Zi Xuan had already been reduced to a heap of scrap, her face utterly unrecognizable.
As for Chu Yi, there's no need to elaborate—he was likely obliterated to the point where not even fragments remained.
Chu Ruolin slumped to the ground in despair, fully aware that her last glimmer of hope had also vanished.
"I destroyed you, Chu Yi."
Unable to control her emotions any longer, Chu Ruolin covered her face with her hands and began to weep uncontrollably.
Thinking back to the many days she had pushed Chu Yi mercilessly with strict demands, then allowed him to face Dan Gui alone, Chu Ruolin felt an urge to slap herself repeatedly in grief.
How could she have been so naive, so blindly overconfident?
In a dazed stupor, Chu Ruolin, after persistent persuasion from Elder Xu and the others, embarked on the path back to the Hengyue Sect, consumed by bitter regret.
Unbeknownst to her, faint noises had begun to stir in the forest where the now-dead Dan Gui had perished.
