of all of this.

She woke up shortly after.

However, she woke up in a pool.

The water in the pool was completely black and ice-cold.

When she woke up, she found that not only was she not dead, but most of her injuries had also healed.

"The Weak Water Harp is a legendary artifact born from the realm between Yin and Yang, embodying both Yin and Yang, capable of both life and death."

"Little girl, you're quite lucky."

Lu Fuyue was startled and looked toward the source of the sound, toward the skeleton nailed to the high platform.

In the dim light, the white bones gleamed with a faint white light, as smooth and translucent as jade.

It is the remains of a senior who has reached the Out-of-Body stage.

From the moment Lu Fuyue was born, the patriarch of the Tianxuan Sect predicted that unless he found the legendary Longevity Wood, he would not live past sixteen.

So even though she was found to have a top-grade water spiritual root and was the daughter of the Tianxuan Sect Master, no one taught her how to cultivate.

So she spent most of her time in the library, reading all sorts of books.

Who told her that her mother left her a token before she died, which allowed her to freely enter and exit any part of the Tianxuan Sect?

Therefore, she immediately recognized that the skeleton belonged to the stage of the Out-of-Body realm.

It seems that a trace of the old man's soul still lingers on the bones. It's just unknown whether today will bring him good fortune or misfortune.

Lu Fuyue steeled herself and immediately came out of the pool, respectfully bowing down to the white bones.

"Thank you so much for saving my life today, senior."

"But what did you mean by what you just said, senior?"

She asked, somewhat puzzled.

A cold wind blew by, and in an instant, a golden light flashed, and skin grew from white bones. A beautiful woman in red appeared before Lu Fuyue.

The beauty was stunning, her appearance exquisite, and every smile and frown exuded charm.

Lu Fuyue has a delicate and beautiful appearance, dressed in white, with a red mole on her forehead, making her a rare beauty in the cultivation world.

The two women possess unique and distinct beauty.

However, her limbs and collarbone were nailed to the high stone wall with golden nails, and behind her was a circular array with a diameter of about ten meters.

It may seem ordinary, but it hides a deadly trap.

The woman in red gave her a half-smile, then said,

"Little girl, your peak Qi Refining cultivation is an eyesore to me. I might as well destroy it for you."

Lu Fuyue's body stiffened, "Senior..."