Life in the Purple Cloud Palace is truly more beautiful than that of the immortals. I lounged with my legs crossed on a rattan chair, savoring sweet grapes, while someone behind me diligently waved a fan.
Of course, the Purple Cloud Palace isn't hot at all; I just wanted to indulge in that extreme luxury.
What are the Nine Heavens Mysterious Crane of the Southern Polar Immortal and the Azure Sea Night Pearl? I now have the Barefoot Divine Beast as my mount, adorned with the finest Tears of the Merfolk. Ha! As I laughed, a sudden unease gripped my heart.
Lately, perhaps due to the overly comfortable life I've been leading, I felt an inexplicable anxiety within me. Those scattered dreams became increasingly vivid. I even started hallucinating during the day, seeing myself in a red robe squatting in front of the Cloud Palace, singing to a man in green. He slowly raised his face, and a sharp blade plunged into my heart without warning, sending a wave of excruciating pain throughout my body.
I screamed and opened my eyes, only to find a woman enveloped in purple mist standing before me, her face radiating an icy coldness.
"Yan Ba, you finally came."
I glanced at her and broke into a cold sweat.
It wasn't because she was the Flame Phoenix or because she was the former lover of the Azure Serpent Lord; it was because… she looked exactly like me.
When I heard Luo Su complain that seeing the Fire Phoenix reminded her of me, I thought she was just trying to mock me. It seems the rumors were true.
"Yan Ba, why are you so scared? Didn't you say you would eat my flesh and drink my blood when we met again?"
She contemptuously extended her hand, her fingertips gliding over my delicate skin, sending shivers of pain through me.
What is this crazy woman talking about? I couldn't understand a single word.
"Why is it that with the same face, he loved you for ten thousand years while he hated me for ten thousand years? It's so unfair, Yan Ba. Is it just because you met him before I did?"
I shook my head in confusion, watching as Fire Phoenix narrowed her almond-shaped eyes, her fingers tightening around my neck, inch by inch. Her rosy lips drew close to my ear as she bitterly whispered, "Just because I'm a step behind, am I destined to be alone for eternity, Sister?"
The word "Sister" rang in my ears like a spell unlocking the door to my memories. A flurry of scattered recollections flashed through my mind, including a delicate face that sweetly called me Sister.
"Sister, why do you always go to Cloud Palace?"
I quietly followed you to Cloud Palace and saw you secretly meeting Cloud Dragon. You leaned beside him, singing to heal his wounds.
Under the moonlight, I saw his eyes, filled with deep affection... I thought if he could look at me like that just once, I would gladly die.
Fire Phoenix had already burst into tears by the time she finished speaking.
Had I known Azure Serpent Lord a thousand years ago?
In my confusion, I noticed my fingers starting to turn red. A scorching heat surged over me like a tidal wave. I lost control and clutched my head as a spot of vermilion on my forehead slowly expanded, blooming into a vibrant Panlong Flower.
"A Ci!" A shadow darted past, and a tremendous force sent Fire Phoenix flying far away.
That cold touch, those ethereal brows and eyes, that melodious voice...
"Xuan Ye."
I finally recognized him.
Immortal lord Xuan Ye, it turns out we are old acquaintances.
I seemed to recall a long time ago when the Heavenly Emperor looked at me coldly and uttered two words: doomed fate.
"You and Xuan Ye, one with the divine essence of fire and the other with the divine essence of water, are inherently complementary yet opposing. Your father, out of love for you, imprisoned Xuan Ye in Cloud Palace. Yet you insisted on rescuing him. What else could that be but a doomed fate?"
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